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<oXygen/> is the best XML editor available, with a large number of users ranging from beginners to XML experts. It is the only XML tool that supports all the XML schema languages. The XSLT and XQuery support is enhanced with powerful debuggers and performance profilers. You can use <oXygen/> XML Editor to work with all XML-based technologies including XML databases, XProc pipelines, and web services.
Specially tuned for content authors, <oXygen/> XML Author comes with a configurable and extensible visual editing mode based on W3C CSS stylesheets with ready-to-use DITA, DocBook, TEI and XHTML support, making <oXygen/> the ideal XML authoring solution.
<oXygen/> XML Editor is a cross-platform application available on all the major operating systems (Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Solaris) and can be used either standalone or as an Eclipse plugin.
 | XML IDE |
| Different perspectives: XML Editor, XSLT Debugger, XQuery Debugger, XML Databases, XML Tree Viewer/Editor. | The views inside the <oXygen/> window are dockable, floating and hideable. |
| Manage and share transformation scenarios together with the project. | Share any of the <oXygen/> XML Editor options together with the project. |
| Batch validation and batch transformations. | Multi-line find and replace support allows regular expressions, is XML aware and can handle multiple files. |
 | Intelligent XML editing |
| The best content completion support offering XML elements, attributes, values (handling ID references, enumerations and list values). | Edit with ease XML documents consisting of repetitive patterns using the spreadsheet-like XML Grid Editor. |
| Schema annotations/DTD comments presented next to the content completion proposals. | <oXygen/> XML Editor provides editing and validation support for NVDL scripts and for XML documents associated with NVDL scripts. |
| Context sensitive content assistant driven by XML Schema, Relax NG, NVDL, DTD or by the document structure. | XML document wizards and XML code templates (abbreviations). |
| Tree based XML Outliner synchronized in real time with the edited document. | New XML document wizards to easily create XML documents specifying a schema or a DTD. |
| Source folding support with powerful manipulation actions and persistence. | Schema Model View presenting schema information about the current XML element. |
| Format and indent of XML files. |
 | XML Validation |
| Validate XML documents with XML Schemas, Relax NG, DTD, NVDL and Schematron schema or embedded Schematron rules. | Edit and validate support for XML Schema (visual diagram), Relax NG (visual diagram), NVDL scripts, DTD, Schematron. |
| Multiple validation engines: Xerces, XSV, LIBXML, MSXML 4.0, MSXML.NET, Saxon EE and SQC | XML Validation and Well-Formedness Check with XInclude and XML Catalog support. |
| Easy error tracking - locate the error source by clicking on it, visual markers and overview ruler in the XML editor. | Link to the exact location in the specification for XML Schema errors. |
 | XML Schema Modeling |
| Visual diagram based XML schema editor, RelaxNG Schema Editor. | Refactoring actions. |
| Include/Import graph. | Component dependencies analyzer. |
| Generate HTML or PDF documentation from W3C XML Schemas. | Support for generating large sets of sample XML instances from W3C XML Schema. |
 | XSL/XSLT Support |
| XSLT 1.0, XSLT 2.0 and XSLT 3.0 editing, validation, transformation, debugging and profiling support. | Multiple XSLT processors: Xalan 2.7.1, Saxon 6.5.5, Saxon EE, XSLTProc and MSXML3.0/4.0/.NET 1.0/2.0. |
| XSLT debugging using multiple built-in processors: Xalan 2.7.1, Saxon 6.5.5, Saxon Home Edition, Saxon Professional Edition as well as the schema-aware Saxon Enterprise Edition. | Easy XSLT/XQuery transformation and XML validation management with reusable scenarios. |
| Powerful XSLT search and refactoring actions working across multiple files. | Preview the transformation results as XHTML, XML or in your browser. |
| XSLT Stylesheet documentation in HTML. |
 | XQuery Support |
