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What's New in Oxygen Content Fusion 7.1

October 8, 2024

Related version: 7.0

Version 7.1 of Oxygen Content Fusion builds on the projects concept introduced in the previous version by enhancing its functionality and offering even more capabilities.

This release provides various new ways to manage files and folders in the workspace, new side views were added to offer search functionality as well as validation for DITA XML projects, and you now have the possibility of comparing the differences between XML files in source mode, while the diff and merge support now also works for Markdown and other text files. Additionally, various improvements were implemented to continue to streamline the process of working with review tasks and to continue to enhance the authoring experience.

Workspace File Management

Rename, Move, and Copy Files or Folders with Automatic Reference Updates

Now, you can easily rename any workspace file or folder by using the Enter key on the selected resource or by using the Rename action found in the contextual menu. One or more workspace files can be easily moved or copied by using the Cut, Copy, and Paste actions that are now found in the contextual menu in the workspace file tree. You can also move files using drag and drop.

It is important to note that when working with DITA XML projects, the files or folders that are renamed or moved have their references (links, content references, image references) automatically updated, saving you time since you do not need to update the references manually and preventing validation issues. The references to the modified files (and from these files to other files) are automatically updated so that the overall project remains valid without any broken links.

Rename, Move, and Copy Files or Folders with Automatic Reference Updates

Upload Existing Content to Workspace

It is now possible to upload files and folders from your local computer to the Workspace by using simple drag and drop actions. Files can also be uploaded using the Upload File contextual menu action.

Personal Workspace

Search for Content in Your Workspace

When working within your personal workspace, you can use the new Search view to easily search for specific content in all of the supported files (XML, HTML, Markdown, DITA, DITA Map, TXT) from the associated project. You can also search in review comments and filter them by the author, time, or type of content.

Entire Project Validation

You can now validate your DITA project using the dedicated Problems view within your workspace. It provides a way to ensure that your project remains valid when you commit your changes. The validation process includes checking compliance with the DITA schema and ensuring that all links and key references are correctly resolved in your publications.

Git-Friendly Publications Management

You can now configure publications in your personal workspace by using a convenient Manage Publications button found in the header of the Publications view.

The main benefit of this functionality is that you can perform multiple related operations (such as adding a publication, creating the DITA Map, and adding initial topics) and push them in the repository with a single commit. You can also customize the commit message according to your preference.

Ability to Work With Multiple Editor Tabs

You can now keep multiple files open in separate tabs, making it easier to switch focus between files while exploring a project. This feature is particularly useful when you need to open multiple related links and then return to the file you were originally reading.

Discard All Changes in Your Workspace

If you experimented with a change that affects a lot of files, but you want to start from scratch (for example, when your change is in conflict with changes made by your colleagues), you can use the new "Discard all changes" action to get your workspace to a pristine state.

File Comparison

Diff Comparison in Source Mode for XML Files

Apart from the visual diff comparison, you can now see differences between two versions of an XML file in Source mode. This is useful when changes are hard or even impossible to see in the Author visual editing mode (for example, a change that affects only white-space formatting, a change in an attribute value, or a change in a review comment).

Diff and Merge Support for Markdown and Other Text Files

When you modify Markdown or other text files in your workspace, you can now compare the file version in your workspace to the original version of the file that does not contain your changes. In this file comparison tool, you can still make changes to the file and differences are re-computed (automatically for small files). The same file merge tool can also be used when you pull changes in your personal workspace.

Review Tasks

Create a Review Task with Changes Made in Your Personal Workspace

After you finished making changes in your personal workspace, you can create a review task that contains your changes so that they can be reviewed before you integrate them in the project.

Task Owners Displayed in Upper Stripe

When you are inside a review task, information about the task owners is displayed in the upper stripe. You can click on this Owners area to open a pop-up window with information about all task owners.

Open and Compare Versions Directly from the Task Activity Page

When you hover over a file change in the Task Activity page (or side-view), a menu becomes available with actions to open the latest version of a particular file or the version of the file when the change was made. It also contains actions to open a comparison (diff) between the selected file and one of its previous versions.

Authoring

Color Highlights

You can now highlight document content using one of the predefined colors. These highlights can be used to signal to the reviewers that some content needs special attention. The color highlights are presented in the review panel where you can easily manage them.

Edit DITA Map with Topic Content Expanded

When editing a DITA map in the visual editor within your personal workspace, an Edit Topic Content (BETA) toolbar action (available in the DITA Map Display Mode drop-down menu) is available to display the map with all of the topic content expanded in one document and the topic content is editable. When editing a DITA map in this mode, the editor provides actions for both editing topic content and editing map content.

Insert Links and Topic References Using Drag and Drop

You can now drag resources from the Files and Publications side-views and drop them in the specialized DITA map tree editor to easily insert a link or topic reference at the particular location. This makes it very easy to add existing topics to a new DITA map or add the same topic to multiple maps.

Simple Text Editor

Now you can use a simple text editor to make changes to non-XML files in your workspace. For example, you can modify a configuration file written in YAML without using an external tool. The editor offers basic functions such as undo, redo, and search.

Chinese IME Support

Chinese IME support is now available in Google Chrome browsers.

Publishing

Project Execution Status View

A new Execution Status page has been added to display information about the status of deliverables with builds that are pending or in progress for a project. Authors have the ability to stop builds that are in progress and view the status of builds, including wait time and run time.

Project Metrics View

A new Metrics page is available at the project level to display various metrics regarding executed deliverable builds. These metrics include the number of runs, success rate, execution duration, wait time, and memory usage. This data can help analyze the project's health and potentially indicate a need for more resources.

