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oXygen XML Author adds DITA Map Metrics

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:11:13 GMT

Edit XML using oXygen XML Author.

View number of elements, attributes, words and characters used in the DITA Map structure.

oXygen XML Author is a visual XML editor. It features remote editing over FTP, HTTP/WebDAV and HTTPS/WebDAV, database support, subversion (SVN) client support, file and directory comparison tools, XML Digital Signature support, XPath support, Microsoft Office, Office Open XML (OOXML) and Open Document Format (ODF) support.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V13.2

DITA map metrics added - View number of elements, attributes, words and characters used in the DITA Map structure. Also information types like number of containing maps, bookmaps and topics.
Profiling/conditional text improvements - The "Edit Profiling Attributes" action is no longer restricted to profiling only elements. Now it also works on selections that can contain multiple elements.
Prefixed CSS extensions - Oxygen-specific CSS properties are now prefixed with the oxy marker. The old, unprefixed form is now deprecated.
Browse reference manual action - A new contextual action is available for DITA, DocBook, TEI and XHTML documents. It opens the documentation of the selected XML element in a Web browser.

About SyncRO Soft

SyncRO Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with expertise in XML technologies including XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery. Their main product oXygen XML Editor provides support for many XML technologies. It complies with the established standards released by W3C and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE.

oXygen XML Developer adds Remote Find and Replace

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:10:49 GMT

XML Editor in oXygen XML Developer.

Find and replace text in remote files, over WebDAV or FTP, which are linked from a project or DITA map.

oXygen XML Developer is an XML/XSLT source editing application. It includes XML editing, XML conversion, XML Schema development, XSLT/ XQuery/ XPath execution and debugging, SOAP and WSDL testing, native XML and relational database support, generation of XSD and XSL documentation, validation and transformation of XML files and XML instance generation.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V13.2

Syntax highlight for mixed content types - The syntax coloring engine was redesigned for improved performance and more accurate detection. Different content types mixed in the same file are now highlighted according to color schemes defined for each content type.
Remote file find/replace - Find and replace text in remote files, over WebDAV or FTP, which are linked from a project or DITA map.
Spell check remote files - Spell check remote files, over WebDAV or FTP, which are linked from a project or DITA map.
Improved open/find resource filter - Look for resources using path fragments.
Improved BIDI rendering - A number of BIDI-text-related issues have been fixed, leading to improved rendering of bidirectional content documents.

About SyncRO Soft

oXygen XML Editor improves Syntax Highlighting

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:11:36 GMT

XML file shown in text view with oXygen XML Editor.

Syntax now color coded by content type.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V13.2

Syntax highlighting for mixed content types - The syntax coloring engine was redesigned for improved performance and more accurate detection. Different content types mixed in the same file are now highlighted according to color schemes defined for each content type.
Remote file find/replace - Find and replace in remote files, over WebDAV or FTP, which are linked from a project or DITA map.
Spell check remote files - Spell check remote files, over WebDAV or FTP, which are linked from a project or DITA map.
Improved open/find resource filter - Look for resources using path fragments.
Improved BIDI rendering - A number of BIDI-text-related issues have been fixed, leading to improved rendering of bidirectional content documents.
DITA map metrics added - View number of elements, attributes, words and characters used in the DITA Map structure. Information types like number of containing maps, bookmaps and topics are now available.
Profiling/conditional text improved- The "Edit Profiling Attributes" action is no longer restricted to profiling only elements. Now it also works on selections, that can contain multiple elements.
Prefixed oxygen CSS properties extensions - Oxygen-specific CSS properties are now prefixed with the oxy marker. The old, unprefixed form is now deprecated.
Browse reference manual action - A new contextual action is available for DITA, DocBook, TEI and XHTML documents. It opens the documentation of the selected XML element in a Web browser.

About SyncRO Soft

oXygen XML Developer V13 launched

Fri, 02 Sep 2011 13:06:00 GMT

XML Editor in oXygen XML Developer.

Provides a simple and intelligent interface for XML and Schema editing.

<oXygen/> XML Developer is an <oXygen/> distribution specially tuned for XML development, providing the coverage of today's XML technologies. It includes: XML editing, XML conversion, XML Schema development, XSLT/ XQuery/ XPath execution and debugging, SOAP and WSDL testing, native XML and relational database support, generation of XSD and XSL documentation, validation and transformation of XML files and XML instance generation.

The following editions are available:

Features

XML Schema - The XML Schema Editor in <oXygen/> is a tool allowing you to design, develop and edit XML Schemas. XML Schemas enable document designers to specify the allowed structure and content of an XML document. <oXygen/> provides an expressive Schema Diagram mode for editing XML Schemas. The structure of the diagram is specially designed to be intuitive and easy to use. The XML Schema diagram helps both the content authors who want to understand a schema and schema designers who develop complex schemas.

