Chapter 1. Introduction

Welcome to the User Manual of the <oXygen/> XML Editor ! This book explains how to use the 8.2 version of the <oXygen/> XML Editor 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/> XML Editor 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/> XML Editor 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.

<oXygen/> is the XML Editor of choice for developers, authors and integrators that demand high-quality output with a flexible and robust, single-source, structured mark-up environment.

 Key Features and Benefits

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

Multiplatform availability: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, SolarisMultilanguage support: English, German, French, Italian and Japanese
Can be used as standalone desktop application, run through Java Web Start or as an Eclipse pluginNon blocking operations, you can perform validation and transformation operations in background
Support for XML, XML Schema, Relax NG , Schematron, DTD, NRL schemas, NVDL schemas, XSLT, XSL:FO, WSDL, XQuery, HTML, CSSOutliner view in sync with a non well-formed document
Validate XML Schema schemas, Relax NG schemas, DTDs, Schematron schemas, NRL schemas, NVDL schemas, WSDL, XQuery, HTML and CSSManual and automatic validation of XML documents against XML Schema schemas, Relax NG schemas, DTDs, Schematron, NRL and NVDL 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 viewsCompare and merge files and directories
Ready to use FOP support to generate PDF or PS documentsXInclude support
Support for editing remote files over FTP, SFTP, HTTP/WebDAV and HTTPS/WebDAVEasy error tracking - locate the error source by clicking on it
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, NVDL 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
Canonicalize and sign documentsXML project manager
Tree view/edit support for XML documentsBatch validate selected files in project
Fully-fledged client for the Subversion (SVN) versioning system with support for SVN 1.3 and SVN 1.4 repositories.Generate large sets of sample XML instances from XML Schema
Configurable external toolsConfigurable actions key bindings
Multi-line find and replace support allows regular expressions, is XML aware, is incremental, handles multiple filesSpecial viewer for very large files (up to 2 GB file size).
Associate extensions with <oXygen/> on WindowsBookmark support
Mac OS X readyPrint documents
XSLT Debugger with Backmapping supportXSLT Profiler
XQuery Debugger with Backmapping supportXQuery Profiler
Model ViewAttributes View
Multidocument environmentXQuery 1.0 support
WSDL Support SVG Editor and Viewer
XSLT 2.0 full supportXPath 2.0 support
XSLT refactoring actionsDockable views and editors
Document foldingText transparency levels adjuster
Spell checking supporting English, German and French including localsCustom protocol plugin support
All the usual editor capabilities (cut, copy, paste, find, replace, windows management)Drag&drop support