What's New in Oxygen Content Fusion 7.0

July 10, 2024

Related version: 7.1

Oxygen Content Fusion version 7.0 enhances the project support by introducing a personal authoring workspace where you can make changes across multiple files and once you are happy with the results, you can commit them directly to the repository to share them with your team. The dedicated Changes side-view enables you to preview and adjust changes before committing. An XML-aware conflict resolution tool helps you pull changes from the repository, detects conflicts, suggests automated solutions, and also allows merging content manually for more complex scenarios. Along with the powerful editing features for XML documents, the built-in Web Author allows you to edit Markdown files inside the authoring workspace providing syntax preview and toolbar actions to insert common structures.

The workspace feature includes a Publications side-view for easy browsing of a publication's DITA map. Users can open the map in a specialized DITA map editor to modify the structure using toolbar or contextual menu actions. The intuitive interface supports drag and drop, copy/paste, and various other actions for organizing topics. The editor also supports advanced DITA features such as profiling attributes, key definitions, and map references.

Continuous Deployment for the output is now possible as version 7.0 adds support for publishing connectors to enable uploading output to various platforms such as Amazon S3, Netlify, or servers with SFTP protocol. The output can be configured to include an "Edit Online" link in each topic that sends authors to their personal workspace where they can make changes to the source of that topic. When used in conjunction with automated builds, these changes will be live as soon as the build finishes.

Authoring Workspace

A personal authoring workspace feature has been introduced, allowing users to make changes across multiple files within a project and then commit them to the project's default branch. Since a workspace is lightweight, users can start editing immediately, without having to wait for an entire repository to be cloned.

File Management

File management has been improved, as users can now organize files inside folders and create new files based on a set of configurable templates, helping to maintain a well-structured project environment.

Commit Multiple Files at Once

You can make changes to multiple files and commit them together at once. This makes the process of modifying content within a project similarly to using a local Git client. For example, you could create a topic and link it in the DITA map (thus making modifications to multiple files) and commit the changes on a single commit.

Preview Changes Before Committing

It is now possible to preview your workspace changes prior to committing using a dedicated Changes view. You can also use this view to discard any particular modifications that you do not want to keep, or to start from scratch.

Easily Browse Map Content in a Publications Side-View

When you start editing in your workspace, the new Publications side-view allows you to select a publication and use its structure to browse topics referenced in the underlying map. The selected publication is also used to resolve DITA key references when a topic is opened.

XML-aware Conflict Resolution Tool

An XML-aware conflict resolution tool is available to enable pulling changes from the upstream repository into your personal workspace. This tool is designed to detect conflicts, suggest automated merging solutions that keep the XML documents well-formed, and it also provides the flexibility to merge content manually in more complex scenarios.

DITA Map Tree Structure Editor

The introduction of a DITA Map Tree Structure Editor allows you to easily create and organize a publication. When editing within your workspace, the Publications side-view has an Open in editor button that can be used to open the map this new editor.

Easily Organize Topics Inside a DITA Map

You can now effortlessly rearrange the order of topics within a publication or structure them into chapters using copy/paste, drag-and-drop, or toolbar actions. Additionally, you have the option to insert helper DITA elements (e.g. topichead) to group multiple topics under one heading.

View Profiling Attributes Inline

The Show Profiling Attributes action allows you to view all profiling attributes inline, allowing you to easily understand the conditions required for a topic to be included in a publication.

Edit Profiling Attributes

The contextual menu now includes an Edit Profiling Attributes action that allows you to modify the values of profiling attributes for the current DITA XML element. You can configure the proposed attribute values using a subject scheme map referenced in the DITA map, or by exporting them from the Attributes and Condition Sets preferences page in the Oxygen desktop version (these exported values can then be used as imposed options in the embedded web-based editor).

Create Variables (Defined as DITA Key Definitions)

You can reuse content in multiple places inside a publication by defining custom variables (specified as a DITA Key Definition with Keyword) and reference them inside topics.

Publishing

Publishing Connectors

It is now possible to automatically upload your output to various platforms such as Amazon S3, Netlify, or servers that support SFTP protocol. The user-friendly Connectors side-view allows you to specify your preferred connector for automatically deploying your content, streamlining the process of sharing and distributing content across multiple platforms.

Generate Links to Edit in Workspace

Your output can be configured to include an "Edit online" link in each topic. These links open the source document in the Content Fusion workspace where users can make changes and when using this in conjunction with automated builds and connectors, changes can be seen live as soon as the build finishes.

Markdown Support

Content Fusion now supports Markdown-related features, making it easier for you to migrate from Markdown to a structured format such as DITA, or to receive contributions from developers who prefer using Markdown.

Markdown Editor Inside the Personal Workspace

A specialized Markdown editor is now available within your personal workspace. This editor has built-in actions to create standard Markdown structures, such as links, images, sections, and tables.

Markdown Publishing

When you link a Markdown file within a DITA map, it will be included in the WebHelp and PDF outputs alongside regular DITA topics.

What's New in Oxygen Content Fusion 6.2

April 9, 2024

Related version: 6.0 6.1

Oxygen Content Fusion version 6.2 continues to streamline and refine the process of working with review tasks and implements various user requests for additional features and productivity enhancements.

One big focus for this release was to redesign parts of the interface to prioritize productivity (for example, navigation controls are now more accessible) and to provide access to more information to users within the most commonly used pages, pop-up windows, and other components. The list of review tasks can now be filtered to easily find a particular task and task management actions are now available directly from the task list. Users also now have access to an action in the Task Activity stream to see what changes were made to a particular file.