XSLT Editor - The XSLT Editor offers a powerful content assistant for the XSL and FO documents and the possibility of selecting from different types of XSLT transformers, including FOP. With oXygen XSLT Editor you can easily create, edit, test and validate XSLT documents. The content assistant will provide the elements, attributes and attribute values specific for XSLT and additionally the elements from the target document. Transformations can be configured to run the XSLT you are creating.

XSLT Debugger - Making use of two XSLT transformation engines, Saxon and Xalan, the <oXygen/> XML Editor helps you spot the bugs that may be present in your XSL stylesheets. XPath dynamic evaluation, step into XPath 2.0 expressions, templates and nodes stacks are just a few of the information presented in the debugging perspective.

XSLT Refactoring - <oXygen/> XML Editor offers a wide range of actions designed to refactor/reorganize the content of XSLT stylesheets.

Integrated Documentation for XSLT Stylesheets - The <oXygen/> XSLT Documentation tool allows you to easily generate full documentation for the XSLT stylesheet components in XHTML format, including comprehensive annotations and cross references.

XML Editor - The text editing mode offers full control on the XML file content to the XML developer. The context sensitive content assistant coupled with automatic validation help you keep the edited file valid all the time. The content assistant of <oXygen/> XML Editor shows only those entries which are valid in the current editing context. In this way the XML document is kept valid most of the time and the user does not have to know about the relations between elements.

XML Grid Editor - The <oXygen/> XML Grid Editor allows the repetitive XML content to be edited in a table-like fashion, similar to a spreadsheet application. This editor provides table oriented operations like row and column addition and deletion and table sorting. You can organize your XML documents by moving nodes around using drag and drop.

XML Validation and Well-Formedness Check - The XML validation can be done by checking the documents against a schema. <oXygen/> XML Editor supports: XML Schema, DTD, Schematron and Relax NG schemas.

XQuery Editor - Editing of XQuery documents benefits of content completion assistance, validation, execution and generation of HTML documentation.

XQuery Debugger - Full debugging support similar with the XSLT Debugger. <oXygen/> XML Editor helps you find and fix the bugs that may be present in your XQuery documents.

About SyncRO Soft

SyncRO Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery. The main product Oxygen XML Editor provides the best coverage of today's XML technologies; it complies with the established standards released by W3C and other organizations and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE. Syncro Soft is a member of the W3C. Another product developed by Syncro Soft is Syncro SVN Client (a Subversion client).

oXygen XML Author adds referred content editing

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:15:41 GMT

Editing XML in oXygen XML Author.

Version 13 also includes CSS detection from XHTML link elements and change case and word statistics actions.

<oXygen/> XML Author is derived from the oXygen XML Editor IDE, its main features focusing on CSS visual XML editing and XML source editing. Other oXygen XML Author features include: remote editing over FTP, HTTP/WebDAV and HTTPS/WebDAV, database support, subversion (SVN) client, files and directories comparison tools, XML Digital Signature and XML Canonicalization, XPath support, Microsoft Office - Office Open XML (OOXML) and Open Document Format (ODF) support.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V13

Referred Content Quick Editing - A new "Edit Reference" action, available from the contextual menu, allows you to edit referred content by opening the target file containing it and positioning the caret at the precise location where the action was invoked in the main file.
Configure default background and foreground colors - You can now change the default Author background (white) and foreground (black) colors from the preferences. If colors are specified in the CSS file they overwrite the default values.
Author Folding Management Actions - All the actions previously available only in the Text mode for fold management are also available in the Author editing mode when right clicking a fold triangle. Many powerful actions, like collapse/expand child folds, close all other folds or expand/collapse all folds, can be performed from the fold marker contextual menu.
CSS Detection from XHTML link Element - If an XHTML document specifies a CSS using the link element then the CSS is detected and used by the Author mode to render the XHTML content.
New Paste Recovery Strategy: Unwrap - A new recovery strategy was added when using the schema-aware editing mode. This is particularly useful when pasting content from office applications or the web browser. The content is automatically converted to match the editor schema when editing DITA, DocBook, TEI or HTML. In some cases additional wrapper elements may result after the conversion and these are automatically removed by this strategy if they are found to be invalid at the insertion point.
Change Case and Word Statistics Actions - Four new actions allow you to convert the selected content to upper case, lower case or to capitalize sentences and words. There is also a new action that counts the number of words and characters from the current opened file.

About SyncRO Soft

SyncRO Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery. The main product <oXygen/> XML Editor provides the best coverage of the today XML technologies; it complies with the established standards released by W3C and other organizations and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE. Syncro Soft is a member of the W3C. Another product developed by Syncro Soft is Syncro SVN Client (a Subversion client).

oXygen XML Editor extends EPUB support

Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:17:00 GMT

XML file shown in text view with oXygen XML Editor.

Version 13 is focused on UI improvements for visual XML editing, XML Diff, SVN support and attributes editing.

