[oXygen-user] [ANN] Version 26.1 of the Oxygen XML Suite of Products is Now Available!

[Alin Belu]

Hello everyone,

We are incredibly proud to announce the immediate availability of 
*version 26.1* of our industry-leading XML suite of products: *Oxygen 
XML Editor*, *Author*, *Developer*, *Web Author*, *Publishing Engine*, 
*WebHelp*, *PDF Chemistry*, *Scripting*, and *JSON Editor*.

The *Enterprise edition* of Oxygen XML Editor/Author/Developer becomes 
*AI-ready*, offering access without the need for an additional 
subscription to the *Oxygen AI Positron Assistant Enterprise* add-on 
which allows direct connection to OpenAI accounts or to the Microsoft 
Azure OpenAI Service.

Version 26.1 introduces new functionality tailored for *DITA users*, 
*XSLT/XQuery developers*, and *JSON/YAML developers*, enhancing 
productivity and versatility across various workflows.

The Oxygen Publishing Engine include float support and new CSS 
properties, providing users with greater control over their PDF output 
customization.

Oxygen Web Author brings support for DITA-OT project files to manage the 
editing context and improved handling of DITAVAL filters.

Additionally, version 26.1 introduces the JSON Schema Validator add-on, 
facilitating seamless validation of JSON documents against JSON schema. 
Moreover, the Batch Documents Converter add-on now includes XSD to JSON 
Schema conversions, expanding its utility.

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*What's New in Oxygen XML Editor 26.1*

Oxygen XML Editor is an incremental release of the industry-leading 
bundle of tools for content authors, developers, collaborators, and 
publishers.

Starting with this version, *DITA authors* can now convert sections to 
new topic files while preserving the DITA topic type, saving time and 
effort while ensuring that content remains properly structured. When 
editing DITA topics, several actions listed as proposals are accessible 
from the content completion window to help make it easier to insert 
content references and key references. A new option is also available to 
control whether or not non-DITA resources are automatically converted to 
DITA when inserting topic references in the DITA Maps Manager, yet 
another time saving improvement.

*DITA publishers* that use the Zendesk Help Center transformation 
scenario will be happy to know that it now automatically creates and 
publishes a table of contents and also supports publishing to a 
subsection. For CSS-based PDF transformations, the new support for 
prepress print layout ensures that your PDFs are print-ready. The PDF 
transformation now also automatically fixes some incorrect values for 
the units of measurement detected in the width/height of images. When 
running DITA transformations, the real-time progress is constantly 
updated in the status bar to keep users informed of the current 
publishing step being processed.

*Author mode* improvements include the content completion's Split action 
now automatically adding required first child elements inside the newly 
created element, removing extra steps from the editing process. Also, 
the spell checker now detects spelling errors for text inside two 
consecutive inline elements without a space in between them, helping to 
keep content error-free by preventing words from being incorrectly 
merged together.

Some quality of life improvements were also added when using *Markdown*. 
The Smart Paste mechanism converts Markdown content that is pasted 
within XML documents in Author mode into the target vocabulary. Syntax 
highlights are now displayed for other languages embedded within 
Markdown, making it easy to identify and edit code snippets in different 
languages. The DITA preview pane now presents colors and filters for 
profiling attributes, allowing users to visualize their filtered content 
with ease.

*JSON users* now have the power to transform JSON documents using *XSLT 
transformation scenarios*, unlocking a myriad of new possibilities. The 
content completion for JSON offers proposals even when no schema is 
associated and the JSON Outline view can help increase productivity as 
it now displays the number of child elements in each array's label and 
also supports drag and drop. Furthermore, basic text editing support was 
added for*JSON5* documents, and a new *JSON Schema Validator add-on* is 
available to provide support for validating JSON documents against JSON 
schema version 2020-12.

The *AI Positron Assistant* continues to get impressive updates. A 
separate Enterprise version of the Oxygen AI Positron Assistant add-on 
is now available for users who want to connect directly to OpenAI 
accounts or Microsoft Azure OpenAI Service. New document templates are 
available to help easily create AI Positron custom actions, unlocking 
personalized AI solutions. A new AI action is also available to 
translate content into any desired language. The AI Positron Refactoring 
action makes it easier than ever to refactor and optimize AI projects 
and it now works when applied on remote resources. In addition, the chat 
pane now uses XML syntax highlighting for XML code to make it easier to 
visualize and understand the AI response.

