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Subject: Arbortext Announces DITA Support
Arbortext Announces DITA Support Enables Information-Architected Topic-Based Authoring Ann Arbor, Mich., April 13, 2004 – Arbortext, the leading global provider of enterprise publishing software, today announced the next release of Arbortext 5 will include support for Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), an IBM-created, OASIS-sponsored initiative that is an XML-based, end-to-end architecture for authoring, producing, and delivering technical information. This architecture consists of a set of design principles for creating "information-typed" modules at a topic level and using that content in delivery modes such as online help and product support portals. DITA is an innovative open standards initiative to develop specialized data models for XML publishing applications that can readily adapt to the requirements of diverse applications while retaining both information and application compatibility. Starting with the DITA ‘topic’ data model, different groups can modify it to support their unique requirements without fear of breaking enterprise publishing software applications or creating incompatibilities with other groups or divisions that would prevent information sharing. DITA specializations can be "snapped on" as deltas to the base support, preventing the need to create or update massive DTDs. The core of DITA provides rich set of semantics for creating architected information. ”We are excited to be among the first to include support for DITA in our software,” said PG Bartlett, Vice President of Product Marketing at Arbortext. “We believe this is a very important initiative because it addresses the ‘brittleness’ of traditional data models, thereby alleviating much of the expense of creating and updating them. Arbortext is the first to include provisions for DITA specialization in our core product. This allows DITA customizations to be programmed once and then used in all specialized DITA documents." ”Arbortext continues to be a leader in the industry with its support for standards,” said David Schell, Corporate Lead for Technical Publications and User Assistance for IBM. “Because they are building support for DITA into the core of their software, organizations that use Arbortext software will be able to build highly customized applications while taking full advantage of the benefits that DITA has to offer.” About Arbortext Arbortext is the leading global provider of enterprise publishing software that enables organizations to provide more personalized, dynamic and easily searchable content for Web, mobile and print usage. Arbortext’s software is installed at over 1,400 organizations worldwide. Current customers include American Express Financial Services, Audi, Boeing, Bombardier, British Aerospace, Caterpillar, DaimlerChrysler, Ericsson Telecom, Ford, General Electric, GM, IBM, International Thomson Publishing, Lucent, Nokia, Nortel Networks, PeopleSoft, Pfizer, Ricoh, Sun Microsystems, Toyota, United Airlines, Volkswagen and Volvo. 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 www.arbortext.com. Contacts: Beth Ambaruch, APR David Stone Arbortext, Inc. Ketchum +1 734.327.6014 +1 312.228.6967 bea@arbortext.com david.stone@ketchum.com Press room: http://www.arbortext.com/html/press_room.html
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