<oXygen/> XML Editor provides the tools for XML authoring, XML conversion, XML Schema, DTD, Relax NG and Schematron development, XPath, XSLT, XQuery debugging, SOAP and WSDL testing. oXygen XML Editor includes integration with the XML document repositories via WebDAV, Subversion and S/FTP protocols. oXygen XML Editor has also support to browse, manage and query native XML and relational databases. oXygen XML Editor is also available as an Eclipse IDE plugin, bringing unique XML development features to this widely used Java IDE. oXygen XML Editor offers multilanguage support for English, German, French, Italian and Japanese. oXygen XML Editor also includes Spell checking supporting English, German and French including locals.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V13

The Data Source Explorer view features drag and drop capabilities that allow copy/move operations even between different databases.
The EPUB support was extended with visual rendering of EPUB specific files and enhanced validation. New built-in transformation scenarios allow the conversion of TEI documents to EPUB, ODF and DOCX.
DITA improvements include search references (where used) within a DITA map, map validation under multiple condition sets (ditaval files), use of subject scheme defined values and more.
The new version adds support for JSON document editing, validation and conversion. Browser specific CSS extensions are now supported in the CSS editor.
Starting with version 13 <oXygen/> requires Java 6 or later

About SyncRO Soft

SyncRO Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery. The main product <oXygen/> XML Editor provides the best coverage of the today XML technologies; it complies with the established standards released by W3C and other organizations and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE. Syncro Soft is a member of the W3C. Another product developed by Syncro Soft is Syncro SVN Client (a Subversion client).

Syncro SVN Client improves working copy locks

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 11:04:00 GMT

Synchronizing with a working copy in Syncro SVN Client.

Version 7 allows you to rapidly identify files with active, broken or stolen locks.

Syncro SVN Client makes it easier to share documents and code between content authors or developers. This multiplatform Subversion front-end allows you to browse repositories, check for changes, commit changes, update your working copy and examine the revision history. Features include: full SVN repository support for SVN versions: checkout, export, import, copy, mkdir, rename, branch, tag and delete support etc. It also includes a synchronize view which helps you spot all incoming and outgoing changes.

Updates in V7

Improved Working Copy Locks Representation - File locks in the Working Copy view are now presented using graphic symbols, which allow you to rapidly identify files with active, broken or stolen locks. Also, when synchronizing your working copy with the repository, you can see the current lock state of files in the repository, including those locked by other users.
Added Locking Support in Repositories View - Repositories view now presents the existing file locks when browsing repository content. Now you can lock or unlock files directly in the repository, using actions available in the Repositories view.
Improved File Comparison Representation and Functionality - Comparing algorithm has been improved to detect differences at a finer level of granularity. Besides the old detection of different blocks of text, Syncro SVN Client brings a second level of comparison, by directly emphasizing word differences inside these blocks. Management of differences was improved by presenting an in-place widget which gives quicker access to actions which allow you to copy or replace content of the currently selected difference.
SSH Host Verification - Improved connection security when accessing for the first time a repository through SSH protocol. Now, Syncro SVN Client allows you to interrupt the connection to an untrusted SSH host.
Added Name Conflict State for Working Copy Files - Syncro SVN Client signals the existence in repository of files considered to have the same name on a case-insensitive operating system, like Microsoft Windows. These files are marked as being in a Name Conflict state in your working copy.
Component Updates - Updated SVNKit library to version 1.3.5, compatible with Subversion 1.6.15, which contains various bug fixes and improvements.

About SyncRO Soft

Syncro Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery.

The main product, oXygen XML Editor provides the best coverage of the today XML technologies; it complies with the established standards released by W3C and other organisations and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE. Syncro Soft is a member of the W3C. Another product developed by Syncro Soft is Syncro SVN Client (a Subversion client).

oXygen XML Author enhances DITA validation

Thu, 26 May 2011 16:14:00 GMT

Editing XML in oXygen XML Author.

oXygen XML Author V12.2 also adds built-in transformation scenarios for converting DITA to EPUB and DocBook to EPUB.

oXygen XML Author is derived from the oXygen XML Editor IDE, its main features focusing on CSS visual XML editing and XML source editing. oXygen XML Author other features include: remote editing over FTP, HTTP/WebDAV and HTTPS/WebDAV, database support, subversion (SVN) client, files and directories comparison tools, XML Digital Signature and XML Canonicalizatio, XPath support, Microsoft Office - Office Open XML (OOXML) and Open Document Format (ODF) support.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V12.2

Change Tracking State Stored in Document - The initial change tracking state can be configured to be always on, always off or stored in the document
Improved Paste Support - The intelligent paste benefits from a new recovery strategy that automatically removes invalid wrapper elements
Insert Row in Tables Keeps the Current Row Structure - The Insert Row action available in the DITA, DocBook, TEI and XHTML built-in frameworks inserts a row with a structure that is as close as possible to that of the row at the current cursor position
Intelligent ID management - For DITA, DocBook, TEI and XHTML documents ID support was enhanced to automatically remove ID attributes if content was copied in the same document, thus avoiding duplicate IDs. If the content is moved then the IDs are preserved
Enhanced DITA Validation - A default validation scenario which uses Schematron rules to check for error cases that are not covered by the DITA DTDs was added to the DITA Document Type
DITA to EPUB - <oXygen/> provides a built-in transformation scenario for converting from a DITA Map to EPUB
DocBook to EPUB - <oXygen/> provides a built-in transformation scenario for converting from DocBook to EPUB

