XML Document Template Support
Serna XML editor employs the concept of configurable XML Document Templates to let you easily create and open XML documents of any XML format. Most XML documents can be opened with a single click because Syntext Serna automatically discovers a corresponding XML document template which matches the document's XML format and applies an appropriate XML Schema, XSL stylesheet, etc.
Using XML Document Templates to create an XML document
Serna XML editor supports XML documents of popular XML formats like DITA, Docbook, Docbook Lite, TEI, XHTML, GCA proceedings, and NITF out-of-the-box. You can create custom XML Document Templates for your own XML formats or edit the existing templates for your convenience.
The XML Document Template may include a lot of parameters, such as the XML document type guess string, XSLT/XSL-FO Stylesheet for document presentation, XML Schema, the list of allowed root elements, external XML publishing applications, and many others.
Pre-defined Content of XML Documents
For XML documents of any particular XML format, it is possible to predefine a so called document skeleton - the initial structure and content for a newly-created XML document. This saves a considerable amount of time when you have to create a multitude of documents of the same type - for example, Docbook articles.
The skeleton of a Docbook XML document created in Serna XML editor
Hiding Extra Elements and Attributes
Sometimes industrial XML document DTDs are very large and confuse the user who works just on a minor use-case. In Syntext Serna XML editor, it is possible to specify the context and elements and attributes that should not be offered to the user when working with XML documents of a particular type.
