Stylus Studio XML

XML IDE providing tools for working on XML, XQuery, XML Pipeline, XSLT, XSL:FO, EDI, XML Schema/DTD, XPath, XML & Databases, XHTML, XML mapping and XML publishing.

Stylus Studio X16 XML Enterprise Suite is an advanced XML Integrated Development Environment (XML IDE) consisting of hundreds of powerful XML tools in one all-inclusive suite and high-performance Java & .NET components to design data integration applications. Stylus Studio adds powerful new features, again pushing the innovation envelope that helped establish Stylus Studio as the premier XML IDE. Stylus Studio's best-in-class features for working with XML, XQuery, XML Pipeline, XSLT, XSL:FO, EDI, XML Schema/DTD, XPath, XML & Databases, XHTML, XML mapping, XML publishing, Web services set a new benchmark for XML productivity.

Key Features:

• XML pipeline editor, debugger and code generator: Stylus Studio leads the way in XML tools innovation with its XML Pipeline Editor. The XML Pipeline Editor lets you model your entire XML application in a single design, instead of as numerous disjoint pieces. Code-generation and cross-language debugging round out this intuitive tool.
  
• XML publisher: Stylus Studio's XML Publisher is a powerful XML report designer that allows you to create advanced document layouts for use in single-source publishing, XML content management and multichannel publishing applications.
  
• Datadirect XML converters: DataDirect XML Converters high-performance Java and .NET components that provide bi-directional, programmatic access to virtually any non-XML file (EDI, flat files, etc.) are bundled with each installation of Stylus Studio 2011 XML Enterprise Suite. XML Converters allow you to seamlessly stream any non-XML data as XML to industry-leading XML processing components or to your own applications.
  
• XQuery mapper, editor, debugger and profiler: Stylus Studio boasts the most sophisticated XQuery development tools for any XML data integration project it already provides full support for the January 2008 W3C XQuery Recommendation.
  
• XSLT mapper, editor, debugger, designer and profiler: Stylus Studio is the world's most advanced development environment for XSLT 1.0/2.0.
  
• JAVA and C# for .NET code generation: Stylus Studio 2011 XML Enterprise Suite allows you to generate Java code or C# for .NET based on any XQuery or XSLT document. You can specify options such as the package and class names and whether or not you want to make generated classes public.
  
• XML schema designer with documentation generator: The new XML Schema Designer is a graphical editor for generating, viewing and editing XML Schema. Advanced developers can also edit source files directly in text mode. Sense: X auto-completion helps to ensure well-formed and valid XML Schema.
  
• XML editor with fll Xpath integration: Stylus Studio provides XML editing facilities for the creation and editing of XML documents.
  
• XML differencing: An integrated XML Differencing tool simplifies visualising of changes made to files or folders.
  
• Web service development tools: Use Stylus Studio to compose a SOAP request and test a Web service without writing any code! The SOAP requests you create can be used in XQuery to provide a dynamic data source for XML transformations. Use the Stylus Studio WSDL Editor for a complete Web services application development solution. Supports MS .NET and Apache Axis.

Stylus Studio XML - Features

Stylus Studio Feature Comparison Matrix

Compare editions of Stylus Studio to determine the one that best meets your needs. It is recommended Stylus Studio XML Enterprise Suite for advanced data integration projects. Please note that Stylus Studio XML Home Edition is restricted to student and non-commercial home usage.

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Stylus Studio XML Enterprise Suite Feature Overview

Stylus Studio 2008 XML Enterprise Suite provides a comprehensive set of XML tools and features for working with XML, XQuery, Web services, XML publishing, and many other XML technologies.

XML Editors
Stylus Studio 2008 XML Enterprise Suite includes numerous synchronized, visual XML editing views, Sense:X (Intelligent XML Editing), Integrated XML Validator, XML differencing, and much more!

XQuery (XML Query) Tools
Stylus Studio 2008 XML Enterprise Suite is the first and only XML development tool to support visual XQuery editing, XQuery mapping, and XQuery debugging.

XSL/XSLT Tools
Stylus Studio 2008 XML Enterprise Suite provides comprehensive XSLT development support, including XSLT debugging, XSLT mapping, XSLT profiling, visual HTML-to-XSLT stylesheet design, XSL:FO, and much more!

EDI Tools
Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) integration tools for converting, mapping and deploying advanced XML data integration applications which involve read/write access to legacy EDIFACT and X12 data sources.

XML Pipeline
XML Pipeline lets you model your entire XML application instead of just individual pieces — use it to design, edit, debug and deploy advanced XML data service applications.

XML Publishing
Visually design beautiful XML reports for XML publishing applications using XSL:FO, XQuery and XSLT technologies to generate PDF or HTML output from any data source.

XML Schema Editor
Read about Stylus Studio 2008 XML Enterprise Suite's new support for visual XML Schema editing, validation, XSD documentation generation, and other XSD utilities.

