1106697600Content Wireadminaccessibility,administrative effort,Apache,application developers,application tools,assets,CMS,content creation,content management,Content Management,content management application,content management applications,content management platform,content management system,content management systems,content management tools,content technology,current content,database management,definitions,environments,improvements,intuitive interface,intuitive user,management application,management applications,management market,management platform,management product,management technology,management tools,metadata,metadata,Midgard,new product,new release,new technology,news content,news site,news sites,notebook,open source,Open Source Content Management Systems,platforms,product line,project management,provide tools,robust content,stable,Technology,technology allows,technology platform,technology provider,user interface,virtual,Web 2.0,web applications,web based,Web CMS,web content,web content management,web content management system,web server,web users,XML,XML content managementBugfixes for MidgardThe Midgard Project has released stable release version 1.6.2 of the Midgard Open Source Content Management Framework. Midgard provides a reliable CMS framework build on top of the LAMP platform. Midgard's core features include internationalization, accessibility, scalability, robust templating and PHP connectivity. This release doesn't provide any new features, it is bugfix release which makes midgard much more easier to install and much more stable for running production environments. <h2>Major features in Midgard 1.6 include:</h2><ul><li> MultiLang support</li><li> Unicode support by default</li><li> PAM authentication support</li><li> Apache2 module</li><li> PHP4 module ready to use with Apache1 and Apache2</li><li> New midgard-data including MidCOM 1.4.0</li><li> New PHP5 module</li></ul> The MultiLang feature makes Midgard more flexible as it separates metadata from the current language of objects. It is easy to use with the new midgard-data package which allows server administrator to create or update databases to MultiLang very easily. While Midgard has supported international character sets through the UTF-8 encoding since the Midgard 1.2.5 series, Midgard 1.6 is the first release where Unicode ships as the default encoding. This means that new Midgard installations can manage content in character sets like Russian, Japanese and Maori with zero effort. PAM, or Pluggable Authentication Modules is a technology used on several Unix platforms like Linux and Solaris to enables systems to authenticate using some central authentication provider. PAM support in Midgard means that Midgard sites and applications can now authenticate with external systems like LDAP or Active Directory instead of using the local password storage. PHP4 module may be configured with the old Apache 1.3.x or new Apache 2. Both modules have caching facilities which increase performance and reduce request time. These modules have also abilities to emulate the old mod_midgard Apache module which is now deprecated. The revised Midgard-data package provides an out-of-the-box setup complete with Aegir and Spider administration tools and the MidCOM component framework. Aegir is a comprehensive and powerful administration tool targeted at Midgardpower users. Spider provides similar administrative features in accessible way, allowing disabled users and simpler web browsers to manage websites. In addition to the Midgard applications, midgard-data also ships several command-line utilities including the yamp packaging scripts useful to Midgard application developers and the datagard Midgard database and virtual host setup tool. MidCOM 1.4.0 is a full component framework which enables site builders to construct their web sites from ready-made and configurable site features, or components. All MidCOM components provide uniformal and localized ways for configuration and content management. The configuration system allows site developers to fully control the way the components behave, including their output templates and content structure and form field definitions. For end-users the MidCOM system provides an intuitive "Edit this page" interface for editing site content. Over 20 components shipping with MidCOM include a news listing system, event calendars, product order and shipping management system, phone book and a wiki online notebook. PHP5 module is currently patched version of midgard-php4 module, and should be considered only for testing purposes. <h2>Changes from 1.6.1 release:</h2> <h3> Midgard-core</h3><ul><li>Fixes for NTLM authentication type.</li><li>Major improvements for caching abilities.</li><li> Midgard library and Apache modules may cache the same page for different hosts,</li><li> which improve caching abilities for MidCOM based sites.</li><li>Repligard has new option which forces attachments and parameters of object to be </li><li> exported when only object is selected for export.</li></ul> <h3> Midgard-php4</h3><ul><li>many improvements in configure script</li><li>API: mgd_update_article_replyto </li><li> When article's up set to 0 , article's topic is not updated.