StyleVision adds global templates

2010 Release 3 enforces formatting rules across documentation and supports Visual Studio 2010.
May 5, 2010
Feature Release

Altova StyleVision is a drag-and-drop, visual stylesheet designer for transforming XML, XBRL and database data into eye-catching HTML, RTF , PDF, OOXML/Word 2007, and Authentic electronic form output. Altova StyleVision is standards-based and supports XSLT, XSL:FO, CSS, JavaScript, and all major databases. Altova StyleVision is optimized for single source publishing and even integrates with Visual Studio and Eclipse. Altova StyleVision includes templates for industry standard XML vocabularies and an HTML importer for converting HTML pages into XML.

The following editions are available:

Updates in 2010 Release 3

  • Support for iXBRL (Enterprise edition only)
    iXBRL, or Inline XBRL, is a standard for embedding XBRL fragments in an HTML document so that the same source can be used for both human and machine processing. HMRC, which provides XBRL oversight in the United Kingdom, has officially adopted iXBRL so this is a necessary feature for users that fall under that jurisdiction. iXBRL reports can be generated automatically based on XBRL instance files, and StyleVision gives users some formatting options to ensure that their reports are displayed correctly.
  • Global templates for any element (all editions)
    StyleVision now allows designers to create Global Templates for any element, not just global elements in XML Schema. Global Templates are invoked by the main template and are used to define reusable document fragments in situations where an element (or type) occurs within various elements or in various locations. For example, if a para element needs to have the same appearance no matter where it occurs, it may make sense to use a Global Template to enforce its formatting rules across the documentation. Users can also choose to use arbitrary XPath statements to select document locations for applying Global Templates. This is an advanced feature that enables StyleVision users to easily create modular designs and manage large documentation efforts with ease.
  • Support for Visual Studio 2010 (Professional and Enterprise editions only)
    StyleVision now integrates with the newest release of Visual Studio, Visual Studio 2010.

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