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Eclipse XML Editor Plug-ins |
This article tries to compare Eclipse plugins for XML and related technologies (XSLT, DTD, XML-Schema...). It compares Web Tools Platform (WTP), <oXygen/>, XMLSpy and XMLBuddy.
The following table compare several Eclipse XML editor plugins.
| | WTP | XmlSpy | <oXygen/> | XMLBuddy | | Editor | Eclipse Fundation | Altova | SyncRO Soft Ltd | Bocaloco Soft LLC | | Web site | Eclipse WTP | Altova Eclipse Features | <oXygen/> Eclipse Plug-in | XMLBuddy | | Version | WTP 0.7 | XmlSpy 2005 Professional | oXygen 6.1.1 | XMLBuddy Pro 2.0.73 | | XML syntax highlighting | • | • | • | • | | XML completion | • | • | • | • | | XML validation | • | • | • | • | | Compare and merge | No | • | • | No | | XSLT editor | • | • | • | • | | XSLT debugger | No | • | • | No | | DTD | • | • | • | • | | XML-Schema | • | • | • | • | | Graphical editor for XML-Schema | • | • | • | No | | WSDL, SOAP, Web services | • | Not in the Professional version but in the Enterprise version
| • WSDL is supported | No
| | Runs also as a standalone application without Eclipse | No
| • | • | No | | Speed to open a 1.4 Mb XML file without any validation | 3.2 seconds | 11.9 seconds | 6.7 seconds | 8 seconds | | Speed to validate a 1.4 Mb XML file | 2.5 seconds | 3.8 seconds | <1 second | <1 second | | Size of the editor plugin | 55 Mb | 18.1 Mb for XML Spy 2005 binary
+ 6.3 Mb for Eclipse plug-in
= 24.4 Mb (installation files only) | 55 Mb | 7 Mb | | License | Eclipse Public License (open-source) | Commercial | Commercial | Commercial | | Price | Free | $399 | $148 | $35 |
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