</li><li>API: openattachment method fixed</li><li> openattachment method updates guid in repligard table </li><li>Module may be loaded in PHP4 when PHP is used in command line. </li></ul> <h3> Midgard-data</h3><ul><li>Datagard may connect to other host than only localhost</li><li>Many fixes and improvements in midgard-data scripts </li><li> Default vhost configuration has php flags set by default</li><li> AddDefaultCharset is set by default in vhosts configuration to serve utf-8</li><li> Datagard returns user friendly messages for repligard' failures</li><li>Midgard-data supports both MySQL 4.0 and 4.1 </li></ul> <h3>Midgard -apache1</h3><ul><li>NTLM feature is default now.</li></ul> <h2>Planned for next releases</h2><ul><li>Scheduled release - February/March 2005</li><li>Automated testing of release packages</li><li>MgdSchema - XML defined objects for PHP using the GObjects system</li><li>Apache1 module will enter deprecation cycle</li><li>Rewritten MidCOM Component Framework no longer served from database.</li><li>Site Creation Wizard for the MidCOM Component Framework</li></ul> <h2>Download page for latest release:</h2>www.midgard-project.org/download/&l t;br /> http://www.content-wire.com/bugfixes-midgard1102377600Content Wireadminadministrative effort,adoption,application servers,application tools,Business,business applications,business case,business content,business functions,business information,business opportunities,business process,business process management,case study,collaboration,Companies,content infrastructure,content management,Content Management,content management application,content management applications,content management infrastructure,content management services,content management software,content management system,content management systems,content management tools,content technology,core business,core team,data access,data management,Data Management,data services,database management,direct access,document management,document management systems,Education,email,file sharing,global content,global news,global technology,health care,help companies,hospitals,Information Management,information portal,information technology,infrastructure,infrastructure software,Internet,internet,java,key business,leading technology,leading the way,line of business,management application,management applications,management environment,management infrastructure,management requirements,management technology,management tools,merger,multimedia content,new business,new data,new research,new technology,news content,news site,operating systems,Oracle,presence,program manager,provide tools,public access,records management,Records Management,relationship,relationship management,research director,risk management,satellite,science,scientists,senior vice president,simultaneously,six percent,software applications,team collaboration,Technology,technology companies,technology research,video content,video services,web applications,web based,web content,web content management,web content management system,web pages,web portal,web server,World,XythosContent Management for Global Medical Research and Collaboration, a Case StudyThe University of Michigan is home to one of the largest health care complexes in the world. It has been the site of many groundbreaking accomplishments and technological advancements in the time since the Medical School first opened its doors in 1850. The Organisation The University of Michigan Health System continues to be on the cutting edge of research and patient care. In 2003, U.S. News & World Report magazine ranked the U-M Hospitals 11th in the nation, and among the top in many specialties. The Medical School graduates about 170 physicians annually and is consistently ranked as one of the top institutions in the nation. Medical School alumni include Nobel Prize winners, a former U.S. Surgeon General, leaders of Fortune 500 companies, America's family health care providers, and faculty at leading educational and research institutions around the world. The University of Michigan Medical School is also second in the nation in the number of alumni who are faculty members at academic institutions across the country. In 2004, the UMMS ranked 7th on U.S. News & World Report's 2005 list of the best medical schools. In 2001, the U-M Medical School received a record $203 million from the National Institutes of Health, ranking it 8th in the nation and third among public universities in total NIH grants. Research expenditures by Medical School scientists totaled $257,583 million in fiscal year 2002. The Medical School encompasses 25 academic departments, 19 clinical and 6 basic science departments, as well as the Unit for Laboratory Animal Medicine and Department of Medical Education. Together, the Medical School and the three University Hospitals constitute the Medical Center campus which is located on 84 acres of land, in more than 30 buildings and occupies more than 2 million square feet of research and education space. The proximity and close relationship between the hospitals and Medical School have fostered opportunities for collaboration between clinicians and basic scientists for more than 150 years. Instructional Programmes The more than 2,265 faculty at the University of Michigan Medical School work in three main tracks: Instructional, Primary Research and Clinical. Every year they instruct approximately 673 medical students, work with more than 3,000 interns and residents and supervise 800 graduate students and post-doctoral fellows studying medicine at the University. In 1990 the University of Michigan Medical School began a two year review process that culminated with the adoption of a completely new curriculum for the M.D. degree. Called MD21, the curriculum incorporates instruction in small groups, student-centered exercises, multi-disciplinary