LUSA selected newsasset Agency Edition as its core system solution for the production, management, & distribution of news in order to replace 8 different systems, that were used for editing digital assets likes texts and photos, for managing subscription services, and the content for LUSA’s portals.
Within the project’s scope, we developed special tools to migrate text items and their metadata from the old database. Field correspondence had to be established as the old system was using a proprietary metadata schema. Support for IIM metadata schema was very helpful since it was the basis of data migration.
Moreover, a specialized reception module allowed the automatic categorization and classification of multiple news feeds, including wires, online sources and of course, the Agency’ s correspondents. In addition, a web app was developed to enable “on field” editorial teams submit their stories directly.
Last but not least, ATC handled the design and development of the Agency’s online presence, supporting access to subscribed content. Within this framework, ATC also took over the implementation of a unified distribution module that supported both the “feed” of the portal with free and paid content, along with any other “back office” channels, like RSS, emails, and FTP.