Dan Dube

Before the information age, car manufacturers only made cars, libraries only stored books, and newspapers only printed the news. Now, however, companies from all industries are realizing that in addition to what they do, they are also publishers, and there is a learning curve. Carmakers have to create, manage, and produce manuals, catalogues, and brochures. Libraries have to preserve collections and make their stacks available to a digital readership. Newspapers have to splice and dice their daily report millions of different ways to fit the distinct consumer tastes. In addition, these organizations have to publish in multiple languages and multiple formats: CD-ROM, PDF, Web page, hard copy, etc. In the information age, all companies are publishers, and that's not even counting internal demands for content that every company has: memos, annual reports, newsletters, ... (more)

Rx for Structured Product Labeling

The long-term benefits of XML-based Structured Product Labeling (SPL) are creating many short-term headaches for drug makers as they scramble to comply with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deadline for electronically processing all drug-related labelingcontent. Managing product information - shepherding huge volumes of content through multiple internal and external hurdles for drugs on the path from the research lab to the marketplace - is an ongoing challenge for pharmaceuticals. Although accurate and consistent product information is as vital as the drug itself, today's... (more)