Tipster Topic Description
Number: 033
Domain: Science and Technology
Topic: Companies Capable of Producing Document Management
Systems
<desc> Description:
Document must identify a company who has the capability to produce a
document management system by obtaining a turnkey-system or by obtaining
and integrating the basic components.
<narr> Narrative:
To be relevant, the document must identify a turnkey document management
system or components which could be integrated to form a document management
system and the name of either the company developing the system or the
company using the system. These components are: a computer, image scanner
or optical character recognition system, and an information retrieval or
text management system.
<con> Concept(s):
1. document management, document processing, office automation,
electronic imaging
2. image scanner, optical character recognition (OCR)
3. text management, text retrieval text database
4. optical disk
<fac> Factor(s):
<def> Definition(s):
Document Management - The creation, storage and retrieval of documents
containing, text, images, and graphics.
Image Scanner - A device that converts a printed image into a video
image, without recognizing the actual content of the text or pictures.
Optical Character Recognition - The machine recognition of printed
characters.
Text Management - The creation, storage and retrieval of long, or
unlimited, lengths of text, implying flexible retrieval capabilities.
Optical Disk - A disk that is written and read by light, and are
sometimes associated with the storage of digital images because of
their high storage capacity.