InPorter unifies cross-media environments such as print-plus-online while reducing costly manual intervention. It simplifies and streamlines the process of taking content that’s outside the vjoon K4™ Cross-Media Publishing Platform environment — from your website or an archive or other storage location — and placing it in your K4 workflow.

Files to be "InPorted" are typically dropped into a watched folder, either manually or by an automatic process you set up. InPorter does the rest.

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How it works
InPorter is a server-side utility that can automatically place in the K4 database any object K4 can manage — Adobe InCopy files, Adobe InDesign layouts, pictures, ads and related content — as well as XML files, such as copy from the Web.

Using InPorter’s browser-based setup utility, a K4 administrator configures feeds for different types of content and different purposes. When content arrives in watched folders, InPorter applies the metadata defined for the folder's feed and checks the content into the specified position in the K4 workflow. Alternatively, InPorter can use metadata read from an XML-based job ticket (a "sidecar" file) or from XMP embedded in the file.

Custom XSLTs and JavaScripts can be written to convert files that don’t conform to the InPorter schema.

As soon as the files are placed in the K4 database, they show up on the to-do list of the K4 user to whom they’ve been assigned.

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XML to InCopy, automatically
InPorter has specific XML-processing capabilities for ingesting XML-based content into an InCopy-based K4 workflow. Whether the content is coming from a digital asset archive, wire service, database, syndication partner, your website or another K4 publication, InPorter can automatically turn an XML file into a new InCopy article and place the article where it belongs in the K4 workflow.

With InPorter, you have the flexibility to publish to and from multiple channels with minimal impact on production. Whether it’s a list of restaurant reviews and accompanying photographs or InDesign files being repurposed for a new edition of your textbook, InPorter can link your content source and and your K4 workflow — automatically.

• Import any vjoon K4™-manageable file — InCopy, InDesign, pictures, ads and other objects managed as binary objects (Word, Excel, multimedia).
• Apply metadata automatically to route the file to a specific K4 publication, issue and section and assign it to a designated person or group.
• Take advantage of XML-based job tickets to associate K4 files with custom metadata.
• Populate K4 metadata fields with XMP embedded in the "InPorted" asset.
• Perform custom InDesign and InCopy automations to articles and layouts during import.
• Easily extend with XSLT and JavaScript.
• Administer easily and efficiently with browser-based setup and configuration interface.
• Receive email notifications when administrative action is needed.

Sample InPorter Scenarios

Content Source	Type of File	InPorter Processing Steps		vjoon K4 Result
Reader email	Text	Dynamically convert email into InCopy article.	InPorter checks objects into K4, using metadata to assign the object to the appropriate publication or project, to kick off a workflow and to route the object to the assigned person or group.	Articles flow into a pool of potential letters to the editor, with metadata listing reader name and email for follow-up contact.
Digital asset management (DAM) library; picture desk; photo shoots	Images (any format, such as .jpg, .tif or .gif) and metadata (XMP)	Interpret metadata to automate placement in  appropriate workflow.		Photos are labeled ready for production, placed into the appropriate section and assigned to a layout artist or team, complete with cutline, credit and usage information. After placement in layouts, images associated with articles can be exported as part of a package for archiving, Web publishing, syndication and so on.
Slush manuscript submissions	Microsoft Word (.doc, .docx)	Apply metadata to each file.		Manuscript submissions are imported and processed automatically for review and potential entry into publication workflow.
Archive of previously published InDesign files	Adobe InDesign (.indd)	Run script to test readability of text; capture readability index as metadata before placing file in K4 workflow.		Layouts are checked into the workflow for a new edition of a textbook, and routed to appropriate editor for review, comment and assignment.
Wire-service feed	XML	Dynamically convert XML into InCopy articles.		Fully styled articles are routed to article workflows for different sections, such as national, international, sports and lifestyle.
News budgeting system	XML job ticket	Parse job ticket to create InCopy articles from templates, then check into K4.		Articles are assigned to the right staffers based on news budget requirements, and linked to other systems, such as photo DAM or Web CMS, with a unique ID.

Windows

• Pentium-class processor
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
• 200MB of available hard-disk space
• 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended)

Macintosh

• Intel processor
• Mac OS X 10.6.x Server
• 200MB of available hard-disk space
• 1GB of RAM (2GB recommended)

InPorter works with vjoon K4™ Cross-Media Publishing Platform version 6.4.

For more information about InPorter and to arrange to see a demonstration, fill out the form below. You can also fill out a form and view the InPorter In Action webinar.

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