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OPOCE
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Diadeis Mission
OPOCE: Publications Office is the body whose task it is to administer, organise, manage, and technically control all publication activities carried out on behalf of the European institutions. In this capacity, the Office has been publishing the "Official Journal" for over 50 years. The Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) is the only publication printed every working day in all 20 official languages of the European Union (EU).
As a publisher, OPOCE's responsibility is to offer the highest quality service to its clients (European institutions such as the Commission, Parliament, or Court of Justice) and to the public, the citizens of the European Union.
DIADEIS has been accompanying OPOCE: Publications Office for over 40 years in its mission of publishing the Official Journal of the European Union.
The task consists of converting multilingual legislative texts transmitted by OPOCE for publishing in printed and electronic form.
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Process
Recovery of Microsoft Word manuscripts and printed copies
XML structuring of the electronic document base
Synoptical page layout of OJs
Quality checks (proof reading)
Production of Formex XML files
Supply of proofs
Generation of PDF and PostScript versions for printer
Printing of OJs
Supply of PDF files and HTML index for input to the Eurlex web site and OJ L and C series CD-ROMs
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Technology
Automatic post-conversion of Microsoft Word streams to XML input (Unicode)
XML/FORMEX structuring
Enhancement for pre-composition
Automated composition using the 3B2 engine
Block composition in 20 languages
High-performance automatic synoptical verification tools
Use of translation dictionary and block checking
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Human resources
A dedicated production staff comprising
a team of IT specialists for automation of the source processing and composition
a team of documentary analysts for structuring the XML data stream in accordance with the client's FORMEX DTD
a team of layout technicians for synoptic multilingual composition
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Volume
100,000 pages composed per year
100 different publications in 20 languages
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Main challenge
Electronic media publication
Printed publication
Web publication
Multilingual nature (1 tos
slanguages) with synoptical constraints
Complex page layouts
Batch composition/page layout of SGML streams
Supply of simultaneous multiple formats
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Input
Microsoft Word files and annotated printed copies.
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Output
Official Journals printed simultaneously in all the official languages
XML files structured to the Formex DTD
PDF files for publishing Official Journals on CD-ROM
PDF files for publishing on-line on the Eurlex Web site.
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Result
The Official Journal is published to fulfil legislative and political needs. Load variations are very high (a succession of peaks and troughs, simultaneous publication of OJs, working to very short notices, etc.). DIADEIS tackles these issues through its industrial and technical approach. DIADEIS thus contributes to speeding up the distribution of official texts from the European Institutions to all European citizens in their own native language.
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