SYNESIS7 of Butte and Inmedius Demonstrate S1000D Data Conversion for U. S. Navy

Successful Presentation, Author Independence Unseen in Technical Publications

Synesis7 Corporation http://www.synesis7.com and Inmedius today announce the successful demonstration of S1000D Vendor Interoperability. Using a legacy F/A-18 I-Level Manual Work Package converted using Synesis7’s Metamorphose/i3™ as the source material, Inmedius generated a data driven display within Flexaview™, branded as Publisher ™ for Navy and Marine Corps NMCI applications. The browser-based technical documentation viewing system enables users to effectively share and deploy information in any environment.

Using Metamorphose/i3, Synesis7’s advanced intelligent automated data conversion process and software tool-set, Synesis7 effectively transformed existing legacy data and graphics from four I-Level F/A-18 engine manuals into S1000D compliant XML data for the US Navy. Metamorphose/i3 uses a software driven process, which minimizes human intervention through the use of integrated OCR, contextual data-mapping, Natural Language Processing, self-learning, and interface optimization technology components.

Inmedius was able to utilize the converted S1000D tagged XML data using Flexaview, their powerful SGML/XML multi-standard viewing solution to display the content in a format usable by maintainers.

“The ability for Inmedius to process Synesis7’s automatically converted legacy technical manual content and then to easily present it to fleet technicians on their NMCI computers is an important contribution to upgrading fleet operations”, stated Dick Martin, Inmedius Chief Technology Officer.

“Our goal was to convert legacy technical data to S1000D so that it was viewer independent. Working with an industry leading viewer like Inmedius’ Flexaview, provides a key first step,” said Tom Dobry, Synesis7 Regional Technical & Program Director, East Coast.

This demonstration proves a key goal of S1000D, that well formed S1000D output can be taken by a presentation system vendor without ties to the authoring/conversion vendor and utilized with a minimal learning curve. This provides the US Navy presentation/author independence previously unseen in the technical data community.

About Synesis7 – Headquartered in Butte, Montana, with an office in Patuxent River, MD, Synesis7 provides holistic information technology and management solutions and services. Synesis7 has emerged as the industry leader providing a highly automated system and process for converting complex source materials into S1000D compliant XML, significantly reducing cost, time, and errors within the conversion process. Acting as a total “system” transformation enabler, Synesis7 helps client-partners assess, plan, manage, develop, implement, integrate, and navigate through the challenges of rapid and unpredictable change, complex technology evolution and insertion, systems and software, process, and integrative management solutions that effect positive change. http://www.synesis7.com.

About Inmedius – Headquartered in Pittsburgh, PA, with offices in the United Kingdom and Germany, Inmedius is a leader in innovative, performance-oriented applications that capture, create, manage and deploy technical information. Unique in the industry, Inmedius provides an integrated ASD S1000D Publishing Suite™, supporting documentation through its complete life cycle. With proven technical abilities and operational expertise, Inmedius provides numerous military programs, software, and services to maintain flight readiness, implement process and personnel controls, and more effectively deploy information assets. Inmedius delivers powerful technical information solutions to many capital equipment intensive industries. http://www.inmedius.com

Inmedius, Flexaview, Publisher, and the Inmedius S1000D Publishing Suite are trademarks of Inmedius, Inc.
Synesis7 and Metamorphose/i3 are trademarks of Synesis7 Corporation.

CONTACT: Synesis7 Corporation
Maggie Perkes, 406.496.6400
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