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Though HTML and XML are both markup languages, each technology has a very different purpose: HTML is used to describe how data is displayed on a Web page, while XML is employed to describe the data itself. XML is not a replacement for HTML; in fact, the two technologies can complement one another when XML is used to represent data that is output in HTML or XHTML format online. This common scenario requires the ability to convert XML to HTML / XHMTL and convert HTML to XML. Intelligent HTML EditingIn addition to its award-winning XML editing capabilities, Altova XMLSpy® 2009 is a powerful HTML editor. XMLSpy provides many useful features for editing HTML, including:
In addition to the features above, XMLSpy is a complete XML development environment. If you’re working with XML now or plan to in the future, XMLSpy provides powerful, user-friendly features to help you develop XML in an efficient, productive manner. CSS EditorWeb designers often use CSS in addition to XSLT for styling their HTML and XHTML Web pages. To complement XMLSpy's award-winning XSLT editor, XMLSpy includes a full-featured CSS editor. XMLSpy makes CSS editing easy with features such as syntax coloring, context-sensitive entry helper windows and drop-down menus, as well as screen tips. CSS editing also benefits from all the advanced features of the XMLSpy text view, such as code completion, line numbering, source folding, book marking, and more. As you’re working, advanced project management features help you organize and manage your CSS files alongside related documents and perform batch operations, and a multi-tabbed find-in-files window lets you perform advanced find and replace functions across files, folders, and even entire projects. The XMLSpy CSS editor is a true productivity enhancer for developers creating XML-based Web sites, because you can complete your CSS editing tasks in the same environment where you develop XSLT transformations, using the same user-friendly, intelligent entry helpers and options. HTML OutputAltova StyleVision® 2009 autogenerates standards-conformant XSLT 1.0/2.0 stylesheets for output in HTML, RTF, PDF, Word 2007 (OOXML), and Authentic e-Forms. HTML output and code are generated in real-time and available for viewing at any time in the design process. Advanced functionality for building dynamic Web pages includes support CSS styles and JavaScript functions. You can add precise visual styling rules to your designs using built-in CSS styles, and you can import your own CSS documents to leverage work you’ve already completed. StyleVision includes a JavaScript editor for defining JavaScript functions, and each JavaScript function that you define is listed under Scripts in the Design Tree window. You can assign functions to design components via the Event tab in the Properties window to add event-based interactivity to your Web page. Learn more about building advanced Web pages using CSS and JavaScript in StyleVision. Rendering XBRLStyleVision provides full support for rendering data from XBRL taxonomies for financial reporting, enabling you to easily publish this data simultaneously to HTML, RTF, PDF, and Word 2007. This makes presenting valid and accurate XBRL financial information simply a matter of assigning new source data to your stylesheet design each quarter for formatting and XSLT / XSL:FO generation. An easy-to-use XBRL Table Wizard makes importing taxonomy data a breeze, and a special US-GAAP mode automatically renders data according to these requirements for organizations that report to the SEC. Direct Database ReportingStyleVision is also a powerful database reporting tool that allows you to design stylesheets based on a database (or XML or XBRL source data) to generate report output to HTML, RTF, PDF, and Word 2007 (OOXML) – all from a single design. StyleVision supports all the most popular relational databases, including:
To design a database report in StyleVision, you simply connect to the required tables in your database and design your database report using drag-and-drop functionality and rich formatting options. Based on your design, StyleVision automatically creates stylesheets to output your report in HTML, RTF, PDF, and Word 2007 – you get four eye-catching reports from one easy-to-create design! A fifth output format, the Authentic electronic form is also automatically generated. The Authentic e-Form provides a word processor-style interface for non-technical users to edit databases using Authentic, which is available free of charge on the Altova corporate Web site. > read moreDatabase Reporting for Single Source PublishingXML separates content from presentation, providing a framework for implementing single source publishing. However, XML alone does not address all the challenges associated with single source publishing, nor does it provide a de facto solution for managing the huge amounts of data stored in relational databases. Altova StyleVision closes this gap to enable true single source publishing by allowing you to create one design to output data stored in XML, XBRL taxonomies, and databases in multiple formats. Read the single source publishing whitepaper (PDF 838 KB) to learn more about the benefits of single source publishing. You’ll also learn how StyleVision removes the obstacles that often stand in the way of successful single source publishing implementations. > read more
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