Editions Francis Lefebvre

Diadeis Mission Founded in 1930, today the publisher Les Editions Francis Lefebvre has a workforce, results, and quality of product that places it among the foremost publishers of legal documents in France. It provides its professional legal and accountancy clientele with information and documentation in the subjects of tax, social obligations, business and company law, accounts, and finance. The range of EFL publications includes law codes, mementos, practical books, etc. Since 1976, DIADEIS has implemented a complete service enabling publication of EFL's yearly and periodical press output, data entry, updating, and automatic text and book composition

Process • SGML data entry in accordance with the EFL DTD • Automated composition • Updating • Proofing • Dispatch of files for printing (PDF or PS)

Technology • XML input and updating of texts and tables in accordance with the EL/EFL DTD • Automated composition of texts and tables from XML data streams; use of CALS standard for tables : Programming of CLA composition under Oasis-Miles • Supply of printer's PDFs or PostScripts • Engineering, processing, duplication of CD-ROMS

Human resources Production of these high criticality publications takes place at the DIADEIS Nancy site. The development team takes care of programming the composition engines and the data processing controllers. The production team receives the customer's data, carries out updating of the data flow from the XML content, and composes the publications with tools configured by the development team. Much care is given to the final visual quality of the work, to the accuracy of the contents and index, and to the completeness of the electronic output which complements the output used for printing.

Volume Data entry, updating, composition: 15,000 pages a year Digital conversion of jurisprudence copy: 126,000 pages a year

Main challenge EFL entrusts DIADEIS with major publications. The publication date of these has a direct impact on EFL's cash flow. The publisher nonetheless wants to publish information that is bang up to date, which means texts analysing the most recent laws passed sometimes arrive later than the initially scheduled deadlines. In such cases, DIADEIS puts its industrial capacity to use to accelerate final processing and still manage to deliver within the initial schedule so that the publication is brought out on time.

Input Printed copy supplied. Customer's SGML files.

Output Printed proofs. PS/PDF electronic files for printer.

Result Since 1976, EFL has entrusted DIADEIS with the publication of their major publications and has renewed this trust every year.