Content Fusion's visual editor was updated to integrate the latest changes implemented in Oxygen XML Web Author 26.1.0. Some of the interesting new features added for the visual editor include the ability for DITA users to easily switch profiling conditions and choose whether to hide the excluded content or show it as grayed out, and the Outline pane also now distinguishes nodes filtered by a DITAVAL file. The Unicode support was improved to better support surrogate characters (e.g. emoji characters) and the text mode is now available as read-only mode for concurrent editing sessions. When Markdown content is pasted within DITA, DocBook, TEI, or XHTML documents, it is automatically converted to the target vocabulary by the smart paste functionality. Additionally, the Split action now automatically inserts required first child elements.

If users develop customizations for the Web Author visual editor, the new CSS Inspector lets them see the styles of the selected element, the process of uploading a framework now includes validation to keep customized frameworks error-free, a new URL parameter can control whether content excluded by a DITAVAL filter is shown as grayed out or hidden, and a new API is available to add a toolbar in a side view.

User Interface

UI Redesigned to Prioritize Productivity

The interface was redesigned to be more compact to allow users see more information at a glance, thus helping them be more productive. For example, the navigation rail is now collapsible and the text size/spacing was reduced to obtain views that are more dense in information.

Improved Navigation

The navigation controls are now located in a more predictable place on the application header, separated from other buttons. A new header stripe presents the name of the task or project that is currently opened, making it easier to understand the context of the page.

Review Tasks

Filter Review Tasks by Name

Users can now filter the list of review tasks by name. Aside from sorting the tasks list by several criteria, this is another useful tool to help easily find a particular task.

Manage Tasks Directly from the Tasks List

Tasks in the "Owned by me" tab of the My review tasks page now have a menu of actions that allow owners to delete a task or mark it as integrated (if applicable). These actions enable users to clean up their tasks list without having to open each task individually.

Reviewers on Non-accessed Tasks are Marked as Pending

Reviewers that have been assigned to a review task but have never accessed it are now marked as "Pending" in the Review Status Summary pop-up. This information helps task owners to make sure that the reviewers notice that they have an assignment.

Compare a File with its Latest Version from the Task Activity Stream

Each file presented in the Task Activity stream now has a "Compare with latest version" action. This allows users to see what changes were made to the file after a specific event (for example, their last modification) without needing to go through every change.

My Review Tasks List Presents Originating Project

Authors can now view information about the origins of a project in a dedicated column in the My Review Tasks list. This provides more context rather than only showing the task title. This new column is sortable thus enabling authors to have an overview of all tasks that belong to a certain project.

Administration

Delete Users from Administration Page

Administrators now have the ability to delete a user (for example, one that has left the company) from the Administration page.

Web Author Visual Editor

Oxygen XML Web Author is used as a component to provide the visual editing in Content Fusion and it was updated to version 26.1.0. Some of the most important additions to Web Author 26.1.0 are listed below. For all the details, see What's New in Oxygen XML Web Author 26.1.0.

Focus on a Deliverable by Only Showing Content That is Not Excluded by a DITAVAL filter

For content that is excluded by a context DITAVAL filter, you can now easily choose whether to hide it or show it as grayed out. By hiding the excluded content, you can preview the document in its final publication form.

Outline Pane Distinguishes Nodes Filtered by DITAVAL

The Outline pane now grays out nodes that are filtered by the current DITAVAL file that is applied to the document, making it easier to distinguish which nodes are excluded.

Read-only Text Mode View is Available on Tasks With Concurrent Editing Enabled

When using the Edit as XML action to enter the Text editing mode during an active concurrent editing session, the document is set as read-only to prevent overriding changes made by other collaborators in the current shared editing session. Previously, the text mode was unavailable during concurrent editing sessions.

Smart Paste Markdown Content

Markdown content that is pasted within DITA, DocBook, TEI, or XHTML documents in the visual editor is converted to the target vocabulary, similar to pasting web page content or MS Word content in those vocabularies.

Emojis Supported in Document Content

You can insert emojis within document content and they are now rendered properly.

Split Action in Content Completion Automatically Inserts Required Child Element

When using the Split action within the content completion feature, if the initial element has a required first child element, it will automatically be added as an empty child element inside the newly created element so that after insertion the document stays valid.

Web Author Customization and Integration

CSS Inspector Pane

A new CSS Inspector side-pane was added that lets you see the styling/formatting that has been applied to the selected element. It makes it easier to understand what CSS rules were involved in determining the style of an element. You can open the view by selecting About Element->Inspect Styles from the contextual menu.

Framework Validation

You can now spot framework configuration problems in the new framework validation dialog box that appears when you upload the framework. This helps to keep your customized frameworks problem-free.

Add a Toolbar in a Side View

Two new API methods can be used to add a toolbar in the header of a side view. The getToolbarDescriptor method defines the structure of the toolbar, while the getToolbarActionsMap method creates an actions map that contains the custom actions that will be made available in the toolbar.

What's New in Oxygen Content Fusion 6.1

February 5, 2024

Related version: 6.0 6.2

Oxygen Content Fusion version 6.1 continues to streamline and refine the process of working with review tasks and implements various user requests for additional features and security enhancements.

Improvements to the review task process include the ability to set a due date for review tasks, task owners have new options to limit the type of editing that reviewers can do on a task, request a re-review after the review has been finalized, and the review status for each reviewer on a task can now be seen from the various pages within a task. Tasks can be marked as integrated to hide them from the default view, reviewers have now the ability to create new files or upload files to a task, and various interface enhancements were implemented to streamline the overall workflow and offer more in-place information. The main security enhancement provides the ability to configure Content Fusion to use an OpenID Connect provider for SSO authentication.

