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Version 6.0 - November 1, 2023
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Version 5.1 - April 19, 2023
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Version 5.0 - May 25, 2022
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Version 4.1 - July 12, 2021
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Version 4.0 - March 4, 2021
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Version 3.0 - July 3, 2020
2.0
Version 2.0 - February 12, 2020
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1.1
Version 1.1 - February 22, 2019
What's New in Oxygen Content Fusion 6.0
November 1, 2023
Oxygen Content Fusion 6.0 introduces a lot of interesting and
substantial improvements for the online collaboration platform designed to improve the DITA
documentation review and publishing processes.
One of the most interesting new features added in this version is the new
Projects feature, which allows you to manage a DITA project
hosted in a Git repository while maintaining full compatibility with existing
workflows and tools. Authors can create review tasks inside a project and
reviewers' feedback is tracked on a dedicated branch in the Git
repository. New publishing features help authors build WebHelp and PDF
outputs and the Oxygen Styles Basket has been integrated to make it very easy to
customize the output using CSS styling. Review task owners can now
close a review task to prevent others from making changes while
integrating the reviewers' feedback. Numerous enhancements were also made to the Content
Fusion user interface to make navigation easier and workflows more
efficient. Bug fixes and security enhancements were also implemented, and various
internal components were updated.
Projects
Manage DITA Projects Hosted in Git Repositories
The new Projects feature provides a way for authors to manage
DITA projects hosted in Git repositories. A Content Fusion project allows authors to
create and manage review tasks within the project, define Content Fusion
Publications as DITA map/DITAVAL pairs, and build Content Fusion
Deliverables that enable publishing DITA content to Webhelp and
PDF.
Compatibility with Existing Workflows and Tools
DITA project configuration changes and merged review tasks are automatically
synchronized between Content Fusion and your Git repository. This means that you can still
use the Git repository from any client application or Continuous Integration job.
Create and Merge Review Tasks Inside Projects
A Content Fusion project has a default branch in the Content Fusion
repository that mirrors the corresponding Git branch from the upstream remote
repository. This allows authors to create review tasks inside a Content Fusion project
quickly and using a minimum amount of storage, review tasks being just additional
branches in the Content Fusion local repository. All authors that have access to the
project are able to see all the review tasks created within that project.
After
closing a review task that was created within a project, the task owner has access to an
action to integrate the changes into the project's default branch using the built-in file
comparison/merge tool. This tool allows you to visually spot the differences and choose
which changes to merge.
Feedback Tracked in Git Repository
Suggestions or changes made by reviewers on a review task created within a
project are tracked on a dedicated branch in the Content Fusion Git repository. When a
task is finished, the changes are merged and pushed to the upstream remote
repository.
Private Projects
Projects can be configured to be private, making it possible for you to share
them only with specific collaborators. When creating a project in the Content Fusion
interface, there is a Visibility option that can be set as
Public or Private. Private projects are only
accessible to select individuals who are added on the Members page for
the particular project.
Publishing
Build WebHelp and PDF Deliverables
The new publishing features within Content Fusion projects allow you to
configure the process for transforming the DITA content into WebHelp and PDF deliverables.
Now, you can build the transformations directly in Content Fusion and you can even
configure automatic builds. Access to the transformation log file is available both during
the build process as well as afterwards, thus allowing you to debug any transformation
issues.
Built-In Publishing Templates
When configuring a deliverable, you can select from a variety of built-in
publishing templates to easily customize the appearance of the WebHelp and PDF output.
Oxygen Styles Basket Integration
You can duplicate and edit existing templates to customize various aspects of
the layout and style of the output. This is done through a built-in integration of the
Oxygen Styles Basket, which is a simple web-based tool that makes it
very easy to visually customize the WebHelp and PDF output.
Deploy Deliverables on a Hosting Platform
Once a deliverable has been produced, you can download and deploy it on a
third-party hosting platform.
User Interface Enhancements
New Navigation Features
The Content Fusion user interface was enhanced to make navigation easier and
workflows more efficient by providing actions in the top stripe, a new navigation stripe
on the left side of the interface, and a breadcrumb in the main area that can be used to
navigate to previous pages.
Review Task Workflow Improvements
Uninterrupted Integration of Reviewer's Feedback
During the review process, you now have the ability to integrate changes into your
documentation project undisturbed. To facilitate this workflow, we have introduced the
Close Review button. This feature enables you to lock the task,
preventing reviewers from making changes. It allows you to focus on addressing
previously received feedback and making the necessary modifications without
interruptions, ensuring a seamless integration of changes into your Content Fusion
project. Should you require additional input or feedback, you can easily reopen the
review, making the task editable to receive further suggestions.
Visual Editor
Updated Oxygen XML Web Author
Markdown Support
Markdown documents can be added to a review task and they can be opened as
read-only so that reviewers can see the content directly in the visual editor.
Licensing and User Roles
New Licensing Model Based on User Roles
The license for Content Fusion 6.0 covers a configurable number of user-based
licenses for Authors and predefined packages of floating licenses for
Subject matter experts (SME). Authors have access to projects and
publishing-related features, while SMEs only have access to review tasks. An administrator
can configure user roles in a new Users Management tab within the
Content Fusion Enterprise Administration page according to the limits
imposed by the license key.
Component Updates
Apache Shiro 1.12
Updated the Apache Shiro library to version 1.12.
Transport Layer Security v1.3 Support
Content Fusion has been updated to include support for TLS v1.3. Note that
support for older versions, namely v1.0 and v1.1, has been removed. As a result, Content
Fusion now exclusively supports TLS v1.2 and TLS v1.3.
