Below are the results of my tests. A more friendly view is at
http://gti.clientes.gtinformatica.pt/Site/Java/XMLEd.html . I've defined
a number of itens that are important to my analysis, and classified then
on a 0-5 scale. This scale is not homogeneous. In some itens there's
only a 0/3 classification for have/have not. Others are a quantitative
reference for features availability (multiple processors, for instance).
The others are my subjective classification.
I take the "dumb-guy" approach, in wich i'm very good at :) so i've
started by droping Topologi cause it seems very complicated to test in
such a short time.
The last lines are the sum of the features taxonomies, a DEV/DATA
classification of usability from the development / data entry point of
view, the PRICEs and the RATIO of the sum of classifications vs price.
To my conclusion i'll ignore the XMLWriter value because the "features"
value is too low, altought the ratio is high due to is it's also low price.
That let Exchanger as the one with higher features/price ratio, with
oXygen near by. Since i didn't explore that XForms (XSmiles) possibilty
and there are two features in oXygen that i as a developer think are
valuable (the Trang thing :) and the multiple processors) probably my
advice to my boss in a 500€ budget frame is to buy some mix of oXygen
(1-2) and Exchanger (3-4) editors, that should cover both our
development and data-entry needs.
If someone sees a coarse error in the analyses please let me know. And i
welcome your comments too.
Thanks all for your help.
XMLSpy Oxygen Exchanger StylusStudi XMLWriter
Define XML Structures 0 0 3 0 2
Visual Restriction of Va 3 0 0 0 0
Copy&Paste XML Nodes 3 0 2 0 2
Tree View 3 3 3 4 5
Tree Edit 0 4 5 3 1
Form View 3 0 0 0 0
Form Edit 3 0 0 0 0
Table View 3 0 0 4 0
Table Edit 3 0 0 4 0
XSL Diagram 3 0 0 3 0
DB Map 0 0 2 3 0
Xpath 2.0 3 3 0 3 0
Java 0 3 0 3 0
JavaScript 0 3 0 0 0
CSS 3 3 0 0 3
Schema 3 3 3 3 3
DTD 3 3 3 3 3
RelaxNG 0 3 3 0 0
Schematron 0 3 0 0 0
Schema translation 2 5 3 0 2
Multiple processors 1 5 2 3 2
Xpath analyser 5 3 3 3 0
Auto-completion 3 3 3 3 3
XSLT Debugger 4 3 5 3 0
51 50 40 45 26
DEV 4 3 4 5 3
DATA 5 2 4 2 2
60 55 48 52 31
PRICE 799 128 85 495 75
RATIO 0,08 0,43 0,56 0,11 0,41
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