SDL announces the immediate availability of this new version release for our Contenta and S1000D customers. Here are some highlights of the new features and enhancements. Please refer to the Release Notes for a complete list and detailed descriptions.

SDL Contenta and SDL Contenta S1000D 5.5 
 
PKI Authentication/Single Sign On

• Contenta Web users can be configured to use Client Certificate PKI authentication for single sign on.

• Multiple crawlers can simultaneously index multiple databases in a single database instance

• Performance has been improved when retrieving large lists of objects resulting in a more responsive user experience
• Additional options are available when setting how many objects to display and defaults have been optimized for a better user experience
• IE compatibility mode is no longer used

• Released for general availability!

• In addition to the application upgrades for Contenta and Contenta S1000D, database upgrades are required with this version release.
   

• New Java and WS APIs are 100% backwards compatible for custom Java tools and programs.
• CORBA API is no longer supported; COM API is deprecated
• Support for custom Perl tools and programs is provided via Perl wrappers using RESTful Web Services API. Perl wrappers provide significant backwards compatibility for custom Perl tools using the PCMtools API, but limited functionality for custom Perl tools using the PCMClient API. Customers with custom Perl tools are encouraged to contact SDL Customer Support for assistance when planning your upgrade to Contenta 5.5. 

• In addition to publishing directly to SDL XPP for PDF/Print or to SDL LiveContent S1000D for IETM/IETP, you can now publish directly to the file system, or by updating a configuration file to another IETM/IETP generator or PDF publishing engine
• Publication change packages, containing only those objects that have been changed, can be generated for delivery to IETMs. These incremental updates can be optimized for size or speed.

• Contenta S1000D supports HTML5 for Upload, no longer relying on an applet
• S1000D Upload uploads MS Word, MS Excel and MS PowerPoint files into new file format named folders and applies MIME types so that Content Check Out, Check In, Fetch and View tools launch the appropriate application.

• IETMs now detect the device being used and apply a new alternate Tablet skin to provide an optimized tablet and touch screen experience for the IETM user
• Illustrations, Multimedia and other media type files can now be shared across multiple IETMs from a single figure’s folder
• Illustrations, Multimedia and other media type encryption is now a configurable option
• IETM Table of Contents can be configured to display the infoname, the techname or both

• SDL Contenta 5.5
• SDL Contenta S1000D 5.5
• SDL LiveContent S1000D 5.5

• SDL Contenta 5.3
• SDL Contenta S1000D 5.3
• SDL Contenta S1000D 5.4
• SDL LiveContent S1000D 5.3
• SDL LiveContent S1000D 5.4

• SDL Contenta 5.2 and earlier
• SDL Contenta S1000D 5.2 and earlier
• SDL LiveContent S1000D 5.2 and earlier