SDL International announced SDLAuthorAssistant 2005. SDLAuthorAssistant enables creators of corporate content to perform real-time, automated comparisons of newly authored content with existing translation memories and terminology glossaries. Content volumes for translation are minimized and forbidden terms are excluded. By integrating a common set of visual tools directly into Adobe FrameMaker, Arbortext Epic, Blast Radius XMetaL and Microsoft Word, SDLAuthorAssistant empowers authors to create content that complies with corporate standards and is optimized for the translation process. http://www.sdl.com
Category: Content management & strategy (Page 265 of 479)
This category includes editorial and news blog posts related to content management and content strategy. For older, long form reports, papers, and research on these topics see our Resources page.
Content management is a broad topic that refers to the management of unstructured or semi-structured content as a standalone system or a component of another system. Varieties of content management systems (CMS) include: web content management (WCM), enterprise content management (ECM), component content management (CCM), and digital asset management (DAM) systems. Content management systems are also now widely marketed as Digital Experience Management (DEM or DXM, DXP), and Customer Experience Management (CEM or CXM) systems or platforms, and may include additional marketing technology functions.
Content strategy topics include information architecture, content and information models, content globalization, and localization.
For some historical perspective see:
https://gilbane.com/gilbane-report-vol-8-num-8-what-is-content-management/
OASIS announced that its members have approved the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) version 1.0 as an OASIS Standard. DITA defines an XML architecture for designing, writing, managing, and publishing many kinds of information in print and on the Web. DITA consists of a set of design principles for creating “information-typed” modules at a topic level. DITA enables organizations to deliver content as closely as possible to the point-of-use, making it ideal for applications such as integrated help systems, web sites, and how-to instruction pages. DITA’s topic-oriented content can be used to exploit new features or delivery channels as they become available. Participation in the OASIS DITA Technical Committee remains open. All those interested in advancing this work, including users, XML tools vendors, and consultants on Information Architecture and Content Management Systems (CMS), are encouraged to join the Committee. OASIS hosts an open mail list for public comment and the dita-user mailing list for exchanging information on implementing the standard. http://www.oasis-open.org
Today’s Supreme Court ruling reversing the decision against Arthur Andersen
is big news in the compliance world. My bet is that it will have two important
effects–both good.
The first is that, once again, it will be OK to destroy documents in
accordance with a company’s retention policy. The second is that it is going to
become even more obvious to companies that they really do need to have a
carefully designed document retention policy, along with a way to ensure that it
is implemented and monitored.
Captiva Software Corporation announced it closed its previously announced agreement to acquire SWT SA, a leading provider of automatic data extraction and intelligent document capture solutions and technology in France. The acquisition extends Captiva’s market presence, strengthens Captiva’s mailroom and invoice processing expertise, and brings advanced classification and data extraction technologies that Captiva can leverage into its products, customer base and channels. In accordance with the agreement, Captiva paid approximately $17.6 million in cash and issued approximately 179,000 shares of Captiva common stock to SWT management, to purchase all outstanding shares of the privately held SWT.
Thomas Industrial Network, Inc., provider of Internet sourcing and marketing solutions for industrial buyers and sellers, announced that it is discontinuing its print publications, reflecting an over ten-year transition to the Internet as the primary information source of the industrial market. Following the 2006 edition of the Thomas Register of American Manufacturers, Thomas Industrial Network will cease publication of this print directory, familiarly known to industry as the “Big Green Books.” The Thomas Register Regional Buying Guides will be discontinued as well. The full information from these publications, and much more, will continue to be available free-of-charge at ThomasNet.com. ThomasNet.com is the leading online resource in the industrial/business-to-business arena. Over one million visitors – qualified as industrial buyers and engineers – turn to ThomasNet.com each month to find the products and services they need. The content of ThomasNet.com is 100 percent focused on the industrial market, with over 650,000 manufacturers, distributors and service companies indexed by 67,000 product and service categories. Resources include suppliers’ product catalogs, e-commerce capabilities, and over 20 million CAD drawings. http://www.ThomasNet.com
Design Science announced the release of version 1.5 of its MathFlow line of MathML publishing workflow components. A major feature of this new release is the ability of MathFlow to work with XyEnterprise’s XML Professional Publisher (XPP 7.3). This release also adds significant functionality for Arbortext Epic and Blast Radius XMetaL users. MathFlow Editor now integrates with XPP’s editor to provide an interface for creating and modifying mathematical expressions that can then be formatted by XPP as part of a larger document. MathFlow Editor allows Epic, XMetaL and XPP users to toggle between a Design View for WYSIWYG editing of math expressions, and a Source View for direct editing of the corresponding MathML elements and attributes. The overall usability and look-and-feel has been improved with new and updated toolbar graphics, and revised Help screens. Support for Arbortext’s Enterprise E-Content Engine (E3) has also been added. http://www.dessci.com/mathflow
SchemaLogic announced that it has formed a partnership with Siderean Software to explore ways to jointly help organizations improve the “findability” of relevant information across their enterprises. The combination of Siderean’s “pinpoint navigation” technology (their turnkey implementation of faceted navigation) with enterprise metadata management is designed to align information to business needs. Users can find high-value information, add or extract value from the data, share and collaborate with others, and improve governance over important documents and materials. http://www.siderean.com, http://www.schemalogic.com
XyEnterprise and SDL International announced the availability of the Content@ Translation Solution with SDL. This new offering integrates XyEnterprise’s Content@ content management software with the SDL Translation Management System (TMS) providing a complete end-to-end solution for content creation, management, translation and delivery. The Content@ Translation Solution with SDL enables users to manage the content authoring and editorial processes, understand the impact of changes to shared content across products and deliverables, automatically track any and all language variants, deliver changed content to the SDL Translation Management System to optimize all translation processes (including comprehensive project and vendor management with automated work allocation,) provide real-time feedback and version control, and store and manage approved data in all languages for multi-channel delivery. , http://www.sdl.com
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