Authentication

Single Sign On Support Using OpenID Connect

Content Fusion can now be configured to use an OpenID Connect provider (such as Okta or Microsoft Entra ID) to allow users to authenticate using the organization's Single Sign On system. If users have an existing Content Fusion account (created via LDAP or sign up) using the same email address as the one obtained via OpenID Connect, then they will be able to use the OpenID Connect to login to their existing account.

Review Tasks

Due Date for Review Tasks

You can now manage deadlines by setting a Due Date when creating a review task. The due date can be modified if needed and is visible in various places in the user interface. The reviewers will receive email notifications to remind them that they need to finalize their review in time.

Comment-only Reviewers Edit Mode

When sharing a task with reviewers, you can control if they have full edit access, or more limited access to add comments and suggest changes, or to only allow the reviewers to add comments. The new Comment only option that is available in the Reviewers edit mode section of the Task Settings page allows task owners to limit the reviewers to only have the ability to add comments on content (without changing it), ensuring that the document content is always seen in its original form by all reviewers.

Option to Request Re-review

Task owners now have the option to request re-review of the task from all the reviewers. They can request a new review of the task when they re-open the task or by using the Request re-review button that appears in the pop-up window when clicking the Finalized drop-down widget that is displayed under the task name when the task is in the In Review state. This resets the status of the review from Finalized to In Progress for all reviewers and they will also be notified via email that there is a request to review the task again. When a review restarts, the reviewers will be able to see what files changed since they last finalized their review.

Better Control of the Finalized Review Status

When a user marks a review task as Finalized, it remains in that review state even when other collaborators make changes to documents within the task. The Finalized state will change to In progress for that particular user only if they make changes to the task documents, or if a task owner either re-opens the task or requests a re-review of the task.

Review Status Information

The status information of a review task is presented under the task name. This shows the number of reviewers assigned and how many total reviewers have finalized their review. If the review is in progress, it presents a drop-down that opens a pop-up window where you can see the list of all the reviewers and their finalized review status, as well as some actions that make sense in the particular context (for example, an action to request a re-review).

Integrated Review Status

Review tasks that are created from the Content Fusion add-on in Oxygen XML Editor/Author, or as non-project tasks from the web interface, can now be marked as Integrated when the review is closed. The tasks in the Integrated state cannot be edited and are hidden by default, thus enabling you to remain focused only on the tasks that you are actively working on. In the web interface, the hidden integrated tasks can be displayed on demand.

Upload Files to a Review Task

Users can now upload files in a review task within the Content Fusion browser interface. These files will appear in the list of files to be reviewed for the particular task.

Reviewers Can Now Create New Files in a Review Task

Reviewers have now the ability to suggest adding new content in a review task by creating a new file from a template. This makes it possible to create new files directly from the Content Fusion browser interface. Previously, only task owners had this ability.

Show Document Titles for Review Tasks Created From a Project

Content Fusion now displays the document titles instead of file names for files included in a review task that was created from a project. This makes it easier to identify and open a particular file. If the titles change during the review process, users can update them in the task files list on demand (by using the Update Titles button).

List of Review Tasks is Sortable

It is now easier to find the tasks that need your attention by sorting the columns in the list of tasks by name, due date, or review status.

Track Task Evolution in Task Activity

The Task activity page was redesigned to make it easier to see changes made by collaborators. You can now click on the highlighted file name for a particular change listed in the Task activity view and it will open the two versions of the document in a file comparison view so that you can clearly see the differences.

Security

Improved TLS Security

The TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA384 weak cipher is no longer accepted.

What's New in Oxygen Content Fusion 6.0

July 6, 2023

Related version: 6.1 6.2

Oxygen Content Fusion 6.0 Beta introduces a lot of interesting and substantial improvements for the online collaboration platform designed to improve the DITA documentation review and publishing processes. Note that this is currently a Beta version of the 6.0 release cycle, so user feedback is welcomed and considered especially helpful as we prepare for the full release.

Some of the most interesting new features added in this version include the new projects feature, which provides a way to manage a DITA project hosted in a Git repository while maintaining full compatibility with your existing workflows and tools. Authors can create review tasks inside a project and reviewers' feedback is tracked on a dedicated branch in the Git repository. New publishing features help authors build WebHelp or PDF outputs and the Oxygen Styles Basket has been integrated to make it very easy to customize the output using CSS styling. Review task owners now have the ability to close a review to give them time to address feedback. Numerous enhancements were also made to the Content Fusion browser interface to make navigation easier and workflows more efficient. Bug fixes and security enhancements were also implemented, and various internal components were updated.

Projects

Manage DITA Projects Hosted in Git Repositories

The new Projects feature provides a way for authors to manage a DITA project hosted in a Git repository. A Content Fusion project defines a connection to the Git repository and allows the authors to create and manage review tasks within the project, define DITA map/DITAVAL pairs (referred to as Publications in Content Fusion), and build transformation configurations (known as Deliverables in Content Fusion).

Compatibility with Existing Workflows and Tools

Changes made to the DITA project configuration and merged review tasks are automatically synchronized between Content Fusion and your Git repository. This means that you can still use the Git repository from any client application or Continuous Integration job.

Create Review Tasks Inside Projects and Merge Changes

For tasks created within a project after closing a review, as a task owner, you also have an action available to integrate the changes into the project's default branch using the built-in file comparison/merge tool where you can visually spot the differences and choose which changes to merge. All authors that have access to the project are able to see all the review tasks created in that project.

