What's New in MultiTerm iX

MultiTerm Migration Tool

Supports the migration of existing MultiTerm 5 and MultiTerm 95 termbases in MTW format.

Supported Languages

Supports an unlimited number of languages per termbase and is fully UNICODE-compliant. MultiTerm iX therefore supports any language.

Enhanced Interface

Comes with a completely re-designed, browser-like user interface. Key operations such a s the creation of the  termbase definition, input model definition, layout definition and import/export, are fully wizard-based.

Cross-application Integration

Integrates easily with other TRADOS application such as ExtraTerm Plus and Translator's Workbench. MultiTerm iX also provides searching and a quick entry mode from within Microsoft Word.

Improved Termbase Structure

Allows the unlimited nesting of descriptive fields.

Projects

Supports the creation of projects each containing several termbases.

Importing and Exporting

Supports standard import and export formats, based on XML, providing easy data exchange with formats such as OLIF.

Favourites

Allows you to create a list of your most frequently used entries for easy access.

Entry Printing

Supports the WYSIWYG printing of entries.

Searching

Supports multiple termbase searches, duplicate searches and invalid entry searches

Filters

Supports three types of filtering to help navigation.

Multiple Terms

Can open several entries at the same time in multiple entry panes.

Multimedia Files

Offers unlimited support for illustrating objects, for example, graphics and sound files.

Index Level

You can now insert descriptive fields to termbase entries at index level. These then apply to all index fields at that level.

Increased Granularity

You can now specify field settings as mandatory or multiple when defining a termbase, as well as when defining an input model.

Enhanced Entry Creation and Editing

Improved interface, with a tri-pane that allows you to view the hit list, browse list and entry pane simultaneously.

Client/Server and Database Access

MultiTerm iX offers client/server functionality and can also run as a standalone PC system. MultiTerm iX supports Microsoft SQL Server as well as the MSDE database system for small multi-user environments users and Jet for single computers as database backends.

The system is built on a common XML-based format, which enables quick and easy exchange of data between users, whether or not they belong to the same network. MultiTerm allows the user to work with local Jet termbases or to connect to MultiTerm Server and use remote multi-user termbases which are stored using third-party technology.

MultiTerm iX supports SOAP based connections to MultiTerm Server using MultiTerm Anywhere.

Termbase Security for Multi-User Setups

MultiTerm Administrator is a separate client component for managing termbases and users in a multi-user setup.

MultiTerm iX supports role-based termbase access. MultiTerm Administrator defines user rights and roles and can group users into roles with common access requirements, for example, terminologists, translators and trainees. Each group can have specific user privileges assigned to it.

Web Integration

Includes MultiTerm Online, a server application that allows you to deploy termbases on the web. MultiTerm Online includes a browser-based interface to online termbases in multi-user setups.

Data Consistency

Provides good data consistency, based on the use of a central repository for all termbase data.

High Performance

Gives an excellent performance for concurrent use of the system in LAN and WAN environments.