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NEWSLETTER | October 2024 STRUCTURING DATA AND CONTENT SINCE 1981
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The Internet Archive Was Hacked
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The Internet Archive is a nonprofit digital library that aims to provide "universal access to all knowledge." It was founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle and has since grown into one of the largest online repositories of digital content. The Wayback Machine is one of the Internet Archive's most well-known tools. It allows users to browse archived versions of websites over time, essentially acting as a digital time machine for the internet. Earlier this month, The Wayback Machine suffered a data breach after a threat actor compromised the website and stole a user authentication database containing 31 million unique records. Many Internet Archive services are temporarily offline.
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Twenty Scholarly Publishers Walk Into the Rare Books Division at the Library of Congress
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The Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress in Washington DC holds nearly 800,000 volumes, spanning almost every era and subject, organized into more than 100 distinct collections. The Collection traces its origins to Thomas Jefferson's vision of establishing a library for both statesmen and the people of the newly formed nation. After attending SSP's New Directions in Scholarly Publishing Seminar a group of 20 attendees had the good fortune to tour the collection. Have a look at some of the delicious treasures they explored.
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Navigating the Nuances of the European Accessibility Act
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In a recent conversation, publishing expert Bill Kasdorf and DCL president Mark Gross discussed the critical impact of the European Accessibility Act (EAA) on publishers. With the EAA compliance deadline fast approaching, understanding its nuances is essential for ensuring that your organization meets the necessary standards. This blog dives into the steps publishers must take to align with these regulations and the urgency of acting now to avoid penalties. Get a head start on understanding how to make your content accessible to all readers.
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Think You Know DCL? Technology That Might Surprise You: Perpetual Conversion and Structuring
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While "conversion" is Data Conversion Laboratory's (DCL) middle name, we offer much more than one-off transactional conversions from PDFs to XML (or InDesign, FrameMaker, Word, HTML, etc.). DCL employs some serious technology experts who are skilled at mining, extracting, structuring, enriching, and working with content and data in any way you can imagine. Our developers are always exploring in the lab! Read more to learn some details on technology that might be helpful in your organization. |
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DCL partners with many global organizations that complement our services and offer a complete workflow solution to our customers. Following are some recent highlights from DCL's Partnership Laboratory. |
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Configured, converted, and migrated, oh my!
Members of the Comtech-managed Center for Information-Development Management recently transitioned to a new CCMS. They defined a core team primarily responsible for vetting candidate systems and laying the groundwork for administering a new system. Part of this process involved specialized training for the core team, which they would later complement with training for the whole team in DITA authoring and how to use the new system. They had to anticipate and accommodate key project milestones the Tech Comm team supported. Could they avoid a writing freeze? What was the backup plan if they encountered delays?
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Enterprise Knowledge Sponsoring and Speaking at LavaCon 2024
Enterprise Knowledge (EK) will have a significant presence, both presenting and sponsoring, at the LavaCon Conference on Content Strategy and Technical Communication Management, which takes place October 27-30 in Portland, Oregon. Four of EK’s experts will be presenting a main conference session and a pre-conference webinar. They'll share thought leadership that highlights EK services at the intersection of content strategy and operations, including AI-enabled content analysis; and the semantic layer, part of EK’s solution for dynamic content assembly and content personalization.
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Are you Struggling with Digital Asset Management?
Managing digital content efficiently is key to staying organized and ensuring compliance in regulated industries such as the healthcare sector. This Master Guide shows how a Digital Asset Management (DAM) system streamlines processes, saves time, and enhances data security. It contains explanations and definitions, a 10-question self-assessment test, a checklist with 75+ criteria for comparing DAM vendors and an informative expert interview. This guide is provided by Fabasoft Xpublisher, the leading provider of a digital asset management system with integrated XML editor.
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XML-Based Drug Labeling Becomes FDA Requirement Structured Product Labeling (SPL) is an FDA-required format for the electronic submission of labeling information about pharmaceuticals, biologics, and other regulated products. Starting in October 2005, the FDA required all labeling information to be submitted in SPL format.
DCL was one of the first industry providers to offer SPL conversion services and continues to be the leading SPL service provider in the industry. [READ MORE]
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