Syntext, Inc. (http://www.syntext.com/) has released Serna Free Open Source XML Editor v4.2 (http://www.syntext.com/products/serna-free/) – a free open source edition of its Serna WYSIWYG XML editor. Serna Free is a lightweight XML authoring solution with intuitive behaviour and a unique WYSIWYG approach for those who wish to smoothly adopt the XML technology and freely author XML documents in a familiar environment that resembles a conventional word processor.
What’s New in v4.2
The new version of Serna Free XML Editor brings the following enhancements:
- Added integration with Antenna House XSL Formatter for high quality PDF publishing.
- Added the ability to specify multiple search paths for plugins.
- A number of stability issues have been fixed.
See the complete lists of implemented features and fixed bugs at:

http://www.syntext.com/downloads/serna-free/release-history/

Download Serna Free Open Source XML Editor at:

http://www.syntext.com/downloads/serna-free/

About Serna Free XML Editor
Serna Free XML Editor is an open source cross-platform application that works on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. The key features of Serna Free Open Source XML Editor include: out-of-the-box support for DITA, DocBook, and other leading XML standards; use of XSLT/XSL-FO for document visualization; on-the-fly XML Schema validation; drag-and-drop with on-the-fly validation; support for XML catalogs; intuitive customizable GUI localized into several languages; entity and XInclude in-place editing; multilingual spell checking; Unicode support.
Serna Free can be upgraded to the Enterprise Edition (http://www.syntext.com/products/serna/) which offers enterprise-oriented features such as integration with content management systems, collaborative authoring, and customization APIs (application programming interfaces) and tools.
About Syntext
Syntext, Inc. is a private American company founded in Seattle, Washington in 1999. Syntext’s mission is to develop software for XML content authoring solutions and related services. For more information, please visit http://www.syntext.com/about/.
Syntext, Inc. has released Serna Free Open Source XML Editor v4.2 – a free open source edition of its Serna WYSIWYG XML editor. Serna Free is a lightweight XML authoring solution with intuitive behaviour and a unique WYSIWYG approach for those who wish to smoothly adopt the XML technology and freely author XML documents in a familiar environment that resembles a conventional word processor.

What’s New in v4.2

The new version of Serna Free XML Editor brings the following enhancements:

- Added integration with Antenna House XSL Formatter for high quality PDF publishing.

- Added the ability to specify multiple search paths for plugins.

- A number of stability issues have been fixed.

See the complete lists of implemented features and fixed bugs at:

http://www.syntext.com/downloads/serna-free/release-history/

Download Serna Free Open Source XML Editor at:

http://www.syntext.com/downloads/serna-free/

About Serna Free XML Editor

Serna Free XML Editor is an open source cross-platform application that works on Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. The key features of Serna Free Open Source XML Editor include: out-of-the-box support for DITA, DocBook, and other leading XML standards; use of XSLT/XSL-FO for document visualization; on-the-fly XML Schema validation; drag-and-drop with on-the-fly validation; support for XML catalogs; intuitive customizable GUI localized into several languages; entity and XInclude in-place editing; multilingual spell checking; Unicode support.

Serna Free can be upgraded to the Enterprise Edition which offers enterprise-oriented features such as integration with content management systems, collaborative authoring, and customization APIs (application programming interfaces) and tools.

About Syntext

Syntext, Inc. is a private American company founded in Seattle, Washington in 1999. Syntext’s mission is to develop software for XML content authoring solutions and related services. For more information, please visit http://www.syntext.com/about/.

Syntext, Inc. has released Serna Free XML editor as Open Source Software. Serna is an easy-to-use WYSIWYG XML editor for all major platforms, Microsoft Windows (2000, XP, Vista), Linux, Mac OS X, and Sun Solaris/SPARC. Serna is Python extensible and based on the open standards XSLT and XSL-FO.

“Serna was based on open source technologies from the beginning. We now contribute to the Open Source Software community that enabled our success,” says Paul Antonov, Syntext CEO. “Serna Free has enormous potential for XML application development and we have ambitious plans of how to enrich it with improvements. We are open to any ideas concerning development, business, and partnership to fulfil our plans.”

The discussions on Open Source Serna Free XML editor are welcome at the Syntext Forum

ABOUT SERNA

Serna is an innovative WYSIWYG platform for XML-based applications. Powered by the on-the-fly XSL-driven technology, it provides a single point access to distributed documents. Serna reads XML documents and data from several XML data sources, blends this information into a seamless presentation, allows inexperienced users to edit it like in a word processor and constantly ensures the validity and consistency in terms of structure and business rules.

Visit http://syntext.com/products/serna-free/ for details.

ABOUT SYNTEXT

Syntext, Inc. is a private American company founded in Seattle, Washington in 1999.
Syntext’s mission is to develop software for XML content authoring solutions and related services. Visit http://www.syntext.com/about/ for more information.

Contact:
Paul Antonov
1 (425) 749 7449
adv@syntext.com

Syntext, Inc. (http://www.syntext.com) is glad to announce the upcoming release of Serna Free XML editor as open source software. Serna is a powerful and easy-to-use WYSIWYG XML editor based on open standards and running on all major platforms such as Microsoft Windows (2000, XP, Vista), Linux, Mac OS X, and Sun Solaris/SPARC.

“We are excited to open up the development of Serna to the open source community,” says Paul Antonov, Syntext CEO. “Our mission is to make XML accessible for everyone, and we believe that an open source XML editor as user friendly as Serna could enable much more individual and corporate users to adopt XML technology. Serna has benefited from open source components and it’s time to give back.”

Syntext is open to any ideas concerning technology, business or partnership. The discussions on open source Serna are open at the Syntext Forum:
http://forum.syntext.com/syntext-serna-xml-editor/serna-open-source-discussion/

Free Serna is expected to go open source in July, 2009.

ABOUT SERNA

Serna is an innovative WYSIWYG XML platform for XML-based applications. Powered by the on-the-fly XSL-driven technology, it provides a single point access to distributed documents. Serna reads XML documents and data from several XML data sources, blends this information into a seamless presentation, allows inexperienced users to edit it like in a word processor and constantly ensures the validity and consistency in terms of structure and business rules. Visit http://syntext.com/products/serna-free/ for details.

ABOUT SYNTEXT

Syntext, Inc. is a private American company founded in Seattle, Washington in 1999.
Syntext’s mission is to develop software for XML content authoring solutions and related services. Visit http://www.syntext.com/about/ for more information.

Contact:
Paul Antonov
1 (425) 749 7449
adv@syntext.com