Law and Tax Publisher (Publishing System)

This law and tax publisher needed to reduce its publishing cycle time to efficiently address significant updates and be able to output to new formats.

Publishing System

Company Profile

Leading provider of tax and business law information.

The Problem

• Updates to over 700 publication products occur as often as daily
• Too many formats maintained for each publication including loose-leaf, newsletters, books and booklets, internet, and on-line databases
• No support for multiple electronic formats
• Cumbersome editorial processes and amount of time spent on non-editorial tasks
• Redundant content maintained independently

The Solution

• Architect, design and implement an XML- and Documentum-based publishing solution
• Automate conversion of existing SGML content to XML – including multiple, unique validation techniques to ensure accuracy
• Implement effective link management and content re-use

The Benefit

Converted existing content to new XML system in record time and without error.