Uninterrupted Integration of Reviewer's Feedback

Feedback Tracked in Git Repository

Suggestions or changes made by reviewers on a review task that is created within a project are tracked on a dedicated branch in the Git repository. When a task is finished, the changes are merged and pushed to the upstream remote repository.

Publishing

Build WebHelp or PDF Deliverables

The new publishing features within projects help you configure the process for transforming the DITA content into WebHelp or PDF outputs. A new Publications page within Content Fusion allows you to specify the DITA map that will be used to resolve keys in the transformed content and you can optionally specify a DITAVAL file that will be used for filtering or flagging profiled content. Once a publication is defined, you can use the new Deliverables page to configure and customize the outputs that are associated with the publication. You can build the transformations directly in Content Fusion and you can even configure automatic build schedules. A log file can be viewed live during the build or viewed after the processing to help debug any transformation issues.

Built-In Templates

When configuring a deliverable, you can select from a variety of built-in templates to easily adjust the look and feel of the WebHelp or PDF output.

Oxygen Styles Basket Integration

You can duplicate and edit existing templates to customize various aspects of the layout and style of the output. This is done through a built-in integration of the Oxygen Styles Basket, which is a simple web-based tool that makes it very easy to customize the output using CSS styling.

Deploy Deliverables on a Hosting Platform

Once a deliverable has been produced, you can download and deploy it on a third-party hosting platform.

Browser Interface Enhancements

New Navigation Features

The Content Fusion browser interface was enhanced to make navigation easier and your workflow more efficient. There are several different ways to navigate to the various pages within the interface, depending on the current page, including readily available actions in the top stripe and a new navigation stripe on the left side of the interface. There is also a breadcrumb in the main area that can be used to navigate to previous pages.

Review Task Workflow Improvements

Uninterrupted Integration of Reviewer's Feedback

During the review process, you now have the flexibility to decide which changes to integrate back into your project undisturbed. To facilitate this workflow, we have introduced the Close Review button. This feature enables you to lock the task, preventing reviewers from making changes. It allows you to focus on addressing previously received feedback and making the necessary modifications without interruptions, ensuring a seamless integration of changes into your documentation project. Should you require additional input or feedback, you can easily reopen the review, making the task editable to receive further suggestions from reviewers.

Visual Editor

Updated Oxygen XML Web Author

Oxygen XML Web Author is used as a component to provide the visual editing in Content Fusion and it was updated to version 25.1.0. For more details, see What's New in Oxygen XML Web Author 25.1.0.

Markdown Support

Markdown documents can be added to a review task and they can be opened as read-only so that reviewers can see the content directly in the visual editor.

Licensing and User Roles

New Licensing Model Based on User Roles

The license for Content Fusion 6.0 covers a configurable number of user-based licenses for Authors and predefined packages of floating licenses for Reviewers (SME), with a different pricing structure for each. Authors have access to projects and publishing-related features, while Reviewers (SME) only have access to review tasks. An administrator can configure user roles in a new Users Management tab within the Content Fusion Enterprise Administration page according to the limits imposed by the license key.

Component Updates

Transport Layer Security v1.2 & v1.3

Content Fusion supports TLS v1.2 and TLS v1.3. Note that support for v1.0 and v1.1 was removed.

What's New in Oxygen Content Fusion 5.1

April 19, 2023

Related version: 5.0

Version 5.1 of Oxygen Content Fusion is a minor release for the innovative collaboration platform that is designed to improve any documentation review process. The main focus of this release was to integrate the latest changes brought by Oxygen XML Web Author version 25.1.0 into Content Fusion's visual editor and to enhance the security of the platform.

Visual Editor

Oxygen XML Web Author is used as a component to provide the visual editing in Content Fusion and it was updated to version 25.1.0. Some of the most important additions to Web Author 25.1.0 are listed below. For all the details, see What's New in Oxygen XML Web Author 25.1.0.

IME Support Improved

The support for Input Methods Editors (IME) for non-Latin languages was improved in terms of stability and performance.

Precise Presentation for the Surround Differences in the File Comparison Tool

The file comparison tool now better identifies and presents the differences produced by the surround edits. For example, it recognizes when a piece of text is marked with a <bold> tag and the comparison tool will only highlight the additional tags.

Better Presentation for Surround Edits in the File Comparison Tool

Order Block Elements With Keyboard Shortcuts

You can now easily move block elements up or down on the same hierarchical level by using the Alt+UpArrow or Alt+DownArrow keyboard shortcuts.

Image Maps Now Support Images Referenced Using Keyrefs

Image maps can now be edited when the image is referenced using a keyref.

Image Maps Now Support Images With Keyrefs

Component Updates

Deprecated Protocols (TLSv1 and TLSv1.1) Disabled

Support for the deprecated protocols (TLSv1 and TLSv1.1) has been disabled.

Third-Party Libraries Updated to Help Reduce Security Risks

Various integrated third-party libraries were updated to help reduce security risks.

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

Various bug fixes and other security enhancements were implemented.

What's New in Oxygen Content Fusion 5.0

May 25, 2022

Related version: 5.1

Version 5.0 of Oxygen Content Fusion is the latest release for the innovative collaboration platform that is designed to improve any documentation review process.

Some of the most interesting new features added in this version include a new Search side-view that enables searches throughout all files in a task, various user interface improvements, the ability to mention other collaborators in comments, actions in Oxygen XML Editor/Author to open a task's files or the context map specified for a task, and other enhancements designed to improve the user experience.

