Altova
Encyclopedia
Founded in 1992, Altova is a commercial software development company with headquarters in Beverly, MA, USA and Vienna
, Austria
that produces integrated XML
, database
, UML
, and data management
software development tools.
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
that produces integrated XML
XML
Extensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
, database
Database
A database is an organized collection of data for one or more purposes, usually in digital form. The data are typically organized to model relevant aspects of reality , in a way that supports processes requiring this information...
, UML
Unified Modeling Language
Unified Modeling Language is a standardized general-purpose modeling language in the field of object-oriented software engineering. The standard is managed, and was created, by the Object Management Group...
, and data management
Data management
Data management comprises all the disciplines related to managing data as a valuable resource.- Overview :The official definition provided by DAMA International, the professional organization for those in the data management profession, is: "Data Resource Management is the development and execution...
software development tools.
Products
Altova’s products include:- XMLSpyXMLSpyXMLSpy is an XML editor and integrated development environment from Altova. XMLSpy allows developers to create XML-based and Web services applications using technologies such as XML, XML Schema, XSLT, XPath, XQuery, WSDL, and SOAP...
— XML editorXML editorAn XML editor is a markup language editor with added functionality to facilitate the editing of XML. This can be done using a plain text editor, with all the code visible, but XML editors have added facilities like tag completion and menus and buttons for tasks that are common in XML editing, based...
for modeling, editing, transforming, and debugging XMLXMLExtensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
technologies - MapForce — any-to-any graphical data mappingData mappingData mapping is the process of creating data element mappings between two distinct data models. Data mapping is used as a first step for a wide variety of data integration tasks including:...
, conversion, and integration tool- MapForce FlexText — graphical utility for parsing flat files
- StyleVision — multipurpose visual stylesheet design, multi-channel publishing, and report building tool
- UModelUModelUModel is a UML software modeling tool from Altova, the creator of XMLSpy. UModel supports all 14 UML 2 diagram types and adds a unique diagram for modeling XML Schemas in UML. UModel also supports SysML for embedded system developers, and business process modeling for enterprise analysts...
— UMLUnified Modeling LanguageUnified Modeling Language is a standardized general-purpose modeling language in the field of object-oriented software engineering. The standard is managed, and was created, by the Object Management Group...
modeling tool - DatabaseSpyDatabaseSpyDatabaseSpy is a multi-database query, design, and database comparison tool from Altova, the creator of XMLSpy. DatabaseSpy connects to many major relational databases, facilitating SQL querying, database structure design, database content editing, and database comparison and conversion.DatabaseSpy...
— multi-database data managementData managementData management comprises all the disciplines related to managing data as a valuable resource.- Overview :The official definition provided by DAMA International, the professional organization for those in the data management profession, is: "Data Resource Management is the development and execution...
, query, and design tool - DiffDog — XML-aware file, directory, and database differencing tool
- SchemaAgent — graphical XML Schema, XSLTXSLTXSLT is a declarative, XML-based language used for the transformation of XML documents. The original document is not changed; rather, a new document is created based on the content of an existing one. The new document may be serialized by the processor in standard XML syntax or in another format,...
, WSDLWeb Services Description LanguageThe Web Services Description Language is an XML-based language that is used for describing the functionality offered by a Web service. A WSDL description of a web service provides a machine-readable description of how the service can be called, what parameters it expects and what data structures...
and management tool - SemanticWorks — visual RDF and OWL editor
- Authentic — WYSIWYGWYSIWYGWYSIWYG is an acronym for What You See Is What You Get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed onscreen during editing appears in a form closely corresponding to its appearance when printed or displayed as a finished product...
XML authoring tool and database content editor - MissionKit - Altova's integrated suite of XML, database, and data integration software - available in a variety of different configurations
- Free AltovaXML library which supports XML 1.0, Namespaces in XML, XSLT 1.0 and 2.0, XQuery 1.0, XPath 1.0 and 2.0, XML Schema 1.0
Awards
- Named to the SD Times 100SD TimesSoftware Development Times, better known as SD Times, is a magazine published by BZ Media, in both a print version and an on-line electronic edition. It has been published since 2000. Since 2003, it has published an annual award list, the "SD Times 100", which honors the top 100 leaders and...
six times, including in 2010 - Named GartnerGartnerGartner, Inc. is an information technology research and advisory firm headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, United States. It was known as GartnerGroup until 2001....
Cool Vendor in Application Development, 2009, for MissionKit
See also
- XMLXMLExtensible Markup Language is a set of rules for encoding documents in machine-readable form. It is defined in the XML 1.0 Specification produced by the W3C, and several other related specifications, all gratis open standards....
- XML Schema
- XMLSpyXMLSpyXMLSpy is an XML editor and integrated development environment from Altova. XMLSpy allows developers to create XML-based and Web services applications using technologies such as XML, XML Schema, XSLT, XPath, XQuery, WSDL, and SOAP...
- MapForce
- StyleVision
- UModelUModelUModel is a UML software modeling tool from Altova, the creator of XMLSpy. UModel supports all 14 UML 2 diagram types and adds a unique diagram for modeling XML Schemas in UML. UModel also supports SysML for embedded system developers, and business process modeling for enterprise analysts...
- DatabaseSpyDatabaseSpyDatabaseSpy is a multi-database query, design, and database comparison tool from Altova, the creator of XMLSpy. DatabaseSpy connects to many major relational databases, facilitating SQL querying, database structure design, database content editing, and database comparison and conversion.DatabaseSpy...