1 Tabular Data – Creation, Conversion and Rendering for OFR Publishing Presentation for the XML Working Group June 16, 2004 Valerie Voci and Ed Schulke

2 Agenda Overview of DSCS Tabular data background information Project overview- HOLC Table creation, conversion and rendering demonstration EPA-OPPTS requirements Q&A

3 DSCS Staff in Attendance Mark Anstey, CEO Ed Schulke, CIO Valerie Voci, VP, Business Development

4 Company Overview Since 1994 Leader in XML-based content solutions Programmatic collection, conversion, validation and delivery of data Premier clients - government agencies and commercial publishers CMM level 3 compliant in Q4-2004

5 Additional Services & Products Software Tools DTD And Schema Development XML Software Application Customization Federal Government Data Products In XML –U.S. Federal Register, U.S. Congressional Record, U.S. House and Senate Committee Reports, U.S. House and Senate Bills, The Congressional Research Service's Bill Digest

6 HOLC Tabular Data Project Determine how to enhance the current HOLC authoring tool in order to manage all aspects of tabular data in legislative documents and implement chosen approach

7 3 Phase Approach Phase One –Gather project requirements Phase Two –Develop software design and implementation strategy Phase Three –Develop and deploy software

8 Phase One Results Interviewed HOLC, GPO, LCS and Approps Template driven approach Tabular data in XyWrite not WYSIWYG Most HOLC users not “experts” in bellcode Microsoft® Word frequently referenced Whole document rendered to review tables and then modified as needed

9 Findings 106 th Congress Analyzed 2,880 total tables in 426 bills – 2 Columns 68 Tables 2.36% – 3 Columns 352 Tables12.22% – 4 Columns 146 Tables 5.07% – 5 Columns 15 Tables 0.52% – 6 Columns 40 Tables 1.39% – 7 Columns 50 Tables 1.74% – 8 Columns2,199 Tables76.35% – 9 Columns 5 Tables 0.17% –10 Columns & above 5 Tables 0.14%

10 Desired Features GUI to select template Ability to render just table Reduce need to understand bellcode WYSIWYG capability Use GUI to modify attributes Ability to create new templates Provide context sensitive messages and help

11 Release Strategy One –Provide users with template GUI for familiarity and feedback Two –Provide more customization and incorporate feedback from Release One Three –Provide advanced features

12 How XML is Used XMetaL has native understanding of CALS (OASIS) table model XML modified for bellcode needs – e.g., leadering, flush-hang Template selection populates all necessary attributes XSLT used to convert to bellcode

13 How Software Works

14 Demonstration of HOLC Tool Bellcode table 2 Column Entry 2 Column Tax Table (with calculations) 6 Column Military Table Utilities

15 Requirements : EPA-OPPTS Table Tool Software components enable a variety of XML authoring tools to create valid SGML/XML tables for the Federal Register Tables must compose properly using the GPO’s MicroComp composition software Please see the SRS Document

16 Functionality : EPA-OPPTS Table Tool CREATION - tables created in CALS+ CONVERSION - CALS+ to SGML/XML - CALS+ to bellcode - SGML/XML to CALS+ - SGML/XML to bellcode - bellcode to CALS+ - bellcode to SGML/XML RENDERING - create a PDF from valid SGML/XML of a table or entire FEDREG document

17 Phase Two - Design Please see the Design Specifications Software interacts with XML authoring tool via DLL Table shell in CALS+ format 6 conversion routines Table rendering - SGML/XML table into PDF via MicroComp

18 Next Steps DLL delivered incrementally to vendors End of September delivery of tested, documented, and approved software Customization available SIS program for FedReg publishing

19 Contact Information DataStream Conversion Services 387 Technology Drive College Park, MD Ed Schulke, Valerie Voci, Mark Anstey,