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On-the-fly validation of (X)HTML5 using the v.Nu REST API (was: Creating a RELAX NG datatype library .jar for use with the v.Nu schemas)
by Graham Hannington 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

Hi Ben et al, Following up on my post on 2016-03-18: > I have some thoughts about [...] the RELAX NG schemas being usable as-is across editors/tools, while the required datatype .jar needs to be built to match the editor/tool - but they'll keep for now. I now have some thoughts to share about that; and some software, too. I've been playing with the schemas from v.Nu in various tools, including editors such as Oxygen. But the implementation-specific nature of the required datatype library irks me; it's proven to be a barrier, or at least a nuisance. I decided to experiment with the v.Nu REST API (HTTP interface): no need for an external datatype library, because it's bound into v.Nu. You get the full benefit of v.Nu validation (including Schematron), not just the RELAX NG schemas. And, as long as the HTTP interface is still supported, it doesn't matter if the underlying validation technology used by v.Nu moves away from a RELAX NG schemas. Based on those experiments, I have developed and published a linter provider for the Atom editor that uses the v.Nu REST API: https://atom.io/packages/linter-vnu If you're interested in editing (X)HTML, watch the animated GIF on that page showing on-the-fly validation. I have decided not to pursue creating (or rather, creating and then maintaining) editor/tool-specific datatype libraries based on the definitions in v.Nu. I'm going to leave that to the developers of each editor/tool. If the Oxygen developers judge it to be worthwhile to support validation of (X)HTML using (what a member of the v.Nu development team describes as) the "canonical" schemas, then they can provide a datatype library (.jar) that works with Oxygen. It's up to them; their choice. (Or up to individual Oxygen users who want to do this.) I hope that the related work I've done, documented at: https://github.com/unsoup/validator will prove useful. Alternatively, the Oxygen developers could consider using the v.Nu REST API, as I've done for the Atom editor. Graham Hannington Fundi Software Pty Ltd 2016 ABN 89 009 120 290 This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com

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Catalogs, XML Calabash and Saxon
by Wendell Piez 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

Hi, I have a catalog set up for my project, which calls another catalog on my system, which resolves FPIs to paths. When I validate a document calling one of the DTDs at the far end of this chain, it works -- oXygen finds the DTD and validates the file. Same thing when the same document is called in via the collection() function in an XSLT - the file parses. (Plus, I know the DTD is looked for and found because if I break the link by changing the FPI, it is not found and I get an error. Plus if I set oXygen to show me its catalog lookups, there they are.) However, when I run the same stylesheet inside an XProc pipeline run by Calabash inside oXygen, I get an error "this document will be excluded from the collection" and a message to the effect that the DTD could not be found. What am I missing? Apparently while XML Calabash will use the catalog, and Saxon will use the catalog, Saxon-inside-Calabash will not? Does anyone have any insight or workarounds to share? Cheers, Wendell -- Wendell Piez | http://www.wendellpiez.com XML | XSLT | electronic publishing Eat Your Vegetables _____oo_________o_o___ooooo____ooooooo_^

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[XML Editor 18.0, build 2016031809] Selection mode while double click on a string with dot
by Lancelot.MEURILLON＠oecd.org 25 Mar '16

25 Mar '16

Hi all, It seems the selection mode while double click on a string with dot has changed. Until version 17 a double click on this kind of string selected only the word until the dot (as it would be a separator). Now with the 18 version, the default behaviour is the selection does not stop at a dot. Is it a desired change ? Can I change this behaviour in settings ? Thanks Lancelot

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[XML Author] Problem with copy/past
by Rogie, Isabelle 25 Mar '16

25 Mar '16

Hello, Since this morning, I can't past a text that I copy from another editor (Word or Textedit). I can't explain what's append. I didn't do any change in options. I use Xml Author version 14.1 on mac OS X. Any ideas about this problem? Best Regards, _______________________________________ Isabelle Rogie Database Chief Project Wolters Kluwer France

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[Ann] New maintenance build available for oXygen 17.1 (2016032212)
by Oxygen XML Editor Support (Adrian Buza) 23 Mar '16

23 Mar '16

Dear oXygen users, We announce the release of a new maintenance build (2016032212) for oXygen 17.1 (XML Editor, XML Developer, XML Author). The build number can be verified in the Help -> About dialog box from the application (next to the version number). You can download the new installation kits from our web site: http://www.oxygenxml.com/download.html Here you can find the complete list of bug-fixes: http://www.oxygenxml.com/build_history.html#2016032212 You can follow our oXygen release/build RSS feed here: http://www.oxygenxml.com/rssBuildID.xml Please let us know if you encounter any problems with this new build. Regards, Adrian -- Adrian Buza oXygen XML Editor and Author Support Tel: +1-650-352-1250 ext.2020 Fax: +40-251-461482 support(a)oxygenxml.com http://www.oxygenxml.com

