This blog is here to share our experiences on working with XML in general and with XMLSpy in special. So hopefully you can find something useful for you or you know something you want to share with others and leave a comment!

This book describes some ideas of how to use XML technologies to help publishing your books on your own Websites. Those ideas are implemented into a publishing tool called hyPub, which is also presented in this book.

XSignTool is a complete solution for working with XML digital signatures in Altova's Authentic® editor. The plugin allows the XML editor to verify documents signed with an XML signature and to sign documents with certificates including a private key.

Advanced Data Access Technologies, Inc. will be releasing its beta ANSI SQL Transparent Hierarchical XML middleware enabler beta product, SQLfX®, soon for testing. This ANSI SQL driven middleware product sits around your SQL processor and automatically enables it to transparently integrate with XML at a full nonlinear (multi-leg) hierarchical processing level. XML support in your SQL processor is not necessary. SQLfX® is ANSI SQL-92 standard, operates from input to output using principled nonlinear hierarchical processing, and outputs fully structured XML automatically. These are hierarchically accurate and ANSI SQL mathematically sound results. The user does not need to navigate the structure and needs no structure knowledge of the structures involved. With the XML integration operating transparently, the user does not need to know XML or require vendor XML training resulting in a very high ROI, and reduced risk and time to market. Hierarchical structures (XML and relational) can be hierarchical combined using a single simple ANSI SQL join operation. This and all XML operations are supported dynamically and nonprocedurally allowing for practical interactive operation further increasing SQLfX®'s usefulness and ROI. The relational mindset of the SQL industry has kept XML processing limited to linear single path processing that also requires navigation, visit our SQLfX® beta documentation now at http://www.adatinc.com/images/Verifying_SQLfX_Current.pdf to see actual examples of transparent, navigationless XML processing at a powerful nonlinear hierarchical level driven by a standard ANSI SQL processor.

spycomponents offers a new free plugin "Digital Signature Lite" for XMLSpy to verify XML documents signed with a digital signature. Easy usage of digital certificates and signatures directly in XMLSpy!

Altova® XMLSpy® includes the industry’s most standards-conformant XML validator and an informative validation window for locating, viewing, and troubleshooting errors. XMLSpy includes numerous features for helping you create valid XML documents quickly and easily. Intelligent editing features such as context-sensitive code completion and entry helper features offer you valid choices based on the content model and your location in a document, and the new, improved validation window offers detailed information about any validation errors in your XML document or project file. It supports validating any XML file based on its associated DTD or XML Schema. The granular details provided by the XMLSpy XML validator make troubleshooting and XML project management considerably faster and more effective.

Altova® XMLSpy® includes powerful viewing and editing tools that simplify the creation and editing of XML documents. XMLSpy provides five synchronized editing views to enable working with any XML document in a way that best suits the complexity of the document and the specific needs of the user. These include: Advanced Text View, Enhanced Grid View, XML Schema/WSDL Design View, Authentic View and Browser View. The intelligent editing features of XMLSpy® 2007 support auto-completion, context sensitive syntax help, entry helpers, syntax coloring, and more. They are designed to make working with any XML document as easy as possible. XMLSpy® includes a revolutionary XML validator validation window to ensure that you create valid XML documents easily. Since XML editing projects typically involve multiple files, XMLSpy® includes a Project Window that organizes files into folders, allowing you to easily specify validation or transformation rules, and much more.

The Altova MissionKit 2007 for XML Developers is a comprehensive XML toolset that delivers the highest functionality and the best product value. It includes Altova XMLSpy, MapForce, and StyleVision, plus DiffDog, SchemaAgent, and SemanticWorks. XMLSpy is the industry standard XML development environment for modeling, editing, transforming, and debugging XML-related technologies. It offers the top XML editor, original schema designer, a code generator, file converters, debuggers, profilers, support for XSLT, XQuery, WSDL, SOAP, VS .NET, Eclipse, and more. MapForce is the premier data integration and Web services implementation tool. It maps between any combination of XML, DB, flat file, EDI, and/or Web service then converts data on-the-fly or generates program code for use in data integration or Web services applications. StyleVision is the ultimate visual stylesheet designer for transforming XML and DB content into HTML, PDF, and Word/RTF output and building Authentic electronic forms – all from a single design. It supports XSLT 1.0/2.0, XSL:FO, CSS, JavaScript, and all major DBs. DiffDog is the developer’s dedicated differencing utility. This XML-aware synchronization tool quickly compares files and folders then highlights differences and merges content. SchemaAgent is the compelling new paradigm for modeling and managing XML Schemas in enterprise workgroups. View and manage schema relationships and graphically build complex schemas from distributed schema components. SemanticWorks is the ground-breaking visual RDF/OWL editor for the Semantic Web. Use it to visually design RDF instance documents, RDF Schema vocabularies, and OWL ontologies then output them in RDF/XML or N-triples format. The Altova MissionKit for XML Developers is the most complete and best selling XML toolset on the market and the right choice for organizations standardizing on XML. Try it today.

