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Version 9.0 - November 2, 2007
Version 9.1 - December 18, 2007
Version 9.2 - May 9, 2008
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Version 10.0 - October 23, 2008
Version 10.1 - February 25, 2009
Version 10.2 - April 15, 2009
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Version 11.0 - October 9, 2009
Version 11.1 - December 17, 2009
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Version 19 - April 5, 2017
Oxygen XML Author 16.1
Related Versions:
16.016.1
October 7, 2014
Version 16.1 of Oxygen XML Author makes
the Quick Fixes functionality available in the Author visual
editing mode, thus actions such as adding a missing attribute or deleting an
unexpected element are offered to the user to solve validation
issues.
The XML authoring mode received a number of improvements to the
table support, track changes functionality, generic editing, as well as to the DITA
specific actions.
The Eclipse plugin version of Oxygen XML Author was
updated to support Eclipse 4.4, the SVN support was updated to work with Apache
Subversion 1.8, and many component libraries were updated to their latest stable
versions.
There are changes in:
XML
XML Quick Fixes
The Quick Fix support helps you resolve different errors that appear in
an XML document by proposing automatic fixes for common problems such as missing
required attributes or invalid elements. This feature is only available for XML
documents validated against an XML Schema.
Display Annotations Using HTML
You can use HTML styling in the annotations you add in an XML Schema or
Relax NG schema. This improves the visual appearance and readability of the
documentation and tooltip windows displayed when editing XML documents validated
against such a schema.
Execute XPath Expressions over Files Inside Archives
XPath expressions can be executed over files inside archives (including
EPUB and Docx). The archive can be open in the Archive Browser view or
referenced from the currently selected scope.
Improved External Validation Engines Error Reporting
The recognized format of messages received from an external validation
engine supports new parameters that allow more accurate highlighting of the
place in the XML content where the error is located.
CSS
CSS Minification Tool
Oxygen includes a minification tool that allows you to compress and
minimize the CSS stylesheets you are developing for deployment on a web
server.
XSLT
XSLT Outline Displays xsl:key and
xsl:output Components
The Outline view collects and displays information about the
xsl:key and xsl:output components when you
are editing an XSLT document.
Improved Documentation for XSLT Components
The documentation for XSLT components (elements, attributes and
functions) has been reviewed and improved. The documentation is now displayed
using a more readable HTML format with navigation links to the
specification.
SharePoint Integration
SharePoint Browser View
The SharePoint Browser has been promoted as a dedicated view, allowing
you to interact with SharePoint repositories through a set of specific
actions.
Visual XML Editing
Track Surround Changes
If Change Tracking support is enabled, all content surround operations
are marked as changes.
Rectangular Selection in Tables
You can select rectangular blocks of cells in tables. You can then use
this selection to edit properties or delete the content of the selected
cells.
Show Location Tooltip on Mouse Move
When editing XML documents in a visual environment you might find it
difficult to position the cursor between certain tags that do not have a visual
representation. To help you, Oxygen displays a semi-transparent preview of
the Position Information Tooltip when hovering between two
elements.
'Media' Rules for Windows High Contrast Themes
Two application-specific 'media' rules allow you to add specific styles
for white-background and black-background high contrast Windows themes when
editing in the Author visual editing mode.
Paste as Text Action
The Paste as Text action pastes the clipboard content,
ignoring any structure or styling markup.
Insert Symbols in a Form Control
You can use the Characters Map dialog box to insert symbols in embedded
form controls.
The Width Property is Available for a Number of Form
Controls
The width property is now supported by the text field,
text area, URL chooser, date picker, combo box and pop-up form controls. You can
specify the width of any of these form controls by setting them to absolute,
relative or percentage values to achieve a better looking final
layout.
Enable Button Form Controls in Read-Only Context
You can use the enableReadOnlyContext to enable
buttons or groups of buttons in read-only contexts. This allows you, for
example, to execute a utility action that does not modify the
context.
WebHelp
WebHelp Pages Use HTML5 Elements
WebHelp pages generated by the Oxygen transformations from DITA XML
and DocBook XML content start with an HTML5 DOCTYPE declaration. A video from a
source XML document is translated to the HTML5 video
element.
DITA Support
Option to Batch Validate Referenced DITA Resources
An option in the Validate and Check for Completeness
action allows you to batch validate DITA files referenced in the DITA map. This
means that DITA files can be validated using schemas from the associated
validation scenarios.
Easier Way to Perform a Conref Push
The Insert Content Reference dialog box provides an easier way to mark
or replace referenced content.