| Browse, edit or query using XQuery and SQL native XML or relational databases. | Mapping from the XSLT or XQuery output result to the source and stylesheet or XQuery file locations. |
| XQuery 1.0 editing, validation, transformation debugging and profiling support. | Integrated XQuery Debugger for the MarkLogic XML Database. |
| XQuery Profiler. |
 | XPath Support |
| XPath evaluation and syntax checking, XPath content completion support. | Content completion with functions and annotations. |
| XPath Builder View. | XPath functions in content completion in Schematron. |
 | Native XML and Relational Databases |
| Management support for the relational databases: Oracle 11g R1, IBM DB2 Pure XML, Microsoft SQLServer 2008. | Management support for the XML Databases: Documentum xDb, MarkLogic, eXist, Berkeley DB XML. |
| Import from relational databases and other sources to XML. | Browse, edit or query using XQuery and SQL native XML or relational databases. |
 | Single Source XML Publishing |
| Visual WYSIWYG XML editing mode, based on W3C CSS stylesheets. | Ready to use visual editing support for DocBook, DITA, TEI, XHTML. |
| Visual DITA Maps Manager, closely integrated with DITA Open Toolkit. | FO transformations using embedded Apache's FOP to generate PDF or PS files from XML documents. |
| Support for external Formatting Object Processors. | Unicode and Spell-checking with multi-language support: English, German, French, Italian, Japanese and Dutch. |
| <oXygen/> XML Editor includes the DocBook, DITA and TEI documentation frameworks. | Support for CALS and HTML tables. |
| Preconfigured publishing scenarios for: HTML, WebHelp, PDF, Eclipse/Windows help. | <oXygen/> provides support for editing, validating and creating EPUB files. Predefined transformation scenarios allow you to publish DITA and DocBook documents to EPUB. |
 | Access to CMSes and Remote Resources |
| Documentum Content Management System (CMS) Integration | Support for editing remote XML files over FTP/SFTP, HTTP/WebDAV and HTTPS/WebDAV. |
| Any WebDAV enabled CMS |
 | Collaboration |
| Keep track of the changes you make to a document using the track changes feature. | You can examine and merge differences between XML documents using the built-in XML Diff and Merge tool. |
| Fully-fledged client for the Apache SubversionTM (SVN) versioning system. |
 | Support for Office Documents |
| Ready to use validation, editing and processing support for Microsoft® Office 2007 - Office Open XML (OOXML). | Ready to use validation, editing and processing support for Open Document Format (ODF) and other ZIP-based packages. |
 | Tools |
| Conversions from DTD, Relax NG or a set of XML documents to XML Schema, DTD or Relax NG. | Canonicalization and digital signature of XML documents. |
| WSDL SOAP analyzer. | Large File Viewer (up to 10 GB). |
 | Contribution to Open Source Projects |
| <oXygen/> XML Editor makes available an open source NVDL implementation, oNVDL based on Jing. |
 | Availability |
| <oXygen/> XML Editor is available as standalone desktop or Java Web Start application, or as an Eclipse plugin. | No platform lock-in, the same license can be used on any platform with any distribution of the XML editor. |
Version 14.1 of <oXygen/> XML Editor makes XML authoring available to everybody, by allowing attributes to be edited directly in the Author view through form like controls and placing actions directly in the document flow. This expands the range of XML documents that can be edited visually from text-centric to data oriented documents.
The built-in frameworks support was improved, especially the DITA support which features better error reporting and a rename/move topic refactoring action.
The XML developers can use <oXygen/> XML to start experimenting with the new XML Schema 1.1 standard, while the huge XML files support allows them to edit multi GB documents.
As many partners depend now on <oXygen/> XML for their solutions, a lot of effort was put into improving and expanding the API to allow them to develop more integrated oXygen-powered applications.
As usual, <oXygen/> updates many components to their latest versions, the embedded SVN client supports now Subversion 1.7 and the Eclipse plugin distribution works with Eclipse version 4.2.