oNVDL is the oXygen XML Editor NVDL implementation. It was developed on top of Jing to add NVDL support starting from the existing NRL support. It also adds a couple of fixes to Jing related with XML Schema validation. oNVDL is included in the XML editor, but is available also as a separate file download. NVDL stands for Namespace-based Validation Dispatching Language and it is Part 4 of ISO/IEC 19757 DSDL (Document Schema Definition Languages). It allows specifying sections of XML documents to be validated against different schemas thus enabling the creation of complex documents containing multiple languages without the need to modify the schemas that define each language to take into account the other languages. It allows also mixing different schema types like XML Schema, Relax NG and Schematron. A typical example is a document that contains XForms content inside XHTML.

This tutorial helps you to learn: How to perform XSD validation with XMLReader Java class; How to use SAXParserFactory to load parsers; Sample Java source codes are also provided.

Syncro Soft Announces New Release of oXygen XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT/XQuery Debugger. Release date: November 20, 2006 Syncro Soft Ltd, the producer of oXygen XML Editor, has announced the immediate availability of version 8.0 of its XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT/XQuery Debugger. Version 8.0 of the oXygen XML Editor adds as main features a spreadsheet-like XML Grid Editor, management support for major XML and relational databases, options and transformation scenarios that can be stored into the project file and support for NVDL (Namespace-based Validation Dispatching Language) scripts. For the complete list of new features please visit http://www.oxygenxml.com/index.html#new-version New in version 8.0: The new oXygen's grid editor allows you to edit repetitive XML content in a special layout similar to a spreadsheet application, without the need to interact with the markup. Using the new Database perspective you can browse tables or collections from databases, execute XQuery or SQL queries, inspect or modify data, specify XML Schemas for the XML fields and collections. The database support includes many of the popular servers, operating either as native XML storage: Tamino, XHive, MarkLogic, TigerLogic, eXist, Berkeley or mixed, as relational and XML at the same time: DB2, SQLServer, Oracle. The transformation scenarios can now be stored in the project file. This simplifies the scenario management by attaching only the relevant scenarios to a project. Furthermore, you can pass over to your teammates a set of pre-configured project scenarios. You can save the current editor layout (what views and toolbars are visible and their position) and reuse it later, or even share it with your team by taking advantage of the new support for saving/loading the editor layouts. You can edit NVDL scripts using the new NVDL Editor. oXygen distributes an NVDL implementation allowing the validation of XML documents against NVDL scripts. The support includes validation on demand, continuous validation, validation with external schema, batch validation from the project, etc. The content completion is now able to use NVDL Scripts to offer proposals; this makes possible editing documents with complex structure, that contain multiple languages defined by different schemata, for instance XHTML with embedded XForms. You can specify almost all of the oXygen settings at project level. This makes possible to pass along with the project XML Catalogs settings, transformation scenarios, formatting options, validation options, editor layout, etc. Pricing and Availability oXygen XML Editor and XSLT Debugger is available in three multi-platform editions: Academic/Non-profit license USD 48.00 Professional license USD 225.00 Enterprise license USD 275.00 To purchase please visit the oXygen XML Editor store at http://www.oxygenxml.com/buy.html oXygen 8.0 can be freely evaluated for 30 days from http://www.oxygenxml.com/download.html About Syncro Soft LTD Syncro Soft is a privately held software company founded in 1998 with a large area of experise in XML tehnologies: XML Schema, Relax NG, Schematron, XSLT, XPath and XQuery. The main product oXygen XML Editor provides the best coverage of the today XML tehnologies; it complies with the established standards released by W3C and other organisations and enhances developer productivity through an intuitive and innovative XML IDE. Syncro Soft is a member of the W3C. oXygen is a registered trademark of Syncro Soft in the U.S and other countries. Any other trademarks or service marks contained herein are the property of their respective owners. SOURCE: Syncro Soft Ltd. support@oxygenxml.com http://www.oxygenxml.com/

