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Oxygen XML Editor 14.0
Version 14 marks a major step forward in the XML development support as it introduces additional concepts and functionality that change the way you develop XML and XML-related applications.
The XML authoring competes with word processors on ease of use and functionality while providing all the benefits of having XML documents as the result of your work - it has never been easier before to create, annotate and review XML content.
The support for plugin and framework repositories allows Oxygen users to discover and install extensions to the standard Oxygen functionality and enables the Oxygen plugin and framework developers to easily deliver and update their applications to Oxygen users.
This version introduces subscription-based licenses for 1 year and 6 months alongside the existing permanent licensing option.
There are changes in:
XML Development
XSLT Unit Test
Oxygen provides XSLT Unit Test support based on XSpec. You can easily create a test for an XSLT stylesheet using the New -> XSLT Unit Test contextual action in the Project view. This action automatically generates an XSpec stub for the templates and functions from the stylesheet that you want to test. Editing XSpec is assisted with content completion assistance and validation, and a default transformation scenario allows to run the tests, generating as output the test report.
XPath/XQuery Builder
The XPath and XQuery builder is a powerful sandbox tool designed to help you in
building, re-using and testing XPath and XQuery code snippets. Using the Content
Completion Assistant and syntax highlight coloring, you can quickly build queries and you
can re-use them either from the history stack or from the favorites list.
CTRL/CMD + Click Navigation
By holding down CTRL (CMD on Mac) in the Text editing mode
some components become links that you can follow to get to the definition of those
components. For example, in an XML document, an element name becomes a link to that
element definition in the associated schema or DTD. In an XSL stylesheet, a variable
reference becomes a link to that variable definition, and so on.
In-Place Rename
Refactoring your code is a lot easier with the rename component action that
allows you to rename a component and all its occurrences in the current file without
showing any dialog boxes. All the component occurrences are highlighted and changed
as-you-type. Oxygen provides a default shortcut to quickly trigger this action:
ALT+SHIFT+R (ALT+CMD+R on OS X).
XSLT 3.0
XSLT 3.0 support is automatically activated for each XSLT stylesheet having the version attribute set to 3.0. Oxygen provides content completion assistance for XSLT 3.0 stylesheets, support for transformations and XSLT validation, updated Outline view and search and refactoring actions that handle new additions in the XSLT 3.0 standard.
XQuery 3.0
The XQuery editor and the XQuery builder allow you to edit and execute XQuery
3.0 expressions (including schema-aware ones). The Saxon 9 XQuery processor is used for
execution and validation. The functions defined in XQuery 3.0 are presented in the Content
Completion Assistant.
XPath 3.0
The XSLT 3.0 and XQuery 3.0 specifications are based on XPath 3.0 so Oxygen
updates its XPath support to cover the new additions in XPath 3.0. The XPath builder
allows you to edit and execute XPath 3.0 expressions.
Authoring
Display Tracked Changes as Callouts
Along with review comments, the changes can be presented as callout boxes
(balloons) next to the editing area, thus making it easy to collaborate on document
editing and review. You can control what type of changes are displayed as well as the
additional information: changed content, date, time, and author. To enable the balloons
for tracked changes, use the 'Callouts' options page.
Complete DITA 1.2 Implementation in Relax NG
The complete set of DITA 1.2 schemas is available in Relax NG and Oxygen
provides full support for creating, authoring and publishing DITA documents based on those
Relax NG schemas. The DITA support in Relax NG was contributed back to the DITA community
as an open source project: DITA-NG.
XPath Filter for Find/Replace in Author Mode
The XPath filter that was previously only available in Text
mode, is now available in the Author editing mode.
Preview conref Target Elements
The insertion of a DITA conref is easier because Oxygen shows a preview of
the target elements using the visual Author mode.
Partial Support for EPS Images
If the JAI Image I/O Tools libraries are installed in Oxygen, TIFF preview
images embedded in referenced EPS images are rendered in the Author mode.
Note that this is an experimental support.
CSS 3 Sub-strings Matching Attribute Selectors
The Author editing mode supports the CSS 3
starts-with, ends-with and contains
attribute selectors.
Plugins and Frameworks
StratML Framework
Support for Strategy Markup Language Part 1 and Part 2 is default in
Oxygen, offering default schema association based on the document namespace, built-in
XML Catalog for mapping remote StratML schema references to local copies, easy creation of
new StratML documents from document templates, visual editing in the
Author mode and default transformation to HTML.
