Re: [xsl] XML / XSL Editors

[Antonio Mota <amsmota@xxxxxxxxx>]

Below are the results of my tests. A more friendly view is at 
http://gti.clientes.gtinformatica.pt/Site/Java/XMLEd.html . I've defined 
a number of itens that are important to my analysis, and classified then 
on a 0-5 scale. This scale is not homogeneous. In some itens there's 
only a 0/3 classification for have/have not. Others are a quantitative 
reference for features availability (multiple processors, for instance). 
The others are my subjective classification.

I take the "dumb-guy" approach, in wich i'm very good at :) so i've 
started by droping Topologi cause it seems very complicated to test in 
such a short time.

The last lines are the sum of the features taxonomies, a DEV/DATA 
classification of usability from the development / data entry point of 
view, the PRICEs and the RATIO of the sum of classifications vs price.

To my conclusion i'll ignore the XMLWriter value because the "features" 
value is too low, altought the ratio is high due to is it's also low price.

That let Exchanger as the one with higher features/price ratio, with 
oXygen near by. Since i didn't explore that XForms (XSmiles) possibilty 
and there are two features in oXygen that i as a developer think are 
valuable (the Trang thing :) and the multiple processors) probably my 
advice to my boss in a 500 budget frame is to buy some mix of oXygen 
(1-2) and Exchanger (3-4) editors, that should cover both our 
development and data-entry needs.

If someone sees a coarse error in the analyses please let me know. And i 
welcome your comments too.

Thanks all for your help.


XMLSpy Oxygen Exchanger StylusStudi XMLWriter

Define XML Structures 0 0 3 0 2
Visual Restriction of Va 3 0 0 0 0
Copy&Paste XML Nodes 3 0 2 0 2
Tree View 3 3 3 4 5
Tree Edit 0 4 5 3 1
Form View 3 0 0 0 0
Form Edit 3 0 0 0 0
Table View 3 0 0 4 0
Table Edit 3 0 0 4 0
XSL Diagram 3 0 0 3 0
DB Map 0 0 2 3 0
Xpath 2.0 3 3 0 3 0
Java 0 3 0 3 0
JavaScript 0 3 0 0 0
CSS 3 3 0 0 3
Schema 3 3 3 3 3
DTD 3 3 3 3 3
RelaxNG 0 3 3 0 0
Schematron 0 3 0 0 0
Schema translation 2 5 3 0 2
Multiple processors 1 5 2 3 2
Xpath analyser 5 3 3 3 0
Auto-completion 3 3 3 3 3
XSLT Debugger 4 3 5 3 0
51 50 40 45 26
DEV 4 3 4 5 3
DATA 5 2 4 2 2
60 55 48 52 31
PRICE 799 128 85 495 75

RATIO 0,08 0,43 0,56 0,11 0,41