Adobe Systems, Inc.

Tool Name: Adobe Document Server 6.0

Vendor Contact Information:

800-833-6687

Price (if varies, please explain pricing model briefly):

· $20,000 per CPU for production license

· $10,000 per server for development license

· Free 60-day evaluation license

Brief Product Description:

Adobe Document Server software enables enterprises to dynamically create customized Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files in a flexible, scalable, robust server environment. Designed for financial institutions, manufacturers and other large organizations, Adobe Document Server can automate the creation and assembly of technical manuals, brochures, proposals, and policies; business reports that contain charts and graphs dynamically generated from data in a database; and other content-rich Adobe PDF documents.

Adobe Document Server supports the dynamic creation of PDF documents from a variety of sources, including PostScript, EPS, PDF forms, and XML. By flowing XML data retrieved from an enterprise application or database into templates, Adobe Document Server can generate customized Adobe PDF documents and automate forms-based transactions. Adobe Document Server can also dynamically generate vector graphics from SVG templates and raster images from Photoshop templates. Adobe Document Server supports Extensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects (XSL-FO). This emerging Web standard combines standard XML data with layout information for multi-page documents containing text, graphics, and images.

With Adobe Document Server, organizations can increase efficiency, reduce document production and forms processing costs, and improve revenue potential and customer satisfaction by providing information tailored to individuals.

Intended Product Use (market, environment, target documents, etc.):

Enterprises in financial services and manufacturing industries looking for a robust, scalable server product for dynamically generating personalized PDF documents such as contracts, policies, proposals, reports, brochures, and manuals.

How much of the XSL-FO specification does your product support (that is, of the FO elements and attributes how many does your product process correctly)?:

Most of it. Document Server offers support for about 90% of the XSL-FO elements (some limitations) and about 30% of all properties (though some of that 70% are not meaningful for PDF generation).

Do you use extensions to XSL-FO? If so, please describe:

Adobe Document Server 6.0 Extensions to XSL-FO Elements, Attributes, and Functions

· Extended XSL-FO Elements

· ext-fo:define-variable
Defines a user variable (text) or system variable (date, time, etc.).

· ext-fo:flow-map
Defines a mapping table of flows to regions (allows complex layouts and multiple flows).

· Subcomponents of flow-map:

· ext-fo:flow-map-assignment
One assignment within the flow-map.

· ext-fo:flow-source-list
List of flows within one flow-map-assignment.

· ext-fo:flow-name-specifier
One flow within flow-source-list.

· ext-fo:flow-target-list
List of target regions within a flow-map-assignment.

· ext-fo:region-name-specifier
One region in the flow-target-list.

· ext-fo:fragment-root
The top (root) node of any XSL-FO fragment tree.

· ext-fo:metadata
Marks the XMP metadata section of the XSL-FO document.

· ext-fo:page-number-last-citation
A citation to the page-number of the last page in the page-sequence.

· ext-fo:text
An optional method of denoting text streams.

· ext-fo:variable-citation
Specifes the citation to a variable.

· ext-fo:variable-component
Defines the building blocks for system variables.

· Extended XSL-FO Attributes

· ext-fo:apply-property-set
The name of a paragraph or character tag in the FrameMaker template.

· ext-fo:change-bars
Outputs a change bar (vertical line) in the margin.

· ext-fo:column-balancing
For multicolumn text, "enable" balances the text across columns within widow and orphan limits so that the text appears even across the columns.

· ext-fo:font-stretch-ratio
Provides for simulation of expanded or condensed typefaces.

· ext-fo:placement
Extends the XSL float property.

· ext-fo:text-kerning
Allows the user to enable/disable automated kerning.

· ext-fo:variable-component-type
Used to select system-variable building-blocks within define-variable.

· ext-fo:variable-name
Names the variable.

· The following attributes are to support flow-maps:

· ext-fo:flow-map-name
Name of the flow-map.

· ext-fo:flow-map-reference
Binds a flow-map to a page-sequence.

· ext-fo:flow-name-reference
Cites the flow for a flow-name-specifier.

· ext-fo:region-name-reference
Cites the region for a region-name-specifier.

· ext-fo:page-ordinal
Identifies a specific page for a region-name-specifier.

· Additional Color Functions:

· rgba(R, G, B, A)
Adds alpha-channel for transparency.

· cmyk(C, M, Y, K)

· cmyka(C, M, Y, K, A)

· Supported Color Keywords

· In addition to the color keywords listed in the W3C XSL-FO Recommendation,
ADS also recognizes all the color keywords listed in the W3C SVG Recommendation.

What is the most important feature/capability of your product:

· Generate Adobe PDF documents from a variety of sources including XSL-FO, PostScript, EPS, and PDF forms

· Generate vector graphics from SVG templates and raster images from Photoshop templates

· Assemble multiple PDF documents, overlay new headers and footers, renumber pages, and generate table of contents

· Import and export XMP metadata, annotations, links, and bookmarks

· Apply watermarks, encrypt, and control the ability to view, print, and edit PDF documents

· Integrate easily into network environments via a Web services (SOAP) interface and direct Java, COM, and Perl APIs

· Scalable, high-performance server architecture