XMLSpy 2009 - XML editor for modeling, editing, transforming, & debugging XML technologies

Altova XMLSpy 2009 is the industry's best-selling XML editor and development environment for modeling, editing, transforming, and debugging XML-related technologies. It offers the world’s leading XML editor and graphical schema designer, a code generator, file converters, debuggers, profilers, full database integration, support for XSLT, XPath, XQuery, WSDL, SOAP, and Office Open XML (OOXML) documents, plus Visual Studio and Eclipse plug-ins, and more.

The XMLSpy XML editor delivers the power you need to create the most advanced XML and Web services applications, yet at the same time it’s flexible enough to allow you to work with XML using the views and options that best suit your business needs and working preferences. Features and functionality in the XML editor include:

Feature Highlights

Intelligent XML editor
XSL / XSLT 1.0/2.0 editor, XSLT debugger & XSLT profiler
Graphical XML editing and text-based XML editing views
Schema-aware XQuery editor, XQuery debugger & XQuery profiler
XML validation with advanced error handling
NEW ! - XPath auto-completion and XPath Analyzer window
Visual XML Schema editor
Database integration
DTD editor & DTD-schema converter
NEW ! - XBRL validator and graphical XBRL taxonomy editor
Support for Open XML (OOXML) data in MS Office 2007
Graphical WSDL editor
Java / C# / C++ code generation from XML Schemas
SOAP client & SOAP debugger
Visual Studio integration & Eclipse integration
CSS editor for XML-based Web sites
Java API and COM API
XML project management
Very large file support

XMLSpy Awards

Altova XMLSpy XML Editor received the "2008 SQL Server Editor's Best Award" in the Development Platform category!
- SQL Server Editor's Best Award

IBM has named Altova software products the tools of choice for pureXML on IBM DB2, while Altova has recognized DB2 9 as the preferred data server for XML applications.
- Stategic Partner - IBM

Altova XMLSpy has been named "Best of Connections 2007" in the Office category!
- Best of Connections 2007

XMLSpy was awarded Best of Microsoft Tech*Ed 2007 in the Developer Tools and Technologies category!
- Best of Tech*Ed Winner

XMLSpy Testimonials

"XMLSpy is superior software... I highly recommend this [XML editor] to anyone with XML Schema building requirements. I have found it invaluable too with XML, and have recommended it to many colleagues and customers."

- Dawn Sangree, Senior Software Engineer, JPI

Whats new in XMLSpy 2009

XMLSpy 2009 delivers a host of powerful functionality, with new support for XBRL validation and taxonomy editing, powerful XPath auto-completion, enhanced editing of XML Schema identity constraints, native support for additional databases, and much more:

Support for XBRL 2.1 and XBRL Dimensions 1.0 - lets you view, edit, and validate XBRL documents
XBRL Taxonomy Editor - allows you to view, extend, and edit XBRL taxonomies in a graphical view with intelligent XBRL taxonomy editing functionality
XPath auto-completion - provides valid XPath functions, as well as element and attribute names from the associated schema and XML instance(s) when composing XPath expressions
Native support for additional databases - including PostgreSQL 8, SQL Server 2008, Oracle 11g
Expanded source control system support - provides enhanced support for a large variety of popular source control and versioning systems
Extensions for identity constraints editing in Schema View - provides enhanced visual cues and options for editing identity constraints in XML Schema view
Support for the XSLT extension altova:evaluate - new function that takes an XPath expression as its argument and returns the output of the evaluated expression
Support for Apache FOP 0.95 - for performing XSL:FO transformations

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Create Standards-conformant XML Documents

The XMLSpy XML editor abstracts away the complexity of working with XML-based technologies through its intuitive user interface and rich variety of editing views and options. Five synchronized XML editing views allow you to work with any XML technology in a way that best suits the complexity of the document and your preferences, for instance, if you prefer to develop in a text view, graphical view, or switch back and forth between the two.

