BCL SECPublisher is a document conversion tool that formats documents so that they may be submitted to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis, and Retrieval (EDGAR) system used by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) The SEC requires that all disclosure filings must be submitted in either ASCII format or HTML, version 3.2.

However, most documents are not formatted in pure ASCII or HTML. Spreadsheets, tables, charts, graphics, and text can be saved in a wide variety of file formats and PDF (Portable Document Format) is the preferred format for such documents because it preserves the fonts, formatting, colors and graphics of the original document. The SEC encourages companies to use PDF files, but only as unofficial copies. For documents to be considered official by the SEC.