RE: Content Management and Frame

[HALL Bill <bill.hall@xxxxxxxxx>]

Assuming that Rick is referring to FM+SGML, there are three that I know of:

We are using the SIM system (http://www.simdb.com/), distributed in the US
by SAIC out of the Washington DC area (contact details are on the SIM Web
pages). Some of what we have done with this is described in my May 2001
Technical Communication article - http://www.tenix.com/PDFLibrary/91.pdf.

The other two are (or were) Xyenterprise's Content@XML
(http://www.xyenterprise.com), and what used to be Chrystal's Astoria. Xerox
recently sold Chrystal to LightSpeed - http://www.lspeed.com/home.html.
Astoria appears to have been incorporated in a new range of products. A very
quick inspection doesn't tell me whether the new products still offer
FM+SGML integration. My understanding is that Chrystal's Canterbury product
also worked with vanilla FM - although this was phased out a year or so ago.
Whether they included this interface in the Astoria range, I don't know
either. However, if you are after content management support for vanilla FM,
you should talk to the new owners.

On the other hand, if you are going to go the content management route, I
strongly recommend that you migrate to XML at the same time if you have not
already done so.

You should also check out SiberLogic's SiberSafe
(http://www.siberlogic.com). This apparently only requires a few tweaks to
turn SGML into XML.

Hope this helps.

Bill Hall
Documentation Systems Analyst
Strategy and Development Group
Tenix Defence
Nelson House, Nelson Place
Williamstown, Vic. 3016
Australia
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Mailto:bill.hall@tenix.com
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