Altova Launches Beta of New Product Line of XML Tools.Business Editors BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 2001 Targeting Developers and non-technical Users, XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. Spy 4.0(TM) is broadening its reach with Improved Developer Tools and a User-Friendly Editing Environment. Altova (www.altova.com) today announced the beta version of XML Spy 4.0(TM), a new product line built on the success of prior XML Spy products. Version 4.0 will be the first complete solution for XML Schema driven document and content editing for both developers and users in virtually all environments. The XML Spy 4.0 Integrated Development Environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment (IDE) adds expanded database access functionality, enhanced user interface customization, as well as support for the final XML Schema Recommendation and continues to strengthen XML Spy's position as the No.1 choice of the world's leading Fortune 500 and Global 1,000 companies for their e-Commerce and B2B (Business to Business) Refers to one business communicating with or selling to another. See B2B e-commerce, B2C and B2G. B2B - business to business solution development. In addition, the new 4.0 product line will include the XSLT (eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation) Software that converts an XML document into another format such as HTML, PDF or text. It may also be used to convert one XML document to another XML document with a different set of XML tags (different schema). Generator, a tool for creating Stylesheets in a graphical environment, and the Document Framework, which supports free-flow editing of XML document content, form-based data input, and real-time validation - all available in a user-friendly interface that is well-suited for non-technical users. XML Spy 4.0 Beta was recently reviewed at the Chicago XMLOne Conference & Expo and the XML Europe 2001 Show, where developers and users alike got a first glimpse of the new version of XML Spy and the positive feedback was overwhelming. The new XML Spy 4.0 product line will greatly accelerate the widespread adoption of XML Schema in companies and the industry overall. XML Spy 4.0 Beta Availability Beta Testing (programming) beta testing - Testing a pre-release (potentially unreliable) version of a piece of software by making it available to selected users. This term derives from early 1960s terminology for product cycle checkpoints, first used at IBM but later standard throughout the begins with the 4.0 IDE today and is restricted to current licensed users and selected industry experts. Altova's customers will be able to download the trial version of XML Spy 4.0 release at no charge in July at www.xmlspy.com; fees are applicable for licensed user versions. About Altova Altova is a leading provider of XML software solutions with offices in Beverly, MA and headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. was founded in 1992 and has been actively involved in the XML market from the early conception of Extensible Markup Language See XML. (language, text) Extensible Markup Language - (XML) An initiative from the W3C defining an "extremely simple" dialect of SGML suitable for use on the World-Wide Web. http://w3.org/XML/. . Altova's XML Spy product line is the best-selling XML tools suite for the Windows platform and has won numerous awards. Altova is a member of the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium, www.w3.org) An international industry consortium founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee to develop standards for the Web. It is hosted in the U.S. by the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at MIT (www.csail.mit.edu/index.php). and OASIS. Altova and XML Spy are trademarks of Altova GmbH registered in numerous countries. The names of and reference to companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. |
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