ANNOUNCE: Final Release of the new XML Spy 4.0 Suite is now available

Fellow XML developers:

We are pleased to announce the final release of the new XML Spy 4.0 Suite!

It is currently available for free evaluation download or purchase at www.xmlspy.com

The XML Spy 4.0 Suite is now a complete family of products for Advanced XML Application Development. The Suite consists of two completely new products; the XML Spy 4.0 XSLT Designer and the XML Spy 4.0 Document Editor (sold together as the XML Spy 4.0 Document Framework) as well as a completely updated XML Spy 4.0 Integrated Development Environment (IDE).

The XML Spy 4.0 Integrated Development Environment (IDE) builds on the success of previous versions by adding new functionality, specifically:

+ Complete support for the W3C's final XML Schema Recommendation,

     including graphical Schema design, schema-based validation, and
     schema conversion tools.



   + Complete ODBC and ADO database access functionality, including


     database schema to XML schema conversions, and advanced import &
     export features for legacy data.



   + Extendable 3rd Party Plug-in architecture for solution providers


     to build custom applications.

+ Customizable user-interface and new Windows XP look-and-feel.

The XML Spy 4.0 XSLT Designer is an innovative new approach to automate writing of complex XSLT Stylesheets using an intuitive, drag-and-drop user interface. It also enables the customization of the XML Spy 4.0 Document Editor by defining an XSLT Stylesheet and additional editing-specific options based upon the underlying DTD or XML Schema for use during the content creation or editing process.

The XML Spy 4.0 Document Editor is the easiest word-processor style free-flow WYSISYG text editor for XML documents, empowering non-technical people to create and edit XML documents. It supports form-based data input, graphical elements, presentation and editing of arbitrary repeating XML elements as tables, real-time validation, and consistency checking using XML Schema. The Document Editor is available in three variations:

+ as a stand-alone application, to be deployed on the PC of any
     non-technical user

+ integrated as a separate view within the XML Spy IDE user-

      (if you purchase the XML Spy Suite product)

+ as a Browser Plug-In for Internet Explorer, which dramatically
     eases deployment in the enterprise

The XML Spy 4.0 Document Framework consists of the XML Spy 4.0 XSLT Designer and the XML Spy 4.0 Document Editor, which together form an XSLT & XML Schema based, enterprise-wide content management solution for creating and deploying large volumes of XML content in real-world production environments such as web-publishing, knowledge management or e-commerce. A live demonstration of the XML Spy 4.0 Document Framework in action is hosted at www.nanonull.com (requires Internet Explorer 5.5 or 6.0). The demo consists of several rich electronic forms based on advanced schema and XSLT, which were written using the XSLT designer, and are displayed and edited on your browser using the automatically installed Document Editor browser plug-in.

The XML Spy 4.0 Suite
The XML Spy 4.0 IDE and XML Spy 4.0 Document Framework together comprise the XML Spy 4.0 Suite, the most comprehensive tool Suite for Advanced XML Application Development (www.axad.org)!

XML Spy 4.0 Authorized Training
Altova is proud to announce the first authorized course for learning XML and XML Spy 4.0: www.XMLSpyBootCamp.com!
Developed by the Richard Hale Shaw Group (www.RichardHaleShawGroup.com -- creators of the XMLBootCamp, UMLBootCamp and other BootCamp-style, training courses for software developers on COM, ASP, UML and .NET), XMLSpyBootCamp is a 4-day, hands-on intense immersion in learning XML using XML Spy 4.0. Starting with XML fundamentals and mark-up, and moving quickly to style-sheets (XSL and XSLT using the XSLT Designer in XML Spy) and validation (DTD's and Schemas, plus the XML Spy Schema Editor and IE plug-in), the course covers both the DOM and the SAX parser, as well as server-side XML and SOAP. Taught in a rigorous, hands-on fashion by professionals such as Josh Holmes (who wrote the XML Spy BootCamp course and who teaches the www.XMLBootCamp.com), you'll complete this class knowing exactly how to utilize the latest features of XML Spy 4.0 for building a variety of applications using XML. This course will be taught publicly, starting in late October, 2001, and is available as on-site training as well. For details see www.XMLSPYBOOTCAMP.com.

Please note, that due to the huge interest in our product we are providing this download hosted on multiple sites with automatic load-balancing. If you are still experiencing any download difficulties, please retry the download at a later point in time, as we typically anticipate a large number of simultaneous requests during the first 8-12 hours of the availability of the new release.

For a more detailed 4.0 pricing information and other available product versions and upgrade options, please visit our online pricelist for XML Spy 4.0 at www.xmlspy.com/order

Sincerely,

Altova
The XML Spy Company Received on Mon Sep 10 2001 - 23:28:46 CEST