Increased Framework Portability
An additional editor variable ${framework} that is expanded to the current
framework folder allows you to reference to resources such as schemas, CSS stylesheets,
and so on, in a portable way, that does not depend on the actual framework
location.
Localized Frameworks
A framework provides specific support for an XML vocabulary. This is what
Oxygen uses to provide default support for DITA, DocBook, TEI, etc. Starting with
version 14, the frameworks support internationalization and the main default Oxygen
frameworks were localized in English, German, French, Dutch, and Japanese.
Specific Element Icons
Many of the default Oxygen frameworks (DITA, DocBook, TEI, XHTML, XSL and
XML Schema) were updated to use the API that allow providing custom icons for elements to
provide specific icons (for example, to easily distinguish a title, a paragraph, a list,
etc.) These icons appear in the Outline view and in the content completion list when an
element is proposed to be inserted in the document.
Transformation and Validation
Unified Presentation of Transformation Scenarios
All transformation scenarios are presented regardless of their storage: the
project file, user preferences, or frameworks. You can easily import and export scenarios,
and change their storage location.
Associate Multiple Transformation Scenarios
You can publish to multiple output formats with just one
click. For instance, if you associate DITA to PDF and DITA to WebHelp scenarios to a DITA
map then the "Apply Transformation" action will perform both
transformations.
Unified Presentation of Validation Scenarios
All validation scenarios are presented regardless of their storage: the project
file, user preferences, or frameworks. You can easily import and export scenarios, and
change their storage location.
Associate Multiple Validation Scenarios
You can associate multiple validation scenarios with your
documents.
EPUB
EPUB 3.0
The EPUB support was updated to include validation for EPUB 3.0 files. The
support for the files included inside an EPUB was also updated to support the new files
referenced by the EPUB 3 specification.
Eclipse Plugin
Internationalization Support for the Oxygen Eclipse Plugin
Oxygen is available both as a standalone Java application and as an Eclipse
plugin. The internationalization support was available only in the standalone version and
now it was extended to also cover the Eclipse plugin. By default, the Eclipse plugin is
localized in the following languages: English, German, French, Dutch, and
Japanese.
MathML Editing in the Eclipse Plugin
MathML equations are rendered in the OxygenAuthor editing mode. For editing, Oxygen provides a simple MathML
visual editor that displays the rendered equation and the MathML source side by side and
synchronizes the cursor position in both views to quickly map from the rendered equation
to the source and vice-versa.
MarkLogic
XQuery Validation
The XQuery modules can be validated using the MarkLogic server thus you can
spot possible issues quickly, without the need to actually execute that XQuery script. The
validation support requires MarkLogic 5 or a later version.
Remote Editing
It is possible to edit a module opened directly from the MarkLogic connection,
without the need to go through a file or WebDAV peer connection.
Other
Find and Replace in Files Improvements
The Find and Replace in files support was updated to support text on multiple
lines. Before applying a replace operation, you can also preview the changes that are
about to be performed and you can also limit the scope of those changes to specific
files.
Search Results Highlighted in Editors
The results of the XPath, Find, Search References/Declarations operations are
highlighted in the editor and marked in the side bar, in both Author and
Text mode.
Show/Hide Element Names in Outline View
You are able to control the visibility of the element names in the Outline
view. Hiding element names allows you to focus more on the document content.
Improved JavaScript/JSON Support
The JavaScript editing experience has been improved with the addition of the
Content Completion Assistant, synchronized Outline view and syntax validation. The Outline
view can also be used when editing JSON files.
Browse Database Resources
In most places where a resource is needed, Oxygen uses a component that
allows to easily identify what resource to open. This component includes an action that
allows browsing database collections to find the resource to open thus making the
resources stored in databases easily accessible in many workflows.
Extended API
A detailed list of all changes to the Java API can be found here.
Control the Callouts Rendering and Actions in Author Mode
The ro.sync.ecss.extensions.api.callouts.AuthorCalloutsController gives you the possibility to specify if the Track Changes insert and delete highlights and the review comment highlights should be rendered as callouts on a side bar in the Author mode.
The controller can be used also to decide the content and styling of the callouts corresponding to the custom persistent highlights. By using the AuthorPersistentHighlighter.setHighlightsActionsProvider(AuthorPersistentHighlightActionsProvider) method you can also provide the actions which are displayed in the pop-up menu of these callouts.
