Data Conversion Laboratory

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Using the latest innovations in Artificial Intelligence, including Machine Learning and Natural Language Processing, DCL helps businesses organize and structure data and content for modern technologies and platforms. www.dataconversionlaboratory.com

A small signpost in a field of cooled lava at the top of a hill, with mountains in the background under a bright blue sky with few clouds. Photo taken near Grindavík, Iceland by Data Conversion Laboratory Project Manager Jeremy Love.
A black-and-white print of a rabbit sitting on all fours on the ground, with its left long ear in the air and the right one hanging down. Below the rabbit image, to the left, an "X" in a red circle is followed by the text "Without Alt Text" and below it is the "sound on" symbol and a red rectangle containing text that substitutes for missing alt text and reads "IMG_01-5.png." To the right is a checkmark in a green circle and the words "With Alt Text." Below that is another "sound on" symbol and a green rectangle containing the text "Black-and-white engraving of a half-lop rabbit lying down, shown in profile."
Horizontal banner with a bluish-gray background for about two-thirds of its width at the left. It features Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL)'s logo and the DCL Learning Series webinar title "Before You Feed the Machine: Cleaning Content for AI Workflows." Along the bottom of the whole banner, square tiles in orange, dark blue, and light blue go from scattered at the left to neatly lined up at the right, symbolizing a move from unstructured to structured content. At the right, against an off-white background, a cute, friendly-looking anthropomorphic cartoon washing machine with the label "LLM" on its side and a bulleted list reading "Clean; Structured; Validated" on its front. Papers labeled "Raw content," Duplicates," "Outdated info," and "Inconsistent formatting" are feeding into the machine through a rectangular funnel on top of the machine. The machine uses a small broom to sweep cards labeled "Clean content," "Structured data," and "Metadata" out from its front portal onto a conveyor belt.
Photo taken from the hilltop park Colline du Château overlooking the coast of Nice, France. The sky is blue and sunny with almost no clouds, a tree in the foreground on the hilltop frames the left side of the picture, and at the right, palm trees and classic buildings line the coast of a bright blue sea. Photo by Data Conversion Laboratory's Data Analyst Mary Jane ("Jannie") Lopez.
A cute, friendly-looking anthropomorphic cartoon washing machine with the label "LLM" on its side and a bulleted list reading "Clean; Structured; Validated" on its front. Papers labeled "Raw content," Duplicates," "Outdated info," and "Inconsistent formatting" are feeding into the machine through a rectangular funnel on top of the machine. The machine uses a small broom to sweep cards labeled "Clean content," "Structured data," and "Metadata" out from its front portal onto a conveyor belt.
Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL)'s VP of Marketing Marianne Calilhanna, President Mark Gross, and Chief Operating Officer Amy Williams stand at DCL's exhibit booth while wearing attendee lanyards and badges at the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP)'s 48th Annual Meeting in Chula Vista, California. Behind them is a large cloth banner with DCL's logo and website URL (www.dataconversionlaboratory.com) and the text "Structuring data and content since 1981." On the table in front of them are various DCL capability flyers, including some sets in a standing rack, and two baskets of items for other visitors: pens and three-in-one charging cords with DCL's logo.
Panoramic view of trees silhouetted against a light blue sky streaked with clouds in various shades of pink and orange. One tree is prominent at the right in the foreground, with its leafy branches hanging in view from the top frame of the picture. Photo taken near Asheville, North Carolina, USA, by Data Conversion Laboratory's Chief Operating Officer Amy Williams.
Silverchair's horizonal banner: a gradient blue background with a pink circuit board design at each end. Toward the left, Silverchair's logo and the text "Platform Strategies 2026" are accented with a brushstroke-like light blue circle. Toward the right, Data Conversion Laboratory's logo appears against a large aqua-green solid circle, with the words "Break Sponsor" curving along the upper left of it. At the bottom toward the left is the word "SPONSOR" in large letters.
Rick Aschmann's colorful map, made with Microsoft Paint in the early 2000s, tracking various dialects in the United States.
Photo of the shore at Paradise Cove Beach, Oahu, Hawaii. A bright blue sky with fluffy white clouds sits above still blue water, rocks on the sand, and grass a little farther inland to the right. There are mountains in the background and palm trees to the right, both in close-up and in the background. Photo by Data Conversion Laboratory's Senior Project Manager Lesly Gross.
A collage in various shades of blue, purple, and green against a white background: the computer symbol indicating sounds switched off; a finger pressing a button; a panel of Braille text; an eye emoji; and a symbol indicating an ear absorbing sound.
A combination of two Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP) banners: along the top is a panoramic daytime photo of the Gaylord Pacific Resort's glass-walled atrium, dotted with trees and classic columns, with a large, curtained, free-standing stage on the floor. At the left, on a tan background, are SSP's logo and the text "48th Annual Meeting, May 27-29, 2026." To the right is a photo of various business travelers in a convention center, overlaid with the text "Early reg closes April 17." Along the bottom is a dark brown border with the text "Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center, Chula Vista, CA."
