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.
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 organisation 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
- Minimise development and maintenance costs by automatically generating authoring configurations for DITA specialisations
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