<s>
XMetaL	B-Protocol
,	O
or	O
XMetaL	B-Protocol
Author	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
software	O
application	O
people	O
use	O
to	O
create	O
and	O
edit	O
documents	O
in	O
XML	B-Protocol
and	O
SGML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
some	O
features	O
common	O
to	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
,	O
but	O
is	O
a	O
native	O
XML	B-Protocol
editor	I-Protocol
that	O
can	O
be	O
configured	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
various	O
standard	O
and	O
custom	O
DTDs	O
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schemas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMetaL	B-Protocol
was	O
first	O
released	O
by	O
SoftQuad	O
Software	O
in	O
1999	O
and	O
is	O
currently	O
developed	O
by	O
JustSystems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMetaL	B-Protocol
has	O
a	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
resembling	O
a	O
word	B-General_Concept
processor	I-General_Concept
,	O
in	O
contrast	O
with	O
other	O
XML	B-Protocol
editors	I-Protocol
such	O
as	O
XMLSpy	B-Language
that	O
are	O
designed	O
for	O
XML	B-Protocol
programmers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMetaL	B-Protocol
is	O
used	O
by	O
both	O
technical	O
and	O
non-technical	O
writers	O
,	O
most	O
often	O
to	O
develop	O
technical	O
documents	O
,	O
website	O
content	O
,	O
newspaper	O
and	O
magazine	O
content	O
,	O
and	O
organizational	O
policies	O
and	O
procedures	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Government	O
agencies	O
also	O
use	O
XMetaL	B-Protocol
for	O
tracking	O
legislation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMetaL	B-Protocol
includes	O
features	O
common	O
to	O
word	B-General_Concept
processors	I-General_Concept
,	O
such	O
as	O
a	O
spellchecker	O
,	O
a	O
thesaurus	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
track	O
changes	O
made	O
to	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMetaL	B-Protocol
provides	O
different	O
views	O
of	O
a	O
document	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
“	O
Normal	O
”	O
,	O
“	O
Tags	O
On	O
”	O
and	O
“	O
Plain	O
Text	O
,	O
”	O
which	O
reveal	O
the	O
underlying	O
element	O
tags	O
and	O
other	O
XML	B-Protocol
markup	O
to	O
varying	O
degrees	O
,	O
and	O
uses	O
standard	O
CSS	B-Language
files	O
to	O
style	O
documents	O
for	O
display	O
within	O
the	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMetaL	B-Protocol
can	O
be	O
configured	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
standard	O
or	O
custom	O
DTDs	O
or	O
XML	B-Protocol
Schemas	O
(	O
XSDs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Once	O
configured	O
,	O
the	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
displays	O
options	O
for	O
inserting	O
elements	O
and	O
attributes	O
declared	O
in	O
the	O
DTD	B-Language
or	O
XSD	O
,	O
and	O
ensures	O
all	O
changes	O
to	O
documents	O
are	O
valid	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
rules	O
of	O
the	O
DTD	B-Language
or	O
XSD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Developers	O
can	O
also	O
associate	O
menu	O
items	O
and	O
toolbar	O
buttons	O
for	O
editing	O
images	O
,	O
tables	O
,	O
and	O
lists	O
with	O
elements	O
and	O
attributes	O
in	O
the	O
particular	O
DTD	B-Language
or	O
XSD	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
a	O
macro	O
facility	O
,	O
developers	O
can	O
add	O
custom	O
dialog	O
boxes	O
,	O
menu	O
commands	O
,	O
toolbar	O
buttons	O
,	O
forms	O
,	O
and	O
behaviors	O
,	O
using	O
languages	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
Microsoft	O
scripting	O
environment	O
such	O
as	O
JScript	B-Language
and	O
VBScript	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
interfaces	O
for	O
COM	B-Application
and	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMetaL	B-Protocol
includes	O
features	O
to	O
import	O
content	O
from	O
a	O
database	O
into	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
document	I-Protocol
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
integrated	O
with	O
other	O
systems	O
via	O
APIs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMetaL	B-Protocol
works	O
with	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
content	B-Protocol
management	I-Protocol
systems	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
“	O
Enterprise	O
”	O
version	O
of	O
XMetaL	B-Protocol
includes	O
the	O
Darwin	B-Language
Information	I-Language
Typing	I-Language
Architecture	I-Language
(	O
DITA	B-Language
)	O
DTDs	O
and	O
features	O
for	O
editing	O
and	O
publishing	O
DITA	B-Language
topics	O
and	O
maps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMAX	O
,	O
a	O
platform	O
for	O
creating	O
thin	B-Device
client	I-Device
custom	O
XML	B-Protocol
editors	I-Protocol
,	O
was	O
first	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
“	O
XMetaL	B-Protocol
for	O
ActiveX	B-Application
”	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMAX-based	O
applications	O
can	O
run	O
within	O
the	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
browser	O
for	O
Windows	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
embedded	O
in	O
other	O
applications	O
that	O
support	O
ActiveX	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMetaL	B-Protocol
was	O
first	O
developed	O
by	O
SoftQuad	O
Software	O
,	O
which	O
had	O
previously	O
developed	O
the	O
HTML	O
editor	O
HoTMetaL	B-Application
and	O
the	O
SGML	B-Language
editor	O
Author-Editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMetaL	B-Protocol
1.0	O
,	O
released	O
in	O
June	O
1999	O
,	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
stand-alone	O
XML	B-Protocol
editor	I-Protocol
to	O
offer	O
a	O
word-processor-like	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
XMetaL	B-Protocol
was	O
rebranded	O
as	O
"	O
XMetaL	B-Protocol
Author	O
"	O
,	O
as	O
some	O
features	O
for	O
extending	O
and	O
customizing	O
the	O
product	O
were	O
separated	O
into	O
a	O
"	O
XMetaL	B-Protocol
Developer	O
"	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Corel	O
sold	O
the	O
XMetaL	B-Protocol
business	O
to	O
Blast	B-Device
Radius	I-Device
,	O
a	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
Vancouver	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
still	O
home	O
to	O
most	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
XMetaL	B-Protocol
development	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critique	O
,	O
a	O
product	O
that	O
had	O
been	O
developed	O
by	O
Blast	B-Device
Radius	I-Device
for	O
collaborative	O
reviewing	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
documents	I-Protocol
,	O
would	O
later	O
be	O
rebranded	O
as	O
"	O
XMetaL	B-Protocol
Reviewer	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
XMetaL	B-Protocol
was	O
the	O
first	O
major	O
XML	B-Protocol
editor	I-Protocol
to	O
provide	O
specific	O
features	O
for	O
DITA	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2006	O
,	O
Japan-based	O
JustSystems	O
Corporation	O
acquired	O
the	O
XMetaL	B-Protocol
business	O
from	O
Blast	B-Device
Radius	I-Device
,	O
keeping	O
the	O
XMetaL	B-Protocol
development	O
team	O
based	O
in	O
Vancouver	O
.	O
</s>
