ProductsAuthenticWYSIWYG XML Authoring

Authentic® 2010 is a WYSIWYG XML authoring tool that offers a user-friendly interface with support for advanced functions such as business logic validation, rich input formatting, date control, and much more. Authentic is available as either a desktop application or a browser plug-in.

Authentic bridges the gap between word processors and advanced XML editors, enabling users to edit structured XML content via WYSIWYG electronic forms.

As XML continues to gain popularity as the standard format for enterprise documentation, it becomes more and more important for non-technical authors and editors to be able to contribute effectively at all phases of the content management cycle. Authentic facilitates the deployment of seamless collaborative workflows across XML publishing, documentation, and even simple data entry environments.

Authentic users edit XML in real-time based on normative stylesheet designs created in StyleVision, that enable them to view content sequence and structure as it will appear in the target delivery format(s). In addition, StyleVision’s native single source publishing capabilities mean that Authentic e-Forms can also be instantly rendered in HTML, RTF, PDF, and Microsoft® Word 2007 (OOXML).

WYSIWYG XML User Interface

Authentic offers a graphical interface with a wide variety of user-friendly features to make editing XML data easy for non-technical users while maintaining the power and flexibility of structured content authoring.

Helpful windows for project management, messages, entry helpers, and additional information provide users with guidance during the XML authoring process.

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XML Publishing Workflows

Authentic offers all of the benefits that XML publishing brings to content management workflows including semantics and structure definitions based on XML Schema and DTD, reusability, and single source publishing. This gives non-technical users the ability to create high quality structured content for HTML, RTF, PDF, or even Word 2007 (OOXML) output.

Altova provides a set of ready-to-use e-Forms or templates for use within Authentic that comply with many of the most prevalent industry standard XML vocabularies. By employing these templates, enterprises that must conform to these standards can begin creating and editing structured XML content with little or no up-front development effort.

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Authentic is an ideal XML authoring tool that can be used as a plug-in for virtually any content management system. It is a cost-effective and efficient solution for providing streamlined access to enterprise business systems. In addition, organizations adding Authentic to workflows that already implement Altova’s advanced XML editor, XMLSpy, will find that the similarities in user interface design and functionality help with collaboration and communication between co-workers.

Learn more about creating Authentic forms with Altova StyleVision® 2010.

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