About SyncRO Soft

SyncRO Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery. The main product <oXygen/> XML Editor provides the best coverage of the today XML technologies; it complies with the established standards released by W3C and other organizations and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE. Syncro Soft is a member of the W3C. Another product developed by Syncro Soft is Syncro SVN Client (a Subversion client).

oXygen XML Editor V12.2 released

Thu, 26 May 2011 16:15:32 GMT

XML file shown in text view with oXygen XML Editor.

New Palette View offers quick access to XML Schema components allowing you to drag and drop them into the design page.

oXygen XML Editor provides the tools for XML authoring, XML conversion, XML Schema, DTD, Relax NG and Schematron development, XPath, XSLT, XQuery debugging, SOAP and WSDL testing. oXygen XML Editor includes integration with the XML document repositories via WebDAV, Subversion and S/FTP protocols. oXygen XML Editor has also support to browse, manage and query native XML and relational databases. oXygen XML Editor is also available as an Eclipse IDE plugin, bringing unique XML development features to this widely used Java IDE. oXygen XML Editor offers Multi language support for English, German, French, Italian and Japanese. oXygen XML Editor also includes Spell checking supporting English, German and French including locals.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V12.2

Along with in context validation support provided by validation scenarios, it is now also possible to edit XML Schema modules in context-aware mode
New Palette view allows you to easily create new schema components by dragging them from the Palette view into the diagram
Support for xml-model processing instructions for schema associations, replacing the <oXygen/> specific processing instructions
Ant integration - support for Ant transformation scenarios allows executing a target from an Ant script
For XSLT 2.0 and XQuery transformations it is possible to specify parameter values as XPath expressions when the engine allows that
New EPUB validation by integrating EpubCheck, editing and validation for specific EPUB file types as well as a number of general enhancements for working with archive-based formats.
Visual authoring improvements in change tracking, table editing, transformations to new target formats and new API additions
The integrated Subversion client includes improved Repository view, offering a new design, better action workflows and optimized repository access
Many of the <oXygen/> components have been updated

About SyncRO Soft

SyncRO Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery. The main product <oXygen/> XML Editor provides the best coverage of the today XML technologies; it complies with the established standards released by W3C and other organizations and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE. Syncro Soft is a member of the W3C. Another product developed by Syncro Soft is Syncro SVN Client (a Subversion client).

oXygen XML Author adds Smart Paste

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:59:00 GMT

An employee list XML file shown in Author view.

Version 12.1 also adds automatic refresh of included content, new visualization modes and support for auto margins.

<oXygen/> XML Author is derived from the <oXygen/> XML Editor IDE, its main features focusing on CSS visual XML editing and XML source editing. Other <oXygen/> XML Author features include: remote editing over FTP, HTTP/WebDAV and HTTPS/WebDAV, database support, subversion (SVN) client, files and directories comparison tools, XML Digital Signature and XML Canonicalization, XPath support, Microsoft Office - Office Open XML (OOXML) and Open Document Format (ODF) support.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V12.1

Smart Paste - Automatic Conversion to DITA, DocBook, TEI, etc.
Styled content can be inserted by copying content from Office applications (for example Microsoft Word and Microsoft Excel, OpenOffice.org Writer and OpenOffice.org Calc) and Web browsers (Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, etc.) and pasting it in the Author editor. The styles and general layout of the copied content, like sections with headings, tables, list items, bold and italic text, hyperlinks, are converted in the target document equivalent XML elements. <oXygen/> provides default implementations for the following document types: DITA, DocBook, TEI, XHTML but this support can be configured also for user defined document types.
Automatic Refresh of Included Content
The content referred by xi:include elements and conref attributes is refreshed automatically when it is modified and saved in another editor panel.
Manage Tracked Changes at Word Level
Now you can accept or reject tracked changes either entirely or only fragments of them.
Different Visualization Modes of Documents Containing Tracked Changes
New visualization modes allow you to preview documents as if all their tracked changes were accepted or rejected.
Content Completion Supports Custom Actions
You can customize the content of the Content Completion window, Elements view and Element Insert menus Author controls, by adding items (which, when invoked, perform custom actions) or by filtering the default contributed ones.
Support for Auto Margins
The CSS properties margin-left:auto and margin-right:auto are now supported.
New CSS Extension Functions
New CSS extension functions were added to improve string operations (substring, indexof and lastindexof) and to provide XPath evaluation support (xpath).

