[announce] Altova Inc., Announces DocBook Support and Web Services Interoperability Enhancements in XML Spy 4.4 Suite

Altova Inc., Announces DocBook Support and Web Services Interoperability Enhancements in XML Spy 4.4 Suite

Beverly, MA, May 29, 2002 - Altova, Inc. (www.xmlspy.com) today announced the release of the XML Spy 4.4 Suite, a comprehensive product-line of developer tools for advanced XML application development, consisting of the XML Spy 4.4 Integrated Development Environment (IDE), the XML Spy 4.4 XSLT Designer, and the XML Spy 4.4 Document Editor. XML Spy 4.4 Suite is available immediately as a free upgrade to current XML Spy 4.x Suite customers.

The following is a detailed summary of several key new features in XML Spy 4.4 Suite:

• DocBook Editing Support - The XML Spy 4.4 XSLT Designer and XML Spy 4.4 Document Editor now include full support for CALS & HTML tables, in addition to semantic tables. CALS tables are a widely adopted syntax for SGML-based representation of complex tables allowing a publisher to visually express complex data representations. CALS & HTML tables support enable the XML Spy 4.4 Document Editor to support DocBook editing. DocBook is a widely adopted XML content model for describing books, articles, and other prose documents such as technical documentation.
  - In co-operation with open industry consortiums such as the Web
  Services Interoperability Organization, the XML Spy 4.4 Suite includes enhanced web services standards conformance in the SOAP client & debugger.
  - The XML Spy 4.4 IDE and the XML Spy 4.4 Document editor now offer a
  built-in multi-language spell-checker with support for English (British, US, Canadian), German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Dutch, Swedish, and other languages. In addition, separate English language medical and legal dictionaries are included.

XML Spy 4.4 Pricing and Availability

The XML Spy 4.4 Suite is available immediately for download and purchase from the XML Spy Online Shop, www.xmlspy.com/order. All current XML Spy 4.x Suite customers are eligible to receive the new XML Spy 4.4 Suite as a free upgrade for their respective orders. See website for complete price-list including, multi-user or concurrent-user licenses, or contact sales_at_xmlspy.com.

Live demonstrations of XML Spy 4.4 Suite will held at the following industry tradeshows:
- VSLive!, #100, NYC, June 16-19, http://www.vslive.com/2002/ny/

• Web Services Edge, #520, NYC, June 24-27, http://www.sys-con.com/east2002/
• OracleWorld EU, Copenhagen, June 24-27, http://oracle.com/oracleworld/
• TechEd EU, #J11, Barcelona, July 1-5, http://www.microsoft.com/europe/teched/

About Altova

Altova is a leading provider of XML software solutions with offices in Beverly, MA and headquarters in Vienna, Austria. The privately held company was founded in 1992 and has been actively involved in the XML market from the early conception of Extensible Markup Language. Altova's XML Spy is the leading choice of Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies. Altova's XML Spy product line is the best-selling XML tools suite and has won the leading industry awards. Altova is a member of the W3C and the Web Services Interoperability Organization.

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Altova, XML Spy, and AXAD are trademarks of Altova GmbH registered in numerous countries. The names of and reference to companies and products mentioned herein may be the trademarks of their respective owners.

For more information, press only:
Larry Kim, Marketing Director
978-816-1612,
larry_at_altova.com

For more information, sales only:
- sales_at_xmlspy.com
Received on Fri May 31 2002 - 20:05:00 CEST