Altova and Versim Technologies to Simplify XML Document Differencing.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers BEVERLY, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2003 New Partnership Enables Support for Rapid and Accurate 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. Document Differencing Versim Technologies Ltd. (http://www.versim.com) the leading provider of XML Differencing solutions for software developers and integrators, and Altova Inc. (http://www.altova.com), the provider of XMLSPY, the world's leading XML development tool with over a million registered users, today announced the availability of Versim Differencing plug-in for XMLSPY. Now, XML developers are able to quickly and accurately identify differences between XML documents directly from within Altova XMLSPY 5's powerful development environment. The Versim XML Differencing plug-in adds the ability to identify and process differences between XML instances to XMLSPY 5. In combination, the two products facilitate development and testing in XML environments where complex XML instances are created and compared. "Identifying the differences between XML instances is a growing challenge for complex XML projects involving teams of developers." said Alexander Falk, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Altova Inc. "The ability to access Versim's XML Differencing technology from within the XMLSPY environment greatly reduces the burden on XML developers." Users of XMLSPY 5 with the Versim Differencing Toolkit for XMLSPY can: - Quickly and accurately compare XML instances, including comments and processing instructions - Work with XML instances on the file system, within a repository or identified by URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. - Find changes within text nodes to the word level - Step backwards and forwards through the documents, and accept, reject, edit or skip each identified difference "Altova's powerful XMLSPY 5 greatly enhances the productivity of developers working with XML" said Frazer Robinson, CEO of Versim Technologies. "The addition of the Versim XML Differencing plug-in can add further productivity improvement by helping to quickly identify precise differencing information for XML documents." For more information about the Versim XML Differencing Plug-in for XMLSPY, including a free, fully-functioning 30-day trial download, visit: http://www.versim.com/products_plugin_xmlspy.htm. About Versim Technologies Versim Technologies develops and markets a variety of XML differencing solutions based on the Versim XML Differencing Engine. Software developers use the XML Differencing Toolkit in a variety of applications including XML content management, XML systems integration, XML application testing application testing - system testing and translation management. For more information visit www.versim.com. About Altova Altova, Inc. is a leading provider of XML software solutions with offices in Beverly, MA and 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 XMLSPY 5 is the leading choice of Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies. Altova's XMLSPY 5 product line is the world's best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best XML tool and has won the leading industry awards including PC Magazine's Editor's Choice Award and Best Product of 2002. Altova is a technology partner with the world's leading software companies including Microsoft, Oracle, BEA BEA - Basic programming Environment for interactive-graphical Applications, from Siemens-Nixdorf. , IONA, and Software AG. 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 WS-I (Web Services Interoperability Organization, www.ws-i.org) A consortium founded by Microsoft, IBM, BEA Systems and Intel that is dedicated to the development of Web services. Its goals are to provide guidance and education, to promote interoperability and to ensure that Web services . Visit Altova on the web at http://www.altova.com. Altova, XMLSPY, STYLEVISION, AUTHENTIC and AXAD are trademarks of Altova GmbH registered in numerous countries. 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