Altova
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Founded in 1992, Altova is a commercial software development company with headquarters in Beverly, MA, USA and Vienna, Austria that produces integrated XML, database, UML, and data management software development tools. Their flagship product is the XMLSpy XML editor and development environment, though they have recently broadened their product line to include data integration, UML, and Web services development tools and removed their free XMLSpy Home Edition.[1] Their Authentic product is still available under a free license, and all other products are available for a free, 30-day trial.
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[edit] Products
Altova’s products include:[2]
- XMLSpy — XML editor for modeling, editing, transforming, and debugging XML technologies
- MapForce — any-to-any graphical data mapping, conversion, and integration tool
- MapForce FlexText — graphical utility for parsing flat files
- StyleVision — multipurpose visual stylesheet design tool
- UModel — UML modeling tool
- DatabaseSpy — multi-database data management, query, and design tool
- DiffDog — XML-aware file, directory, and database differencing tool
- SchemaAgent — graphical XML Schema, XSLT, WSDL and management tool
- SemanticWorks — visual RDF and OWL editor
- Authentic — free WYSIWYG XML authoring tool and database content editor
- MissionKit - Altova's integrated suite of XML, database, and data integration software - available in a variety of different configurations
[edit] Key features of Altova products
- Altova XML tools are standards-conformant with established standards released by the W3C such as XML, DTD, XML Schema, XSLT 1.0/2.0, XPath 1.0/2.0, WSDL, SOAP, XQuery, XHTML, RDF, and OWL.[3]
- Altova products generate code in multiple formats (XSLT, XQuery, Java, C++, and C#) that run on many different operating systems.[4]
- Altova supports Office Open XML (ISO/IEC 29500:2008), the document format used in Microsoft Office 2007, in four of its tools: XMLSpy, MapForce, StyleVision, and DiffDog.[5]
- In 2009, Altova added support for interactive financial data, in XMLSpy, MapForce, and StyleVision. New capabilities include: XBRL taxonomy and instance creation/editing, XBRL validation, XBRL data mapping/integration and analysis, and XBRL rendering.
[edit] Awards
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Altova Refreshes XML Suite", Redmond Developer News May 2008
- ^ Altova website
- ^ Altova website
- ^ Product Review: Altova Enterprise Suite SOA World Magazine August 2005
- ^ "TechEd, Open XML, and HDR Photography" XML Aficionado June 9, 2008
- ^ Cool Vendors in Application Development, New Tools, 2009. Gartner Report G00167081
[edit] External links
- Altova Web site
- Altova blog
- XML Aficionado, blog of Altova CEO, Alexander Falk