conferences, early introduction to patients, and increased experiences in ambulatory and primary care. Previously, in 1979, the Medical Scientist Training Program (MSTP), another unique offering, was established – to facilitate the education of superior, dedicated students in a combined MD/PhD program. The University of Michigan is one of only 38 such NIH-funded programs in the nation. Research requirements The research environment at the Medical School is a vigorous one, enhanced by $307.8 million in research funds in the fiscal year 2003, and by the presence of world-renowned investigators working at the forefront of their respective fields. There is also a very strong tradition of collaboration between the basic science researchers and their clinical colleagues. As a result, working electronically with documents is a key component of the Medical School’s research program. Over the past decade, the Medical School has ranked nationally in the top tier institutions in federally funded research. In fiscal year 2001, the National Institutes of Health ranked the Medical School eighth among all institutions, second among public schools in federally funded research, and seventh in the actual number of grants awarded. In generating approximately 70 percent of the University's total NIH research funding, the Medical School has maintained a key position of scientific leadership within and beyond the University's scientific community. In addition to their work in research and education, faculty in clinical departments provide inpatient and outpatient care at the University Hospitals and Health Centers, where more than one million outpatient visits are conducted each year. The unique combination of medical expertise and direct application of basic science bench research by Medical School faculty within a clinical setting offers patients at the Hospitals the highest quality of care. The Medical School is also in the top 10 for medical student education. More than 18,000 physicians have earned their medical degrees at the University of Michigan Medical School since the first graduating class of six students in 1851.In December, 2000 The Medical School started an historic curriculum review which culminated in the introduction of a new curriculum in the fall of 2003. This new curriculum provides for an interdisciplinary approach and fully integrates the use of and access to information technology based resources, from student records to patient records to on line testing, review and evaluation. The operating environment Wayne Wilson is the Assistant Director of Technical Services for Medical School Information Systems (MSIS) at the University of Michigan, where he manages a team of four who are responsible for the Medical School’s Internet infrastructure, including all servers, as well as its applications. The Medical School is currently transitioning from operating 16 Linux, 10 Solaris, 10 Netware and 8 Windows servers to a more consolidated server environment– and expects to end up with having one Solaris V880 server, two Netware and the remainder of servers running Linux and Windows 2003 by year end. The Solaris server supports the production Oracle 9i database containing the Medical School's datamart as well as application-specific transactional data. The Netware servers provide a file sharing system for the school's administrative functions as well as several basic science departments. The Linux servers provide the Java/Web application server infrastructure, the school’s identity management system (based on Novell's Identity Manager 2 ) help desk and email software and web file system software from Xythos – while the Windows 2003 servers provide other application support such as the on-line quiz, exam and evaluation system – and the budget forecasting system. Most of the Medical School’s researchers are responsible for their own computing, relying on the support of Wilson’s team for central administrative applications and core business operations. “Beyond assisting them, we have compliance activities (with federal, state and school regulations), patient privacy, human safety compliance and research support effort compliance to address – in addition to providing document auditing (logging and tracking) support for all those systems,” Wilson remarked. His team also provides document auditing services for clinical trials. For Medical School students, MSIS provides web pages so that prospective students can check on their admission status and, once admitted, offers a student portal that provides all of their online learning materials – from streaming video to class notes to all kinds of multimedia learning tools. Access to student calendars, announcements, discussions, and chat rooms are also available. “We had to do a lot of adaptation as medical school courses are not taught in a conventional way,” Wilson commented. “We have six and eight week rotations in various off site facilities and a non-traditional calendar.” To address these needs, the Medical School file server holds 1.2 terabytes of data and interfaces with a document management server which includes the Xythos server and web applications that interact with it. That server stores abouhttp://www.content-wire.com/content-management-global-medical-research-and-collaboration-case-study1100044800Content Wireadminadministrative effort,Apache,application developers,application tools,CMS,content management,Content Management,content management application,content management applications,content management