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Why Choose XMLmind XML Editor?

This page lists what sets XMLmind XML Editor (XXE for short) apart from its competitors. For a feature by feature comparison with other XML authoring tools, please read the detailed list of features.

As small and simple as possible. Task oriented.  Back to TOC

  • XXE is an XML editor “à la carte” External link, which is just as powerful as you need it to be. Out of the box, you get an application which is as small and simple as possible. If you are missing a feature, then this feature is probably one mouse click away from you. Depending on the feature, select it in the Options|Preferences, General|Features preferences panel or download it and install it using menu item Options|Install Add-ons.
  • XXE has been designed from the ground up to be used with just the word processor-like view, that is, without the help of a tree view, source view or visible tags. This is very important because it allows the writer to concentrate on her/his story.
  • Thanks to the node path bar, you can control what you do as precisely as if you were using an ``XML programmer's editor''.
  • With XXE, you don't need to be a DocBook or DITA expert. XXE knows these complex XML vocabularies for you, and never suggests actions which would make the document invalid.

    When you don't understand why XXE does not allow you to do such and such actions, simply press Shift-F1 (Help|Show Content Model) and you'll see the content model of the selected element. More »

  • With XXE, you don't need to be an XML expert: suffice to know what is an element, an attribute, a text node, etc.

    Example 1: converting your document to PDF is as easy as selecting "Convert to PDF" from a menu. More »

    Example 2: content inclusion (e.g. XInclude, DITA conref) is simply a matter to applying command "Edit|Reference|Copy as Reference" (Ctrl+Shift-C) to the root element of a document or to any element having an ID and then pasting the copied reference (Ctrl-V or Ctrl-W or Ctrl-U) elsewhere. More »

    Example 3: XXE makes possible advanced XPath-based search, without requiring you to know what is XPath. More »

    Example 4: XXE allows you to insert math equations into your documents without requiring you to learn MathML. Screenshot Open in a new window.

Unique technical features.  Back to TOC

  • XXE integrates XMLmind XSL-FO Converter Open in a new window. This allows you to convert your XML documents not only to HTML, XHTML, HTML Help, Eclipse Help, EPUB, JavaTM Help, PDF, PostScript®, but also to RTF, WordprocessingML (MS-Word 2003), OpenOffice (.odt, native format of OpenOffice.org 2), Office Open XML (or OOXML, .docx, native format of MS-Word 2007). More »
  • Unlike its competitors which all integrate the DITA Open Toolkit Open in a new window, XXE integrates XMLmind DITA Converter Open in a new window.

    XMLmind DITA Converter (ditac for short) allows to convert the most complex DITA 1.2 documents to production-quality XHTML 1.0, XHTML 1.1, HTML 4.1, JavaTM Help, HTML Help, Eclipse Help, EPUB, 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+).

  • XXE natively supports MathML 2 Presentation Markup Open in a new window. Screenshot Open in a new window. More »
  • XXE allows you to embed all kinds of form controls (button, combobox, etc) in its styled document view. And because XXE uses an advanced rendering technique to do that, you may embed thousands of such form controls without any performance penalty. Screenshot Open in a new window. More »
  • Links across related XML files (DITA topics referenced in the same map, DocBook chapters included in the same modular book, XHTML pages which are part of the same Web site, etc) are very easy to create, edit and check, thanks to the Document Set concept introduced by XXE v5. More »
  • XXE includes an easy to use and yet very powerful integrated spreadsheet engine. Screenshot Open in a new window. More »

Highly customizable. Highly extensible.  Back to TOC

  • XXE is highly customizable, without programming, by local gurus and consultants. Success story #1 Open in a new window. More »
  • XXE is highly extensible by JavaTM programmers. Success story #2 Open in a new window, Success story #3 Open in a new window. More »
  • XXE comes with an extensive documentation targeted at end-users, local gurus and JavaTM programmers. More »
  • XMLmind offers an easy-to-purchase, affordable, customization service in the case you don't want to customize/extend XXE yourself. More »
  • XXE, whether the stock version or a heavily customized/extended version, is easy to deploy, thanks to the applet Open in a new window and the JavaTM Web Start Open in a new window technologies and to our deploywebstart command-line utility. More »

No nonsense price and license.  Back to TOC

  • XXE is reasonably priced. Moreover, this price buys you an access to all the new releases, minor or major, during one year. More »
  • The terms of its license, a “super floating license”, well-adapted to today's usage of software, make the deployment of XXE extremely flexible. More »