Alchemy CATALYST™ previews first visual tool set for XLIFF

Continuing their technical leadership in XML, Alchemy Software Development previews a visual environment for XLIFF documents

DUBLIN and PRAGUE – March 24, 2003 – Alchemy Software Development has previewed to the localization industry the worlds first visual environment for XLIFF at the recently held Unicode Conference in Prague in the Czech Republic. Leveraging their technological leadership in the provision of XML based translation and engineering environments, Alchemy CATALYST™ 4.0, now hosts a visual environment supporting the XLIFF 1.0 (XML Localization Interchange File Format) specification as defined by the Oasis XLIFF TC.

The purpose of the OASIS XLIFF TC is to define, through XML vocabularies an extensible specification for the interchange of localization information. The specification will provide the ability to mark up and capture localizable data and interoperate with different processes or tools without loss of information. The XLIFF specification provides support for common software and content data formats and is being defined through the collaborative efforts of some of the largest software development companies such as Oracle, Microsoft, SAP and Novell.

Alchemy CATALYST™ 4.0 previewed visual tools that will assist these companies in deploying and leveraging the benefits of XLIFF within their localization and engineering workflows, reducing time to markets and reducing the complexity and cost of their localization projects.

Alchemy Software Development Limited
Alchemy Software Development is the market leader and pioneer of Software Globalization Solutions. Multinational enterprises developing applications for Java, Windows9x, NT, ME, 2000, XP, SymbianOS, .NET, and XML, use Alchemy technology to accelerate entry to international markets, improving revenue growth opportunities and reducing their costs.

Alchemy's technology is designed to boost the efficiency and quality of globalizing software products and is used by software development and globalization companies worldwide. With over 8,000 licenses installed worldwide, Alchemy CATALYST™ is used by translators, software engineers, quality assurance specialists and project managers and is referred to as the Gold Standard in Localization.

Corel Corporation Limited holds a 24.9% stake in Alchemy Software Development Ltd. Alchemy Software Development has offices and facilities in Canada, Europe, Asia-Pacific and the United States.

For more information on the company and its products, please refer to http://www.alchemysoftware.ie/