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Creating a RELAX NG datatype library .jar for use with the v.Nu schemas
by Graham Hannington 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

I forget to mention in my previous post: I've run Oxygen XML Author with oxygenDebug.bat and with the log4j.properties specified on the Oxygen website (to write logs under my desktop), but the only error I see when I use "my" .jar is the same one I get when there is no datatype .jar present: > E [Jing] datatype library "http://whattf.org/datatype-draft" not recognized It's as if my .jar is being ignored. This is partly what prompted my niggling thought that perhaps Oxygen has some persistent parser cache that expects the other jar (from the jEdit XML plugin developer that I used first); but if so, the stickiness is deeper than just the .jar file name, because I get the same behavior when I use the same .jar file name. If I close Oxygen, replace my .jar with the .jar from the jEdit XML plugin developer, and restart Oxygen, then I don't get that Jing error, and validation works using the v.Nu schemas that refer to those datatypes. I need to investigate whether I can turn on additional diagnostic options for Jing that might indicate whether or not my .jar is being used. I'd appreciate advice on that. (I've had confirmation from the jEdit XML plugin developer that all he did was to cut down the vnu.jar.) Regards, Graham Hannington Fundi Software Pty Ltd 2016 ABN 89 009 120 290 This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com

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[Ann] oXygen XML Editor 18.0 beta
by Oxygen XML Editor Support (Adrian Buza) 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

Dear oXygen users, We are happy to announce that version 18.0 of oXygen XML Editor is close to being released. We have decided to offer a beta version prior to the final release to give you the opportunity to send us your feedback on the new features. Below, please see information about: * Downloading - oXygen 18.0 beta downloading links and notes * Licensing - a trial license key for testing * What's new - a summary of the most important new features in version 18.0 = Downloading = Editor: http://www.oxygenxml.com/beta18/oxygenxml_editor.html Important Notes: - This build is meant for testing and evaluation purposes only. Do not use it for production work. - You should install this beta version in a different directory than your current Oxygen installation. For Windows, we also recommend that you disable file associations during the installation to preserve your current Oxygen file associations with the various XML file types. - All feedback is welcome. = Licensing = If you already have a license key for Oxygen XML Editor with an active SMP, it will also work for this beta version. If you don't have one, a registration dialog box will open and you can use the following 30-day trial license key: ------START-LICENSE-KEY------ Registration_Name=Beta 18.0 Company= Category=Enterprise Component=XML-Editor, XSLT-Debugger, Saxon-SA Version=18 Number_of_Licenses=1 Date=03-18-2016 Trial=31 SGN=MC4CFQCLeNZaZLiNuYfytSXqTTUZqpsoAwIVAJYECvVdXvAg9LbIP3EfZ8Lwrxy2 -------END-LICENSE-KEY------- = What's new in Oxygen XML Editor 18.0 = The beta release of oXygen XML Editor version 18.0 includes new features and improvements to make your XML authoring and developing experience even better. We encourage you to try these new features and we welcome your feedback to help us improve them even further. The visual Author mode now allows you to reply to comments. This allows you to collaborate with others through comment threads. A brand new Image Map Editor has been implemented and it allows you to add links in specific areas in an image. You can experience various improvements to Author mode such as while working with tables and using the Smart Paste feature. Two of the most commonly used documentation frameworks have been updated. When editing in DITA, oXygen now officially support DITA 1.3 and the DITA Open Toolkit version 2.2.2 now comes bundled with the application. Also, the DocBook XSL was updated to the latest version 1.79.1 and DocBook schemas to 5.1. When editing in Text mode, you can use the new rectangular selection feature to copy, cut, paste, or edit the content within the selection. This is useful for editing or copying content inside a rectangular area that spans across consecutive lines. As usual, oXygen also added many new API and component updates for this release. For the full list of new features and changes in v18.0, please see: http://www.oxygenxml.com/whatisnew18.0.html Please let us know if you encounter any problems with this beta build. All feedback is welcome! Best regards, Adrian Adrian Buza oXygen XML Editor and Author Support Tel: +1-650-352-1250 ext.2020 Fax: +40-251-461482 support(a)oxygenxml.com

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Creating a RELAX NG datatype library .jar for use with the v.Nu schemas
by Graham Hannington 13 Mar '16

