This presentation was provided by Andrew Bank of XSB during the NISO Live Connections event, XML for Standards Publishers, held on October 9, 2017 in Geneva, Switzerland.

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2. WEAVING DIGITAL STANDARDS DATA
INTO ENGINEERING WORKFLOW
Opportunity for Everyone
NISO XML Conference
Geneva, CH
9 October, 2017

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Cost of Content
Cost of
Navigation
Cost of
Integration
Cost of Change
Management
Slow time to market
Quality and
liability costs
Initial cost of
buying standards:
$1.3B annually*
But only ~10% of
total costs
$12B in costs
to use and
manage the
content.
*Outsell, Standards: 2016 Market Size, Share, Forecast, and Trends, April, 2016.
WORKFLOW INEFFICIENCIES = INDUSTRY OPPORTUNITY

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SWISS IS NOT…
o Standards aggregator
o Standards reseller
o Standards publisher
o Competitor to publishers
o Replacement for PDF (yet)

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SWISS IS…
o Open API platform
o Linked-data platform
o Semantic Web
o Digital Thread
o Model Based Enterprise (MBE)
o Industry 4.0
o IoT for Documents
o White-label platform for publishers
o App Store
“SWISS is to standards as
CAD is to 2-D drawings.”

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DOCUMENTS  DATA  INTELLIGENCE

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Finding Information Using Information
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Search Navigation, Transcription, Analysis, Compliance, Change
Management, Monitoring, Calculations, etc.
ENGINEERS SPEND MORE TIME USING THAN FINDING
Time Spent
“Refer to AGMA 1010-E95.”
“Must comply with ASTM B104.”

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(LACK OF) INTEROPERABILITY
SILOS DON’T TALK TO EACH OTHER

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EXTERNALINTERNAL and PLM
o Regulations
o Product specs
o CAD drawings
o Software, etc.
corp.
(LACK OF) INTEROPERABILITY
STANDARDS DON’T TALK TO OTHER SYSTEMS

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Standards are published, distributed, stored,
and shared as individual documents…
CURRENT PARADIGM: PRINT & PDF

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“Go to Section 4.2.4.”
“Must comply with
API 650.”
DRAWINGS
EQUATIONS
GRAPHS
EXTERNAL
REFERENCES
INTERNAL
LINKS
TABLES
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BUT STANDARDS ARE USED LIKE DATA

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INTERNAL
DOCUMENTS
EXTERNAL
DOCUMENTS
INTEGRATION IS PRIMITIVE
Copy, Paste,
Rekey
Time Cost Risk

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INTERNAL
DOCUMENTS
EXTERNAL
DOCUMENTS
THESE GET UPDATED THESE DO NOT
CHANGE MANAGEMENT IS INEFFICIENT

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IMPACT ANALYSIS IS GRUELING

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SWISS DEMO

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SWISS BENEFITS FOR PUBLISHERS
New Net
Revenue.
Monetize
Your XML
Investment.
Build a
White
Label
SWISS
Develop
Apps
Platform,
Earn $
Embed Your
Content Into
Workflow
Enable
SWISS
Tools on
Your
Platform
Innovative
Tools for
Your Users

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WHAT NOW?
1. Pilot SWISS for your customers
2. Add your content to SWISS
3. Develop apps
4. Use the API

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Thank You
Andrew Bank
a.bank@swiss.io
+1 734-531-8489
@andrewnbank

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RESERVES

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INTEROPERABILITY
Move effortlessly between documents.
USE STANDARDS LIKE DATA
Move data anywhere, but linked to authoritative source.
CHANGE MANAGEMENT
Change-aware data communicates its status to every viewer.
COMPARISON-CAPABLE
One-click redlines save time and speed time to market
WORKFLOW INTEGRATION
Access and use content in PLM, MS Office, machinery, etc.
FIVE SWISS GAME CHANGERS

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ROI FOR END USERS
Lower
Total Cost
Faster Time
to Market
Decrease
Errors, and
Rework
Reduce Risk
Improve Quality
and Safety
Accelerate
“Digital
Transformation”

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o Interoperability
o AI Linking
o Omni-Fidelity
o DragonDrop
o On-the-Fly
Redlines
o Table Exports
Widget
Corp
John
Doe
Siemens
PLM
Boeing
Industrial IoT
End-User Access
Pipe Wall
Thickness
Calculator
Noise Level
Safety Checker
ACME
Corp
App Store
SWISS App
Store
White-Label
Lockheed
ABB
IEC
Store
ASTM
Compass
Ford
Motor
ASTM
App Store

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Estimated
65%
Savings
COST OF
OWNERSHIP
FOR SWISS
SWISS
increases
workflow
efficiency
and reduces
the cost of
using
standards.Premium
License
AI Linking
SAVINGS
DRIVER
Transclusion
Omni-Fidelity
Speed to market
Reduced risk
and rework
COST OF
STANDARDS
OWNERSHIP
SWISS VALUE PROPOSITION
Cost of Content
Cost of
Navigation
Cost of
Derivative
Creation
Cost of Change
Management
Slow time to market
Quality and
liability costs

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Standards
are used
every step of
the way.
Ideation
Design
Analysis
ManufacturingInspection
Operation
Disposal
EHS
Comply
THE PRODUCT LIFECYCLE
Industry
Standards
are in a silo.
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SWISS IS A SYSTEM OF INTELLIGENCE
SYSTEMS OF
RECORD
PLM OFFICIAL
LIBRARY
ERP OTHERS
SYSTEMS OF
INTELLIGENCE*
*https://news.greylock.com/the-new-moats-53f61aeac2d9
SYSTEMS OF
ENGAGEMENT
OFFICE 365APPS INDUSTRIAL
VR
MOBILE
Store
Content
Access
Content
Use
Content
WHAT’S THE
PURPOSE?

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USABILITY
*US BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook
http://www.bls.gov/ooh/
38K 250K 20M++
Spec
Authors
Design
Engineers*
Industrial
Engineers*
Downstream Users,
including machines,
robots, IoT
10K
NUMBER OF USERS
USABILITY OF PDF vs DIGITAL DATA