Release 3 of Altova Software Version 2011

Release 3 Delivers XML Digital Signatures, Portable XML Forms (PXF), and more!

New in XMLSpy® 2011r3

• Digital XML signatures for XML documents
• Support for PXF (Portable XML Form) file format
• Support for .NET 4.0 scripting
• Ability to add additional .NET assemblies for scripting
• New spell checker with improved dictionary support
• Support for Internet Explorer® 9 in Browser View
• Shortcut for selecting entire XML element

New in MapForce® 2011r3

• Define multiple ranges in a single Excel® worksheet
• Native Support for HIPAA 5010
• Auto-generation of 999 messages for X12 version 5010
• Command line extensions
• Support for .NET 4 in built-in execution
• Save individual values or entire sub-trees in intermediate variables
• Support for XML signatures on output

New in StyleVision® 2011r3

• Digital signatures for XML documents
• Support for new PXF (Portable XML Forms) file format
• New spell checker with improved dictionary support
• Support for Internet Explorer® 9
• Support for .TIFF, .JPEG XR, and .SVG image formats
• Scripting editor supports .NET 4.0
• Ability to add additional .NET assemblies for scripting

New in Authentic® 2011r3

• Digital signatures for XML documents
• Support for new PXF (Portable XML Forms) file format
• New spell checker with improved dictionary support
• Support for Internet Explorer® 9 and Firefox® 4
• Support for .TIFF, .JPEG XR, and .SVG image formats
• Scripting editor supports .NET 4.0
• Ability to add additional .NET assemblies for scripting

Visit the Altova Download page to update now, or visit the Altova SMP page to learn more about our Support and Maintenance Package (SMP).

oXygen XML Editor version 12.2

Version 12.2 of XML introduces a number of unique development features. It provides support for editing XSLT and XML Schema modules in the context of a main XSLT, respectively main XML Schema file. For XML Schema visual editing it introduces a Palette view that allows to easily create new schema components by dragging them from this Palette view into the diagram. The support for the xml-model processing instruction for schema association that was previewed at XML Prague Conference is available in 12.2 replacing the specific processing instruction. The new version includes also one of the most requested features: Ant integration - the 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.

The EPUB support received special attention, oXygen offers now 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. The visual authoring feature improvements in change tracking, table editing, transformations to new target formats and new API additions. The integrated Subversion client includes an improved Repositories view, offering a new design, better actions workflow and an optimized repository access. Many of the components were updated to their latest version.

The new installation kits can be downloaded from:
http://www.oxygenxml.com/download_oxygenxml_editor.html

Altova Version 2011 Release 2

On February 16, 2011, Altova introduced Release 2 of its Version 2011 product line. Altova Software Version 2011 Release 2 (v2011r2) provides important updates for chart and report creation, numerous data mapping enhancements, new features XML Schema editing, support for the latest version of BPMN, diff/merge of Microsoft® Word documents, much more!

New in XMLSpy® 2011r2

• Embedding external files in XML
• Customizable documentation generation
• Enhancements to chart creation functionality
• Sorting of elements and types in schema view
• Refactoring support for XML Schemas
• Intelligent support for changing element types and base types

XMLmind XSL updates

XMLmind XSL Utility and XMLmind XSL Server now allow to convert the most complex DITA 1.2 documents to a variety of formats.

Other enhancements:

• Upgraded the following components in both XMLmind XSL Utility and XMLmind XSL Server:
  • Upgraded Apache FOP to version 1.0.
  • Upgraded the DocBook XSL stylesheets to version 1.76.1.
  • Upgraded XMLmind DITA Converter (ditac for short) to version 2.0, which adds support for DITA 1.2 documents.
  • Upgraded Saxon to version 9.2.1.5.
• Added support for the CSS 2.1 named color orange (#FFA500).

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Australia mandates Microsoft's Open Office XML

Australia's Department of Finance has released a desktop policy that required all agencies to adopt Office Open XML as the standard document format - a move that in the short term ensures Microsoft's Office suite remains embedded in government.

