Our Partners and Partner Program

Component Source has undertaken a market-building role growing component supply and aiding corporate adoption since 1995. Industry research indicates that the open market for reusable software components is a billion $ market. ComponentSource's user-base of a half a million corporate developers is reaping the advantages of "Buy Before You Build" today. Organizations that ComponentSource has brought to market with their components include: EDS -Engineered Business Components in 1999; IBM 1999

Register your information after purchasing Antenna House's products via Component Source to get the license key and services.

Guidance N.V./S.A. was founded in December 1992 as a Belgian legal entity, fully perational and independent from Guidance in the USA. Currently, Guidance is a recognized Microsoft Solution Provider and Siebel Alliance consulting Partner and probably the largest and most complete Microsoft Certified Technical Education Centre in both Belgium and Luxembourg. Guidance has four distinct yet integrated Business Units: Guidance Corporate Education Services, Guidance Corporate Projects Services, Guidance Corporate Consulting Services and Guidance Corporate Web Solutions.

MID/Information Logistics, St. Leon-Rot, Germany. MID is an acknowledged leader in SGML/XML, with over 20 years experience in the field. MID have a long history of working with and supporting various SGML/XML product vendors. Combining products with this long experience enables us to offer our customers the best product and services. Today we offer several application solutions based on our extensive experience on several large and prestigious projects we have been involved in over the years.

"XSL-FO verstehen und anwenden" [Using and understanding XSL-FO], a book about the practical work with XSL-FO and especially with the Antenna House XSL Formatter written by Dr. Manfred Krüger was published in 2006 by a German publisher. Click the picture for an overview of the book.

Orders are also directly possible with the publishing house: www.dpunkt.de.

Superstructure-Upshot Technologies is a New Zealand-based specialist software manufacturer with excellent domain knowledge in the intelligence and aviation sectors. We develop, license and distribute two internationally recognised products within these domains and our client list is extensive, including many well-known government and private sector organisations, both here and offshore.

Our key intelligence offering, Secure Intelligence Database (or SiD), is used extensively by agencies throughout Australasia to gather and analyse data for a wide range of requirement including military intelligence, major crime investigations, counter-terrorism, surveillance detection, identity fraud, border protection, money laundering, and fisheries and wildlife protection.

Our airline safety management system, Aviation Quality Database (AQD), is endorsed by the New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority, covers all functions from incident reporting through auditing and corrective action, and is used by over 30 global airlines, including Air New Zealand, QANTAS, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Virgin Blue and Delta Airlines.

Newbook Inc. is a collection of people dedicated to the advancement of ideas, technologies and best practices in the field of technical information publishing.

Our mission is to provide the means for creating, organising, and distributing information. We work with our customers to help them make informed decisions about their information. Using International Standards for designing information we develop solutions that support information.

About Vasont Systems
Headquartered in Emigsville, Pennsylvania, Vasont Systems is a leading provider of content management software and data services backed by more than 50 years of experience in the information management and publishing industry. Its flagship Vasont? content management system enables organizations of all sizes to create, manage, and store their multilingual content once for multi-channel delivery to print, PDF, CD-ROM, and Web formats. Fortune 1,000 companies and organizations from a variety of industries, including manufacturing, technology, publishing, government, and healthcare, use Vasont to manage and produce multilingual technical documentation, product manuals, and reference materials. For more information, visit our Web site at www.vasont.com or e-mail us atinfo@vasont.com.

Beijing HYF Software, Co. Ltd. is the company established in Beijing, China, with a capital from Antenna House in Japan in February, 1997. The main business types are development and sales of software products.

We have continuouely engaged in software product development of data conversion between various file formats, such as word processors, spreadsheet files, and databases, PDF file creation since establishment.

Currently, we set the focus of our effort into PDF, investigate applications of PDF. With the advanced technology in a PDF field, we want to promote a positive expansion of XSL Formatter in Chinese market.

Integrated Adaptive Marketing, LLC (IAM) Integrated Adaptive Marketing, LLC (IAM) is a global provider of Web-enabled application services in the variable Content-On-Demand or targeted marketing arena. As an Application Service Provider (ASP) we deliver Adaptive Marketing Technology (AMT) via the Web. This allows customers a unique, risk-free opportunity to test the product.

