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1. MTAC Association Presentation
David Steinhardt
CEO, IDEAlliance
3. 21st Century Technology
11. End-to-End Supply Chain
Advertisers
Advertising & Design Agencies
Publishers
Cataloguers/Direct Marketers
PreMedia and Pre-Press Services
List Management & Fulfillment
Printers
Transportation, Logistics & Distribution Companies
Manufacturer & Supplier – Equipment, Ink, Materials & Paper
Corporate Information Management
Technology Systems, Services & Integrators
12. Incubator of Key IT Infrastructure
1970’s
Concept of Generalized Markup for Text Storage & Retrieval
Led to Gencode Specification with IBM
1980’s
Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML)
Supported American National Standards Institute leading to International Organization of Standardization
1990’s
Extensible Markup Language (XML)
Launched at IDEAlliance XML USA Conference in 1995
2001 – Present
Key Industry Association to Apply XML-Based Workflow to Print Media
13. Extensible Mark-Up Language (XML)
14. The Digital Enterprise
17. Standards & Best Practices for Value Chain Content Acquisition, Creation & Management
Digital Image Submission Criteria (DISC)
Digital Image Metadata Management (DIM2)
Information Content Exchange (ICE)
Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata (PRISM)
Digital Advertising & PreMedia Workflow
AdsML (Specifications for End-to-End Advertising Workflow)
Universal Advertiser Digital Identifier (UNADI)
Color Management & Production Workflow
Gen’l Requirements for Application in Commercial Offset Lithography (GRACoL)
Job Instruction File Format for Industry (JIFFI)
Production Order Specification (PROSE/XML)
Specification for Web Offset Printing (SWOP)
Supply Chain Management
Electronic Manifest and Bar Coding (EMBARC) of Paper Stock Shipments
Graphic Industry Bar Code (GIBC)
North American Roll Identifier (NARI)
papiNet: Global Transaction Standard for Paper & Forest Supply Chain
Mail & Newsstand Distribution
Address Data Interchange Specification (ADIS)
US & Canada Mail Data Specification (Mail.dat)
Shipping & Logistics Planning for Newspaper Inserts & Magazines
19. XML Model Utilize current and validated mega-XML architecture and business language (schema)
Develop a horizontal specification with core elements that serve as building blocks for market segments
Providing benefits to shared market segments
Develop the segment specification by utilizing building blocks with focused implementation approaches
Compatibility amongst the market segments
A productive best practices approach
20. Overview of Programs & Services Industry Committees – 8
Strategizing and problem-solving teams
Technical Working Groups – 14
Barcode, Color, and XML-based specification teams
Implementation Teams – 6
Outreach and educate to increase adoption of best practices
Conferences – 6
2,500 annually attend meetings in the US and Europe
Annual Print Distribution Conference – with industry partners
Alliance for Non-Profit Mailers, GAA, MPA, PIA/GATF & PostCom
www.printtools.org
Publications, services & tools to improve quality & efficiency
21. Mail & Newsstand Distribution 1967
1st Annual Conference led by Mailing Services Committee
1976
Bundle & Bag Sequencing Manual – Turn over to computer the proper sequencing of names and addresses into mail distribution, rather than mail destination
1980s
Education series on mail preparation with handbooks
1984
PASS: Packaging And Sack Sequencing for Publications Mailing – Computer presort of the mailing labels into the groupings needed to satisfy postal requirements
1995
Mail.dat 1st Published – Production container summary file
Accepted by the USPS/PostalOne! and NOW XML-format
1999
ADIS: Address Data Interchange Specification – standardize means to communicate uniform address files – XML-format, UPU-endorsed
22. Industry Groups & Leaders Addressing/Distribution Committee
Chair: Joe Schick, Quad/Graphics
Vice Chair: Val Scansaroli, Hearst & Mike Winn, RR Donnelley
Canada Panel
Chair: Scott Lorenz, Time Inc.
National Magazine, Book & Film Carriers
Chair: Dave Davis, Nationwide Midwest
Newsstand Logistics Committee
Chair: George Woods, Time Inc.
POISE: Printers’s Operational Issues Study Effort
Chair: Anita Pursley, Quebecor World
ADIS Working Group
Chair: Joe Lubenow, Lubenow & Associates
Mail.dat® Working Group
Chair: Dan Minnick, DoubleClick
Mail.dat® Postage Reporting & Transaction Messaging Working Grp
Chair: Phil Thompson, Quad/Graphics
23. Thank You
For more information:
David Steinhardt
703.837.1066
dsteinhardt@idealliance.org
www.idealliance.org