IsoView 6

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The IsoView product family consists of a group of intelligent viewers, which allow
the display and printing of high-quality vector graphics. In most cases, these are
illustrations in CGM format, which are based on the latest industry standards. A
main application area for IsoView is the integration into interactive electronic
manuals, such as spare parts or sales catalogs or maintenance instructions, which
are either distributed via CD-ROM, or Intra-/Internet.
IsoView 6 is the latest version of ITEDO's leading global viewing technology for
vector graphics. It is available as an ActiveX Control for use within Internet
Explorer, in Visual Basic applications, or other environments. It offers a stable
viewing environment for illustrations and is currently integrated into a wide
variety of environments predominantly for the display of graphics in interactive
technical documentation.
IsoView has for many years been the de facto standard viewer of CGM files in the
defense and aerospace industries and in numerous other manufacturing industries.
This release will provide major benefits and powerful new features for both
existing and new users.

IsoView 6 - The New Features

IsoView 6 provides support for the new WebCGM 2.0 file format. WebCGM 2.0 is the
upcoming new version of the WebCGM profile, a W3C Recommendation. IsoView 6 will
also introduce intuitive methods of finding and addressing objects on interactive
illustrations providing major benefits for developers and end users of IsoView. The
new features are listed in detail below.
Support for:
* WebCGM 2.0 profile
* ATA (Air Transport Association) GREXCHANGE 2.10 profile
New addressing modes for graphical objects:
* A new search tool will provide the ability to find object and textual information
on an illustration using various search criteria, e.g. metadata (object attributes)
or text content. The tool enables the finding of relevant information on an
illustration using an intuitive method, which provides a major benefit for the
users of electronic catalogs and manuals.
* This same methodology could be applied utilizing the API (Application Program
Interface) in order to run functions on objects, e.g. highlighting and changing
graphical attributes of an illustration, including line weights, fills, etc.

The WebCGM Integration Toolkit

Apart from graphics changes, WebCGM 2.0 will also introduce two brand new
technologies - the DOM (Document Object Model) and the XML Companion File
Architecture (XCF).
The DOM provides an API (Application Programming Interface) to WebCGM objects. It
enables developers to manipulate WebCGM documents and access information found in
XCF files. The DOM introduces new concepts resulting in new levels of
interactivity. In partnership the DOM and XCF technologies provide powerful new
functions that will revolutionize the maintenance and delivery of intelligent
graphics.
The XML Companion File Architecture allows applications to externalize non-
graphical metadata such as spare parts numbers into a standard XML (Extensible
Markup Language) file. The XCF enables a tight integration between the graphical
objects in WebCGM and the external metadata contained in an XML file. This external
approach will provide major benefits with the ability to utilize standard XML
technology in the management and production IsoView based applications.
The DOM and the XCF technologies will be available in the "WebCGM Integration
Toolkit" as an optional add-on to the standard 'IsoView Distribution Kit' and the
new 'IsoView Registered Developer Program'.
Have a look a the W3C WebCGM and OASIS CGM Open WebCGM TC Public Documents for more
details about WebCGM 2.0
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/WebCGM/
http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/documents.php?wg_abbrev=cgmo-webcgm

IsoView Registered Developer Program

The IsoView Registered Developer Program is a new licensing model for IsoView
customers. It includes the full functionality of IsoView 6. However, in contrast to
the Distribution Kit it does not contain any distribution rights. This product
package is aimed at service providers and system integrators who wish to implement
IsoView into their customer's applications but do not distribute them. The
Registered Developer Program for IsoView comprises a full Premium Service Agreement
including support and all IsoView product updates. It is renewable on an annual
basis.

Best regards,

ITEDO Software

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