XMLCities, Inc. Unveils First Complete XML Suite Designed for High-Volume Creation and Conversion to XML and PDF.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

AIIM 2001

Booth No. 3613

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2001

XMLCapture(TM) Suite Converts Both Paper and Electronic Documents

With Unique Batch-Processing and Auto-Tagging Capabilities

'Mass Creation of XML Content'

XMLCities(TM), Inc., the technology leader in XML production and PDF capture, has introduced XMLCapture(TM) -- a suite of applications designed to enable efficient, highly productive, high-volume, high-quality conversion and creation of documents into user-defined formats. XMLCapture is the first XML content generation solution that converts both paper and electronic formats, features rules-based auto-tagging to dramatically improve content conversion productivity, provides intelligent manual tagging through an intuitive what-you-see-is what-you-get (WYSIWYG) interface, and offers batch processing and workflow management tools for high-volume conversion environments.

The complete suite includes the following modules:

-- PageGenie(R) Enterprise for document capture and optical character
recognition (OCR) into PDF or PMF (PageGenie Meta Format)

-- GenieWriter(TM) for converting from digital files such as PDF, WORD, RTF,
HTML into PMF

-- XDTD Editor(TM) for DTD creation and editing

-- XMLPattern(TM) for defining pattern rules for auto tagging

-- PageGenie(R) XML for XML tagging, both manual and auto-tagging

-- XMLProofer(TM) for XML validation and quality assurance

-- PageGenie Controller(TM) for production file dispatching

"Organizations and businesses continue to demand content generation solutions that bridge the gap between documents and content publishing. The process of efficiently creating XML data is often tedious, costly and complex," said Dr. Evan S. Huang, President and CTO of XMLCities(TM), Inc. "By incorporating automated, rules-based XML creation, workflow management tools, and an intelligent intuitive interface, XML content creation can now be accomplished more efficiently and cost effectively than ever before."

XMLCapture has significantly improved the XML tagging process through an innovative interface allowing non-technical operators to link associated content to the user's DTD tree. The auto-tagging can complete as much as 80-90% of the XML creation process. Assignment of new tags is accomplished through selecting the appropriate word, section, or string and clicking on the appropriate data type displayed in the DTD tree. This "select-then-click" process enables faster and more accurate XML tagging by non-technical personnel than any process currently available.

"The pressure is on to develop cost-effective production environments for XML content creation from existing unstructured documents, both paper and electronic," says Duff Johnson, President of Document Solutions, Inc., an industry-leader and a high-end electronic document service provider. "Service bureaus already understand tagging based on layout or font. XMLCities is developing end-to-end production software to facilitate cost-effective tagging of content, not just appearance -- a key ingredient in the slow progress towards the XML-enabling of the business process."

About XMLCities(TM), Inc.

Founded in 1997 by Dr. Evan Huang and other industry experts, XMLCities, Inc. designs and markets XML technologies. XMLCities is a premier developer of advanced, high quality XML content creation, conversion, and publishing technology. XMLCities is committed to providing the latest XML technology enabling users the ease of use to efficiently create and convert existing documents and digital files into XML within a production environment. XMLCities' advanced auto/manual XML tagging algorithm allows users to intuitively generate and publish XML content based on user's DTD/schema. XMLCities is located in Milpitas, Calif.

For more information please visit the website at www.xmlcities.com.