Water in a stream on a sunny day, flowing around large rocks, including one in the foreground carpeted in moss. The banks of the stream are lined with trees that appear to converge in the background. The photo was taken by DCL's Lead Software Engineer David Levine in Wahconah Falls State Park, Dalton, Massachusetts.
Text and equation in black against a sage green background: "Are there only finitely many solutions to [pi over i] followed by (2m[subscript i] over m[subscript i] in parentheses) equals [pi over j] followed by (2n[subscript j] over n[subscript j] in parentheses) with the m[subscript i], n[subscript j] distinct?"
The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP)'s banner announcing their upcoming webinar. Against a light gray background with a faint image of stacks of coins is the webinar title "Revenue Diversification for Scholarly Societies" and photos of the presenters, with the text: "David Myers, Data Licensing Alliance; Darrell Gunter, Gunter Media Group; Lori Carlin, Delta Think; Stacey Burke, APS; Shelly Turner, Company of Biologists; David Turner, DCL." In a translucent purple bar along the top are SSP's logo and the words "2026 Webinar series." In another along the bottom are the words March 18, 2026 | 11:00 am ET."
The Center for Information-Development Management (CIDM)'s banner: a white background with the ConVEx conference logo, the text "April 13-15, 2026, Pittsburgh," and the CIDM logo, all in a combination of black and rust red. At the left of the banner is the image of a yellow paper note pinned with a pushpin; on the note is "SAVE THE DATE" in an all-caps stencil font in red, circled in red.
TV screen featuring a soft-focus photo of a city skyline with a highway along the river, serving as the backdrop to the words "Welcome to SSP NYC Trivia Night! February 19, 2026 / Please form groups of 3-4 people and come collect an answer sheet. There will be three rounds of multiple-choice questions, plus a bonus round." Designed by the trivia game's creator and host Chris Robinson, publisher at Oxford University Press.
Ground-level close-up photo of a short, rounded green cactus with deep folds, long spikes, and a round red cap. It appears in focus sitting on a dry, rocky ground with an artistically blurred background featuring a green hillside and light blue sky. Photo taken on the Dos Playa Trail in Aruba by Data Conversion Laboratory's Supervising Production Coordinator Sergey Terentiev.
Friendly-looking cartoon robot smiling gently and tearing paper with "PDF" printed on it. "LLM" is printed on its torso. At its feet are a stack of books and a pile of small pieces of paper. Above its head are the words "Knowledge Object" inside a Valentine heart shape. To the right of the image are the words "Can machines reason with it?"
Snowy mountain vista in Squamish, British Columbia, Canada, under a clear blue sky. In the distance, people walk across a narrow footbridge among many pine trees. Photo by Yasmine Bhandal, Director of Contracts, Proposals and Administration at Data Conversion Laboratory.
Blue-carpeted exhibit booth at SAE International's Defense Maintenance & Logistics Exhibition at the Phoenix Convention Center in Arizona. The sign at the top of the black-curtained partition, and a white table runner that sits on a blue tablecloth, both identify Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL). Information flyers and giveaway items are displayed on the table, and a tall vertical banner with a dark blue background stands behind the table. The banner depicts an ascending aircraft with the sun behind it; DCL's logo appears at the top above text that reads: "TECH DATA SOLUTIONS • Data Conversion / Sustainment • DITA, ATA, and Other XML Expertise • S1000D Services • Content Reuse Analysis • IETM Development EXPERIENCE • Foreign and Domestic Commercial Airlines • Foreign and Domestic Military and Defense Organizations • Support for Multiple OEMs"
Square dark blue banner by Scriptorium. Text: "Learning experiences at scale: A case study." A photo captioned "Sarah O'Keefe, CEO" appears in a round frame of gradient shades of blue and green. At the bottom of the banner, thin waves of green light green filaments at the left converge into a blue laser at the right, with Scriptorium's logo superimposed at the center.
Circuit board overlaid with a lock and keys – the keys being the "Delete," "Shift," "Ctrl," and "Enter" buttons from a computer.
A banner of the JATS-Con logo above a second banner that reads "NISO Plus 2026, Baltimore, Feb 16-18, 2026"
Dark blue silhouette of a city skyline against a teal backdrop, with a light yellow and blue starlike glow in the center. Data Conversion Laboratory's logo appears at the top; below is the text "Happy New Year 2026 – From all of us at Data Conversion Laboratory, here's to a New Year filled with good work and shared success."
A large group of king penguins, with orange-yellow coloring on the sides of their faces and their upper chests, on a pebble beach in the Falkland Islands. Photo by Amanda Tiscione.
