Serna Enterprise is a user-friendly WYSIWYG XML editor that allows collaborative authoring of structured documents with full DITA support. It can be extended and integrated using C++ and Python API. It's available on Windows, Linux, MacOsX, SunSolaris.
One of the software's most significant selling points is the variety of supported XML standards such as DITA, S1000D, Docbook, and others, which allows it to be used in virtually any industry such as media or telecom, pharmaceutical or aerospace, semiconductor, or software development.
Serna provides the widest variety of effective methods for content reuse, eliminating effort duplication, leading to a significant increase in documentation quality, shorter delivery times, and to a substantial cost reduction. The software also boasts excellent integration capabilities, enabling it to combine the functionality of Syntext Serna with virtually any repository, database, content management system, or a file system, either open-source or commercial.
With its open API available for C++ and Python scripting language together with cross-platform support, Syntext Serna provides boundless possibilities for embedding its functionality into any IT infrastructure.
Key features of the software include built-in support for all popular document types such as DITA, Docbook, XHTML, TEI P4, NITF, etc; integration with DITA Open Toolkit, and publishing engines such as Antenna House Formatter, RenderX XEP, and FOP. Other features include on-the-fly document validation against XML Schemas, drag-and-drop with on-the-fly validation, UNICODE support, and multilingual spell checking.
Syntext Serna is available for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Sun Solaris/SPARC platforms. The software offers a free 30-day trial for interested customers who want to see how it can optimize their business workflow with customized and tightly integrated solutions.
Version 4.1: Added drag`n`drop from MS Office Word and web browsers, added API for extending the behaviour of drag`n`drop, DITA-related bugs fixed