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NEWSLETTER | October 2025 STRUCTURING DATA AND CONTENT SINCE 1981
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From Submission to Structured XML: Streamlining Editorial Efficiencies at
The BMJ |
No doubt, today’s scholarly publishing workflows are complicated. Between submission systems, peer review platforms, production tools, and dissemination requirements, content travels a fragmented path before it’s ready for publication. DCL recently announced that The BMJhas implemented Content Crystallizer, a solution to transform manuscripts from Word documents into structured XML through a configurable, automated, and human-guided process. The BMJ is ranked among the top medical journals globally and is valued for its editorial integrity and innovation. |
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The Legal Lines of Fair Use and Generative AI |
Training sets for large language models (LLMs) are changing how we think about copyright but the law hasn't quite caught up yet. Preserving the incentive for human beings to create artistic and scientific works is the lodestar of copyright law. Recent court decisions in many ongoing cases related to the use of copyrighted materials for AI training data continue to stir conversation and controversy around the four fair use factors. A recent DCL Learning Series unpacked the evolving landscape of fair use as it applies to generative AI: what counts as truly "transformative"? When does training an AI become copyright infringement? And how could new case law and regulation reshape what's permissible? |
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Citizen Archivist Missions at the U.S. National Archives |
The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is the nation's record keeper. The records in the holdings of NARA outnumber the employees millions to one. The Citizen Archivist Project allows anyone to make contributions to the National Archives Catalog to enhance access and discoverability. Tagging records with standardized names, locations, and descriptions makes historical documents easier to search and explore. There are many archive missions to explore, ranging from unidentified aerial phenomena records to the JFK assassination records. The work of citizen archivists drives home the importance of standardized tagging while also providing rich historical context and makes previously hidden stories accessible to the public. |
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DCL Bytes: The Data Conversion Laboratory Origin Story |
DCL Bytes is part of the DCL Learning Series and features short, informative clips on technology, structured content, and more. In this short, Mark Gross, President of DCL, speaks with Marianne Calilhanna, VP Marketing, about the original spark that launched his company. This month, DCL celebrated 44 years in business and continues to transform its services and solutions to meet the changing requirements of knowledge management across many industries. While the company has shifted course over the years, its long-standing client commitment remains steady. |
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F-15 TCP Worldwide Review - November 10
The TCP Worldwide Review brings together six foreign partners of the F-15 Technical Coordination Program and representatives from the USAF and industry to discuss issues, concerns, and improvements and modifications to the F-15 platform. [LEARN MORE]
KMWorld 2025 - November 17 to 20 This year's KMWorld conference theme is "Enterprise Intelligence: Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing for Success." DCL is exhibiting at this year's event and Mark Gross will present at KMWorld's Text Analytics Forum. Mark will discuss "How AMPP's Vast Content Collection Harnesses Text Analytics for AI Initiatives." [LEARN MORE] |
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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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𝗠𝗜𝗧 𝗦𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝟵𝟱% 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝘀 𝗙𝗮𝗶𝗹. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝗼𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗥𝗢𝗜
“AI projects are failing.” Headlines like that are making the rounds across different platforms, but how true is it? And what is the real story? MIT recently published a report that came to the conclusion that 95% of Generative AI projects fail to achieve a desired level of ROI. Everyone read the headline and got spooked. But that is not the real story. The real story from this MIT study is a roadmap to high ROI Generative AI projects, and that roadmap is hiding in plain sight.
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Creativity Meets Efficiency: Digital Processes in Book Production
Under the title “More creative freedom through standardized processes”, Barbara Scheuer and Susanne Senz from the Penguin Random House publishing group describe their experiences with SiteFusion in DPR Magazine. Since the full system integration was completed at the beginning of 2023, over 40 publishers are now working with standardized processes and uniform nomenclatures. The result: a noticeable boost in efficiency thanks to clearly defined processes and genuine data sovereignty. Thanks to precise metadata classification, everyone involved has access to up-to-date production and print data at all times – regardless of time and location.
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Happy Birthday, DCL!
October 2, 1981 is the first day Data Conversion Laboratory started doing business. We've been celebrating all month by doing what we always do... helping our clients structure and enrich knowledge so they can disseminate scientific literature, update and submit drug information to the FDA and other health authorities, streamline content management for industrial equipment manufacturers, track financial compliance requirements across hundreds of jurisdictions, and so much more.
We've seen so many technology changes over the past 44 years and it's no doubt that the rate of change is accelerating at a pace that demands agility, creativity, and a commitment to keeping up, which is exactly what we do every single day. [READ MORE] |
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