Data Conversion Laboratory

I've got Sinatra crooning "My kind of town, Chicago is…" in my head—and that's a 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 thing! DCL's S1000D & IETM SME Chuck Davis captured this beautiful evening photo along the Chicago Riverwalk and shared it for our employee calendar. Dig into a deep dish of calendar pics starting at is.gd/JbewjO.

Calling all #LavaCon2026 attendees—visit DCL's exhibit booth, 𝟮𝟮, to try your hand at a 🔒 & 🔑 game, get a free Harmonizer analysis, and collect some swell swag! Not at LavaCon but still want to chat about content strategy? Reach out at is.gd/oLYmJw or request a Harmonizer analysis at is.gd/uWZb1N.

DCL President Mark Gross understood the assignment! LavaCon isn't just an opportunity for learning from and networking with professionals in cutting-edge content technologies; it's also known for its fun (shorturl.at/qy6jp). Spot the balloons to lead you to Booth 22! October 25-28 | Charlotte, NC

PRESS RELEASE—𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗟𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗘𝗻𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗿 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗦𝘁𝘆𝗹𝗲-𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗻𝗮𝗹𝘆𝘀𝗶𝘀 𝘋𝘊𝘓’𝘴 𝘛𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘴 𝘋𝘐𝘛𝘈 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘛𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤 𝘔𝘢𝘱 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 Learn how Harmonizer can help you target the most important material in technical documentation and knowledge management: shorturl.at/r9Tjn

DCL completed a project for SAE International that established a scalable content management workflow and included the conversion of 10,000+ standards. Learn more about this successful endeavor from the case study at shorturl.at/BbZ4B. Catch up on the DCL By the Numbers playlist: shorturl.at/7SAhT

The LavaCon Content Strategy Conference is coming right up! DCL looks forward to seeing you at booth 22 to talk all things #ContentStrategy. (And they'll have some nifty giveaways and a fun game for you to play!) www.lavacon.org #LavaCon2026 | October 25-28 | Le Méridien, Charlotte, North Carolina

"Five hundred new products were created with the flexibility to incorporate instructional components in multiple applications and contexts." Learn about DCL's transformation of instructional materials for @cisco.com, the world leader in IT, networking, and cybersecurity solutions: shorturl.at/1KYuf

Fun, factual, fascinating reading in DCL's October newsletter: 💎 DCL Marks its 45th Year! ❓ Is Your Metadata Sharing Too Much? 🧶 There's a Physics to Knitting? 🔟 Ten Priorities for Scholarly Publishing, with our friend @darrellwgunter.bsky.social and more: shorturl.at/0tgfs Subscribe: is.gd/Y5UocD

The processing of 6,000,000 articles is part of DCL's work with Elsevier (@elsevierconnect.bsky.social), whose Scopus database is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature. Learn more about this transformation in the case study: shorturl.at/NrhBm

"As AI is reshaping how organizations extract value from content and data, but the world’s most popular document format, the PDF, has emerged as one of AI’s biggest obstacles." Mark Gross speaks at #KMWorld, Nov 17: shorturl.at/U93mi Use code 𝗦𝗣𝗞𝗥𝟮𝟲 for $100 off your registration! shorturl.at/p252u

DCL is exhibiting at The LavaCon Content Strategy Conference! Stop by Booth 22 for a game and giveaways and friendly conversation. Visit the conference website at www.lavacon.org. #LavaCon2026 | October 25-28 | Le Méridien, Charlotte, North Carolina | #ContentStrategy

Update❗Mark Gross's presentation at the #KMWorld Conference will now be on Tuesday, November 17th: Track C, Session 102, 12:00 pm – 12:45 pm. See you there!

Not registered yet to attend Information Today, Inc.'s #KMWorld? Use the code 𝗦𝗣𝗞𝗥𝟮𝟲 for a $100 discount! DCL President Mark Gross will present "Buried Knowledge: Do PDFs Sabotage AI Decision Making?" (shorturl.at/Pemmi). November 16-19, 2026 | JW Marriott, Washington, DC | #KnowledgeManagement

DCL was proud to be a sponsor of Silverchair's recent Platform Strategies conference, where DCL's Mark Gross and Marianne Calilhanna connected with friends in the #ScholarlyPublishing industry. It's a can't-miss event! Silverchair CEO Will Schweitzer chatting with Mark – photo by Jeffrey Gleason.

