The object publishing difference
ElePub is the first true object
database publishing software. This alone and the
pratical consequences deriving therefrom account for the substantial
differences between ElePub and conventional DTP or database
publishing solutions. Object publishing is the next generation
beyond database publishing. Click here
for more details.
What this pratically means is explained in short on this
page. Here you find the most important aspects of how ElePub
Object Publishing differs from conventional database publishing.
You will quickly see the conceptual differences and the substantial
advantages deriving from them.
First you find a short list of the subjects and facts, which
are explained in more detail and by many graphics on the pages
accessible via the left menu.
Formatted
database pages
ElePub pages consist of database content formatted by using
frame objects inherited from a central object repository.
A datum on a page really is
the datum in the database! It is the data in
the database and not data from or copies of
the database - and that is the most important difference!
Inheriting
objects from an ancestor genealogy
In ElePub objects like frames and content values are inherited
from mother
objects grouped in a muilti-level ancestor
genealogy. Inheriting
is by far superior to copying! ElePub is designed
fully object-oriented
and this inheritance of application data results in substantial
benefits for the user.
Re-usable
3D object structures
ElePub pages are composed from instances
of re-usable three-dimensional object structures in the true
sense of object-orientation.
These objects inherit their attributes and values from mother
objects, which are typically stored in an object
repository.
Page
objects unite content, format and behaviour
ElePub pages components like frames, lines etc. are 3D objects
(in the true object-oriented sense) uniting
- content: the published data from the database
- format: the format of visualization similar to conventional
DTP
- behaviour: an object's actions and responses when used
in electronic publications or applications like EleCat.
The fully and truely object-oriented
nature of ElePub constructs highly flexible and intelligent
page structures, which can be converted or exported into virtually
any desired format including the data formats of various conventional
DTP products like QuarkXpress, InDesign or Framemaker.
Conditional
publishing
The way ElePub uses rules to generate and format pages
Content
administration and publishing in one homogenous system
Normally, one has different systems
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