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Clients G-L
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General
Motors |
| Source:
WordPerfect, proprietary |
Target:
SGML |
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Pages: 10,000 |
| Industry:
Automotive |
Material:
Procedure and standards manuals |
Issues:
Proprietary and diverse source formats, modified DTD |
| DCL
converted procedure and standards manuals into SGML. Documents were
converted from several formats: Interleaf, WordPerfect and even an
internal format proprietary to GM. DCL modified the DTD midstream to meet
new specs and the conversion process was re-engineered to incorporate
these changes. |
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Glaxo-Wellcome |
| Source:
Paper, various |
Target:
WordPerfect |
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Pages: 5,000 |
| Industry:
Pharmaceutical |
Material:
Drug applications |
Issues:
Many tables, high accuracy |
| DCL
assisted in the preparation of NDA filing by converting a number of
formats, including paper, into a format acceptable for regulatory agency
filing. Accuracy upwards of 99.99% was required. |
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Gulfstream
Aerospace Corporation |
| Source:
Bookmaster |
Target:
SGML |
#
Pages: Ongoing |
| Industry:
Aviation |
Material:
Maintenance manuals |
Issues:
Effectivity tags |
| DCL
converted Aircraft Maintenance Manuals for the GII, GIIB, GIII and GIV
models from Bookmaster to ATA-2100-based SGML. These AMM's comprise
approximately 7,000 pages. Effectivity statements were converted into
SB-effectivity tags modified to ASC (Aircraft Service Change) effectivity.
This project is long-term and is continuing now on an ongoing basis. |
| "Working
with DCL was a professional learning experience. Their staff was helpful
and the result of their efforts was a successful conversion." |
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H.
W. Wilson Company |
| Source:
Proprietary |
Target:
SilverPlatter |
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Pages: 150,000 |
| Industry:
Publishing |
Material:
Books |
Issues: |
| DCL
converted this publishing company's Current Biographies and World Authors
works into CD-ROM format. DCL was involved in all stages of the
conversion, from initial design, through production of CD-ROM masters. |
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Hearst/Motor
Publications |
| Source:
XyWrite |
Target:
SGML |
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Pages: 100,000 |
| Industry:
Automotive |
Material:
Maintenance manuals |
Issues:
Footnotes in tables, hyperlinks to graphics, proprietary DTD |
| DCL
converted truck and automobile repair manuals from XyWrite to SGML for
this automotive publisher. Tables were particularly complex, with many
footnotes. Graphics were provided separately and the client's original
numbering system was incorporated into the SGML hyperlink tagging for
maximum efficiency. |
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Hewlett-Packard
Company |
| Source:
troff |
Target:
SGML |
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Pages: N/A |
| Industry:
Computer |
Material:
Manuals |
Issues: |
| DCL
authored custom software to convert troff to SGML and licensed the
software to HP. |
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"DCL's
software made our conversion fast and easy!" |
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Highwire
Press |
| Source:
Quark, PageMaker, Ventura, Xyvision |
Target:
SGML |
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Pages: Thousands monthly |
| Industry:
Online Publisher |
Material:
Medical Journals |
Issues:
Multiple source formats, fast turnaround. |
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“You
guys are terrific. Thanks so much for all
your hard work. A large measure of Highwire's
success through our busiest new journal season ever
is due in large part to help from the crack DCL
team.”
-Kathryn
Henniss, HIGHWIRE
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IEEE |
| Source:
Paper, FrameMaker |
Target:
SGML, PDF |
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Pages: 50,000 |
| Industry:
Electronics |
Material:
Standards documents |
Issues:
Multiple target formats, precise page layout requirements |
| DCL
is converting highly complex technical documents from various formats to
SGML, in accordance with an elaborate, proprietary DTD. Documents will be
maintained in FrameMaker+SGML and the DTD/EDD were in a state of flux as
the conversion progressed. Page image of documents are also being produced
in PDF format. |
| "We
are very pleased with DCL's expertise, responsiveness and creativity in
solving problems. The quality of their professionalism is flawless." |
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Industrial
Press |
| Source:
Paper, various |
Target:
SGML |
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Pages: 1,500 |
| Industry:
Mechanical Engineering |
Material:
Technical handbook |
Issues:
Numerous mathematical formulas, extremely complex layout, high accuracy
requirement |
| DCL
converted the industry-standard Machinery Handbook from paper and other
formats to SGML, for publication in FrameMaker+SGML. Mathematical formulas
were hand-entered and integrated into the SGML. Images were scanned or
converted from a variety of formats. DTD was custom designed for this
work; DCL collaborated closely with the DTD designers before and during
the conversion. |
| "DCL
was extremely helpful in transforming our very technical handbook into
SGML. The conversion was completed in professional and timely manner and
the cost estimate was right on target. The most imporant aspect of DCL is
customer service. Their staff was always available for guidance. We have
no hesitation in recommending them to others and intend on sending them
more projects in the future." |
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Infrastructures
for Information |
| Source:
Various |
Target:
SGML |
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Pages: N/A |
| Industry:
Technical publishing |
Material:
Various |
Issues: |
| DCL
converted a large volume of information to SGML on a number of projects
for this company, which is a DCL business partner. The projects included a
medical reference (Harrison's Medical Handbook), mathematics textbooks,
and standards documents, which were published to various media, including
the Web and CD-ROM. |
| "The
people at DCL are very professional and extremely knowledgeable." |
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I.