Reorganized DITA Maps Manager Contextual Menu
The DITA Maps Manager view offers a simplified and more ergonomic
contextual menu.
Navref Element Support
The DITA Maps Manager view provides a dedicated action for inserting
navref elements, plus a specific icon for rendering them in
the DITA Map tree.
Action to Insert New Topic in a DITA Map Edited in Author Mode
When editing DITA Maps in Author mode, an action is
available to create and insert a new topic at the cursor position.
Eclipse Plugin
Support for Eclipse 4.4
The Oxygen XML Eclipse plugin now officially supports Eclipse 4.4.
Deprecated Support for Eclipse 3.4 and 3.5
Note that this is the last version of Oxygen which supports Eclipse
3.4 and 3.5. Support for these older versions will be removed starting with the
next version of Oxygen.
Other
Editor Variables to Find the Framework's Location
Two additional editor variables (framework(fr_name)
and frameworkDir(fr_name)) allow you to find the location of a
particular framework, both as URL and file path.
Single Sign-on Authentication
Oxygen supports single sign-on authentication based on the Kerberos
protocol by enabling a custom system property.
Ant Quick Fixes
Added Quick Fix support for missing target references in Ant build
documents.
Configurable Stop Words List
To improve search performance, the indexing process skips some common
short English words (so-called stop words). However, you can configure this list
of words to adapt it to your authoring team's needs.
Improved Search Results
Keywords found in DITA and DocBook titles are promoted higher in the
search result list, thus increasing the chance of finding a relevant topic much
faster.
High Contrast Themes Inheritance
On Windows operating systems, Oxygen inherits colors set in the
high contrast themes.
Allow Filtering by Unicode Blocks
The Character Map dialog box allows you to view all characters
available in a certain Unicode block range for a specific font.
Improved Modularization Support for ISO Schematron Schema
Improved the inclusion mechanism when working with ISO Schematron
modules by adding support for iso:extends element. This element
allows you to include all the components defined in a Schematron schema (such as
patterns or phases) as opposed to the standard inclusion mechanism defined in
ISO Schematron (iso:include element) that allows you to include the root element
of the included Schematron module.
SVN Client
Support for Subversion 1.8
Oxygen now supports Subversion 1.8 working copies and also SVN 1.8
FSFS-backed repositories accessed through the file:// protocol.
Starting with this version, SVN 1.6 and older working copies are no longer
supported, unless using an older version of Syncro SVN Client.
Improved Merge Support
The Merge support has been improved with ease-of-use in mind, bringing a
more user-friendly and less error-prone interface. Also, it supports
additional Merge options and it is more compliant with the svn
merge command.
Improvements and Bug Fixes
Oxygen includes various improvements and bug fixes regarding
external items, memory management, operations performance, and the user
interface.
Component Updates
Saxon 9.5.1.7
The Saxon XSLT, XQuery and XML Schema processor from Saxonica has been
updated to version 9.5.1.7.
DITA OT 1.8.5
The DITA Open Toolkit has been updated to version 1.8.5.
Updated TEI Schemas and Stylesheets
The TEI schema has been updated to version 2.7.0 and TEI XSL
stylesheets to version 7.24.0.
Calabash 1.0.20
The bundled Calabash XProc engine has been updated to version
1.0.20.
HTTP Client 4.3.3
The Apache HTTP Client libraries have been updated to version
4.3.3.
API
Plugins Can Generically Reference Multiple Libraries Located in the Same
Folder
The librariesFolder element in the
plugin.xml can be used to point to multiple libraries
located in the specified folder.
Custom Editor Variables Expander
Move Element Operation
The
MoveElementOperation allows you to build a
custom framework-level action to handle moving elements from one context to
another.
Operation to Set or Delete Multiple Pseudo Class Values of Nodes Identified
by XPath Expressions
The
ChangePseudoClassesOperation operation allows
you to set multiple pseudo class values to nodes identified by an XPath
expression and to remove multiple values from nodes identified by an XPath
expression.
Method for Creating an Author Toolbar
Method to Insert an XML Fragment in Text Mode
Interface for Managing a Color Theme
The
ColorThemeUtilities interface provides more
information about the color theme currently used by Oxygen. It also provides
an image color inverter utility class.
Method to Reject the Switch Between Editing Modes
Custom Form Control API for Callbacks from the Character Map Dialog
Box
Dynamic Width for Form Controls
Method to Get the XPath Expression of a Node Identified by its Offset
Method for Delaying the Process of Setting Values to Form Controls
Method to Refresh the Content of a Form Control
The
InplaceEditor.refresh() method allows you to
synchronize the content of a form control when the document is modified from a
source other than the form control.
