(February 19, 2003) - Altova 's XML document editor product, AUTHENTIC 5, will now be available to the public through a free software license. "Offering AUTHENTIC 5 under a free license means that corporate IT departments, even those under tight spending constraints, can implement XML content editing applications today and start realizing the benefits and cost-savings associated with reusing information assets," said Alexander Falk, president and CEO of Altova Inc.

AUTHENTIC 5 is a customizable, lightweight and easy-to-use XML document editor that allows business users to create and edit content through a Web-enabled interface that resembles a word processor. AUTHENTIC 5 features full support for standard Internet protocols and file transfer interfaces, including WebDAV, HTTP; a browser plug-in that enables a business user to access and edit XML content on the Web; spell checking capabilities in 14 languages; including a medical and legal dictionary; real-time document validation; built-in templates for over 15 industry-standard XML content formats, including NewsML, NITF, DocBook, and many more. AUTHENTIC 5 can be used in conjunction with Oracle XML DB, Microsoft CMS 2002 via the AUTHENTIC Content Management Server Placeholder Control Edition, Microsoft SQL Server 2000, Software AG Tamino Server, IXIASOFT TextML Server, XML Global GoXML DB, Lightspeed Interactive Astoria, X-Hive/DB, iLevel Software Insite Server, NeoCore XMS, and many others. AUTHENTIC 5 can also easily be deployed in custom XML editing applications as a custom control for ASP.NET.

In addition to XML document editing, AUTHENTIC 5's dynamic forms are ideally suited for Web-based, information-gathering applications that take advantage of the rich editing and validation possibilities of XML and XSLT that are not possible using simple HTML forms. AUTHENTIC templates, which are user-friendly interfaces and layouts for editing XML documents, can be visually created with the Stylesheet Designer product, included with XMLSPY 5 and STYLEVISION 5. The Stylesheet Designer supports transformation of XML to both HTML and PDF output formats.

AUTHENTIC 5 can be downloaded immediately from www.altova.com/download ">www.altova.com/download. Visit the Altova booth and see a live demonstration of AUTHENTIC 5 and other Altova products at Web Services Edge 2003 East in Boston, March 19-20.