April RNYSUG Meeting April 28, 1999

RNYSXUG Meeting - October 20, 1999

Meeting Date: 10/20/1999

Time: 5:00 - 7:00

Location: Lexis Law Publishing

Minutes

Initial Thoughts:

Chris Lada opened the meeting

Overview:

Introductions

Status of Web Site

Developing an Enterprise-wide Data Architecture ( Chet Ensign - Mathew-Bender )

LiveLink and XyEnterprise Content Manager ( Jerry Ulbricht, Charlie Andrews - XyEnterprise )

Wrap up - Next Meeting

Introductions:

Participant Name	Company	Email Address
Russ Reeves	ISS	russ_reeves@hotmail.com
Lou Iuppa	Document Management Solutions Inc.	leiuppa@dmsi-world.com
Kristine Light	West Group	kristine.light@westgroup.com
Ruth Russell	Research Institute of America Group	ruth.russell@riag.com
David Sweet	Lexis Publishing	david.sweet@lexis-nexis.com
Chris Lada	West Group	chris.lada@westgroup.com
Rick Schreiber	West Group	richard.schreiber@westgroup.com
Charlie Andrews	XyEnterprise	charlie@xyenterprise.com
Mike Minarik	XyEnterprise	minarik@xyenterprise.com
Jerry Ulbricht	XyEnterprise	ulbricht@xyenterprise.com
Sue Reber	Ziff Davis Education	sue_reber@zd.com
Kress Riley	Ziff Davis Education	kress_riley@zd.com
Roy Burton	West Group	roy.burton@westgroup.com
Don Capuano	West Group	don.capuano@westgroup.com
Mike Chudnick	West Group	michael.chudnick@westgroup.com
Janice Lane	Lexis Publishing	janice.lane@lexis-nexis.com
Dean Poodny	Lexis Publishing	dean.poodny@lexis-nexis.com
Mark Oyer	Lexis Publishing	mark.oyer@lexis-nexis.com
Ellen Murphy	Lexis Publishing	ellen.murphy@lexis-nexis.com
Cathie Schaefer	Lexis Publishing	cathie.schaefer@lexis.nexis.com
Jad Jordan	Lexis Publishing	jad.jordan@lexis-nexis.com
Roger Countant	Lexis Publishing	roger.countant@lexis-nexis.com
Robert Farney	Document Management Solutions Inc.	rfarney@dmsi-world.com
Jim Laragy	West Group	james.laragy@westgroup.com
Jeff Dormitzer	Lexis Publishing	jeff.dormitzer@lexis-nexis.com
Jean Gramlich	West Group	jean.gramlich@westgroup.com
Melinda Johnson	Lexis Publishing	melinda.johnson@lexis-nexis.com
John C Williams	Lexis Publishing	john.c.williams@lexis-nexis.com

Chris will add the new members to the mailing list

RNYSXUG Web Site Development

The groups web site is up and running at http://www.rnysxug.com

Please review the web site and send your comments and suggestions to Don ( don.capuano@westgroup.com ) or Chris ( chris.lada@westgroup.com )

Don is still working on updating the member bio's. If you would like to change or add information to the member bio's please contact Don or Chris.

Developing an Enterprise-wide XML Data Architecture

Presenter: Chet Ensign ( Mathew-Bender )

This presentation looks at how you can approach this problem within your organization:

The need for consensus about data architecture across the organization
The need for flexibility as well as enforced standards
Developing fundamental principles & guidelines
The Data Architecture Secretariat approach
Our procedure for maintaining standards & DTDs

For more information, please see the MS Powerpoint presentation on the tutorials page of the web site.

LiveLink ( OpenText ) and XyEnterprise Content Manager

Presenters: Jerry Ulbricht, Charlie Andrews, Mike Minarik ( XyEnterprise - formerly Xyvision )

This presentation looks at the concepts of Knowledge Management, the benefits of Knowledge Management through an integrated editorial, and publishing environment

For more information, please see the MS PowerPoint presentation found on the tutorials page of the web site.

Thanks !

Thanks to Chet Ensign for that great presentation on Data Architecture.

Thanks to Jerry Ulbricht, Charlie Andrews, and Mike Minarik from XyEnterprise for taking the time to speak with us about the exciting innovations at XyEnterprise and OpenText

and of course, thanks to Melinda Johnson, Jeff Dormitzer and the rest of the folks at Lexis Publishing for hosting this month's meeting.

Next Meeting

Location: Xerox - Webster, NY

Date/Time: November 17, 1999. 5pm-7pm

Meeting Leader: Ann Adams

Vendor Presentation: Softquad ( http://www.sq.com )