The Author Component was designed to provide the functionality of the standard Author mode, which can be embedded either in a third-party standalone Java application or customized as a Java Web Applet to provide WYSIWYG-like XML editing directly in your choice of web browsers.
Oxygen XML WebApp is a re-implementation of the oXygen Author mode user interface, based on JavaScript and HTML5. Its purpose is to enable XML editing and reviewing on your mobile devices and desktops, directly in a web browser environment. Since the interface was thinned down as much as possible, the core XML processing was moved into a Java-enabled server.
| Oxygen XML WebApp | oXygen XML Author Component Applet | |
|---|---|---|
| Intended audience | Reviewers and occasional contributors. | Authors, technical writers. |
| Mobile device support | Specifically designed for mobile devices. | No. |
| Compatibility with the standard version of oXygen XML Author | Covers only editing and reviewing features. | 100% |
| Text and Grid Mode | No. | Yes. |
| Client-side setup | None. | Requires Java to be installed, and Java Applets to be allowed to run. |
| Server-side setup | Requires a servlet container. | Requires a web server. |