Oxygen XML Editor 15.1

October 7, 2013

With the release of version 15.1, Oxygen is the first XML editor to fully support right-to-left and bidirectional text in the visual editing mode. Content authors are able to create and edit XML documents in the OxygenAuthor mode in languages such as Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and others.

This version of Oxygen XML makes a leap forward in working with XML modules. Using the Master Files support, Oxygen assists you while editing an XML document that belongs to a set of assembled modules, and provides you features such as module validation, in-context Content Completion Assistant, ID referencing or module connection overview.

The integration of the entire DITA for Publishers plugins suite enables Oxygen users to produce Kindle output from DITA maps.

The Eclipse version (4.3) is now supported by the Oxygen XML Eclipse plugin. Also, to keep you up-to-date, we bundled the latest third-party components such as Saxon Enterprise Edition 9.5.1.2, TEI Schemas (2.5.0), TEI Stylesheets (7.1.0), DITA for Publishers 0.9.18, and Calabash 1.0.13.

Working with Modular XML Files in the Master Files Context

XML Visual Editing

Tracked Changes Displayed in Read-Only Fragments

Oxygen renders tracked changes in fragments that are referenced using DITA content references (XInclude or external entity mechanisms).

Track Attribute Changes

The Track Changes feature is able to keep track of changes made to XML attributes.

Character Map Improvements

Improved Search Capabilities

Added search capabilities by character description in the Character Map dialog box.

Author API and Extensibility

Form-Based Editing in Author - Tooltip Property

The "tooltip" property lets you set a tooltip for the entire form control.

XPath Extension Functions

When defining the activation expression of an author action you can use the following two XPath functions:

oxy:allows-child-element('child_name')
oxy:current-selected-element('element_name')

One is to test that the current element (the one containing the cursor) accepts a child element, and another one is to test that the element covered by the selection has a certain name.

Sharing the Classloader Between a Framework and a Plugin

A framework and a plugin that are part of the same solution can share the same JAVA libraries.

DITA Support

Additional Output Formats

Added support to convert DITA Maps to the Kindle format. Also, you can convert Microsoft OOXML documents to DITA projects.

Support for DITA For Publishers Specializations

Creating, editing and validating DITA content based on the specializations included in the DITA For Publishers Project are now supported out of the box.

Redesigned Dialog Boxes for Inserting DITA Cross References and Content References

By redesigning the dialog boxes used for inserting DITA xref links or content references, Oxygen allows easier searching for target elements in topics containing many reusable components (dictionary-like content).

DocBook Support

EPUB 3 Output

An experimental transformation scenario that produces EPUB 3 output from DocBook 4 and DocBook 5 resources has been added.

CMS Integration and Connectivity

Project View Enhancements

Update References to Moved or Renamed Resources

When you move or rename a resource, Oxygen gives you the option to update its references in a customizable scope. This operation is available for XML, XSLT, XML Schema, Relax NG, and WSDL resources.

MarkLogic Support

Ready for MarkLogic 7

Oxygen is compatible with the development version of MarkLogic 7.

MarkLogic XQuery Editing Support

When editing MarkLogic XQuery modules, the Content Completion Assistant displays the latest built-in XQuery functions in accordance with the server version.

Fast XDBC Application Server Selection

The XDBC server, used to execute XQuery expressions, can be selected quickly using the Use it to execute queries action from the Data Source Explorer view.

Setting a Specific Content Database

You can set a specific content database over which the XQuery expressions are executed.

Eclipse Plugin

Support for Eclipse 4.3

The Oxygen XML Eclipse plugin now supports Eclipse 4.3 in addition to the previously supported versions of Eclipse (3.4 - 3.7).

Syncro SVN Client

Repair Items Copied, Moved, or Renamed Outside of an SVN Client

Items that were copied, moved, or renamed without using an SVN client can be repaired to maintain their history, making SVN aware of all the changes.

Improved Copying of Repository Items

Repository items can be copied from revisions other than the latest one, allowing you to recover any previous version you might need. This is allowed even if you are browsing older revisions in the Repositories view.

Extended Support for Copying Repository Items

Any version of a repository item can be retrieved directly when browsing its history either in the History view, Directory Change Set view, or Revision Graph view.

Recover Items Deleted from the Repository

Even if an item does not exist in the latest revision of the repository, its history is still preserved. Syncro SVN Client can resurrect any item presented as deleted in the History view, Directory Change Set view, or Revision Graph view.

Component Updates

ODF 1.2

Oxygen offers support for ODF 1.2.

Calabash 1.0.13

XML Calabash was upgraded to version 1.0.13

Updated Saxon to Version 9.5.1.2

Version 9.5.1.2 of Saxon is included in Oxygen XML Editor.

HTTP Client 4.2.5

The Apache HTTP Client libraries were updated to version 4.2.5.

DITA for Publishers 0.9.18

DITA for Publishers was updated to version 0.9.18.

TEI

TEI Schema was updated to version 2.5.0. TEI XSL was updated to version 7.1.0.

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