XEditPro - Automated Publishing Tool

XEditPro Publishing Suite is a cloud-based SaaS automated publishing platform pioneered by diacriTech focused on three objectives:

XEditPro utilizes a combination of automated publishing tools that are AI-powered, natural language processing (NLP), and intelligent workflows to reduce human intervention and provide significant savings in terms of cost and time.

Future-Proof Solution

What truly makes XEditPro a robust and future-proof solution is a combination of the following:

Technology as a differentiator

In a highly competitive publishing market characterized by high capacity, low margins, and limited time-to-market, publishers gain an imperative advantage by embracing new technologies that leverage AI and NLP. Pre-editing, Copyediting and Composition are some of the critical areas where XEditPro embraces the technology of the future to provide unparalleled benefits today. Using a single automated publishing platform for all the processes from receipt of manuscripts to final delivery (PDF/XML/ePuB/Word) in the editorial cycle reduces technology upkeep costs. It provides a consistent experience to editors and authors alike.

Intelligent tools to improve speed and quality

XEditPro is an all-in-one typesetting automated publishing tool with all the necessary standards required to meet contemporary publishers' goals in one platform.

Pre-editing & Assisted Copyediting:

• Automated cleanup (removal of unwanted elements, insertion of required spaces, replacement of incorrect punctuation marks/special characters)
• Editorial style application
• Missing Links checking (Figure, Table, and References)
• Information lookup to check accuracy (Crossref, PubMed, ORCID & FundRef)
• Rule-based structuring as per publisher-specific styles/word preferences
• Custom dictionary integration with NLP (Natural Language Processing)

Editing & Proofing:

• Online editing (Editor vs. PDF/Editor/XML/EPUB)
• Easy to use Word-like WYSIWYG editor
• Download PDF for offline review
• Standard shortcut keystrokes for editing convenience
• Reference editing through forms
• Support for comments and author queries
• Supports insertion and manipulation of non-text objects (image/symbols/table/equation/asset etc.)
• In-built equation editor for Math/Scientific formulae
• Track Changes for editing and review of content including formatting changes

Composing:

• Comprehensive set of layout instructions
• Flexibility in placement of anchored images in PDF and EPUB
• The layout of the page, paragraph, line, header, etc. can be fine-tuned with easy access menus
• Properties and settings can be controlled easily for each object (box/image/table/lists)
• Auto-numbering feature for images and tables.
• Style applying feature for new content (Headers/Paragraph/Lists/Boxes etc.)
• WYSIWYG editing feature for table formatting

Indexing/Glossary/TOC :

• Creating and managing index entries based on selected words or phrases
• Manual and Automated indexing options available
• Multiple index types (subject index/author index etc.)
• Support for see and see-also indexing elements
• Allow swapping of Index levels
• Automatic generation
• TOC
• Index
• Glossary
• Table of Figures

Book Creation :

• Select chapters, reorder (drag & drop)
• Automatic callouts update (figure/table/box etc.) while swapping chapters
• Capture further details such as ISBN, CIP etc.
• Generate book PDF for print/web
• Insert cover page or any color plates
• Automated
• TOC Generation
• Index creation with updated pages
• Update of continuous page number
• Creation of bookmarks and web links

Issue Make Up for Journals:

• Select articles that make up each issue and order them
• Capture information such as volume number, issue number, year, start page number, etc.
• Option to include advertisements
• View articles in past and present issues
• Insert cover page
• Revoke article from past issue and add it to forthcoming issue
• Automated
• TOC Generation
• Continuous page number update across articles

Single Source – Multiple Outputs:

XEditPro creates various outputs to meet consumers' expectations of easy, inexpensive access to content in many formats and across many channels.

Workflow and Production Management:

• Role-based access control and security
• Seamless integration of various roles in the publishing life cycle
• Content integrity through versioning and enforced workflow
• Workflow customization
• Real-time status notifications to indicate completion of milestones
• Reporting dashboards on KPIs to monitor production status
• Ability to rollback any stage in publishing life cycle
• Production data archival
• Built-in mail management system for project status communication
• Configurable communication templates (mails/notifications)
• Default fallback notifications for better user experience
• Audit/Trail log maintained for all events occurring in stages of publishing

Digital Asset Management:

• Flexible and scalable cloud-based storage to manage assets
• User interface is intuitive, accessible, and actionable
• Full visibility on each portfolio increasing probability of assets to be re-purposed
• Greater control over access for different roles (Admin, Photo Researcher, Author, Editor)
• Monitor and track rights-managed assets to initiate the timely process of extending or renewing licenses
• Version control to monitor the processing of files, compare versions, and ensure only up-to-date content is used
• Critical metadata for digital assets can be defined, used, and viewed anytime
• Improved content discoverability with detailed search on any content, auto-generation of previews of files and auto-tagging
• Dynamic usage reports provide better insights with analytics