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Abstract

Advent's, 3B2 version 8 publishing system has taken the support and application of XML and `X' standards to a new level. Uniquely incorporating XML, XPath, XSL, XSLT, SVG, XSL-FO, SGML, MathML, UNICODE and CALS in a single package, Advent has been able to unlock the latent potential of the these`X' standards in real production environments.

Until the new release of 3B2, the adoption of these standards by developers has been somewhat `fragmented' and generally limited to specific functionality. Though bringing some obvious advantages this policy has failed to deliver more than a fraction of the real business benefits to be unlocked.

By combining all these in a single package Advent have unlocked this power resulting in significant benefits in a number of areas

The cost per page is reduced dramatically.

The whole workflow process is simplified.

Pre and post-processing is eliminated.

The maintainance and revision process is simplified.

The presentation will discuss and explore these benefits and demonstrate and show the limitations of the fragmented approach.

Keywords

»Content Repurposing, »Document Creation, »Electonic Publishing, »Pagination, »Pdf, »Printing, »Production, »Publishing, »Sgml, »Stylesheet, »Svg, »Unicode, »Xml, »Xml Publishing, »XSL-FO, »XSLT.

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Biography

»Lawrie Stevens

Chief Technology Officer

»3B2 House

»Swindon, Wiltshire

»United Kingdom

Email: lawrie_stevens@3b2.com

Lawrie Stevens has been with Advent since 3B2 was first launched in 1987 and has served the Company in a number of roles. In January this year he took up his new role as Chief Technology Officer and immediately prior to that was instrumental in Advent's entry into the US and Far East markets.He has a strong background in the technical needs of publishers and the technologies needed to meet those needs. Through his involvement in areas such as STM (Scientific, Technical and Medical), Legal and Aerospace he gained knowledge and understanding of SGML and other standards at an early stage and through his involvement in the implementation and integration of 3B2 in multinational and global organisations has gained a true understanding of the business needs of customers.