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
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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
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Version 17.0 - May 5, 2015
Version 17.1 - October 20, 2015
2016
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Version 18.0 - April 21, 2016
18.1
Version 18.1 - October 18, 2016
2017
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Version 19 - April 5, 2017
Oxygen XML Author 9.2
May 9, 2008
Oxygen XML Author Product
Special Version Suited for Authoring
The Oxygen XML Author
is available
both as a separate product (standalone and Eclipse plugin) and also as a part of
Oxygen XML Editor. It keeps only the relevant authoring features of
Oxygen XML Editor enhancing the authors productivity by providing a clean
and easy-to-use interface specially suited for content authors. The exact
features included in Oxygen XML Author are described in the
feature matrix.
DITA Editor
DITA Maps Manager [read more...] DITA maps are key components for authoring DITA content.
Managing these files and their referenced topics is an important feature for a DITA
editor. The DITA Maps Manager in Oxygen allows you to view and edit
DITA map files. It also acts as a type of project manager application, allowing you to
easily open and manage topics, tasks, and concepts. The DITA Maps Manager is displayed
each time you open a .ditamap file in Oxygen and it will appear as a
tab in the same panel as the Project view. Double-clicking a file reference that is
listed in a DITA map, opens that file in the editor. | ![]() |
Integrated DITA Open Toolkit [read more...]
The tools used to generate output in a multitude of formats
(XHTML, PDF, HTML, JavaHelp, Eclipse Help, etc.) are ready-to-use out-of-the-box,
and Oxygen includes the latest version of the DITA-OT.
Power users have the ability to fine tune transformations by
using advanced options (for example, specifying parameters for the ANT build files,
filtering content using a DITAVAL file or Profiling Condition Set, providing a
custom build file, etc.)
Integrated the Idiom FO Plugin for DITA Open Toolkit
You can generate high quality PDF output using the PDF2
transformation scenario. It uses the Idiom FO plugin that comes installed in
the DITA Open Toolkit bundled in Oxygen. The plugin transforms a DITA
map to PDF using the XEP or Antenna House processors - depending on which of
them is configured in Oxygen XML Editor - or the built-in Apache FOP
processor.
Support for Content References [read more...] Content referencing is a convenient DITA mechanism for
content re-use from other topics or maps. You can easily insert direct references
(conref) or indirect references (conkeyref) in a
DITA document using the Reuse Content action (available on the
toolbar and in the contextual menu). It allows you to choose the source of the
reusable content and target ID of specific elements within the source. There is also support for inserting content references
through the Conref Push mechanism. Oxygen also supports inserting direct and
related links, based on cross references, file references, or Web links, and
includes other helpful actions for working with content references and reusable
components. | ![]() |
WYSIWYG XML Editor
In-Place View of the Included XML Content
Similar to the DITA conref support, the XML content included using
XInclude or external entities is presented in place as a read-only block that
can be collapsed/expanded.
Document Navigation Using Links
With the navigation links support, it is easy to go from a DITA conref
to the referenced content, from a DocBook link to the target element, or from an
XInclude reference to the included content, with just a single
click.
Support for Creating Chinese, Japanese, Korean (CJK) Content [read more...]
The input methods for CJK text are fully supported. The editor
displays the composed text in a pop-up window when the inserted characters belong to
the CJK code pages. The composed text is shown in the context of the document that it
belongs to, in a style that indicates that the text still needs to be converted or
confirmed by the user.
Wrapping of CJK Text
The wrapping of CJK (Chinese Japanese Korean) text in the
Author mode of Oxygen XML Editor takes into account
some rules for wrapping at punctuation marks in East Asian languages. For
example, in CJK text a punctuation mark cannot be the first character of a
line.
Presentation Modes for XML Tags
Two additional presentation modes for the XML tags were added to the
Author editing mode. One mode displays both the start tag
and the end tag of each XML element including the attributes using small
graphical symbols. The other mode displays the start tag and the end tag of the
inline XML elements but hides the tags of block elements.
Content Completion Proposals for Element Values
When the content model of an XML element allows a specific set of
values defined with an enumeration type then the content completion list
includes those enumeration values.
Control How to Combine the CSS Specified in the Document with the Default CSS
of the Document Type
The developer of a document type can decide if the CSS stylesheets
specified inside a document (using xml-stylesheet processing instructions) will
replace the default CSS stylesheets or will be merged with them. This is useful
for XML documents where it is needed to change only the styles for several
elements, and leave the default styles for the rest (the XHTML documents, for
instance).
