Oxygen XML Editor 8.1

January 25, 2007

NVDL Scripts Visual Editor

You can visually edit NVDL (Namespace-based Validation Dispatching Language) scripts. A diagram showing the script structure and allowing navigation from a mode reference to its definition is available.

Improved Content Completion Assistant for NVDL Scripts Editing

When editing an NVDL script the Content Completion Assistant offers assistance for entering a mode reference by presenting the defined modes and for entering a new mode by presenting the modes used but not defined. Also the NVDL schema that drives the Content Completion Assistant was annotated, so you will get documentation for the proposals offered during editing.

Search and Refactoring Support for NVDL Modes

Actions for searching references, definition or occurrences for NVDL modes were added to the NVDL scripts editor. It is also possible to rename a mode and all the occurrences of that mode will be renamed.

Copy/Paste Back and Forth Between Microsoft Excel and the XML Grid Editor

You can copy and paste sections of tabular data between Microsoft Excel and the XML Grid editing mode. This allows an easy import of tabular data into an XML structure and, respectively, an easy export of tabular data from an XML document to Excel.

Copy/Paste Takes into Account the Syntax Highlight

If you copy a section of text from Oxygen XML Editor into a Rich Text Format (RTF) enabled application such as Microsoft Wordpad or Microsoft Outlook, the text preserves the original markup colors.

Import from Database - Custom Format for the Calendar Dates

A set of options has been added for the import operation, allowing the dates to be formatted either as defined by the XML Schema specification, or in any other format you may need.

Indexing Support for Berkeley DB XML

You can specify XML indexes for the collections defined in a Berkeley DB XML database.

Information About XML Database Resources

You can check the properties (eg. timestamps, permissions, size) of a resource stored in either an eXist, XHive or Tamino XML database.

Customize the URI Resolver and the Collection URI Resolver for Saxon 8

You can specify a Java implementation of a URIResolver class as the URI resolver or as the collection URI resolver that Saxon will use when searching for resources specified by a URI. This is useful, for instance, when you want to resolve a collection name (for XQuery or for XSLT 2.0) to an XML document extracted from a database.

XML Catalog Changes do not Require Restart

You can modify the XML catalog list from the options and the changes will be taken into account without the need to restart the editor.

SVN Compatible with the VS/ASP.NET Client

The embedded SVN Client can handle working copies checked out by the VS/ASP .NET client. (in this case the admin directories are _svn instead of .svn)

Project Improvements

Additional actions for folder creation and rename in project linked folders are available.

Updated the Xerces-J Parser to Version 2.9.0

The Xerces-J XML parser was updated to the latest version: 2.9.0.

Support for SVN 1.4

The SVNKit package has been updated to support working copies compliant with the SVN version 1.4