Astoria Software, which is a division of TransPerfect, announced on March 9, 2012, that the next version of Astoria Content Management solution will be available to Mac users as well. Astoria Software is widely regarded as the best when it comes to management of XML components on an enterprise level. Cisco systems, Siemens Healthcare, Citrix and a lot of other high profile companies rely on Astoria software for meeting the demands of product documentation. Users who have version 10.6 (Snow Leopard) or above for Mac OS X will be capable of running the Editor Bridge from Oxygen and the Astoria 6.0 workbench. This will link the top XML component management system with one of the best OS out there.
Astoria 6.0 Capabilities
The preview of the Astoria 6.0 has been made available to select customers and is going through testing. The architecture in Astoria 6.0 allows users to do their work on a platform which works best for them. Astoria workbench is an Eclipse tool and is a console that allows publishing, managing, and authoring content. Workbench comes with all the portability and extensibility which has made Eclipse into one of the most widely used open source environment for software development. If you want to utilize the full potential of this combination, you should go for some XML training courses.
Editor Bridge
Editor Bridge, which is another module of Astoria, is built entirely using Java. Editor Bridge is a lot more than the editor-connectors that are file-based and are present in your normal XML content management solutions. It allows users who are using editors integrated with Astoria, like Oxygen, to perform as many as 18 element and file based actions from the user interface of the editor. Since Java is used for Editor Bridge, it makes sure that it runs on every platform that is supported by the vendor of the editor.
Architecture
Beneath the Editor Bridge and the Astoria Workbench, you have the communication architecture. Astoria 6.0 makes use of HTTPS (which is nothing but HTTP encrypted with SSL) for exchanging data and messages between the Editor Bridge or Workbench and the server side modules. Now, HTTPS is supported everywhere and is highly secure, which gives the users a wide variety of options regarding platforms that can be used along with the Astoria 6.0. Attending XML training classes can help you understand how the security aspect of Astoria works.
With the announcement of their integration with Mac platform, Astoria Software becomes the first company that is offering XML component content management on an Enterprise level for Apple. CEO and President of Astoria Software, Michael Rosinski, said that in his eyes, Software as a Service (SaaS) got a lot easier with Astoria 6.0. He said that Astoria is the premier On-Demand platform when it comes to XML content and Mac OS X is probably the most productive OS for users. When you link the two, it gives you bottom-line and top-line revenue benefits. It not only keeps the business leaders satisfied, but also gives users the ability to choose the platform on which they can build their content.
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