December 2009 - oXygen-user - www.oxygenxml.com

Copy the Document Type Definition of XML file
by Rossen Kovachev 17 Dec '09

17 Dec '09

Hi! I'm trying to copy resp. to modify an XML document via XSL. Here I use the usual identity template: <xsl:template match="@*|node()"> <xsl:copy> <xsl:apply-templates select="@*|node()"/> </xsl:copy> </xsl:template> Unfortunately the DTD definition of the source document is not copied at this way. Does anybody know how can I accomplish this? The only idea I had was that you can use <xsl:output> to write a DTD declaration with XSL. However, I have no idea how I can read out the declaration from the source XML document. Is this possible with XSL? Thanks for any suggestions! Rossen

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Search tab coloring
by Mark Wilson 17 Dec '09

17 Dec '09

Hey! I like this in the new 11.1. In addition to the normal coloring of my search string in the document, I now see that Oxygen colors the search string yellow in the search results tab. Nice going! Mark

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format-and-indent nukes trailing PI or comment
by Syd Bauman 11 Dec '09

11 Dec '09

Using "XML Editor 11.0, build 2009101212", I find that choosing Document > XML Document > Format and Indent (actually, pressing cmd-shift-P) deletes any and all comments and processing instructions that occur after the root element end tag. (And per production 1 of the XML Spec, they're allowed. But even if they weren't, they shouldn't be summarily deleted! :-) Apologies if this is a known bug that has already been reported.

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Connecting oXygen to Mark Logic using XDBC
by Andrew Welch 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

Hi, Just to let you know, the only way I could get oXygen to connect to Mark Logic 4.1 through XDBC was to change the authentication from "digest" to "basic" for the XDBC server in ML. I wonder if oXygen should be using "digest" by default, or if not you might need to add a note to your guide: http://www.oxygenxml.com/MarkLogic_support.html thanks andrew -- Andrew Welch http://andrewjwelch.com Kernow: http://kernowforsaxon.sf.net/

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Schematron validation "errors" enhancement
by Wendell Piez 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

Hi, Currently, Schematron is regarded by oXygen as a validation technology, and it uses many of the same interfaces as XSD, RNG and DTD, including having its results reported in a validation results window. This is fine, but additionally, a distinction is made between Schematron messages emitted by Schematron 'assert' elements and those emitted by 'report' elements; the latter are classed as warnings, not errors. They are formatted differently, with a yellow icon instead of a red one, plus the word "warning". However, in my experience working with Schematron, more often than not this distinction does not hold. "Errors" or "warnings" or simple "alerts" or messages of any status whatever can be the results of either a Schematron 'assert' or 'report'; that is, which Schematron element is used to generate a message has nothing to do with the severity of the condition being reported. Or even whether it's good or bad: sometimes the message emitted by either an 'assert' or 'report' represents not failure but success. I wonder if in oXygen, this distinction could be removed, and the results of all Schematron assertions (both 'assert' and 'report', i.e "positive and negative assertions of a constraint") could be represented the same. If you really wanted to get fancy, the status of a Schematron message in oXygen might be configurable. Maybe the assignment of "error" or "warning" (or whatever else: blue or green icons?) could be made on the basis of a regular expression matching the message. It's pretty common practice for Schematron messages to be internally structured with their own language about errors, warnings, alerts, info, etc., with structurer error codes and the like. The same thing applies to the inline iconography, i.e., having errors from 'assert' underlined in red in the editor view, while 'report' results are colored yellow. For Schematron developers who are deploying oXygen as a validation platform for non-experts -- who are sometimes prone to be alarmed unnecessarily by iconography -- it would be really nice to be able to control this. If not, I think oXygen might at least be neutral on the question of which Schematron messages are at which level of severity. What do you think? Cheers, Wendell ====================================================================== Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@mulberrytech.com Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ======================================================================

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Re: [oXygen-user] Schematron validation "errors" enhancement
by Wendell Piez 09 Dec '09

09 Dec '09

Hi again, While we're on the topic, does oXygen ever make use of the 'Info' field in the Validation results pane when validating with Schematron? Inquiring minds want to know. Cheers, Wendell ====================================================================== Wendell Piez mailto:wapiez@mulberrytech.com Mulberry Technologies, Inc. http://www.mulberrytech.com 17 West Jefferson Street Direct Phone: 301/315-9635 Suite 207 Phone: 301/315-9631 Rockville, MD 20850 Fax: 301/315-8285 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mulberry Technologies: A Consultancy Specializing in SGML and XML ======================================================================

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Re: [oXygen-user] Visual editor for XML file mapping (xslt)
by George Cristian Bina 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

Dear Ingo, Such an editor is on our todo list. However it is not scheduled for implementation yet and it requires a substantial implementation effort so it is a long term project. Best Regards, George -- George Cristian Bina <oXygen/> XML Editor, Schema Editor and XSLT Editor/Debugger http://www.oxygenxml.com Ingo Freitag wrote: > Hello, > > Do you plan for a future release to add a graphical editor for creation of XML -> XML mappings with xslt? > Currently I'm using MapForce, but I would like to use Oxygen, because the handling is much better (from my point of view). > > Best regards, > > Ingo Freitag > > > _______________________________________________ > oXygen-user mailing list > oXygen-user(a)oxygenxml.com > http://www.oxygenxml.com/mailman/listinfo/oxygen-user

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verbose logging in dita transforms
by Ted Kuster 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

I've noticed that the stdout content that scrolls by when I run a DITA transform with Oxygen 11 is a lot more verbose than it was with previous Oxygen versions. I get way more info than I need. Where is the verbosity level set for that? Thanks Ted Kuster help.collab.net

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Visual editor for XML file mapping (xslt)
by Ingo Freitag 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

Hello, Do you plan for a future release to add a graphical editor for creation of XML -> XML mappings with xslt? Currently I'm using MapForce, but I would like to use Oxygen, because the handling is much better (from my point of view). Best regards, Ingo Freitag

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Special field for setting the transtype for DITA transform scenarios?
by Eliot Kimber 03 Dec '09

03 Dec '09

I have created a custom XHTML transformation type as a Toolkit plugin. In poking around the DITA transformation scenario dialog there doesn't appear to be a direct way to specify what becomes the -Dtranstype={transtype} parameter in the Java command that runs Ant. I realize I can set the parameter in the Advanced tab or use the effective ant target in the Build target field, but I think it would be helpful to have a dedicated field for custom trans types. Or have I missed something in the UI? Cheers, E. -- Eliot Kimber Senior Solutions Architect "Bringing Strategy, Content, and Technology Together" Main: 610.631.6770 www.reallysi.com www.rsuitecms.com

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