Structured Content News

SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management solutions, announced today the availability of an out-of-the-box integration between SDL Trisoft™ and Leximation™ DITA-FMx, the most popular DITA plugin to Adobe® FrameMaker®. The DITA-FMx plugin to Adobe FrameMaker has been widely adopted by technical writers in a variety of industries who wish to work in a familiar authoring environment while taking maximum advantage of the full range of DITA capabilities.

SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management solutions, announced today the release of SDL Contenta S1000D 4.1, the latest version of SDL's industry-leading Common Source Data Base(CSDB) for S1000D, an international technical information standard for aerospace and defense industries.  The new release delivers enhanced editorial support and streamlines the S1000D production workflow, enabling mission-critical content to be approved and fielded faster than ever before.

SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management solutions, announced today the acquisition of Xopus, the leader in online XML editing. The acquisition by SDL’s Structured Content Technologies division addresses the growing trend to broaden the adoption of structured authoring beyond technical writers.

SDL Structured Content Technologies, the leading developer of Component Content Management (CCM) and Dynamic Publishing solutions and part of the SDL Group, the leader in Global Information Management (GIM), today announced the resounding success of its second annual DITA Fest conference, an important industry venue for sharing emerging best practices and lessons learned in the adoption and use of DITA. The conference was attended by technical publications teams and DITA experts who gathered to share their hands-on knowledge and experience with other colleagues that have adopted or are adopting DITA.

SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management solutions, announced today the first release of the company’s end-to-end dynamic publishing technology for technical documentation. The innovative solution developed by SDL’s Structured Content Technologies division addresses the changing demands of Internet and Smartphone users who expect on-demand, personalized and highly-interactive technical documentation. Global companies are realizing that the traditional methods of delivering static PDF and print documentation will be a thing of the past. In the next five years, technical documentation will be transformed from static, printed collateral and PDF to interactive electronic documentation delivered via the web or a Smartphone.

SDL, the leader in Global Information Management solutions, announced today that two of the company’s enterprise technologies divisions have been named in KMWorld’s annual “100 Companies That Matter in Knowledge Management” list. The award recognizes for the first time SDL’s Web Content Management Solutions for innovation in its SDL Tridion® products for Web Content Management. For the fifth consecutive year running, the award also recognizes SDL’s Structured Content Technologies (formerly “XyEnterprise”), underscoring SDL’s leadership in delivering performance-driven Component Content Management and dynamic publishing software.

SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management solutions, is pleased to announce that Plantronics, Inc. has selected SDL for global content and language management. Plantronics is a world leader in personal audio communications for professionals and consumers.With an increasingly diverse global customer base, Plantronics is seeking to gain new efficiencies and business agility in the creation and localization of product manuals.

SDL, the leader in Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced it has been chosen by Italian-based Satiz, for managing and publishing automotive manuals in DITA, the XML standard for technical writing. Satiz is adopting SDL Structured Content Technologies to automate the process and reduce the cost of delivering multi-formatted information to its global customers, particularly in the automotive industry.

SDL Structured Content Technologies, the leading developer of Component Content Management and Dynamic Publishing solutions, and part of the SDL group, the leader in Global Information Management (GIM), today announced a significant new release of its SDL Contenta® CSDB software designed to support the latest version of the S1000D specification – Issue 4.0.  This new release helps drive down the total cost of ownership by simultaneously managing multiple versions of the specification in one CSDB.

SDL XySoft™, the leading developer of Component Content Management and Dynamic Publishing solutions and part of SDL, a leader in Global Information Management (GIM) today announced that its SDL LiveContent™ dynamic publishing solution has been named as a KMWorld Magazine 2009 Trend-Setting Product.  This is the fourth consecutive year that the company has received the trend-setting product award distinction for one of its software solutions.

SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, today announced the acquisition of XyEnterprise®, an award-winning leader in XML Component Content Management (CCM) and Dynamic Publishing solutions. With tight integration into SDL’s GIM technologies, this acquisition adds another building block for managing global content. SDL provides the industry’s only end-to-end solution for creating and managing global content. The technology provides a solution from authoring, to translation supply chain management, right through to the publishing of global content.

SDL Trisoft, the leading provider of Component Content Management (CCM) systems for technical writing organizations, announced today that ESRI has selected SDL Trisoft™ as the platform to support the company’s move to a new structured authoring process using DITA, the XML standard for technical writing.  The move to structured authoring with DITA is part of a key strategic initiative at ESRI to address the growing demand for products and technical documentation in global markets.

SDL Trisoft, a worldwide leader in Component Content Management (CCM), is pleased to announce that Micro Focus, a leading provider of enterprise application management and modernization solutions, has selected the SDL Trisoft™ CCM system to improve the consistency of the company’s user documentation, increase ease-of-use and drive customer satisfaction.

SDL Trisoft, a leader in Component Content Management (CCM) systems for technical publications, announced today the release of SDL Trisoft™ 2009. The new release features significant capabilities and enhanced integration with SDL Global Information Management (GIM) technologies, including translation management and global authoring.

SDL Trisoft, a worldwide leader in Component Content Management (CCM), is pleased to announce that SDL Trisoft has been successfully deployed by Nautilus, a leading fitness equipment manufacturer. Headquartered in Vancouver, Wash., Nautilus, Inc. is a global fitness products company providing innovative, quality solutions to help people achieve a healthy lifestyle. With a brand portfolio including Nautilus®, Bowflex®, Schwinn® Fitness, StairMaster®, and Universal®, Nautilus manufactures and markets innovative fitness products.