Adobe Systems Incorporated unveiled new technology behind the Adobe family of products that streamlines workflows saving time and money for publishers. Called XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform), this framework enhances workflows so that content can be applied seamlessly between print, Web, eBooks and other media. XMP provides Adobe applications and partners with a common metadata framework that standardizes the creation, processing and interchange of document metadata across publishing workflows. XMP will be incorporated into all Adobe products eventually and is available for developers via a software development kit (SDK). Users will benefit from XMP’s ability to contain metadata within application files. The SDK is available as a guide for integration to non-Adobe applications and contains sample source code for extracting and parsing the XMP packets. XMP was first introduced with the release of Acrobat 5.0 in April 2001. Adobe also announced that InDesign 2.0 and Illustrator 10 have incorporated XMP. XMP is scheduled to be integrated into the next generation of all Adobe applications. XMP components include a framework, schema, XML packet technology and the SDK. The SDK is available through Adobe’s Solutions Network. www.adobe.com

Jeeves Solutions announced general availability of JeevesOne. Its first packaged, question answering software product, JeevesOne delivers cost-effective, intelligent self-service. An enterprise software application, JeevesOne delivers relevant answers and customer analytics. In addition to reducing support costs, JeevesOne will help companies deliver better products and services by learning from every question customers ask. JeevesOne is available now and priced starting at $100,000. JeevesOne supports Windows NT and Windows 2000 platforms in the first release. Support for additional platforms is under development. www.jeevessolutions.com

Stellent, Inc. announced the integration of its Quick View Plus for Windows CE technology with Casio’s new CASSIOPEIA Pocket Manager BE-300. With Quick View Plus, BE-300 users can view desktop file formats created in standard business applications, such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, on their palm-sized PDAs. Stellent’s Quick View Plus for Windows CE enables document and attachment viewing on Windows CE-based devices, without having to access the native application. Stellent also plans to localize the Quick View Plus product for the international versions of Casio’s BE-300 and is already developing a Japanese version of the product. The BE-300 is shipping now with a suggested retail price of under $300 USD. www.stellent.com

Banter Inc. announced the release of Banter Relationship Modeling Engine (RME) 5.0. RME 5.0 is designed to be embedded in any software application that handles unstructured information and free text, providing a full suite of language analysis capabilities. RME 5.0 offers software manufacturers and integrators an expanded range of supported languages and a more refined level of accuracy through greater analytical capability and tools. RME 5.0 is positioned to analyze and understand the content of documents and messages written in everyday language, including the naturally occurring variations in expressions, spelling and grammar typically present in such text. Typical uses for RME range from e-mail analysis, chat support, online self-service and natural language information retrieval, to document classification and tagging. RME’s capabilities include Natural Language Processing (NLP) of imperfect content; analytical and statistical semantic modeling and content classification; and a unique feedback mechanism that enables real-time learning, self-maintenance and rapid, automatic adaptation to constantly changing business environments. RME has full support for UNICODE. For single byte applications, an ASCII only version is available as well. www.banter.com

Infodata announced the release of Compose 4.1, a publishing tool for enhancing Adobe Acrobat. The Compose tool palette allows access to over 20 publishing tools, allowing a user to add bookmarks, hypertext links, tables of contents, etc. The latest version of Compose, Compose 4.1, offers advanced features such as compatibility with Adobe Acrobat 5.0, Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows ME; and enhanced tools such as the Document Paginator, Bookmarks, Overlay tool, Copy Link and Batchmeister.

elcom, inc. announced it has signed a referral agreement with Cataloga whereby the companies will jointly market and refer potential customers located in Europe for each others products. PECOS Internet Procurement Manager, elcom’s eProcurement solution and CatTrade, Cataloga’s eContent management suite complement each other and target the same customer base. Cataloga’s products and services help corporate implementers of eProcurement enable and work with their suppliers, giving purchasing professionals real-time access to electronic catalog content and negotiated pricing models. Cataloga’s product suite CatTrade is a suite of networked applications that allow corporate supplier organizations to manage catalog content and orders, customize product and price information, track buying behavior and manage customer specific contracts while retaining control over their own product and pricing data. www.elcom.com,

Citrix Systems, Inc. announced its participation in Interwoven’s PortalReady partner program and plans to integrate Interwoven’s Content Infrastructure product suite with Citrix XPS portal software. The product integration will give Citrix customers’ non-technical users the ability to easily add content and update portals created with Citrix XPS. Customers will access key TeamSite software features including workflow, content management categorization and multi-channel support through a Citrix Content Delivery Agent (CDA) that works directly with users’ XPS portals. Citrix will use Interwoven’s PortalReady SDK (Software Development Kit) to develop the integrated solution. In addition to Citrix joining Interwoven’s PortalReady partner program, Interwoven has also joined the Citrix Business Alliance Internet Solutions Program. www.interwoven.com, www.citrix.com