Adopting XML: Tomorrow's Web

Editors

• University of Edinburgh XED,
  • Little more than a simple text editor with syntax checking.
  • In Java so platform-independent.
• Microsoft XML Notepad
  • Tree-view style editor.
  • Windows only.
• XML Pro
  • 'Tree-View' style editor similar to Jumbo's tree-view.
  • Windows only.
  • Vendor's Web site technically incompetent, which isn't encouraging...
• CLIP
  • Combines 'Tree-view' with highlighted source text, similar to early versions of HotMetal.
  • Windows and Solaris only.
• Visual XML
  • A great deal of thought has clearly gone into the user interface of this product.
  • Several user interface styles care available.
  • All are completely incomprehensible to me.
  • In Java, so platform independent.
• WebWriter
  • Based on existing SGML editor.
  • More than usually incomprehensible tree view.
  • Windows only.
• EMACS
  • Fortunately, Emacs SGML mode handles XML.
  • Text editor with syntax highlighting and well-formedness verification.
  • No WYSIWYG view.
  • Runs on all <joke>proper computers</joke>.

  (Yes, of course this presentation was written in EMACS).

A number of other SGML editing tools can be used for XML.

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