AMT provides a robust workflow that goes beyond a basic three-step process of content creation, approval and delivery. It is an integrated systems approach that facilitates the entire life cycle of content management and thus compresses cycle time to market.

AMT provides the client user with the ability to configure and implement the system via our unique Web interface. Working with IAM means that all functionality is client-driven through our unique user interface thus requiring no programmer intervention. Working with IAM means you have the total solution.

X-ref is a Swedish company that develops document database systems for customers with large databases and high demands on performance and functionality.

X-ref has many years experience of XML and presentation of data in HTML and pdf form. X-ref uses these techniques in own products and also aids customers develop products in this field.

The X-ref document database system can be extended with modules for all the needs of a library.

iE provides online software products for financial services organisations and their customers, particularly in the credit card and investment markets. Its NetFinance suite of products offer a complete online application, account management and administration capability and, combined with iE's extensive business and technical knowledge, help companies realise a rapid return on investment.

XML-Factor is an XML consulting company specializing in affordable end-to-end XML systems, with extensive hands-on experience in publishing, conversion, and document management. XML-Factor is about solutions, incorporating XML standards into real-world applications.

X-window is a professional brokerage specialising in the products and services encompassing XML and similar mark up languages used across the technical publishing industry. It operates from offices in Wiltshire UK and works with clients across the UK whilst representing vendors from around the world. X-window also undertakes complex data conversion projects from a variety of sources to XML for reusing in a "Knowledge Based" workflow for delivering output to all standard DTD's including DITA.

DATACOPY publishing solutions GmbH located in Cologne, Germany, was founded 1982 in order to create solutions for any kind of publications based on structured data. The scope of services includes consulting, project management, development, training and support. DATACOPY has over 20 years of SGML knowledge and now specializes in XML and all X-related technologies.

Today, XSL Formatter is the main focus of DATACOPY's business. We are selling and supporting the Antenna House products in Central and Eastern Europe and we are developing XSL Transformations and XSL-FO stylesheets.

Customers include companies like DaimlerChrysler, Miele, Bertelsmann, European Patent Office and Lufthansa Systems.

DATACOPY publishing solutions gmbh mit Firmensitz in Koeln wurde 1982 gegruendet mit dem Ziel, Loesungen zu schaffen fuer jegliche Art von Publikationen aus strukturierten Daten. Zum Leistungsumfang gehoeren Beratung, Projektmanagement, Entwicklung, Schulung und Support. DATACOPY hat rund 20 Jahre Erfahrung mit SGML und ist inzwischen spezialisiert auf XML und alle X-basierten Technologien.

Mittlerweile bildet der XSL Formatter einen Schwerpunkt der Geschaeftstaetigkeit. Neben dem Vertrieb bieten wir deutschsprachigen Support fuer Mittel- und Osteuropa. Darueber hinaus entwickeln wir XSL-Transformationen und XSL-FO-Stylesheets.

Wir zaehlen Unternehmen wir DaimlerChrysler, Miele, Bertelsmann, Europaeisches Patentamt und Lufthansa Systems zu unseren Kunden.

Index Information Technologies Oy is a Finnish company specialized in building professional content creation and knowledge management systems. Index has built a large number of solutions for different kinds of companies and public sector organizations for making their information production, management and delivery more effective. Most of the systems are utilizing XML standard for rationalising processing of information. These solutions are used in production of e.g. The Finnish Law and the Government Budget, which are published both in paper and in electronic formats.

Doctronic provides software solutions and data services for all kinds of publishing processes. Leading legal and scientific publishers in Germany use our XML-based multichannel publishing system "Xaver" for their CD-ROM and online publications. Business companies as well as public institutions rely on our skills in data transformation and custom software development.

Our technical expertise covers all aspects of SGML and XML markup technologies, cross-platform software development, large volume data conversion and hyperlinking, web/intranet application development, and state of the art XML information retrieval.

For our customers, the Antenna House XSL Formatter opens up new vistas for single source publishing.

The Bamberg based company DOCUFY is an independent service company and software developer founded in 1998. Our major business array is the optimization of editorial processes and single source publishing.

Our editorial system COSIMA is the result of 15 years of experience in the area of technical documentation. Our solutions are based on our standard product, with the possibility to customize the system to fit special needs.

Additionally, DOCUFY offers various services, e.g. consulting, concept design, project management, system integration and training in the area of electronic design, processing, management and utilization of documents.

