New Features 2026
Version 2026r2
•Artificial Intelligence (AI) support in XMLSpy has been introduced for specific XML tasks such as generating, from an XML schema, a sample XML file that contains realistic XML data. Other specific tasks include creating XSLT and XQuery documents on the basis of source and target XML files. This functionality is described in the topic Altova AI (for Specific XML Tasks).
•All the AI functionality of XMLSpy can now be accessed from a single location, the AI Guide window, which also provides access to more broad-based chats from within the XMLSpy user interface.
•Database support has been extended to PostgreSQL 18.
•Eclipse support has been updated to cover the following versions: 2026-03 (4.39), 2025-12 (4.38), 2025-09 (4.37), 2025-06 (4.36).
Version 2026
•BSON data files can be edited in Grid View with editing features such as type support, entry helpers, and validation against a JSON schema for BSON. The various XMLSpy features for BSON files are described in the section BSON.
•BSON files can be converted to and from JSON or YAML files.
•For XSLT 3.0 transformations, assertions can be enabled via an application-wide setting.
•Database support has been extended to MariaDB 11.8 (LTS), MySQL 9.1, PostgreSQL 17.
•Eclipse support has been updated to cover the following versions: 2026-03 (4.39), 2025-12 (4.38), 2025-09 (4.37), 2025-06 (4.36).