Global Education Publisher (XML Single Sourcing)

This global education publisher engaged Flatirons to design and deploy a repository for the storage of re-usable test questions for use in various publications. These test questions are repurposed and automatically formatted to adhere to various state education requirements.

Reuse Initiative

Company Profile

A global education company serving students and teachers in Pre K through grade 12, and adult learners. It provides a variety of books, print, electronic learning materials, and assessments.

The Problem

• Demand by state schools for customized test preparation materials
• Time to market for Harcourt lags behinds that of its competitors
• New publications are unable to reuse previous test materials without significant manual effort
• Needed platform for XML-based single-sourcing

The Solution

• Develop Content Architecture and Design to define long-term single-sourcing roadmap
• Provide a single-sourcing bank of test questions and test preparation materials
• Build custom search screens to optimize search experience and enable fast repurposing of existing test questions
• Automatically render customized books in a print ready format for mass production.

The Benefit

Enabled rapid delivery of highly customized test preparation materials throughout all of the company’s markets.