To find out more, visit our website http://www.docufy.de

lindner software & consulting is a software and services firm that delivers solutions in the areas of catalog management, catalog publishing (both print and electronic), technical and training documentation production.

The flagship product catXmedia is a complete product information management system that enables information aggregation, content management, data structuring, electronic information distribution and multi-format publishing.

The firm was founded 1995 and exhibits a superior customer base such as the Deutsche Bahn, LUX-Tools, Lieberr Holding and Miele.

Amplexor means Pure Content Management. The sheer volume and continuing rapid growth of online and offline Content within companies creates tremendous challenges

Amplexor helps companies build solutions to manage this information overload and make sure the right information is delivered on the right time to the right person, be it a client, employee or supplier.

The company's expertise in Enterprise Content Management covers the development of next generation Intranet architectures and the implementation of multicountry websites. Amplexor also designs, customizes and extends collaboration environments, technical documentation solutions and search and retrieval functionalities.

Inspera AS is a Norwegian software development and consulting company established in 1999. Inspera delivers innovative solutions that allow clients to easily organize and create knowledge and information, transfer it to various channels and media, and ensure effective evaluation and feedback.

Inspera Content Server is an XML-based CMS, which supports learning resources and cross-media publishing to various channels from a single source. Content is stored and maintained centrally, independent of how many uses the data has or which media are used.

Syntext is a private American company, founded in Seattle, Washington in 1999. It was created to develop XML software for the content management solutions and related services.

Syntext flagship product is Syntext Serna, the world's first XML document editor which allows easy WYSIWYG editing in "print appearance" using pure XSLT/XSL-FO stylesheets.

Information Mapping helps organizations leverage knowledge and communications to improve performance. Our research-based method for creating high-quality structured content makes complex information easy to access and use.

To contact, please call Client Services at inquiry@infomap.com.

Abrantix AG 's Executive Board is able to look back on 20 years' experience in Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT). This embraced the development and operation of databases, transaction processing, management and administration systems for EFT and e-Commerce.

In terms of security and robustness, electronic funds transfer operations accept no compromise whatsoever. This means that your demands on us may be equally uncompromising even when we explore new ground with you. You can count on solid data processing and all-embracing support in the implementation and operation of solutions.

Sectornet delivers complete technology solutions to Insurance Brokers and Underwriting Agencies including our Sectorâ software, hardware, installation, and complete range of consultancy and professional services. Our systems enable leading brokers to significantly improve efficiency in placing and administering business with insurers whilst providing superior levels of customer service to their clients.

With over 28 years of systems development, Sectornet delivers a tailored package of solutions, uniquely configured to meet each broker's specific demands, enabling each broker to maximise their competitive edge. Gaining control of their business, poised for new business opportunities.

Sectornet delivers the ultimate technology base.

XyEnterprise helps simplify and expedite the automated creation and delivery of content across the enterprise. For workgroups that develop departmental documents, technical documentation or commercial publications, we offer configurable and scalable XML content management and multi-channel publishing solutions that maximize content reusability and repurposing. Our unmatched XML expertise, the result of hundreds of successful deployments, is built upon a 20-year heritage of partnership with our customers. XyEnterprise's content management and delivery solutions have been implemented by companies in publishing, financial services, government, manufacturing, high tech and aerospace/defense. For additional information, please contact XyEnterprise at 781.756.4400 or visit www.xyenterprise.com.

Intellecta Systems was founded in 1986 and since 2000 we are a fully owned subsidiary of Intellecta AB. We have more than 15 years of experience in developing parallell publishing solutions, mainly for manufacturing and distributing companies, with or without electronic commerce B2B. The systems we build are especially suited for product information, i.e. product catalogs, spare parts catalogs, user- and service manuals and technical documentation, but could as well be used for pre-sales and marketing material. In a lot of cases, we also integrate these systems with our customers internal business processes and ERP´s.

e-pac is a standardised development platform for building advanced parallell publishing systems with or without electronic commerce B2B capabilities. The platform consists of three main modules that can be used separately or together:

• A Content Management System (CMS) - e-pac Doc
• An Image Bank - e-pac Image
• An Electronic Publishing module - e-pac Web

Each module can be tailored to specific user needs through different Plugins (existing or new ones) The module e-pac Web contains, in addition to support of publishing and electronic commerce functionality, one of the fastest and most flexible search engines on the market with built-in XML support.