About SyncRO Soft

SyncRO Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery. The main product <oXygen/> XML Editor provides the best coverage of the today XML technologies; it complies with the established standards released by W3C and other organizations and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE. Syncro Soft is a member of the W3C. Another product developed by Syncro Soft is Syncro SVN Client (a Subversion client).

oXygen XML Editor improves XML authoring

Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:59:00 GMT

XML file shown in text view with oXygen XML Editor.

Version 12.1 also adds Smart Paste action to convert from office applications or Web browser to DITA, DocBook or TEI.

<oXygen/> XML Editor provides the tools for XML authoring, XML conversion, XML Schema, DTD, Relax NG and Schematron development, XPath, XSLT, XQuery debugging, SOAP and WSDL testing. <oXygen/> XML Editor includes integration with the XML document repositories via WebDAV, Subversion and S/FTP protocols. oXygen XML Editor has also support to browse, manage and query native XML and relational databases. <oXygen/> XML Editor is also available as an Eclipse IDE plugin, bringing unique XML development features to this widely used Java IDE. <oXygen/> XML Editor offers Multilanguage support for English, German, French, Italian and Japanese. <oXygen/> XML Editor also includes Spell checking supporting English, German and French including locals.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V12.1

A smart paste action that automatically converts content from office applications or from a Web browser to DITA, DocBook or TEI
Improved XML authoring in areas like reference management, change tracking or CSS rendering
Extended the API to incorporate feedback from partners which integrate <oXygen/> with CMSs or other applications
Introduced a Quick Assist helper to access search and refactoring actions
A number of improvements to the XSLT and XQuery debuggers and to the Relax NG schema editor
User interface and performance improvements and many of the <oXygen/> components were updated to their latest versions

About SyncRO Soft

SyncRO Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery. The main product <oXygen/> XML Editor provides the best coverage of the today XML technologies; it complies with the established standards released by W3C and other organizations and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE. Syncro Soft is a member of the W3C. Another product developed by Syncro Soft is Syncro SVN Client (a Subversion client).

oXygen XML Author adds code templates

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:25:00 GMT

An employee list XML file shown in Author view.

Version 12.0 also adds content annotations and comments, plus drag-and-drop support for creating links.

<oXygen/> XML Author is derived from the oXygen XML Editor IDE, its main features focusing on CSS visual XML editing and XML source editing. Other oXygen XML Author features include: remote editing over FTP, HTTP/WebDAV and HTTPS/WebDAV, database support, subversion (SVN) client, files and directories comparison tools, XML Digital Signature and XML Canonicalization, XPath support, Microsoft Office 2007 - Office Open XML (OOXML) and Open Document Format (ODF) support.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V12.0

Profiling/Conditional Text for Any XML Document
<oXygen/> offers generic conditional text support for any XML documentation framework, including (but not limited to) DITA and DocBook. All you need to do is to define the profiling attributes and corresponding profiling values in the <oXygen/> options.
Code Templates
The XML code templates (snippets) are available through content completion also in the Author mode. They can be configured in the Editor/Templates/Code Templates options page.
Drag and Drop or Paste Files to Create Links
A link to an image or to a file can be quickly inserted when editing in the Author mode by dragging the file into the opened document, or by pasting it. Pasting an image data (copied from another application) in the editor creates an image file on disk, and then creates an XML reference to that file: for DocBook it creates a figure element, for DITA an image element, while for other documents it inserts the file path. The behavior can be controlled/extended using the Author API.
Content Annotations/Comments
An annotation can be associated with a section of the Author content without modifying or deleting the content. Annotations can highlight virtually any content from your document, except read-only text. Such comments are marked in Author editor with a configurable background color.
Support for the "text-transform" CSS Property
The CSS property called "text-transform" is now supported in the Author mode allowing to render text as lower-case, upper-case or capitalized.

About SyncRO Soft

SyncRO Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery. The main product <oXygen/> XML Editor provides the best coverage of the today XML technologies; it complies with the established standards released by W3C and other organizations and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE. Syncro Soft is a member of the W3C. Another product developed by Syncro Soft is Syncro SVN Client (a Subversion client).

oXygen XML Editor adds new Project view

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 16:25:00 GMT

XML file shown in text view with oXygen XML Editor.

Version 12.0 also features redesigned file dialog, open/find recourse and support for filtering in the Outline view.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V12.0

Version 12 of <oXygen/> XML improves the existing functionality, adds new features and, most importantly, enhances the user experience. A lot of effort was invested in minimizing memory usage and improving the general performance.