13 Mar '16

Revisiting some similar threads from several years ago... I want to use the Nu Html Checker (v.Nu) RELAX NG compact syntax schemas with Oxygen XML Author to edit XHTML5 documents. I'm using Oxygen XML Author version 15.2 on Windows 7. I'm already editing XHTML5 documents with the v.Nu schemas in another editor, jEdit, thanks to a jEdit XML plugin developer who has supplied me with a .jar containing the required datatype library. Good news: I can drop that .jar into the Oxygen lib directory, and everything "works": I point to the v.Nu schemas (that refer to a custom datatype), and Oxygen validates my XHTML5 documents. Bad news: I'm unable to re-create that datatype .jar myself, hence this email. I've cut down the release vnu.jar (which is what I believe the jEdit XML plugin developer did) to create a .jar containing just the classes (and other embedded data files) required by the datatype library (to avoid introducing classes that might clash with others in the classpath) to exactly the same set of files, and I've compared contents (including decompiling classes). I can't spot any significant differences between the two jars. But his works, mine doesn't :-(. And yet... both jars (mine and his) work in jEdit. So, I'm confused. To me, the most obvious answer is: there's something wrong with my .jar that I'm overlooking, that, for some reason, matters to Oxygen but not to jEdit (I haven't compared Jing versions in each product). Still, I have this niggling feeling that my jar might be okay, and that Oxygen has cached something to do with the custom datatypes in a way that requires the original version of the datatype .jar I used (from the jEdit XML plugin developer). I just don't know where that cache might be. I've deselected "parser caching", but I haven't seen any option to "clear parser cache". I'd appreciate advice on any of this. In particular: - Is my niggling feeling about parser caching just wishful thinking? Or is there a parser cache (that persists between Oxygen sessions) that I can clear? - Can someone provide me with steps that I can reproduce to cut down a release vnu.jar to, say, a vnu-datatype.jar that works in Oxygen? For details on what I'm up to and why, see: https://www.github.com/unsoup/validator (I must update that readme to mention raw.githubusercontent.com URLs an alternative to github.io URLs) Regards, Graham Hannington Fundi Software Pty Ltd 2016 ABN 89 009 120 290 This message has been scanned for malware by Websense. www.websense.com

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[Announce] Streaming hands-on XSLT/XPath class (5 days, 24 hours) US$45
by G. Ken Holman 11 Mar '16

11 Mar '16

Fellow XML community members, Udemy, the streaming platform hosting my 24-hour-long hands-on XSLT/XPath class has imposed a price cap of US$50 on all classes. In advance of the imposed date next month, I've gone ahead and dropped the price today and created a 10% off coupon here: http://CraneSoftwrights.com/links/ptux-coupon.htm If you are interested, then please use the above discount coupon. This may seem counter-intuitive on my part to offer this, but I net a larger portion of the price paid with a coupon than of the list price paid without a coupon. This class is a comprehensive review of every element, every attribute and every function of XSLT/XPath 1.0 and XSLT/XPath 2.0, with exercises and answers. I am proud of how many students have lauded the material. This is a video recording of the 5-day class that I've taught in person around the world. I begin from first principles and work my way up to the complex concepts. Even seasoned XSLT users have appreciated the content. Please let me know, off list, if you have any questions. Thanks for any help you can be spreading the word and the link above to anyone who may have been interested in my material in the past. . . . . . . . . Ken cc: XSL List, W3C XSL-FO, UBL-Dev, CLR-Dev, XML-Dev, XML-Doc, XML-L, Antenna House List, RenderX List, Oxygen List p.s. As for me, you haven't seen me post very much for a while. I am mostly retired these days, working on standards committees, on a pet project in the industry (unannounced), and keeping loyal to a couple long-time clients. I'm traveling and have started doing some volunteer humanitarian work in Africa for school children as a new and very rewarding calling: http://CraneSoftwrights.com/bio/gkholman.htm#aid -- Check our site for free XML, XSLT, XSL-FO and UBL developer resources | Free 5-hour lecture: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/links/video.htm | Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/s/ | G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@CraneSoftwrights.com | Google+ profile: http://plus.google.com/+GKenHolman-Crane/about | Legal business disclaimers: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal | --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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No highlighting for dropdown selections in Eclipse
by Arjan Loeffen 10 Mar '16

10 Mar '16

Dear collegues, I'm on Oxygen 17.1.0 in Mars.1 Release (4.5.1). I lost my highlight on selections in Eclipse. Anyone, how do I get dropdown highlighting back? Is this an oxygen or eclipse thing? I do not have this problem in the Java IDE. I do have it in Oygen XSLT, XML, CSS etc. [image: Inline afbeelding 1] Thanks in advance! Arjan -- Arjan Loeffen, Armatiek BV 06-12918997

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