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Subject: Arbortext Expands Open Standards Support with Epic Editor 4.2


Arbortext Expands Open Standards Support with Epic Editor 4.2

Version 4.2 will provide power of JavaScript, DOM and XSL standards
for software developers


ANN ARBOR, Mich., March 20, 2001 -- Arbortext, Inc., the only global
provider of XML-based software for single source publishing to multiple
media types, including Web, print, CD-ROM and wireless, today announced
the upcoming release of the next version of its Epic Editor software,
Epic Editor 4.2, which will offer expanded support for software
developers who require the openness and power of JavaScript, DOM and
XSL.

Through its long-standing leadership role in XML, Arbortext protects
its customers’ investments by developing standards-compliant software
products.  With the release of Epic Editor 4.2, Arbortext will deliver
additional capability for software developers who desire to continue
using the programming languages they are most comfortable with.

Epic Editor 4.2 expands the ability of software developers to build on
the company’s Single Source Publishing ArchitectureSM to create
customizations through the following enhancements:
·	JavaScript.  Built in support for JavaScript, a key feature of Epic
Editor 4.2, empowers software developers who are already familiar with
this de facto industry standard.  This JavaScript support is in
addition to Epic Editor’s existing support for compiled languages,
including Java, C and C++, as well as any language that talks through
COM, including Visual Basic.
·	GUI configuration.  Epic Editor 4.2 provides a GUI-based
configuration for associating scripts with events.  This enhancement
gives developers an easy way to add customizations to Epic Editor.
·	DOM.  In addition to fully supporting the DOM Core, Epic Editor 4.2
expands that support to include dynamic DOM Ranges and most DOM Level 2
events.
·	XSL.  Epic Editor’s built-in GUI-based stylesheet development tool
now uses Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL) as its default native
format, which extends Arbortext’s support for this standard underneath
its easy-to-use stylesheet design interface.
·	Extensible Stylesheet Language – Formatting Objects (XSL-FO).
Previously offered only as a technology preview, Arbortext has upgraded
its support for XSL-FO to support the most recent XSL-FO specification
and is now a standard part of Epic Editor 4.2, providing a robust way
to apply style to content that’s intended for paper publishing.

"With an increased focus on connecting enterprise business processes
and information, organizations require that software solutions be
easily integrated and extensible,” said Mike Maziarka, Director at CAP
Ventures.  “In order to do this efficiently and effectively, software
developers must be able to use a programming language of their choice
along with software solutions that provide a broad and deep API.
Arbortext’s Epic Editor 4.2 delivers on that need by continuing its
support for open industry standards within its products, enabling it to
become an integrated component within business applications.”

"Application developers have a big challenge in front of them to
customize software as required by their organization,” said David
White, director of product marketing at Arbortext.  “Especially for the
medium and large companies that form the bulk of our customer base, we’
re always striving to satisfy their need to combine the stability of
open standards with the power of a software product that scales for
current needs and future requirements.  Epic Editor 4.2 was developed
to provide application developers the ability to achieve that goal.”

Availability

Epic Editor 4.2 will ship in July 2001.  All Arbortext customers under
maintenance are eligible to receive the Epic Editor 4.2 upgrade at no
charge, and the upgrade will be automatically shipped to them.

About Arbortext

Arbortext is the only global provider of XML-based software to publish
information to multiple media types – Web, print, CD-ROM, wireless –
from a single source of content. Shipping since 1991, Arbortext’s
standards-based software supports technical publishing, reference
publishing and catalog publishing applications that enable enterprises
to provide more accurate, more complete, more timely, more consistent
and more usable information on all media. 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, Nortel Networks,
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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Contact: 	Kevin Astle					PG Bartlett
	  	Text 100					Arbortext, Inc.
	  	+1 617.399.4902				+1 734.327.6819
	 	kevina@text100.com			pgb@arbortext.com



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