Database Publishing software is designed to automatically format documents such as catalogs, price lists, leaflets, reports, manuals and publications in different languages. The data can be imported from databases, spreadsheets or XML files.
Cross media publishing is possible because publications are produced in different forms such as print, internet and CD-ROM.
Some features are:
- Databases for the maintenance of data, for example MS Access, MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle
- XML support
- Adobe InDesign and Adobe FrameMaker are used for the layout of the publications
- High resolution PDF for print
- Output for print and for the internet
Software for database publishing:
- BookDB-XML
- BookDB-CMS for the maintenance of data for catalogs and leaflets in a publication database. Functionalities include the possibility to import data from financial systems and to add data, images and translations for publication purposes
- BookDB-WEB for the publication of product data on the internet. The webapplication has extensive possibilities to search and order articles and can be extended for specific requirements
BookDB-XML is database publishing software for different publications.
Some examples are catalogs, price lists, leaflets, factsheets, manuals, advertisments and reports.
Adobe InDesign and FrameMaker are used for the layout and as an print engine for the PDF production.