Oxygen XML Editor DITA Editing solution strong points.
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We are sometimes asked which are the differentiating features between Oxygen XML Editor and its competitors when it comes to DITA Editing. So below I tried to list some differentiating features (strong points) that Oxygen has:
- User based license which allows somebody to install Oxygen on multiple computers (work computer, home computer) as long as they are the only ones using it: https://www.oxygenxml.com/eula.html.
- Transparent pricing, prices are available on the web site: https://www.oxygenxml.com/buy.html.
- Great technical support. You can ask us questions via email or via the forum.
- Cross platform availability. Being able to run Oxygen on Windows, Mac or Linux.
- Complete DITA Editing support:
- Lots of pre-defined actions to insert reusable content, images, links, videos.
- DITA-specific helper views (DITA Maps Manager, DITA Reusable Components)
- Support to customize the editing environment: add custom actions, remove current actions, customize content completion items, create custom validation or transformation scenarios.
- Powerful publishing solution for producing responsive WebHelp and PDF using CSS to style the output.
- Publishing to output formats like Windows Help (CHM), Ms Word, EPUB, Eclipse Help included.
- Lots of commercial DITA CMSs have integrations with Oxygen.
- Support for change tracking and for adding comments in the editor along with a special Review view to review changes: https://www.oxygenxml.com/doc/ug-editor/topics/author-managing-changes.html
- Support to add third party plugins and enhance Oxygen's functionality. And lots of free add-ons already available to add support for Git integration, DITA translations and Batch conversions from various formats to DITA.
- Support to add custom validation rules based on your internal style guide. The rules can be implemented using the Schematron standard and you can also add quick fixes for them: Schematron Checks to help Technical Writing.
- Support to send DITA content to reviewers using the Content Fusion add-on.