ValidatorBuddy 2.0 adds XML batch validation to check multiple files at once using any validator supported by the tool. Create a simple XML to control the batch and get a detailed log showing all results. ValidatorBuddy 2.0 supports Saxon, MSXML and Xerces and is available immediately as an XMLSpy Plugin for a 14 day trial.

This tutorial describes: * Simple XML Elements with Pre-defined Data Types * Simple XML Elements with Extended Data Types * Complex XML Elements * Simple Content XML Elements * Empty XML Elements * Anomymous Data Types * Sample XSD File - dictionary.xsd

Version 2007 adds must-have functionality to the world's leading XML editor. And, you can save 36-52% when you upgrade to the latest version! New features of XMLSpy® 2007 include: * Revolutionary updates to graphical WSDL editor * Significant memory and speed optimizations * Find-in-files window for find & replace across multiple files & projects * Improved generation of XML instances from XSD/DTD and vice versa * Tighter Visual Studio integration *Support for embedding XMLSpy in your apps via ActiveX control Now, for a limited time, you will save an additional 20%* off the already discounted price when you upgrade to Version 2007 from a previous version of XMLSpy! This results in a total effective discount of 36 to 52% off the list price of XMLSpy 2007.

Get Altova DatabaseSpy free with any XML Suite 2007 purchase or upgrade! The specialized applications that make up Altova’s XML tools product line also comprise the new Altova XML Suite 2007. In addition to new Enterprise Editions of XMLSpy 2007, MapForce 2007, and StyleVision 2007, the Altova Enterprise XML Suite 2007 includes SchemaAgent™ 2007, SemanticWorks™ 2007, and now DiffDog® 2007 – the developer’s dedicated, XML-aware differencing utility. The Altova Professional XML Suite bundles new Professional Editions of XMLSpy, MapForce, and StyleVision. Both the Enterprise and Professional Editions of the Altova XML Suite offer a 50% savings off the price of purchasing the included products individually*. Now more affordable than ever, the pricing of the Altova XML Suites has been slashed for Version 2007, offering substantial decreases compared to pricing for Version 2006. PLUS customers who purchase a new license or an upgrade to the Altova XML Suite 2007, or purchase an SMP renewal for an existing Altova XML Suite license, will receive a free license for Altova’s latest product – DatabaseSpy 2007. Altova DatabaseSpy is the unique multi-database data management, query, and design tool. It is designed as a universal tool that connects to all major databases, easing SQL editing and database structure design. Features like visual layout, drag and drop control, syntax coloring, code completion, multiple export formats, and more all save time and ensure accuracy. It is the one tool to finally liberate data management.