There are changes in:
Edit Attributes Directly in the Author View XML attributes can be presented using check boxes, drop downs, text
fields, date pickers, etc. directly in the Author editing mode, thus making them
easily accessible to all users. This new form based editing functionality allows <oXygen/>XML Author to be a
solution not only for narrative documents like DITA and DocBook, but practically
for any type of XML document that may contain data, narrative content or a mix of
them. |  |
Trigger Actions Directly from the Author View Specific actions can be embedded in the rendered document allowing the
users to easily trigger them directly. This simplifies the user experience as
instead of having a complex toolbar to hold all possible actions you can just
place them directly in the Author mode, in the appropriate locations. For example,
deleting a point of interest from a travel guide can be triggered by a "remove"
action placed just below the point of interest. |  |
Edit Profiling Attributes Using Form Controls <oXygen/> allows you to edit displayed profiling attributes in the
Author mode using a pop-up selector form control. This enhances user productivity
when working on heavily profiled documents. |  |
Form-based Element Editing
Track Changes-Aware Outline View When track changes is enabled, deleted or inserted elements are
highlighted both in the editing area and in the Outline view. Deleted elements are
rendered with strike-through characters, while inserted elements are
underlined. |  |
Compact Display of Callouts The reviewing callouts are no longer pushed outside the visible area in
case the document you are editing contains wide images or space-preserve text
sections. The background of the callout becomes semitransparent allowing you to
view and edit the underlying content. |  |
Form-based Editing
Support for Cyrillic Characters in the list-style-type CSS Property The support for list-style-type CSS property was
improved with the addition of the following values:
-oxy-lower-cyrillic-ru, -oxy-lower-cyrillic-uk,
-oxy-upper-cyrillic-ru, and
-oxy-upper-cyrillic-uk. |  |
Support for Specifying Widths to Inline Elements
Support for Background Images
Support for Semitransparent Colors
Support for Configuring Specific Background and Foreground Tag Colors for Any XML Element The -oxy-tags-background-color and
-oxy-tags-color CSS properties allow you to control the
background and foreground colors for any particular XML element. |  |
Refactoring Action to Move or Rename DITA Topics You can safely rename or move a topic to a new location using the new
DITA-aware refactoring actions. These actions also automatically update all the
references to that topic in all the topics and maps that refer it, starting with
the current DITA map opened in the DITA Maps Manager view. |  |
In-Place Attributes Editing for DITA Maps When a DITA Map is edited in the Author mode, a new alternate CSS is
available, allowing you to edit topic reference attributes in-place, using the new
form controls support. |  |
Import Profiling Attributes from DITAVAL Files
Improved Error Reporting
Better Support for Very Large DITA Maps
Support for keyref to Metadata
Upgraded DITA OT to Version 1.6.1
Select or Search to Insert Cross References in DocBook Documents
Improved XInclude Insertion Dialog
XML Documents Validation and Content Completion Based on XML Schema 1.1
XML Schema Validation and Content Completion The validation and content completion assistant is available when
editing XML Schema 1.1 files in the Text mode. |  |
Flatten Schema
Resource Hierarchy/Dependencies and Refactoring Actions
Schema Model View
Master Files
XML Schema 1.1 Support Limitations:
Work with Huge XML Files
Support for Eclipse 4.2 (Juno)
Multi-monitor Editing Support You can drag edited files outside the main application window to expand
your working area, allowing you to take full advantage of multiple
monitors. |  |
Support for Importing XLSX Documents
Import Data from Various Sources The support for importing data from text files, MS Excel sheets, HTML
files, and databases to XML is now also available in <oXygen/> XML
Author. |  |
More Flexible Quick Find
Support for SVN 1.7 The embedded SVN Client supports SVN 1.7.5, allowing you to take
advantage of the latest SVN improvements and fixes. Previous SVN versions and
older working copies are also supported. New SVN 1.7 working copies can be easily
identified by the information in the status bar. |  |
Extended Support for Exporting Files
Full Support for "svn add"
Improved Handling of Unversioned and Ignored Directories Processing content of unversioned or ignored directories can be avoided
using new options added in the Working Copy view. The SVN Client can be configured
to ignore content of such directories, speeding up the loading of a working copy
as well as other SVN operations. |  |
New Working Copy Data and Improved Representation
Improvements and Bug Fixes
Support for Xerces Version 2.11.0
Support for Saxon Version 9.4.0.4
Support for MarkLogic 6
A detailed list of all changes to the Java API can be found here.
