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Altova Delivers Customers' "Most Wanted" Features With Version 2010 of Its MissionKit Tool Suite
(Market Wire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BEVERLY, MA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 11/03/09 --
Altova® (http://www.altova.com), creator of
XMLSpy®, the industry leading XML editor, today announced the availability of Version 2010
(v2010) of the Altova MissionKit®, an integrated suite of XML, database,
and UML tools. Version 2010 delivers over 70 of customers' "most wanted"
features across the product line, from support for new technologies like
WSDL 2.0 in XMLSpy and MapForce®, JSON in XMLSpy, and SysML in UModel®,
to enhanced functionality for working with XBRL in XMLSpy, a completely new
stylesheet design option in StyleVision®, and much more. For users
working on the newest version of the Microsoft® Windows® platform,
Version 2010 is also compatible with Windows 7.
"With the state of economy today, companies are only buying the tools they
need to get the job done efficiently and within budget. As always, at
Altova we aim to provide our customers -- both current and future -- with
affordable and easy-to-use tools that meet their needs, whether they are
developers, database administrators, or IT power users," said Alexander
Falk, President and CEO for Altova. "To that end, we've responded to our
customers' feedback to add more than 70 of their 'most wanted' features to
the latest version of the Altova MissionKit, delivering the most
comprehensive support in the industry for working with XML, databases, and
UML."
Each of the tools available in the Altova MissionKit 2010 provides a host
of new features and functionality:
-- XMLSpy 2010 -- Powerful new functionality has been added to the XMLSpy
XML editor, including one of the most often requested features: support for
WSDL 2.0. This adds to existing support for WSDL 1.1, allowing developers
to edit and validate either version of a WSDL file in XMLSpy's unique
graphical WSDL editor. XMLSpy even supports one-click conversion between
WSDL 1.1 and WSDL 2.0 files, allowing for easy migration. XMLSpy 2010 also
includes enhancements to its XBRL support, including a new XBRL Taxonomy
Wizard for creating XBRL taxonomies in the graphical XBRL Taxonomy Editor,
generation of comprehensive XBRL documentation, and new functionality for
finding and sorting data in large XBRL taxonomies and instance files. With
v2010, XMLSpy adds to its long list of supported standards with new
functionality for working with the JavaScript Object Notation (JSON). The
new JSON editor gives users the flexibility to edit JSON files using the
same intuitive text and grid/tree views and intelligent editing options
available for XML editing, and it even provides one-click conversion
between XML and JSON files. Unlike any other XML editor, XMLSpy 2010
supports both JSON and XML, giving developers an easy way to work with JSON
in the same environment where they're developing XML-based AJAX, and Web
services applications.
-- MapForce 2010 -- Several new features have been added to the MapForce
data mapping tool in
Version 2010. Users can now process data from or into multiple files,
making it easy to consolidate file collections or output data from one file
to many. As a complement to this feature, input or output file names can
now be used as parameters, enabling the user to generate dynamic mappings
in which this information is defined at run-time. MapForce 2010 EDI support
has also been enhanced with EDI file validation in generated code and
support for three additional EDIFACT messages. MapForce also now supports
working with WSDL 2.0 for building and connecting to Web services, and
supports the use of xsi:type in XML documents.
-- StyleVision 2010 -- Version 2010 of StyleVision, Altova's visual stylesheet
designer, introduces new features and usability enhancements to
streamline e-Form development and template design and portability for more
efficient reporting based on XML, XBRL, and database sources. A new design
paradigm allows users to create templates within layout containers or even
upload a blueprint image on which to base their design. This adds a new
level of flexibility to the design process, enabling users to lay out their
design first and add content after, in the same way they would approach
common desktop publishing applications. Additionally, the new absolute
positioning feature lets users specify exact coordinates for each element
to absolutely position them in their designs. These features combine to
provide StyleVision 2010 users with an invaluable tool for designing true
electronic forms. Template designers can also now utilize multiple page
layouts within the same document, an extremely valuable feature for those
working with printed media. StyleVision 2010 also provides several new
developer features, including: support for inline (HTML, XSLT, XSL:FO)
processing commands, extension templates based on any XPath, importing
external XSLT files, and a disable-output-escaping function for rendering
code as-is, without it being transformed by a processor.
-- Authentic 2010 -- Authentic® 2010 users will directly benefit from
many of the new StyleVision features for true electronic forms design
described above. The sophisticated e-Forms created in StyleVision 2010 are
presented in Authentic as a true WYSIWYG-interface for XML and database
content editing, where powerful entry helpers and intelligent editing
features allow users to easily get their data into valid XML or database
stores -- without ever being exposed to the underlying technical syntax.
