automated page composition - stm eproduction 2014
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AUTOMATED PAGE COMPOSITIONSTM E-Production Seminar 2014
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Hello!
Gareth [email protected]
• Working with software development, authoring, publishing, for 15+ years in A/NZ, UK, USA, Canada, India, etc.
• Chief Solution Architect for GPSL
GPSL(Global Publishing Solutions)
• Structured content experts with a long history in technology solutions: authoring, CMS, publishing, delivery
• Consultancy, software development, tools & training, etc.• Headquartered in UK, operating worldwide
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Summary
• Automated composition system for journal articles• System went live in 20121,2 and now handles page
production for the entire ACS journal program(40+ titles, and 300,000+ pages per year)
• Workflow is true XML-first (JATS/NLM); all manuscripts are in XML format from acceptance
• Proofs and final pages are composed with no human interaction for more than 90% of articles
• Reduced cost and reduced production time with enhanced product quality
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Sample Article
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Agenda
Project
Success
Solution
Q&A
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Project Goal
“To migrate the ACS journals publishing environment
from a manual-intensive, print-centric production
environment to an XML-based, fully digital
environment, eliminating all human interaction beyond
intellectually driven, value added operations.”
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Project Initiation
• ACS had a typical journal production workflow based on heavy vendor involvement for composition and corrections
• ACS approached GPSL with desire for production automation
• ACS and GPSL devised a vision and future workflow for fully automated composition
• GPSL ran workshops with ACS to discover requirements for a MVP and design an appropriate technology stack
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Project Team
• GPSL• Consultancy, Solution Architecture, Software Supplier,
Software Development, Training and Technical Support• ACS
• Project Management• Acceptance Testing• CMS and Workflow Upgrades
• Design Science• Upgrades to MathFlow Equation Composer application
• BPO Vendor• Manual composition & complex corrections
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Project Governance
• Agile development methodology with weekly sprints• Project management and requirements management by ACS,
using HP Quality Center• Source code control and collaboration using Assembla• Communications via email, phone and HPQC• Separate DEV, UAT and PROD environments• Automated testing of each release
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SUCCESS
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We did it!
• Holy Grail: quality, fast, cheap production• >90% of articles are “auto composed”
• Vendor role retained for conversion and corrections• Seven figure savings in annual production budget• >20% reduction in production time from acceptance to
publish• Speed record: 7 hours
• Improved quality• Greater consistency• Positive feedback from authors
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Criteria for Success
• Stakeholder buy-in and management of expectations• No fixed deadline, agile development methodology• Transparency across business and IT stakeholders• Strong project management
• Standardised page format• Standardised (and stable!) XML content format3,4
• Start with MVP then “divide & conquer”• Used best in breed software
(APP/3B2, Design Science, Arbortext)
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SOLUTION
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ACS: In Their Own Words5
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Solution Components
• Documentum: workflow & CMS• Arbortext Editor: tech edit & simple corrections• Arbortext Publishing Engine: server-based transformations
• Using APP/3B2 XML composition engine• APP Desktop: complex corrections & manual composition• MathFlow Equation Composer: MathML composition• BPO Vendor: MS Word to XML conversions• Atypon: delivery server & proof review host
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Innovations
A number of key technology innovations were required in order to automated professional journal article layout:• Table builder• Equation composer• Automated quality check• Automated float placement• Automated chemical name breaking
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Questions & Answers
Thank you!
If we have time I can cover:• Further details• Demonstration• Future possibilities
(Post-PDF articles, authoring, proofing, corrections)
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References
1 STM Innovations 2012 presentation, True Automated Page Composition,http://www.stm-assoc.org/2012_05_01_Innovations_US_Needham_True_Automated_Page_Composition_Process.pdf
2 STM Innovations 2012 video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8fywckp9ko
3 JATS-Con 2010, Journals and Magazines and Books, Oh My! A Look at ACS' Use of NLM Tagsets, http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK47083/
4 Balisage Proceedings 2012, ACS Publications - Ensuring XML Quality, http://www.balisage.net/Proceedings/vol9/print/Rose01/BalisageVol9-Rose01.html
5 Article from ACS National Meeting 2013 program, Adding efficiency through automation - and gaining speed, http://indy2013onsite.acs.org/i/158706/75