2015
17
Version 17.0 - May 5, 2015
Version 17.1 - October 20, 2015
2016
18
Version 18.0 - April 21, 2016
18.1
Version 18.1 - October 18, 2016
2017
19
Version 19 - April 5, 2017
Oxygen XML Web Author 18.0
April 21, 2016
Oxygen
XML Web Author version 18.0.0 is the latest major release for the innovative
web-based authoring tool. Its powerful technology and adaptive interface allows you
to review, contribute, and edit content from anywhere, on desktops, tablets, or
mobile devices. It includes a variety of new features and improvements to make your
authoring, collaborating, and reviewing experience more efficient and productive
than ever before.
A Tags Display Mode feature was added that allows you to control
the amount of markup that is displayed in the editing pane and you can now edit the
XML source code of a document in a text editing mode.
Oxygen XML Web Author now officially supports DITA 1.3 as well as Lightweight
DITA.
A new reply to comment feature was also added that allows you to
collaborate more easily and effectively with others through comment threads and you
can mark comments or changes as being resolved.
This new version also includes various performance and security improvements and
some new API methods were added to allow you to further customize Oxygen XML Web
Author.
There are changes in:
Oxygen XML Web Author
Reply to Comments & Mark as Done
You can collaborate with other members of your team more easily, taking
advantage of the improved annotation support. You can now reply to comments
added by others and you can also start new comment threads. Everyone that has
access to the project can see the comment threads and join the discussion at any
time. The Mark as done option allows you to mark a discussion
thread as being completed. This is useful for marking comments that have been
addressed, leaving only those that still need some attention.
Edit MathML Equations
You now have the ability to insert MathML equations. You can simply tap
or click an equation to open an editing dialog box that allows you to edit the
XML source code for the equation. For a more advanced MathML editor there is
available a 3rd party plugin from
WIRIS.
Text Editing Mode
The Oxygen XML Web Author now allows you to edit the XML source
code in a text editor. The Edit as XML action switches the
document to a text editing mode where you can see and edit the source
code.
Multiple Tag Modes
You now have the option to change between different tag mode
visualisations of the edited content. There are a variety of tag modes that
allow you to control the amount of markup that is displayed. You can choose from
the following tag modes: Full Tags with Attributes,
Full Tags, Block Tags, Inline
Tags, Partial Tags, or No
Tags.
Insert DITA Topic References and Cross References
Actions were added to help you easily add topic references and cross
references. When editing DITA maps, an Insert Topic Reference
button on the toolbar allows you to insert a reference to a specific topic. For
editing DITA topics, an Insert Cross Reference button allows
you to create cross reference links to other resources.
Support for the Latest DITA Standards, Including Lightweight DITA
The DITA support has been updated to the latest versions, including
support for DITA 1.3 specifications, Lightweight DITA, and DITA Open Toolkit
version 2.2.3.
Report Problems
An option has been added to the toolbar that allows you to submit
problems that you encounter while using the product. The form includes various
tabs to allow you to choose the amount of information to be sent to our
technical support team.
API: Display Reason for Read-Only Status
The
WSEditorPage.setReadOnly API was added to allow
you to specify a reason for a document being set as read-only. The message is
displayed to the user when trying to edit the document.
API: Show Notifications to User
API: Style Filter Support
API: Specify Attribute Editing Actions
Content Completion
Customization of Content Completion Proposals
The elements and attributes that are proposed in the Content Completion
Assistant
can be customized for each framework by using a configuration file.
You can configure the values that are proposed, customize the elements or
attributes that are proposed, or specify a global list of elements or attributes
that will be available for a particular framework.
Quick Search in the Content Completion Proposals List
When entering a search string in the Content Completion
Assistant, it presents proposals that start with the
prefix entered as the search string, followed by items that contain
the search string. For example, in an XML document, if you enter
'list', the Content Completion Assistant
will propose 'list' and 'orderedlist'. Note
that for the Oxygen Eclipse plugin, this feature is only available in
Author mode.
Schemas
Multi-Lingual Support in Schematron Validation Messages
You can now specify a language to be used for Schematron validation
messages with an option in the Schematron preferences page and
they can be presented in multiple languages by defining the language for each
message using Schematron diagnostics.
