MindTouch announced the release of MindTouch Deki Wiki "Jay Cooke" v8.05, the latest version of its open source enterprise collaboration and integration platform. MindTouch Deki Wiki v8.05 includes finctions for internationalization/localization, search, user management, integrated scripting, automation, mash-ups, user experience and more. Specifically, this new release enhances multilingual content management. Deki Wiki v8.05 introduces a new polyglot feature that allows customers to host all languages as a single site. Now language can be specified by sections and pages automatically adapting the user interface of Deki Wiki to the appropriate language. Also, users may search across all languages and search results are prioritized by the user's default language. Lastly, Deki Wiki v8.05 supports OpenSearch. http://mindtouch.com

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blinkx announced the availability of the blinkx Advanced Media Platform, a video content management solution that leverages blinkx's Conceptual Recognition Engine (CoRE) technology to enable media companies to unlock the potential of video assets and maximize their monetization. From the digital domain of the Internet and content management systems, to the offline world, the blinkx Advanced Media Platform is meant to solve the problems inherent in video processing and delivery. blinkx can identify and extract video assets from any storage system or packaging, online or offline. blinkx CoRE then makes it possible for media owners to search, discover and organize these assets based on their meaning, and for viewers to access these videos across different platforms, languages and formats. The Advanced Media Platform's SEO component captures new audiences while the advanced search and discovery functionality engages and retains them. With explicit and implicit user profiling, a content recommendation engine and automatic text-to-video linking, search results and display methods are tailored to relevant users. blinkx understands not only how a video is titled and tagged, but the content itself. Leveraging blinkx AdHoc, blinkx is able to place relevant ads against video content. http://www.blinkx.com/

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The Gilbane Group and Lighthouse Seminars announced that the 2008 CM Pros U.S. Spring Summit will take place on June 17 to coincide with the fourth Annual Gilbane San Francisco Conference which is June 18-20 at the Westin Market Hotel in San Francisco. The CM Pros Summit offers attendees an in-depth forum for discussing the business drivers and technical issues of managing and delivering dynamic content. Content Management Systems are viewed by many as being comprised of three predominant components: acquisition, management, and delivery. This summit will empower attendees with tangible and tactical real world solutions for the delivery component of content management. The CM Pros Summit includes users, practitioners and vendors of every aspect of content and digital asset management including: information architecture, usability, implementation, metadata and taxonomy, search, change management, software and tools. At the CM Pros Summit, speakers and attendees will: Leverage best practices for dynamic delivery; Hear the latest research, case studies, and best practices; Share experiences with others and learn from peers; Network at the event; Identify next steps in content management implementations; Collaborate for solutions. Meet with partners, suppliers, and potential customers; and, hear about new aspects of content management; drive new technology development. Current members who renew before June 17 will also receive the discount with a year added at the date of renewal. Also, CM Pros members receive a $200 discount off the cost of the Gilbane conference. Attend the Summit and join CM Pros for $75, a 25 percent discount off the regular fee. To take advantage of this offer, enter discount code: GILBSPR2008 at http://summit.cmprofessionals.org/, http://gilbanesf.com

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XyEnterprise announced the release of ContentaView 3.5. ContentaView 3.5 adds support for advanced applicability filtering for the S1000D V3.0 applicability model and process data modules. It also provides enhanced content reuse, searching, reporting and audit trail capabilities. All of this is readily configurable to support specific customer requirements. Users can ensure they are working with the current approved version of content via the new One Click update feature, which provides an immediate method to install incremental updates from within ContentaView. ContentaView 3.5 can be configured to track not only the manual updates for each work station where it is installed, but also each section viewed, and every keystroke entered by a maintenance technician. A log of each session is captured in XML format, and can be routed as appropriate to confirm regulatory compliance or improve the maintenance function. The enhanced applicability feature allows consumers to filter the content they see based on applicability criteria relevant to their organization and document types. For example, an end user may select the "expert" version of content for one product while another may choose to view the "novice" content for a second product. ContentaView V3.5 now includes a new generic forms utility which provides the ability to create online forms that can capture any type of information to help improve the product, process or user experience. From within ContentaView, a user can then access, complete and print these forms. http://www.xyenterprise.com/

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MuseGlobal announced a partnership with Adhere Solutions, a consulting company focused on designing, implementing and optimizing applications built on the Google Platform, to deliver a federated search solution for the Google Search Appliance. Called the All Access Connector, the joint solution will extend the Google Search Appliance, enabling organizations to search hundreds of millions of pages of content from over 5,400 sources, including internal and external databases, repositories, subscription content sources, data feeds and web-mining applications, all delivered through the Google interface. The Google Search Appliance relies on partners to federate third-party content sources and integrate the results into a standard interface. With the All Access Connector, MuseGlobal and Adhere Solutions have created Universal Search for the Google Search Appliance, closing the federation gap between the Google Search Appliance and traditional enterprise search solutions. Once integrated into the Google Search Appliance, the All Access Connector enables enterprises to leverage MuseGlobal's constantly expanding Source Factory of content sources to increase the depth and breadth of search results and facilitate real-time results analysis. http://www.adheresolutions.com, http://www.MuseGlobal.com

