as Benefits of this Growing Content Standard are Realized
XMetaL, the global leader in content creation and collaboration solutions, today celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) standard, noting the rapid adoption of the standard. From DITA-focused tradeshows to Webinars with the biggest audience in XMetaL history, to rapid customer adoption, the company is seeing wide-spread endorsement of the standard.
As the one year anniversary of the standard endorsed by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standard (OASIS) is marked in May, 2006, XMetaL notes the enormous impact DITA has had on content authoring. It has changed the way content is authored into a topic-based system and impacted the efficiency with which content is created and re-used. The latest XMetaL Author DITA Edition users include large networking companies, wireless technology providers and household-name software providers. "The adoption of DITA as a standard in content management is gaining momentum due to organizations recognizing the need to improve collaboration and content creation processes and interoperability," said Peter O'Kelly, Research Director of Burton Group's Collaboration and Content Strategies service. "Innovators in the space such as XMetaL have experienced increased demand from mainstream customers for DITA-enabled products. This trend will continue as more companies become aware of the business value that DITA brings to content management." Moldflow Corporation, the world's leading producer of computer aided engineering and optimization software for the plastic injection-molding industry, recently joined the growing roster of companies involved in the adoption of DITA through adopting XMetaL Author DITA Edition. "There is a constant requirement to refine our products and software engineering processes to meet market expectations. By adopting DITA, Moldflow is now able to author technical content with re-use in mind. Our authors are freed from the need to simultaneously consider content as well as the presentation of topics," said Tim Lake, Director, Technology Transfer, Moldflow Corporation. "The market is generating an ever-increasing demand on its technical communication teams for documentation that can be supplied in multiple formats and languages at the same time. Localization costs can be reduced as there is less redundancy in the content. There is also the potential for an increase in localization efficiency, since topics can be localized independently as they are written." Unlike book-oriented approaches based on chapters and pages, XMetaL Author DITA Edition uses topics that are smaller chunks of information that can be easily reused for various contexts and deliverables. DITA also provides built-in extensibility support, meaning users can customize document type definitions without breaking compatibility with existing applications and processes. For these reasons and more, DITA is key for helping organizations adopt XML as their content creation standard by maximizing content reuse, and reducing information redundancies. "As an early supporter of DITA and the first company with an XML content creation tool designed to meet DITA standards, we've seen a strong increase in business from customers seeking to take advantage of the DITA and XMetaL combination," said Robert Miller, Vice President of Marketing at XMetaL. "As forward-thinking companies such as Moldflow seek to advance content to its next stage, generating greater efficiency, content reuse and simpler processes for the user, the many benefits of authoring content in DITA will become more commonplace." Pricing and availability Organizations interested in evaluating or implementing the XMetaL Author DITA Edition can contact XMetaL directly in
North America at: 1 (866) 793-1542; Internationally at: 1 (604) 697-8701 About Moldflow Corporation Moldflow (NASDAQ: MFLO) is the leading global provider of design through manufacturing solutions for the plastics injection molding industry. Moldflow's products and services allow companies to address part and mold design issues at the earliest stage and maximize productivity and profitability on the manufacturing floor. Visit www.moldflow.com for more information. About XMetaL, a Justsystems Company XMetaL(R) is the world's leading XML content creation and collaboration solution, advancing the goals of globally-focused, customer-driven organizations. XMetaL's family of software and services enables your company to create, share, reuse, and deliver content more quickly and cost-effectively, across all customer channels, from sales, marketing, and customer service, to training and technical support. Visit xmetal.com to learn how leading brands such as Cisco, Daimler Chrysler, HP, Kodak, Microsoft, Philips, RIM, Southwest Airlines, Sybase, Symantec, Texas Instruments and USA Today use XMetaL to bring products and services to market faster, with greater accuracy, and at lower cost.
