Data Conversion Laboratory Featured in Third Edition of Top-Selling XML Handbook.Business & High-Tech Editors FRESH MEADOWS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 30, 2000 Data Conversion Laboratory (www.dclab.com), a leader in converting and repurposing data to 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. formats, is once again proud to be included in Goldfarb and Prescod's XML Handbook(TM), Third Edition. The XML Handbook was rated the top XML book of 1998 by Amazon.com. The Third Edition totals more than 1,000 pages, covering the full breadth of XML applications, tools and technologies that are revolutionizing e-business, both on and off the Web. Industry experts from 27 leading XML providers and users contributed, including Adobe, 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) , Intel, Microsoft, Oracle and Sun. Data Conversion Laboratory is featured in Chapter 32, which deals with planning for and implementing large-scale conversions. Data Conversion Laboratory outlines approaches on how to estimate scope and cost before a project begins, and a step-by-step planning methodology that guarantees the user gets the XML conversion expected. The material in this chapter is based on DCL's experience with over 25,000 projects spanning over 150 million pages to date in a variety of industries, including government, military, publishing, corporate and public libraries. "The secret to successful conversion is planning--knowing up-front what you want your finished data to look like, anticipating as many bottlenecks as you can, then crafting the right DTD (Document Type Definition) A language that describes the contents of an SGML document. The DTD is also used with XML, and the DTD definitions may be embedded within an XML document or in a separate file. (document type definition). The Data Conversion Laboratory methodology is battle-tested over 20 years, thousands of projects and millions of pages. We're delighted our input is once again included in Goldfarb and Prescod's XML Handbook, Third Edition," said Mark Gross, president of DCL (1) (Digital Command Language) Digital's standard command language for the VMS operating system on its VAX series. (2) (Data Compression L . Data Conversion Laboratory (www.dclab.com) is the leader in implementing complex data conversion solutions for government and military agencies, integrators and such publishing giants as McGraw-Hill, Wiley, Harcourt, Wolters Kluwer, Lippincott and Reed Elsevier (Reference), as well as the Library of Congress, Lockheed Martin, McDonnell Douglas, Gulfstream Aerospace, United Technologies and the New York Public Library New York Public Library, free library supported by private endowments and gifts and by the city and state of New York. It is the one of largest libraries in the world. . The company is based at 184-13 Horace Harding Expressway, Fresh Meadows, New York, 11365. Dr. Charles Goldfarb is the father of markup languages, a term he coined in 1970. He is the inventor of SGML SGML in full Standard Generalized Markup Language Markup language for organizing and tagging elements of a document, including headings, paragraphs, tables, and graphics. (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. ), the International Standard on which both XML and 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. are based. Paul Prescod is a leading XML software developer for ActiveState and a member of the W3C group that developed XML. |
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