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Ed Tittel

In previous XML tips, I've extolled the virtues and capabilities of the outstanding XML Spy editor, still available as a commercial product named XMLSpy 5.0 through www.xmlspy.com or www.altova.com. On March 18, Altova announced the release of an XML document editor named Authentic 5 which is available to the general public for download at no charge.

Simply put, Authentic 5 is a light-weight version of XMLSpy 5 Release 3 that still retains customizability features, albeit at less than the capabilities found in its commercial counterpart. Authentic 5 presents a web-enabled user interface that looks and acts very much like a word processor. In addition, Authentic 5 includes the following capabilities:

Interested readers can view a live demonstration of the tool online at www.nanonull.com, and can download the software from www.altova.com/download. More details about Authentic 5 are available at www.altova.com/authentic/; a PDF document on the product is available at: www.xmlspy.com/

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press/2003-02-18_authentic5_free.pdf.

What's really interesting about this move on Altova's part is that it puts a powerful, usable, friendly XML editing tool into the public's hands at no charge. With its combination of visual design tools, XML forms capability, support for both SGML DTDs and XML Schema validating parsers, and lots of other bells and whistles, Altova is putting some amazing functionality into the public's hands for free. It will be extremely interesting to get to know this new product and to better understand how it compares to XMLSpy 5 itself, but also to see what kind of impact such a product will have on a marketplace where free software has an enduring and increasing appeal. This could be a real boost for XML use (and users) everywhere. Be sure to check it out.

About the Author

[IMAGE]Ed Tittel is a 20-plus year veteran of the computing industry, who's worked as a programmer, manager, systems engineer, instructor, writer, trainer, and consultant. He's also the series editor of Que Certification's Exam Cram 2 and Training Guide series, and writes and teaches regularly on Web markup languages and related topics.

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