CrossRef and Atypon Partnership Launches the Enhanced CrossRef System.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 19, 2002 Atypon Systems and CrossRef announced today the launch of the enhanced CrossRef reference linking service, built by Atypon. Using Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), the service connects bibliographic references between publishers. With Atypon's innovations in place, the new CrossRef system: -- Links other content types, such as major reference works and conference proceedings in addition to electronic journals. -- Improves the citation matching through fuzzy matching. -- Increases scalability and performance. -- Facilitates system administration and monitoring capabilities for advanced reporting. Atypon's Literatum e-publishing software, which currently powers websites such as Academic Press' IDEAL Library and Blackwell Publishing's Synergy electronic journal platform, has been customized to fit the CrossRef system requirements To be used efficiently, all computer software needs certain hardware components or other software resources to be present on a computer system. These pre-requisites are known as (computer) system requirements and are often used as a guideline as opposed to an absolute rule. . It is a modular solution that can be leveraged for multiple electronic content types and provides sophisticated access control, administration, e-commerce models, and usage reporting functionality. "We are very excited about this successful launch of the new CrossRef system. A few of the immediate benefits are a 5-fold increase in matching, integration of new content types, and decreased system administration resources required," said CrossRef Executive Director, Ed Pentz. "Thanks to our partnership with Atypon, they have proactively resolved issues and made enhancements at no additional cost." "By extending Literatum, our advanced publishing system, with sophisticated fuzzy matching technology, Atypon has created a solution that serves CrossRef, its member publishers, and ultimately every researcher and scholar," stated Atypon 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. , Georgios Papadopoulos Georgios Papadopoulos (Greek: Γεώργιος Παπαδόπουλος . "Literatum's performance, functionality, and reliability make it the ideal platform to offer new services in the future." "With Atypon's technology in place, we have seen significant improvements in system performance, and ease of administration," said Chuck Koscher, CrossRef's Director of Information Technology. "The data migration went very smoothly and all change requests have been handled quickly and efficiently. Atypon's responsiveness and dependability allow us to focus our attention on moving forward with new projects." "Atypon is pleased to be able to provide a technology backbone for such an important industry initiative," said Ravi Singh, Atypon VP of Corporate Development. CrossRef joins a list of clients who have all enjoyed the benefits of working with Atypon, such as the highest quality of technology, flexibility, and responsiveness in meeting their needs and the determination to drive long term value as a strategic partner. We look forward to expanding our partnership with CrossRef." About Atypon Since 1996, Atypon Systems, Inc. has focused on providing software and services to the information industry. Atypon's electronic publishing An umbrella term for non-paper publishing, which includes publishing online or on media such as CDs and DVDs. software, Literatum manages content for eJournals, eReference Works, eBooks, and other digital media. This software powers major websites such as Academic Press' IDEAL and Blackwell Publishing's Synergy. In addition to software, Atypon provides publishers the option of a complete outsourced solution through its Business Services Provider (BSP BSP Bromsulphalein, a dye used in the study of liver function. See also sulfobromophthalein clearance test. ) platform in conjunction with 16 leading technology vendors including Akamai, 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) , Dell, Oracle and Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. . Atypon's customers range from non-profit organizations to the world's leading Publishers. The company is headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. and maintains a European office in Athens, Greece. For more information on Atypon Systems, please visit http://www.atypon.com. About CrossRef CrossRef now has 152 publisher members whose content represents over 6,400 journals and almost 5 million article records. It was established by scholarly publishers as an independent, non-profit entity in 2000, and uses open standards to ensure permanent reference links between online content. CrossRef is an official registration agency of the International DOI (Digital Object Identifier) A method of applying a persistent name to documents, publications and other resources on the Internet rather than using a URL, which can change over time. Foundation (IDF (Intermediate Distribution Frame) A wiring rack located between the MDF (main distribution frame) and the intended end user devices (telephones, routers, PCs, etc.). Cables run from the outside world to the MDF and then to the IDFs. See MDF and wiring rack. , http://www.doi.org/), and is the first full-scale implementation of the DOI system. More information is available at http://www.crossref.org. |
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