Handle Special Author Table Operations
You can provide an extension of the ro.sync.ecss.extensions.api.table.operations.AuthorTableOperationsHandler
class in the ExtensionBundle implementation to handle insert and delete
operations which are called when the user performs actions such as delete, paste, drop, or
move on table columns and rows.
Access to Author Selection Model
This version adds support for multiple selections in the
Author mode. The ro.sync.ecss.extensions.api.AuthorSelectionModel API provides
access to all Author selection intervals and contains methods for adding simple and
multiple selections.
Listener for Author Track Changes and Review Comments Actions
The ro.sync.ecss.extensions.api.highlights.AuthorPersistentHighlightsListener
can be set to receive notifications about persistent highlights triggered by add, remove,
or update actions.
Frameworks Internationalization Support
In order to provide a framework which can be used without modifications with
multiple user languages, all action names and messages from the document types can be
translated. The AuthorAccess.getAuthorResourceBundle() method was added to
provide a message bundle that holds all the internationalized messages for a
framework.
DITA Map Tree Component Integration
Using the Author Component API, a DITA Map Tree Component can be integrated in
your applet or Java application. The component displays a DITA Map in a tree-like fashion
similar to the DITA Maps Manager view of the Oxygen XML standalone distribution. The
DITA Map Tree Component provider can be obtained from the AuthorComponentFactory.createDITAMapTreeComponentProvider()
method.
Provide DITA Key Definitions
The ro.sync.exml.workspace.api.editor.page.ditamap.keys.KeyDefinitionManager can be used to provide information about key definitions which are used as a context for solving conkeyref and keyref references in all opened DITA topics.
In the standalone distribution extensions, the manager can be set by using the PluginWorkspace.setDITAKeyDefinitionManager(KeyDefinitionManager). If you are developing a plugin for Oxygen plugin for Eclipse you can create a plugin extension, having the com.oxygenxml.editor.ditaKeyDefinitionManager extension point.
Licensing MathFlow Editor and MathFlow Composer
It is possible to set a fixed key for licensing the MathFlow Editor (used for
editing embedded MathML equations) and the MathFlow Composer (used for viewing embedded
MathML equations). The licensing methods (setMathFlowFixedLicenseKeyForEditor(String) and setMathFlowFixedLicenseKeyForComposer(String)) can be found
in both AuthorComponentFactory and StandalonePluginWorkspace.
Plugin Workspace Provider
The ro.sync.exml.workspace.api.PluginWorkspaceProvider singleton
provides access to the workspace API of the Oxygen editor for plugins developed for
both standalone and Eclipse distributions. By using it you can add listeners to
editor-related events (for example, editor opened, closed, page changed, etc.), obtain
access to all opened editors, add option listeners, or save custom options.
Execute XPath Expressions Against the Content of the Text Mode
The execution of XPath expressions against the content of the
Text mode can be done by using the evaluateXPath(String) and findElementsByXPath(String) methods, added in ro.sync.exml.workspace.api.editor.page.text.xml.WSXMLTextEditorPage
class. An instance of WSXMLTextEditorPage is returned by the ro.sync.exml.workspace.api.editor.WSEditor.getCurrentPage(),
when the current page is the Text mode of an XML document
editor.
Map between Text Mode Offsets and Their Line-Column Coordinate
Additional methods were added in ro.sync.exml.workspace.api.editor.page.text.WSTextEditorPage
to provide the line and column coordinates of a specific offset (getLineOfOffset(int) and getColumnOfOffset(int)) or to get the offset corresponding to
a line start or a line end position (getOffsetOfLineStart(int) and getOffsetOfLineEnd(int)).
Set a Default Location for a File Chooser
The ro.sync.exml.workspace.api.Workspace.chooseFile method allows
you to set the default location of a file chooser used for selecting a file.
Updated Components
Saxon Enterprise Edition
The Saxon 9 Enterprise Edition processor from Saxonica for XSLT, XQuery and XML
Schema was updated to version 9.4.0.3.
EpubCheck
The EpubCheck was updated to version 3.0b5 to provide validation support for
both EPUB 2 and EPUB 3 documents.
Calabash
The Calabash XProc processor was updated to version 1.0.3-94.
Updated DocBook Stylesheets
The DocBook stylesheets were updated to version 1.77.1.
Updated TEI Schemas and Stylesheets
The TEI schemas and stylesheets were updated to version 2.10 of the schemas and
version 6.13 of the TEI stylesheets.