system,content management systems,content management tools,content technology,current content,data management,Data Management,data sets,database management,definitions,execution,improvements,intuitive interface,management application,management applications,management product,management technology,management tools,metadata,metadata,Midgard,new data,new product,new release,new technology,news content,news site,news sites,notebook,open source,Open Source Content Management Systems,platforms,provide tools,synergy,target,Technology,technology allows,technology provider,value chain,virtual,Web 2.0,web applications,Web CMS,web content,web content management,web content management system,web server,web usersOpen Source CMS state changeThe new release of Midgard 1.6, an open source CM framework, say developers, changes the state of the tool with major improvements and flexible features. For example, say developers, the database and web sitesetup have been redesigned with the new datagard command-line tool. The tool now also bundles the MidCOM component framework and Aegir administration tool to provide a powerful out-of-the-box Content Management Systemexperience. Major features include: <ul><li>MultiLang support</li><li>Unicode support by default</li><li> PAM authentication support</li><li> Apache2 module</li><li> PHP4 module ready to use with Apache1 and Apache2</li><li> New midgard-data including MidCOM 1.4.0</li></ul> The MultiLang feature makes Midgard more flexible as it separates metadata from the current language of objects. It is easy to use with the new midgard-data package which allows server administrator to create or update databases to MultiLang very easily. While Midgard has supported international character sets through the UTF-8 encoding since the Midgard 1.2.5 series, Midgard 1.6 is the first release where Unicode ships as the default encoding. This means that new Midgard installations can manage content in character sets like Russian, Japanese and Maori with zero effort. PAM, or Pluggable Authentication Modules is a technology used on several Unix platforms like Linux and Solaris to enables systems to authenticate using some central authentication provider. PAM support in Midgard means that Midgard sites and applications can now authenticate with external systems like LDAP or Active Directory instead of using the local password storage. PHP4 module may be configured with the old Apache 1.3.x or new Apache 2. Both modules have caching facilities which increase performance and reduce request time. These modules have also abilities to emulate the old mod_midgard Apache module which is now deprecated. The revised Midgard-data package provides an out-of-the-box setup complete with Aegir and Spider administration tools and the MidCOM component framework. Aegir is a comprehensive and powerful administration tool targeted at Midgardpower users. Spider provides similar administrative features in accessible way, allowing disabled users and simpler web browsers to manage websites. In addition to the Midgard applications, midgard-data also ships several command-line utilities including the yamp packaging scripts useful to Midgard application developers and the datagard Midgard database and virtual host setup tool.MidCOM 1.4.0 is a full component framework which enables site builders to construct their web sites from ready-made and configurable site features, or components. All MidCOM components provide uniformal and localized ways for configuration and content management. The configuration system allows site developers to fully control the way the components behave, including their output templates and content structure and form field definitions. For end-users the MidCOM system provides an intuitive "Edit this page" interface for editing site content. Over 20 components shipping with MidCOM include a news listing system, event calendars, product order and shipping management system, phone book and a wiki online notebook. www.midgard-project.orghttp://www.content-wire.com/open-source-cms-state-change1058223600Content Wireadminadministrative effort,assets,Business,business development,business solutions,business user,customer service,delegation,deploy,desire,Development,development tools,enterprise search,intellectual capital,intuitive interface,intuitive user,investments,knowledge management,match,new business,new product,new release,return on investment,search engine,search software,significantly,software vendors,user experience,user interface,user interfacesVersatile Deployment Tools and Enhanced Analytic CapabilitiesVerity, provider of enterprise software that helps organizations maximize the return on their intellectual capital investment, today announced the availability of Verity Ultraseek release 5.1. This new version of the company's powerful, downloadable enterprise search software incorporates several new capabilities designed to reduce administrative overhead while enhancing the end-user experience. "Verity Ultraseek 5.1 builds upon the ease of deployment, effectiveness of use and relevance of results for which this software is known," said Anthony Bettencourt, Verity's president and CEO. "The new features of Ultraseek 5.1 reflect Verity's commitment to bring to customers ever-better ways to make the most of their intellectual capital investments and assets." According to Yankee Group, "the addition of Ultraseek to Verity's product portfolio helps to strengthen the company's ability to service all categories of customers, ranging from those