OASIS Member News -- Corel and Xcential Provide Government Customers with XML Tools for Legislation Creation

["Jessica Gould" <Jessica.Gould@corel.com>]

For Immediate Release

Corel and Xcential Provide Government Customers with XML Tools for
Legislation Creation

Offering Reduces Costs and Increases Efficiency of Creating Legislation
and Regulations

Ottawa, Canada and Escondido, CA - July 16, 2003 - Corel Corporation
(NASDAQ: CORL, TSX: COR) and Xcential Group, LLC today announced a
partnership to provide government customers a robust XML application
specifically designed for the creation, amendment and delivery of
legislation. Xcential's LegisPro is built upon the Corel(R) XMetaL(R)
platform to create an optimal environment that improves efficiency and
reduces the costs associated with creating and maintaining legislation
and regulations. 

The XMetaL/LegisPro solution is ideal for government applications
because it leverages the power of XML, making it extremely adaptable to
complex processes and procedures. The solution improves accuracy by
ensuring all XML documents are valid, allowing editors to focus on the
content of the measures rather than the markup - users can write valid
XML content without ever seeing a tag. Moreover, it enables government
customers to easily automate the publishing process, allowing them to
produce legislation and other regulations faster and easier than ever
before. 

LegisPro is a customized application that is layered on top of the Corel
XMetaL word processor-like interface - providing a powerful,
user-friendly and intuitive application for authoring, editing and
amending legislation. XMetaL and LegisPro deliver the essential tools
that legislation creators need, including an ideal environment for
collaborative writing; complex document linking; and precise version
control, enabling draft bills to be managed down to the component level.

"Government customers recognize the tremendous benefits of XML. Corel
and Xcential simplify the rollout of an XML environment by providing an
application that is specifically designed to meet the complex
requirements of government agencies," said Bruce Sharpe, vice president
of XML content solutions at Corel. 

"XML has become a standard among government agencies, with legislation
among the earliest applications. LegisPro gives government customers the
ability to create highly structured XML data without needing to have any
special XML programming skills. By providing them with capabilities like
presenting text in context and the ability to drag and drop information
from multiple sources, users will find the experience of authoring
legislation to be easier than ever before," said Mark Peters, vice
president of sales and marketing at Xcential.

Corel and Xcential will be presenting the LegisPro/XMetaL solution at
the National Conference of State Legislatures Annual Meeting and
Exposition in San Francisco, CA from July 23rd to July 25th. Show
attendees are invited to visit the Xcential booth (#110) to see the
joint solution in action. In addition, Xcential will be presenting
LegisPro and XMetaL as part of the conference panel discussion, "XML
Editors and Open Source Solutions" on Thursday, July 24th from 3:30 p.m.
to 5:00 p.m. at the San Francisco Marriott Hotel. 

To learn more about Corel XMetaL, please visit www.corel.com/xmetal. For
information about LegisPro, please visit
http://www.xcential.com/legisprowriter.pdf.

About Corel Corporation
Founded in 1985, Corel Corporation (www.corel.com) is a leading
technology company specializing in content creation tools, business
process management and XML-enabled enterprise solutions. The company's
goal is to give consumers and enterprise customers the ability to
create, exchange and instantly interact with visual content that is
always relevant, accurate and available. With its headquarters in
Ottawa, Canada, Corel's common stock trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market
under the symbol CORL and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol
COR.

About Xcential Group, LLC
Xcential develops software that enables State and Federal Government
agencies to create, manage, amend and deliver legislative code, rules
and regulations to their constituents. Xcential is headquartered in
Escondido, California. 

This press release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the
United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995,
involving the company's expectations about future financial results and
other matters. These statements reflect management's current forecast of
certain aspects of the company's future business. These forward-looking
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the company's outlook at any other point in time. The company does not
undertake to update or review these forward-looking statements.

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Jessica Gould
Senior Communications Manager
Corel Corporation
613-728-0826 x 5405