ARCHIVE EXPRESS
THE ULTIMATE DYNAMIC CONTENT PLATFORM
X-CAGO’s Archive ExPress™ is an Enterprise Content Management Platform, (ECM Platform). Archive ExPress successfully captures, stores, retrieves, publishes, distributes and syndicates content items from both print media (including newspapers, magazines, books & catalogues) as well as online and digital media. Repurposing of content is one of the fastest growing revenue streams in the Media Industry.
ARCHIVE EXPRESS ALLOWS PUBLISHERS TO:
Create dynamic content profiles for B2C customers, with the capacity to interface and ingest content from the websites and Apps of individual titles;
Create dynamic content profiles for B2B customers, providing relevant content presented on customer briefs deploying the Archive ExPress Profiler module
Monetise publisher content by distributing content to B2B and B2C outlets.
The possibilities and opportunities born from the deployment of Archive ExPress are limited not so much by technical limitations, but more likely from the digital media strategy of the content publisher and/or user. All content items stored in Archive ExPress can easily be found, tracked and exported.
Content that is deployed in Archive ExPress also benefits from having been processed using X-CAGO’s Superset XML-format that supports all major data protocols with the richest tagging in the industry. ‘Please refer to the separate section titled ‘X-CAGO SuperSet’
With the capacity to aggregate and store all the individual content items from different media sources in one dynamic content platform, tangible opportunities are derived. New syndication models, not just focussing on one title and/or the newest edition, but across the depth and breadth of the publisher’s content can be realised.
Content should be able to be monetised again and again and again!
Archive ExPress excels in supporting large numbers of concurrent users browsing the Archive simultaneously as well as the capacity to store millions of content items, whether print, digital or broadcast. New content can be added on a near real-time basis. X-CAGO’s successful track record of implementations, mission-critical segmentation processes and Gold-Support services has made Archive ExPress a world-renowned ECM Platform used by publishers the world over.
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Archive ExPress is extremely flexible and versatile. Every Digital Archive implementation can be set-up to the exacting requirements of the individual publisher. For example, some archives store the content of 5 titles, while others hold well in excess of 200 different titles. Similarly, some archives hold 300,000 content items, while others hold over 20,000,000 content items.
DESIGN
ARCHIVE EXPRESS USER INTERFACE
The Archive ExPress back end can accommodate multiple user-interfaces intended for a specific audience. This for example can include a user interface for just internal users to the additional creation of a user interface for subscribers and B2B users.
Interface examples are provided below.
ADMINISTRATORS
Administrators get full access to all the publications stored within the Archive.
Access to the statistics of the content items;
Ability to add and delete new users through the User Management Software Suite;
Create and add Doccodes to content items through the Doccode Software Suite;
Capability to create, alter and delete profiles from the Profiler Software Suite.
EDITORIAL STAFF
Editorial staff can search the entire archive and view all the different publications. Supplying the editorial team with access to a digital archive can save time and money and increases editorial productivity and accuracy.
SUBSCRIBERS
Subscribers can be limited to view the latest issue of the publication they are subscribing to or have broader access to content depending on their entitlement which is controlled by the publisher / content owner. Offering the capability to access the backlog of a publication, for example has proven to be very attractive to subscribers and can therefore be lucrative for a publisher.
X-CAGO can also digitalise the backlog of a publication. The backlog can be processed irrespective of whether the editions are available as PDF, hard-copy editions, or even when only available on Microfilm. Many archives, previously only available on paper or microfilm are literally brought back to life by full-text access thereby allowing publishers to tap into new revenue streams.
X-CAGO has unsurpassed expertise and technologies for the digitisation of content. Please refer to the separate section titled 'Digitisation of Content'.
B2B CUSTOMERS
B2B revenues can be readily realised with the support of Archive ExPress. For example, publishers can work together with media monitoring organisations like PMG, LexisNexis and Meltwater, or create dynamic B2B content streams via the Profiler Software Suite. This is referred to as Syndication. Syndication need not focus on one title and/or the newest edition, but across the content spectrum.
Different subscription models can be implemented to support sales and marketing strategies.
ARCHIVE EXPRESS FUNCTIONALITIES
SEARCHES
Archive ExPress can store many different content types within one environment whether magazine and newspaper titles and editions, digital or broadcast media. Simple, complex and advanced searches can easily be made and not just limited to search attributes including date and time, specific publications, author, keyword(s), etc.
NAVIGATION
Content items can be stored in different versions in Archive Express. For print publications, the (end) user can choose to view the original version (facsimile), the text version (if available) and the print version (PDF).
ADDITIONAL SOFTWARE FUNCTIONALITIES
Archive ExPress functionality can be easily extended through the deployment of optional software functionalities. These options are described below.
PROFILER
X-CAGO’s Profiler Software enables Archive ExPress System Administrators to create both simple and complex search-profiles that can be saved and automatically scheduled at predetermined times. As a result, queries need only be defined once and can contain both metadata references and free text searches. The queries can contain Boolean Operators using search simple strings like ‘and’, ‘or’ and ‘not’, to more complex combinations.
