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Tools Development for Effective Document Conversion |
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| Abstract |
In the current competitive business environment, survival depends on effective and quick processing
of information resources for critical business decisions.
"In the Communication Age, we must learn to extract the knowledge from the information, put it into
a dynamic 'digital' form, and communicate it to cause action." - Daniel Burrus, leading technology
forecaster and business strategist. Corporations across the globe, irrespective of the business they are in, have created voluminous documentation over the years for assimilating knowledge, business information and business processes.
The wealth of information in this legacy documentation is crucial for quicker business decisions. This information, however, may be available in diverse forms and formats. Significant time is expended by organizations in ensuring the availability of all legacy data in a common format so that it can be processed for meaningful results. Time is a key factor in the analysis and distribution of critical data, particularly via the Internet and Intranets. The other imperative is to store information in the appropriate electronic format intelligently.
Conversion service providers help in standardizing and converting legacy information into a common
format effectively and efficiently. The key criterion in evaluation is how effectively the service
provider can meet the challenge in developing or enhancing tools for such conversions for huge
amount of data in a very short timeframe.
This white paper explains typical data formats in which the legacy information is available, formats
for the future, document conversion and the role of tools development or enhancement in
conversion.
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