2002
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Version 1.0 - April 15, 2002
Version 1.1 - May 15, 2002
Version 1.1.5 - May 20, 2002
Version 1.1.6 - May 24, 2002
Version 1.1.7 - May 27, 2002
Version 1.1.8 - June 5, 2002
Version 1.1.9 - June 15, 2002
Version 1.2 - June 27, 2002
Version 1.2.1 - September 27, 2002
Version 1.2.2 - October 22, 2002
Version 1.2.3 - November 27, 2002
Version 1.2.4 - December 17, 2002
2003
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Version 2.0 - April 2, 2003
Version 2.0.1 - May 15, 2003
Version 2.0.2 - June 9, 2003
Version 2.0.3 - August 14, 2003
Version 2.0.4 - September 19, 2003
2004
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Version 3.0 - January 14, 2004
Version 3.1 - February 6, 2004
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Version 4.0 - April 30, 2004
Version 4.1 - June 10, 2004
Version 4.2 - July 15, 2004
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Version 5.0 - October 15, 2004
Version 5.1 - January 18, 2005
2005
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Version 6.0 - May 22, 2005
Version 6.1 - July 19, 2005
Version 6.2 - September 19, 2005
2006
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Version 7.0 - January 13, 2006
Version 7.1 - March 2, 2006
Version 7.2 - June 6, 2006
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Version 8.0 - November 20, 2006
Version 8.1 - January 25, 2007
Version 8.2 - May 7, 2007
2007
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Version 9.0 - November 2, 2007
Version 9.1 - December 18, 2007
Version 9.2 - May 9, 2008
Version 9.3 - July 2, 2008
2008
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Version 10.0 - October 23, 2008
Version 10.1 - February 25, 2009
Version 10.2 - April 15, 2009
Version 10.3 - June 29, 2009
2009
11
Version 11.0 - October 9, 2009
Version 11.1 - December 17, 2009
Version 11.2 - March 16, 2010
2010
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Version 12.0 - September 14, 2010
Version 12.1 - January 12, 2011
Version 12.2 - May 19, 2011
2011
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Version 13.0 - August 29, 2011
Version 13.1 - October 26, 2011
Version 13.2 - January 12, 2012
2012
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Version 14.0 - June 27, 2012
Version 14.1 - October 19, 2012
Version 14.2 - February 13, 2013
2013
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Version 15.0 - June 7, 2013
Version 15.1 - October 7, 2013
Version 15.2 - January 22, 2014
2014
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Version 16.0 - May 20, 2014
Version 16.1 - October 7, 2014
2015
17
Version 17.0 - May 5, 2015
Version 17.1 - October 20, 2015
2016
18
Version 18.0 - April 21, 2016
2017
19
Version 19.0 - April 5, 2017
Version 19.1 - September 29, 2017
2018
20
Version 20.0 - March 16, 2018
20.1
Version 20.1 - June 15, 2018
Oxygen XML Editor 14.0
June 27, 2012
Version 14 marks a major step forward in the XML development support as it
introduces additional concepts and functionality that change the way you develop XML
and XML-related applications.
The XML authoring competes with word processors on ease of use and functionality
while providing all the benefits of having XML documents as the result of your work
- it has never been easier before to create, annotate and review XML content.
The support for plugin and framework repositories allows Oxygen users to
discover and install extensions to the standard Oxygen functionality and enables
the Oxygen plugin and framework developers to easily deliver and update their
applications to Oxygen users.
This version introduces subscription-based licenses for 1 year and 6 months
alongside the existing permanent licensing option.
There are changes in:
XML Development
Master Files [read more...] Oxygen introduces an innovative concept called Master Files
that simplifies the configuration and development of XML projects. Master Files are
the roots of an imported/included tree of modules. They are defined at project level
and are automatically used to determine the context for validation, editing (Content
Completion Assistant and Outline view), refactoring, and component search operations.
This support is available for XSD, XSL, and RNG modules. | ![]() |
XSLT Unit Test
Oxygen provides XSLT Unit Test support based on
XSpec. You can easily create a test for an XSLT stylesheet using the New ->
XSLT Unit Test contextual action in the Project view. This action
automatically generates an XSpec stub for the templates and functions from
the stylesheet that you want to test. Editing XSpec is assisted with content
completion assistance and validation, and a default transformation scenario
allows to run the tests, generating as output the test report.
XPath/XQuery Builder
The XPath and XQuery builder is a powerful sandbox tool designed to
help you in building, re-using and testing XPath and XQuery code snippets. Using
the Content Completion Assistant and syntax highlight coloring, you can quickly
build queries and you can re-use them either from the history stack or from the
favorites list.
CTRL/CMD + Click Navigation
By holding down CTRL (CMD on Mac) in the Text editing
mode some components become links that you can follow to get to the definition
of those components. For example, in an XML document, an element name becomes a
link to that element definition in the associated schema or DTD. In an XSL
stylesheet, a variable reference becomes a link to that variable definition, and
so on.
