VideosWhat's New in Oxygen XML Editor 25

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This video presents highlights of some of the most important and interesting new features implemented in Oxygen 25.

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00:00:03The Oxygen XML team is very proud to announce the release of the latest and

00:00:09greatest major version of the Oxygen XML suite of products. Here are some highlights of the

00:00:14most interesting and important new features implemented in Oxygen XML Editor 25.

00:00:21As usual, lots of features were added for DITA authoring and publishing.

00:00:26For example, local DITA maps that are modified in the DITA

00:00:30Maps Manager are now automatically saved whenever a modification is made.

00:00:35However, this default behavior can be disabled by going to the DITA Maps preferences page

00:00:42and deselecting the "Automatically save local DITA maps after each modification" option.

00:00:51Various features were implemented to enable some non-DITA file types to be converted and treated

00:00:57as DITA-compatible resources when referencing, validating, or publishing content. For example,

00:01:03you can insert references to certain non-DITA resources, such as Word, Excel, HTML, Markdown,

00:01:09OpenAPI, and more ... and they are converted to DITA in the background and the reference insertion

00:01:15dialog box allows you to select targets the same as with a normal DITA reference.

00:01:23Another example is if you have a DITA-compatible document referenced

00:01:27in your DITA map, you can run a DITA Map completeness check and the non-DITA file is

00:01:32converted to DITA in the background and validated the same as a DITA topic.

00:01:41Similarly, if you have an OpenAPI document (for example) referenced in the DITA map,

00:01:47and then you run a transformation scenario for the map ... the OpenAPI document is converted to

00:01:53DITA in the background ... and in the output, it is published as a converted DITA topic.

00:02:03A new Generate Metrics Report action was added to the DITA Maps Manager's toolbar to quickly

00:02:08generate a report that contains useful statistics for the current DITA map.

00:02:15Special support was added for DITA Questions and Answers. A new "Insert Intent Question" action

00:02:22can be used to insert a DITA intent question inside the prolog. It's a question that could

00:02:27be asked by a user and its answer is found in the current topic. You also now have the possibility

00:02:33of using the new file wizard to create a new "Questions and Answers" DITA topic type

00:02:37that is used during the publishing process for creating Google Structured Content metadata.

00:02:46When working with DITA OT project files in Author mode, each deliverable now has a play button

00:02:52that can be used to publish each deliverable individually. There's also a play button at

00:02:57the top of the DITA OT project file to publish all deliverables specified in the file.

00:03:04Some general editing improvements were also implemented.

00:03:09By default, Oxygen displays referenced content, but there is an option in the

00:03:14Author preferences page named "Display referenced content" that can be disabled

00:03:18to make it possible for references (such as xi:includes) to be expanded on demand.

00:03:25With the option disabled, after re-opening the document, the referenced content is collapsed

00:03:31and you can expand each reference on demand, according to your needs.

00:03:39JSON developers will be happy to know that support was implemented

00:03:42for the new JSON schema version 2020-12. For example, when creating a new JSON schema

00:03:49document using the file wizard, you now have the option to select the 2020 schema version.

00:04:01That version is set in the new document and its specification is used for validation and editing.

00:04:08The new components for version 2020 were added

00:04:11in the Palette view so that you can drag and drop them into the editor,

00:04:20and the content completion proposals and

00:04:23their documentation are based upon the new specification.

00:04:32The JSON Schema Documentation tool also now supports the version 2020 schema.

00:04:38After using the tool to generate documentation for a 2020 schema file, the resulting HTML

00:04:44file presents various details, links, and options based on the new specification.

00:04:51New search and refactoring actions were added in the JSON schema Design

00:04:55mode to improve the handling of JSON definition type components.

00:05:00For example, the Search References action can be used to search all references of the

00:05:05selected definition in a scope determined by the referenced schemas. Another example is the

00:05:13"Rename component in" action. It allows you to rename the selected component ...

00:05:21specify a scope for the operation ... and you can preview the files being affected and these files

00:05:28are identified by searching the references of the selected component in the scope provided.

00:05:38Our developers implemented various features and tools for the OpenAPI standard.

00:05:43Full support was added for OpenAPI 3.1 documents, including automatic validation,

00:05:49content completion, and editing in Text or Author mode. New document templates are available in the

00:05:55new file wizard for various versions of OpenAPI documents in either JSON or YAML format ...

00:06:02the OpenAPI version is automatically detected and used for validation ...

00:06:09and content completion proposals are presented

00:06:12along with their documentation specs according to the OpenAPI version.

00:06:20The OpenAPI Documentation Generator tool now boasts a new design in the generated output. It is

00:06:27now easier to navigate through various information about the generated documentation, such as details

00:06:33about the servers, paths, and components that are defined in the OpenAPI document.

00:06:39Also, a visual diagram is presented for components to make the structure easier to understand.

00:06:45The update to Saxon 11.4 is the most significant improvement for XSLT and XQuery users.

00:06:54The built-in Saxon processor used for XSLT and XQuery transformations and debugging has

00:07:00been updated to version 11.4. Among other things, this means that more extension functions are now

00:07:06supported and included in the list of proposals in the content completion assistant.

00:07:13The most popular add-ons continued to receive important and requested updates.

00:07:19Validation features were added in the Git Client. When these features are enabled and you try

00:07:25to commit changes, those files are automatically validated, and the validation errors are presented

00:07:31in the usual results pane so that you can easily navigate to the location of the error. Likewise,

00:07:37if you try to push changes to the repository, all documents referenced in the main files folder are

00:07:43automatically validated and again, any detected errors are presented in the results pane.

00:07:57One of the big improvements for the Batch Documents Converter add-on is

00:08:01the addition of an OpenAPI to DITA conversion possibility.

00:08:06You can convert JSON or YAML files that conform to the OpenAPI specification to DITA.

00:08:13There even an option that can be selected to instruct the converter to split the documents

00:08:19into separate DITA topics that are then referenced in a newly created DITA map.

00:08:24One example of an improvement in the Terminology Checker add-on is the

00:08:28ability to apply custom Vale rules with a sentence scope.

00:08:33With the rule defined in a YAML file that's saved in a particular folder, the Terminology

00:08:38Checker displays warnings for detected Vale rule problems along with the other rules.

00:08:43For XML scripting ... it is now possible to validate files or directories from a command

00:08:50line interface so that you can check that your documents are valid from an integration server and

00:08:54you can generate reports in several formats such as text, XML, JSON, or an HTML visual format.

00:09:04These were just a handful of the new features added in Oxygen XML

00:09:08Editor 25. For a complete list of all the additions, updates,

00:09:12and implementations, go to our What's New page on our website.

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