pTools S5 delivers powerful enterprise content management functionality across all ECM industry standard function areas plus a range of additional functions that extend pTools and enable end users to deliver outstanding results. The fundamental requirement to deliver content to enterprise intranet, extranet and Internet, with ease and efficiency is central.

In addition to core pTools ECM features and functions pTools S5 features include:

Advanced workflow and content compliance.

Rapid deployment and in-built Web2.0 features.

.Net framework and SharePoint integration.

Advanced 'clean code' accessibility standard.

pTools Content Element Model (CEM) versatility

Content security marking.

Multi-language content linking.

Advanced search and retrieval capability.

Advanced workflow and content compliance.
pTools workflow and content compliance functionality allows complete end-to-end workflow for all content elements from information architecture, page content, user and group management through to file and document attachments developed within the system. Workflow is fully customisable to individual business needs. Workflow events are recorded and stored providing complete audit trail and content life cycle history.

Rapid deployment and in-built Web2.0 features.
pTools S5 is a fully packaged application that allows developers and content management professionals to quickly deploy CM software and develop sites with ease and efficiency. A range of new Web2.0 features from RSS to Alerts ship as standard. These features are fully integrated with pTools workflow, audit trail and compliance functionality and allow customers to use Web2.0 features and built-in pTools web services integration for real business requirements.

.Net framework and SharePoint integration.
pTools' use of the .Net framework is central to the highly extensible component based architecture of the system. The result ensures that database, application, and content presentation layers are fully separated enabling both dynamic and de-coupled site delivery through any browser or platform. This separation of system layers, and the componentisation of system functions and features is essential in enterprise deployments where network topography requires development, test, lab and outputs all integrated with established enterprise network applications.

Advanced 'clean code' accessibility standard.
pTools guarantees the clean separation of content from presentation delivering clean XHTML and CSS for formatting. pTools content output meets the most demanding accessibility requirements and CMS user features include a range of built-in usability and accessibility checking and approval tools.

pTools Content Element Model - CEM
pTools uses the content element model developed by the company to deliver sites that run on any platform or device. pTools content element model enables advanced enterprise content management functionality for content assembly, personalisation and security, ensuring robust workflow and compliance for every element of the final site output and dynamic re-use and re-purposing of content in a fully controlled content lifecycle environment.

Content security marking.
The highly granular pTools content element model enables a range of content element features that are essential to deployments - typically intranet - where content needs to be marked for security purposes. This marking is part of the process of delivering content to approved users but also part of the validation, non-repudiation and fulfilment of content management tasks that underpins content critical systems for financial services and security deployments.

Multi-language content linking.
Multi-language capability is a well established standard feature of pTools deployments. In addition pTools now ships with dual language linking within the CMS interface enabling users to view mirror language content at any element level across the complete content lifecycle and audit trail, with immediate 'click and view' ease. Also pTools now comes with three multi-language schemas as standard that allow users to handle multi-language requirements across the complete spectrum from completely dependent language mirroring to independent and separated language output.

Advanced search and retrieval.
To underpin advances feature functionality, and in line with best practice compliance pTools now comes with an advanced search and retrieval system that allows users to quickly and easily access any element of content to be handled. Search and retrieval functions are delivered as a distinct feature, also in-line with content authoring and editing features and within the powerful pTools file and asset management libraries features.

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