Blue square with faint line drawings of various foods as a backdrop. At the top are Data Conversion Laboratory's logo and "WEBINAR" in all caps. Below them are a rounded-edge photo of a mixed-berry dessert and an overlapping dark orange circle that reads "15 JAN." Text below that: "The DITA Recipe for Success: The Best Ingredients and a How-to Guide for a Perfectly Baked CCMS Migration." In the bottom right corner is a dark orange semicircle that contains the text "featuring MadCap Software" and MadCap's logo.
Horizontal banner with Data Conversion Laboratory's logo and the webinar title "Trustworthy AI: Optimizing Content for Large Language Models." Along the bottom are dark blue, light blue, and orange tiles coming together into a straight line to represent a move from unstructured to structured content. On the right is a cartoon drawing of an anthropomorphic, rectangular machine with a front portal resembling that of a washing machine. The machine has a sweet, friendly face and is labeled "LLM." It holds a paper reading "Structured Content" in its right mitten-like hand and a card reading "XML" in tagging brackets its left. At its feet is a paper with a forward slash between tagging brackets printed on it, and above the machine is a shield with "Trustworthy AI" and a checkmark printed on it.
Collage of many historical photos, drawings, book and periodical covers, and handwritten documents, all representing the National Library of Medicine's archives
Rectangular plaque in glass and a frame, with a dark background and gold border, featuring an image of a shiny transparent star. It reads "KMWorld KMPromise Runner-Up 2025." It rests on a black banquet table next to a stemmed glass of ice water.
A rectangular garland of autumn leaves surrounds Data Conversion Laboratory's (DCL's) logo and the text "Here's to finding joy in reflection and gratitude." Below that section are the words "As many prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States, we pause to thank you for connecting with DCL this past year. Gratitude knows no borders. Wishing everyone a healthy holiday season."
Data Conversion Laboratory President Mark Gross standing next to a lectern with the Text Analytics forum logo on it; behind him is a projection screen displaying a slide illustrated with a flow chart and titled "A New Vision for Knowledge Management."
Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL) President Mark Gross sitting at a cloth-draped small table next to a curtained partition. He is working at a laptop computer while holding a cup of coffee. Varieties of DCL capabilities literature are displayed on the desk, and behind Mark is a tall vertical banner. The banner has a dark purple background accented with images of curved, swooping lasers in red, pink, purple, white, and blue. The banner features DCL's logo at the top, followed by a more-information QR code and the text "DCL prepares your knowledge for trustworthy AI" and a bulleted list: "data and content structure; metadata enrichment; applied taxonomy; text analytics."
A mountain peak rising from a striated, rocky, sandy terrain in Tiberias, Israel, under a cloudless blue sky. Photo by Devorah Ashlem, Senior Project Manager at Data Conversion Laboratory.
KMWorld's banner promoting an upcoming speech. The horizontal banner has a light mint green background and an image in the bottom left corner of hexagonal points of light in shades of blue, pink, and purple, connected by thin white lines and forming a sphere against a dark blue background. At the top right is the Text Analytics Forum logo and the words "November 19-20, JW Marriott, Washington, DC. At the bottom right is the URL "text-analytics-forum.com." The rest of the banner reads "Track 2: Applications: How AMPP’s Vast Content Collection Harnesses Text Analytics for AI Initiatives, November 20, 2025, 10:15 AM - 11:00 AM, Mark Gross, Data Conversion Laboratory." The name and title are accompanied by a photo in a circular border of DCL President Mark Gross.
KMWorld's banner with a black background and the text "KMWorld Readers' Choice Awards 2025." At the left is a gold star outlined in red. with beams of light and sparkles descending upon it.
The text "Princess Máxima Center & PubMed & Google" at the top of a photo of a child lying in a hospital bed, propped up with a pillow, and another child sitting on the bed. Both appear in good spirits and are playing with toy airplanes. A medical professional who is partially seen at the right side of the frame adjusts an intravenous drip tube.
A white banner headlined by the text "Trustworthy AI" and a quote from Mark Gross, President of Data Conversion Laboratory (DCL): “At DCL, innovation is not just about chasing the latest technology; it’s about identifying the right technology to solve real business problems in practical, scalable, and economical ways. We see structured content and text analytics not as byproducts of AI, but as a foundational strategy that enables organizations to unlock deeper understanding and lasting value from their knowledge.” At the right side of the banner is a photo of Mark Gross in a circular border, and below it, DCL's logo. Two translucent ribbons, one orange and one teal, twist loosely around each other along the bottom of the banner.
Cartoon drawing of an anthropomorphic, rectangular machine with a front portal resembling that of a washing machine. The machine has a sweet, friendly face and is labeled "LLM." It holds a paper reading "Structured Content" in its right mitten-like hand and a card reading "XML" in tagging brackets its left. At its feet is a paper with a forward slash between tagging brackets printed on it, and above the machine is a shield with "Trustworthy AI" and a checkmark printed on it.
Flow chart with 90-degree-angled arrow pointing from a photo of a BASF Systems disc pack, captioned "What started with a disk pack... [1981]" to a picture comparing two complex math formulae, captioned "Original image... AI-predicted image [today]."