OASIS MEMBER NEWS: Arbortext and empolis sigmalink Integrate for XMLContent Management

[Beth Ambaruch <bea@arbortext.com>]

Arbortext Epic E-Content Engine and empolis sigmalink Integrate for XML Content
Management and Publishing Solution

Ann Arbor, Mich, May 22, 2001 –Arbortext, Inc., the only global provider of
XML-based software for single source publishing to multiple media types, and
empolis content management GmbH (formerly known as STEP GmbH), a subsidiary of
Bertelsmann Mohn Media Group, today announced that sigmalink has been integrated
with the Epic E-Content Engine (E3) to add powerful multi-channel publishing to
the sigmalink content management system.

“Arbortext continues to develop products that support customer and market
requirements,” said Petra Leuser, business segment manager, partners for empolis
content management GmbH.  “We have enjoyed a long and profitable relationship
with Arbortext and look forward to building this new dimension to our
relationship.”

sigmalink is an Intranet-based document management and editorial system with
full XML/SGML support.  sigmalink improves the collective working process of an
editorial team through optimal administration of extensive document structures.
E3 is a server-based solution to convert, assemble and publish business-critical
content for delivery to the Web, print and wireless devices.

The integration of sigmalink and E3 forms a single source publishing system for
fast, efficient and low maintenance creation, management and publishing of
information to multiple audiences via multiple media.  Content may be captured
from many internal and external sources, including suppliers and various
departments within the organization. With the Interchange functionality of E3,
non-XML content (i.e. from Word, FrameMaker, Interleaf or Web forms) can be
converted to XML and managed by sigmalink. Out of the single source, sigmalink
delivers information for publishing to the E3 formatting engine, which formats
according to media-specific requirements.  sigmalink and E3 provide multiple
source input, flexible content management, and multiple target output
functionality for a seamless enterprise information management environment.

“Arbortext and empolis have a long history of working together,” said Nathan
Birtle, regional sales vice president, Europe, for Arbortext.  “The decision to
integrate sigmalink with E3 builds on our already-strong relationship with
empolis and continues to protect our customers’ investments in our products.”

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.

About empolis content management GmbH
empolis content management GmbH (formerly known as STEP GmbH) is part of the
empolis Group.  empolis content management GmbH (ecom) has always been a leading
force in the area of XML/SGML-based content management and develops
comprehensive solutions in the field of document and workflow management.  ecom
continues to prove its success in supplying solutions for the editorial and
content management environments, as well as for the re-engineering of
information for document and workflow management.  sigmalink, the core product
based on international XML/SGML standards, shapes the future of efficient
content management.  ecom and its partner divisions provide global customer
support for their content and knowledge management products through their
international branches in the USA, U.K., Scandinavia, Poland and Hungary.

Contacts:

PG Bartlett
Arbortext
Ph: 734.327.6819
pgb@arbortext.com

Angela von Ruden
Phase Two Strategies
Ph: 212.530.7553
avonruden@p2pr.com