The facility to store a wide range of titles in structured XML form, to interlink these titles, and to update them on an ongoing basis with a view to publishing them at any time in print, online or via mobile devices played an important part in this decision. The publishing house already uses the Noxum Publishing Studio to manage various medical, linguistic and theological works. The initial project is now complete and work has already begun on the first of various other titles.
Future projects will still involve various internal editorial teams, e.g. the editorial team for the "Pschyrembel" range of medical dictionaries. However, they may also be joined by external editors and authors as a way of avoiding media discontinuities and redundant data storage. Given that the number of external users is approaching the thousand mark, it is important to have a convenient interface which allows easy and direct editing of complex XML data across a range of platforms.
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"Thanks to Noxum, we were able to carry out the "Pschyrembel" project – our company’s first migration project – professionally and according to plan. We focused on coming up with a solution which addressed the requirements of this complex, highly-specific project. Work has already begun on follow-up projects involving other titles from our company."
Christian Kohl, Senior Manager E-Production at Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co. KG
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The benefits for the customer
- The number of redundant processes was reduced: by integrating the assets into the system, we made it easier to manage images and videos.
- Previous flaws in the system were rectified: the XPATH search facility allows us to search for errors or sources of error in the data in a more systematic and targeted manner.
- Time and cost savings were achieved: by consolidating its editorial systems, the Walter de Gruyter publishing house reduced not only its operating costs but also its support costs.At the same time, it created synergies when working with our prepress companies.