A March 2011 partnership announcement connected oXygen XML Editor and oXygen XML Author with XDocs, bringing repository browsing and check-in/check-out into the authoring environment.
Oxygen XML Editor and the XDocs repository
Bluestream and SyncRO Soft announced a strategic technology partnership intended to improve the DITA authoring experience in XDocs. The integration allowed authors and content creators to connect directly to the repository, browse its contents and check documents in or out within oXygen XML Editor or oXygen XML Author.
The announcement emphasized accessibility for organizations with different sizes and numbers of departments. Both companies positioned the integrated solution around practical deployment, product quality and cost. These were the stated goals of the 2011 announcement, rather than comparative measurements published with the article.
“We are delighted to see Syncro Soft joining forces with Bluestream to bring an affordable, integrated DITA solution to the marketplace and solve important business needs.”
Stefan Vasile · CEO, Syncro Soft · 2011
“DITA solutions are normally associated with high costs and complex installation configurations. This has subliminally and consciously hindered customers in opting for a DITA solution. The Oxygen XML Editor- XDoc integration solves the quest for a reliable, high quality and affordable integrated end-to-end DITA solution”.
“I have long looked forward to forging this partnership and feel that our joint solution is a game-changer,”
Nenad Furtula · VP of Sales and Marketing, Bluestream · 2011
“We’re simply responding to the market by offering a superior solution at an affordable cost. What else can you ask for?”
Editorial context · October 2026
Look at the everyday authoring loop
The useful workflow in this announcement is specific: connect, browse, check out, edit and check in. An evaluation can use that same sequence to expose the practical questions behind an integration. Does the author see the right repository content? Are permissions and version ownership clear? Can linked resources be found without switching to a separate process?
For a single author
Follow the complete editing loop with a topic, a map and a reused resource.
For a team
Repeat the exercise with another contributor so ownership, permissions and the return of changed content are visible.
These are editorial evaluation prompts. This archive does not represent a current compatibility matrix for Oxygen or XDocs releases.
Company information and contacts from the original announcement
Archived wording. Company descriptions, roles, addresses and contact details below are preserved as part of the historical record and may have changed.
About SyncRO Soft
SyncRO Soft is a software development company providing quality software products and service solutions since 1998. With a commitment to customer-focused software development, SyncRO Soft ensures that their products maintain quality standards. Their products, oXygen XML Editor and oXygen XML Author are recognized worldwide as one of the better XML editors on the market.
About Bluestream
Bluestream’s flag-ship product XDocs, enables organizations of all sizes to realize the benefits of DITA at a lower cost than the competition, with comparable or better quality, thus offering unparalleled value. XDocs is an out-of-the-box, DITA-enabled component content management system that deploys in hours rather than weeks and is easy to use. Its flexible unlimited user licensing and optional modules such as work flow, knowledge base, online reviewing, and translation manager allow for economical end-to-end content creation, management, and publishing of content. XDocs customers range from Fortune 100 organizations seeking complex cross-departmental DITA solutions to small businesses containing single author documentation teams. Bluestream has been in business since 1997 and has customers in many verticals, among them software, oil and gas, health care, military, manufacturing, and finance.