The Whole-of-Government Common Operating Environment (WofG COE) Policy [pdf] mandates that an agency's productivity suite "must have the ability to read and write the endorsed file format" that complies with the ECMA-376 version Office Open XML (OOXML) standard.

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oXygen 12.1

Version 12.1 of oXygen XML adds new features like a smart paste action that automatically converts content from office applications or from a web browser to DITA, DocBook or TEI, improves the XML authoring in areas like reference management, change tracking or the CSS rendering support and extends the API to incorporate feedback from partners which integrate oXygen with CMSs or other applications. On the XML development side the new version introduces the Quick Assist helper to facilitate access to search and refactoring actions plus a number of improvements to the XSLT and XQuery debuggers and to the Relax NG schema editor. As always there were continuous user interface and performance improvements and many of the oXygen components were updated to their latest versions.

Author:
* Smart Paste - Automatic Conversion to DITA, DocBook, TEI, etc.
* Automatic Refresh of Included Content
* Manage Tracked Changes at Word Level
* Different Visualization Modes of Documents Containing Tracked Changes
* Content Completion Supports Custom Actions
* Support for Auto Margins
* New CSS Extension Functions

DITA:
* Paste from HTML or Office Documents as DITA
* Improved Support for MathML in DITA

DocBook:
* Paste from HTML or Office Documents as DocBook

TEI:
* Paste from HTML or Office Documents as TEI

XSLT and XQuery Debuggers:
* XSLT 2.0 and XQuery Types in Variables and XWatch Views
* Enhanced XSLT Context Information

XML Development:
* Quick Assist
* Working Sets for Defining the Scope for Search and Refactoring Actions
* Easy Identification of Relax NG Pattern References
* Regexp-aware Content Completion Assistant in the Find/Replace Dialog

Extended API
* Set Title of Editor Tab
* Rename Element
* Get Current Context Data
* Filter Breadcrumb Nodes
* Persistent Options
* CustomProtocolPlugin has Access to Workspace
* Delete Nodes Actions Now Have a New Callback Method
* Access to New Resolver Methods
* Access to AuthorSchemaAwareEditingHandler
* Improved Editor State Change Listener

Component Updates:
* Updated Saxon 9 Processor
* Updated Calabash XProc Connector
* Updated DITA Open Toolkit
* Updated DocBook XSL Stylesheets
* Updated TEI Framework
* Updated XForms Schema

XMLmind DITA Converter v2.0

XMLmind DITA Converter (ditac) has now extensive support for the DITA 1.2 standard.

Ditac 2.0 has less limitations and less specificities than ditac 1.x. It is also more conforming to the DITA 1.2 standard than ditac 1.x was to the DITA 1.1 standard.

All in all, even if you do not intend to use any of the DITA 1.2 features in your documents, upgrading to ditac 2.0 is strongly recommended. And if you gave up the idea of using ditac 1.x because of its limitations and specificities, then may be you should give ditac 2.0 a try.

We plan to integrate XMLmind DITA Converter v2.0 in the following products: XMLmind XSL Utility, XMLmind XSL Server, and XMLmind XML Editor Professional Edition within a couple of weeks.
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More info in http://www.xmlmind.com/ditac/changes.html

Please download XMLmind DITA Converter v2.0 from
http://www.xmlmind.com/ditac/download.shtml

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What is XMLmind DITA Converter?
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XMLmind DITA Converter (ditac for short) is an open source, industrial-strength, DITA processor. It is meant to be an alternative to the DITA Open Toolkit.

Ditac allows to convert the most complex DITA 1.0, 1.1 or 1.2 documents to production-quality XHTML 1.0, XHTML 1.1, HTML 4.1, Java[tm] Help, HTML Help, Eclipse Help, EPUB, PDF, PostScript®, RTF (can be opened in Word 2000+), WordprocessingML (can be opened in Word 2003+), Office Open XML (.docx, can be opened in Word 2007+), OpenOffice (.odt, can be opened in OpenOffice.org 2+).