Texcel and Raytheon Announce Leading Edge IETM Solution.CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1998-- - System to be Utilized by the U.S. Navy - Texcel Research Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of Texcel International, announced an alliance with Raytheon Systems Company's Training and Services segment to integrate their software products to produce a best of breed interactive electronic technical manual (IETM IETM Interactive Electronic Technical Manual IETM Informal European Theatre Meeting IETM Integrated Electronic Technical Manual (US Army) IETM Integrated Engine Technical Manual (US Air Force) ) development and delivery system. The combined offering will leverage the complementary strengths of the Texcel Information Manager content repository and Raytheon's Advanced Integrated Maintenance Support System (AIMSS AIMSS Advanced Integrated Maintenance Support System AIMSS Amsterdam International Medical Summer School AIMSS Airfreight Industry Minimum Security Standards (UK) ). The result will be an IETM authoring, management, and delivery solution with unmatched functionality, based on proven technology. The first release of the solution will be tailor made for aerospace/defense contractors and branches of the military that must comply with government regulations for delivery of weapons systems and other documentation. "Our mutual customers brought us together," explained James Capparelli, President of Texcel Research, Inc. "Among them is the U.S. Navy, which uses Texcel Information Manager to author and manage technical information at a number of sites. Customers like the Navy want to be able to take advantage of the AIMSS tools for IETM authoring and delivery while maintaining the source information in their Texcel content management system." The best-of-breed offering will combine the user-friendly IETM authoring features of AIMSS with Texcel's very flexible content management system. With the addition of AIMSS to the Information Manager environment, users will be able to support class 4/5 IETM development out of the same database as their paper TMs and ETMs. Maintenance of multiple databases will no longer be necessary. All IETM data will be stored as SGML SGML in full Standard Generalized Markup Language Markup language for organizing and tagging elements of a document, including headings, paragraphs, tables, and graphics. or 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. and content sharing of text and graphics will be supported across all document types. The new product will not only reduce overall data maintenance costs but it will also facilitate the migration of existing TMs and ETMs to the much more dynamic class 4/5 IETM environment. Texcel Information Manager allows users to define and manage chunks of information, such as the steps to repair a particular mechanical component. That information might be displayed in the IETM in the context of numerous diagnostic or repair operations. However, it only needs to be changed once, and the change is reflected wherever used. This saves enormous amounts of manual effort and produces higher quality deliverables. Texcel Information Manager uses the internationally-adopted SGML and XML text markup (text) markup - In computerised document preparation, a method of adding information to the text indicating the logical components of a document, or instructions for layout of the text on the page or other information which can be interpreted by some automatic system. standards, so that information maintained in the database remains nonproprietary and conforms to government requirements at all times. All kinds of nontextual data, such as drawings and images, can also be accessed from and versioned in the Texcel content management system. About AIMSS AIMSS is a class 4/5 IETM authoring system designed to DOD (1) (Dial On Demand) A feature that allows a device to automatically dial a telephone number. For example, an ISDN router with dial on demand will automatically dial up the ISP when it senses IP traffic destined for the Internet. specifications (MIL-PRF-87268 and MIL-PRF-87269). It consists of a fully integrated set of authoring tools built around a database management system. AIMSS is designed to simplify the creation of class 4/5 IETM databases. It provides a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) Pronounced "wiz-ee-wig." It refers to displaying text and graphics on screen the same as they will print on paper or display on a Web page. development environment for the IETM author that requires no knowledge of SGML or programming to operate. Editors are provided for the creation and maintenance of IETM structure, topics (descriptions, procedures, etc.), frames (screens), and primitive objects (text, tables, graphics, dialogs, etc.). A built-in viewing system gives the author the ability to view and test the IETM without the need to parse and compile SGML. About Texcel Texcel International, the leader in collaborative content management, provides document systems to corporations and government agencies who depend on information access and efficient reuse reuse - Using code developed for one application program in another application. Traditionally achieved using program libraries. Object-oriented programming offers reusability of code via its techniques of inheritance and genericity. for competitive advantage. Texcel's customers use the system to create intelligent content-driven applications such as interactive electronic technical manuals, Web- and CDROM-based reference materials, and on-demand research reports, as well as printed product and maintenance documentation. Content that is managed in Texcel Information Manager can be easily used for Intranet/Extranet delivery, as well as on paper or 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). . The system has industry-leading support for structured information such as that tagged in XML or the related SGML standard. Founded in 1991, Texcel International has offices throughout Europe and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform DATA represents Texcel in Japan. Among its customers are Deere and Company, Diebold Incorporated, Ericsson Telecom, Boeing Helicopter Systems, Philips Corporation, Thomson Corporation, Wolters Kluwer Wolters Kluwer N.V. (Euronext: WKL) is a leading global information services and publishing company. The company provides products and services for professionals in the health, tax, accounting, corporate, financial services, legal and regulatory, and education sectors. , and the U.S. Navy and Departments of Defense and Commerce. Texcel can be contacted at its U.S. offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. by calling 617-621-7004. The Texcel Web site is located at http://www.texcel.no. (All product names are copyrighted by their respective owners.) |
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