FEATURES INCLUDE NEW WSDL EDITOR IN XMLSPY, WEB SERVICES MAPPING IN MAPFORCE, OUTPUT SORTING IN STYLEVISION, AND SPEED INCREASES ACROSS THE PRODUCT LINE Oracle OpenWorld, San Francisco, CA, October 24, 2006 – Altova® (www.altova.com), creator of XMLSpy® and other leading XML, data management, UML, and Web services tools, today announced the availability of Version 2007 of its award-winning line of XML development tools. Version 2007 delivers an impressive array of new features and enhancements, including a revolutionary new WSDL editor in XMLSpy, the ability to use Web services as sources, targets, or functions in MapForce® data integration projects, output sorting in StyleVision®, and a major speed increase in the AltovaXML™ processor built into the products. The specialized applications that make up Altova’s XML tools product line also comprise the new Altova XML Suite 2007. In addition to new Enterprise Editions of XMLSpy 2007, MapForce 2007, and StyleVision 2007, the Altova Enterprise XML Suite 2007 includes SchemaAgent™ 2007, SemanticWorks™ 2007, and now DiffDog® 2007 – the developer’s dedicated, XML-aware differencing utility. The Altova Professional XML Suite bundles new Professional Editions of XMLSpy, MapForce, and StyleVision. Both the Enterprise and Professional Editions of the Altova XML Suite offer a 50% savings off the price of purchasing the included products individually*. Now more affordable than ever, the pricing of the Altova XML Suites has been slashed for Version 2007, offering substantial decreases compared to pricing for Version 2006. “When it comes to product development, Altova’s focus on enhancing developer productivity and maximizing results is unwavering, and v2007 of our XML Suite exemplifies this,” said Tim Hale, Director of Marketing for Altova. “This release not only boosts the performance of our products, but it will also increase the effectiveness of developers and IT pros that use them for their XML, Web services, and data integration projects. What’s more, we’re announcing special limited-time offers on XMLSpy and the Altova XML Suite, which means there’s no better time to upgrade or buy than right now.” New in Altova XMLSpy 2007 Altova XMLSpy is the world’s best-selling XML editor and the industry standard XML development environment for modeling, editing, transforming, and debugging XML-related technologies. Version 2007 raises its capabilities to new heights with the following new features and enhancements: • A completely redesigned graphical WSDL editor that simplifies WSDL design with revolutionary in-diagram editing and more • Performance optimizations: 50% memory reduction and doubled speed when opening and parsing files** • Dynamic new XPath Analyzer window that stores multiple expressions and results • Find-in-files window with support for find and replace across multiple files and projects • Improved generation of XML instances from XML Schemas / DTDs and vice versa • Tighter Visual Studio .NET integration • Additional integration options via ActiveX control Learn more about XMLSpy at: http://www.altova.com/products/xmlspy/xml_editor.html. New in Altova MapForce 2007 Altova MapForce is the premier data integration and Web services implementation tool that maps between any combination of XML, database, flat file, EDI, and/or Web service, then converts data on-the-fly or auto-generates program code for royalty-free use in custom data integration or Web services applications. Already the definitive tool for data conversion and Web services development, Version 2007 makes MapForce an even more powerful application for Web services and SOA projects. New features include: • Support for using Web services as a source, target, or data processing function in any data mapping project • Intelligent refactoring of mappings when source or target data structures change • Tighter Visual Studio .NET integration Learn more about MapForce at: http://www.altova.com/products/mapforce/data_mapping.html. New in Altova StyleVision 2007 Altova StyleVision is the ultimate visual stylesheet designer for transforming XML and database content into eye-catching HTML pages, PDF reports, Word/RTF documents, and intuitive Authentic® electronic forms. It is optimized for single source publishing and allows multiple output styles from a single stylesheet design. Version 2007 adds a number of key enhancements, including: • Support for specifying style values based on XPath expressions • Ability to set different conditions for different output types (HTML, PDF, RTF, Authentic forms) • Support for sorting data on output to HTML, PDF, RTF • Rendering and editing of CDATA nodes • Page count totals (Page X of XX) for output to PDF and RTF Learn more about StyleVision at: http://www.altova.com/products/stylevision/xslt_stylesheet_designer.html. New in Altova SemanticWorks 2007 Altova SemanticWorks is the ground-breaking visual RDF/OWL editor for the Semantic Web, enabling users to visually design and edit RDF instance documents, RDF Schema vocabularies, and OWL ontologies, then output them in either RDF/XML or N-triples formats. Version 2007 introduces these tremendous new enhancements: • Ability to create new instances of a particular class directly in the class detail view • Automatic assignment of mandatory properties when creating new instances of a class • Auto-generation of owl:allDifferent statements for multiple selected instances at once • Support for assigning different colors to resources from different ontologies • Ability to hide annotations and comments on large ontology overviews Learn more about SemanticWorks at: http://www.altova.com/products/semanticworks/semantic_web_rdf_owl_editor.html. New in Altova DiffDog 2007 Newly added to the Altova Enterprise XML Suite, DiffDog is the developer’s dedicated differencing utility. This powerful XML-aware synchronization tool quickly compares and merges text or source code files and diverse directories via its straightforward visual interface. Altova DiffDog 2007 brings the following new features: • Support for ignoring specific elements or attributes and filtering data when comparing XML files • The ability to export differencing results in XML and UNIX-diff formats for further processing Learn more about DiffDog at: http://www.altova.com/products/diffdog/diff_merge_tool.html. More information about everything new Altova's v2007 XML product line is available at: http://www.altova.com/whatsnew.html. Availability and Pricing The Altova XML Suite 2007, XMLSpy 2007, MapForce 2007, StyleVision 2007, SchemaAgent 2007, SemanticWorks 2007, and DiffDog 2007 are all immediately available for purchase via the Altova Online Shop at: https://shop.altova.com. 30-day free trials of all