Auto-Graphics Selected by Northrop Grumman Unit for Project to Convert Paper Manuals to an Electronic Database; Legacy Paper Documents To Be Managed as SGML Files.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers POMONA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 3, 2000 Northrop Grumman Corp.'s (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :NOC (Network Operations Center) A central or regional location for monitoring a large network. Also called a "network management center" (NMC), "service management center" (SMC) or "network control center" (NCC), a NOC may be used to manage a large enterprise network, ) Marine Systems business unit has awarded a one-year contract to Auto-Graphics Inc. (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). BB:AUGR) to build a technical information database by converting thousands of pages of legacy paper manuals to a Standard Generalized Markup Language (language, text) Standard Generalized Markup Language - (SGML) A generic markup language for representing documents. SGML is an International Standard that describes the relationship between a document's content and its structure. (SGML SGML in full Standard Generalized Markup Language Markup language for organizing and tagging elements of a document, including headings, paragraphs, tables, and graphics. ) format. Once converted, the Interactive Electronic Technical Manuals (IETMs) will then be viewed, stored, retrieved, edited and assembled by multiple users with existing Northrop Grumman software and government-provided Strategic Systems Program Electronic Documentation (SSPED) software. "This contract is a substantial award for Auto-Graphics," said William J. Kliss, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. at Auto-Graphics. "Our relationship with Northrop Grumman demonstrates a growing trend to convert legacy paper documents to an SGML or an 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. format. "As more companies address knowledge management issues, they will seek such a solution for the ease of access provided by the conversion and the resulting indexing/search capabilities. We believe there are many more companies that will realize they must make the change to SGML/XML and Auto-Graphics is well-positioned to compete for those contracts." As part of the conversion process, Auto-Graphics will use its own content management system -- Impact/CMS(TM) -- as the basic tool for systematically enhancing and maintaining data over the course of the project. Impact/CMS combines the company's SGML/XML editing system with its Impact/WEB(TM) search and retrieval engine, making it easy to edit and access the converted pages. "Technical manuals represent a major conversion challenge because of the many data types involved," said Kliss. "Once the data types are defined, our proven methodology and tools such as Impact/CMS allow us to move quickly and accurately through the conversion process." "Auto-Graphics is experienced at SGML conversion having successfully completed a number of government and military projects," stated Don Taylor, Supervisor of the Technical Writing Group at Northrop Grumman Marine Systems. "We are particularly pleased that Auto-Graphics will be applying their SGML/XML editor product to maintain the converted pages during this project, thus saving us considerable amount of time." Auto-Graphics has applied its technical advancements and software tools for projects for various companies and counts The Boeing Company, U.S. Department of Commerce, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Columbia University Press Columbia University Press is an academic press based in New York City and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by James D. Jordan (2004-present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fields of literary and cultural studies, , Houghton Mifflin Company and Lockheed Corp. among its many customers. Company Information Auto-Graphics Inc. (OTC BB:AUGR) is a leading provider of Web-based information publishing and Internet database resource sharing systems, including the Impact line of database and search products and services. Customers include Alibris, Boeing, Houghton Mifflin, the state of Texas and the U.S. Department of Commerce. The company's Web site is located at http://www.auto-graphics.com. |
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