CambridgeDocs Announces OEM Agreement With PTC(R); CambridgeDocs XML Conversion technology to fuel PTC's Arbortext version 5.2 Import/Export functionality.BOSTON -- CambridgeDocs (www.cambridgedocs.com) today announced an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and agreement with PTC (PTC, Needham, MA, www.ptc.com) Long a world leader in mechanical computer-aided design, manufacturing and engineering software, PTC, through acquisitions and reorganization, has transformed itself into a leading provider of Internet-based B2B solutions for discrete manufacturers. , the Product Development Company(TM). As a result, PTC will integrate the CambridgeDocs legacy conversion tools into the Import/Export module available with Arbortext version 5.2, the latest release of PTC's dynamic publishing software. The CambridgeDocs xDoc Converter user interface and conversion server will be used as the basis for importing content from legacy formats into 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. . This includes importing from Microsoft Word files, FrameMaker, HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. , and PDF files into semantic XML for use with PTC's dynamic publishing software. On the export side, the CambridgeDocs technology will be used as part of the system that publishes XML into Microsoft Word documents. "We're excited that PTC has chosen to include CambridgeDocs tools as part of their Arbortext dynamic publishing solution," said Kedron Wolcott, vice president engineering at CambridgeDocs. "We engineered our XML conversion products to transform documents into fully formed schemas, and we believe that the agreement with PTC will expand the reach of this capability into many more organizations." The CambridgeDocs team has been working with PTC on the integration of the xDoc product with the Arbortext 5.2. "We work with both PTC and CambridgeDocs," said Joseph Clements,vice president for Systems Documentation, Inc. (www.sdicorp.com), a reseller of xDocs and leading edge publishing, CMS (1) See content management system and color management system. (2) (Conversational Monitor System) Software that provides interactive communications for IBM's VM operating system. and semantic web technologies . "So we are glad to see these two best of breed XML technologies work together so seamlessly. The benefits that each bring to authoring, conversion and management of commercial and military documentation which use a variety of DTDs, Schemas and standards such as S1000D, are far beyond anything else in the XML space. Together these products enable us to provide our corporate and DoD customers with robust, cost-effective solutions ." "As providers of structured content solutions to life sciences companies," said Ravi Shankar, vice president of Glemser Technologies, "We work with both PTC and CambridgeDocs. We recognize the strengths that each tool brings to the conversion, authoring and management of XML content for pharmaceutical companies, especially as they gear up to address new submission requirements such as the FDA's SPL (1) (Systems Programming Language) The assembly language for the HP 3000 series. See assembly language for an SPL program example. (2) (Structured Programming Language) See structured programming. 1. and the European Union's PIM initiative." About CambridgeDocs CambridgeDocs is a leader in the emerging market for XML-based content integration. This market deals with the integration of legacy content with new XML-based systems (e.g. Content Management, Enterprise Information Portals, EAI, and Web Services) and standards (e.g. DocBook, DITA, HRXML HRXML Human Resources eXtensible Markup Language HRXML Human Resources Xml , RIXML RIXML Research Information Exchange Markup Language , FPML, XBRL (EXtensible Business Reporting Language) A specification for publishing financial information in the XML format. It is designed to provide a standard set of XML tags for exchanging accounting information and financial statements between companies and analysts. , SPL, S1000D NewsML, 3001, or any custom XML schema/DTD's, etc.). Towards this end, CambridgeDocs provides a technology platform & services for taking existing unstructured and semi-structured internal and external content (e.g. MS Word, HTML, PDF, Quark, etc.), and transforming it into "meaningful XML". Once transformed, the content can be made available for delivery through XML-based Web Services, classified and indexed within Enterprise Information Portals, and aggregated, assembled and published in multiple different formats including support for wireless and mobile devices. |
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