Ipedo has added new tools for handling XML data within its Web information management software. XML Information Hub 3.3 includes integrated content conversion, rules-based organizing of information and a standards-based query engine.

The new version of XML Information Hub introduced in early May, 2003, comprises several components, including an integration manager and database. The software enables companies to gather information from varied data sources and then organize and post it on the web.

"With this release we strived to simplify the difficult problems of information integration and automated availability," said Nick Zhang, CEO and co-founder of Ipedo. "By fusing integration and management concepts together in the Ipedo XML Information Hub, we allow organizations to have a simpler, unified approach to managing and delivering their information."

The upgrade&singlequot;s new content conversion unit simplifies moving Word, PDF and other non-XML documents into XML. The XQuery engine, based on industry standards for XML, can perform search and update, targeted full-text searches and federated queries. The product also leverages emerging web services standards to integrate and control feeds of information.

The Ipedo XML Information Hub gives organizations centralized visibility and control over their information. Businesses can leverage the full potential of their critical database management systems, CRM and ERP applications and content management systems by integrating information into a flexible middle-tier hub, where information can be centrally managed and customized for the unique needs of each user or application. Comprised of a collection of tightly integrated modules employing Extensible Markup Language (XML), the Ipedo XML Information Hub connects islands of information and presents customized views to applications and users on demand. Specialized tagging and structure management techniques improve information search and merge operations, and provide more relevant information delivery.