Friday, 1 June 2007

Altova Introduces Version 2007 Release 3 of its XML Development

Altova, creator of XMLSpy and other leading XML, data management, UML, and Web services tools, has made available Version 2007 Release 3 (v2007r3) of its software product line. Altova v2007r3 software provides unprecedented support for the new Microsoft Office 2007 Open XML document format and IBM DB2 9 pureXML databases, as well as numerous other advanced application development and data management capabilities designed to enhance productivity and maximise results.

“The new functionality in XMLSpy, MapForce, StyleVision, and our other tools is unrivaled in the industry,” said Tim Hale, Director of Marketing for Altova. “From executing SQL and XQuery against databases to transforming content from Office Open XML documents to automatically documenting entire software development projects, our v2007r3 Altova MissionKit bundle represents a giant leap forward for developers, DBAs, and data-oriented IT pros.”

According to the company, the features in XMLSpy 2007r3 include:

• Extended database functionality
• Microsoft Office 2007 Open XML support
• Comprehensive Cascading Stylesheet (CSS) editor
• Enhanced XML Schema and WSDL documentation
• XSLT 1.0 profiler