The Profiler module has been developed by X-CAGO with close feedback and collaboration from leading media monitoring organisations.
The Profiler software is used extensively for both B2B content sales and setting-up B2C profiles. From these profiles, articles and other content from current or historical publications are matched to the criteria as defined in the profile queries.
The Profiler Software can output content as an RSS Feed and/or e-mail and/or populate an HTML website.
AUTHENTICATION ARCHIVE
ACCESS AND AUTHENTICATION
In most cases, publishers choose to limit access to Archive ExPress. As an example, internal stakeholders such as the Editorial team are likely to require functionality that should not be accessible to readers/consumers. Through X-CAGO’s Authentication functionality, System Administrators can easily define privileges including access to content and features residing on Archive ExPress by log-in. This ensures that the security of the archive is maintained including the capacity to track access to it.
ACCESS FOR SUBSCRIBERS
The capacity for subscribers to only access content and titles they are entitled to can easily be achieved via the Online Edition. This provides a mechanism to limit access for subscribers to subscription criteria defined by the publisher.
ACCESS FOR B2B CUSTOMERS
For B2B customers, additional functionality is often required given the nature of their content requirements. As is the case with the provision of access to internal stakeholders, System Administrators can readily define privileges for access to Archive ExPress for B2B users including but not limited to the number of concurrent sessions, IP restrictions, etc.
CLEARING
X-CAGO’s Clearing Software has been developed as a management tool – primarily for publishers – to track & trace the output and productivity of content creators, namely authors and photographers.
The software captures content produced per content item tracking back to the originating creator. On a per content item basis, the rich reporting includes the calculation of the:
number of words,
number of photographs
square cm/inches of text
square cm/inches of photographs
total coverage
number of page views.
The Clearing Software requires X-CAGO’s Profiler Software to be commissioned. Many publishers use the Clearing Software as a means to reduce their costs and increase efficiencies in the checking and authorisation of invoices from staff journalists, contractors, and freelancers. The Clearing Software also helps ensure the integrity and authenticity of the intellectual property rights holders for content.
STATISTICS
X-CAGO’s Statistics Software provides detailed insight into the utilisation of a publisher’s content. When activated, the Statistics Software keeps track of the number of logins and pageviews on an hourly basis. The Statistics Software tracks the number of page views per content item for as long as the content is present in Archive ExPress.
DOCCODES
X-CAGO’s Doccodes Software enables Administrators to create a unique document code or tag, called ‘Doccodes’ and add them to individual content items. Although Archive ExPress has a powerful search engine, X-CAGO recognises that some clients may wish to additionally code or tag content which can be achieved using the Doccode Software. Administrators can maintain a list of their Doccodes in a table meaning that once the applicable content is tagged using Doccodes, it will be indexed and found by the search engine. Doccodes can also be used in profiles created with the Profiler Software.
DOSSIERS
X-CAGO’s Dossier Software provides Administrators the capability to publish the content generated from created profiles. Dossiers are effectively bespoke publications, using content stored in Archive ExPress. The creation of Dossiers requires publication/content parameters to be defined. The Dossier Software has been developed to enable readers to access and be presented with content from one or multiple profiles. Rich in functionality, it is possible to add an image, title, and description to every Dossier
Additionally, readers can see whenever a new article or other content has been added to a Dossier. Administrators can determine whether a specific Dossier is freely accessible or only accessible to authorised users. Furthermore, Administrators can determine if a specific Dossier is to be published in a so-called ‘play-list’, including on what day of the week a specific Dossier is to be published and made available.
OPEN ARCHIVE INITIATIVE
X-CAGO has developed software to support the Open Archive Initiative (OAI) Standards (*). This tool permits authorised external websites to perform searches and interrogate content stored in Archive ExPress without the need to deploy the User Interface(s) provided by X-CAGO.
ADVICE & SOLUTIONS
X-CAGO’s solutions ensure the complex is made easy!
For any questions, please contact us. We will be happy to advise you and prepare a proposal tailored to your individual needs.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
Please contact X-CAGO for more information at sales@x-cago.com
ARCHIVE EXPRESS CASE STUDIES
SERVICES YOU MAY BE INTERESTED IN
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SUPERSET
X-CAGO currently processes more than 5,000 newspaper and magazine titles from PDF input files into one or more XML/JSON output formats.
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WEB CRAWLING
This is the conversion of articles on web pages into a consistent XML/JSON output format. This is achieved through the use of a high-precision web crawler.
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HISTORIC DIGITISATION
This involves the digitsation of hard copy archival content for media companies / publishers.
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ARCHIVE EXPRESS
Archive ExPress successfully captures, stores, researches, publishes, distributes and syndicates content from both print media (newspapers, magazines, books, catalogues, etc.) and digital media.
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CONTENT TRANSLATIONS
X-CAGO can provide fast and reliable automated content translations in no less than 30 languages. New languages are being added regularly.
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