that desire a low-cost site search tool, to those that desire a full-scale knowledge-management engine. Verity has acknowledged that search solutions must be intuitive for all parties, including administrator, business user, and end-user. Vendors that focus development activity on ease-of-use demonstrate an understanding of customer needs." Ease of Deployment and Administration A highlight of Ultraseek 5.1 is Layout Manager, a versatile graphical user interface that significantly reduces the administrative effort needed to design and deploy multiple search interfaces and results pages. It is designed to give administrators the ability to easily control all aspects of look and feel as well as search options, including results display, default collections, categories, passage-based summaries and spell suggest. Most important, Layout Manager allows delegation of this activity to business-line managers to permit better match of specific departmental requirements, says the company.http://www.content-wire.com/versatile-deployment-tools-and-enhanced-analytic-capabilities1033426800Content Wireadminadministrative effort,Business,business content,business information,business intelligence,business professionals,Clearforest,Companies,computer,content analysis,content repository,data services,databases,functionality,Germany,intellectual property,intelligence,Internet,internet,Japan,key business,landscape,partnership,patent,pricing model,real time,repository,taxonomy,WorldIntelligent Partnership For Patent AnalysisMicroPatent a subsidiary of Information Holdings entered an alliance with ClearForest Corporation, a leader in transforming unstructured content into valuable business intelligence. The partnership, say the companies, allows patent, research, and licensing professionals to analyze large volumes of patent information, extract key documents, and have the option to return them to the Aureka Online Services (AOS) platform or MicroPatent for further review. MicroPatent , claiming to be the first company to provide patent information on CD-ROM and over the Internet, houses the world's largest commercial collection of searchable full-text patent data, including data from the United States, Europe, Germany, Great Britain, the World Intellectual Property Organization, and Japan. . ClearForest's ClearResearch product (complements MicroPatent's data and the functionality available within AOS. It automates the initial analysis of a document set by crunching patent information into a database repository file (DRF), creating a taxonomy of terms and thesaurus of synonyms so it can be viewed various ways, shedding immediate light on the competitive landscape. www.micropat.com www.clearforest.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/intelligent-partnership-patent-analysis1001890800Content Wireadminadministrative effort,application servers,categorize,content syndication,Content Technologies,easy access,government departments,lifecycle,product line,publishers,server market,syndicated content,syndication,syndication services,time to market,web based,web content,web server,web users,XMLJavaScript Syndication Moves Forward OOiPtech releases JS2share by Alis Marsden 1 October 2001 OOiPtech, a Dutch company that focuses on content and application syndication technologies, has released JS2share, a simple low-cost tool to enable syndication via JavaScript Include. "OOiPtech is a specialist in multiple-layer content and application syndication. We have created JS2share in response to market demand for a more basic tool to do only single-layer syndication" says Kees van Mourik, COO of OOiPtech. JS2share is priced at $199. Additionally there is a fully functional free version, the only limitation being that all syndicated content carries a 'Powered by JS2share' tagline. This free version, which can be downloaded from the website, also serves to allow potential customers to try the product before they buy. JS2share is available for Windows NT and Windows 2000 only. It is an application, so it needs to be installed, which requires administrative access to the machine in question. Administrative access is a privilege normally reserved for those managing their own web servers or using dedicated hosting services. Therefore this product is not likely to be an option for those using shared hosting services. Whilst the cost of this product is very affordable, administrative access to a Windows NT or Windows 2000 machine is often quite expensive. What impact do OOiPtech think this will have on the success of JS2share? "JS2share is aimed at professional customers that want to save the time and effort that is so often associated with syndication. The automatic update is not something you can build just like that, but non-professional users live with this handicap and will keep on doing it themselves. Yes, the market is limited to those who have administrative access to their machine, but JS2share could also be used locally. The only extra effort would be to FTP the JavaScript files to your web server" says Kees van Mourik. Once installed on a suitable machine JS2share is very easy to configure. No technical expertise is required. JS2share allows its users to create syndication tasks. These tasks can concern files that are located on the local machine or on the web. This is useful because it means users are not restricted to syndicating content that is located on their own web server. JS2share can provide a method of syndicating content that is on other websites once the URL is