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IXIASOFT is a Canadian-based software company providing component content management solutions (CCMS) to an international audience. The CCMS organizes content such as words, photos, procedures, and phrases at a granular level. These bits of content, also known as "components," are stored in a central repository. The components can then be re-purposed for publishing in several publications and languages. Headquartered in Montreal with additional offices in Japan and Toronto, IXIASOFT provides content management solutions to both small and large organizations.

Corporate History
IXIASOFT was founded in 1998 as a spin-off of one of the leading news information distributors in Canada and France: CEDROM-SNi. TEXTML Server — IXIASOFT's first product — was released in 1998 and developed in response to a global need for large-scale technical documentation processes. As TEXTML Server gained traction, it caught the eye of IBM. In 2003, IXIASOFT's technical writer was invited to join a small group of experts at IBM to create the specifications for DITA 1.0

In 2005, specifications for DITA 1.0 were officially released to the public. The following year, IXIASOFT installed the first fully functional DITA 1.0 application on top of Toronto's ATI Solutions' existing TEXTML Server. More technical documentation teams began to adopt DITA CMS, and the product was developed to support use by thousands of users on millions of topics, maps, and images.

On July 10, 2018, IXIASOFT released IXIASOFT CCMS 5.0; a product designed for both the DITA expert and lite user. All users could now create, review, and publish content in co-ordinance with other teams and users. In October, 2018, IXIASOFT will release version 5.1 of its CCMS.

Software and Services
IXIASOFT provides content management solutions for technical documentation teams in software, telecommunications, heavy machine and semiconductor manufacturing, and the medical device sector. The CCMS, also known as XML Content Management, is developed based on the Darwin Information Type Architecture or "DITA" standard, an open XML-based model for managing, creating, and publishing content. DITA uses topics, maps, and output formats to generate documents. IXIASOFT CCMS was developed for both web and desktop. Listed below are the details associated with each:

CCMS Web

 * Lite users can create and edit a topic or map
 * Lite users can assign topics or maps
 * oXygen side panel provides topics’ CCMS properties
 * Information architects can create templates and associate them with a role
 * Content level security: information architects can set read and write access to user groups on DRM products or libraries
 * Accessible by mobile or tablet

CCMS Desktop

 * Build Manifest are DRM objects, new instances are created with the new instances of the map
 * Ditaval are CCMS objects, with statuses and a revision history
 * Option to limit search to current DRM version
 * Support of External ID on import
 * Built on Eclipse 4.7.3 framework

Operations
The majority of IXIASOFT's employees are located at its headquarters in Montreal, Quebec. Other employees work remotely or from offices in Toronto and Japan.

Several of IXIASOFT's team members, including Éric Bergeron, Thibault de la Grange, Jean-François Ameye, Keith Schengili-Roberts, Éric Sirois, and Leigh W. White are active members on OASIS DITA Committees. Schengili-Roberts is chair of the DITA Adoption Committee.

Partners
The following is a list of companies partnered with IXIASOFT:

Technology Partners

 * Acrolinx
 * Antenna House
 * DeltaXML
 * DITAWeb
 * Fluid Topics
 * Oxygen
 * RenderX
 * XTM Cloud
 * Zoomin

Asia

 * HULINKS
 * YAMAGATA Intech
 * Knowledge on Demand
 * Cybertech

Europe

 * Etteplan
 * Mekon
 * Pantopix

North America

 * Comtech
 * Ryffine
 * Gnostyx.com
 * Publishing Smarter
 * Rockley
 * Suite Solutions
 * Jana
 * Scriptorium
 * DITA Strategies

Leadership

 * Éric Bergeron, CEO and Co-Founder (1998-)
 * Caroline Couvrette, Vice President Sales (2008-)
 * Jean-François Ameye, Solution Architect (1998-)
 * Jean-Pierre Lortie, Vice President, Research and Development
 * Thibault de la Grange, Vice President Product and Marketing (2016-)
 * Stéphane Morency Vice President, Professional Services and Support (2013-)