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<p>Hello everyone,<br>
<br>
We are incredibly excited to announce the immediate availability
of <b>version 25.1</b> of its industry-leading XML suite of
products: <b>Oxygen XML Editor</b>, <b>Author</b>, <b>Developer</b>,
<b>Web Author</b>, <b>Publishing Engine</b>, <b>WebHelp</b>, <b>PDF
Chemistry</b>, and <b>Scripting</b>, as well as <b>version 3.0</b>
of the <b>Oxygen Feedback</b> comment management platform.<br>
<br>
Some of the highlights of this release include various
productivity improvements for <b>DITA authors</b> and new
possibilities for <b>DITA publishers</b> who produce either
CSS-based PDF or WebHelp output. <b>JSON schema designers</b> can
look forward to more functionality to help them in Design mode, as
well as upgrades to some of the JSON tools, and support for
editing JSON Lines documents. <b>YAML developers</b> will be
happy to see that the YAML editing support was bolstered to a
level similar to Oxygen's JSON support. Many of Oxygen's <b>popular
add-ons</b> were updated with new options, visual improvements,
performance enhancements, and ease-of-use features. The <b>scripting
community</b> now has access to some <b>ready-to-use GitHub
project templates and GitHub actions</b> that allow users to
automate scripts and some of the existing scripts were improved,
while new ones were added. This release also provides various
important <b>component updates</b>, <b>bug fixes</b>, and <b>security
enhancements</b>.<br>
<br>
<b>Oxygen XML Web Author</b>, the cutting-edge web-based XML
authoring tool, comes with even more improvements and updates.
This release brings you updates for the <b>comparison</b> tool
and <b>image maps</b>, new plugins are available for adding
support for <b>CALS tables in custom frameworks</b>, rendering <b>LaTeX
equations</b>, and providing <b>client-side evaluation of XPath</b>
expressions. Various other enhancements were implemented as well.<br>
<br>
One of the major additions in the latest version of <b>Oxygen
Feedback</b> is the <b>Content Indexing and Search</b> feature,
which enables you to utilize Oxygen Feedback as an external search
engine for your published Oxygen WebHelp Responsive output.<br>
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<p><b>What's new in Oxygen XML Editor 25.1</b><br>
<br>
<b>Oxygen XML Editor version 25.1</b> is a minor release of the
industry-leading bundle of tools for content authors, developers,
collaborators, and publishers. This release offers both
enhancements to existing functionality and some brand new features
that were requested by the community.<br>
<br>
For <b>DITA authors</b>, when working with DITA-OT projects that
define multiple output configurations (called contexts), it is
easier to select the current context used to see how the DITA
content looks like in that configuration using the <b>re-designed
interface</b>. It facilitates the <b>context selection with
improved grouping and filtering options</b>. Starting with DITA
1.3, it is possible to <b>specify filters for a branch of a DITA
map</b> through a functionality called branch filtering.
Oxygen's advanced <b>DITA map validation and completeness check
now factors in branch filtering</b>. DITA 1.3 also introduced
the concept of key scopes, enabling you to specify different sets
of key definitions for different map branches. Oxygen's <b>DITA
Reusable Components view</b> has a new filtering option to show
keys with the closest relative key scope to the current editing
location, and key references are validated taking the key scope
into account. The <b>DITA Map Metrics Report</b> that contains
useful statistics for the current DITA map was <b>redesigned to
allow easier navigation</b> to its various categories. <b>Performance
was improved when editing large DITA maps</b> and the Change or
remove profiling attribute value refactoring action also updates
DITAVAL filter files.<br>
<br>
<b>DITA publishers</b> who produce CSS-based PDF output have the
possibility of <b>displaying line numbers or visual markers for
whitespace characters in code blocks</b>, making code snippets
easier to read in the output. The <b>error reporting was improved</b>
when publishing DITA-OT Project files. For example, the
transformation error messages displayed in the Results pane
contain the ID of the deliverable. You can also <b>c</b><b>ontrol
the behavior of footnotes</b> using a new transformation
parameter that when set to yes, causes footnotes that are
referenced multiple times throughout a publication to be cloned
and placed at the bottom of the page for each occurrence instead
of subsequent references pointing back to the original footnote.
