Supermarkets Match: from layout to XML
Circulate structured content between the database, InDesign templates, images and XML exchanges, within the constraints of regional production.
See the tools
and their functions.
Visual highlights of the editorial environment Reymann, where Patrice Salib, founder of Dtouch, exercised. These 2018 Rey-Active demo views illustrate the platform's common functions, in a context distinct from the client folder presented.
Enlarge screen A structured sheet for publishing
The offer fields and visuals are brought together before the product is used on the pages.
Real Rey’actif interface · demo archive from 2018.
Enlarge screen From the product to its location on the page
The double page, the thumbnail and the product base allow you to work in the context of the publication.
Real Rey’actif interface · demo archive from 2018.Translating the charter into usable templates
The Match preparation combined the railway, the integration of the charter at the base and the production of masks according to different promotional schemes. The structure had to make it possible to produce the operations and their variations.
The technical work was coordinated with the DTP and the offshore organization: the rules of the charter had to be understandable by the people who edited the pages, internally and with partners.
Export to expected XML frame
The end-of-document XML export followed the structure expected by Match. The distribution of data in the fields was important: designation and text could not be confused.
An export must return a structured data, true to what has been produced. The requests for an updated XML reference show the need to link the correct version of the content to the relevant document.
Find images beyond the current folder
Image export should also work for archived operations. Processing has been corrected to support folders moved to the archive volume.
This situation illustrates a common integration constraint: the data still exists, but its location or state has changed. The recovery must follow the references and paths actually used by the chain.
Articulate production and manufacturing
Regional variations, prospectus formats, preparation of visuals and proofs added their constraints. Technical exchanges with manufacturing made it possible to bring the structure of the document closer to the printing conditions.
The experience focuses on this continuity: preparing the data, formatting it, exporting it and maintaining the capacity to find the resources necessary for a recovery.
This case study presents the experience of Patrice Salib, founder of Dtouch, acquired at Reymann with the agency's teams and its development and production partners.
Data, images
and production combined.
An active Rey-Active demo archive to situate the technical context of this journey.
Connect applications and keep exchange control.
Example of a path with deferred processing: the connector prepares the data, organizes their transfer and keeps the results of the exchanges for monitoring and recovery.
Enlarge the diagram - 01Incoming data ↓
Sources
API, files and databases
Identifiers • formats - 02Transformed data ↓
Adaptation
Business correspondence
Fields • units • references - 03Tasks ready ▼
Processing queue
Organize requests
Priority • planning - 04Writing in the target ▼
Execution
Treating tasks
Controls • matches - 05Returns and variances ▼
Destination
Application or ERP
Objects • management rules - 06
Follow-up and resumption
Control returns
Journal • status • reminder
Enlarge the diagram Identify
Keep the reference of the source and that of the target application.
Transform
Describe correspondences and distinguish direct calls from deferred processing.
Take over
Find the state and context of an exchange to be retired.
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the right tools.
A specific need, a software to evolve, a project to frame.