A Short Overview About XML Editors

XML, a short for Extensible Markup Language, is a format of documenting data such that the data is in a human readable format as well as machine readable format. XML files are always preferred because of its simplicity and usability in the applications and over the internet for data exchange. Since the use of XML format files has become prominent in most applications over the web, there has been an increasing demand for XML editors that can provide an easy way to read XML files as well as help in the tedious task of generating XML data.

XML editors can be basically grouped into four types - Dedicated “Code View” XML Editors, Dedicated “WYSIWYG” XML Editors, XML Text Editors and XML Word Processors.

Dedicated XML Editors are specifically built for the purpose of editing XML files. A Code View Editor display the code of the XML directly for the coder whereas the XML WYSIWYG offers a “What You See Is What You Get” view where the user will be working in a graphical layout with icons representing the XML tags. The corresponding XML code will be generated accordingly.

Text Editors are built specifically for providing encoding feature in XML files. The editors have the ability to highlight the syntax of the XML tags, validate the content and also provide suggestions and auto complete features. Word Processors provide a WYSIWYG view that can be used to create XML files. The Word Processors hide the XML code generated and allow creating and saving new files in valid XML format.

Due to the widespread use of XML data in web applications by developers, there have been hundreds of XML editors in the market and over the new. However, there are a few XML editors which have specific features to offer that make them noticeable in the market. One of the best we have found is.

Stylus Studio X14 provides an IDE platform where the XML files can be easily created and edited. Stylus also offers troubleshooting tools that are integrated in the IDE which help in making the designing of XML documents an easy task. The editor is designed to offer a simple user interface along with different views such as tree view, pure XML code views and Text Views for the developer.

New Features for 2012

• XQuery 3.0 Support
• XSLT 3.0 Support
• XPath 3.0 Support
• New PDF Generation with Rich Media and Forms
• Usability and Performance Enhancements

This xml editor has been of great help for many developers for creating XML and XSL files and XML Schemas. The xml editor is also used to view SOAP requests and response data in Web services and for XML data integration.