XML heads to the skies

IxiaSoft has inked an OEM partnership agreement with 4DConcept, a French firm focusing on electronic document management for the aviation industry. The deal calls for integration of IxiaSoft's XML database and search technology, TEXTML product into 4DConcept's Doc'Advance EDM system.

4DConcept reports Doc'Advance provides a modular approach to content management and is comprised of the following modules:

• Module Author--authoring environment for data modules,
• Module 3D Author--authoring environment for 2-D / 3-D data graphics,
• Module Manager--management of the environment for data modules,
• Module Publisher--a publishing framework, and
• Module S2000M--the production environment for procurement management.