TD&DS GmbH - Technical Documentation & Data Services GmbH

The near Hamburg, Germany based company TD&DS GmbH was founded in 1998 and currently employs a staff of 19 technical authors, illustrators and software developers.

TD&DS is specialized in professional services and software development for compiling high-level technical documentation, processing technical and commercial data, and provides training and consulting services for the aviation industry.

TD&DS' customers include leading:

• Aircraft Manufacturers
• Aviation Industry Suppliers
• Aircraft Conversion Companies

Among other solutions, TD&DS offers fully ATA iSpec2200-compliant SGML-creation and manual-publishing from a single source with its SGML-software-bundle ARDOS (Aircraft Documentation Suite). ARDOS facilitates and optimizes the processes and workflow of SGML-creation and successive manual publication via WYSIWYG SGML-editing with integration of various automated content generation processes (indexes, lists, complex layouts etc.).

Other TD&DS solutions provide database-driven parts data handling and export (Plip2 - Parts List Integration Processor), as well as document handling and administration (ADMS - Aircraft Documentation Monitoring System).

YEMO is an independent software vendor offering solutions in marketing and communication environments.

YEMO's web-enabled software suite offers a complete set of communication solutions, supported by consultancy and implementation services.

YEMO enables affordable and targeted communication and allows customers to benefit from a higher productivity, cost savings, efficient and highly-effective communication processes, increased brand consistency, faster time-to-market and personalised communication materials. All marketing/business processes are tracked and traced by YEMO's reporting facility.

YEMO suite consists of following modules: Asset library, workflow (including project and task management), text processors and productivity tools to create marketing collateral.

YEMO's standard software is capable of not only supporting small and medium sized organisations but also global enterprises with their marketing productions.

Irosoft , headquartered in Montreal-Canada, is a leading provider of XML based document management solutions. Primarily focused on the management of unstructured information, Irosoft creates innovative solutions using nternational open standards and tailors its own technologies to cater to the specific business needs of its customers.

Irosoft's team is composed of experts in information technology, information sciences, record management, document management and computational linguistics. Irosoft masters all aspects of the structured document management life cycle, from its creation or conversion to its publishing on various formats: paper based, Web based, PDF, on line databases, CD-ROM, etc.

Irosoft has also created innovative solutions that support multi-lingual content and offers bi-textual publishing for bilingual environments.

Mark Logic Corporation is the provider of the industry's leading XML content server. Mark Logic works with providers of information products to accelerate new product creation, deliver products through multiple channels, integrate content from different sources, repurpose content into multiple products, build custom publishing systems, and mine content to find previously undiscovered information. MarkLogic Server does this by enabling companies to query, manipulate, and render XML content using the W3C-standard XQuery language. Designed for high performance and scalability, MarkLogic Server can deliver millisecond response times against multi-terabyte contentbases. Mark Logic is privately held and backed by Sequoia Capital and Lehman Brothers. For more information, please visit www.marklogic.com.

Trisoft is an independent software vendor, supplier of Trisoft InfoShare CMS, the trend-setting packaged software solution for professional Technical Communication Departments. InfoShare enables technical communicators to efficiently create, translate, personalize and publish their technical product information such as user manuals, service manuals, training material and on-line help. Through its cooperation with technical communicators in globally operating companies, Trisoft has developed a strong expertise on how technical communicators can better cope with the ever-increasing communication volume, while still being able to personalize and translate the communication to meet specific user needs. InfoShare is extremely suitable in industries like mechanical equipment, communication equipment, automotive, aerospace, defense, electronic devices, computers hard & software, ... InfoShare customers include Atlas Copco, DAF Trucks, Mitsubishi Motors Europe, Linde, Still, Oilon and many more. Find out more about Trisoft on www.tri-soft.com.

digitalML provides software products and services to companies with significant investment in XML-based infrastructure. As the inventor of XML Evolution Management (XEM) and provider of CortexML, the unique XEM suite, our products automate the management and evolution of XML-reliant applications across the extended enterprise.

digitalML's standards-based products provide a sophisticated set of features that enable clients to extract and store a comprehensive view of XML metadata used across the enterprise, allowing systems to be evolved and maintained in a controlled and cost-effective way. Our expert services help maximise the power of digitalML products and meet our customers' and partners' XEM requirements.

