High granularity

Merops’s recognition and internal markup covers multiparagraph document sections (such as the header or end section), individual paragraphs (such as a document title or an abstract), right down to the individual word, or part of a reference. Because the level of markup can be so detailed, it’s easy to map the tags you need in your output XML.

XML validation

In an XML-based workflow, it’s fundamental to downstream processes that the XML has been validated against a DTD or schema. This is more than simply a matter of converting a file into XML and then parsing it. Merops validates XML, providing in-situ comments where information is missing, or incorrect.

NLM DTD compliance

Merops can automatically generate XML that conforms to the NLM Journal Publishing DTD (versions 2.3 and 3.0) and NLM Archive and Interchange DTD (versions 2.3 and 3.0).

DocBook DTD compliance

NEW: Merops can export book chapters and other content to the DocBook DTD.

Microsoft Word interface

Merops XML output can be rendered in Microsoft Word, providing editors with a familiar and powerful environment to check the document’s structure, and copy-edit or make corrections if necessary. This is then saved as a final XML file.