For <b>WebHelp publishers</b>, this release added new parameters
for <b>disabling the generation of index terms</b> and <b>excluding
topic IDs from context-sensitive help</b>, a new extension point
can also be used to help you <b>fine-tune the XSLT transformation</b>
that generates the mapping for context-sensitive help, and the
JQuery library that comes bundled with WebHelp is accessible in
the browser's global context enabling developers to use it.<br>
<br>
The innovative <b>JSON Schema Design mode</b> received further
enhancements. A new action was added to <b>flatten the entire
hierarchy of JSON schemas</b>, the Extract Definition type
actions work on multiple selections of components, and the <b>functionality
of search actions was extended</b> to enable them to be used on
the root schema component. The <b>XSD to JSON Schema conversion
tool</b> and the <b>JSON Schema Documentation Generator</b>
were both upgraded to fix various issues and enhance performance.
Also, basic <b>editing support was added for JSON Lines documents</b>,
and JSON property names are now displayed after ending brackets to
make the code more readable when editing JSON documents in Text
mode.<br>
<br>
<b>YAML developers</b> have <b>access to an Outline view</b> that
displays the list of all the components of the document in a
hierarchical (tree-like) representation and can be used to
navigate to a specific part, or to move or delete components. <b>Content
completion assistance</b> was implemented to help you <b>edit
YAML documents by offering proposals for inserting YAML
structures</b> that are valid at the current editing location.
Various actions (e.g. <b>Toggle Line Comments</b>, <b>Copy JSON
Pointer</b>, and <b>Copy XPath</b>) were also implemented to
bring the <b>YAML editing support to a level similar to Oxygen's
JSON support</b>.<br>
<br>
For <b>XSLT and XQuery users</b>, a new version of the <b>Saxon
XSLT and XQuery Transformer add-on is now available for Saxon 12
</b>and the Saxon 11 version of the add-on was also updated to
incorporate Saxon 11.5, the latest maintenance release of the
Saxon 11 engine. Also, the output of <b>XQuery Trace functions</b>
(used in XML refactoring actions for debugging purposes) is
presented in the Results view to make the information more readily
available.<br>
<br>
Many of the most <b>popular add-ons received updates</b> and some
interesting <b>new add-ons were implemented</b>. The <b>Git
Client add-on</b> offers <b>new options, visual improvements,
performance enhancements, and ease-of-use features</b>. Various
performance, layout, and rendering improvements were implemented
for both the <b>JSON Schema and OpenAPI Documentation Generator
tools</b>, and the <b>Batch Documents Converter and Terminology
Checker add-ons</b> also received various updates to bolster
their functionality. A <b>new Live Tutorials add-on</b> is
available to help you create tutorials for learning various
editing functions for a certain vocabulary. This add-on also comes
bundled with some <b>small tutorials that teach you how to do
various DITA editing tasks</b>. Another new add-on is available
to help you <b>manage Fluenta DITA translation projects</b>.<br>
<br>
Other improvements include basic editing support and syntax
highlights for <b>Dockerfile</b> documents, relative references
in Framework Extension Script files are automatically resolved,
certain <b>XML refactoring operations process faster</b>, and as
usual, this release includes various important <b>component
updates</b>, <b>bug fixes</b>, and <b>security enhancements</b>.<br>
<br>
For more information, see:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_editor/whats_new.html">https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_editor/whats_new.html</a><br>
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<b>What's new in Oxygen XML Scripting 25.1</b><br>
<br>
<b>Oxygen XML Scripting version 25.1</b> offers updates and
improvements for some of the scripts that are available to provide
a variety of functions that can be scheduled or triggered using a
command-line tool on Windows, Linux, or macOS.<br>
<br>
The <b>scripting community </b>now has access to some <b>ready-to-use
GitHub project templates and GitHub actions</b> that allow users
to automate scripts that will be triggered every time you push
changes to your repository. For example, there are templates that
execute <b>validation</b> and <b>transformation</b> operations,
while other templates allow you to <b>compare directories</b> or
<b>generate </b><b>XSD/XSL/WSDL Documentation</b>. The Validation
script also received various improvements. For example, <b>framework
validation scenarios are automatically detected for OpenAPI,
AsyncAPI, and JSON-LD documents</b>. New scripts were added for
<b>generating JSON Schema or OpenAPI Documentation</b>.<br>
<br>
For more information, see:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_scripting/whats_new.html">https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_scripting/whats_new.html</a><br>
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<b>What's new in Oxygen XML Web Author 25.1</b><br>
<br>
<b>Version 25.1.0</b> of <b>Oxygen XML Web Author</b> is a minor
release for the innovative web-based XML authoring tool. This
release brings you improvements for the comparison tool and image
maps, new plugins are available for adding support for CALS tables
in custom frameworks, rendering LaTeX equations, and providing
client-side evaluation of XPath expressions, while various other
enhancements also were implemented.<br>
<br>
This latest version includes several notable improvements. One of
the main areas of focus was on <b>enhancing stability and
performance for non-Latin language input method editors (IME)</b>.
