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Telecomworldwire, Nov 14, 2001
TELECOMWORLDWIRE-14 November 2001-Ford enhances vehicle manual production process with SoftQuad technology (C)1994-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com
Ford Motor Co, Europe, has selected Canadian-based SoftQuad Software Ltd's XML content authoring system to help streamline the production of its vehicle manuals.
Ford Europe has to produce a range of manuals for every vehicle in its product range. Per vehicle this means approximately 6,000-10,000 pages but the company also has to deliver the manuals in 22 languages and dialects. To manage this production and distribution process, Ford has developed and implemented an XML-based information and publishing system called Odyssey.
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Ford will now use SoftQuad's XMetal system together with Odyssey to provide authors with an easy-to-use interface that allows them to create, submit, review and assemble content in XML without needing any knowledge about the language. Financial terms were not revealed.
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