OASIS Member News: NOONETIME ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF STARMAPPER,XML-BASED TRANSLATION DESIGN TOOL

[Jeannine Klinefelter <j.klinefelter@noonetime.com>]

NOONETIME ANNOUNCES RELEASE OF STARMAPPER, XML-BASED TRANSLATION DESIGN TOOL
Automatic, Seamless Mapping Between DTDs, Schemas, and XML Files

Denver, CO – July 10, 2001 – As the adoption of XML among mainstream 
companies increases, Noonetime, a leading provider of XML-based content 
migration software tools, steps up once again to make the use of XML 
effortless. Noonetime today announces the release of Star MapperTM, a 
translation design tool that automatically creates a mapping file between 
elements in different specification formats.

Star Mapper provides a simple user interface that displays two element 
trees. The user can map between components from a source DTD or Schema and 
a target DTD or Schema, simply by selecting the elements and clicking on a 
button to map. As the elements mapped, an XSL stylesheet specifying the 
transformation for an XML document is automatically created.

"Star Mapper completely removes the need of technical knowledge to generate 
XSL stylesheets for transformation." says Chris Ziener, President and CEO 
of Noonetime. "All of the technology sits behind the scenes, allowing you 
to map elements without ever having to deal with the code behind it."
Through the sharing of metadata definitions and the elimination of custom 
coding, the Star Mapper greatly reduces deployment time. The technical 
aspect is removed from the mapping process through the use of an 
easy-to-use graphical user interface with a back end that is fully 
extensible with powerful conversion semantics.

"Noonetime's tools have been instrumental in the generation of rich XML 
from many of our client's print assets," says one of Noonetime's leading 
clients Dave Dunbar, Director of Content Services at eLogic Corporation. 
"As a web ASP with a concentration on publishing and rapid deployment, we 
need to get our customers' information to multiple destinations in multiple 
formats - various flavors of HTML, XML for syndication, quickly. XML Xtract 
and Star Mapper fit in seamlessly with our overall production workflow and 
help us quickly convert client's print content to structured XML that gives 
us predictable behavior in its many destinations."

ABOUT NOONETIME:
Founded in 1999 as a structured information system design, training and XML 
consulting firm, Noonetime experienced the limitations and frustrations 
resulting from the gaps in XML solution tools first-hand. The company 
refocused quickly to create easy-to-use, seamless XML integration and 
extension software tools.

Today, Noonetime provides a complete suite of XML software solutions 
designed to remove the technical aspect from the efficient use of XML. The 
core product suite focus is to enable content creators to work in their 
native authoring environments while allowing them to harness the powers of 
XML, re-purpose existing content, and increase options for distribution of 
data.
For more information and product demonstrations, please visit www.noonetime.com.