When it comes to vehicle engineering, SAE International sets the standard. DCL's work with SAE has included value-adding XML conversion of 3,000 feature articles. Read about this and more in the case study: shorturl.at/BbZ4B Get quick info that counts – DCL By the Numbers: shorturl.at/7SAhT

Loving the composition of this image—and its twilight hour! Our latest company calendar pic features a lovely greenhouse in Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, photographed by Senior Project Manager Leo Belchikov. More virtual travel via DCL's previous calendar photos: shorturl.at/VQJh3

The typical Patient Information Leaflet averages six pages in length and comprises dense material with tables, chemical formulas, images, and math. Learn about DCL's digitization for a multinational pharma organization: shorturl.at/tc7ty More from our DCL By the Numbers playlist: shorturl.at/m4OvF

"There was no information... absolutely nothing on the website." IEEE's Dr. Amanda Sulicz joined us for "The Conference That Wasn’t: IEEE’s Investigation Into a Paper Mill Operation." Video highlights and FAQs: shorturl.at/rtURX Full webinar and much more at our YouTube channel: shorturl.at/qISLQ

Case study: SAE International offers the world’s largest repository of mobility engineering information. DCL worked with SAE to establish a scalable content management workflow while transforming 107,000+ technical papers and more. Learn about this undertaking at shorturl.at/qJvjF.

Our latest newsletter—cleverly and colorfully curated as always by DCL's Marianne Calilhanna! 🟢 What Do Music, Libraries, and Online Shopping Have in Common? 🟣 Alt Text is Not Enough 🟡 Even Our Very Digital World Depends on Physical Infrastructure and more: shorturl.at/7cUyK Subscribe: is.gd/Y5UocD

Case study: AIPP (@aip-publishing.bsky.social), the publishing subsidiary of AIP (@aip.bsky.social), selected Silverchair (@silverchairnews.bsky.social) to support its massive content collection. DCL was there to help. Read about the processing of 36M+ reference citations and more: shorturl.at/kSc4P

DCL looks forward to seeing you at KMWorld in DC this November! Use code 𝗩𝗜𝗣𝗗𝗔𝗧 for 30% off your registration at shorturl.at/tmdWd. We invite you to visit DCL at booth 306 in the exhibit hall and to attend our presentation "Buried Knowledge: Do PDFs Sabotage AI Decision Making?" (shorturl.at/vQUze)

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"With peer review managed across more than 200 journals on the ScholarOne platform, IEEE required an automated solution capable of identifying and monitoring ethical violations at scale, including citation coercion and fraudulent authorship": shorturl.at/lpkMF Related DCL webinar: shorturl.at/RdlAd

Data Conversion Laboratory transforms The New York Public Library's 450,000 pages of digitized copyright records into a searchable, easy-to-use XML data set. Read more in the case study at shorturl.at/MFEfJ. More digits on digitizing in the "DCL By the Numbers" playlist: shorturl.at/m4OvF

Voting is now open for the 2026 #KMWorld Readers' Choice Awards! We're delighted to be nominated and would be honored to welcome your votes in these categories: 🟦 Content Management ⬛ Text Analytics 🟥 Customer Experience and Support Visit shorturl.at/2usKK to vote by Aug 31st. #KnowledgeManagement

The bluebird song may tout the white cliffs of Dover, but the Isle of Purbeck can boast its own breathtaking chalk formations, known as the Old Harry Rocks. Senior Conversion Engineer Israel Pesach brings DCL's July calendar photo from south England. Beautiful! More calendar pics: shorturl.at/fEvJ2

IEEE's Dr. Amanda Sulicz is our special guest for "The Conference That Wasn’t: IEEE’s Investigation Into a Paper Mill Operation." @ieeexplore.ieee.org View the full webinar with transcript at shorturl.at/eNw1u to watch the mystery unfold! Browse more DCL Learning Series webinars: shorturl.at/mpjSs

DCL worked with the American Water Works Association to convert 22K pages to NISO STS XML (National Information Standards Organization | Standards Tag Suite | eXtensible Markup Language) in 8 months. Read more in the case study: shorturl.at/JK9P2 @awwa-official.bsky.social | @nisoinfo.bsky.social

Get that winning feeling with DCL's newsletter for August! 🏆 Automated Review of Scholarly and Professional Plagiarism 🎉 DCL and Bowker Collaborate 🏆 The Agentic AI Derby …DITA Wins! 🎉 Content Debt in the Age of AI and Why You Need to Pay the Piper and more: shorturl.at/PYwHI Subscribe: is.gd/Y5UocD

Next Wednesday! Watch the mystery unfold as you join us for a new DCL Learning Series webinar: "The Conference That Wasn’t: IEEE’s Investigation Into a Paper Mill Operation." Read more and register at shorturl.at/OIjPw. #IEEE | #PublishingIntegrity | #ResearchIntegrity | #ConferenceProceedings

DCL analyzed and updated 29,464,902 MathML formulae as part of AIP Publishing (@aip-publishing.bsky.social)'s platform migration to Silverchair (@silverchairnews.bsky.social). Read more in the case study: shorturl.at/jjOP0 You can count on 𝗗𝗖𝗟 𝗕𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 at our YouTube channel: shorturl.at/m4OvF

"With the EAA now in effect and ADA Title II requirements scheduled to take effect in April 2027, publishers must ensure that ebooks meet accessibility standards..." Visit shorturl.at/RGgBm to learn how 𝗗𝗖𝗟 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗼𝘄𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗠𝗲𝗲𝘁 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀.

