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CambridgeDocs Announces Server-Side, Java-Based Microsoft Word to PDF Publishing Using XML; Cross-Platform J2EE Applications Can Now Publish Word Documents to PDF, HTML, XML and RTF Independent of Microsoft or Adobe Products

Posted on: Monday, 8 May 2006, 09:09 CDT

CambridgeDocs (http://www.cambridgedocs.com) today announced xDoc Server Version 2.02, and with it the ability to publish Microsoft Word .DOC files to PDF in a cross-platform environment, eliminating the need for Microsoft and Adobe publishing products. The Java-based xDoc Server can be called from any J2EE application server, including the popular platforms IBM WebSphere, BEA WebLogic and Apache Tomcat.

With this evolution in PDF Publishing, organizations can now process and publish high volumes of Microsoft Word content on Windows, Linux and Solaris serves - free of the licensing and performance issues related to installing Microsoft Office or Adobe Acrobat or Distiller on a server. This links business users' preferences for Microsoft Word into IT departments who are consolidating servers and implementing applications ranging from contract generation to custom publishing.

Previous generations of PDF publishing have relied on direct "print-stream" approaches, which rely on the original desktop applications "print to" a PDF format. By using Java and XML, the multi-threaded xDoc Server can also merge individual Word files, add data from databases into document "templates", and publish as XML, HTML, or Microsoft RTF.

"Document sets that are part of a workflow or server-side application are ideally suited to this next-generation publishing approach. xDoc gives organizations more flexibility, allowing them to use Microsoft Word to define the look and feel of their documents, integrate data into them from other databases, and then publish the resulting documents on cross-platform servers," said Rizwan Virk, CEO of CambridgeDocs.

"Many of our customers need to re-publish Microsoft Word content as PDF and HTML on both Windows and Unix servers. We believe a Java-based, cross-platform approach using XML is both scalable and flexible," said Kevin J. Hayden, Vice President, Global Marketing, for Interwoven, Inc., a CambridgeDocs OEM partner.

"CambridgeDocs xDoc Server gives HyLighter the platform flexibility to bring our innovative products for collaborative learning and document-centered group work to the world market. With the xDoc server, HyLighter now has the invaluable capacity to run on Linux servers while supporting the pervasive use of Microsoft Word in higher education and business environments," said David G. Lebow, President of HyLighter, Inc., a CambridgeDocs customer.

An additional benefit of using XML as the file format transformation medium for xDoc Server is the ease it affords companies in maintaining corporate branding for document "templates" for policies, applications or contracts that are created in Microsoft Word, and that then require database information to be merged into these "templates" as part of a multi-threaded J2EE application. In these scenarios, the documents can be concatenated or merged together as necessary before being published to PDF and thereby retain their corporate "look and feel".

About CambridgeDocs

CambridgeDocs is a leader in the emerging market for XML-based content integration and publishing. This market deals with the integration of legacy content with new XML-based systems (e.g. Content Management, Enterprise Information Portals, EAI, and Web Services) and standards (e.g. Docbook, DITA, XBRL, S1000D, MIL-3001, SPL, HRXML, RIXML, FPML, NewsML, or any custom XML schema/DTD's, etc.).

Towards this end, CambridgeDocs provides a technology platform and services for taking existing unstructured and semi-structured internal and external content (e.g. MS Word, HTML, PDF, etc.) and transforming it into "meaningful XML". Once transformed, the content can be made available for delivery through XML-based Web Services, classified and indexed within Enterprise Information Portals, and aggregated, assembled and published in different formats, including support for wireless and mobile devices.

Source: Business Wire

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