Chapter 1. Introduction

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Key Features and Benefits
About the <oXygen/> User Manual

Welcome to the User Manual of the <oXygen/> plugin for Eclipse ! This book explains how to use the 7.2.0 version of <oXygen/> effectively to develop complex XML applications quickly and easily. Please note that this manual assumes that you are familiar with the basic concepts of XML and its related technologies.

The <oXygen/> plugin for Eclipse is a cross-platform application for document development using structured mark-up languages such as XML , XSD, Relax NG, XSL, DTD.

<oXygen/> offers developers and authors a powerful Integrated Development Environment. Based on proven Java technology the intuitive Graphical User Interface of the <oXygen/> plugin for Eclipse is easy-to-use and provides robust functionality for editing, project management and validation of structured mark-up sources. Coupled with XSLT and FOP transformation technologies, <oXygen/> supports output to multiple target formats, including: PDF, PS, TXT, HTML and XML.

Key Features and Benefits

The <oXygen/> XML Editor offers the following key features and benefits.

Multiplatform availability: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, SolarisNon blocking operations, you can perform validation and transformation operations in background
Support for XML, XML Schema, Relax NG , Schematron, DTD, NRL schemas, XSLT, XSL:FO, WSDL, XQuery, CSSOutliner view in sync with a non well-formed document
Validate XML Schema schemas, Relax NG schemas, DTDs, Schematron schemas, NRL schemas, WSDL, XQuery and CSSManual and automatic validation of XML documents against XML Schema schemas, Relax NG schemas, DTDs, Schematron schemas and NRL schemas
Multiple built-in validation engines (Xerces, libxml, MSXML 4.0, MSXML.NET) and support for custom validation engines (Saxon SA, XSV, SQC).Multiple built-in XSLT transformers (Saxon 6.5, Saxon 8 B, Saxon 8 SA, Saxon.NET, Xalan, libxslt, MSXML 3.0 / 4.0, Microsoft .NET 1.0, Microsoft .NET 2.0) and support for custom JAXP transformers.
Visual schema editor with full and logical model viewsEasy error tracking - locate the error source by clicking on it
Ready to use FOP support to generate PDF or PS documentsXInclude support
Generate HTML documentation from XML SchemasSupport for latest versions of document frameworks: Docbook and TEI.
Conversions from DTD, Relax NG schema or a set of documents to XML Schema, DTD or Relax NG schemaContext sensitive content assistant driven by XML Schema, Relax NG, DTD or by the edited document structure enhanced with schema annotation presenter
XML Catalog supportUnicode support
New XML document wizards to easily create documents specifying a schema or a DTDSyntax coloring for XML, DTD, Relax NG compact syntax, Java, C++, C, PHP, Perl, etc
Pretty-printing of XML filesEasy configuration for external FO Processors
Apply XSLT and FOP transformationsXPath search and evaluation support
Preview transformation results as XHTML or XML or in your browserSupport for document templates to easily create and share documents
Import data from a database, Excel, HTML or text fileConvert database structure to XML Schema
Batch validate selected files in projectCanonicalize and sign documents
Configurable actions key bindingsAssociate extensions with editors provided by the oXygen plugin.
XSLT Debugger with Backmapping supportXSLT Profiler
XQuery Debugger with Backmapping supportXQuery Profiler
Model ViewAttributes View
XQuery 1.0 supportWSDL Support
XSLT 2.0 full supportXPath 2.0 support
XSLT refactoring actionsDocument folding
Spell checking supporting English, German and French including localsDrag&drop support