Visit www.dataconversionlaboratory.com/casestudy-ci... to learn how DCL transformed more than 800 source hours of content to conform to Cisco's Learning Management System (LMS) requirements!

DCL has long had a close relationship with #Balisage: The Markup Conference, and this year's is, in Balisage's words, "The Denouement—The End of the Line—The Last Hurrah… It's a Wrap!" shorturl.at/s9ZlI August 3-7, 2026 🔷 Online Visit the history of DCL's Balisage presentations: shorturl.at/oaXMi

"One unfortunate truth continues to surface: AI is only as good as the content it consumes." Our latest webinar is available on demand! Watch "Before You Feed the Machine: Cleaning Content for AI Workflows": shorturl.at/HjyAO Browse more DCL Learning Series webinars at shorturl.at/XPWS2.

More than 100,000,000 XML references delivered ahead of schedule. Learn about "Content Standardization for Elsevier (@elsevierconnect.bsky.social)'s Scopus Repository" here: www.dataconversionlaboratory.com/casestudy-el...

See Iceland through July's company calendar photo! Project Manager Jeremy Love found this amazing lava field near Grindavík unique: "I was struck by just how desolate it was, juxtaposed by a solitary man-made signpost demarcating the trail." See DCL's other great calendar vistas: shorturl.at/jPuxW

Upcoming DCL Learning Series webinars! 🖥️ THIS WEEK: "Before You Feed the Machine: Cleaning Content for AI Workflows," Wed, July 22 at 1 pm ET 🖥️ AUGUST: "The Conference That Wasn’t: IEEE’s Investigation Into a Paper Mill Operation," Wed, August 12 at 12 pm ET Learn more & register: bit.ly/4eciatk

"A manufacturer working with the U.S. Air Force (USAF) needed a better way to update its PDF documents..." Visit www.dataconversionlaboratory.com/case-study-s... to read about a DCL conversion of more than 140,000 pages to XML.

🐇 What's new in DCL's newsletter? A lot for thought! ✅ Accessible Content Should Not Be an Afterthought Nor a Scramble 🔴 Who is Liable When AI Makes Up Things ✅ Lorem Ipsum? Who Came Up With That? 🔴 Implementing a DITA CCMS Project is Like Managing a Restaurant …and much more at shorturl.at/LCiSE!

Data Conversion Laboratory analyzed over a million files to prepare the migration of @aip-publishing.bsky.social's esteemed collections to the @silverchairnews.bsky.social Platform. Learn more about this journey at www.dataconversionlaboratory.com/case-study-a....

Get to know DCL's Harmonizer and how it can free you from redundant material on the road to AI consumption. Christopher Hill and Marianne Calilhanna present the new DCL Learning Series webinar "Before You Feed the Machine: Cleaning Content for AI Workflows," Wed., July 22 at 1 pm EDT: is.gd/anKaYL

"An authoritative library of specialized scientific content, spanning 100 years..." www.dataconversionlaboratory.com/casestudy-op... @optica.org | #MathML | #XML | #PatternDetection

Our customers are delighted with DCL – and the feeling's mutual! See what folks are saying about us on Trustpilot: www.trustpilot.com/review/datac...

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AI is only as good as the content it consumes! Join us for the new DCL Learning Series webinar "Before You Feed the Machine: Cleaning Content for AI Workflows," Wednesday, July 22, 2026, at 1:00 pm EDT. We'll show you how to turn messy repositories into strategic enterprise knowledge: is.gd/anKaYL

Two words about this month's DCL company calendar picture: 𝘊'𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦! DCL's Data Analyst Mary Jane Lopez photographed this gorgeous Mediterranean view from the hilltop park Colline du Château near the Italian border. Take in more lovely views from our calendar starting at shorturl.at/Trexk.

Next Wednesday—DCL's David Turner hosts @scholarlypub.bsky.social's 2026 Annual Meeting Highlights Virtual Event! This webinar will feature summaries, by the original presenters, of both the plenary and concurrent sessions, and time for Q&A and discussion will be built in. Learn more: is.gd/VaVjVb

We've got fresh new content for you in DCL's June 2026 newsletter: 🟡 Taming AI 🔵 Someone Has to Clean the Content 🟠 Synthetic DNA Storage Device for The Library of Congress 🔘 The Four Pillars of Transformation and more at bit.ly/440H8aw! Let more great reads sweep you away every month: is.gd/Y5UocD