The EDM Reference Model A Vendor Perspective Matt Walz Chief Technology officer NextDocs Corporation

Who Is NextDocs? NextDocs provides SharePoint-based Document and Quality Management solutions to Life Sciences Companies We have offices in King of Prussia, PA (headquarters) and Munich, Germany. Guiding insight is that the first generation of controlled content management systems were outdated, expensive and needlessly complex to implement and use. SharePoint 2007 enabled our vision of a complete, SharePoint-based compliance solution framework for Life Sciences companies. Compliant eDMS Quality Mgmt Marketing & Contracts Regulatory/Clinical 2006 2007 2008

Some Current Clients

NextDocs Product Suite Content Management & Collaboration (Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007) NextDocs Document NextDocs Quality Management System Management System NextDocs Compliance Platform Digital / Electronic Signatures Audit Trails Watermarks and Overlays Visual Workflows Controlled Printing PDF Renditions Advanced Versioning Document Numbering Lifecycle Management

Why Do We Need the EDM Reference Model Today, every system defines its own taxonomy for the life sciences content it manages The result is: Enormous amounts of wasted, redundant effort Enormous barriers to information exchange and integration bewteen system Defining the taxonomy used for a specific application does not add value to the application – it is essentially a cost of entry As a software vendor, we would much rather build on a common reference model than have to build our own 5

Our Plans for the Reference Model The EDM Reference Model is a cornerstone of our product plans… Our product architecture will support the entire set of technologies that comprise the vision The EDM reference model will be incorporated into every standard template, document and form we ship with our software We are actively seeking out relationships with other vendors to build integrations based on the EDM Reference Model We will provide a standard import tool that directly maps content from the EDM Reference Model into our products 6