Redesigned Project View - The new Project view features a simplified tool-bar, an intuitive contextual menu and a mechanism that synchronizes the selection with the currently edited document. In addition to this, project modifications are automatically saved.
Redesigned "New" File Dialog - The "New" file dialog combines templates and file types in a single presentation layout for increased usability.
Open/Find Resource - <oXygen/> provides a quick way to locate and open files from the project or from the current DITA Map, based on an index of the project file paths and DITA map references. The new action is available as part of the File menu.
Filtering Support in the Outline View - You can control what elements are displayed in the Outline view by typing element names into a filter box. For example, entering the element name "figure" when editing a DocBook article results in getting immediately a short summary of all the figures from your document.
Error Markers in the Outline View - To make the XML validation errors and warnings easier to spot, the Outline view marks the XML elements having problems with a red or yellow color and with a corresponding icon.
Error Markers in the Attribute View - Invalid attributes and invalid attribute values are highlighted with a red color in the Attributes view.

About SyncRO Soft

SyncRO Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery. The main product <oXygen/> XML Editor provides the best coverage of the today XML technologies; it complies with the established standards released by W3C and other organizations and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE. Syncro Soft is a member of the W3C. Another product developed by Syncro Soft is Syncro SVN Client (a Subversion client).

oXygen XML Author V11.2 released

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:31:00 GMT

An employee list XML file shown in Author view.

Latest version adds reusable components and workspace access plugin for customizing menus, toolbars and views.

<oXygen/> XML Author is derived from the <oXygen/> XML Editor IDE, its main features focusing on CSS visual XML editing and XML source editing. Other <oXygen/> XML Author features include: remote editing over FTP, HTTP/WebDAV and HTTPS/WebDAV, database support, subversion (SVN) client, files and directories comparison tools, XML Digital Signature and XML Canonicalizatio, XPath support, Microsoft Office 2007 - Office Open XML (OOXML) and Open Document Format (ODF) support.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V11.2

Reusable component
A fragment of a topic can be extracted in a separate file for reuse in different topics. The component can be reused by inserting an element with a conref attribute where the content of the component is needed.
Add/remove content reference attribute to/from existing elements
The DITA framework includes actions for adding, editing and removing a content reference (conref, conkeyref, conrefend attributes) to/from an existing element.
Speed improvements when opening large DITA maps
When a map contains a large number of topic references now the map is opened three times faster in the DITA Maps Manager view.
Keep spaces in elements that are not modified
A new option allows formating and saving only the modified elements. This keeps the formating of the other elements for easy comparing of the two versions of the file in a versioning system.
Improvement in Outline view
The start of the content of an inline child element is displayed both in that element and in the parent element in the Outline view. The parent element may remain collapsed in the Outline view which makes the document navigation faster.
Workspace access plugin
A new type of plugin was added. This plugin provides support for customizing the menus, toolbars and views of the application and for opening and closing documents. It is active in both Text mode and Author mode of all opened documents.

About SyncRO Soft

SyncRO Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery. The main product <oXygen/> XML Editor provides the best coverage of the today XML technologies; it complies with the established standards released by W3C and other organisations and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE. Syncro Soft is a member of the W3C. Another product developed by Syncro Soft is Syncro SVN Client (a Subversion client).

oXygen XML Editor V11.2 released

Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:31:00 GMT

XML file shown in text view with oXygen XML Editor.

Latest release improves XML Author, XML development tools, support for large documents and SVN Client.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V11.2

