Starbase Corporation Announces Surveyor 4.5 - Delivering Automated Website Creation
September 5, 2000 08:43 AM Eastern Time
SANTA ANA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 5, 2000--
Starbase Demonstrates Surveyor's Advanced Technology by Automatically Creating a Collaborative Resource Website for XML Web Developers
Starbase Corporation SBAS , the leading provider of collaboration products for the creation and management of integrated code and content eBusiness applications, today announced Surveyor(TM) 4.5, an advanced eBusiness application documentation product capable of automated Website generation. Starbase unveiled today a recently generated XML-based website that demonstrates Surveyor's advanced technology. This Website is accessible at genitor.com. The Website was automatically created using Surveyor 4.5 to analyze and document Apache's Open Source XML parser, Xerces.
"Surveyor's power to document source code by generating an interactive, collaborative Website for developers is unsurpassed," stated William R. Stow III, president and CEO of Starbase. "We decided to demonstrate Surveyor's superior capabilities and power by automatically generating this new XML-based open source Website. XML is recognized as a key emerging technology standard designed to increase productivity in both Web sites and B2B transactions. We believe Surveyor's capabilities will also evolve into a new industry standard for publishing source code documentation, by automatically transforming source code into fully described, meaningful, reusable and customizable components."
The generated Surveyor Website presents an extensive, well-organized and detailed XML library of reusable components and is available now to software professionals responsible for developing, using, supporting or documenting XML-based, open-source software. The Surveyor public Website offers substantial new benefits to Web development teams by providing advanced XML code documentation in an easy to view and shared component architecture that dramatically improves development productivity and quality.
"Project source code documentation time for our team has been reduced significantly as a result of Surveyor's Web-based and component documentation capabilities. Surveyor allowed us to include a level of detail in our source docs that we simply could not have afforded otherwise," stated Jay Brown, Senior Engineer for FileNET Corporation. "This release will enable us to perform automatic Web updates, ensuring that our development team is collaborating on the most up-to-date modifications. Surveyor is a solid product that I would recommend to any developer."
The Surveyor XML Website is designed to simplify the use of the open source XML library by enabling development engineers to quickly understand the Xerces software. Visitors to the Website will be able to access a wealth of information concerning the Xerces code base, facilitating use and reuse of shared information between developers and teams. Tracking of recent coding activities is simplified within the XML Library; developers can sort objects by modification time to quickly locate the most recently modified code.
"The XML Website is an excellent example of the type of Website generated by Surveyor 4.5," stated Lydia Patterson, vice president, Starbase Products Group. "Surveyor provides the means to view, via the Web or company intranets, all objects within the code, including structure and relationship information, thus making it possible for teams to collaborate, reuse and customize code. A Surveyor Website is also effective for developing test cases, and as a reference for developing end-user documentation from the actual code base."
Xerces
Developed from IBM technology, Xerces provides world-class XML parsing and generation. Fully validating parsers are available implementing the W3C XML and DOM (Level 1 and 2) standards, as well as the defacto SAX (version 2) standard. The parsers are highly modular and configurable. Initial support for XML Schema (draft W3C standard) is also provided. To download the Xerces binaries and/or source code, visit apache.org.
Surveyor 4.5 & Genitor Object Construction Suite (OCS)
Surveyor 4.5 is an advanced development tool that analyzes source code syntax and creates structured Web-based documentation. Surveyor allows development teams the ability to keep apprised of rapidly changing or unfamiliar code by automatically creating Web-based documentation. Surveyor analyzes any set of C/C++ header and source code files and generates a Website that documents those files. Surveyor generated Websites organize and chart relationships between objects and enable programmers to navigate projects using their own browsers. Surveyor Websites also provide a clear and managed roadmap of code including full implementation details and class hierarchy charts that show complete inheritance chains. Surveyor runs on Windows 95, 98, 2000 and NT and supports HTML generation for any platform. Surveyor is currently available in single and multi-user configurations. Pricing for a single user is $299; the upgrade for existing users is $99. To obtain more information, including an evaluation copy, please visit www.genitor.com or call 888/436-4867.
Genitor Object Construction Suite (OCS), which includes Surveyor, is an integrated collection of tools to assist in the construction, documentation, and reuse of C/C++ objects. To obtain more information, including an evaluation copy, please visit www.genitor.com or call 888/GENITOR (888/436-4867).
About Starbase
Starbase is the leading provider of collaboration products for the creation and management of integrated code and content eBusiness applications. Collaboration is the simultaneous coordination, management and communication of geographically dispersed contributors of both code and content for eBusiness applications. With over 1,450 StarTeam customers worldwide, our technology supports the continuous cycle of creating, linking and managing digital assets, which comprise complex eBusiness applications. Starbase products enable users with differing technical and functional backgrounds to collaborate on the production of Web sites and eBusiness initiatives from multiple locations. Companies and organizations, including leading corporations such as Lucent Technologies, Intel, BMC Software, Motorola, PepsiCo, Seagate Technology, Hollywood Entertainment, eTour.com, Oxygen Media, and Ann Taylor have selected StarTeam to manage their eBusiness development projects. Starbase is headquartered at 4 Hutton Centre Drive, Suite 800, Santa Ana, CA 92707. Tel: 714/445-4400. Fax: 714/445-4404. Visit Starbase's Web site at www.starbase.com.
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Forward Looking Statements
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