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Arbortext Joins XBRL International Consortium

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XBRL, a member of the XML standards family, is a language for the
electronic communication of business and financial data.
Arbortext's software is installed at over 1,700 organizations
worldwide.

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OpenDocument is a standardized, XML-based file format specification for
office applications.

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"True open standards, like OpenDocument, are subject to public inspection
and contribution and are unencumbered by property rights and the individual
agendas of specific vendors," said Jack Messman , chairman and CEO of Novell. Best, Executive Director of XBRL-US.

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It's that openness that ensures customer choice, and
customer choice has long been Novell's priority. "Arbortext has been a
long-time leader in providing XML-based software for use in a variety
of applications and industries.

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Novell is
a member of the OASIS Open Document Format for Office Applications technical
committee, the body that manages and publishes the OpenDocument standard.

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delivers Software for the Open Enterprise(TM). Arbortext is a founding member and active
participant in the XML Activity of the World Wide Web Consortium
(W3C).

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It enables
better preparation, analysis and communication of business information
and offers cost savings, greater efficiency and improved accuracy and
reliability to all those involved in supplying or using financial
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OpenDocument files can be
opened by any OpenDocument-compliant application regardless of language,
freeing users from the shifting product directions of any one vendor. Companies around
the world use our software to publish in multiple languages to
multiple audiences in multiple hardcopy and electronic output formats.

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About Novell
Novell , Inc. in the United States and other
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Novell has delivered OpenDocument
support in its SUSE(R) Linux distribution since March 2005. With over 20 years of
experience, more than 5 ,000 employees, 5,000 partners and support centers
around the world, Novell helps customers gain control over their IT operating
environment while reducing cost.com

Arbortext is the leading provider of Enterprise Publishing
software that automates the assembly and publishing of information,
helping companies to improve authoring productivity; reduce authoring,
translation and publishing costs; enhance information quality; and
speed time-to-market of new and improved products.

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Novell Reaffirms Its Commitment to the OpenDocument Format

A public, open, application-independent format that can
be implemented within any software program, it covers the features required by
text, spreadsheets , charts and graphical documents.

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Arbortext's publishing software is based on XML and its family of
related standards, which gives customers an open, standards-based
technology that offers the productivity and quality benefits of
automation while providing the comfort of a future-proof format for
their information and applications.

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, Novell (Nasdaq: NOVL) today
reaffirmed its roadmap for support of the OpenDocument file format in current
and future Novell(R) products, which reinforces Novell's commitment to open
standards, customer choice and flexibility.novell. All other
third -party trademarks are the property of their respective owners.----Arbortext, the
leading provider of Enterprise Publishing software, today announced it
has joined the XBRL International Consortium , a worldwide group of 300
major companies, organizations and government agencies dedicated to
developing XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language). "Arbortext is joining the XBRL organization in
order to support the industry's efforts and we're looking forward to
working with its members to help them achieve their goals.

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"We are pleased to have Arbortext join the XBRL consortium," said
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Novell is Committed to Open Standards, Putting Customer Needs First, Ahead of
Proprietary Agendas

WALTHAM, Mass. Novell will
deliver complete OpenDocument support in the next edition of its enterprise
desktop in 2006.

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Novell
is working with Google, IBM, Red Hat, Sun and others to promote this standard
across the industry, the open source community and the marketplace.com .

NOTE: Novell and SUSE are registered trademarks and Software for the Open
Enterprise is a trademark of Novell, Inc.
"XBRL has great potential to bring tremendous benefits to the
financial community," said PG Bartlett, Vice President of Product
Marketing at Arbortext.

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"Users need these conditions to completely trust the standard to remain
perpetually open. With more than
50 ,000 customers in 43 countries, Novell helps customers manage, simplify,
secure and integrate their technology environments by leveraging
best-of-breed, open standards-based software.arbortext. Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA , Arbortext has
offices around the world.

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As a result, enterprise customers will be able to create
documents using a perpetually open standard and will not have to rely on
proprietary formats for future document readability.

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ANN ARBOR , Mich. We look forward to having Arbortext's
participation in further developing and supporting XBRL as a powerful
technology for financial reporting in the financial and business
communities.
Current customers include American Express Financial Services,
Audi, Boeing, Bombardier, British Aerospace , Caterpillar,
DaimlerChrysler, Ericsson Telecom, Ford, General Electric, GM, IBM,
International Thomson Publishing, Lucent, Nokia, Nortel Networks,
Oracle, Pfizer, Ricoh, Sun Microsystems, Toyota , United Airlines,
Volkswagen and Volvo.