Author Component Integration
An Author page is available as a component that can be integrated in your Java application or applet. All features available for editing in the <oXygen/> XML Editor Author page are also available in the Author component.
Automatic Support for Reusable Components
A fragment of a topic can be extracted in a separate file for reuse in different topics. The component can be reused by inserting an element with a conref attribute where the content of the component is needed. This works without any configuration and supports automatically any DITA specialization.
Content References Management
The DITA framework includes actions for adding, editing and removing a content reference (conref, conkeyref, conrefend attributes) to/from an existing element.
Fast Loading of DITA Maps
A new schema caching mechanism allows to quickly open large DITA Maps and their referred topics.
Preserve Formatting for Unchanged Elements
A new option allows formating and saving only the modified elements. This keeps the formating of the other elements for easy comparing of the two versions of the file in a versioning system.
Update the Outline View
The current selection can be accessed and set in the Outline view from custom extensions of an Author framework.
Customize the Outline View
The popup menu and the displaying and filtering of the tree nodes can be customized in the Outline view with an extension of an Author framework.
Customize the Breadcrumb
The text displayed in the node list of the Breadcrumb and the popup menu of the Breadcrumb can be customized with an extension of an Author framework.
Update the Status Bar
The user can be notified about the status or the success of operations by updating the <oXygen/> status bar. This is usually preferable to displaying a dialog box.
Improved Handling of Large Documents
The support for large documents has been improved. Now the opening and editing of large documents is faster also when the line wrap option is enabled. <oXygen/> can now open documents with very long lines by using automatic line wrapping.
Customizable Font Styles for Syntax Highlighting
A font style (bold/italic) and a background color can be set for any token (tag, text, etc.) that is displayed in an editor in Text mode.
Debug XPath Expressions
Now the XSLT Debugger is capable to step into XPath 2.0 expressions when using the bundled Saxon-HE/PE/EE XSLT processor.
XQuery 1.1 Transformations
Saxon 9 EE bundled with <oXygen/> can be used to run XQuery 1.1 transformations.
New Spell Checker
Hunspell (the engine used by OpenOffice, Mozilla and others) is now used by <oXygen/> for spell checking. <oXygen/> ships dictionaries for English, German, French and Spanish but users can install any from the almost 100 available dictionaries. The old spell checking engine remains available.
Hex Viewer
<oXygen/> includes a hex viewer.
Workspace Access Plugin
A new type of plugin was added. This plugin provides support for customizing the menus, toolbars and views of the application and for opening and closing documents. It is active in both Text mode and Author mode of all opened documents.
Mark Resource Read-Only
A resource opened with a custom protocol plugin can be marked as read-only. It can be used when opening resources from a CMS (Content Management System).
Open Redirect Plugin
This type of plugin is useful for opening more than one file with only one open action. For example when a zip archive or an ODF file or an OOXML file is opened in the Archive Browser view the plugin can decide to open also a file from the archive in a new XML editor panel, like the document.xml main file from an OOXML file archive.
Faster Working Copy Load Time
A working copy is cached, so when it is loaded next time in the Working Copy view, the operation will be much faster than in the previous versions of Syncro SVN Client.
Automatic Refresh of the Working Copy
The working copy is automatically refreshed every time Syncro SVN Client gains focus, if changes are detected in the file system. This is done in order to update the state of the resources modified by external applications.
More Responsive Repository Browsing
You can configure the repository connections timeout and stop non-responsive repository browsing operations.
Better Handling for Obstructed Resources
Operations correctly take into account obstructed resources.
Print or Save as Image a Revision Graph
Generated revision graphs can be printed or saved as images.
Updated DITA Open Toolkit
DITA Open Toolkit was updated to version 1.5.1 M1. It includes a speed improvement implemented by caching the grammar pool used for transforming DITA files.
Updated TEI P5 framework
The TEI P5 schemas were updated to version 1.6.0. The TEI XSL stylesheets were updated to version 5.29.
Updated Saxon 9 Processor
The Saxon 9 XSLT/XQuery processor was updated to version 9.2.0.6.
Updated Libxml and Libxslt Libraries
The Libxml library was updated to version 2.7.6. The Libxslt library was updated to version 1.1.26.
Updated Calabash XProc processor
The Calabash XProc was updated to version 0.9.19.
Updated CSS Validator
The W3C CSS Validator was updated to version 2.0.

About SyncRO Soft

SyncRO Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery. The main product <oXygen/> XML Editor provides the best coverage of the today XML technologies; it complies with the established standards released by W3C and other organisations and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE. Syncro Soft is a member of the W3C. Another product developed by Syncro Soft is Syncro SVN Client (a Subversion client).

Syncro SVN Client V5.1 released

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:15:00 GMT

Synchronizing with a working copy in Syncro SVN Client.

Latest version improves working copy load time and adds support for file level repository imports.

Updates in V5.1

Faster working copy load time
A working copy is cached, so when it is loaded next time in the Working Copy view, the operation will be much faster than in the previous versions of Syncro SVN Client.
Automatic refresh of the working copy
The working copy is automatically refreshed when changes are detected in the file system. This is done in order to update the state of the resources modified by external applications.
More responsive repository browsing
You can configure the repository connections timeout and stop non-responsive repository browsing operations.
File level repository imports
Added support for importing files into a repository.
Support for replacing working copy resources
Working copy resources can be replaced with their HEAD or BASE revision.
Better handling for obstructed resources
Operations correctly take into account obstructed resources.
Improved history support
The history for a resource deleted from the repository but which is still present in the working copy is now displayed by properly detecting the revision at which the resource was deleted.
Branch/Tag directly from the repository
The Branch/Tag action can be performed directly on the repository, without having a working copy previously checked out.
Print and save as image a revision graph
Generated revision graphs can be printed or saved as images.

About Syncro Soft

Syncro Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery.

oXygen XML Author updated

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:42:00 GMT

An employee list XML file shown in Author view.

New release adds schema aware editing mode, whitespace normalization and serialization.

oXygen XML Author is derived from the oXygen XML Editor IDE, its main features focusing on CSS visual XML editing and XML source editing. Other oXygen XML Author features include: remote editing over FTP, HTTP/WebDAV and HTTPS/WebDAV, database support, subversion (SVN) client, files and directories comparison tools, XML Digital Signature and XML Canonicalizatio, XPath support, Microsoft Office 2007 - Office Open XML (OOXML) and Open Document Format (ODF) support.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V11.1

