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Several authoring tools are currently available for XML. In addition to those listed below, it is clear that many previously existing HTML and SGML editors will become capable of dealing with XML in the near future. For example, Macromedia Dreamweaver also supports XML in version 2.0 and above.

XML Authority and XML Instance

XML Authority - from Extensibility; used to convert existing application and document structures to schemas, with support for DTD, XDR, BizTalk, SOX 1.0 and 2.0, XML-Schema, and others. Extensibility also offers XML Instance for schema-driven data editing that allows for the creation, editing and management of data-oriented XML documents, messages, and configuration files. [commercial product from Extensibility; Windows and other Java platforms]

XML Spy

XML Spy is an inexpensive editor for XML, XSL, and DTD documents on the Windows 95/98/NT/2000 platform. XML Spy 3.0 is perhaps the first Integrated Development Environment for XML that includes XML editing and validation, Schema editing and validation, and XSL editing and transformation in one product. It has a tree and enhanced grid view, offers drag and drop, unlimited undo, and detailed find/replace functions. It is a validating editor and is suitable for low-level viewing and editing of all well-formed XML files. [commercial product from Icon Information Systems; Windows only]

XMetaL

SoftQuad, the maker of the popular HTML editor called HoTMetaL PRO (get it?), released XMetaL (get it?) around March 1999. XMetaL provides authors with a familiar word processing-like environment and a rich array of powerful authoring aids, including multiple document views and context-sensitive property inspectors. "XMetaL's extensive customization features enable the authoring environment to be optimized for any DTD, without programming. Its COM-based architecture and support for any Windows scripting language ensures that XMetaL can be extended and integrated into any existing publishing infrastructure. Its comprehensive support of SGML and web technologies makes XMetaL the ideal tool for any hybrid SGML/XML environment and firmly establishes XMetaL as the next- generation solution for all structured content applications." [commercial product from SoftQuad Software, Inc; Windows only]

ADEPT Editor

"ADEPT Editor provides the most robust SGML and XML capabilities for creating, maintaining, and accessing your information. Working on a Windows -based PC, OS/2- or UNIX-based workstation, ADEPT*Editor allows you to create an information base from which you can output printed documents, on-line interactive documents, CD-ROMs, and pages for use on the Internet." [commercial product from ArborText; Windows and other Java platforms, including Solaris]

XML Styler

"ArborText's XML Styler is a tool for creating and modifying XSL stylesheets. Its graphical user interface makes developing and altering XSL stylesheets quick and easy, eliminating the need to work with the many syntactic and structural details of XSL directly." [commercial product from ArborText; Windows and other Java platforms, including Solaris]

XML Notepad

According to Microsoft, "XML Notepad is a simple prototyping application for HTML authors and developers that enables the rapid building and editing of small sets of XML-based data. With XML Notepad, developers can quickly create XML prototypes in an iterative fashion, using familiar metaphors. XML Notepad offers an intuitive and simple user interface that graphically represents the tree structure of XML data. Working with the standard building blocks of XML supported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0, authors are able to create reproducible data structures that can be easily filled, allowing greater emphasis to be placed on application development instead of manual data structuring." [freeware product from Microsoft; Windows only; requires Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.01 or later]

Xpose

According to Intravenous Communications, "Xpose is a platform-independent XML editor with features as interesting to XML novices as to experts. Xpose provides users with a graphically intuitive way to build well-formed XML documents - correctly, efficiently and quickly." Some interesting aspects: graphical DTD display, restricts adding and editing of features according to the DTD, and can be extended to include custom element editors (in Java). Xpose can also be included as a component in other applications by downloading Intravenous's developer's toolkit, which includes an API and JavaBean. [commercial product from Intravenous Communications; Windows only]

XML<PRO>

XML Pro uses a Windows Explorer-like tree view approach to XML editing. Features: "an easy, intuitive graphic user interface; a unique document tree outline view to preserve document structure; XML validation support with Document Type Definition (DTD) integration; Element Wizard for easy element creation and management; Attribute Wizard for easy attribute creation and management; support for entities, CDATA and XML Comments; XML code preview and printing support." July, 1998 review in Windows Sources. [commercial product from Vervet Logic; Windows only]

XED

XED is beta software based on Python and Tk "for trial evaluation and individual use". Does not do formal validation but does track document structure. Supports multiple level undo. Optimized for keyboard input. XED is based on the LTG's LT XML toolkit, and uses Python and Tk to provide an efficient and portable user interface. [freeware; Windows and Solaris, with Mac version in the works]

XPublish

"XPublish is a professional Macintosh XML publishing system for efficient development and maintenance of websites." In addition to providing support for XML and CSS authoring, XPublish allows you to generate HTML and CSS from your XML/CSS pages so that they may be viewed in any 4.x browser. [commercial product from Media Design In*Progress; Mac only]

Visual <markup>

"A full-fledged XML processor that supports both processing and generation of XML code, woodstock <MARKUP> simplifies the construction of applications that can understand information in XML format." [commercial product from Vtopia; Windows only]

WebWriter

Features include: "graphic DTD view; context-sensitive editing within the DTD (imported or dynamically created); conformance assurance (the document is always valid XML); multiple-file document construction; simple keystroke navigation and element selection." [commercial product from STILO Technology; Windows only]

sxml mode for (X)Emacs

The Koala project has contributed this XML mode for emacs. [free for all emacs platforms]

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