Stylus Studio 2006 XML Enterprise Edition Simplifies XML Data Integration and Enhances Developer Productivity

World's most productive XML IDE adds updated support for XQuery 1.0, XSLT 2.0, and new tools for working with legacy data

BEDFORD, MA -- 11/14/2005 -- Stylus Studio (http://www.stylusstudio.com), the industry-leading provider of XML development tools and components for advanced data integration, today announced the immediate availability of Stylus Studio® 2006 XML Enterprise Edition, the latest revision of its award-winning XML IDE. The new release provides a significant upgrade in usability and XML standards conformance, and many new features further simplify XML data integration tasks faced by developers. IT professionals can download a free trial of Stylus Studio 2006 XML Enterprise Edition today.

"We're advocating an innovative new approach to data integration — use standards-based XQuery and XSLT. These powerful technologies can be made to work regardless of whether your data source is XML, relational, EDI, or other legacy data. Stylus Studio 2006 XML Enterprise lets you seamlessly work with them all using standards-based XSLT or XQuery technologies," said Jerry King, Stylus Studio's General Manager. "Using our comprehensive, award-winning toolbox of XML productivity tools for XQuery, XML Schema, XSLT 2.0, EDI, XML mapping, Web services, and others, it's easier than ever for developers to build and test XML data integration applications. And now, they can deploy these applications with Stylus Studio 2006 XML Enterprise Edition's integrated Java code generator and our new high-performance DataDirect XML Converters. Both are available for developers to try for an evaluation period for free today."

The following are some of the highlights of Stylus Studio 2006 XML Enterprise Edition:

X12 Data Conversion: Convert thousands of X12 message formats to XML and validate converted documents using a new X12 to XML Schema Generation Wizard. Access X12 data as bi-directional XML data sources using DataDirect XML Converters.
XML Schema-Aware XSLT 2.0 Processing: Write more robust XSLT 2.0 stylesheets and eliminate common programming mistakes, simplifying XSLT debugging and improving XSLT performance.
XML Schema-Aware XQuery 1.0 Processing: Simplify troubleshooting and XQuery debugging, and enhance XQuery code performance.
Updated XQuery Support: Stylus Studio is the first and only XML IDE to provide updated support for the W3C XQuery 1.0 Candidate Recommendation of November 2005.
Updated XSLT 2.0 Support: Stylus Studio is the first and only XML IDE to provide updated support for the W3C XSLT 2.0 Candidate Recommendation of November 2005.
Tools Support for DataDirect XQuery: Develop XQuery expressions that access most relational databases including Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, IBM DB2 and Sybase. Includes integrated support generating Java code that invokes DataDirect XQuery for deploying XQuery applications with the click of a button.
Integrated support for Saxon SA 8.6: The Stylus Studio XQuery and XSLT tools have been updated to support the Saxon SA 8.6 processor, a leading Java-based XSLT and XQuery processing component.
Folding XML Code support: The Stylus Studio XML editor, XQuery editor, XML Schema editor, XSLT editor, and Java Editors now support folding XML code to simplify XML editing.
Hundreds of usability and performance enhancements.

"XML is becoming the de facto standard for enterprise data integration and Stylus Studio is an indispensable part of the Masters-level XML Integration Technology & Applications course I am teaching", said Jay Crossler, an instructor at the Information Systems and Technology Department at Johns Hopkins University. "The open nature of Stylus Studio XML Enterprise Edition lets my students work with a variety of languages and XML processors - all in one development environment. This kind of productivity goes a long way towards finishing complex XML programming tasks in short time frames."

About Stylus Studio

Stylus Studio®, a product from DataDirect Technologies, an operating company of Progress Software Corporation, is the industry's most innovative XML IDE providing advanced support for XML and its related technologies: XSL, XSLT, XML Schema, DTD, SOAP, WSDL, EDI, SQL/XML, XML mapping, Web Services, Legacy data integration and XQuery. Used by leading software developers world-wide, Stylus Studio simplifies XML programming and enhances developer productivity through innovation. Visit the Stylus Studio Web site to learn more.

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Wednesday, November 09, 2005	An Introduction to the XQuery FLWOR Expression

Tuesday, September 13, 2005	Build Fabulous XML Schemas With Stylus Studio

Wednesday, September 07, 2005	Caught on Tape: Bi-Directional EDI to XML Mapping!

Tuesday, September 06, 2005	Learn XQuery in Ten Minutes

Wednesday, August 31, 2005	ZapThink Report: Using Stylus Studio

Tuesday, August 30, 2005	Stylus Studio Wins SQL Server Magazine's Readers' Choice Award

Wednesday, August 03, 2005	Stylus Studio and Raining Data Partner to Make XML Data Service Development Faster and Easier

Tuesday, August 02, 2005	XQuery Update

Tuesday, July 26, 2005	'Flat File to XML Data Conversion' Tops Stylus Studio Box Office

Wednesday, July 20, 2005	The Stylus Studio Employee Discount for Everyone Event

Wednesday, June 29, 2005	XML Developers Celebrate Historic Declaration of Independence

Tuesday, June 07, 2005	Stylus Studio 6 XML Enterprise Edition Raises the Bar for XML Developer Productivity

Monday, May 09, 2005	XQuery Use Growing: DevX Poll

Wednesday, March 30, 2005	Stylus Studio Selected as Finalist in the 5th Annual eWEEK Excellence Awards

Tuesday, March 29, 2005	XQuery Adoption Rate Soaring Among XML Developers

Tuesday, March 01, 2005	Students Learn XML Faster with Stylus Studio 6 Home Edition

Friday, February 18, 2005	Stylus Studio 6 XML Professional Edition Wins Top Honors from CNET's Download.com

Tuesday, February 15, 2005	Lights, Camera, XQuery!

Tuesday, February 08, 2005	Stylus Studio Adds XQuery Tools Support for Sleepycat's Berkeley DB XML 2.0

Monday, January 24, 2005	Stylus Studio and Mark Logic Announce Integrated XQuery Development Support for MarkLogic's CMS

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