ISquare Uses Technology

The software provider iSquare from Berlin software has decided in the framework of a project for the German national library to use the pdfToolbox Callas. (Berlin) The company provides output of 300 German daily newspapers in PDF/A since June 2010 daily the so-called e-paper needed for long-term archiving and backup the library for posterity. Among other things the pdfToolbox ensures the correct generation of archive files. Converts the spending in high-quality PDF/A files collected by iSquare spider program overnight, to part of a batch process. It belongs to the order of the German national library, inter alia to ensure that the content of the German daily newspapers are archived in the long term.

Therefore, a service provider for the collection, conversion, and providing electronic editions of newspapers was late 2009 in a tendering procedure “. The software provider has been awarded iSquare. As the tender of all electronic newspapers in long term archive format conversion PDF/A prescribed iSquare integrated among other things the pdfToolbox Callas after extensive market consultation in the overall solution. The technology from callas software has in particular by the high quality of the results convinced us”, explains Michael Kapst, Managing Director of iSquare. Thus she our solution for the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek pdfToolbox perfectly complements.” Comprehensive work requires complex process requires continuously to make numerous steps to the electronic editions of the German national library. Initially, iSquare ePaper Manager between 8: 00 and 10:00 pick up the electronic editions of its own spider program on the Internet pages of the newspapers.

The publishers offer ePaper on different ways for you to download”, explains Kapst. The publishers, you must often select the pages to be integrated into the PDF files. To do this, you can tick directly the respective pages or but headings, such as politics, sports, etc. In addition to many Publishers before the choice be made on the regional Edition.” Newspaper publishers are required to provide their electronic newspapers in a convertible format.