specified. Indeed if a user wanted to aggregate content from another website, that didn't offer a syndication facility, JS2share can be to used to set up a means of doing that. Once a syndication task has been created, the user specifies the interval at which they wish JS2share to check the file they have specified, and update the JavaScript file, that enables the content to be syndicated. The interval a user chooses will be based on how often their content changes, it could be hourly, daily, weekly or any other amount of time. "This interval function in an important feature. It means publishers can update their content in the way they normally would and, unlike other available JavaScript Converters, the syndication process is fully automated" says Kees van Mourik. Adding JS2share syndicated content to any website is very painless. All it requires is one line of code to be added the page where the content is desired. From then on the process is completely automated, that line of code is simply calling a JavaScript file on the content provider's web server that is kept up to date by JS2share. "One of the main advantages of syndicating content with JavaScript Include is that it is very easy for others to add your content to their websites. XML syndication is not usually as straightforward for the users of syndicated content" says Kees van Mourik. www.js2share.com www.ooiptech.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/javascript-syndication-moves-forward1001372400Content Wireadminaccuracy,acquired,administrative effort,application tools,automation,Business,business content,business information,business partners,Companies,content analysis,Content Technologies,content technology,email,entities,environments,global content,global provider,global technology,information retrieval,information technology,Israel,journalism business,new business,new technology,relationship,semantic,Semantic Technologies,semantic technologies,Semantic Tools,Semantic Tools,significantly,tagging,Technology,technology companies,technology provider,time to market,watermarkEveryday Language Analysis Gets Embedded Mind your language, the system is analyzing it 25 September 2001 Everyday language analysis is different, and more complex, than the analysis of well-written and relatively structured documents. This week Banter, a provider of intelligent everyday language analysis technologies, is releasing its Relationship Modeling Engine (RME) 5.0, designed to be easily embedded in any software application that handles unstructured information and free text, reducing engineering costs and time to market, while providing a full suite of language analysis capabilities. RME 5.0 offers software manufacturers and integrators an expanded range of supported languages and a more refined level of accuracy through significantly greater analytical capability and tools. RME 5.0 is distinctively positioned to analyze and understand the content of documents and messages written in everyday language, including the naturally occurring variations in expressions, spelling and grammar typically present in such text. Typical uses for RME range from e-mail analysis, chat support, online self-service and natural language information retrieval, to document classification and tagging. Features include Natural Language Processing (NLP) of imperfect content; analytical and statistical semantic modeling and content classification; and a unique feedback mechanism that enables real-time learning, self-maintenance and rapid, automatic adaptation to constantly changing business environments. "RME 5.0 builds on the proven track record of previous versions of our Relationship Modeling Engine" explains Yoram Nelken, founder and chief technology officer of Banter. "With a broader and deeper scope, RME version 5.0 is able to deliver a higher level of accuracy in analyzing everyday language for the ever-expanding volume of human communication and requires minimal administrative effort and IT maintenance." Using unique semantic modeling techniques, the system can automatically apply knowledge learned from one channel (such as e-mail) into other channels (such as self-service or chat). Additionally, real-time feedback improves classification accuracy and automation ability to an even greater degree, and significantly reduces maintenance costs, allowing ever-improving accuracy. Based in San Francisco, Banter has offices in New York, Boston and Israel and is backed by Mayfield Fund, Lucent Venture Partners Inc., and Israel Seed Partners among others. Banter's customers range from members of the Fortune 500 to emerging companies and include such global entities as ABN AMRO America, VeriSign, and Wells Fargo Bank www.banter.comhttp://www.content-wire.com/everyday-language-analysis-gets-embedded983836800Content Wireadminacquiring,administrative effort,Business,business content,business information,business models,business processes,Companies,consumers,content analysis,content creators,creators,distribution networks,economy,Economy,effective communication,efficiencies,Internet,internet,key business,key industry,maintain control,margins,market opportunity,marketing,Marketing,models,multimedia content,new business,new economy,profitability,relationship,segment,service revenue,supply chain,value chainMarket Efficiencies for Online ContentThe internet is collapsing the creative content supply chain 6 March 2001, 10 am GMT by Paola Di Maio The internet economy needs effective economic models, and despite the inherent communication