XMetaL Author Enterprise
The solution for consistently higher-value, timely global content that creates loyal customers and efficient, compliant business processes.
XMetaL Author Enterprise helps you get to market faster by bringing structure
and automation to the process of content creation. Using XML standards such as
the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), XMetaL enables authors and
contributors to collaborate effectively—and to repurpose higher-value
information products into the myriad of languages and formats your customers
demand.
When used with XMetaL Reviewer 6.0, organizations can take advantage of a
unified and collaborative authoring and reviewing solution. No more emailing
files for review or managing different versions of reviewed content. Refer to
XMetaL Reviewer 6.0 for more information.
Used standalone or integrated with virtually any content management system,
XMetaL helps even non-technical writers to create and collaborate on reusable
content without needing to be proficient in XML—and ensures that the process of
content creation contributes to the timely market release of products worldwide.
Highlights of New Features in XMetaL Author Enterprise 6.0
- Support for XML Inclusions (XInclude). XMetaL can display text or XML
content included by via the XML inclusions (XInclude) mechanism.
- “Treat as Links” Platform Enhancements. For non-DITA XMetaL users this
functionality provides the ability to designate attributes as a link, allowing
users to browse to the target.
- Background Spell Check and Auto-correct. Authors will be able to see right away
whether a word they’ve just typed is potentially misspelled. XMetaL will have an
option to flag potential misspellings in real-time, by displaying a wavy red
underline beneath each misspelled word.
- Schema (XSD) Support. Industry standard doctypes that use xs:redefine can now
be handled by XMetaL. Also, XMetaL no longer requires included schemas to use
the same target namespace as the master schema (otherwise known as ‘chamelon
schema’). XMetaL will open documents using XML Schema (XSDs) that use the
xs:redefine feature.
- WebHelp Output Format. Similar to the CHM format, WebHelp outputs files with a
Table of Contents, Index and Search. Unlike CHM these files are useable on any
platform and with any browser.
Promote Content Reuse for Greater Quality and Consistency
- Locate, reference, and reuse content from file systems or content
repositories for consistency across the enterprise
- Publish XML content directly from the author’s desktop to a variety of
customer-facing output formats including PDF, HTML, online help systems and more
- Leverage XMetaL’s extensible publishing framework – a scalable, low-cost
alternative to proprietary publishing systems
- Integrate authoring with virtually any repositories, content management
systems (CMS) or source control systems in your organization with XMetaL
Connector
Create Structured Content as Easily as Working in a Word Processor
- Ensure the validity of XML, hiding the complexity of the underlying markup
from non-technical users and giving power users access to XML structure and
code, components, attributes and elements
- Standard Unicode support allows you to Author in almost any language
including Cyrillic, Eastern European, and Asian languages
- Use with XMetaL Reviewer to support your whole author, review, and approval cycles through a simple web-based interface
Leverage Best Practices in Topic-based Authoring
- First authoring software with full DITA support, including visualization and
advanced editing for better control of content presentation
- Help authors write with reuse in mind with a familiar, topic-oriented user
interface designed specifically for authoring of DITA content
- Minimize development and maintenance costs by
automatically generating authoring configurations for DITA specializations
Download the XMetaL Author Enterprise and XMetaL Author Enterprise & DITA datasheets to learn more.
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