Publishing

Legislative Content Management & Regulatory Content Management

LIMS' Publishing module is a centralized way of generating multi-format documents from XML files. Using standard style sheet technologies, it can output, for example, PDF, HTML, or Microsoft Office files in seconds. It offers a standalone client, but can easily be integrate into your applications using a standard SOAP API. Printing is high-quality and extremely flexible while XML enables automated multimedia publishing from a single source document. The website provides access to the law par excellence.

 

 

 

Key features

  • XML transformation server accessible by all users
  • Output in PDF, XML (Office Open XML or any other XML format), Text, HTML
  • Full support of XSLT v.1 and XSLT v.2 via your preferred XSL transformer (MSXML, Saxon, Altova, etc.)
  • PDF creation using XSL-FO
  • Integration to any of your applications via SOAP
  • Support of your preferred FO transformer (Antenna House, RenderX, FOP, etc.)
  • Support of images and PDF merging
  • Batch-processing interface
  • Robust server that accepts a high volume of information
  • Support of open data standards

Benefits and applications

  • Central PDF production from XML forces a normalized output throughout your organisation
  • Ease of maintenance and support
  • Output to camera-ready PDF, no more need for editing between you and the printer
  • Increase the possibilities of output formats, facilitates access to legislation

Specifications

  • Windows XP or later (32 and 64 bit)
  • SOAP API
  • XML
  • XSLT 1.0 and XSLT 2.0
  • XSL-FO, PDF-X, etc.

Available Publishing Modules

Website module

Complete legislation website that includes every document managed in the LIMS database (consolidated Acts, consolidated regulations, annual Acts, and annual regulations). The website is seamlessly integrated in your actual website. Moreover, it is automatically updated from the consolidation database.

Key features

  • Point-in-time
  • Automatic update
  • Powerful search engine
  • Permanent hyperlinks
  • Seamless integration to actual website
  • Hyperlinks to annuals in historical notes

Specifications

Intranet module

Updated directly from the consolidation database, this module offers easy and powerful search and reuse functions for legislation. It can host many document sets, but it is usually used to host consolidated Acts, consolidated regulations, and annual volumes.

Key features

  • Legislation-based functions, such as the search for terms in the same section and many others
  • Powerful search engine supporting lemmatization, Boolean operators, and many other proximity operators
  • Legislative drafters can easily reuse XML content using a standard copy-paste function
  • Multilingual support offering many useful functionalities like side-by-side viewing
  • Printing interface enables the printing of tagged provisions
  • Direct and automatic update based on consolidation work done using LIMS' Consolidation module
  • Fast and simple access to the system throughout your organization, using a simple Web browser
  • Hosted on local network, ensuring maximum security

Specifications

  • Windows XP or later (32 and 64 bit)
  • Internet Explorer 6.x or later
  • XML

Administration module

Enables administrators to publish legislation on an intranet, a public website or simply as a standalone PDF or HTML files. It offers a fail-over mecanism that enables administrators to revert a database to its last working version.

Key features

  • Server configuration
  • Database update in one click
  • Fail-over function to revert the database to its last working version
  • Single file or batch export in XML, HTML or PDF
  • Hyphenation exceptions control
  • Grouping of legislation by departments, services, or any other categorization system

Specifications

  • Internet Explorer 6.x or later
  • XML