OASIS Member News: Arbortext Introduces Epic 4.1

[Beth Ambaruch <bea@arbortext.com>]

Arbortext Introduces Epic 4.1 with Conversion from Interleaf and Adobe
FrameMaker Formats to XML

Upgrade builds on conversion between Microsoft Word and XML to Enable
Enterprises to Deliver More Personalized and Dynamic Content

ANN ARBOR, Mich., November 28, 2000 -- Arbortext, Inc., a leading provider
of content management integration software and business-to-business commerce
solutions, today announced the launch of its most recent version of
e-content software, Epic 4.1, which supports the conversion between
Interleaf and Adobe FrameMaker files and XML.  This latest release also
enhances Epic’s capability to convert between Microsoft Word files and XML.

Many enterprises today employ teams of authors that work with large amounts
of material in multiple proprietary formats in order to create and maintain
business-critical content.  Epic 4.1 builds on the previous Epic version by
giving these authors the ability to take proprietary formats such as
Interleaf and Adobe FrameMaker and convert them into XML, enabling them to
concentrate on the subject matter rather than spending time and resources
learning new tools.

Epic 4.1 significantly expands the reach of authors who can leverage XML
within an enterprise.  Occasional authors who contribute content and are
accustomed to a particular type of software can continue authoring in that
environment while downstream processes can leverage that content for
multiple purposes by converting it to XML.  Epic 4.1 also maintains and
further enhances features introduced in the previous Epic version such as
rapid applications development, global support and adherence to W3C XML
recommendations.

Epic software was designed to help enterprises who are building e-commerce
initiatives more easily share information that leads to purchase decisions
and enables self-service.  With Epic, enterprises have the ability to
capture information quickly, manage and control it effectively, assemble it
according to individual needs, and distribute it automatically from a single
source to multiple media such as the Web, print, CD-ROM and wireless
devices.  Epic enables enterprises to create, capture and deliver more
personalized and dynamic content for e-publishing, e-commerce and B2B net
marketplace applications.

"As organizations begin to leverage the power of XML for their e-business
initiatives, they are challenged by the question of how to incorporate
content created using a variety of authoring tools," said Mike Maziarka,
Director at CAP Ventures. "Arbortext's Epic 4.1 solution answers that
challenge by enabling a range of contributors, using widely-deployed tools,
to submit structured XML information. This approach speeds the time in which
an organization can use XML to deliver information through a variety of
different media."

"Authors have created enormous volumes of intellectual content with many
different tools, and they continue to do so today," said Tim Allen, product
marketing manager of Arbortext.  "Going forward, companies must be able to
leverage that content in an XML form, and Epic 4.1 was designed with that in
mind.  By utilizing Epic 4.1, enterprises can leverage existing content and
tools to build a successful, competitive e-business application that has the
ability to store content in a single repository for personalization and
delivery to multiple customers on multiple media."

Availability

Epic 4.1 will ship in December 2000.  All Arbortext customers under
maintenance are eligible to receive the Epic 4.1 upgrade at no charge and
will automatically be shipped the upgrade.  The XML conversion capabilities
are available as Epic Interchange, an option to Arbortext’s best-selling XML
editors, Epic Editor and Epic Editor LE, and are included as a standard part
of Arbortext’s server, the Epic E-Content Engine (E3).

About Arbortext

Renowned as one of the original creators of XML, Arbortext is the leading
global provider of content management integration software and
business-to-business commerce solutions.  Shipping since 1991, Arbortext’s
standards-based software enables enterprises to provide more personalized
dynamic and easily searchable content for e-publishing, e-commerce and B2B
net marketplaces. Arbortext’s software is currently deployed at over 300 of
the Global 2000 companies, including AT&T, Audi, Boeing, British Aerospace,
Caterpillar, DaimlerChrysler, Ericsson Telecom, Ford, GM, IBM, Lucent,
Nokia, Qantas, Ricoh, Sun Microsystems, International Thomson Publishing,
United Airlines, Volkswagen, Volvo and West Group. Arbortext is a founding
member and active participant in the XML Activity of the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C). Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Arbortext has
offices around the world.  For more information please visit
http://www.arbortext.com.

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