Advanced Quality Assurance tool for SGML and XML data

Advanced Quality Assurance tool for SGML and XML data ensures conformance to business rules and document standards. With Advisor, you don’t have to worry about whether or not your authored SGML or XML content conforms to rules and standards. Authors no longer have to manually check each and every SGML and XML document. Advisor automates Quality Assurance and ensures delivery of material that meets your needs. Go Beyond the DTD to Insure Quality Standards Use Advisor to go beyond the simple, structural validation that a Document Type Definition (DTD) or Schema parser does, and give your customer the SGML and XML content they want and expect. Advisor is completely configurable to your Quality Assurance rules, and features a broad library of validation templates that will guarantee authored SGML and XML content has the data your business needs defined. Advisor allows non-technical users to create SGML or XML business rules, enabling rapid validation of documents to an organization’s standards. From simple to complex rule checking, implement a standard without any coding, yet allow yourself the security that SGML and XML documents maintain and pass the quality standard you want to have enforced.

Integrated S1000D BREX Checking In addition to ensuring the quality of its SGML and XML documents through the use of extensive quality validation rules, Advisor is the first of its kind to integrate S1000D Business Rules Exchange (BREX) with authoring and management functions. This combination of the Business Rules and BREX engine allows for the validation of project and internal rule sets along with the unique S1000D requirements. Users can read and export BREX data from the CSDB client, with project BREX lists available to integrated authoring.

Key Features Build Content Rules Rule Creation Quickly and easily create content rules using pre-defined validation templates for Attributes, Children, Elements, Files and XPath. Advisor is completely configurable to the user’s Quality Assurance (QA) rules and features a broad collection of validation templates that will ensure authored SGML and XML content adhere to pre-defined business rules and standards. Extensive Validation Template Library Configure custom content rules that go beyond the simple, structural validation that a Document Type Definition (DTD) or Schema parser does. With Adviser, users select rules from an extensive library of validation templates. Authors are guaranteed that the SGML and XML content has the data that their business needs define. XPath & Logical AND/OR Groupings Build and customize new XML Path Language (XPath) rules to meet complex organizational validation requirements. Users can also logically group validation rules into “AND/OR” combinations. Create & Manage Multiple Rule Files for Multiple Projects Create and manage separate rule files for different projects, ensuring that each project has its own validation requirements.

Validate Documents Check SGML & XML Content for Errors Quickly validate documents against your organization’s QA standards. From simple to complex rules checking, authors can implement a standard without any coding, yet have the piece of mind that SGML and XML documents maintain and pass the quality standards that they want enforced. Automate the Validation Process Create content rules in the graphical interface, select the SGML or XML document to validate and Advisor takes care of the rest. Authors no longer have to manually check each and every SGML and XML document. The SGML and XML Quality Assurance process is transferred from man to machine. Incorporate S1000D BREX Rules Read and utilize S1000D BREX Data Modules. BREX rules can also be used with the Advisor Web Server and be integrated with S1000Dmanager™ and S1000DauthorPro™ for document validation.

Validation Results Review Content Error Reports Advisor automatically generates a report containing the specific content errors with a document. The report specifies which rule was broken and details the exact line where the error occurs. Authors can quickly and easily use the information to make the required alterations to ensure that the document conforms to the business rules. Print Details on Content Discrepancies Print detailed information on content discrepancies for tracking and heightened accountability. Users can create an entire detailed history of their QA process.

Both Desktop and Server Versions The desktop version can integrate with Arbortext Editor™, Adobe® FrameMaker®, Altova XMLSpy® and other SGML and XML editors. The server version provides a Web service that can fully integrate the Quality Assurance cycle into your existing production process and workflows. The Power of Integration For a complete document lifecycle solution, Advisor integrates seamlessly with both Inmedius S1000Dmanager™ and Inmedius Horizon™.  Manager, part of the seven-module Inmedius S1000D Publishing Suite™, is a comprehensive management system offering extensive features that provide a framework for controlling the development of technical data utilizing S1000D™ publishing concepts. A business process driven solution, Horizon is technical publication production system that delivers the tools and information needed to comprehensively manage a technical documentation operation.

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