Chrystal Software to Provide XML-based Content Management Repository for Lexis-Nexis.Business & Technology Editors SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 9, 2001 Chrystal Software, a Xerox Corporation (company) XEROX Corporation - http://xerox.com/. See also XEROX PARC, XEROX Network Services. New Enterprise Company, and Lexis-Nexis(R), a unit of Reed Elsevier Inc., today announced an agreement under which Chrystal Software will provide an Astoria(R) content management system for selected Lexis-Nexis legal content. Under the terms of the agreement, Lexis-Nexis will manage 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/. (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. )-based content in an Astoria repository. Astoria's object-oriented framework is adept at managing documents down to the component level, including retrieving, accessing, versioning and securing each component individually. It also maintains the link between each component within the document or documents. Information can also be personalized and delivered to the Web, print and CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). . Currently, more than 30,730 sources contribute content to the Lexis-Nexis database. Lexis-Nexis will be delivering legal content created in Astoria to about 3 million subscribers. "Chrystal's content management system gives us the performance and the component granularity we need to create and deliver relevant and focused information to our customers," said Dan Hill, senior vice president, Editorial Systems and Content Engineering, Lexis-Nexis. A component is a piece of information that can be used independently, such as a paragraph, a chapter, an instructional procedure, a warning note, a part number, an order quantity, a graphic, a side-bar story, a video clip A short video presentation. , or one of an infinite variety of additional information types. "Lexis-Nexis is clearly the leader in legal research and one of the foremost providers of solutions to that community," said David Garnett This article is about the Bloomsbury author. For the science fiction author, see David S. Garnett. David Garnett (1892–1981) was a British writer and publisher. , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Chrystal Software. "As a member of the Lexis-Nexis team, we are excited about being the vendor of choice to partner in an opportunity of this magnitude." About Lexis-Nexis Lexis-Nexis unites strong brands, pioneering technologies and premium information for customers in the legal, corporate, government and education markets. Its products are available via the Web, dial-up online, CD-ROM and books. A trusted source, the company offers targeted information solutions that can be integrated into its customers' business processes and systems. Combining searchable access to over 2.8 billion documents from thousands of sources with leading edge systems and tools for managing this content, Lexis-Nexis delivers a high-quality resource with which to build legal research and knowledge-management solutions for the entire enterprise. Lexis-Nexis also includes Butterworths Tolley in the U.K.; Editions du Juris-Classeur in France; and other legal businesses in Europe, North and South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , South Africa South Africa, Afrikaans Suid-Afrika, officially Republic of South Africa, republic (2005 est. pop. 44,344,000), 471,442 sq mi (1,221,037 sq km), S Africa. , Asia and the Pacific. It is an operating unit operating unit A type of operating company that engages in transactions with outsiders and that is owned by another business. For example, in 1995 the stockholders of Capital Cities/ABC approved a $19 billion merger with the Walt Disney Company, whereupon of the global publisher and information provider Reed Elsevier Inc. For more information, visit www.lexis-nexis.com. About Astoria Astoria is a content management solution for organizations producing and publishing all types of structured documents. Astoria manages content created using structured authoring tools such as ArborText*Adept(R), Adobe(R) FrameMaker+SGML SGML in full Standard Generalized Markup Language Markup language for organizing and tagging elements of a document, including headings, paragraphs, tables, and graphics. (R), Softquad(R) XMetaL(R). Astoria provides business value to every phase of the document life cycle by adding intelligence to content creation, review, production, distribution and maintenance. Astoria 3.5 offers productivity improvements to a variety of applications commonly used by publication groups that support product documentation, engineering, product support, customer service, sales, training, research and development. About Chrystal Software Chrystal Software delivers high-performance content management solutions for Web-based applications, as well as traditional publishing applications. The company has a worldwide presence with partners in key markets and customers in automotive, aerospace, telecommunications equipment, publishing, and other industries. Customers include Lexis-Nexis, Open Learning Agency, Lockheed Martin For the former company, see . Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is a leading multinational aerospace manufacturer and advanced technology company formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. , Sun Microsystems, Dell Computers, Texas Instruments, Lucent Technologies, Micro Compact Car AG, and DaimlerChrysler. Copyright 2000, Chrystal Software, Incorporated. All rights reserved. All brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. 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