Full Text Search

Search all Files in Review Task

Content Fusion now has a Search side-view (on the left side pane) that makes it possible to search for specific content in all files attached to the task. Previously, you were only able to search the current file.

Find/Replace Side View

A Find/Replace side-view was added to the visual editor (on the right side pane). It makes it easier to see both the search UI and the document with results highlighted. Moreover, it makes it possible to see all search results at a glance without having to scroll through the document.

Review

View Comments and Tracked Changes Throughout the Entire Task

The new Search side-view now makes it possible to see all the comments added in a review task and to filter them by author, date, or type.

Mentions Supported Inside Comments

You can now mention (@user) other collaborators in review comments and the collaborators will see those comments highlighted in the Content Fusion browser interface.

Review Tasks Created in the Browser Have Change Tracking Disabled by Default

By default, when you create a review task using the Content Fusion interface in a browser, the change tracking feature is disabled. This helps Subject Matter Experts create draft content without being distracted by the change tracking mechanism.

Control Change Tracking Colors

A new option was added in the Preferences dialog box for controlling the colors of tracked changes. You can choose to have insertions shown in green while deletions are shown in red for all authors, or you can choose to show a different color for each author.

User Interface Design Improvements

Color Theme Modernized

The color theme was updated to offer Content Fusion a more modern look and feel.

Side Views Reorganized

The left-side pane was re-organized to offer easier access to various features with a tabular design. The Task Files tab displays all the files attached to the task, the Task Activity tab displays a history of the activity that has occurred for the task (e.g. changes and comments), and the Search tab makes it possible to search for specific content in all files attached to the task.

Visual Editor

Updated Oxygen XML Web Author

Oxygen XML Web Author is used as a component to provide the visual editing in Content Fusion and it was updated to version 24.1.0. Some of the most important features are listed below. For more details, see:

Concurrent Editing Support Optimized

The Concurrent Editing feature uses advanced algorithms and data structures to synchronize changes between users in real-time. The memory overhead incurred by this feature was reduced by 75% compared to the previous version. Furthermore, compared to a scenario where each user edits their own copy of a document, the Concurrent Editing sessions consume only 50% more memory.

Tags Display Mode Switcher

A Tags Display Mode switcher was added directly in the breadcrumb bar to make it easier to change the amount of Tags that are displayed when exploring the document structure.

EXF Files Now Supported When Uploading Frameworks

Frameworks that are developed using framework extension files (with the .exf extension) can now be uploaded from the Administration page and the Web Author-based visual editor will compile them on the fly.

Editing Content Fusion Files in Oxygen XML Editor/Author

Open Files from a Review Task

It is now very easy to open a file from a Content Fusion task in Oxygen XML Editor/Author. You simply need to copy the file's URL from the browser and paste it in the dialog box that is presented when using the Open URL action from the toolbar or the File menu in Oxygen XML Editor/Author.

Edit Context DITA Map for a Review Task

The Content Fusion Task Manager view now has an action (Open context DITA map) in the contextual menu to open the DITA map that is specified as the context map for the task. This makes it easier for technical writers to make changes in the task's files directly from the XML editor or to apply a transformation scenario on the map.

Deprecations

AWS and VMware Installation Kits Deprecated

To make upgrades and security updates easier, the AWS and VMware installation kits have been deprecated and are scheduled for removal. If your are using one of these platforms, you can start a Virtual Machine that runs one of the supported Linux distributions and use our Linux installer.

Component Updates

Ubuntu 20.04.2

Ubuntu Server (used in VMware, AWS, and Docker images) was updated to use version 20.04.2.

Docker 20.10.9

The version of Docker was updated to 20.10.9 in the AWS and VMware vSphere kits. Docker is no longer distributed with the Linux installer.

Docker-compose 1.29.2

The version of Docker-compose was updated to 1.29.2.

License Server 24.1

The embedded license server was updated to version 24.1.

What's New in Oxygen Content Fusion 4.1

July 12, 2021

Related version: 4.0

Version 4.1 of Oxygen Content Fusion is the latest maintenance release for the innovative collaboration platform that is designed to improve any documentation review process. The main focus for this release was to improve the very popular Concurrent Editing feature that was introduced in the most recent major release and we are very happy to announce that the feature in no longer in the BETA stage. Numerous bug fixes and security improvements were also implemented for this release.

Concurrent Editing

Concurrent Editing Passed the BETA Phase

The ever popular new Concurrent Editing feature has progressed through the BETA testing stages and is now a fully implemented and permanent part of the visual editor in Oxygen Content Fusion. User feedback has been very helpful in our quest to make as many improvements as possible to prepare the feature to be production-ready.

Visual Editor

Updated Oxygen XML Web Author

The Oxygen XML Web Author is used as a component to provide the visual editing in Content Fusion and it was updated to version 23.1.1. For details, please see What's New in Oxygen XML Web Author 23.1.1.

Other

Security Improvements and Bug Fixes

A lot of effort was put into security improvements, fixing various reported bugs, and offering more customization possibilities for integrators and administrators.

What's New in Oxygen Content Fusion 4.0

March 4, 2021

Related version: 4.1

Version 4.0 of Oxygen Content Fusion is the latest release for the innovative collaboration platform that is designed to improve any documentation review process.

Some of the most interesting improvements added in this version include the ability for collaborative teams to edit and review content concurrently, a new dynamic floating toolbar gives you easier access to the most common editing and styling actions, the language can now be changed for the entire user interface, and more.

