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Scientific American Medicine
Source: Quark	Target: Insight	# Pages: 10,000 plus
Industry: Publishing	Material: Database	Issues: Sidebars, references, figures, tables, cross-references
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"We were very satisfied! DCL was always ahead of schedule, a great improvement over our previous vendor experience. Besides their commitment to meeting or exceeding production schedules, they always respond promptly to questions"

Sikorsky Aircraft
Source: Xyvision	Target: SGML	# Pages: 5,000
Industry: Aviation	Material: Technical Manuals	Issues: Complex typesetting codes in converted data. DCL also licensed its software to the client for ongoing conversions.
DCL converted and cleaned up approximately 5,000 pages of aircraft maintenance manuals from Xyvision to ATA 100 and CALS SGML DTDs. The conversion involved the interpretation of complex typesetting codes.
"DCL was totally dedicated to the customer's needs."

Simon & Schuster
Source: Word, FrameMaker	Target: Frame+SGML	# Pages: 1,500
Industry: Publishing	Material: Business Course Case Studies	Issues: Inconsistently formatted Word tables, Frame text and tables were frequently not part of the text flow.
DCL converted a collection of Simon & Schuster business books to SGML, in order to facilitate online distribution.

Society of Petroleum Engineers
Source: Multiple Electronic & Paper	Target: SGML	# Pages: 30,000
Industry: Professional Society	Material: Author Manuscripts	Issues: Multiple formats, inconsistent styles, equations, keying required.
In this complex project, DCL converted over 30,000 pages of technical content from a variety of formats to SGML. Materials, submitted at various international SPE conferences, were authored by hundreds of members and were therefore widely inconsistent in style. The materials were complex in content and structure, and contained an abundance of both TeX and embedded equations, as well as complex tables and images. A quantity of materials were only available in hard copy, while the conversion of electronic materials was complicated by the fact that they were produced in a wide variety of formats that included MS Word, WordPerfect, PDF, and even in Macintosh specific packages.

System Integration Group
Source: Hardcopy	Target: SGML	# Pages: 100,000 plus
Industry: Library, government	Material: Books, manuscripts	Issues: Diverse source materials - pages were imaged at the library and keyed from those images
DCL worked as a subcontractor to convert a large volume of books to SGML for the Library of Congress. Materials were converted from images and hard copy and were prepared both for further electronic publishing and for distribution on the Internet.
"DCL has provided SIG millions of characters of converted, tagged text meeting or exceeding the 99.95% accuracy requirement on a reliable, friendly basis for over three years."

Teleres
Source: Paper and various electronic	Target: HTML	# Pages: 1,000 plus
Industry: Real estate	Material: Varied documents	Issues: Graphics, web layout design
DCL converted demographic data from hard copy and a number of electronic formats to Web pages for this on-line real estate information provider. source: paper & various electronic formats

UNICOR
Source: Hardcopy	Target: SGML	# Pages: 500
Industry: Military	Material: Complex technical manual	Issues: DCL developed elaborate keying specifications for UNICOR
DCL converted a military maintenance manual to CALS-based SGML for this government contractor. DCL supervised the keying that was done at UNICOR.

Uniscan, Inc
Source: OfficeWriter	Target: SGML	# Pages: 3,000 plus
Industry: Aviation	Material: Books	Issues: DTD consulting and modification
DCL converted an aircraft Standard Practices Manual from OfficeWriter to CALS-based SGML for Uniscan on behalf of Lockheed Martin. DCL consulted on the DTD and finalized it during the engineering phase of the project.
"Very thorough, highly accurate...very professional and knowledgeable"

United Defense, LP
Source: Wang	Target: SGML	# Pages: 30,000 plus
Industry: Military	Material: Books, technical manuals	Issues: Content tagging, extensive cross references
DCL converted technical manuals for this military contractor from Wang to CALS SGML, meeting the IETM standard for CD-ROM publication.
"Really pleased with the results and planning to return to DCL for future conversions."

United States Air Force
Source: Paper, various	Target: SGML	# Pages: 25,000
Industry: Aviation, Military	Material: Policy/procedure docs	Issues: Diverse data
DCL converted the USAF's 25,000 page Administrative Code, which was available only in hard copy and in diverse formats, into CALS SGML and then into GuideViewer, a format suitable for CD-ROM. Custom software was developed to standardize the varied formats.
"DCL really understands data conversion. They were able to communicate concepts and requirements to us."

United Technologies
Source: Xyvision	Target: ATA 100/CALS Compliant SGML	# Pages: 5,000
Industry: Aviation	Material: Technical Manuals	Issues: Complex typesetting codes in converted data. DCL also licensed its software to this client for ongoing conversions.
DCL converted and cleaned up approximately 5,000 pages of aircraft maintenance manuals from Xyvision to ATA 100 and CALS SGML DTDs. The conversion involved the interpretation of complex typesetting codes.
"DCL was totally dedicated to the customer's needs."

Warren, Gorham & Lamont
Source: WordPerfect and other formats	Target: SGML	# Pages: 100,000
Industry: Legal	Material: Books	Issues: Content tagging, special handling of alternative formats, licensed software
DCL converted legal textbooks and casebooks to SGML for this legal publisher on an ongoing basis and provided round-trip software for conversion to and from SGML.

Williams & Wilkins
Source: Hardcopy and various typesetting	Target: Styled WordPerfect	# Pages: Thousands
Industry: Medical Publishing	Material: Various Documents	Issues: Converting unstructured source data into styled WordPerfect
For this medical publisher, DCL converted documents from paper and a variety of typesetting formats to styled WordPerfect, in order to allow authors to develop new editions.

World Book, Inc.
Source: Hardcopy	Target: HTML	# Pages: 50,000 plus
Industry: Reference Publishing	Material: Books (Encyclopedia)	Issues: Materials had been created over a long period of time
DCL keyed the Annual Supplements of the World Book Encyclopedia, spanning about 50 years, and converted it to HTML.
"...very pleased with this project."

Xerox Corporation
Source: GlobalView	Target: SGML	# Pages: 10,000
Industry: Photocopiers, technical publishing	Material: Books, manuscripts, statutes	Issues: Hotspots, diverse source materials, pages were imaged onsite for keying
DCL converted copier repair manuals from GlobalView to SGML. Text within images was keyed and incorporated into the image.
"Very professional...easy to work with...on time performance!"

Ziff-Davis
Source: Hardcopy and typesetting files	Target: CD-ROM	# Pages: 100,000
Industry: Software, Publishing	Material: Books, newsletters, etc.	Issues: Diverse source materials and formats, scanning
DCL was responsible for all data capture, tagging, and management for Ziff's Support on Site CD-ROM product. This database contains the full text of more than 150 reference books and software manuals, dozens of newsletters, and tens of thousands of technical notes supplied by such software publishers as Lotus, Microsoft, Borland and others. The diversity of sources required DCL to develop a variety of techniques to efficiently capture and prepare data -- including scanning, data entry, and the automated conversion from typesetting tapes.
"DCL had a firm grasp of the standards and the most efficient ways of inplementing them."

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