The Providence Journal purchases SCC NewsML module for automated archiving from CCI editorial system.

February 1, 2006

ALPHARETTA, GA., (February 1, 2006) -- The Software Construction Company (SCC) is pleased to announce the sale of their SCC MediaServer NewsML module to The Providence Journal, (circ. 168k [m-sat], 236k [sun]).

The SCC MediaServer NewsML module provides tight integration with CCI editorial systems equipped with CCI's NewsML export engine. Complete packages of published articles containing photo, graphic, text and page elements together with respective NewsML headers are exported automatically each day by CCI's NewsML export engine.

Each NewsML header describes the inner relationship of every media item to other media elements appearing in the same article as well as the relationship of each article to the parent publication. For example, the header describes which photo ran with which graphic, text and caption element, as well as publication details such as edition, section and pages across which the article spanned.

The SCC MediaServer NewsML module provides a user friendly and highly configurable interface to the CCI NewsML export data. Once configured the SCC module performs all necessary data extraction and conversion, record insertion, auto-enhancement, and record linking automatically and completely in order to produce an enriched archive of all publication elements generated within the CCI editorial system.

The SCC MediaServer NewsML module provides advanced features to the SCC MediaGrid and Web browser user. Link icons are displayed beneath or to the side of each archived photo, graphic, story and page, and when clicked automatically return all related article elements to the screen. In addition, spatial geometry is recorded in the MediaServer database for every article so that when an SCC MediaGrid user moves the mouse over full page previews, the article shape appearing under the mouse is highlighted and when clicked retrieves all elements related to that article to the screen.

About SCC

SCC is based in Atlanta, Georgia and develops and markets a suite of Macintosh and Windows media management tools and utilities world-wide. SCC’s products are used by newspapers, magazines, TV networks, photo agencies, Internet content providers and various corporations. SCC Europe Ltd. is located in Bristol, United Kingdom.

In the USA, SCC’s customers include The National Enquirer, Star and Globe Magazines (American Media Inc.), Sports Illustrated and People Magazines (AOL Time Warner), InTouch Magazine (Bauer Publishing), The Dallas Morning News, The Detroit Free Press, The St. Petersburg Times, The Seattle Times, The Sacramento, Fresno and Modesto Bees, The San Francisco Chronicle, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, The Associated Press, Knight-Ridder/Tribune Information Services (KRT), Reuters, UPI, Dow Jones, ABC Television, NBC Television, Universal Studios, Walt Disney Television, US News & World Report, USA Today, The White House, The Central Intelligence Agency and many more.

Outside the USA, SCC has distributors covering Australia, Europe, the Far East, and Central and South America
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Technical Contact: SCC

Lee Funnell, Vice President
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leef@swcc.com
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