Wizen Software have commenced a public beta-testing program for PowerXML, an XML-centric rapid application development platform.

According to Wizen, PowerXML includes the following features:

• Built-in XML and HTML input parsers -- apply XSLT and XPath to HTML or XML.
• XPath processing
• DBMS to XML conversion
• Support for multiple XSLT engines (currently MSXML, Xalan-C++ and Sablotron)
• XSLT engine timing
• Integration with Apache and IIS
• Java, C/C++ and COM interfaces to application engine
• Cross-platform server: Windows, Linux, Solaris

PowerXML allows the developer to create "complex XML-based 'pipelines'" using a GUI interface. Users wishing to enroll in the beta program should contact beta@wizen.com.