codeMantra Partners with Mark Logic

codeMantra has announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Mark Logic Corporation to integrate its XML server, MarkLogic Server. Under the terms of the OEM agreement, codeMantra will develop a Software-as- a-Service (SaaS) hosted offering of its collectionPoint 2.0 digital asset management and internet file server platform on Mark Logic’s infrastructure software for information applications. These combined technologies should give collectionPoint users advanced capabilities for the tandem management of their publishing content, in both structured and unstructured file systems. The collectionPoint 2.0 platform aims to manage a publisher’s digital assets utilizing a customizable file structure. Through a browser-based interface, publishers gain on-demand access to their assets stored on codeMantra’s servers. All manner of standard book production files (Quark, InDesign, tiff, EPS, jpeg, MSWord, MSExcel, XML, SGML, print-ready PDF, POD, Postscript, etc.) are stored in the collectionPoint repository, using the ISBN as the information’s overall parent. collectionPoint customers routinely associate their digital offerings (ePub, uPDF, PDF, MobiPocket, Flash, etc.) with the parent ISBN. With the added capabilities of MarkLogic Server, publishers should now be able to normalize a second instance of their content using the platform’s powerful XML conversion processes. Through collectionPoint’s browser interface, users should be able to access a supplementary XML repository where they can manage, enrich, search, navigate, and instantly assemble new publishing products. With MarkLogic’s alerting capabilities, publishers should be able to notify users when relevant content has been created or updated. This would ensure that the right content is pushed to users even before they ask for it. As a result, publishers are able to foster online communities, in which dedicated users have real time access to relevant content. MarkLogic will only be available to codeMantra’s collectionPoint 2.0 (or newer) customers. SaaS terms will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis. http://www.codemantra.com/ http://www.marklogic.com/