Altova's AUTHENTIC 5 To Support Visual XML Editing of RIXML Documents; New AUTHENTIC 5 Templates Enable Easy Editing And Exchange of XML-Based Financial Industry Research.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2003 Altova Inc. (www.altova.com), producer of XMLSPY, the world's leading XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. development tool, today announced the availability of ready-to-use templates for the Research Information eXchange Markup Language markup language Standard text-encoding system consisting of a set of symbols inserted in a text document to control its structure, formatting, or the relationship among its parts. The most widely used markup languages are SGML, HTML, and XML. (RIXML RIXML Research Information Exchange Markup Language ). The new RIXML templates, in conjunction with AUTHENTIC 5's recently announced free software licensing model (see separate release entitled "Altova Offers Free XML Document Editor") will enable faster adoption of XML content editing for the financial community based on the RIXML standard. "RIXML is the catalyst fueling a new generation of research tools and portal services in response to the needs of today's investment professionals," said Richard Simon Richard Simon (May 13, 1638 - April 11, 1712), was a French biblical critic. He was born at Dieppe. His early education took place at the college of the Fathers of the Oratory. , President, Acclivity Development (www.acclivitydev.com), an expert on RIXML, Content Management and XML technologies. "Inclusion of RIXML templates in Altova's AUTHENTC 5 will make it easier for financial research producers to standardize the creation of financial content, which in turn enables research content search tools that are much more effective." The RIXML standard was developed by RIXML.org (www.rixml.org), a consortium of buy and sell-side global market leaders committed the development and implementation of the first open standard for investment research RIXML provides a structure for breaking down and classifying investment research so that users can access investment research in a customizable format through standard filtering criteria. Currently, financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. firms that publish research are using their own proprietary solutions. Therefore, this industry-wide standard facilitates a smoother exchange of information from producer to consumer, whether the information flows directly or via a third-party aggregator or vendor. "We are pleased to see the inclusion of the RIXML schema in Altova's product," said David Lord, co-chair of the RIXML.org Technical Committee. "Including the RIXML schema with the free licensing of the AUTHENTIC 5 XML content editor will bring the RIXML standard to a broader audience." About Acclivity Development Corp. Acclivity Development (www.acclivitydev.com) is an XML applications and web service solutions provider for the financial, educational, and healthcare related industries. Its founders have extensive software engineering experience with a wide range of business, content management, and eCommerce applications. About Altova Altova, Inc. is a leading provider of XML software solutions with offices in Beverly, MA and Vienna, Austria. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. was founded in 1992 and has been actively involved in the XML market from the early conception of Extensible Markup Language See XML. (language, text) Extensible Markup Language - (XML) An initiative from the W3C defining an "extremely simple" dialect of SGML suitable for use on the World-Wide Web. http://w3.org/XML/. . Altova's XMLSPY 5 is the leading choice of Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies. Altova's XMLSPY 5 product line is the world's best-selling XML tool and has won the leading industry awards including PC Magazine's Editor's Choice Award and Best Product of 2002. Altova is a technology partner with the world's leading software companies including Microsoft, Oracle, BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. , IONA, and Software AG. Altova is a member of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium, www.w3.org) An international industry consortium founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee to develop standards for the Web. It is hosted in the U.S. by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT (www.csail.mit.edu/index.php). and WS-I (Web Services Interoperability Organization, www.ws-i.org) A consortium founded by Microsoft, IBM, BEA Systems and Intel that is dedicated to the development of Web services. Its goals are to provide guidance and education, to promote interoperability and to ensure that Web services . Visit Altova on the web at http://www.altova.com. Altova, XMLSPY, STYLEVISION, AUTHENTIC and AXAD are trademarks of Altova GmbH registered in numerous countries. The names of and reference to companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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