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Clients A-F

Accenture (formerly known as Andersen Consulting)
Source: ATMS	Target: Documentum, Interleaf	# Pages: 300,000
Industry: Government, Legal	Material: Invoices	Issues: Two target formats
DCL converted the State of Wisconsin's laws and statutes from an outdated IBM mainframe format to Interleaf and Documentum, when Andersen upgraded their system to "Text 2000," which allows them to manage, publish and modify documents in-house. See case study.
"DCL's services were reliable and cost-effective. Documents were complex and highly structured. Some of the source formats were particularly difficult, but DCL came through!"

ASM International - Materials Information Society
Source: Paper, various	Target: SGML	# Pages: 30,000
Industry: Scientific Publishing	Material: Reference books	Issues: Dense pages, numerous tables, complex formulas
DCL is converting the 30,000 page ASM Handbook - the definitive reference source for metallurgy - into SGML, in accordance with a proprietary DTD. The material is characterized by dense pages, complex mathematical formulas, numerous tables of various degrees of complexity, and charts, graphs and illustrative images. The individual volumes of this series are heavily indexed. Formulas are keyed directly into SGML in accordance with a math DTD. DCL has also authored a software tool to enable the conversion of the SGML formulas to Tex.

Carswell Publishing
Source: Various	Target: Proprietary (SGML-like)	# Pages: 5,000
Industry: Legal	Material: Books	Issues: Bilingual, custom software for proprietary format
For this Canada-based legal publisher DCL converted casebooks and statutes into BRS/SEARCH using electronic conversion, OCR, and off-shore key entry. English as well as foreign language materials in French were converted.
"Working with the staff at DCL was an enjoyable experience. They were helpful and quite knowledgable."

Chilton
Source: Paper, microfiche	Target: SGML	# Pages: 100,000
Industry: Automotive	Material: Books	Issues: Image layout, diverse material, imaging microfiche
DCL converted high volumes of automobile maintenance manuals into an SGML publishing system for this automotive publisher. Source material encompassed twelve years and was in hard copy and microfiche, which was imaged. Complex layouts of multiple illustrations were incorporated into the SGML. DCL developed software to automatically determine whether OCR or key-entry would be the most appropriate process for a particular section.

Choate, Hall & Stewart
Source: Paper	Target: Elite database	# Pages: 80,000
Industry: Legal	Material: Index cards	Issues: Sloppy handwritten originals, fielding of unstructured material
Handwritten cards used to catalog case materials were filmed and then keyed into a client matter database. Freeform data was structured into well-defined fields.
"DCL is a terrific company; they proved to be an active participant in making the conversion work!"

Clark Boardman Callaghan
Source: SGML	Target: Folio	# Pages: 10,000
Industry: Legal	Material: Books	Issues: Conversion software licensed to client
DCL converted law books from SGML to Folio and subsequently licensed the software to the client.

CNF Service Company
Source: Xyvision	Target: MS Word	# Pages: 1,500
Industry: Automotive	Material: Books	Issues:
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P.F. Collier L.P.
Source: Paper, various	Target: SGML	# Pages: 30,000
Industry: Publishing	Material: Books	Issues: Built topic tree index, diverse source formats
DCL converted the entire Collier's Encyclopedia from various typesetting formats and paper to SGML, for CD-ROM publication. In addition, DCL generated a topic tree index to organize materials by subject.
"DCL did a superb job converting a large and complex text database from typesetting formats to SGML. They were reliable, and we would recommend them to anyone."

Corsearch
Source: Paper, microfiche	Target: Fielded ASCII	# Pages: 200,000
Industry: Legal	Material: Trademark records	Issues: Diverse data
Entered approximately 200,000 trademark record into data fields. The data came from several different states, each with its own format.
"Work was done efficiently. There were no problems. Time schedules were perfect!"

Drug & Market Development
Source: Quark	Target: SGML	# Pages: 2,000 and ongoing
Industry: Journal Publishing	Material: Pharmaceutical Newsletters	Issues:
DCL converts Pharmaceutical newsletters from Quark to SGML for publication online.
"Each month, DCL converts our Pharmaceutical newsletter to SGML format. They've also converted a year's worth of back issues for us. Not only is their work timely and accurate, but their account managers are helpful and responsive."

Duke Power Company
Source: WordPerfect	Target: MS Word	# Pages: 250,000
Industry: Power	Material: Procedure manuals	Issues: Strict, complex formatting specs; multiple client sites
DCL converted high volumes of procedures from WordPerfect to Word, following a strict template. Fifteen groups of users from three different plants each had its own vision of how materials should be translated to the template, so DCL developed detailed editorial specifications to address all of them. An extreme amount of engineering was necessary.

Enigma Information Retrieval Systems
Source: Various	Target: SGML, proprietary	# Pages: Ongoing
Industry: Publishing	Material: Varied	Issues: Diversity
DCL prepares catalogs, brochures technical manuals and other material from many different organizations for publication on CD-ROM, using Enigma's proprietary CD-ROM format or SGML.
"For several years now, DCL has converted our client's often complex documents, to both Word and SGML, for use in Enigma's Insight Publishing System. It is wonderful and comforting to be able to rely on a partner who consistently delivers complex conversions on time and within budget."

Factory Mutual Engineering Corporation
Source: Paper	Target: WordPerfect	# Pages: 50,000
Industry: Insurance	Material: Technical data sheets	Issues: High accuracy requirement, dense scientific material, many formulas, heavily styled
Converted multi-thousand pages of technical data sheets from paper to heavily styled WordPerfect to produce CD-ROM version of this standard organization's factory inspection handbook. High tagging accuracy, as well as text accuracy, was a priority for this client. Material is scientific in nature, containing dense pages and numerous formulas.
"DCL's work was error-free and in full accordance with our detailed extremely specifications."

First Federal Savings & Loan
Source: Paper	Target: Elite database	# Pages: 250,000
Industry: Banking	Material: Signature cards	Issues: High volume, on-site scanning
DCL imaged more than a quarter of a million signature cards so that First Federal could automate the signature recognition process. Signatures were scanned on-site at about 30 branch locations. See case study.

Freightliner
Source: Paper, WordPerfect	Target: SGML	# Pages: 30,000
Industry: Automotive	Material: Books	Issues: Numerous illustrations & diagrams
DCL integrated this truck manufacturer's service manuals into an electronic publishing system. These manuals were technical documents rich in illustrations and diagrams. Hard copy was keyed and WordPerfect was converted using DCL's proprietary artificial-intelligence-based conversion software. All materials were delivered as validated and parsed SGML according to the client's DTD.
"DCL's work was quick and accurate, and tailored to our needs."

Funk & Wagnalls (PrimeMedia)
Source: Various	Target: SGML	# Pages: Ongoing
Industry: Publishing	Material: Books	Issues: Exact page layout, dense with tables, vertical text
DCL converted their World Almanac, various other almanacs and the F&W Encylopaedia to Word and SGML for CD-ROM publication. Special layout requirements to accomodate ASCII terminal display capabilities were met.

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