Other features and improvements were added as well. One such feature is 
the ability to execute Quick fix proposals in bulk, which allows users 
to resolve multiple issues at once. The latest engines are available for 
the Saxon XSLT and XQuery Transformer add-on and XProc 3.0 schemas were 
added to offer support for content completion and validation for XProc 
3.0 files. Unique values are now automatically generated for ID-type 
attributes that are inserted using the Content Completion Assistant, 
saving time by eliminating the need to manually add them. Also, schema 
files and new file templates were added to support editing DocBook 5.2 
documents and SVG 1.2 Tiny documents.

This release also implements a variety of performance improvements, 
security enhancements, API and component updates, and various bug fixes.

For more information, see: 
https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_editor/whats_new.html

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*What's New in Oxygen JSON Editor 26.1*

The JSON support added in Oxygen XML Editor/Developer is also available 
in the Oxygen JSON Editor version 26.1. JSON users now have the power to 
transform JSON documents utilizing *XSLT transformation scenarios*, 
access to content completion for JSON even when no schema is associated, 
JSON Outline view that displays the number of child elements in each 
array label and also supports drag and drop, basic text editing for 
*JSON5* documents, and the new *JSON Schema Validator add-on* provides 
support for validating JSON documents against JSON schema version 2020-12.

Furthermore, this release also sees the implementation of various 
performance improvements, security enhancements, API and component 
updates, and bug fixes.

For more information, see: 
https://www.oxygenxml.com/json_editor/whats_new.html

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*What's New in Oxygen XML Scripting 26.1*

The *DITA Validate and Check for Completeness* script received important 
performance enhancements, significantly reducing the time it takes for 
the script to finish when using DITAVAL filters.

For more information, see: 
https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_scripting/whats_new.html

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*What's New in Oxygen XML Web Author 26.1*

This release has some interesting new features for DITA users, 
introducing *support for DITA-OT project files* and providing better 
handling of DITAVAL filters. The DITA Map pane allows users to specify a 
DITA-OT project file and choose between the contexts defined within it. 
Users may also easily switch profiling conditions, and there is the 
option to hide or present as grayed out content that is excluded by the 
current filter in the document, DITA Maps pane, and in the Outline pane.

The AI Positron Assistant's feature for previewing changes was improved 
to allow choosing which of the AI's proposed changes will be 
incorporated into users' documents. When dragging a node within the 
Outline pane, the outline tree automatically scrolls along with the 
movement to make it easier to precisely drop the node where needed. The 
Unicode support was improved to better support surrogate characters 
(e.g. emoji characters) and the text mode is available as read-only mode 
for concurrent editing sessions. When Markdown content is pasted within 
DITA, DocBook, TEI, or XHTML documents, it is automatically converted to 
the target vocabulary by the smart paste functionality.

If users develop Web Author customizations, the new CSS Inspector lets 
them see the styles of the selected element and the process of uploading 
a framework now includes validation to keep customized frameworks 
error-free. Server logs are available from the Administration Page to 
help troubleshoot issues with the Web Author server and some new URL 
parameters are also available to impose a DITAVAL filter or a DITA-OT 
project context for filtering the document.

Version 26.1 also brings a variety of performance improvements, security 
enhancements, API and component updates, and bug fixes.

For more information, see: 
https://www.oxygenxml.com/xml_web_author/whats_new.html

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*What's New in Oxygen Publishing Engine 26.1*

*Oxygen Publishing Engine version 26.1* adds basic float support, 
automatic fixes for incorrect values for width or height properties, and 
new CSS properties are available for configuring the PDF output. 
Additionally, the Zendesk Help Center transformation scenario now 
automatically creates and publishes a table of contents and supports 
publishing to a subsection. Furthermore, several performance 
improvements, component updates, and bug fixes were implemented.

For more information, see: 
https://www.oxygenxml.com/publishing_engine/whats_new.html

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*Oxygen XML Users Meetup @ XML Prague 2024*

Between the 6th and the 8th of June, 2024, the XML Prague Conference 
makes its return, offering a unique opportunity for developers, markup 
enthusiasts, information managers, and students to come together in person.

Continuing its tradition, the Oxygen XML team announces its presence at 
the conference, hosting yet another *Oxygen XML Users Meetup* on *June 
6th*. This meetup has become a cornerstone of the event, providing 
attendees with firsthand insights into the latest developments straight 
from the dedicated individuals behind the Oxygen XML suite of products.

To find out more about this opportunity to connect, collaborate, and 
stay at the forefront of XML innovation, the event page is available 
here: https://www.oxygenxml.com/events/2024/oxygen_user_meetup_Prague.html

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We hope you will enjoy our latest release of the Oxygen XML suite of 
products!
As always, thank you for your support and don't forget that feedback is 
welcome!

Best regards,
Alin

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Alin Belu
Oxygen XML Editor
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