XSL:FO Tools
Learn what XSL Formatting Objects (XSL:FO) is all about, and how to use XSL:FO tools to create advanced document layouts and formatting styles to render your XML documents.

Document Type Definition (DTD) Editor
Stylus Studio 2008 XML Enterprise Suite includes a visual DTD editor, integrated DTD validator, and various DTD generation utilities.

XPath Tools
Stylus Studio 2008 XML Enterprise Suite includes utilities for XPath 1.0/2.0, including XPath Evaluator, XPath Expression Generator, Sense:X for XPath (Intelligent XPath Editing), and much more!

Web Services Tools
Stylus Studio 2008 XML Enterprise Suite supports Web Service Development via a Web Service Call Composer, UDDI Registry Browser, and other tools that make it easy to find, test, and use Web services.

XML Mapping Tools
With Stylus Studio 2008 XML Enterprise Suite, you can map data in one format to another using visual drag-and-drop mappers. Stylus Studio's mappers include support for mapping to and from XML documents, Web service data, relational data, flat files, and many more.

Import/Export Utilities for any File, XML and Relational Data
Stylus Studio 2008 XML Enterprise Suite includes Convert to XML, a visual tool for extracting XML data from any file format including CSV, tab separated, binary data files, EDI, or any other flat format, as well as many other data import/export utilities for RDBMS, XML, and more!

Relational Database Connectivity Tools
If you're working with relational and XML data, our powerful database and XML tools are a must-have for database architects, database developers, and Database Administrators (DBA's).

Java and XML Tools
Build XML-enabled Java applications using Stylus Studio 2008 XML Enterprise Suite's JSP Editor, XML-Java debugger, and more.

HTML/XHTML and Web Design Tools
Easily design advanced XML-data driven Web sites with Stylus Studio 2008 XML Enterprise Suite's handy XML tools for Web Designers!

Microsoft and XML Tools
Use Stylus Studio 2008 XML Enterprise Suite to build XML-enabled Microsoft applications with MSXML, Microsoft .NET XML (System.XML), SQL Server 2000, and other XML-enabled products and APIs.

XSD Tools
XSD is a language for describing the structure and constraining the contents of XML documents. Stylus Studio supports XSD editing, conversion, validation, documentation generation and much more. Learn more about Stylus Studio's advanced support for XSD development here.

Document Type Definition (DTD) Tools
These DTD tutorials and examples illustrate Stylus Studio's powerful tools and utilities for working with document type definitions, including DTD editing, validation, conversion, and much more

New Features in Version 2010

Stylus Studio 2010 XML Enterprise Suite is the latest product release, featuring all-new XML productivity tools designed to further simplify and automate frequently encountered programming tasks, and it offers increased support for several popular databases and industry standards, easing XML data integration tasks, particularly in heterogeneous computing environments.

Stylus Studio 2010 XML Enterprise Suite contains significant new features and enhancements, including the following:

XQuery Enhancements The XQuery module provides several important enhancements:

• XQuery Code Refactoring Stylus Studio can automatically create a local function from selected code, and then replace that code with a call to that local function.
• Importing XQuery Modules A new user interface helps you manage XQuery module imports in your XQuery code.
• Visual Support for Updating Relational Data Sources SQL insert, update, and delete operations can now be created using drag-and-drop in XQuery Mapper.
• Register Custom URI Resolvers A new user interface lets you register Collection, Module, and Document URI resolvers.
• Support for XQJ 1.0 The XQuery module now supports the XQuery API for Java (XQJ) Version 1.0.
• New Navigational Features Go To, Find All References, and Rename short-cut menu items simplify working with XQuery Code.

XML Converters Enhancements The XML Converters have numerous enhancements in Stylus Studio 2010:

• Support for Cargo-IMP The Cargo-IMP IATA EDI dialect is now supported.
• Support for New EDI Releases DataDirect XML Converters provides support for these releases of currently supported EDI dialects:
  • EDIFACT D08B
  • IATA 08-1
  • X12 006010
• Intra-segment validation The EDI to XML Module now supports intra-segment validation for EANCOM, EDIFACT, HIPAA, X12 and CARGO EDI dialects using the Syntax Rules property in the Select XML Converter Properties dialog box.
• Open-ended Codelist Support You can now suspend codelist validation for specific codelist tables by adding a special value to the codelist table. And a new Quick Fix option in the EDI-to-XML Editor allows you suspend codelist validation on-the-fly, while editing a SEF file.

Use ZIP, JAR, MS Open Office, and OpenDocument Format as Data Sources Stylus Studio 2010 allows you to use XML stored in ZIP, JAR, Microsoft Open Office, and OpenDocument Format as data sources in XQuery Mapper and XSLT Mapper.

Support for SOAP 1.2 The Web Service Call Composer now supports SOAP 1.2.

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Stylus Studio XML - System Requirements

System Requirements

• Pentium class system with 128 MB RAM and 100 MB free disk space
• Windows 2000 SP2 or Windows XP
• Microsoft Internet Explorer version 5.5 or higher