OASIS MEMBER NEWS: SoftQuad Software and Vignette Announce Partnership and Integrated XML Content Solution for e-Business

["Laura Walker" <laura.walker@oasis-open.org>]

News Release

SoftQuad Software and Vignette Announce
Partnership and Integrated XML Content
Solution for e-Business
SoftQuad's XMetaL seamlessly integrates with the Vignette V/5 eBusiness
Platform™

Toronto, ON – May 2, 2000 – SoftQuad Software, Ltd. (OTC BB: SXML), a
leading
developer of XML enabling technologies and commerce solutions for
e-business, and
Vignette Corporation (NASDAQ: VIGN), the leading supplier of e-business
applications
for building online businesses, today announced that they have partnered to
provide e-
businesses with a comprehensive platform for implementing and deploying
XML-based
content solutions.

Through the integration of SoftQuad's XMetaL, the leading XML content
creation
platform, and the Vignette V/5 eBusiness Platform, businesses can now
leverage the use
of XML technology.  XML is the preferred format for e-commerce information
interchange, and this partnership leads to the seamless deployment of
Web-based
solutions that capture content from a wide variety of sources, and integrate
it with both
internal and external systems.

SoftQuad Software has become a Vignette Technology Partner and will also
become a
Vignette V2B Services partner.  Vignette V2B Services streamline the process
of
purchasing, implementing, and using e-business applications.  Vignette V2B
Services are
provided via the Vignette V2B MarketPlace and Vignette V2B Communities.

"The Vignette architecture is fast becoming an industry standard. They have
proven that
building a successful e-business requires personalized and highly targeted
information,"
says Roberto Drassinower, president and CEO, SoftQuad Software, Ltd.
"Vignette is
using XML to build B2B networks for e-businesses and XMetaL will provide
greater
flexibility in capturing and distributing e-commerce content both within an
organization
and throughout its partner network.  Together, Vignette and SoftQuad are
providing e-
businesses with a powerful platform to implement XML-based e-commerce
solutions."



SoftQuad Software's XMetaL 1.2 is an advanced, yet easy-to-use XML authoring
solution designed to streamline content creation. The Vignette V/5 eBusiness
Platform
provides native support for XML content.  The seamless integration of the
two products
gives e-businesses the ability to efficiently create and work with XML
documents within
a productive workflow environment, enabling the delivery of personalized
content that
attracts customers and builds successful e-relationships more quickly than
ever before.

"To create a successful and groundbreaking e-business strategy with a
personalized
content delivery system using XML, you have to make it easy to create XML
content,
and utilize it in a real-world production environment," says Bill Daniel,
senior vice
president of products, Vignette Corporation. "The integration of XMetaL with
our V/5
eBusiness Platform provides our customers the most effective XML solution
available."

With XMetaL's word processor-like interface, more people within an
organization can
quickly create content directly in XML, or convert documents from other
formats
including Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, into XML. Content creators can
then
save XML documents directly within the Vignette V/5 eBusiness Platform
production
workflow. To further streamline the approval and revision process, XML
content can be
retrieved and submitted to Vignette's Web-based workflow management
interface or
directly from within XMetaL. The transparency of the integration
dramatically decreases
the costs associated with providing an XML content solution and accelerates
the speed
with which e-businesses can deliver customized content to their customers.

About Vignette Corporation

Vignette Corporation (NASDAQ: VIGN) is the leading supplier of eBusiness
applications for building online businesses.  Vignette's products enable
Internet
businesses to create and extend relationships with prospects and customers
and ease high-
volume transaction exchanges with suppliers and partners, all of which
enhances
customer satisfaction. Vignette powers more than 500 of the leading dot.com
and Fortune
500 e-businesses, including AT&T, BMW, CBS Broadcasting, CNET,
Daimler/Chrysler,
Simon & Schuster, Sprint, Tandy Corporation, and United Airlines.
Headquartered in
Austin, Texas, Vignette Corporation has offices located throughout Europe,
Asia, and in
Australia and can be found on the Web at http://www.vignette.com.



About SoftQuad Software, Ltd.

SoftQuad Software, Ltd. (OTC BB: SXML) is an internationally recognized
developer of
XML enabling technologies and commerce solutions for e-business.  SoftQuad's
XMetaL, the world's first advanced, yet easy-to-use, XML content creation
solution, is
the premier enabling technology for XML-based content applications in
e-publishing, e-
commerce and knowledge management. SoftQuad is targeting the growing
business-to-
business (B2B) marketplace with MarketAgility, a supply-side content
solution that
allows companies to effectively join and compete in B2B e-markets.

Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, and with European operations based in
London,
England, SoftQuad is a founding member of, and active participant in, the
World Wide
Web Consortium (W3C), the Organization for the Advancement of Structured
Information Standards (OASIS) and XML.org.

For more information, visit SoftQuad's website at http://www.softquad.com

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forward-looking statements are management's present expectations of future
events.  As
with any projection or forecast, they are inherently susceptible to
uncertainty and changes
in circumstances.  SoftQuad is an early-stage growth company that operates
in a highly
competitive and rapidly changing environment, and its business results are
dependent on
numerous factors, including demand for its products and services, its
ability to manage
costs and generate revenues, technological developments, protection of its
intellectual
property rights, its ability to attract and retain key personnel, the
resolution of issues
concerning commercial activities via the Internet, including security,
reliability, cost, ease
of use and access, government regulation, risks related to international
sales and potential
foreign currency exchange fluctuations, economic, political and social
conditions in the
countries in which it operates and other risks detailed from time to time in
periodic
reports filed by SoftQuad with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
and other
regulatory authorities. SoftQuad's actual results could differ materially
from
management's expectations because of changes in such factors.




For further information on SoftQuad Software, contact:

Sacha De Groot
ITPR (for SoftQuad Software)
(416) 860-3899 ext. 8026
Sacha@itpr.com

For further information on Vignette Corporation, contact:

Stephanie Hernandez
Vignette Corporation
(512) 306-4610
hernandez@vignette.com

Fax: +1 978 667 5114