In-Place Rename
Refactoring your code is a lot easier with the rename component action
that allows you to rename a component and all its occurrences in the current
file without showing any dialog boxes. All the component occurrences are
highlighted and changed as-you-type. Oxygen provides a default shortcut to
quickly trigger this action: ALT+SHIFT+R (ALT+CMD+R on OS X).
XSLT 3.0
XSLT 3.0 support is automatically activated for each XSLT stylesheet
having the version attribute set to 3.0. Oxygen provides content
completion assistance for XSLT 3.0 stylesheets, support for transformations
and XSLT validation, updated Outline view and search and refactoring actions
that handle new additions in the XSLT 3.0 standard.
XQuery 3.0
The XQuery editor and the XQuery builder allow you to edit and execute
XQuery 3.0 expressions (including schema-aware ones). The Saxon 9 XQuery
processor is used for execution and validation. The functions defined in XQuery
3.0 are presented in the Content Completion Assistant.
XPath 3.0
The XSLT 3.0 and XQuery 3.0 specifications are based on XPath 3.0 so
Oxygen updates its XPath support to cover the new additions in XPath 3.0.
The XPath builder allows you to edit and execute XPath 3.0
expressions.
Authoring
Review Comments [read more...] When you annotate your
XML documents, the comments are displayed in the Author mode as
side callouts (balloons), and they also show additional information such as the
author and the comment time. | ![]() |
Display Tracked Changes as Callouts
Along with review comments, the changes can be presented as callout
boxes (balloons) next to the editing area, thus making it easy to collaborate on
document editing and review. You can control what type of changes are displayed
as well as the additional information: changed content, date, time, and author.
To enable the balloons for tracked changes, use the 'Callouts' options
page.
Complete DITA 1.2 Implementation in Relax NG
The complete set of DITA 1.2 schemas is available in Relax NG and
Oxygen provides full support for creating, authoring and publishing DITA
documents based on those Relax NG schemas. The DITA support in Relax NG was
contributed back to the DITA community as an open source project:
DITA-NG.
XPath Filter for Find/Replace in Author Mode
The XPath filter that was previously only available in
Text mode, is now available in the Author
editing mode.
Preview conref Target Elements
The insertion of a DITA conref is easier because Oxygen shows a
preview of the target elements using the visual Author
mode.
Partial Support for EPS Images
If the JAI Image I/O Tools libraries are installed in Oxygen, TIFF
preview images embedded in referenced EPS images are rendered in the
Author mode. Note that this is an experimental
support.
CSS 3 Sub-strings Matching Attribute Selectors
The Author editing mode supports the CSS 3
starts-with, ends-with and
contains attribute selectors.
Plugins and Frameworks
Plugin/Framework Deployment [read more...] As a developer you will be able to distribute your plugins and
frameworks to other users by publishing them as add-ons on your website. The users can
easily install new plugins and frameworks by just pointing Oxygen to a repository
URL. They will be able to browse available plugins and frameworks and select the ones
they want to install. When an add-on is changed, an update notification is triggered
in Oxygen. | ![]() |
StratML Framework
Support for Strategy Markup Language Part 1 and Part 2 is default in
Oxygen, offering default schema association based on the document namespace,
built-in XML Catalog for mapping remote StratML schema references to local
copies, easy creation of new StratML documents from document templates, visual
editing in the Author mode and default transformation to
HTML.
Increased Framework Portability
An additional editor variable ${framework} that is expanded to the
current framework folder allows you to reference to resources such as schemas,
CSS stylesheets, and so on, in a portable way, that does not depend on the
actual framework location.
Localized Frameworks
A framework provides specific support for an XML vocabulary. This is
what Oxygen uses to provide default support for DITA, DocBook, TEI, etc.
Starting with version 14, the frameworks support internationalization and the
main default Oxygen frameworks were localized in English, German, French,
Dutch, and Japanese.
Specific Element Icons
Many of the default Oxygen frameworks (DITA, DocBook, TEI, XHTML,
XSL and XML Schema) were updated to use the API that allow providing custom
icons for elements to provide specific icons (for example, to easily distinguish
a title, a paragraph, a list, etc.) These icons appear in the Outline view and
in the content completion list when an element is proposed to be inserted in the
document.
Transformation and Validation
Unified Presentation of Transformation Scenarios
All transformation scenarios are presented regardless of their storage:
the project file, user preferences, or frameworks. You can easily import and
export scenarios, and change their storage location.
Associate
Multiple Transformation Scenarios
You can publish to multiple output formats with just
one click. For instance, if you associate DITA to PDF and DITA to WebHelp
scenarios to a DITA map then the "Apply Transformation" action will perform both
transformations.
Unified Presentation of Validation Scenarios
All validation scenarios are presented regardless of their storage: the
project file, user preferences, or frameworks. You can easily import and export
scenarios, and change their storage location.
Associate
Multiple Validation Scenarios
You can associate multiple validation scenarios with
your documents.
