Stay neutral in the document format wars

Helps to reduce production costs

ICE helps reduce costs by producing:

• Multiple outputs from a single source.

• Redistributing only changed files - saving time and network traffic.

• Minimizing the handling of content.

• Keeping the corporate look of material separate from the content.

Authoring Processes

Utilizes open standards for data, content, and services

ICE is built using standards:

• The OpenDocument standard developed by OASIS, as used in the OpenOffice.org odt format. Word processor documents are first converted to odt before being rendered into XHTML and PDF.

• IMS packages, used as a basis for generating navigation and for publishing to Learning Management Systems (LMSs).

• XHTML as specified by the W3C.

• Atom Publishing Protocol for publishing and Atom feeds update notifications.

• A nascent standard set of word processor style names.

Publishing Processes

Future work – ICE as a conversion service