Dokiel vs XMLmind XML Editor
Dokiel
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| Figure | Dokiel | XMLmind XML Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | €35/mo | Free |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | Yes |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 2 | 8 |
| Spec score · Help Authoring Tools | 9.3 (#1) | 7.8 (#13) |
| Extensibility | Kelis uses open-source SCENARIbuilder for custom editorial solutions and can modify the core, models and graphic charters. | Users can customize and extend the editor with XML configuration files or program against its documented Java API. |
| Purpose | Dokiel creates technical documentation and training media. | XMLmind XML Editor is a strictly validating, near-WYSIWYG XML editor aimed at technical writers, engineers, and scholars working on large, complex, modular documents. |
Plans
XMLmind XML Editor
- XMLmind XML Editor Personal EditionFree
- DITA Editor User License (1–4 users)$195, paid once
- DocBook Editor User License (1–4 users)$195, paid once
- XML Editor User License (1–4 users)$390, paid once
- XML Editor Web Edition License (1–2 xxeservers)$1,950, paid once
- XML Editor Site License$11,000, paid once
- XML Editor Developer License$17,000, paid once
- XML Editor Corporate License$34,000, paid once
In their own words
Dokiel
Dokiel is a free authoring tool for technical documentation and training media. It can produce user guides, tutorials, installation guides, specifications, reference websites, e-learning modules and self-assessments. Authors organize content into reusable pieces such as concepts, operating processes, interactive screens and synoptic trees. A single source can be published as PDF, web content or SCORM, and updates to reused pieces propagate to documents that use them. Variables, conditions, profiling and skins let teams adapt content and visual identity. Dokiel supports writing, review and validation in a client-server environment, and uses XML standards to store and exchange content. It can run on an organization's infrastructure or be hosted by a service provider. Options include the Dokiel desktop application, SCENARIchain or the MyScenari desktop application and service. MyScenari online production is available to Scenari association members, and it permits only Opale, Dokiel and OptimOffice document models.
XMLmind XML Editor
XMLmind XML Editor is a validating, near-WYSIWYG editor for technical writers, engineers, and scholars working with large, modular documents. It supports DITA 1.3, DocBook, XHTML5, and MathML, with synchronized styled, tag, tree, and source views and an inline MathML equation editor. It can import DOCX and convert content to HTML-based formats, PDF, PostScript, Microsoft Word, and OpenOffice or LibreOffice formats. Saxon 6 and Saxon 9 support XSLT integration, while FTP and WebDAV provide access to remote files. Customization is available through XML configuration files or a documented Java API. Personal Edition runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, and other Java 11+ platforms; Web Edition runs in a browser without local installation. Personal Edition is free, though Professional conversion and DOCX import run in evaluation mode and produce altered output. Paid licenses are listed from $195.00 per user once. XMLmind says its products will be maintained until April 3, 2027, after which they will be discontinued, with the company closing a few months later.