Idiom Teams with Adobe and IBM to Evangelize the DITA Standard and Its Role in the Evolution of XML Publishing.

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Upcoming Seminar to Focus on the Benefits of DITA and Establishing Best Practices for Content Management and Globalization Initiatives

Idiom(R) Technologies, Inc. (Idiom), the leading provider of XML-based global electronic publishing solutions, today announced details of its upcoming seminar, "Putting DITA to Work: Applying Modern XML Standards in the Global Electronic Publishing Enterprise." The luncheon and panel presentation will take place at The Argent Hotel in San Francisco on Wednesday, April 13 at 12:30 p.m., following the conclusion of the Gilbane Conference on Content Management.

Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) is an XML-based, end-to-end architecture for authoring, producing and delivering readable information as discrete topics. DITA is fast becoming a popular approach for XML-based publishing and has become the preferred method for single-sourcing, which enables companies to effectively reuse and repurpose their content in multiple formats and languages.

Sponsored by Idiom, this interactive session will highlight the cost, process and time-to-market gains that can be achieved with DITA-based deployments. Attendees will learn more about DITA and its emerging role in content management and globalization initiatives from leading industry experts including Frank Gilbane, president, The Gilbane Report; Erik Hennum, information architect, IBM Systems; Eric Silberstein, founder and CTO, Idiom; and Tanya Wendling, senior director, Adobe Systems.

Specifically, the panel presentation will address:

--Adobe's adoption of standards-based, single-source publishing to automate the authoring, management, globalization and delivery of business content in multiple languages and forms

--The evolution of DITA and its impact on the way modern publishing teams author, manage and deliver topic-driven documents and online help systems

--Conclusive Gilbane Report research on DITA-enabled product globalization benefits, including how product documentation globalization supports expansion into international markets

Attendees will receive a copy of the recent Gilbane Report White Paper, "Topic-Oriented Information Development and Its Role in Globalization." Participation in the seminar is free of charge and available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Seats can be reserved at http://www.idiominc.com/news/events.asp. For more information, contact Kim Sarno at [e-mail] or [phone].

Idiom Participation in the Gilbane Conference on Content Management

Idiom will be demonstrating its WorldServer(TM) Global Electronic Publishing solution and related DITA solutions, specifically WorldServer OpenTopic, at the Gilbane Conference on Content Management in San Francisco, April 11-13, 2005, at booth #109. The recently released Idiom WorldServer OpenTopic is a revolutionary XML-based publishing solution for simplifying and accelerating the creation, management, localization and production of print and electronic documents. Leveraging the benefits of DITA, WorldServer OpenTopic is an open and extensible solution that accelerates the transition to XML-based publishing, and streamlines ongoing global publishing efforts.

Idiom will be featured in two Gilbane Conference sessions:

--Ryan Kuder, product manager, Globalization Content Management Systems at eBay will be presenting on April 12 at 2:00 p.m. on the topic of "Solutions for Complex Content Applications"

--Idiom Founder and CTO Eric Silberstein will be presenting on April 12 at 3:45 p.m. on the topic of "Closing the Globalization Gap with XML and DITA"

About Idiom Technologies, Inc.

Idiom uniquely combines the power of modern XML publishing and market leading globalization to create and deliver the only comprehensive enterprise software solutions for authoring, managing, and publishing content in any format and any language.

The company is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts, with offices throughout North America and in Europe. To learn more please visit www.idiominc.com or call [phone].

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