XML content server provider Mark Logic Corporation, US, has announced that Platts, the energy information arm of McGraw-Hill Companies, is using MarkLogic Server to power LNG TraderNet (www.platts.com/NaturalGas/Real-Time Information/lngtradernet). LNG TraderNet is a web-based service that provides members of the LNG (Liquefied Natural Gas) community with the latest market intelligence and analytical tools on the physical energy markets. Utilising MarkLogic, Platts is expected to drive internal cost savings and more effectively price, package and monetise its energy and metals information.
LNG TraderNet puts the latest data covering the global LNG market within reach, including Platts' real-time news, pricing and analytical services. It features a comprehensive range of resources, including fundamental market data, decision-support tools and news from Platts' global editorial team. As the foundation for the LNG TraderNet service, MarkLogic Server takes the XML created as part of Platts' newsletter production process and inserts metadata from a taxonomy to tag the textual content. This enables Platts to take the content that was previously locked in static PDFs and relate it to other contextual information to help them provide these value-added services.
MarkLogic Server has also provided Platts with custom publishing capabilities that allow users to extract excerpts of stories, or an entire article, for inclusion in an existing or newly created custom report. Moreover, now Platts can expect to provide its customers with new search and Web 2.0-style features that allow for the ranking of search results by relevance and/or the number of previous views; relate search results to pricing assessments and other markets fundamental data, such as weather; permit users to save searches for future use and create RSS feeds from those searches; numerically rank the quality of stories and post comments; and enable the automatic creation of lists that include the most-frequently mentioned keywords, such as trading regions. Searches can also be refined to drill down and return only results that include the original search terms and selected keywords.
McGraw-Hill Platts selected MarkLogic Server because it was looking for a comprehensive solution to better manage the execution of digital content assets and streamline its go-to-market processes. Before, Platts' content was tethered to different products and locked within collections of PDF files. Since MarkLogic supports loading content "as-is," Platts unlocked its business information and eliminated the need for costly and time consuming transformations of content. Mark Logic customers can easily combine XML content, documents, books, messages and user generated content into a single centralised repository. The simplified infrastructure is projected to enable Platts to benefit from a completely new web delivery application that delivers a more aggregated approach to content management.
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