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Ephox announced the general availability of EditLive! for Java 2.0, the next generation of its Web-based content authoring application. EditLive! for Java 2.0 adds features such as support for XML, support for the WebDAV, and compliance with Section 508. EditLive! is a content authoring application for non-technical users, allowing them to make content updates in a word processor-like environment. EditLive! ties into content management and CRM solutions such as Vignette, FileNET, Stellent and KANA. EditLive!’s server-based architecture enables administrators to control how content updates occur, even as the application scales to thousands of users. A multi-platform solution, EditLive! supports both Windows and Java environments in Internet Explorer and Netscape. EditLive! for Java 2.0 is now available. The pricing of EditLive! For Java 2.0 starts at $35 per user or $5,000 per CPU. An evaluation kit and online demos are available. www.ephox.com

Documentum announced that it has signed a partnership agreement with Telestream. Together the two companies will integrate Telestream FlipFactory transcoding automation technology into the new audio/video plug-in for Documentum Media Services. Available now, the advanced audio/video transcoding option enables content creators in both global 2000 corporations and media and entertainment companies to convert digital assets automatically between leading audio and video formats, including popular streaming formats. Documentum’s new advanced audio/video media plug-in, which incorporates Telestream’s FlipFactory technology, automates the manual process of transcoding media into a variety of web-ready formats and bit rates. It automatically delivers the resulting files to streaming servers, content distribution networks, or editing systems, for applications such as repurposing audio/video content for the Web (RealVideo, QuickTime, Windows Media, MP3, and WAV) and for wireless devices. www.telestream.net, www.documentum.com

Applied Semantics, Inc. and SAXoTECH entered into an agreement whereby SAXoTECH will resell Applied Semantics News Series to users of their Publicus online publishing system. Integrating Applied Semantics News Series into the Publicus system provides SAXoTECH customers with access to content categorization, summarization, and concept tagging capabilities that streamline newswire, editorial, archiving, and syndication processes. Applied Semantics News Series comes bundled with the International Press Telecommunications Council (IPTC) Subject Codes, a 900+ node taxonomy, an industry standard for categorizing news articles. SAXoTECH’s Publicus is a online publishing solution that gives newspaper and magazine publishers the tools necessary to create interactive online publications. The SAXoTECH Publicus/Applied Semantics solution is available immediately through the SAXoTECH sales force. www.saxotech.com, www.appliedsemantics.com

Corel Corporation announced Corel XMetaL 4. XMetaL 4 provides customizable XML editing solutions that support dynamic validation for both DTDs and W3C Schemas. XMetaL 4 is comprised of four separate components: Corel XMetaL Author, Corel XMetaL for ActiveX, Corel XMetaL Developer and Corel XMetaL Central. XMetaL Author is a customizable XML authoring environment that features the authoring aids and advanced construct support necessary to create valid, well-formed XML documents. XMetaL for ActiveX is an authoring interface that developers can embed into any ActiveX-compliant Windows application, including Web browsers. XMetaL Developer is a centralized development environment for creating Corel XMetaL customizations and applications. Designed as a plug-in for Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, it enables developers to use existing Web programming skills in Script, COM and DOM. XMetaL Central enables IT managers to use Web services to remotely manage customizations and uses SOAP to provide access to up-to-date XML customization files, including style sheets, scripts, CSS and templates. XMetaL 4 will be available in early 2003. www.corel.com/xmetal4

Veridocs announced the upcoming availability of XMLdocs Beta Release. XMLdocs is a Web-based system for creating user-friendly XML content management solutions. The Beta Release will be available free. XMLdocs Version 1, slated for release in February 2003, will be available on a hosted basis. With XMLdocs, organizations can create XML document templates for everything from press releases and product descriptions to knowledge-based articles and help documents. Using these templates, non-technical users write and edit XML documents in XMLdocs XML word processor. Documents can then be exported for publication on a Web site or elsewhere through a simple Web Service. www.xmldocs.com

FileNET Corporation and NS Solutions Corporation announced a new strategic partnership to penetrate the Japanese ECM market. The partnership will have a strategic focus on developing and marketing solutions for the Financial Services, Insurance, Pharmaceutical, Government, Manufacturing and Utilities markets in Japan. NS Solutions, which has been involved in the technical drawing and content management business for more than 15 years, has more than 400 customers in Japan. www.ns-sol.co.jp/e/index.html, www.filenet.com

The Workflow Management Coalition (WfMC) announced the release of the Workflow Standard – XML Process Definition Language – XPDL 1.0. Together with other WfMC standards, XPDL provides a framework for implementing business process management and workflow engines, and for designing, analyzing, and exchanging business processes. XPDL is the culmination of a 15-month effort by multiple vendors and users to provide a standard that satisfies the needs of diverse organizations. One of the key elements of the XPDL is its extensibility to handle information used by a variety of different tools. Based upon a limited number of entities that describe a workflow process definition (the “Minimum Meta Model”), XPDL supports a number of differing approaches. A process defined in XPDL (a set of XML statements) can be imported into any workflow engine that supports XPDL. The related objects and attributes (data associated with the process) are now also included in the XPDL process definition. The XPDL process definition can be generated by workflow modeling and simulation tools, or can be manually coded, or can be exported from another XPDL-compliant workflow engine. Described as Document WfMC-TC-1025, it may be downloaded at www.wfmc.org/standards/docs.htm

DataPower Technology, Inc. announced a joint marketing and development agreement with Contivo, Inc., to integrate the Contivo Enterprise Integration Modeling (EIM) solution with the DataPower XA35 XML Accelerator. The joint solution provides enterprise customers with an XML integration solution providing data modeling and XML data transformation technology to reduce time and money spent on integration services. Contivo’s platform-independent model-based semantic server automates the design and management of data integration. DataPower’s XA35 – based on its XG3 XML processing technology – provides a fast XML data transformation engine. In a jointly conducted test, the “XA35 was able to execute Contivo transaction mappings over 15 times faster than transactions attempted in general-purpose software.” DataPower XA35 XML Accelerator and Contivo EIM Solution 3.0 are available immediately. www.datapower.com, www.contivo.com