CSS Functions
For allowing greater flexibility in presenting the generated content in
the visual mode Oxygen provides a set of additional CSS functions. The
replace function allows to replace all occurrences of a
string with another (regular expressions are supported), the
document-url function returns the full URL of the document
and the parent-url function returns the parent directory URL of
another URL.
Extend Selection to the Ancestor XML Elements
The action Select Content applied repeatedly starts with selecting the
XML element from the cursor position and extends the selection to the ancestor
XML elements. Each execution of the action extends the current selection to the
surrounding element.
Enhancement for Foldable Elements
When a foldable element is collapsed it is possible to
show a title of that collapsed element. This enhancement makes it possible to
have the title content extracted from an attribute value rather than using only
an element value. If the CSS stylesheet sets the custom
foldable property of an XML element but it does not set the
custom not-foldable-child property then at the time the element
is collapsed only the before pseudo element is visible in the
Author mode of Oxygen XML Editor.
Find All Elements Action [read more...]
The Find All Elements action is available in
all the XML editing modes (Text, Author, and
Grid). It provides an easy way to search for XML elements using a
tag name, attribute name, or attribute value.
Text Editing Mode of the XML Editor
Better Drag-and-Drop Support
The drag-and-drop actions can now also be executed on a selection
including multiple nodes of a tree. This is available for the DITA Maps Manager,
SVN Working Copy, and Outline view.
Option for Preserving the Formatting of Embedded JavaScript or CSS
Code
Embedded scripts or CSS styles are automatically formatted by specific
JavaScript and CSS formatters. Sometimes it is desired to keep the original
formatting of these embedded scripts or CSS styles. An option was added for
preserving the formatting.
Database Support
Database Access Through WebDAV
A database connection can be set up to browse the database collections
and access the data in read/write mode through WebDAV. Any database with a
WebDAV interface can be accessed in Oxygen XML Editor (for example,
MarkLogic and Tamino).
Select the Initial XML eXist Collection or the Initial Tamino
Database
When a database connection is set up the user can choose the initial
XML collection which will be accessed through that connection. This support is
offered only for the Tamino and eXist databases.
XML Schema Improvements
Custom Schema for XML Schema Annotations [read more...]
XML Schemas contain annotations for providing additional
information, such as documentation or application-specific information. For instance,
a schema might contain documentation for its components in XHTML or Schematron
embedded rules. You can specify a schema for these annotations and Oxygen will use
that for providing content completion proposals.
Schematron Improvements
Option for Using Saxon EE (Schema Aware) for Schematron [read more...]
XPath 2.0 checks, used in an ISO Schematron schema or
Schematron 1.5 schema, can optionally be executed with Saxon EE, instead of Saxon B,
in order to access the schema-aware features of Saxon EE. The Saxon EE processor is
an extension of the Saxon B processor and is bundled with the Oxygen software
packages.
Other Improvements
Stop Execution of an External Tool
When the execution of an external tool is too long you can stop its
execution.
Check References to XML Schema Elements in WSDL Messages
When a WSDL document is validated there is an additional verification:
the references to the XML elements used in the defined messages are checked to
see if they point to valid XML elements defined in the types section of the WSDL
document.
NTLM Authentication
Oxygen supports NTLM authentication.
Component Updates
Updated the Saxon 9 XSLT / XQuery Processor
The Saxon 9 XSLT and XQuery processor was updated to the latest
version: 9.0.0.4. Both Saxon 9 Basic and Schema Aware versions are supported,
including XSLT and XQuery debugging and profiling, and schema validation. For
the Schema Aware version you need a separate license from
Saxonica.
Updated the DocBook XML Framework
The OASIS DocBook XML Schemas were updated to the version 5.0. The
DocBook XSL stylesheets were updated to the version 1.73.2 which is namespace
aware.
Updated DITA Open Toolkit
The DITA Open Toolkit was updated in the Oxygen XML editor DITA
authoring framework to the latest version 1.4.2.1
Support for Latest Version of Berkeley DB XML
Version 2.4.11 of the Berkeley DB XML native XML database is now
supported.
Updated the XQuery Documentation Tool
The version 1.6 of the XQDoc tool can be used for generating HTML
documentation for XQuery documents.
Updated the XML Security Component
The Apache XML security library was updated to the version 1.4.1. It is
used for the canonicalization of XML documents and for digital signatures of XML
documents.
