The award winning XML Editing solution for consistently higher-value, timely global content that creates loyal customers and efficient, compliant business processes.

XMetaL Author Essential 19.0 is an XML Editor that helps you get to market faster by bringing structure and automation to the process of content creation. Using XML standards such as the Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA), XMetaL enables authors and contributors to collaborate effectively — and to repurpose higher-value information products into the myriad of languages and formats your customers demand.

 
    • XMetaL users have the option to use S1000D customization.

      The S1000D specification is an international standard for the procurement and production of technical documentation. It is an XML-based framework designed to prepare, manage, and publish technical information for various products. Initially developed by the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD), S1000D is widely used in defense systems, civil aviation, and other industries to ensure consistency and interoperability in technical publications.
    • XMetaL users have the option to use Gemini web service, an advanced language model developed by Google

      XMetaL integrations with Artificial Intelligence (AI) powered web services: Gemini (from Google), ChatGPT (from Opena AI) Bing Copilot (from Microsoft), designed to deliver exceptional versatility across a broad spectrum of tasks, including:
      • Natural Language Understanding and Generation: comprehends and responds to human language with accuracy and fluency, facilitating effective communication.
      • Creative Writing: excels in generating creative text formats, including technical documentation.
      • Translation: offers highly accurate translations across multiple languages, enhancing cross-linguistic communication.
      • Summarization: It efficiently condenses lengthy texts into concise and coherent summaries, improving information accessibility.
    • XMetaL Author now includes XMetaL Project, a new framework for organizing and managing large-scale documentation projects.

      XMetaL Project defines the structure and relationships between different documents and resources, making it easy to access all elements, process documents in bulk, and insert cross-references.

      This tool improves efficiency and accuracy in documentation projects by streamlining content management.
    • This version of XMetaL Author enhances the customer experience by improving integration with the internal XMetaL web browser, ChatGPT, Microsoft Bing AI, Grammarly, a bookmarks manager, and the XMetaL styling assistant.

      XMetaL simplifies XML editing, allowing technical writers to focus on document semantics while abstracting the complexity of markup handling. It offers various utilities and integrations to streamline research, document creation, and editing processes. These include modeless dialogs for cross-file operations and reference insertion, AI model integrations, context-aware popup menus, and content highlighting.
    • XMetaL binaries have been updated to integrate with the latest Windows SDKs and Visual Studio tools, ensuring full compatibility with Windows 10 and 11 updates. These updates feature important security enhancements, reduced installation size and time, and the incorporation of customer feedback for improved functionality. Additionally, removing XMetaL’s dependency on a specific Java installation improves security maintenance, enhances flexibility, and streamlines the deployment process.
    • Various customer feature requests and defect fixes are addressed.

    For detailed information on new features, please check

  • These installation notes cover the following XMetaL Author Essential installations:

    Limited User vs. Local Admin accounts

    All installations of XMetaL Author are pre-configured to operate in an environment where end-users are assumed to have 'Limited User' account privileges. Programs running under such user accounts are normally restricted from writing to Program Files and similar folders along with writing to Windows HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT registry hives. XMetaL Author still has some features that require operating under a Local Admin user account in order to write to the Program Files folder. A prompt will appear warning the user of this restriction.

    Features requiring Local Admin privileges

    For all installations, features requiring Local Admin privileges (right-click and choose 'Run as Administrator') are disabled. Here are the features that are disabled:

    • Drag-and-drop operations to Resource Manager Assets tab
    • Right-click menu does not show Assets tab operations
    • UI for assigning or reassigning shortcut key to an All Users macro

    Alternatively, you can use these features by running XMetaL Author in Administrator mode. Follow these steps:

    1. Right-click on the XMetaL Author shortcut and choose 'Run as Administrator'.
    2. Provide login account info of user with administrator privileges.
    3. Run operation requiring administrator privileges.

    Note: The disabled features also require you to configure XMetaL Author for Local Admin privileges.

    Note: Regardless of being qualified as limited-user or local-administrator, users MUST chose 'Run as Administrator'.

    Configuring XMetaL Author for Local Admin privileges

    XMetaL Author is installed with the assumption that users have Limited User account privileges under Windows. If your users have Local Admin privileges, or if your XMetaL customization is not Vista/UAC-compatible (i.e. writes data to Program Files folders), or if you want to enable disabled features, you must set the following variable in the XMetaL configuration file (xmetal.ini):

    user_setting_mode=default // Use this value for local-admin environments

    OR

    user_setting_mode=per_user // Use this value for limited-user environments - default setting

    Note: Local Admin can modify the XMetaL settings and behavior. This will affect all the users.

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