The Author Component was designed as a separate product to provide the functionality of the standard Author mode. The component can be embedded either in a third-party standalone Java application or customized as a Java Web Applet to provide WYSIWYG-like XML editing directly in your web browser of choice.
The Author Component Startup Project for Java/Swing integrations is available online on the oXygen XML website: http://www.oxygenxml.com/demo/AuthorDemoApplet/author-component-sample.zip