Altova products may be downloaded from: http://www.altova.com/download.html. • The Altova XML Suite 2007 bundles the world’s leading XML development tools at specially discounted prices. It is available for purchase in two editions: Professional and Enterprise, with (USD) prices for a single-user license starting at $740 and $1,690 respectively. These prices reflect substantial decreases compared to pricing for Version 2006. The Altova Professional XML Suite includes new Professional Editions of XMLSpy, MapForce, and StyleVision. The Altova Enterprise XML Suite includes Enterprise Editions of XMLSpy, MapForce, and StyleVision, plus SchemaAgent, SemanticWorks, and DiffDog. The prices given represent 50% savings off the price of the included products purchased separately*. • Altova XMLSpy 2007 is available for purchase in two editions: Professional and Enterprise, with (USD) prices for a single-user license starting at $499 and $999 respectively. • Altova MapForce 2007 is available in three editions: Standard, Professional, and Enterprise, with (USD) prices for a single-user license starting at $249, $499, and $999 respectively. • Altova StyleVision 2007 is available in two editions: Professional and Enterprise, with (USD) prices for a single-user license starting at $499 and $999 respectively. • Altova SemanticWorks 2007 is available with (USD) pricing for a single-user license starting at $129. This price reflects a substantial decrease compared to pricing for Version 2006. • Altova SchemaAgent 2007 is available with (USD) pricing for a single-user license starting at $129. This price reflects a substantial decrease compared to pricing for Version 2006. • Altova DiffDog is available with (USD) pricing for a single-user license starting at $129 • AltovaXML is offered under a free software license with no key code required for activation. The Altova Support and Maintenance Package (SMP) can be purchased for 25% of the product price for a one-year period or 20% of the product price per year for a two-year period. Altova SMP provides free major software updates, maintenance releases, and priority technical support for the duration of the support period. SMP renewals are available beginning 90 days prior to expiration. Special Limited-time Offers Altova is now running two special introductory offers on its v2007 software – one on the Altova XML Suite 2007 and one on XMLSpy 2007. Both offers expire December 24, 2006. Free License for Altova DatabaseSpy™ with the Altova XML Suite: Now until December 24, 2006, customers who purchase a new license or an upgrade to the Altova XML Suite 2007, or purchase an SMP renewal for an existing Altova XML Suite license, will receive a free license for Altova’s latest product – DatabaseSpy 2007. Altova DatabaseSpy is the unique multi-database data management, query, and design tool. It is designed as a universal tool that connects to all major databases, easing SQL editing and database structure design. Features like visual layout, drag and drop control, syntax coloring, code completion, multiple export formats, and more all save time and ensure accuracy. It is the one tool to finally liberate data management. Learn more about DatabaseSpy at: http://www.altova.com/products/xml_suite/xml_tools.html. 36% to 52% Savings on Upgrades to XMLSpy 2007 Customers who upgrade from any previous version of XMLSpy to the latest Enterprise or Professional Edition will receive an additional 20% off** the already discounted upgrade price through December 24, 2006. Altova’s regular upgrade discounts range from 20 to 40% depending on software version. With this special offer, customers will receive the regular upgrade discount – then an additional 20% off the discounted upgrade price – for a total effective discount of 36% to 52%. To see their fully discounted price or to upgrade, existing XMLSpy customers should have their software license key codes handy and visit the Altova upgrade wizard at: https://shop.altova.com/upgrade_step1.asp. A new XMLSpy Release Information Archive is now available for anyone wishing to see everything that’s been added to XMLSpy over the last several years, at: http://www.altova.com/XMLSpy_release_archive.html. About Altova Altova accelerates application development and data management projects with software and solutions that enhance productivity and maximize results. As an innovative, customer-focused company and the creator of XMLSpy and other leading XML, data management, UML, and Web services tools, Altova is the choice of over 2.5 million clients worldwide, including virtually every Fortune 500 company. Enabling customers ranging from vast development teams in the world’s largest organizations to progressive one-person shops, Altova’s line of software tools fulfills a broad spectrum of business needs. Altova is an active member of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Object Management Group (OMG) and is committed to delivering standards-based platform-independent solutions that are powerful, affordable, and easy to use. Altova was founded in 1992 and has headquarters in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria. Visit Altova on the Web at http://www.altova.com. ### Altova, XMLSpy, MapForce, StyleVision, SemanticWorks, SchemaAgent, DiffDog, and DatabaseSpy are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Altova GmbH in the United States and/or other countries. Oracle, JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, and Siebel are registered trademarks of Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates. The names of and reference to other companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners. Note to Editors: *The Altova XML Suite 50% savings is based on the price of purchasing the included products separately. The 50% price comparison and price calculation are edition specific and relate to the purchase of either Professional Edition or Enterprise Edition software and not a combination of individual Enterprise or Professional Edition products. Prices displayed on the Altova Online Shop pages already take this discount into account – it is not in addition to the quoted prices, but already reflected in the prices listed on the site. **Results based on internal tests conducted by Altova using a series of XML documents. Actual results may vary based on systems or other factors. For more information, please contact Altova. ***The additional 20% discount applies only to upgrades to XMLSpy 2007 from previous versions of XMLSpy. The additional 20% discount is not applicable to upgrades to other Altova products or product suites. For Media and Analyst Inquiries: Tim Hale Director of Marketing, Altova Inc. 978-816-1612 tim.hale@altova.com

