Starting Stylus Studio

Throughout this chapter, you perform exercises that require you to first start Stylus Studio. For example, if you installed Stylus Studio XML Enterprise Edition, you would

Select Start > Programs > Stylus Studio XML Enterprise Edition > Stylus Studio.

The path shown here assumes that you accepted the defaults when you installed Stylus Studio. If you did not, you must alter your selection path accordingly.

You can also start Stylus Studio by double-clicking the desktop icon, which is added to your desktop by default when you install Stylus Studio:

Figure 2. Example of a Stylus Studio Desktop Icon

On startup, Stylus Studio displays the Tip of the Day dialog box.

Figure 3. Stylus Studio on Startup (XML Professional Edition Shown)

Supported XML Technologies

Learning XML is easy with Stylus Studio, the only XML IDE to support all official W3C XML technologies! Learn more about Stylus Studio's tools and support for XML and related W3C technologies.

DTD Editor

The Stylus Studio DTD Editor lets you visually develop Document Type Definitions (DTD) to structure XML documents. The DTD Editor also includes tools and utilites for validating XML against DTD's, converting DTD's, and generating DTD's.

Why XQuery - The Case for XQuery

Read "The Case for XQuery" - an article that debuted in the November 2005 issue of SOA WebServices Journal, written by Jerry King, Vice President of DataDirect Technologies.

XQuery Talk

Join the XQuery Talk mailing list for a practical discussion about XQuery. It's a place to work together to learn a new language, talk about problem solutions, discuss engines and implementations, chat about the latest XQuery news and more.

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