S. Grupe |
| Source:
Paper |
Target:
WordPerfect |
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Pages: 5,000 |
| Industry:
Medical |
Material:
Monographs |
Issues:
Diverse source materials |
| DCL
converted fifty volumes of monographs to a single electronic format so
that I.S.Grupe could make the material available on CD-ROM. These
monographs were collected over a span of twenty-five years by the
International Agency for Research on Cancer. I. S. Grupe is a business
partner of DCL. See case study. |
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"The
service was quick and accurate! DCL kept their word." |
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John
Deere & Company |
| Source:
FrameMaker, proprietary |
Target:
SGML |
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Pages: 55,000 pages to date...
75,000 projected |
| Industry:
Automotive |
Material:
Maintenance manuals |
Issues:
Proprietary format, foreign language material |
| DCL
is converting numerous automotive maintenance manuals from FrameMaker and
Twist to SGML, in accordance with the client's proprietary DTD. Many of
the manuals have multiple editions in multiple languages. |
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"DCL
turned our conversion challenges into a production process. Thanks to
DCL's expertise and dedication, we are converting thousands of pages
monthly, from several legacy formats, into richly tagged SGML." |
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John
Wiley & Sons, Inc. |
| Source:
MS Word (Mac) |
Target:
MS Word (Windows) |
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Pages: 1,000 |
| Industry:
Publishing |
Material:
Technical books |
Issues: |
| DCL
converted two Physics textbooks from Mac Word to Word for Windows. |
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"In
a word, reliable." |
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Lebhar-Friedman |
| Source:
Paper, various |
Target:
Proprietary |
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Pages: Ongoing |
| Industry:
Publishing |
Material:
Marketing literature |
Issues:
Proprietary format, layout and design |
| DCL
produces two monthly CD-ROM magazines for advertisers in Lebhar-Friedman's
publications. Materials are graphics-intensive and often need to be
scanned and extensively cleaned up. Often material is supplied in the form
of rough sketches and DCL does full graphic layout and design. |
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Library
of Congress |
| Source:
Paper |
Target:
SGML |
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Pages: Ongoing
Currently 300,000 |
| Industry:
Library |
Material:
Historical literature |
Issues:
Diverse materials |
| DCL,
working as a subcontractor to System Integration Group, is currently
converting a large volume of books to SGML for the Library of Congress.
Materials (including a large law collection) are being converted from
images and hard copy and are prepared both for further electronic
publishing and for distribution on the Internet. DCL is responsible for
all text-entry and SGML tagging. Approximately 300,000 pages of a
projected 1,000,000 page project have been processed to date. Collections
DCL worked on include the American Memory Collection. |
| "DCL
has provided millions of characters of converted, tagged text meeting or
exceeding the 99.95% accuracy requirement on a reliable, friendly basis
for over three years." |
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Lockheed
Martin, Missiles & Space |
| Source:
XICS |
Target:
SGML |
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Pages: 20,000 |
| Industry:
Government Contractor |
Material:
Technical manuals |
Issues:
Tight deadline, conversion software licensed to client |
| DCL
converted a large volume of technical documents, created in the Xerox
Integrated Composition System, to SGML in accordance with the IMPS DTD. In
addition to converting this critical data set, DCL developed and licensed
a conversion suite to Lockheed for ongoing conversions of its legacy data
set. |
| "My
thanks to DCL for assisting us at every turn in the process...a joy to
work with...worked hard to accommodate all of our untimely
requests...conversion experience was a rousing success." |
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Lucent
Technologies |
| Source:
Frame, proprietary troff (EPS) |
Target:
SGML, HTML, proprietary |
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Pages: Ongoing |
| Industry:
Telecommunications |
Material:
Technical manuals |
Issues:
Quick turnaround, diverse source, target formats |
| DCL
converts technical manuals from Frame and EPS formats into three
electronic publishing formats and cleans up, corrects and validates
already existing HTML. Lucent's multiple clients have complex,
ever-changing specifications. Target formats are HTML, SGML (DocBook DTD)
and a proprietary document database format. |
"Lucent
has been very pleased with DCL's ability to convert various types of
electronic data into SGML, HTML and other formats."
"Thanks so much to you and your editors for such a great job on this
release. You guys are the best ... Thanks again |
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