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eVergance and Baynote announced that the companies have formed a strategic partnership to deliver Baynote's recommendation and social search capabilities to customer service and knowledge management environments. In addition, eVergance will be reselling the Baynote social search and recommendation solution, and will be tailoring its KM optimization and search tuning services to offer consulting capabilities to the Baynote customer base. The firm will also be developing programs to integrate Baynote's social search and recommendations capabilities with knowledge management solutions, such as KANA IQ. Baynote enriches the search and navigation experience by learning from user behavior and the collective experiences of the online community. http://www.eVergance.com, http://www.baynote.com

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Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) announced a new version of Adobe Acrobat Connect Pro, the company's Web conferencing and eLearning solution. Acrobat Connect Pro includes new features for Web conferencing such as options for archiving and editing recorded online meetings; new presence capabilities that can allow federation with instant messaging (IM) clients; and compliance and usage reporting tools. eLearning enhancements include break-out rooms to let students in virtual classes initiate separate conversations online; rapid authoring of video-based content; integration with Learning Management Systems (LMS) from Blackboard and SumTotal; and tools that track and organize online classes. Users also can easily tailor training sessions or meetings that help capture participants' attention and increase knowledge retention, resulting in an online learning experience remarkably similar to an in-person class. Combined with the new version of Adobe Presenter, also introduced, Acrobat Connect Pro can enable users to hold online meetings that incorporate Adobe Flash Player compatible presentations. Adobe Presenter can give you the ability to turn Microsoft PowerPoint presentations into multimedia experiences that include video, narration, animations, interactivity and advanced quizzes. New capabilities in this release include question pooling and randomization, easy-to-work-with video, and the ability to publish presentations to mobile devices or within PDF files. Acrobat Connect Pro is expected to be available by the end of May 2008, on a hosted or on-premise basis. It will be available in English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Brazilian Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, and simplified Chinese. http://www.adobe.com/

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JustSystems announced that it is contributing intellectual property rights for its invention of eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) rendering technologies to XBRL International, the standards body responsible for the oversight of the XBRL specification. The invention, known as the "formatting linkbase," provides enabling technology for viewing XBRL data in financial and other business applications. JustSystems issued a statement that it will not seek to enforce any of its enforceable U.S. or foreign patents for the formatting linkbase against any implementation of the XBRL specification. This move ensures full, free use of JustSystems' rendering technologies as part of any XBRL applications and initiatives. XBRL is an XML specification that promises to transform financial reporting by making financial information highly accessible, interactive and comparable. XBRL is now mandated for financial filings in multiple jurisdictions worldwide and is expected to soon be mandated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The XBRL formatting linkbase provides a standards-based method for defining how XBRL data - which is complex and largely unreadable by people - is rendered to documents, web pages, wireless devices and other applications. By mapping data elements to specific formatting conventions, the formatting linkbase helps organizations to ensure the consistent display of XBRL data across multiple output formats and delivery channels. For example, a formatting linkbase may specify that the label for the data element "Current Assets" is always displayed in bold. Or it may specify the value for "Net Income" is always displayed with a double underline. These types of formatting and rendering instructions are not specified within XBRL data, which is focused on readability by computers, rather than people. The formatting linkbase approach allows XBRL data to be displayed in a way that is appropriate for human consumption. JustSystems issued a statement of non-assertion to XBRL International on May 5, 2008, at which time the technology became fully accessible by members of the XBRL International Consortium. http://www.justsystems.com/

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XBRL US, Inc., the nonprofit consortium for XML business reporting standards, has completed the collections of financial and business terms (taxonomies) for US GAAP requirements and common reporting practices in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language) format and the accompanying Preparers Guide. XBRL US developed the taxonomies and Preparers Guide along with supporting documentation under a contract with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and delivered all materials to the SEC this week. The first draft of the taxonomies was completed on September 24, 2007, followed by a period of internal testing and review. On December 5, 2007, XBRL US made the taxonomies available for public review and comment. Over 900 comments were received during the public review; all comments have been evaluated and incorporated into the taxonomies and Preparers Guide, as appropriate. The SEC announced that they will hold an open meeting on May 14, 2008 to discuss a rule proposal requiring the use of XBRL for public company reporting. Public company preparers would use the XBRL US GAAP Taxonomies and Preparers Guide to create their XBRL-formatted financials. Final deliverables to the SEC include the taxonomies, an in-depth Preparers Guide that provides the basics on how to create XBRL-enabled financial statements, case studies about creating and using XBRL, example financial statements and disclosures in XBRL format, and technical information about the taxonomies. Contributors to the case study include users of XBRL data such as Morgan Stanley and Microsoft as well as members of the SEC Voluntary Filing Program, including 3M Company and Comcast Corporation. The XBRL US GAAP taxonomies, Preparers Guide, case studies and other supporting documentation can be viewed at http://xbrl.us/

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The W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) XML Core Working Group has published the W3C Recommendation of "Canonical XML Version 1.1." Canonical XML Version 1.1 is a revision to Canonical XML Version 1.0 to address issues related to inheritance of attributes in the XML namespace when canonicalizing document subsets, including the requirement not to inherit xml:id, and to treat xml:base URI path processing properly. Canonical XML Version 1.1 is applicable to XML 1.0 and defined in terms of the XPath 1.0 data model. It is not defined for XML 1.1. As a Recommendation, this is a stable document and may be used as reference material or cited from another document. http://www.w3.org/XML/

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