We are pleased to announce availability of Version 2015 of Altova’s MissionKit desktop developer tools and server software products! In this latest version, you’ll find updated standards support across the product line, powerful new support for XQuery Update Facility and previewing the layout of XBRL Tables in real-time in XMLSpy, data mapping support for JSON and XBRL Table Linkbases in MapForce, support for HTML fragments in StyleVision, and much more.

Read on for more details below, and visit the What’s New page for more information.

We’ve also created brief videos to demonstrate some of these new features.

New in XMLSpy® 2015

• Intelligent XML file modification with XQuery Update Facility 1.0/3.0 – Watch the video!
• Support for XQuery Update Facility via XQuery execution
• Enhanced XSLT 3.0 support
• XBRL Table layout preview – Watch the video!
• Building XBRL Formulas visually, via new XBRL Table Preview – Watch the video!
• Support for US GAAP taxonomy updated to include 2014
• Significantly optimized support for EBA 2.1 (COREP/FINREP) taxonomies
• Inclusion of UBL (Universal Business Language) 2.1 Schemas
• Support for integration with Eclipse 4.4 (adds to support for previous versions)

Powerful new window for writing and previewing results of XQuery Update Facility expressions:

New in MapForce® 2015

• JSON support as mapping input and output components
• XBRL Table Linkbase support
• Support for US-GAAP 2014 XBRL taxonomy
• New function replicate-item
• New FlexText option for Single Split “delimited (line starts with)”
• Support for integration with Eclipse 4.4 (adds to support for previous versions)
• Support for German, Spanish, and Japanese languages in format-date function

Support for drag-and-drop JSON data mapping, conversion, and integration:

New in StyleVision® 2015

• Option to generate HTML fragments
• Support for footnotes in RTF, Word, and PDF output
• Support for US GAAP 2014 taxonomy (adds to support for previous versions)
• Support for integration with Eclipse 4.4 (adds to support for previous versions)

Altova Server Software Version 2015

Version 2015 of Altova Server Software products provides important new functionality that increases performance, provides new administration options, and delivers updated standards support for XSLT, XQuery Update Facility, and XBRL.

New in RaptorXML® Server 2015

• Support for XQuery Update Facility 1.0/3.0
• Extended XSLT 3.0 support
• Significantly optimized support for EBA 2.1 (COREP/FINREP) taxonomies: up to 100 times faster* for large files, i.e., those bigger than 10 MB
• Support for US GAAP 2014, adding to support for previous versions

New in FlowForce® Server 2015

• Ability to move configuration objects (jobs, deployed mappings, credentials, etc.) from one FlowForce Server to another
• Feature to abort job execution
• Active Directory integration
• User password management extensions
• User privileges report

New in MapForce® Server 2015

• New API for incorporating MapForce Server functionality in your custom applications

New in StyleVision® Server 2015

• New API for incorporating StyleVision Server functionality in your custom applications
• Support for database-based designs (adds to support for XML and XBRL)

Update Now

Altova customers with current SMP (Support and Maintenance) can upgrade to Version 2015 for free. Update now! Or, if you haven’t tried Altova Server Products, a 30-day trial is also available.  *Performance results based on Altova internal tests conducted on a typical selection of files comparing Version 2015 to the prior version of the software. Your results may vary.