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[ANN] CoherentWeb Release 4.0 - A new XSLT Editor

Subject: [ANN] CoherentWeb Release 4.0 - A new XSLT Editor
From: Philip Fearon <philipfearon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2011 20:59:45 +0100
 [ANN] CoherentWeb Release 4.0 - A new XSLT Editor
I'm both pleased and relieved to announce that Version 4.0 of CoherentWeb,
is now available from Qutoric, at:

   http://coherentweb.com/

About CoherentWeb

   CoherentWeb is an XSLT-based batch-processing desktop-tool for
   Windows. This release marks a fundamental addition to CoherentWeb's,
   capabilties, it's now also an XML/XSLT Editor.

   CoherentWeb's XML Editor signals a rethink of many established
   principles in XML Editor design. One highlight is how closely the editor
   is integrated with the batch-processing and validation system, with
   instant input/output switching. However, I've picked out another
   innovation to describe here in a bit more detail:

Virtual Formatting for the XML Editor

   This XML text rendering concept is where the left-margin for each
   line of XML adjusts to the XML context. The resulting indentation helps
   improve the readability of XML, but critically, without any padding
   characters.

Within the Editor ( See also: screencast [1] )

   An XML text editor using Virtual Formatting keeps XML formatting
   correct at all times: as you type, use clipboard features, or initiate XML
   operations like adding container elements. Auto-completion helps reduce
   unwanted re-formatting whilst editing. If XML is not well-balanced, the
   formatting will reflect where the issue lies.

   Different indentation schemes can be used (or none at all) to suit the
   requirement. The position of new line characters determines all indentation,
   attribute names, values and namespace declarations are all aligned.
   Indentation of lines is also preserved when they are word-wrapped.

   Leading whitespace characters are still used for indentation
   outside the XML context, e.g. to lend text formatting to attribute
   values, preformatted text nodes and XML comments.

Working with other tools

   A complex issue with Virtual Formatting is trimming pre-existing
   padding characters in an XML source so as not to interfere with
   indentation; the difficulty encountered in doing this safely
   (when there's no schema), helps underline why alternatives to
   padding characters at least require consideration.

   The approach taken with CoherentWeb, is to err on the side of caution
   when automatically trimming XML, and then provide the user with more
   agressive trimming options.

   The editor does not insert padding characters when XML is saved,
   relying on XML-aware tools possessing the capability to add these
   when required; using options aligned with a specific users needs.

Benefits

   It would be tempting to list the problems that redundant whitespace
   brings to the XML development lifecycle, and why Virtual Formatting
   helps alleviate these. The truth, however, is that any benefits will
   be down to individual use cases, and these need to be considered
   alongside potential issues associated with the change. The only way
   therefore to realistically assess whether this will benefit you is to
   try it out (so, I hope you will).

Finally

   I hope that those not yet ready for a Virtual Formatting editor can still
   benefit from Coherentweb in its primary role: a mult-threaded XSLT
   batch-processing system, with flexible ZIP-processing for EPUB, OOXML,
   ODF etc. through a fully integrated EXPath ZIP[2] implementation.

Many thanks

Phil Fearon

(Director) Qutoric Limited
http://qutoric.com

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[1] http://youtu.be/jSeiYPWVOfA
[2] http://expath.org

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