efficiency of the medium, innovative business patterns are key. The symbiotic relationship between online content and the new economy is the basis of the industry's strength and value. One can hardly be envisaged without the other. Original content providers capitalise directly from the industry, by selling content, and secondary suppliers mediate the value chain by acquiring and reselling content or by providing services for the industry. All other businesses are content consumers, whose success relies on their ability to design effective content strategies. Online content cannot be mass produced. Every bit of useful information carries a relatively high marginal value, proportional to its uniqueness and originality. Content can be repourposed, repackaged and resold, but at the risk of reducing its quality. It follows the law of diminishing returns the less original the content, the less valuable it is. In the quest for economic sense and profitability, the initial analysis should estimate and locate the demand and supply sides for content. On the supply side, original content creators are individuals, or firms, who generate unique information items. These are researchers, writers and multimedia producers. In this segment, the content granularity is highest, with each item being virtually indivisible. Creators generate and own copyright, but its actual commercial value is relatively low and not yet realised, as it is the 'exploitability' of the content that carries its full monetisation potential. Much as songwriters depend on record companies and associated promotional and distribution networks to generate the highest revenues, when it comes to content, next in the value chain are the commercial organisations who acquire the rights to such unique content, aggregate, brand and resell it. At this stage the branding and marketing expertise of the organisation adds distribution value to the content, which can now be exploited commercially to the mass markets for the highest returns. To minimise the economic gap, primary content originators should ensure that they retain the right to retain a quota, possibly a royalty rate, to maintain some degree of economic control over the potentially unlimited resale value of the work. Other industry players acquire and resell content for smaller revenue margins. They do not own the copyright, but sometimes claim the right to host it on their own servers. Among them are syndicators and aggregators, who basically provide a matching service between the supply and demand side. They are the real new entrants in the information markets, and it is due partly to them that the content industry is developing fast: with a real-time, automated information turnaround, the mass-market content value can quickly be capitalised. The ability of original content generators to leverage the dissemination opportunity offered by the internet will be crucial in determining who gets the largest shares of the content profits. The biggest challenge for them is be to internalise the marketing and distribution processes by creating a trusted brand and establishing distribution networks that bypass or minimise the cuts taken by the middle players.http://www.content-wire.com/market-efficiencies-online-content983836800Content Wireadminadministrative effort,application developers,application tools,asset management,biotechnology,Biotechnology,Business,business applications,business content,business information,business solutions,categorize,Companies,conflict,content management,Content Management,content management application,content management applications,content management software,content management solutions,content management tools,content technology,data management,Data Management,database management,Information Management,information technology,initiative,life science,life sciences,management application,management applications,management market,management product,management solutions,management technology,management tools,margins,proprietary,proprietary technology,science,scientists,software applications,software developers,specifically,Technology,technology allows,technology companies,technology solutions,user profilesContent Tool for LifesciencesContent applications become specialised 6 March 2001, 10 am GMT LabVelocity has released what it claims to be the first Internet-based application specifically designed for manufacturers and distributors of life science products. Companies can manage, categorize and enhance all product data and relevant scientific content by utilizing LabVelocity's proprietary Web-based tools. The technology allows companies in the life sciences industry to offer a parametrically searchable database of product information and integrated scientific content, while increasing efficiency within their organization, say the developers. "While manufacturers and suppliers in most major industries have adopted on-line data and content management initiatives, the life sciences industry has been delayed by the lack of effective technology that meets the specific needs of this market," explains Erik K. Lium, Ph. D, president of LabVelocity. "We offer a cost effective way to increase sales, average order sizes and margins without creating channel conflict" LabVelocity's software and hosted business solutions were designed by scientists and industry insiders to parallel the purchasing behavior of scientists at pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. Newsdeskhttp://www.content-wire.com/content-tool-lifesciences