Vasont CMS

Vasont CMS, developed by TransPerfect, is a Component Content Management System (CCMS) designed to streamline content development and publishing cycles for organizations. According to the vendor, it allows users to create, edit, and publish content in an XML-based format, making it suitable for technical writers, content authors, contributors, subject-matter experts, and localization coordinators. Vasont CMS aims to provide a comprehensive solution for managing content efficiently and collaboratively.

Key Features

Built-in editor and review tools: According to the vendor, Vasont Inspire provides an intuitive and user-friendly editing experience, automating collaboration and allowing contributors to exchange comments. Reviewers can work in a Microsoft Word-like interface for commenting and tracking changes.

Integrated content organizer and project manager: The vendor claims that the Vasont Inspire user experience offers flexibility for separate teams to organize and manage projects according to their needs. Teams can easily organize and manage writing assignments by project, while team managers have quick and easy access to track projects and assignments.

Prompt and simple email notifications: According to the vendor, the system automatically sends email notifications with clear and concise assignments, instructions, and tasks.

Content integrity and protection: The vendor states that Vasont Inspire ensures content protection through single sign-on (SSO) technology, granting access only to authorized users with proper credentials.

Simple reporting: The CCMS displays dashboards with pertinent scheduling and user information for each project, making project tracking effortless, according to the vendor.

Version history and audit trail: According to the vendor, Vasont Inspire saves a snapshot of each content version, allowing for easy review and restoration at any time. The system maintains a thorough audit trail for each component of information.

Enhanced searching of components and attributes with no special processing: The vendor claims that Vasont's DITA content management capabilities enable users to search for content components and attributes without special processing, including Boolean and complex searches.

Intelligent interaction between referenced content: According to the vendor, Vasont's DITA solution facilitates intelligent, bi-directional interaction between source and target conrefs, effectively managing global revisions and content reuse.

Modular content management: The vendor states that DITA maps and their corresponding topics can be viewed and processed concurrently in Vasont CMS, speeding up content processing times to meet schedules.

Related topic- and map-level workflows: According to the vendor, workflows for maps and their corresponding topics are integrated with checkpoints and alerts at relevant steps in the DITA XML content management system's processes, ensuring control over publishing incomplete or unapproved content.