Other usability enhancements added to Authentic 2010 include a new paste as
text option that enables Authentic users to insert data into e-Forms as
marked up XML or text-only; and the ability to view user-defined HTML
elements/blocks, generated output with the new disable-output-escaping
functionality, and variables created in StyleVision design templates.
Authentic 2010 also includes a browser plug-in for Firefox, as well as
support for the newest version of Internet Explorer, IE8. With the release
of Version 2010, Authentic is now offered in Enterprise and Community
Editions, both of which are available as either as a desktop application or
browser plug-in. The new Authentic 2010 Enterprise Edition requires a paid
license and provides advanced features for WYSIWYG XML and database content
editing. Authentic 2010 Browser-Plugin Enterprise Edition is offered on a
12 month license term basis. Authentic 2010 Community Edition is available
under a free license.
-- UModel 2010 -- New productivity-enhancing features have been added to
Version 2010 of the UModel UML
tool, including support for the Systems Modeling Language (SysML).
SysML uses seven diagram types that are part of the UML specification and
includes two additional diagrams -- requirement diagrams and parametric
diagrams. UModel 2010 supports all SysML v1.1 diagram types and elements
with code generation in Java, C#, and Visual Basic. A new scripting
environment and form editor has also been added to allow users to automate
UModel operations from within the UML tool itself. UModel 2010 also
introduces a new option to generate multiple sequence diagrams from reverse
engineered Java, C#, and Visual Basic application code.
-- DatabaseSpy 2010 -- DatabaseSpy® 2010 includes a powerful new visual
database schema comparison feature that allows users to compare database
schemas within the same database type, or across database types (all major
relational databases are supported). DatabaseSpy 2010 displays differences
between database schemas in a graphical manner, and users can generate a
change script to merge changes in either direction. DatabaseSpy 2010 can
also now convert database structures between different database types, for
example, to migrate from MySQL® to Oracle® or SQL Server®. Other
often-requested usability features include calculation of information for
selected results (count, total, average, sum, etc.) and result grid
printing.
-- DiffDog 2010 -- In DiffDog® 2010, functionality has been extended for
comparing and merging XML and database content. DiffDog 2010 introduces a
powerful XML Schema diff feature that allows users to compare and merge XML
Schemas as they evolve, and then generate an XSLT file to update
corresponding XML instance documents according to the new schema.
Alternatively, users can choose to generate an Altova MapForce mapping file
based on the DiffDog comparison to further refine the transformation
between schemas. Also new in DiffDog 2010 is database schema comparison and
merging functionality similar to that in DatabaseSpy 2010, as described
above.
A complete list of all the new features added in the Altova MissionKit 2010
is available at: http://www.altova.com/whatsnew.html
To download a 30-day free trial of any Altova product, visit:
http://www.altova.com/download.html
Availability and Pricing
Version 2010 of the Altova product line is available for purchase in the
Altova Online Shop: https://shop.altova.com with prices starting at $49
(USD) per product. For optimum savings, customers can choose the Altova
MissionKit, which includes up to eight Altova products for less than the
price of two*. Altova recommends the purchase of its Support and
Maintenance Package (SMP) with all software purchases. Learn more at:
http://www.altova.com/support_package.html
About Altova
Altova® is the creator of XMLSpy® and other leading XML, database, and
UML tools. A key player in the software tools industry and the leader in
XML development tools, Altova is the choice of over 3 million clients
worldwide, including 91 percent of the Fortune 500. An innovative,
customer-focused company, Altova offers a product line that fulfills a
broad spectrum of business needs for development teams in the world's
largest organizations to growing one-person shops. An active member of the
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Object Management Group (OMG), Altova
is committed to delivering standards-based, platform-independent solutions
that are powerful, affordable, and easy-to-use. Founded in 1992, Altova is
headquartered in Beverly, Massachusetts and Vienna, Austria. Visit Altova
on the Web at:
http://www.altova.com.
Note to Editors:
*Pricing comparison is edition-specific and based on Altova MissionKit vs.
two individual licenses of XMLSpy and MapForce.
Altova, MissionKit, XMLSpy, MapForce, StyleVision, UModel, DatabaseSpy,
DiffDog, SchemaAgent, SemanticWorks, Authentic, and AltovaXML are
trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Altova GmbH in the United States
and/or other countries. The names of and reference to other companies and
products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.
Sales Information:
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Altova Inc.
978-816-1567
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