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The usual electronic publishing turns traditions upside downMaybe your entire organization |
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Clients |
Organon clients operate in many fields. They include publishers, airlines, car manufacturers and banks as well as government offices and institutions. These organizations all have one thing in common: they hold and manage large stocks of data, mostly pre-electronic in origin. They might be encyclopedias, for instance, or technical documentation or training manuals. Now they face the task of making these existing data accessible for the new electronic media, whether CD-ROM or the internet. The material is there: the media have been acquired. The task now is to combine the two. Surely this shouldn't involve turning the whole house upside down? |
Simple |
There is a great temptation to simply convert the documents as they stand into the format of the new medium. But the initial charm of this quick solution fades rapidly. The problem is, the new media are developing all the time, they never stand still. Each new medium, each new browser - or in a worst-case scenario each browser version - requires a new format, which of course means more re-working and converting. Each time the material is converted the data becomes more bloated. Understandably, you soon get the feeling that the data is getting on top of you. |
New |
Users and clients are exacting, and this doesn't make life any easier. A browser just doesn't work like a book. You then try and jazz up the existing data for the new media, adding on pictures, sound, cross-references. This has to be done separately for each medium because the systems are different. At this stage even your controller will start screaming. |
Future oriented |
Things could be so much simpler. Organon can provide you with advice and support on your trek towards the world of electronic publishing. We can show you how to replace outmoded information architectures and replace them with open, future oriented concepts, while keeping both feet planted firmly on the ground. |