Concurrent Editing

Concurrent Editing Support

Authoring teams now have the ability to edit and review content concurrently. This option can be enabled for any particular task that you are assigned as the owner in the Settings page. You and your colleagues can then edit and review the same document simultaneously in the visual editor. Each user can see the changes made by other users, and vice versa, in real-time.

Localization

Change the UI Language

It is now possible to easily change the language of the interface. This option is found in your user profile page and the supported languages include English, French, German, Dutch, Japanese, and simplified Chinese.

Visual Editor

Updated Oxygen XML Web Author

The visual editor that is based on Oxygen XML Web Author was updated to version 23.1.0, which contains numerous editing, performance, and security improvements. For details, please see What's New in Oxygen XML Web Author 23.1.0.

Floating Toolbar Provides Quicker Access to Common Editing Actions

You can now quickly invoke context-specific common actions in the visual editor. They are available in a floating toolbar that pops up when you select content. For example, if you select content inside a paragraph element, the floating toolbar includes common styling actions such as Bold, Italic, Underline, Subscript, Superscript, and others. It helps to increase your productivity by giving you easier access to the most common editing and styling actions.

Copy Content and Paste as HTML

You can now copy content from documents in the visual editor and paste it into an external application (such as a Word document or email) and the HTML structure is preserved.

Ctrl+Click to Open Links

It is now easier to open links when editing documents in the visual editor, simply by using the Ctrl+Click shortcut. It opens the target of the link in a new browser tab.

Outline Pane Moved to the Right Side of the UI

The Outline pane, which displays a general tag overview of the currently open document, was moved to the right side of the interface along with the other useful side panes. This leaves more room for the activity stream on the left side of the interface.

Search Performance Optimized

Find/replace operations in the visual editor are optimized for better performance, particularly for very large documents with numerous matches.

Component Updates

Ubuntu 20.04

Ubuntu Server (used in VMware, AWS, and Docker images) was updated to version 20.04.

What's New in Oxygen Content Fusion 3.0

July 3, 2020

Version 3.0 of Oxygen Content Fusion is the latest major release for the collaboration platform that is designed to improve any documentation review process.

Important improvements added in this version include the ability to view changes in a side-by-side visual diff tool, better control over which collaborators have access to a task, the possibility to download the task content as a Git repository and inspecting the change history, an updated visual editor based on the latest version of Oxygen XML Web Author, and more.

Review History

Each edit within a review task is now recorded. Using the link displayed in the activity stream, you can see what changes were made by each user. The changes are presented using a side-by-side visual comparison tool.

Inspect History Using Git Tools

A task owner now has the ability to download the contents of a task as a Git repository and inspect the change history using Git-aware tools. Ultimately, it can be used as a remote Git repository to integrate changes into your local copy.

Securely Assign Tasks to Specific Collaborators

You can now control exactly who has access to a review task without sacrificing usability. You can invite collaborators who do not already have a Content Fusion account just by entering their email address.

Redesigned Task List

The My Tasks page was redesigned with a two-column layout, making it easier to locate and access both tasks assigned to you and tasks you created.

Updated Oxygen XML Web Author

The visual editor that is based on Oxygen XML Web Author was updated to version 22.1.0, which contains numerous editing, performance, and security improvements. For details, go to the What's New in Oxygen XML Web Author 22.1.0 page.

What's New in Oxygen Content Fusion 2.0

February 12, 2020

Version 2.0 of Oxygen Content Fusion is the latest major release for the innovative collaboration tool that is designed to improve any documentation review process.

Some examples of improvements added in this version include the ability to create new tasks and files directly in the Content Fusion browser interface, a DITAVAL file can now be attached to a task so that content is filtered based upon its defined conditional profiling attribute values, a new option is available for non-DITA file types to automatically include files that are referenced within files attached to a task, various security improvements were added, and more.

Content Fusion

Create a New Task Directly in the Browser Interface

It is possible to create a task directly in the Content Fusion browser interface. This means that the task creation process is available to anyone who has access to the browser interface, even if they do not have access to Oxygen XML Editor/Author.

Create a New File Directly in the Browser Interface

If you are the owner of a task (any task that you created or were assigned as an owner), you now have the ability to create a new file from a list of templates and the newly created file will automatically be added to the current task. This means that subject matter experts can create content drafts directly from a web browser and send them to the Content Author to be integrated into the documentation.

Filter Content in Uploaded Files Based on a DITAVAL File

A DITAVAL file can now be attached to a task so that the content in the uploaded DITA topics is filtered based upon the conditional profiling attribute values defined in the DITAVAL file. If a condition set is selected in the DITA Maps Manager, the corresponding DITAVAL file will automatically be selected in the task.

Option to Detect Files Referenced in Attached Non-DITA Files

For tasks that contain any file types other than DITA (for example, DocBook files), an option is now available to detect any files referenced within the attached documents and automatically upload those referenced files in the task. This means that the Reviewers have access to the referenced content.

See Avatars for All Users Who Have the Current Document Open

The avatars for all of the users who are currently accessing a particular file are shown in the left panel of the visual editor as well as in the Task Details page. You can hover over an avatar to see the names of the users and you can see which user is currently editing the file because there is a red border around that avatar.

Configure Authentication to Accept Only LDAP Accounts

In previous versions, an admin could enable LDAP Authentication and users could log in using their LDAP credentials or sign up using their email address. Now, the Use LDAP Authentication option only allows LDAP credentials. However, there is now a new option (Allow both LDAP accounts and standard email accounts) so that users can still log in using either type.

