In 2000, LexisNexis purchased RiskWise, a St. Cloud, Minnesota company. In 2002 it acquired a Canadian research database company, Quicklaw. In 2004, Reed Elsevier Group, parent company of LexisNexis, purchased Seisint, Inc, of Boca Raton, Florida.
Format for interchanging spreadsheet/database data; recognized by Filemaker, Excel, and others. MER stands for Format for interchanging spreadsheet/database data; recognized by Filemaker, Excel, and others.
EPS stands for Encapsulated PostScript. EPS is a graphic file format that describes an image (raster/bitmap) or a drawing (vector) or both. It is a standard file format for importing and exporting PostScript files. See raster vs vector. Even a file created with a vector program may not be 100% vector.