Arbortext announces alliance with extensibility

Arbortext, Inc., a provider of eXtensible Markup Language (XML)-based e-content software for e-publishing, e-commerce, and B2B (business-to-business) e-marketplaces, and Extensibility, Inc., a provider of XML schema management solutions, have announced a technology and marketing alliance. XML Authority,

Extensibility's solution for the creation and management of XML Document Type Definitions (DTDs) and schemas, will be integrated within Arbortext's Epic e-content management solution. With Extensibility's technology embedded within Epic Architect, end-users benefit from an intuitive and user-friendly graphical tool to design and build DTDs, according to the announcement.

The integration of XML Authority into Epic Architect's user interface enables customers to use free-form editing in Epic Editor or Epic Editor LE (Light Edition) to perform rapid prototyping. This rapid prototype feature helps reduce development time by up to 80 percent over traditional methods. The Arbortext and Extensibility alliance also enables users to convert SGML DTDs to XML DTDs, or any other commonly used XML schema dialect, through Arbortext's Epic e-content software.

Arbortext has tested the integration of XML Authority with Epic Architect to ensure its compatibility with Arbortext-supported DTDs and methodology. According to the announcement, the integration of XML Authority into Epic Architect is seamless, providing Arbortext customers with all the benefits and features of Epic Architect and XML Authority without having to work with multiple vendors.

"The integration of Extensibility's technology into our established content-management solution enables organizations to design, develop, and deploy DTDs at a much quicker speed than just a short time ago," said Dave White, Arbortext's director of business development. "This combination will provide customers with a powerful, easy-to-deploy solution for developing and managing critical e-content."

"We are delighted to be working with Arbortext. Combining our technologies will provide organizations full context to the content which is key for automated business-to-business information interchange," said Reid Conrad, president and CEO of Extensibility. "Solutions such as Arbortext's Epic Architect and our XML infrastructure asset-management solutions are becoming the foundation of next-generation e-business applications."

XML Authority, bundled within Arbortext's Epic Architect, is provided at no charge to Epic Architect customers currently on maintenance and will be included at no additional cost in future releases of Epic Architect. All Arbortext customers are eligible to receive this capability within Epic Architect as part of the Epic 4.0 upgrade that was expected to begin shipping in July.

Source: Arbortext, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, 734/997-0200; http://www.arbortext.com.