Cross Platform Publisher (XPP)

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1 G- Cloud service Cross Platform Publisher (XPP) 2014 Page 1

2 Table of contents 1. About us Overview of G- Cloud Service What does it do? What can be created? Major features Import file formats FoundationXHTML Pricing Training Support Service About Drupal... Error! Bookmark not defined. 7. Methodologies and approach Contact us... 5 Page 2

3 1. About us Axis12 are a web technology company based in London. We have a core team of 25 staff in Islington and satellite offices in Australia and India. We are passionate, dedicated and always available as our many government clients will attest to. Our approach centres on our determination to deliver high quality, usable and accessible products and services that use the latest web technology. We have several Government clients including the Department of Health, Department for Education, the Home Office, and Northern Ireland s Business Development Agency. In the private sector we recently led the design and rebuild effort of the Tate Gallery s website a huge undertaking and one that is receiving accolade s around the world. We are currently leading the technical delivery of the Care Quality Commission s drive towards achieving their Digital by Default targets through the use of online registrations and form submissions. We design, build, host and support complex web based applications based on Drupal, SOLR and other 3rd party systems. We are particularly known throughout the community as experts in difficult integrations and for enterprise search. Acquia USA the largest Drupal company in the world - recently engaged us to development a secure messaging service for the US Department of Defence. We ve built solid partnerships with leading players in the industry (including Acquia), and have a reciprocal partnership agreement with Volacci, the community s experts in SEO for Drupal sites. Axis12 has been a member of the Drupal Association since the company s inception. Collectively, the management team at Axis12 Ltd has over 70 years experience in the Internet technology sector, and over 25 years experience with Drupal. Our dedication to Drupal and our size makes us one of the largest and well- respected Drupal companies in the UK. We are very active in the open source community for both Drupal and SOLR and were platinum sponsors at Drupalcon London in Overview of G- Cloud Service Cross Platform Publisher (XPP) is a complete digital content production and content management solution that addresses the challenges of organisations looking to standardise content management and distribution on an enterprise scale. It comes complete with all the tools required to instantly create multiple formats from a single, controlled source of content, stored centrally in XHTML5 format. Import your content from MS Word, or author directly though our feature rich online editor, and with the click of a button produce highly styled PDF, epub, XML, HTML, Amazon formats, packages such as SCORM, web apps, static sites and more. Digitise once - reuse forever. 1.1 What does it do? Provides a complete digital content production solution. All the tools you need for advanced digital content production are included for all formats including multiple print editions through to e- books of all types. Gives you total control over your content. Your digital content is always under your control and always ready to work. No more sending your content files to off- shore production houses. If you use service providers, they can connect to your system. Digitise once. Use Forever. Once your content is in the system the one source file can be used to generate any format. It can be easily updated for future format requirements. You content is instantly ready and available to work. Reduce Costs. Significantly reduces total production costs and generates new digital content value. Simplify production. Makes digital content production easy and straight- forward. Creates any and all formats. XPP handles every format available and can be easily extended as new requirements emerge 1.2 What can be created? Cross Platform Publisher instantly delivers the new digital content business strategies every publisher needs now while strengthening current print strategies. It is the only system that can instantly deliver multiple print editions, multiple e- book editions AND sophisticated packages for any business requirement. Because it is a powerful dynamic template system it can be used for: Page 3