Develop Advanced XML Applications

Adding to its powerful XML modeling, editing, validation, and debugging capabilities, the XMLSpy XML editor supports the complementary technologies required to build the most advanced XML-based applications. Because XML documents must be bound to an external software application or runtime environment, the XML editor includes automatic code generation of Java, C++, or C# class files based on data elements defined in a schema

In addition, most advanced applications require interaction with relational databases, which house the majority of business information today. The XMLSpy XML editor supports the most popular relational databases in their native interface languages, allowing you to query, view, and edit database data; generate XML Schemas based on database structures; import and export database data; generate relational database schemas from XML Schemas; and much more.

Altova XMLSpy 2009 Editions:

Altova XMLSpy 2009 Standard Edition

Altova XMLSpy® 2009 Standard Edition is an entry-level XML editor for viewing, validating, and editing XML documents. It is perfect for users who need to open XML, DTD, XML Schema, XSLT, and XQuery files and perform light-weight editing tasks. Pretty-printing, context-sensitive entry helpers, code completion, strong validation, and sample XML instance generation are just a few of the helpful features XMLSpy Standard provides for basic XML editing.

Altova XMLSpy 2009 Professional Edition

Altova XMLSpy 2009 Professional Edition is the industry leading XML development environment, providing intuitive views and powerful XML utilities to model, edit, transform, and debug XML-related technologies. In addition to the world’s most popular XML editor and original graphical XML Schema designer, it offers file converters, debuggers, support for XSLT, XPath, XQuery, all major databases, Visual Studio .NET or Eclipse integration, and more.

Altova XMLSpy 2009 Enterprise Edition

Altova XMLSpy 2009 Enterprise Edition is the industry standard XML development environment for modeling, editing, transforming, and debugging XML-related technologies. It offers the world’s leading XML editor, the original graphical schema designer, a code generator, file converters, debuggers, profilers, full database integration, support for WSDL, SOAP, XSLT, XPath, XQuery, and Open XML documents, plus VS .NET and Eclipse plug-ins, and more.

New Support and Maintenance Pack (SMP)

Support & Maintenance Package (SMP) enables you to receive priority technical support, but also provides you with all major software upgrades and maintenance releases at no additional cost throughout the SMP period.

Services Included:

Free Minor & Major Versions!

You will receive all maintenance releases, minor versions, and new major versions that are released during your Support Period. Updates and maintenance releases, as well as all major upgrades that you receive cover the specific edition of the product that you have purchased and typically include many additional features.

Priority Technical Support

Priority Technical Support provided via web-based support form.

Support Period

The Support & Maintenance Package currently offered with our products covers the product for which it is being purchased for a period of either one or two years. The support period begins on the day you purchase the product and extends for a period of exactly 12 or 24 months, depending on whether you purchase the one- or two-year option. You may only purchase SMP at the time you purchase a product or when you renew an existing SMP for an additional one- or two-year period. During the Support Period, you will receive Support & Maintenance services from Altova as they are described on this page and further defined in section "6. SUPPORT & MAINTENANCE" in our Altova end-user license agreement ("EULA") or in the SMP Terms of Use, as applicable.

Maintenance

During the Support Period you may also report any software problem or error to Altova using the same support process described above. If it is determined that a reported reproducible material error in the software exists and significantly impairs the usability and utility of the software, Altova agrees to use reasonable commercial efforts to correct or provide a usable work-around solution in an upcoming maintenance release or update, which is made available at certain times at Altova’s sole discretion.

Existing SMP customers

If you purchased the old Support & Maintenance Package, Altova is automatically providing you with all the benefits of this new enhanced SMP at no additional charge. In addition to the benefits that were previously available, you will now also receive any new major versions released during your existing Support Period! Please note: when existing SMP customers are added to the new SMP system, the term of the SMP package begins on the date of the original product purchase. You may also extend the duration of your SMP with an SMP Renewal (see below).

Save big with SMP Renewals

If you are an existing SMP customer, you now have the opportunity to renew your Support & Maintenance Package for a period of one or two years. Renewing your SMP will allow you to extend the duration of your support period to receive all minor releases and major versions released during that time for free. Renewals must be purchased before your current SMP expires and can be ordered up to 90 days in advance.