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Introducing Arbortext 5!: 

Introducing Arbortext 5! PG Bartlett, VP Marketing Available March 2004

State-of-the-art process: 

State-of-the-art process Content Consumers Content Contributors Content Architect

State-of-the-art process: 

State-of-the-art process Content Consumers Content Contributors Content Architect

Introducing Arbortext 5!: 

Introducing Arbortext 5! Easing the pain of implementation Authoring Full Schema support Web-based editing Word 2003 support Publishing Easier stylesheets Easier link management More flexible master documents Data/document integration

Arbortext 5 Components: 

E3 Publishing Server Arbortext 5 Components Architect Styler Content Management System Epic Editor Word 2003 + Companion Contributor Word, Frame, Interleaf Applications App Servers Web Sites CD-ROM Composer Contributors Content Architects Application Developers DCAM Link Manager

Choosing authoring software: 

Choosing authoring software Content Contributors Content Architect Epic Editor Word 2003 + Companion Epic Editor Contributor

Contributor – Web-based editing: 

Contributor – Web-based editing Simple browser-based XML editor Secure: JavaScript-based IE 5.5 or greater; Windows only Schema only WebDAV Easier to deploy XML authoring

Contributor: 

Contributor Best for: Casual authors Contributors Subject matter experts Who: Create short, simple documents Contribute content components Collaborate with others Need instantly deployable tool

Arbortext’s support for Word 2003: 

Arbortext’s support for Word 2003 Arbortext Companion for Word Add-on to Word Enables stylesheets to drive on-screen presentation of XML Multichannel publishing from within Word 2003 Word users easily participate in XML content solution Arbortext to provide capabilities that customers need and Word 2003 lacks

Word 2003 before and after Arbortext: 

Word 2003 before and after Arbortext Before After

Epic Editor – new features: 

Epic Editor – new features Macro Recorder UI for recording, naming, replaying keystrokes including menu picks Schema Support W3C Schemas No DTD required Real-time datatyping XInclude support too Schema support: Provides more capabilities than DTDs such as datatyping of content / attributes Enables direct exchange of content with Schema-only software such as Word 2003 and Arbortext Contributor

Customizing Epic Editor: 

Customizing Epic Editor Dialogs in separate panel or inline with document Reduces cost, eases customizing toolbars, dialogs XML-based dialog design

Enterprise E-Content Engine (E3): 

Enterprise E-Content Engine (E3) E3 functionality: Convert to XML Assemble content Publish content automatically …on a server with high performance, high scalability

E3 Multichannel Publishing: 

E3 Multichannel Publishing Professional quality Long documents Standards based

E3 Administration/Access: 

E3 Administration/Access Administrative tools Test/development console Web-based management SOAP interface Multi-process manager Web servers Microsoft IIS, Apache, Sun ONE

Creating Master Documents: 

Creating Master Documents “Profiling” information for different audiences Fully configurable to suit your needs Profile applies to any level of granularity – even word or cell Can give name to specific combination of settings

Profiling capabilities: 

Profiling capabilities Named profiles Logical expressions

Integrating documents with data: 

Integrating documents with data Dynamically reuse rather than duplicate business data Embed data from: JDBC data sources: databases, spreadsheets Customizable for Web Services, XML, more Insert query result as: Table User-specified tags Single data field Eliminates manual document updates Database

Data Merge authoring: 

Data Merge authoring Step 1: Author selects pre-defined query

Data Merge authoring: 

Data Merge authoring Step 2: Author enters required parameters

Result handling options: 

Result handling options Save query in document: content read-only, updated on demand and/or automatically Execute query: save result in document, author can edit, no updates Options to handle result: Step 3: Author selects update preferences and previews results

Challenges with links (hyperlinks, cross-references): 

Challenges with links (hyperlinks, cross-references) How do you: Manage hundreds/thousands of intra-document, inter-document and cross-document links? Easily verify that links are valid? Find all links that point to a target? Quickly find targets for your links? Link to targets that do not yet exist? Validate links in master documents? Create targets in files you can’t change? Create variable links that resolve when publishing?

