Re: [cam] Arbortext DCAM (Dynamic Content Assembly Manager )

["David RR Webber" <david@drrw.info>]

Martin,

 

Good to see others recognizing the value of our approach.

 

DCAM is assembling chunks of documents - where freeform

text predominates - a very different task but one where

similar methods provide a common set of benefits.

 

Also DCAM points to the limitations in the W3C XLink

approach and provides Arbortext customers with capabilities

beyond that.  Again CAM is augmenting schema and its

mechanisms - different but related landscapes.

 

Interestingly this summer Arbortext were introduced to CAM

through project work that I was involved in with them; they

obviously learn fast!

 

Thanks, DW

----- Original Message -----

From: martin.me.roberts@bt.com

To: chiusano_joseph@bah.com ; cam@lists.oasis-open.org

Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 4:28 AM

Subject: RE: [cam] Arbortext DCAM (Dynamic Content Assembly Manager )

Surprisingly close description to the idea of CAM.  It is not only the use of template that is interesting but also the link to registry?

 

Martin Roberts
xml designer,
BT Exact
e-mail: martin.me.roberts@bt.com
tel: +44(0) 1473 609785  .

 

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From: Chiusano Joseph [mailto:chiusano_joseph@bah.com]
Sent: 10 December 2004 03:46
To: cam@lists.oasis-open.org
Subject: [cam] Arbortext DCAM (Dynamic Content Assembly Manager )

Has anyone seen this effort[1] from Arbortext? Recognizing up front that it is not an open standards initiative, but rather a single vendor's internal initiative, it bears *some* resemblance to the foundational concepts of CAM. There is even a reference to templates:

 

"DCAM allows the creation of content "templates," where the actual content varies based on the usage or context of the template, which DCAM fills with specific content at the time of publishing."

 

[1] http://www.arbortext.com/products/dcam_datasheet.htm

 

Kind Regards,

Joseph Chiusano

Booz Allen Hamilton

Strategy and Technology Consultants to the World