We are a global media & communications business that specialize in Marcom Services beyond the traditional agency and printing scope. We provide workable products and services that serve the entire media supply chain. We harness the latest technologies and create, build and provide marketing communication solutions. Relate4u was created and launched out of a desire to provide intelligent XML, Print Portal, Media and Workflow Management solutions, to organizations worldwide.

We specialize in XML publishing for the development, design and publishing processes. We understand the unique demands of managing XML content and use that knowledge to provide you with intelligent solutions, tailored to meet your needs. With XML we publish in HTML, PDF (XSL-FO), Flash, InDesign or FrameMaker.

Ovidius , based in Berlin and now with an office in the UK, was founded in 1996 and the focus of the company has been (and still is) to develop SGML/XML-based publishing solutions. Our focus is on customer needs and requirements.

We develop customer specific XML-solutions based on the best tools available in the market. Our tools and solutions cover the entire process of XML based documentation - creation, management, and publishing of information.

• Manage
  XML/SGML-based Content Management Systems
  TCToolbox
• Publish
  High End-Pubishing solutions for print- and online-media, XWord, MetaPage, MetaHelp, DTDHelp.
• Utilities
  Converter, Tools from PDF to XML and others
  MetaMorphosis
  PDF-Extraktor
  p.Search
  S1000D Tools solutions for aviation and defence
  MyCSDB Toolbox
  ICN-Toolbox
  IPR Harmonizer

• mechanical engineering - automatic generating customer specific documentation, parts lists, multilingual documentation with focus on Asian languages, Russian and Greek.
• defence - AECMA-based editing, management and publication processes and related systems.
• aviation - ATA-based systems and processes.
• hardware and software documentation - context sensitive help (HTML Help and Java Help), printed documentation.
• automotive - e.g. tools for creating and managing requirements, specifications in the http://www.msr-wg.de/ MSR-Consortium, systems for user manuals and maintenance and repair guides.

Scube NewMedia (www.scubenewmedia.it) is an Italian software integrator (based in Milan) specializing in professional Electronic Publishing and Knowledge Management since 1998. We cover four main business areas (CD-ROMs, Multimedia, Database and the Internet) and offer comprehensive services including: data processing and conversion, workflow and production test programs, relational database development and full/text retrieval, graphic design and navigation interface for CD-ROMs or Web applications. We have constantly been involved in content management and development. Since the start of our business, we have always relied on the XML platform and all related technologies, implementing solutions aimed at standardizing communications between applications in varied environments.

Our offer completes itself and integrates itself with the capacity to manage information, organizing it in XML structures and archives. As a matter of fact, there are an increasing number of projects handled by Scube NewMedia in content management and a heavily growing use of XML technology that have pushed us to design our X-DOC system, an XML-content management tool.

Astoria Software, Inc., is the leading provider of XML content management solutions for the dynamic publishing of critical information and documents. As the only software system that enables component-based management and re-use of structured content at the smallest element level, Astoria?s native XML content repository along with component application products help streamline a customer's author-to-publish process for improved productivity and enhanced content quality while reducing the time and cost to publish. Content is authored, shared, re-used, reviewed, updated quickly and reliably for delivery to any publishing format - print or electronic. Astoria has developed specialized solutions to support the unique content management and publishing requirements of product documentation publishing in manufacturing along with solutions for military and defense. The company's customers are progressive organizations who publish complex business critical information and documents that change constantly. Astoria's customers include Cisco Systems, Texas Instruments, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Jeppesen, Siemens Medical Solutions, General Electric Medical, and Cessna Aircraft. Astoria is based in San Mateo, Calif.

Cogitech, Inc. is a consulting company serving clients in a broad range of industries, including Financial, Manufacturing, Construction, Publishing, and more.

Cogitech stands for "Cogitative Technologies". Cogitech delivers solutions utilizing the most advanced concepts, open standards and accessible technologies. Cogitech proudly stands behind what it delivers and always researches the best approach before suggesting a solution.

About DocFactory
DocFactory ApS was established in the summer of 2005 with the objective of offering Nordic businesses an opportunity to optimize their technical documentation production.

Consultancy Services
Production of technical documentation is an essential, critical business process, because products cannot generally be sold without the associated documentation. Integral to the DocFactory philosophy, therefore, is to offer consultancy services and state-of-the-art standard software, called DocCenter.

