Beacon 2027: A Case Study in Unlocking Digital Value through Platform Intelligence

From Published Documents to Structured Data: How a Mature Industry Is Embracing Digital Innovation

The American Welding Society (AWS) and EBCONT present Beacon, a Java-based platform evolved from editor to intelligent standards hub. By transforming static workflows into structured content with M2M pipelines, Beacon enables automated validation and semantic enrichment. Its high-stability foundation supports scalable, multi-format delivery, creating new opportunities to unlock digital value from standards content.

But Beacon is also part of a much broader transformation.

Over the past decade, AWS has been rethinking how standards are developed, managed, and delivered. The journey reflects a fundamental shift in standards development: from established, document-centric processes toward structured content and online collaboration, with technology increasingly supporting how codes and requirements are created and used.

 

The session looks at this evolution through a real-world customer case. 

AWS and EBCONT share how structured content and the technology behind Beacon are helping turn published documents into structured data and create a foundation for new digital use cases, with Fonto technology playing a key role in the solution.

Looking ahead, Beacon 2027 represents the next major step: expanding the role of digital assets, enabling greater communication between systems and machines, and advancing platform intelligence. The case study explores what this shift could mean for the future of standards and how organizations can create more value from content that was traditionally designed primarily for publication.

Key Takeaways

• From published documents to structured data
  Learn how AWS is moving beyond document-centric publishing and creating greater value from structured standards content.
• Technology as an enabler for standards development
  See how technology can support the development, management, validation, and delivery of complex codes and requirements.
• From editor to intelligent standards hub
  Discover how Beacon combines structured content, automation, semantic enrichment, and scalable multi-format delivery within a stable platform foundation.
• The next step: Beacon 2027
  Explore how digital assets, machine-to-machine communication, and platform intelligence can open up new ways to use and deliver standards content.

A Customer Success Story

The American Welding Society and EBCONT share the story behind Beacon and AWS’s journey toward structured, digital standards development, with Fonto/RWS technology playing a key role in the solution.

Join us and continue the conversation at the EBCONT booth in Hall 4.1, H86.

Please note: Frankfurter Buchmesse Trade Visitor Tickets will be scanned upon entry to this professional event.