Pound Hill Software Expands and Announces General Availability of MetaGrove Toolset for XMP; MetaGrove Harvests XMP Metadata to Make Digital Media Workflows More Efficient and Digital Media Files Easier to Describe, Faster to Find.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- -Advancing the ability of digital media professionals to tag, identify and access a growing diversity of rich media files, regardless of file format, Pound Hill Software today extended the MetaGrove product line and announced the general availability of the MetaGrove toolset for Mac OS X at the 12th Digital Asset Management (DAM) Symposium in New York. The MetaGrove toolset for Mac is now available for immediate delivery. As previously announced, it includes MetaGrove Developer and MetaGrove Plug-ins for Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign. The company extended the toolset by unveiling a new plug-in for Adobe InCopy Adobe InCopy is a professional word processing software product made by Adobe Systems. It is tightly integrated with Adobe InDesign, and the most recent version is Adobe InCopy CS3. InCopy is primarily used by newspapers and magazines to write, edit and style copy. , which is also available for immediate delivery. The MetaGrove toolset for Windows, as well as Mac and Windows XTensions for QuarkXPress, will ship in the second quarter of 2006. MetaGrove takes Adobe's Extensible Metadata Platform The Adobe Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP) is a standard for processing and storing standardized and proprietary metadata, created by Adobe Systems Inc.. XMP standardizes the definition, creation, and processing of extensible metadata. (XMP (X/Open Management Protocol) A high-level network management protocol governed by X/Open. Network management software written to the XMP interface is shielded from the details of the underlying SNMP or CMIP protocols. ) to the next level by making it easier to define, capture and display the descriptive metadata that make digital media files more intelligent. XMP is an open-source labeling technology that can embed data about a file's content -- known as metadata -- into the file itself. This enables more efficient digital asset management, including job processing Handling and processing jobs in the computer. , workflow automation See workflow. and rights description. "Adobe XMP finally gives us a standardized way to describe digital rich media files across disparate file formats, applications and platforms, creating an opportunity to harvest and cultivate this metadata to improve workflow efficiencies," said Dennis Shepard, Pound Hill's Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. . "Our MetaGrove toolset dramatically enriches the ability to define, capture and display XMP metadata, beyond the basic tools in the authoring environment." The MetaGrove Toolset MetaGrove is an integrated set of tools that make it easy to cultivate the metadata that fuel digital workflows. The toolset includes MetaGrove Developer, MetaGrove Plug-ins for Adobe Creative Suite Adobe Creative Suite is a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications made by Adobe Systems. The latest version, Adobe Creative Suite 3 (CS3), was announced on March 27, 2007; it introduced Universal binaries for all programs for the Apple applications and MetaGrove XTensions for QuarkXPress: --MetaGrove Developer is a stand-alone application that allows an organization's production manager or media librarian to define, design and lay out customized lists of metadata properties -- known as metadata schemas -- without scripting or programming, and automate links to external media management systems. --MetaGrove Plug-ins and XTensions provide end-users with a powerful mechanism to capture and display metadata within the context of Adobe Creative Suite and QuarkXPress authoring environments, significantly beyond the scope of what is offered in the basic applications. Features include auto-complete, tool tips, validation, thumbnails and dynamic server support. Product Pricing Pricing for the toolset is based on the quantity purchased, with typical enterprise pricing of $470 for MetaGrove Developer and $65 to $85 per MetaGrove Plug-in. About Pound Hill Software Established in 2001, Pound Hill Software Inc. develops, markets and supports software tools and engines that energize en·er·gize v. en·er·gized, en·er·giz·ing, en·er·giz·es v.tr. 1. To give energy to; activate or invigorate: "His childhood digital media workflows and add a powerful new dimension to DAM and content management solutions. The company is headquartered at One Carlsbad Research Center, 2382 Faraday faraday /far·a·day/ (F ) (far´ah-da) the electric charge carried by one mole of electrons or one equivalent weight of ions, equal to 9.649 × 104coulombs. far·a·day n. Ave., Suite 250-11, Carlsbad, CA 92008. For more information, call 1-86-METADATA (1-866-382-3282) or visit www.poundhill.com. Pound Hill and MetaGrove are trademarks of Pound Hill Software. 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