DocFactory offers consultancy services based on extensive expertise within:

• Analysis of exisisting documentation set-ups
• Optimisation of existing production processes, from writing to publishing
• Training in XML tools
• Change Management procedures
• Project and process execution within technical documentation
• XML technology in general

The optimization potential within companies embodies decisive savings within the resources that today carry out desktop (layout), translations, copywriting, etc. DocFactory has the necessary competencies to ensure that implementation within the organization runs as smoothly as possible.

DocCenter
DocCenter is standard software that supports an optimal document production process and, at the same time, quickly generates value for the customer. "DocCenter" is primarily based on a system that has been developed at and for Danfoss Drives in 1993.

An implementation of DocCenter comprises the system and DocFactory's consultancy services. It is important to emphasise that successful implementation depends not only on a technology that functions, but also on a production process that is optimised.

TransGate is an outstanding solution provider in Korea, boasting magnificent creativity and ample experiences in the "information development and management" industry.

As a resourceful partner of world's class solution gurus including Vasont, Trados, and Adobe, we deliver our clients comprehensive supports in enterprise documentation through Contents Management System (CMS), Computer Aided Translation (CAT) System, and XML-based Single Sourcing System just to name a few. We also provide technological consulting and training for those solutions.

Among our clients in Korea are electronic goods producers like Samsung and LG, computer game heavyweights like NC Soft and EA Korea, and other international giants like Hyundai Motors.

TransGate caters various needs of customers in many fields and carries out R&D ceaselessly to satisfy our ever sophisticated customers.

ConteX-the innovative content management solution built ground-up for technical publications, with full support for XML, Adobe FrameMaker and Microsoft Word

Live Linx is a leading provider of innovative technology and solutions for demanding technical writing groups. ConteX CMS was developed in conjunction with some of the largest techpub groups in the world representing the communications, aerospace, semiconductor, software, pharmaceutical, and medical devices industries. Backed up by close to 20 years of experience, Live Linx provides solutions that improve efficiency and provide high performance for documentation lifecycles, no matter what the size of the documentation set and authoring group.

Providing a robust single-source environment for XML, FrameMaker (both structured and unstructured) and Microsoft Word, ConteX is an ideal platform for organizations transitioning into a more structured approach to documentation. Live Linx provides proven processes and tools enabling a "gentle transition" into structured documentation, and topic-oriented content, including DITA.

Live Linx' acclaimed integration of topic mapping and content component technologies gives ConteX the most flexible and robust system for categorization, retrieval and navigation of content. It maximizes the potential for conditional publishing, re-use and multi-purposing across your organization's documentation set.

For more information, check out our site at www.livelinx.com, or write us at info@livelinx.com.

Mekon is focussed on increasing the effectiveness of content creation, management, review and delivery systems within our clients' organisations. Our ability to thoroughly understand the content needs of our clients stems from our rigorous investigative methodology, involving the in-depth analysis of customer processes, systems and business problems.

Because our first objective is always to gain 'understanding' of client content needs, we can offer the very highest standards of scalable and fully customised solutions, designed to meet specific customer requirements anywhere in the content lifecycle. Because of our expertise in SGML, XML and DITA based publishing systems, we can offer our clients the most cost effective and efficient means by which to manage their content and publishing processes.

Noxum GmbH is a medium-sized software company located in Würzburg, Germany. With its modular products the owner run company belongs to the leading providers of customised Content Management solutions in Cross Media Publishing, technical documentation, information management and E-Business.

Noxum GmbH has been developing and marketing standard software and individual software since 1996. Our concept is full service for project management from consultation to development, implementation and support. Due to our customer proximity, we are in a position to recognize market needs at an early stage and to satisfy the needs with practical software solutions. Due to our long-term experience and market in-line mode of operation, we have developed a product group Noxum.

The Noxum Publishing Studio is a flexible Content Management system (CMS) consisting of a variety of single modules. This product modularity makes it possible to compile customized CMS solutions for different purposes. The individual requirements are satisfied with the development of modules e.g. an editing system, a Web Content Management System or a Cross Media Publishing System. The Noxum Publishing Studio is expandable and can be integrated at any time into the IT infrastructure. Existing data stocks and databases can therefore be incorporated without problems. With just one single system Internet-/Intranet-Websites can be managed, brochures, magazines, catalogues, spreadsheets, support systems or CD-ROMs can be created. In software development, Noxum relies on the implementation of XML technologies, which has become a standard for Web and publishing solutions.