Schema-aware Editing Mode
The insertion of XML fragments and attributes is checked against the associated schema. If the XML fragment is not accepted at the caret position, multiple strategies are employed to determine a better insert position. The developers can implement other strategies as needed by customizing the oXygen Author mode.
Schema-aware Editing Mode for DITA, Docbook, TEI and XHTML
All the major XML documentation frameworks were enhanced with specific schema-aware editing support. For instance, when editing a Docbook document the text inserted directly in a section is wrapped automatically in either a title or a para element. Typing text between the rows of a table will result in automatic creation of table row and table cell elements around the inserted text. Pasting a list item into a section will also create the parent list element and so on. The same functionality is available for DITA, TEI and XHTML.
Schema-aware Whitespace Normalization and Serialization
When a document is loaded into the Author mode, the XML schema information is taken into account to decide whether or not whitespaces are relevant. For instance spaces between sibling elements are relevant if the model of the parent element is mixed, and they are ignorable if the parent element has an element-only content.
Compact Rendering in Full Tags Mode
A new, more compact layout is used for the "full-tags" display mode of the Author page. This layout is much more ergonomic placing multiple XML tags on the same line.
Quick Up/Down Navigation
By enabling the "Quick up/down" in the visual editing mode, the caret is moved directly between the lines of text without going through intermediate positions between blocks (the intermediate position can still be reached using the left/right arrows or with the mouse). For instance you can move the caret directly from the title text into the paragraph text, without going through the intermediate position between them. This is a very helpful feature when reviewing documents or editing mainly content.
Update Author API
There are new methods available in the Author API. For example you can close an editor or you can create an XSLT or XQuery transformer. Schema-aware editing can be customized for a specific document type by registering an AuthorSchemaAwareEditingHandler.

About Syncro Soft

Syncro Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery.

The main product oXygen XML Editor provides the best coverage of the today XML technologies; it complies with the established standards released by W3C and other organisations and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE. Syncro Soft is a member of the W3C. Another product developed by Syncro Soft is Syncro SVN Client (a Subversion client).

oXygen XML Editor updated

Tue, 29 Dec 2009 14:42:00 GMT

XML file shown in text view with oXygen XML Editor.

Version 11.1 adds XML-aware find and replace, plus improved ergonomics and usability features.

The following editions are available:

Updates in V11.1

Visual XML authoring now uses schema information to provide intelligent editing actions that help keep the document valid and provide a better editing experience.
New compact representation of tags and quick up/down navigation features improve ergonomics and usability.
oXygen XML Editor can use any XQJ compliant XQuery processor for XQuery transformations, different error levels and external references can be specified for Schematron messages and the XProc support was improved with better editing and execution.
XML format and indent operation can use DTD/schema information to provide better formatting.
Find and replace is now XML-aware and can accept XPath filtering to delimit the search scope.

About Syncro Soft

Syncro Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery.

oXygen XML Author V11 now available

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

Creating an employee list XML document.

Latest version provides an improved authoring experience for non technical users and supports embedded SVG images.

oXygen XML Author is derived from the oXygen XML Editor IDE, its main features focusing on CSS visual XML editing and XML source editing. Features include remote editing over FTP, HTTP/WebDAV and HTTPS/WebDAV, database support, subversion (SVN) client, files and directories comparison tools, XML Digital Signature and XML Canonicalizatio, XPath support, Microsoft Office 2007 - Office Open XML (OOXML) and Open Document Format (ODF) support. oXygen XML Author is available in two editions:

Updates in V11

Improved Author editing experience for non technical users
The Author mode has new location tooltips and current element highlights that help the user to identify the position in the edited document. By default it turns on a more constrained editing mode that avoids for instance inserting text in the elements that do not allow text nodes or inserting elements not allowed by the schema.
Track Changes annotations
When editing with track changes on, it is possible to annotate each change with comments.
Support for embedded SVG images
Embedded SVG images are rendered now in the XML Author mode.
Allow more than one toolbar with custom actions
You can define up to four toolbars containing custom actions at document type level.
API for text highlights management
Developers can programatically highlight or find highlighted text regions from the XML Author.

About SyncRO Soft

Syncro Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery.

The main product Oxygen XML Editor provides the best coverage of the today XML technologies; it complies with the established standards released by W3C and other organisations and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE. Syncro Soft is a member of the W3C. Another product developed by Syncro Soft is Syncro SVN Client (a Subversion client).

SyncRO Soft updates oXygen XML Editor

Mon, 12 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT

XML editor project overview, outline and editor.

Version 11 adds XProc support, integrated documentation for XSLT stylesheets, new XQuery debugger and more.

oXygen XML Editor is available in three editions:

Updates in V11

Documentum CMS Integration built on top of DFS 6.5 and includes repository browsing, check-out and check-in support, transparent access to resources (open, edit save), import/export and resource management.
XProc support
Integrated documentation for XSLT stylesheets
New XQuery debugger (for the Oracle Berkeley DB XML database)
MathML rendering and editing support
Smarter Author mode for an improved visual editing experience
DITA 1.2 features
Support for very large documents improved to handle documents in the 200MB range in the editor and 10GB in the large files viewer
SVN support upgraded with new features
Processors and frameworks were updated to latest versions

About Syncro Soft

Syncro Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of expertise in XML technologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery.