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Open Source Tools
In addition to the commercial offerings from vendors in
the XML tools marketplace, there is a considerable body of other tools
that have been produced over the years to support SGML and XML content
management by the academic and open source communities. Some examples
of these include:
- Bitflux Editor - A browser-based WYSIWYG XML editor which
is written in JavaScript and uses XML, XSLT, and CSS for rendering. It
is usable with any XML document and features tables, lists, images,
special chars, clipboard, undo/redo, and easy customization.
- Ektron eWebEditPro+XML - A browser-based XML word
processor-like editor that enables business users to apply XML to Web
content. It provides a user layer between the XML tags themselves and
user actions. Scripting and commands work together to control which tags
the user has access to, and where the tags can be used. The business
user will not realize they are working with XML tags, but instead think
they are working within a set of content parameters, definitions, and/or
rules. Integration by a Web developer is required.
- GenDoc(formerly GenDiapo) - An XML Editor based on a
existing project, MerlotXML. It can use two kinds of plug-ins (DTD and/or
action). The DTD plug-in can be used to customize the editor for a DTD,
and an action plug-in can be used to publish documents in HTML or PDF
format. The editor is composed of 3 views: tree view, attribute view for
current element, and a "styled view". The aim of styled view is to show
the document with a visual aspect.
- Morphon XML-Editor - A validating WYSIWYG XML editor that
lets you create and modify XML documents in an intuitive manner. Using
DTDs (Document Type Definitions) and CSS (Cascading StyleSheets), the
editor guarantees the integrity of your XML documents and presents them
in a consistent and user-friendly way. The XML editor is bundled with the
Morphon CSS Editor that can be used to customize your CSS, allowing you
to change every aspect of the way the XML editor presents your document
while editing. The CSS editor can also be used stand-alone to directly
create CSS for the Web.
- exchanger - The eXchaNGeR XML browser is a browser and
editor framework, written in Java, that visualizes elements in a XML
document. The user can browse through and manage the visible elements
in the document with external services, or she can make changes to the
content of the XML document with the built-in XML editor.
- Arsdigita CMS - a powerful content management system. It
has a task list for production staff to track their assignments and
the status of their current work items; a site map browser to view and
organize pages and content items and determine access control to branches
of the site; a standard interface for creating, editing, approving, and
deploying content items; a template manager for creating, editing, and
organizing presentation templates and related assets; a metadata manager
for viewing and defining content types and associations; a category
browser for managing a hierarchy of subject headings that may be applied
to content items; and administrative and management tools for creating
and editing user attributes and tracking global work flow
statistics.
- OpenLMS - A Learning Management System (LMS) made at the
Department of Geography, NTNU. The system is a fully functional LMS with
support for group collaboration, file sharing, distribution of lectures,
and other supporting features. It is a good tool for distributing lecture
notes to groups of students, and for facilitating collaboration for groups
of students and teachers.
- Moodle - A learning management system for producing
Internet-based course Web sites. It is written in PHP and is easy to
install and use on Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X. It has been designed
to support modern pedagogies based on social constructionist theory,
and includes activity modules such as forums, resources, journals,
quizzes, surveys, choices, and assignments. It has been translated into
30 languages, with more on the way. Moodle offers a free alternative to
commercial software such as WebCT and Blackboard, and is being used by
a growing number of universities, schools, and independent teachers for
distance education or to supplement face-to-face teaching.
- And many more10...
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