Component Updates

Oxygen XML Web Author 22.0

The visual editor that is based on Oxygen XML Web Author was updated to version 22.0, which contains numerous editing, performance, and security improvements.

Docker 19.03.4

Docker was updated to version 19.03.4.

What's New in Oxygen Content Fusion 1.1

February 22, 2019

The release of Version 1.1 of Oxygen Content Fusion adds various new features and improvements to the innovative collaboration tool for any XML documentation review process. Oxygen Content Fusion has a connector add-on that comes bundled with Oxygen XML Author and Oxygen XML Editor. To fully take advantage of all of the benefits and features, your organization will need an Oxygen Content Fusion Enterprise Server. For more information, see the Content Fusion website.

Some highlights of the new features and improvements in version 1.1 include the ability to restore Content Fusion data from backup, the possibility of upgrading your version of Content Fusion Enterprise, a new feature that allows you to add owners to an existing task, options for customizing term lists for the spell checker or AutoCorrect feature, and much more.

The built-in web-based editor now benefits from an improved design, the Review panel now has a better filtering mechanism and comment threads are rendered so that it is easier to identify groups of comments. Also, when a DITA map is open, you have the ability to choose from several new display modes, including a mode to display the map with all the topic content expanded.

Content Fusion

Restore from Backup

A server administrator now has the ability to restore Content Fusion for a backup using a simple command. For more details, see Back Up Content Fusion Data.

Added Ability to Upgrade

There is now a supported procedure in place to upgrade the Content Fusion Enterprise server to a new version of Content Fusion. For more details, see Upgrading Content Fusion.

Add Custom Term Lists to the Spell Checker

You can create personalized term lists that are used to store specialized terms (learned words) or control forbidden words in the spell checker.

Customize Term List for the AutoCorrect Feature

The Content Fusion built-in visual editor includes an AutoCorrect feature to automatically correct misspelled words as you type. There is a default list of commonly misspelled words and symbols for each supported language, but you can modify the list to suit your specific needs.

Share Ownership of a Task

It is now possible to add additional owners to an existing task so that more than one Content Author can manage the task or merge the changes in Oxygen XML Editor/Author.

Google/GitHub Authentication

The server administrator can enable Google or GitHub authentication so that users have the option to log in with those credentials when signing in to Content Fusion.

Authenticate with LDAP

The LDAP authentication configuration was improved and support was added for Active Directory LDAP authentication. For more details, see the Authentication Tab section in the Content Fusion Enterprise Administration Page topic.

Component Update: Oxygen XML Web Author Version 20.1.1

The web-based editor was updated to use Oxygen XML Web Author version 20.1.1.

Component Update: Ubuntu Version 18.04

The installation kit was updated to run on Ubuntu version 18.04.

Content Fusion

Version 7.1 - October 8, 2024

Version 7.0 - July 10, 2024

Version 6.2 - April 9, 2024

Version 6.1 - February 5, 2024

Version 6.0 - July 6, 2023

Version 5.1 - April 19, 2023

Version 5.0 - May 25, 2022

Version 4.1 - July 12, 2021

Version 4.0 - March 4, 2021

Version 3.0 - July 3, 2020

Version 2.0 - February 12, 2020

Version 1.1 - February 22, 2019

What's New in Oxygen Content Fusion 7.1

Related version: 7.0

Workspace File Management

Rename, Move, and Copy Files or Folders with Automatic Reference Updates

Upload Existing Content to Workspace

Personal Workspace

Search for Content in Your Workspace

Entire Project Validation

Git-Friendly Publications Management

Ability to Work With Multiple Editor Tabs

Discard All Changes in Your Workspace

File Comparison

Diff Comparison in Source Mode for XML Files

Diff and Merge Support for Markdown and Other Text Files

Review Tasks

Create a Review Task with Changes Made in Your Personal Workspace

Task Owners Displayed in Upper Stripe

Open and Compare Versions Directly from the Task Activity Page

Authoring

Color Highlights

Edit DITA Map with Topic Content Expanded

Insert Links and Topic References Using Drag and Drop

Simple Text Editor

Chinese IME Support

Publishing

Project Execution Status View

Project Metrics View

What's New in Oxygen Content Fusion 7.0

Related version: 7.1

Authoring Workspace

File Management

Commit Multiple Files at Once

Preview Changes Before Committing

Easily Browse Map Content in a Publications Side-View

XML-aware Conflict Resolution Tool

DITA Map Tree Structure Editor

Easily Organize Topics Inside a DITA Map

View Profiling Attributes Inline

Edit Profiling Attributes

Create Variables (Defined as DITA Key Definitions)

Publishing

Publishing Connectors

Generate Links to Edit in Workspace

Markdown Support

Markdown Editor Inside the Personal Workspace

Markdown Publishing

What's New in Oxygen Content Fusion 6.2

Related version: 6.0 6.1

User Interface

UI Redesigned to Prioritize Productivity

Improved Navigation

Review Tasks

Filter Review Tasks by Name

Manage Tasks Directly from the Tasks List

Reviewers on Non-accessed Tasks are Marked as Pending

Compare a File with its Latest Version from the Task Activity Stream

My Review Tasks List Presents Originating Project

Administration

Delete Users from Administration Page

Web Author Visual Editor

Focus on a Deliverable by Only Showing Content That is Not Excluded by a DITAVAL filter

Outline Pane Distinguishes Nodes Filtered by DITAVAL

Read-only Text Mode View is Available on Tasks With Concurrent Editing Enabled

Smart Paste Markdown Content

Emojis Supported in Document Content

Split Action in Content Completion Automatically Inserts Required Child Element

Web Author Customization and Integration