Altova Extends and Enhances XML Suite

Altova Extends and Enhances XML Suite

Altova introduced version 2006 of its line of XMLapplications. Altova software version 2006 (v2006) delivers upgrades andenhancements to the company s existing offering of XML development tools. Fromsupport for building Web services, to viewing and managing enterprise-wideschema architectures, updated integration with multi-purpose integrateddevelopment environments (IDEs), and support for the latest XSLT 2.0, XPath2.0, and XQuery specification drafts, v2006 represents an upgrade infunctionality, usability, and standards conformance.

 New features inXMLSpy 2006 include enhanced standards support, schema awareness in XSLT 2.0and XQuery Engines, updated Microsoft Visual Studio.NET integration, and updatedEclipse integration.

 New functionality inMapForce 2006 includes visual Web services construction, Web services implementation,FlexText flat file parsing, project management and code generation, enhanced standardssupport, textual annotation, and support for OLE and ActiveX Control. With theaddition of these features, Altova MapForce 2006 is now available in threeeditions: MapForce 2006 Standard Edition (supports XML-to-XML mappings); MapForce2006 Professional Edition (supports XML, database, and basic flat file datamappings); and MapForce 2006 Enterprise Edition (supports all the features ofMapForce 2006 Professional Edition, with the addition of Web services mappingand implementation, EDI mapping, and the FlexText flat file integration utility).

 Altova StyleVisionwill be updated to version 2006 later this year; customers who purchase betweennow and then will be able to update at no additional cost. New features inStyleVision 2005 release 4 include enhanced standards support and schema awarenessin XSLT 2.0 engine.

 In addition toviewing and interconnecting XML Schema (.XSD) files, SchemaAgent 2006 allowsdevelopers to view XML Schemas used as data sources and/or targets in AltovaMapForce design (.MFD) data mapping files. New capabilities of SchemaAgent 2006include MapForce Schema view, detailed Schema visualization, and the standaloneSchemaAgent Client Application.

 In addition,Altova announced it has extended its XML Suite with a fifth application. Altova snew application in its XML product family, Altova SemanticWorks 2006, is avisual development tool designed to help customers learn and work with emergingSemantic Web technologies in an intuitive way. Altova SemanticWorks 2006 allowsdevelopers to graphically create and edit Resource Description Framework (RDF)instance documents, RDF Schema (RDFS) vocabularies, and Web Ontology Language(OWL) ontologies.

 SemanticWorks 2006is available as a standalone product and is also included in the Enterpriseand Professional Editions of the Altova XML Suite 2006. For additionalinformation on what s new in Altova software version 2006, visit http://www.altova.com/whatsnew.html.

 Altova XML Suite2006, XMLSpy 2006, MapForce 2006, StyleVision 2005 release 4, SchemaAgent 2006,and SemanticWorks 2006 are available at https://shop.altova.com. Inaddition, 30-day free trials of all Altova products may be downloaded from http://www.altova.com/download.html.

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