KGU-Consulting GmbH develops software solutions for the manufacturing industry.

We deliver complete business solutions for information systems in the product development and sales processes. This is accomplished by combining industry leading PLM system technologies with our domain skills in the product development process, which allows us to partner with our customers in creating leading edge solutions.

KGU has core competencies in the implementation of XML/SGML based single source publishing systems and product configuration solutions. We are offering standard software solutions and deployment services.

Please visit our homepage: http://www.kgu-consulting.com

Kaleidoscope GmbH is a consulting and software company focussing on multilingual product documentation and information. We offer content management solutions with a focus on technical information and documentation, language and terminology management tools, and are Austria's largest translation provider.

We strive to give our customers best case methodology and team it up with industry-leading tools for an ideal and custom-made solution from a single provider.

SCHEMA GmbH Founded in 1995 by documentation experts, this Nuremberg software company specializes in information logistics and solutions for editing teams. With over 60 employees in four locations, SCHEMA implements professional systems for small and mid-size editing teams as well as solutions for company-wide information logistics. Based on standard software (SCHEMA ST4) and utilizing leading technology (.NET and J2EE), SCHEMA's solutions incorporate all pertinant standards (e.g. XML). Using technology partners (e.g. across Systems) and general integration partners (e.g. CSC Ploenzke) allows SCHEMA to offer the optimal solution for the vertical and horizontal integration of its systems into a company's IT landscape. In various branches of industry, SCHEMA's solutions support the creation of information which accompany production processes, and can also be found in other businesses, such as specialized publishing.

Customers with SCHEMA installations include ABB, Agilent, Bosch, DaimlerChrysler, Lindauer Dornier, MAN, Reiffenhäuser, Schaeffler Group, SEW EURODRIVE, Siemens, Österreichische Bundesbahnen, Philips, STOLL, T-Systems, and Voith, among many others.

Suite Solutions offers a broad range of professional services to technical documentation groups of any size implementing DITA, S1000D, SCORM, IETM and other standards. Services include training, consulting, CMS and tool selection and implementation, XSL-FO style sheet and template development, and custom integration and support. Suite Solutions brings together experienced professionals with extensive knowledge of industry standards and best practices, making available a collective broad experience in XML-based documentation, information architecture, component-oriented content development, and application of tools for successful optimization of authoring, management, localization and multi-purpose publishing. Suite Solutions distinguishes itself with its responsive support, uncompromising professionalism, and ability to think out of the box to find creative solutions to the individual problems of each organization.

Innodata Isogen has over a decade's history in successfully improving knowledge management, integrated hypermedia processing, content management, and document management for a broad variety of customers. Our XML Learning Framework™ for SGML/XML, XSL, and other web and non-web technologies are recognized as superior, over simple class nrollment, as the most productive means-to-ends of applying technologies to solve business challenges.

Crane Softwrights Ltd. is a federally-incorporated Canadian consultancy offering Computer Systems Analysis services since April 1997. Crane uses XML, XSLT and XSL-FO in the development of commercial curricula for XML-based technologies and offers electronic books and comprehensive hands-on instructor-led deliveries to learn these Recommendations. Crane also uses this just-in-time publishing system for branding and client customization, and licenses its training material to companies and training organizations around the world who need to teach these technologies to their staff or customers.

Dakota Systems, Inc.
Specializing in XML-based content management and publishing solutions, Dakota Systems, Inc. creates opportunities for clients to fully leverage their investment in XML technology.

Recognized as experts in the industry, Dakota consultants help organizations design the best solution for their individual situation. From building XSLT transformations to training clients on XSL-FO techniques, Dakota can assist with any phase of a project implementation.

Dakota Systems, Inc. conducts XSL-FO workshop with special pricing for Antenna House clients. This two day course covers the Extensible Stylesheet Language Formatting Objects (XSL-FO), used for the paginated presentation of structured information (e.g. printing XML). The objectives of the course are to understand the role and utility of the Standard, to overview basic constructs of the Standard, to design and develop XSLFO scripts using XSLT and XPath (both of which are assumed to already be known by the attendee), and to efficiently navigate the available documentation and resources.

Pricing: $395 per day, per person with the purchase of any Antenna House product.

