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Subject: OASIS MEMBER NEWS: HyperVision Announces Research Partnership with University of Western Ontario
-----Original Message----- From: Jennifer Parkes [mailto:jparkes@hvltd.com] Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 5:09 PM For immediate release March 31, 2000 HyperVision Announces Research Partnership with University of Western Ontario HyperVision Ltd. has announced a research partnership with the Grail+ Research Group of the University of Western Ontario, Canada. The partnership will enable HyperVision to use the Grail+ library in its WorX product line. The key products for HyperVision, WorX™ and WorX SE (Standard Edition), enable users to associate a semantic layer to Microsoft® Word documents. Using WorX, users can prepare XML documents from within Microsoft Word. WorX includes a context interpretation engine that allows automatic recognition and markup of XML elements. This presents a truly tagless environment for authors and allows them to focus on the creation of content. The use of Grail+ in the context interpretation engine will allow for a broader interpretation of the context. Pradeep Jain, Vice President of Technology for HyperVision indicated that the use of Grail+ would allow for the capture of non-deterministic content models in WorX SE, making it easier for the user to associate the semantic layer to the document content. Mr. Jain stated, "We are very excited about the research partnership and the Grail+ library. The Grail+ library represents more than a decade of research into Automata Theory. We are looking forward to integrating it in WorX SE. We believe it will add a lot of value to the final WorX SE product." Dr Sheng Yu, coordinator of the Grail+ project at the University of Western Ontario, said he is excited about the use of Grail+ in practical application as well. He mentioned that “the focus of the Grail+ Group is to develop efficient algorithms and representations for automata, grammars, and expressions so that they can be used not only for research but also for commercial applications.” WorX SE is scheduled for release in July of this year. The Beta Version of WorX SE will be available, through special arrangements prior to July. The WorX technology is incorporated into Microsoft Word and uses Microsoft XML-Data or standard DTD (Document Type Definition) for deriving the semantic information. WorX SE provides for automatic recognition of elements, real time building of the document structure, and seamless integration with Microsoft Word for the creation of XML documents. WorX SE is targeted for Word-2000 on the Windows NT and Windows-2000 platforms. HyperVision has been delivering high-end information strategies and consulting services since it’s incorporation in 1988. Most of these services have focused on the enhancement of content-development business activities. During the past 12 years HyperVision has had the opportunity to provide advisory services to a number of prestigious clients. Since 1988, HyperVision has worked closely with the California Legislative Data Center, providing a variety of software solutions in support of legacy and new applications. During the past 3 years, one such activity led to the evolution of the WorX technology. WorX has become the most sophisticated XML addition to Microsoft Word available in the market today. The University of Western Ontario, established in 1878, ranks among the top tier of research Universities in Canada. The Grail+ Research Group consists of faculty members and graduate students in the Department of Computer Science. Dr. Sheng Yu is the current group leader. The research activities of the group have been focused on implementation and application of automata, complexity of automata operations, and development of automata-related algorithms and their implementation into programs. Information and description of the WorX technology are available on the Internet at http://www.hvltd.com. For a demonstration or for more information, please contact: Jennifer Parkes Jparkes@hvltd.com HyperVision Ltd. 230 E Ohio Street, Suite 210 Chicago, IL 60611 Ph: 312-274-1206 Fax: 312-274-1228 ###
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