Survey of Newspaper Production Flow for E-paper - Kungliga ...
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Johan Danckwardt<br />
<strong>Survey</strong> <strong>of</strong> news<strong>paper</strong> production flow <strong>for</strong> e-<strong>paper</strong> Appendix<br />
Interview with Håkan Kjellin<br />
Head <strong>of</strong> in<strong>for</strong>mation technology department, Sundsvalls Tidning (2005-06-07, 10.00-<br />
12.00)<br />
(Translated from Swedish to English)<br />
What parts <strong>of</strong> your present data flow contains “content in<strong>for</strong>mation”?<br />
The parts that contain content in<strong>for</strong>mation is Newspilot (Content Management system), Teito<br />
Enator (the Advertising system), Pickup (handles older pictures), Multi media archive (Not<br />
installed but will be in the nearby future) and external in<strong>for</strong>mation. The multi media archive is<br />
part <strong>of</strong> the Newspilot system and is running today at Borås Tidning and Norra Västerbotten.<br />
Are there any systems that will be replaced in the nearby future (2-3 years)?<br />
No, every system that contains content in<strong>for</strong>mation is replaced and updated. The version 2.0<br />
<strong>of</strong> Newspilot has been running <strong>for</strong> a month.<br />
How is the external in<strong>for</strong>mation delivered to Sundsvalls Tidning, and what types <strong>of</strong><br />
external in<strong>for</strong>mation are there?<br />
The weather <strong>for</strong>ecast – Delivered as EPS-pages<br />
Sport results – Delivered by iPlay, could be delivered as XML. iPlay is a system made by<br />
Infomaker. TT?<br />
Television and radio charts – Delivered as open Quark pages by XXX?.<br />
Domestic and international news – Delivered by TT-spectra. I think that they have worked<br />
with XML <strong>for</strong> a long time. They can probably deliver the content as we want it. TT-spectra is<br />
a subsidiary to Tidningarnas Telegrambyrå. Check with Lasse Hallberg, he has the knowledge<br />
<strong>of</strong> the different external in<strong>for</strong>mation.<br />
Stock exchange quotation – Delphi?<br />
Is there any flowchart <strong>of</strong> the databases and different systems?<br />
Not at the moment. Because <strong>of</strong> that all the systems is relative new we do not yet have any<br />
flowchart <strong>of</strong> the existing databases and systems. Next week we are supposed to have a<br />
meeting to solve this (week 24). Hopefully after this meeting we can give you a proper<br />
flowchart.<br />
How are he XML-files saved in the Newspilot system?<br />
The articles are saved I a table in a database, from this table we can generate a question that<br />
creates an XML-file. The files you have received from us is the XML-files that are generated<br />
with a purpose to create the articles on the web. According to Infomaker it is possible to<br />
generate an XML-file with the desired in<strong>for</strong>mation. The in<strong>for</strong>mation in the present XML-files<br />
are not all the in<strong>for</strong>mation that is available.<br />
How is an image connected to an article?<br />
The in<strong>for</strong>mation <strong>of</strong> which image is connected to an article is available in the database. As it is<br />
now it is possible to connect nine images to one article.<br />
Is there a description <strong>of</strong> which parameters that is possible to adc to an XML-file?<br />
There is a PDF that describes this.<br />
Several questions concerning tables and technical in<strong>for</strong>mation on the editorial system<br />
Newspilot was referred to the supplier Infomaker.<br />
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