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XMLmind is the XML Products Division of Pixware, a small company with many years of experience in software development.

The aim of XMLmind is to promote XML technology and make practical applications of this technology easier, through high-quality yet affordable products.

XMLmind XML Editor

Use DocBook or DITA to author large, complex, modular technical documents.

XMLmind XSL-FO Converter

Use XSLT and XSL-FO to generate nicely formatted reports out of your XML data.

A single XSLT stylesheet, that is, a single programming effort, allows to generate reports in all the following formats: PDF, PostScript©, RTF (can be opened in Word 2000+), WordprocessingML (can be opened in Word 2003+), Office Open XML (.docx, can be opened in Word 2007+), OpenOffice (.odt, can be opened in OpenOffice.org 2+).

Qizx XML database engine

Use XQuery, XQuery Update, XQuery Full-Text to easily store, index and search your XML data.

We have customers in 31 different countries. Our customers include: ATOS Worldline, Agfa-Gevaert, Agilent Technologies Japan Ltd., Air Traffic Control The Netherlands, Airbus Deutschland GmbH, Alfresco Software Inc., Amazon Corporate LLC, Astrium GmbH, Astrium Space Transportation, BASF SE, BEA Systems, BNP Paribas, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Broadcom, Bundesfinanzministerium, CGG Veritas Services SA, CNRS, Cadence Design Systems, Capgemini, Cisco Systems, Conseil général du Morbihan (France), Continental Automotive GmbH, D&B, Deutsche Bank, EADS, EDF R&D, Editions ENI, Editions Francis Lefebvre, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Eurocopter Deutschland GmbH, Eurodoc, European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), Fujitsu Siemens Computers, GE Insurance Solutions, GFI Informatique, GSFC-NASA, Gallup, Gartner, General Motors, Hachette Livre, Harman/Becker Automotive Systems GmbH, IGEFI Luxembourg, Institut Pasteur, JBoss Inc., LexisNexis, Lockheed Martin, Marsh Canada, Mentor Graphics, Ministère du Développement Durable (France), NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORK, National Library of Australia, New York Stock Exchange, Nokia Corporation, Novell, O'Reilly Media Inc., Pôle emploi (France), Renault F1 Team, SAP Deutschland, STAUBLI SCA, Seagate Technology, Shell Global Solutions, Siemens GmbH, Streambase Systems Inc., Syberlogic, Symantec Software (Beijing) Co. Ltd., T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH, THALES Defense Deutschland GmbH, THALES Information Systems, Tektronix Berlin, Telekom Deutschland GmbH, Texas Instruments, The British Library, The Brussels Airport Company, The University of Tokyo, Thomson Reuters, UCB Group, US ARMY, UnitedHealthcare, Universal Music Group, VIDAL, VMware Inc., Volkswagen AG, Volvo Bus Corporation, Yahoo!

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XMLmind XML Editor v5.2.1 (May 9, 2012): New "Easy Selection Mode" (primer; screencast). Several other enhancements (sort table rows, preview converted document, etc) and also some bug fixes.
XMLmind DITA Converter v2.2.1 (April 30, 2012): recommended upgrade: few, but important, bug fixes and enhancements.
XMLmind XSL-FO Converter v4.6.1 (March 23, 2012): XMLmind XSL Utility and XMLmind XSL Server:
  • now integrate much improved XMLmind DITA Converter (ditac) v2.2;
  • use new XSLT 2 stylesheets allowing to convert XHTML 1.0, 1.1 and 5.0 documents to PostScript, PDF, RTF, WordprocessingML, Office Open XML (.docx) and OpenOffice (.odt).

    These XSLT 2 stylesheets support a large number of parameters. They make an extensive use of xsl:attribute-sets. Last but not least, by default, CSS styles specified in XHTML style attributes, style and link elements also apply to the XSL-FO file generated by these XSLT 2 stylesheets.

Open Source XHTML 5 Resources (March 17, 2012): A robust, self-contained, W3C XML Schema for XHTML 5.
Highly parameterizable, easy to customize, XSLT 2 stylesheets allowing to transform XHTML 1.0, 1.1, 5.0 to XSL-FO.
XMLmind XML Editor v5.2 (March 14, 2012): Overhauled XHTML support, now including support for XHTML 5:
  • Robust, self-contained, W3C XML Schema for XHTML 5 which is as faithful to W3C Working Draft 25 May 2011 as an W3C XML Schema can be.
  • New CSS stylesheets.

    When the "Emulate Web Browser" stylesheet has been selected, XXE will dynamically apply to the styled view all the CSS styles found in style attributes, style elements and link elements pointing to CSS stylesheets.

  • New XSLT 2 stylesheets allow to convert XHTML 1.0, 1.1 and 5.0 documents to PostScript, PDF, RTF, WordprocessingML, Office Open XML (.docx) and OpenOffice (.odt).

    By default, the CSS styles specified in XHTML style attributes, style and link elements also apply to the XSL-FO file generated by these XSLT 2 stylesheets.

XMLmind DITA Converter v2.2 (March 13, 2012): Highlights:
  • New extended-toc XSLT stylesheet parameter allows to add frontmatter and backmatter topicrefs to the Table of Contents.
  • More powerful and more flexible specification of page headers and footers.
  • Many new XSLT stylesheet parameters and attribute-sets allowing to customize more easily and more extensively the presentation of PDF, RTF, etc, output files.
  • Support for Antenna House Formatter.
Qizx 4.4p1 released (February 22, 2012): Minor enhancements and bug fixes.
XMLmind XML Editor v5.1.1 (January 10, 2012): Allows to convert DocBook and DITA documents to Web Help. Several minor, yet useful, enhancements.
Qizx 4.4 released (December 23, 2011): Incremental backup, optimizations, bug fixes.
XMLmind XSL-FO Converter v4.6 (December 15, 2011): Highlights:
  • New extension attribute xfc:outline-level may be used to mark a fo:block as a heading having an outline level. (Specifying outline levels allow, for example, to use the Document Map and the Outline View in MS-Word.)
  • XMLmind XSL Utility and XMLmind XSL Server can now convert DITA documents to Web Help.
  • Several minor enhancements. A few bug fixes.
XMLmind DITA Converter v2.1.0_01 (December 15, 2011): If you have XMLmind XSL-FO Converter v4.6+, XMLmind DITA Converter will now automatically generate outline levels for the RTF, WordprocessingML, Office Open XML (.docx), OpenOffice (.odt) output formats.
XMLmind DITA Converter v2.1 (December 6, 2011): Now allows to generate Web Help. Web Help example: XMLmind DITA Converter Manual.
XMLmind XML Editor v5.1 (November 15, 2011): The new Compare tool will show you the differences existing between two revisions of the same initial document. This tool also allows to accept or reject some or all the changes.

The new Tools|Remark menu should be handy to use if you have to review or comment documents.

The two above facilities have a lesson of their own (including a 2:10 screencast) in our tutorial.