What's New in Oxygen XML Webhelp 20.1
Related Versions:
20.020.1
June 15, 2018
Version 20.1 of the Oxygen XML WebHelp is the
latest release for the modern web publishing system. This release makes the generated
WebHelp output compliant with the Section 508 accessibility standard, making it accessible for people with
disabilities, and the Oxygen Publishing Templates package can now contain
both PDF and WebHelp Responsive customizations allowing you to reuse styles and share both
customizations as a single template.
DITA to Responsive WebHelp
Accessibility Support
Oxygen XML WebHelp Responsive is compliant with the
Section 508 accessibility standard, making the output accessible for people with
disabilities. All the WebHelp Responsive components (such as the menu or table of
contents) are designed to comply with the accessibility rules. The Oxygen user's manual
contains some
writing guidelines to help with creating accessible documentation.
HTML5
WebHelp now uses XSLT stylesheets from the DITA-OT HTML5 plugin to
generate output instead of the XHTML plugin.
WebHelp Responsive Macros
WebHelp Responsive now supports macros that allow you to insert
variable text inside the output pages. More specifically, what you can add includes:
localized content, system properties, environment variables, timestamps, and XPath
expressions executed over the current DITA map or topic.
Contribute JavaScript AMD Modules in the Output
WebHelp Responsive now provides the ability to contribute custom JavaScript
Asynchronous Module Definition (AMD) resources in the output. This can be achieved by
referencing it in the Publishing Template descriptor file. By using this
approach, when you want to customize the output you are no longer required to alter
WebHelp's core JavaScript libraries.
