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Collaborative Writing of XML Documents

A number of collaborative XML writing features in Serna Enterprise XML Editor is indispensable for global enterprises. Collaborative writing of XML content greatly accelerates documentation development and shortens time-to-market.

You can work with XML documents shared on a WebDAV-enabled server. Distributed XML authoring is secure thanks to SSL support: Serna XML file editor makes sure you deal with trusted parties only. The SSL protocol support provides for secure communication between Serna XML file editor and an SSL-enabled remote HTTP or WebDAV server.

International Collaborative Writing

Serna WYSIWYG XML editor supports international collaborative writing of XML content both with its user interface and with the multilingual support in XML documents. Serna XML file editor is fully UNICODE-based and supports more than 25 popular encodings.

Collaborative writing: UNICODE support - multilingual XML document in Serna XML editor

Multilingual XML document in Serna WYSIWYG XML Editor

The user interface of Serna XML editor is localized into many languages for the convenience of international users. The supported languages include: English, French, German, Dutch, Italian, Norwegian, Russian, Chinese, Swedish, and Igbo. Other languages can easily be supported.

Annotative Review of XML Content

Collaborative writing of XML content is nearly impossible without a good review cycle support. Serna XML editor supports annotative redlining features for the review of XML documents. The peculiarity of the Serna's approach is that redlining is fully transparent to the XML publishing process and allows seamless XML editing, discussion and approval of XML content. Technical writers, content reviewers and editors can easily navigate between the redlining marks and accept or reject changes.


  • Redlining mark types. Every correction is highlighted with a corresponding mark: inserted, deleted, commented.
  • Element-independent redlining. It is possible to redline several elements, text, and mixed content.
  • Easy review tools. There is a set of commands (e.g. Accept Redlining, Reject Redlining) that help to easily review document and automatically move to the next annotated region.
  • Transparent to other applications. Serna XML file editor uses XML PIs for storing redlining information, therefore document structure is not affected in any way.