A
document type or
framework is associated to an
XML file according to a set of rules. It includes also many settings that improve editing in
the Author mode for the category of XML files it applies for. These settings include:
- a default grammar used for validation and content completion in both Author mode and
Text mode;
- CSS stylesheet(s) for rendering XML documents in Author mode;
- user actions invoked from toolbar or menu in Author mode;
- predefined scenarios used for transformation of the class of XML documents defined by
the document type;
- XML catalogs;
- directories with file templates;
- user-defined extensions for customizing the interaction with the content author in
Author mode.
The tagless editor comes with some predefined document types already configured when the
application is installed on the computer. These document types describe well-known XML
frameworks largely used today for authoring XML documents. Editing a document which conforms
to one of these types is as easy as opening it or creating it from one of the predefined
document templates which also come with Oxygen XML Editor.
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