EPUB
EPUB 3.0
The EPUB support was updated to include validation for EPUB 3.0 files.
The support for the files included inside an EPUB was also updated to support
the new files referenced by the EPUB 3 specification.
Eclipse Plugin
Internationalization Support for the Oxygen Eclipse Plugin
Oxygen is available both as a standalone Java application and as an
Eclipse plugin. The internationalization support was available only in the
standalone version and now it was extended to also cover the Eclipse plugin. By
default, the Eclipse plugin is localized in the following languages: English,
German, French, Dutch, and Japanese.
MathML Editing in the Eclipse Plugin
MathML equations are rendered in the OxygenAuthor editing mode. For editing, Oxygen provides a simple
MathML visual editor that displays the rendered equation and the MathML source
side by side and synchronizes the cursor position in both views to quickly map
from the rendered equation to the source and vice-versa.
MarkLogic
Remote XQuery Debugging on MarkLogic Server [read more...] Oxygen enables the debugging of real applications that use
XQuery (for example, web applications that trigger XQuery executions). Oxygen
connects to a MarkLogic server, shows you the running XQuery scripts, and allows you
to debug them. By setting the server in debug mode, you will be able to intercept all
the XQuery scripts running on that server. The remote debugging support also allows collaborative
debugging. Two or more developers can connect to the same debugging session. | ![]() |
XQuery Validation
The XQuery modules can be validated using the MarkLogic server thus you
can spot possible issues quickly, without the need to actually execute that
XQuery script. The validation support requires MarkLogic 5 or a later
version.
Remote Editing
It is possible to edit a module opened directly from the MarkLogic
connection, without the need to go through a file or WebDAV peer connection.
Other
Find and Replace in Files Improvements
The Find and Replace in files support was updated to support text on
multiple lines. Before applying a replace operation, you can also preview the
changes that are about to be performed and you can also limit the scope of those
changes to specific files.
Search Results Highlighted in Editors
The results of the XPath, Find, Search References/Declarations
operations are highlighted in the editor and marked in the side bar, in both
Author and Text mode.
Show/Hide Element Names in Outline View
You are able to control the visibility of the element names in the
Outline view. Hiding element names allows you to focus more on the document
content.
Improved JavaScript/JSON Support
The JavaScript editing experience has been improved with the addition
of the Content Completion Assistant, synchronized Outline view and syntax
validation. The Outline view can also be used when editing JSON
files.
Browse Database Resources
In most places where a resource is needed, Oxygen uses a component
that allows to easily identify what resource to open. This component includes an
action that allows browsing database collections to find the resource to open
thus making the resources stored in databases easily accessible in many
workflows.
Extended API
A detailed list of all changes to the Java API can be found
here.
Control the Callouts Rendering and Actions in Author Mode
Handle Special Author Table Operations
Access to Author Selection Model
This version adds support for multiple selections in the
Author mode. The
ro.sync.ecss.extensions.api.AuthorSelectionModel
API provides access to all Author selection intervals and contains methods for
adding simple and multiple selections.
Listener for Author Track Changes and Review Comments Actions
Frameworks Internationalization Support
In order to provide a framework which can be used without modifications
with multiple user languages, all action names and messages from the document
types can be translated. The
AuthorAccess.getAuthorResourceBundle() method
was added to provide a message bundle that holds all the internationalized
messages for a framework.
DITA Map Tree Component Integration
Using the Author Component API, a DITA Map Tree Component can be
integrated in your applet or Java application. The component displays a DITA Map
in a tree-like fashion similar to the DITA Maps Manager view of the Oxygen
XML standalone distribution. The DITA Map Tree Component provider can be
obtained from the
AuthorComponentFactory.createDITAMapTreeComponentProvider()
method.
Provide DITA Key Definitions
Licensing MathFlow Editor and MathFlow Composer
Plugin Workspace Provider
The
ro.sync.exml.workspace.api.PluginWorkspaceProvider
singleton provides access to the workspace API of the Oxygen editor for
plugins developed for both standalone and Eclipse distributions. By using it you
can add listeners to editor-related events (for example, editor opened, closed,
page changed, etc.), obtain access to all opened editors, add option listeners,
or save custom options.
Execute XPath Expressions Against the Content of the Text Mode
Map between Text Mode Offsets and Their Line-Column Coordinate
Set a Default Location for a File Chooser
Updated Components
Saxon Enterprise Edition
The Saxon 9 Enterprise Edition processor from Saxonica for XSLT, XQuery
and XML Schema was updated to version 9.4.0.3.
EpubCheck
The EpubCheck was updated to version 3.0b5 to provide validation
support for both EPUB 2 and EPUB 3 documents.
Calabash
The Calabash XProc processor was updated to version
1.0.3-94.
Updated DocBook Stylesheets
The DocBook stylesheets were updated to version 1.77.1.
Updated TEI Schemas and Stylesheets
The TEI schemas and stylesheets were updated to version 2.10 of the
schemas and version 6.13 of the TEI stylesheets.