SDK Mailing List
Use Your Own Controls for Editing Attributes and Simple Element Values in the Author Mode
If the predefined controls are not enough, the package ro.sync.ecss.extensions.api.editor contains the API necessary to build your custom form-based editors for attribute and text values in the Author mode. To get you started the Java sources for the SimpleURLChooserEditor are available in the Author SDK.
Added JUnit Base Class API for Testing Plugins and Frameworks
The base class PluginWorkspaceTCBase can be used to construct automated JUnit tests for your custom plugins and frameworks. More information is available in the user manual.
Added Predefined Operations for Modifying Author Nodes Using XSLT or XQuery
The predefined operations ro.sync.ecss.extensions.commons.operations.XSLTOperation and ro.sync.ecss.extensions.commons.operations.XQueryOperation can be used in your custom actions to modify the XML content in the Author mode. This make possible to create custom actions with no Java knowledge by just providing XSLT or XQuery scripts.
Ability to Construct a Toolbar with All Actions Defined at Framework Level in the Author Component
The AuthorComponentProvider.createExtensionActionsToolbars() API gives you the possibility to construct a toolbar with all the actions defined at framework level in exactly the same order in which they have been added to the toolbars from the Document Type Edit dialog.
Ability to Navigate Through the Document
The WSAuthorEditorPageBase.goToNextEditablePosition(int) method allows you to jump to the next editable position, similarly to using the Tab key.
The WSAuthorEditorPageBase.editAttribute(AuthorElement, String) method allows you to identify an in-place editor for the given attribute and edit it.
Check If a Certain Page Is Editable
Working with Highlights and Change Tracking
The AuthorPersistentHighlighter.canAddHighlight(int, int) method allows you to check if a custom highlight can be added between certain offsets.
The AuthorPersistentHighlighter.getHighlights(int, int), AuthorReviewController.getCommentHighlights(int, int) and AuthorChangeTrackingController.getChangeHighlights(int, int) methods allows you to find all highlights for a certain type intersecting a certain offset range.
The AuthorChangeTrackingController.accept() and AuthorChangeTrackingController.reject() methods allows you to accept or reject changes either individually or in a certain range.
Add Pop-up Menu Customizer in the Text Page
The WSTextEditorPage.addPopUpMenuCustomizer(TextPopupMenuCustomizer) method allows you to set a pop-up menu customizer for the Text page.
Allow Author Access from the Plugin Side
The WSAuthorEditorPage.getAuthorAccess() method allows you to obtain the AuthorAccess API from an WSAuthorEditorPage. This is useful if you want to write utility methods used both in a framework and in a plugin.
Access Information About the Data Sources Configured in the Application
The Workspace.getDataSourceAccess() method allows you to obtain information about the various database or remote connections which have been configured in the preferences by the user.
Eclipse Extension-Point for Customizing the Main and the Internal Author Toolbar
The extension point com.oxygenxml.editor.actionBarContributorCustomizer in your custom plugin can return an ActionBarContributorCustomizer implementation which can filter items added to the main toolbar and to the internal Author toolbar.
Present Validation Problems List in the Author Component
Using the existing ValidationProblemsFilter API and the new WSTextBasedEditorPage.getStartEndOffsets(DocumentPositionedInfo) API the Author Component sample can also present a list with all validation problems found in the XML document.
Scroll Author Mode to a Specific Area
Added possibility to make a specific area of the Author mode visible using the WSAuthorEditorPageBase.scrollToRectangle(Rectangle) method
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