SOASTA Concerto™ delivers a revolutionary set of visual software products that automate the testing, certification, and demonstration of web services, SOA implementations, BPEL orchestrations, and web applications.

spycomponents has a new address: http://www.spycomponents.com Take a look at the current available IDE PlugIns for XMLSpy. - ValidatorBuddy: Add support for external validators like Saxon, MSXML or Xerces to XMLSpy! - File Commander PRO: Explorer, history, notes and file details as a PlugIn for XMLSpy!

Altova XMLSpy 2006 is the industry standard XML development environment for modeling, editing, transforming, and debugging XML-related technologies. In addition to the world’s leading XML editor, XMLSpy includes the original graphical XML Schema editor, enabling you to design otherwise complex schemas with ease. It also includes a built in code generator that auto-generates Java, C++, or C# class files based on data elements defined in your schemas. New error handling and dynamic hyperlinking capabilities in its XML validator make correcting XML documents a breeze. XMLSpy 2006 includes a schema-aware XSLT processor, a unique step-by-step XSLT 1.0/2.0 debugger, and a new XSLT profiler for performance tuning your transformations. An XPath 1.0/2.0 analyzer assists in building and verifying XPath expressions. A schema-aware XQuery processor, an advanced XQuery debugger, and a new XQuery profiler facilitate efficient querying of XML data. XMLSpy supports all major relational databases: Microsoft Access, SQL Server, Oracle, MySQL, Sybase, IBM DB2, and others. You can connect to a database, generate an XML Schema from a database, import and export data based on database schemas, and generate databases from XML Schemas. XMLSpy offers advanced WSDL and SOAP capabilities, including WSDL file visualization, editing, and validation, SOAP request/response handling, and a SOAP debugger. COM and Java APIs let you access many of XMLSpy’s powerful features in a programmatic way. Optional integration of XMLSpy 2006 with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET or Eclipse allows you to seamlessly access XMLSpy views and XML tools from within these popular IDEs. XMLSpy 2006 is the ultimate productivity enhancer for.NET, Eclipse, J2EE, and database developers that need the latest XML, Web services, and database technologies

Discover how Altova products can accelerate your application development and data management projects! Altova offers an award-winning line of standards-based application development and data management products that are powerful, affordable, and easy to use. Learn how they can help you with XML, data administration, UML, Web services, and other information technology projects.