For more information see:
XML Publishing Services
XSL FO Training
Training Schedule

With its headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany, Software AG was founded 30 years ago by entrepreneurial mathematicians to become one of the world's first hardware-independent software vendors.

Software AG develops system software, also known as infrastructure software.

Its product portfolio features three segments: an Enterprise Transaction Platform with Adabas, the world's fastest database, and Natural; Total Business Integration with EntireX, and for today's XML-based Internet world, Tamino XML Server.

Software AG's customers are large corporations from all parts of the globe such as Lufthansa, Siemens,Citibank, Merck, DaimlerChrysler, Sony, BP and Telefonica.

Sagehill Enterprises provides consulting services for computer-based publishing, specializing in XML and DocBook. Services include:

1. Publishing system design and implementation.
2. Customization of the DocBook XSL stylesheets.
3. Customization of the DocBook DTD.
4. Training of authors or technical staff.
5. Support.
6. Translation management.

Sagehill Enterprises is a sole-proprietorship of Bob Stayton, the principal consultant and a leading expert in DocBook XML. He has been involved professionally in computer-based publishing since 1980. He is a member of the OASIS DocBook Technical Committee that develops and maintains the DocBook DTD standard. He is also a member of the technical team for the DocBook Open Repository Project on SourceForge that develops the stylesheets and other tools. He is the author of DocBook XSL: The Complete Guide, the standard reference for DocBook publishing. He has the expertise and experience to integrate open source and commercial publishing components into a smooth flowing system.

Webucator delivers customized onsite web development training throughout the United States and worldwide. Some of Webucator's XML courses are listed below.

XML Training Introduction to XML: Students learn to create well-formed XML documents, to build simple DTDs and XML Schema for validating XML documents and to build basic XSLTs for transforming XML documents into XHTML and other XML structures.

XML Schema Training Introduction to XML Schema: Students learn how to use XML Schema to define the structure of XML languages and how to validate XML documents against XML schemas.

XSLT Training Introduction to XSLT: Students learn how to transform XML documents into HTML, plain text and other XML formats.

XSL-FO Training Introduction to XSL-FO: Students learn how transform XML documents for output as PDFs.

Menteith Consulting Ltd specialises in consulting and training in XML, XSL, and XSLT.

Our staff have been working with markup since 1991, with XML since 1996, and with XSL/XSLT since 1998.

Menteith Consulting presents a unique range of skills extending beyond XML and XSL/XSLT into Unicode, SGML, DSSSL, ebXML, and programming in C, Java, Perl, Lisp, and other languages.

We understand how markup works. Our staff has worked with markup in Japan, USA, and Ireland as user, consultant, and developer, with data in English, Chinese, Japanese, and Korean, with academic, automotive, publishing, software, and telecommunications applications, and in the Web Services, ebXML, and document processing arenas.

Sörman Information & Media AB is a market leading provider of technical information solutions for advanced products and systems. We have been on the market since 1966 and have a strong focus on specialist and business competence in after-sales information. Major customers are the Swedish National Defence and the Swedish industry. Main owners are Investor, AerotechTelub (Saab AB), and Nordico (the 6th Swedish Pension Insurance Fund).

Fimasys S.A. Founded in 1996 by Didier Seillier, Jean-Jacques Pineau and Pascal Martinez, Fimsays (Finance Management System) proposes on the European market front, middle and back office software solutions dedicated to companies and organizations in the financial services field - wholesale and retail commercial banks, finance and insurance companies. Fimasys distinguishes itself by its high level business and technical expertise and the quality of its associated services proposing a wide range of consulting services for the implementation of its innovative software solutions. The proposed solutions evolve in heterogenic technical environments and rest principally on multi-tiers J2EE architectures. They enable better operational functioning methods for the customers and increase their commercial and financial performances. With about 40 employees today, Fimasys achieved EUR2.3 Mio of revenue at the end of 2001. Some references: BMW Financial Services and Toyota France Financement use ProFinance (financial management software). More information is available on the Web site: http://www.fimasys.com.

HI-SOFT is a European editor of legal and financial software to manage multi-subsidiaries groups and shareholdings. With more than 10 years of experience, HI-SOFT provides state-of-the-art web solutions addressing the legal and financial corporate managers from holding companies. The proposed software are all based on an innovative n-tiers platform that allows distant access from a thin client through Extranet and Intranet.