DCAM to the rescue!: 

DCAM to the rescue! “Content management for links” Import links Create links Browse/search links Validate links Handle variable links Analyze impact (where used, unused) Element level linking XML, SGML XLink, non-XLink Packaging Optional add-on to E3 server Additional UI in Epic Editor Dynamic Content Assembly Manager

Link types: 

Link types Intra-document links ID/IDREF Cross-document links HREF (hyperlinks) Extended links One to many Variable links

Variable link types: 

Variable link types Links can vary by media type Simplifies support for multichannel publishing Links can vary by language Eases multi-language publishing Links can vary by context Enables variable content based on context to reduce redundancy Links can include target or reference it Cross-reference or embed content Links can be profiled Supports links in profiled documents Examples: High resolution for print, low res. for web Callout languages CGM on intranet, PNG on Internet Procedure varies by context (ex: 12V versus 110V) Include table in print; link to it on Web

Insert Link (current document): 

Insert Link (current document) Assign a name View available targets Current document DCAM repository (all documents) Web Or set to “Undefined” Can open documents containing targets

DCAM simplifies link authoring: 

DCAM simplifies link authoring Can configure automatic creation of link targets Example: DCAM automatically makes targets of all <section> elements Can automatically load link’s metadata (example: <title>) Saves time; enables links to read-only content DCAM automatically creates IDs

Improving stylesheet development: 

Improving stylesheet development Problem: Today Programming – requires technical skills Each stylesheet supports a single media type Different technical standards for different media types: XSL-HTML (electronic) XSL-FO (print) Solution: Styler Configuration – Styler requires design skills Styler supports multiple media types, allows media-specific formatting Designer shielded from varying standards; Styler automatically produces compatible stylesheets

Styler – one tool for every styling need:multiple outputs, multiple editors: 

Styler – one tool for every styling need: multiple outputs, multiple editors Word 2003 + Companion Epic Editor Contributor

Styler overview: 

Styler overview Contextual styling Style settings for each media type Formatting properties Element list

Style types: 

Style types Style types available

Export options: 

Export options Arbortext Companion for Word uses native Styler stylesheets

Edit style code: 

Edit style code If you run into limitations in Styler, you can code the formatting directly.

Styler Summary: 

Styler Summary Set style for: Publishing: Print, PDF, HTML, HTML Help, Web Editors: Epic Editor, Word 2003 (with separately available add-in), Contributor Extensible XPath support where useful Can edit XSL / FOSI source for any element Puts stylesheet creation in hands of designers – programmers not required Enables programming if needed while leaving designers in control

Arbortext 5 Components: 

E3 Publishing Server Arbortext 5 Components Architect Styler Content Management System Epic Editor Word 2003 + Companion Contributor Word, Frame, Interleaf Applications App Servers Web Sites CD-ROM Composer Contributors Content Architects Application Developers DCAM Link Manager Available March 2004

Introduction to Arbortext: 

Introduction to Arbortext Market leader in XML publishing software Over 1300 customers (including 30% of the Fortune 500) Ten consecutive years of record sales including 2002 Founding member of W3C XML Working Group Worldwide presence Boston Ann Arbor Cupertino London Paris Munich

Arbortext Worldwide Customers: 

Arbortext Worldwide Customers Telecom: Alcatel Cisco Ericsson Lucent Motorola Nokia Nortel SBC Siemens Aerospace: Aerospatiale Boeing Bombardier British Aerospace Cessna GE Aircraft Engines Gulfstream Honeywell Lufthansa MatraBAe Dynamics Mitsubishi Qantas United Airlines US Airways Computer HW and SW: Compaq Documentum Fujitsu Hewlett-Packard Hitachi IBM National Semiconductor Oracle PeopleSoft Rational Ricoh SAP SAS Institute Software AG Sun Microsystems Publishers: Bell & Howell Bertelsmann Butterworths Brooker's CCH Croner Gale Group IEEE John Wiley LexisNexis Marcel Dekker Micromedex Mitchell Int’l Nelson Pendragon Reed-Elsevier RIA Sweet & Maxwell Thomson Underwriters’ Laboratories West Group World Book Financial Services: Mortgage Resource Center American Express Bankers Systems BCBS Michigan Government/Defense: Department of Defense Lockheed Martin Northrop Grumman Pratt & Whitney RAAF Raytheon Sikorsky UK Ministry of Defense US IRS Life Sciences: AMA AstraZeneca Aventis American Red Cross GSK Guidant Medtronic Micromedex National Board of Medical Examiners Pfizer Automotive & Heavy Equipment: Caterpillar CNH DaimlerChrysler Deere Ford General Motors Jaguar Porsche-Audi Saturn Toyota Volkswagen Audi Volvo Legislatures: Alabama Florida Idaho Kentucky Maine Maryland Minnesota New Zealand North Dakota Oklahoma Texas

Thank you!: 

Thank you! pgb@arbortext.com www.arbortext.com/arbortext5