4 Born digital content such as interactive and rich media e- books and supporting modules, sites or portals. The same application can create your print and epubs AND supporting promotional and resource sites. Trade books of all types, including complex layouts. Your print book can be mono while your digital formats can support full colour. Academic documents including books, journals and articles. MathML is natively supported. Textbooks. K- 12 and Tertiary with or without interactivity. Also produce supporting on- line/off- line resources and SCORM packages instantly and easily. Manuals. For products, training and other corporate documentation. Student and instructor edition content can be maintained in the same master file. Print PDF, Online PDF, epub 2, epub 3 - n any format, flow/fixed layout and interactive, Amazon formats, packages such as SCORM, web apps, static sites and more. 1.3 Major features Management Interface - Comprehensive account, project and document management designed to manage thousands of books/documents easily, forever. Editing Interface - Writer has all the tools for content and XML editing in every language and for all format requirements. It is a no- XML view XML editor. Formats on Demand - Integrated Formats on Demand included. Produce all print, e- book and other formats instantly. Handle any number of generation tasks. Typography - Typography in the Browser provides the tools to simultaneously typeset multiple print editions from one master XHTML file. Media Manager - The integrated media management application handles images for all formats, audio, video and more. Upload a print image and all e- book format images are generated automatically. Font Manager - A powerful CSS- 3 tool that lets you manage and use fonts interactively. Handles OTF font features, font sub- setting, WOFF conversion, obfuscation and much more. Interactive Design - Document Designer and a sophisticated CSS editor included. Delivering interactive CSS styling, design and layout tools. Instant View - The integrated Reader panel gives you an instant online and PDF view of the output at any time. No waiting for a processor. 1.4 Import file formats Cross Platform Publisher has a number of ways for you to import content into the solution from your desktop environments. Wordprocessor manuscripts - Manuscripts can be imported and instantly ready for format generation. Wordprocessor styles can customised to match house requirements. Manuscripts can contain images - Alternative text is preserved to allow the creation of accessible epubs. epub files - Old epub files can be imported, restyled, value added and upgraded for epub3, Kindle KF8 and any other format. Standard DocBook - Get out of the DocBook rut. If you have legacy files import them and upgrade to FoundationXHTML. Daisy XHTML - epub3 has become the new accessibility standard. You can import existing files and republish them as epubs. Customisable - If you have legacy XML the in- built cross walk processor is ready to be customised. Digital Publisher can handle the most sophisticated XML DTDs or Schemas. 1.5 FoundationXHTML The system is built on a trusted and maintained XHTML(5) tagging pattern strategy developed with over 12 years of experience producing millions of pages of content in all genres for hundreds of publishers around the world. We call it FoundationXHTML (FX). FX is not a proprietary format or approach it is a controlled and maintained foundation that can be built on for any other requirement (similar to XML but without the punitive costs and inflexibility). Customisation is built in at every point in Cross Platform Publisher so you can quickly define your own requirements. If you have existing XML files that have become unusable they can easily be imported and crosswalked to FX to ensure all content is Page 4

5 the same. It is the quality of FoundationXHTML that ensures consistent, reusable, high quality content while providing the production cost savings delivered by Cross Platform Publisher. Want to know more? Large and small organisations around the world are using Cross Platform Publisher to deliver online content, corporate marcom, e- books, best sellers and educational content in dozens of languages. You can too. For more information on how to get started with Cross Platform Publisher, contact us for a demonstration. 3. Pricing Our preconfigured Cross Platform Publisher solution is cloud hosted, and ready for use. Pricing starts at 1100 per unit. Tell us about your exact requirements so we can provide a specific quote. 4. Training We train and work with clients' resources to help maintain what we've put in place. We can also help you maximise the potential of your existing websites. Our team has a deep understanding of technology coupled with experience of the challenges that face organisations that need to stay on top of their market. 5. Support Service We offer a support service tailored to your individual needs, contact us at info@axistwelve.com 6. Methodologies and approach We have learnt through experience that AGILE is an extremely effective methodology for web development projects, as it secures quality delivery through regular releases, which have specific quality criteria. However we appreciate that not all stakeholders have the time to engage in the deliverables at a detailed level, so we have successfully merged the AGILE and PRINCE2 methodologies together to allow stakeholders to monitor progress via traditional high- level project plans and Gantt charts, at the same time as keeping rapid, high quality delivery. This customised approach links very well with Drupal. The modular make up of Drupal means that major functional elements can be implemented, configured and released within one sprint. The AGILE process diagram (below) shows how one large product, (e.g. Search), can be delivered over a series of increments (an increment in this case might be keyword search or advanced search). Whilst it isn t always needed, this approach also highlights delivery problems very quickly, as the regular (ideally fortnightly) releases can be assessed and tested as they become available, instead of at the end of a large chunk of time, when there often isn t enough time to resolve any major problems. Our project delivery is supported by specific systems that manage the detailed specifications, including acceptance criteria, user stories and, results from functional and non- functional testing. These systems are available to all internal staff and staff from third parties and partners, and ensure clear specifications are available to everyone involved in delivery. 7. Contact us We re a friendly bunch and we love to chat, so why not get in touch via at info@axistwelve.com, or call us on We look forward to getting to know you. Page 5