The Web Author's file comparison tool has also been improved with
new parameters and better visual highlighting of <b>surround-type
edits</b>. New actions that <b>move selected block elements</b>
have been introduced to help improve productivity. <b>Image maps</b>
now support images referenced using keys, and several <b>new
open-source plugins are available</b>, including one for adding
<b>support for CALS tables in custom frameworks</b>, one for
rendering <b>LaTeX equations</b>, and another for <b>evaluating
XPath expressions</b> client-side. This version also includes a
range of other <b>productivity improvements</b>, <b>component
updates</b>, <b>bug fixes</b>, and <b>security enhancements</b>.<br>
<br>
For more information, see:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_web_author/whats_new.html">https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_web_author/whats_new.html</a><br>
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<p><b>What's new in Oxygen Feedback 3.0</b></p>
<p><b>Version 3.0</b> of <b>Oxygen Feedback</b> offers exciting new
enhancements for the modern comment management platform that
provides a simple and efficient way for your community to interact
with and offer feedback about your content.<br>
<br>
Some of the most significant additions for this version include
the new <b>search functionality</b> that allows you to use Oxygen
Feedback as an external search engine for your published Oxygen
WebHelp Responsive output. The benefit of this functionality is
the <b>efficiency of the search process</b>, which is performed
on a pre-built index of the HTML content. Oxygen Feedback supports
a vast list of languages to be used in the indexing process.<br>
<br>
The page ratings component was enhanced to provide the possibility
of displaying a survey when a user gives a negative rating for a
page. The <b>page ratings statistics page</b> in the
administration interface now has columns for both positive and
negative votes, and shows the negative survey messages, which are
also sent to admins in daily email notifications. You also have
the ability to choose whether to display like/dislike icons
instead of text responses (e.g. Yes and No) for the page ratings
component.<br>
<br>
Both Cloud and Enterprise editions also include other <b>productivity
improvements</b>, <b>bug fixes</b>, and <b>customization
options</b>.<br>
<br>
For more information about the <b>Oxygen Feedback Cloud edition</b>,
see:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.oxygenxml.com/oxygen_feedback_cloud/whats_new.html">https://www.oxygenxml.com/oxygen_feedback_cloud/whats_new.html</a><br>
<br>
For more information about the <b>Oxygen Feedback Enterprise
edition</b>, see:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.oxygenxml.com/oxygen_feedback_enterprise/whats_new.html">https://www.oxygenxml.com/oxygen_feedback_enterprise/whats_new.html</a><br>
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<b>What's new in Oxygen Publishing Engine 25.1</b><br>
<br>
<b>Oxygen Publishing Engine</b> offers the same publishing
functionality from Oxygen XML Editor to be used for automation and
continuous integration/delivery (CI/CD) tasks. <b>Version 25.1</b>
includes the improvements and additions implemented in <b>Oxygen
XML WebHelp</b> and <b>Oxygen PDF Chemistry</b>.<br>
<br>
For <b>Oxygen XML WebHelp publishers</b>, this release added a
new parameter for excluding topic IDs from context-sensitive help
mappings, a new parameter to disable the generation of index
terms, a new extension point to help you insert custom XSLT code
to modify the XSLT transformation that generates the mapping for
context-sensitive help, and the JQuery library that comes bundled
with WebHelp is accessible in the browser's global context
enabling developers to use it.<br>
<br>
Starting with <b>version 25.1</b> of <b>Oxygen PDF Chemistry</b>,
you have the ability to <b>embed videos in your PDF output</b>.
It is possible to <b>display line numbers or markers for
whitespace characters</b> in code blocks to make your code
snippets easier to read. You can also <b>control the behavior of
footnotes</b> using a new transformation parameter that when set
to yes, causes footnotes that are referenced multiple times
throughout a publication to be cloned and placed at the bottom of
the page for each occurrence, instead of subsequent references
pointing back to the original footnote.<br>
<br>
This release also includes various <b>bug fixes</b> and <b>security
enhancements</b>.<br>
<br>
For more information, see:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.oxygenxml.com/publishing_engine/whats_new.html">https://www.oxygenxml.com/publishing_engine/whats_new.html</a><br>
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<br>
We hope you will enjoy our latest release of the Oxygen XML suite
of products!<br>
As always, thank you for your support and don't forget that
feedback is welcome!<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Alin</p>
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Alin Belu
Oxygen XML Editor</pre>
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