OSLO, NORWAY AND VIENNA VA, 30 APRIL 2004 - Ontopia, creator of the Ontopia Knowledge Suite(TM) (OKS), the topic map-based information integration technology, and Retrieval Systems Corporation (RSC), a leading US provider of information systems engineering services in content management and electronic publishing, have announced a partnership to address the requirements of knowledge management solutions for government and legal publishing applications.
Through the partnership agreement, Retrieval Systems Corporation can use the OKS to offer customers a solution to their requirements for "seamless knowledge". RSC's initial focus is to develop an aggregated view across the indexes of a range of legal publications using the flexible, but rigorous topic maps data model.
"Retrieval Systems' depth of experience in legal publishing, their excellent track record in project management, and their enthusiasm and skill in developing content and knowledge management solutions make them a perfect partner for Ontopia," says Steve Pepper, Chief Strategy Officer, Ontopia.
"Our customers don't want the expense and risk of migrating existing databases to get a single intergrated view of their corporate knowledge," said B. William Basheer, President, Retrieval Systems Corporation. "Ontopia's OKS gives us a tool to provide our customers with customized solutions that are non-intrusive to their current IT infrastructure; are built on an ISO-standardized data model; and that deliver the benefits of a cohesive view across their various data products or data bases."
ONTOPIA is the world's leading provider of Topic Maps technology. Ontopia and its partners across three continents offer consultancy for design, development, and deployment of solutions based on the Ontopia Knowledge Suite(TM). Ontopia technology aids information integration and "find-ability" for web portals, content/knowledge management systems, rules-based applications, and enterprise application integration. Ontopia has OKS licensing available for end-users, system integrators, and OEMs. Ontopia is privately held and has headquarters at Waldemar Thranes gt. 98, N-0175 Oslo, Norway. Tel: +47-23 23 30 80. Fax: +47-23 23 30 81. Web: http://www.ontopia.net.
RSC's specialists are experienced in every aspect of developing, maintaining and enhancing multi-media and full-text content management systems. Services include the following: development of content management and delivery systems utilizing a variety of technologies; data conversion to SGML, XML, and other processing languages; creation of full-text storage and retrieval systems, and software, using open source, off-the-shelf and custom components. For more information about Retrieval Systems Corporation, visit the company's Web site at www.retrievalsystems.com, or call 703-749-0012.
Pamela Gennusa, Ontopia, mailto:pam@ontopia.net.
Lisa Richards, Retrieval Systems Corporation, mailto: lrichards@retrievalsystems.com