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• Familiarise yourself with our standards.
• Compile your project and save it as a file.
• Before we can register it, you need to enter some details in a form and upload the files containing your case study, images and, if desired, company logos.
• The eXperience editorial staff will send you feedback on your case study.
• Once no more changes are needed, we will store and publish you case study in eXperience. Subsequent changes and updates are always possible.

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• It describes a genuine hands-on case and names the operator and its partners.
• It has one or several focuses. You should describe them as precisely as possible. There should only be as much detail that the focus and its context is still recognisable.
• It is written in a factual manner and does not contain propaganda or disparagements.
• It contains supporting illustrations and a management summary.
• It includes the URL to the solution and, optionally, a demo account.
• The author grants eXperience the right to publish in online and offline media.
  

• saved in Microsoft Word for Windows (DOC), in RTF or TXT format.
• the text contains images or their positions for insertion are marked in the text.

• all images in a Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows (PPT) file or
• all individual images in a ZIP file together, with each image in JPG or GIF format. The ideal resolution is 72 dpi.

1. General particulars of the case study
2. Enter information on authors
3. Enter information on operators
4. Enter information on solution partners
5. Upload the case study files
6. Transfer of publication rights to eXperience
7. Complete and submit the case study

• keywords are highlighted at the relevant places in the text and cross-referenced in the table of contents
• standard categories are applied to area of use, focus, scope and industry.
• a profile of each case study is created with meta-information, a management summary and indexes of contents and keywords.

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• You consent to eXperience passing on the publication rights to its partners. This disclosure is intended for the purposes of training and sharing knowledge as well as to publicise and promote eXperience.
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