aXess: an authoring tool for XML content management Linder R. Wrage J.-H. Schlichting S. Pöppl S.J. The use of XML for representation of eLearning-content and for automatic generation of different kinds of teaching media from this material is with all its advantages nowadays stateof-the-art. In the last years there have been numerous projects that leveraged XML-based production environments. At the end of the financial advancement the created materials have to be maintained with limited (human) resources. In the majority of cases this is only possible, if the authors care for their teaching material without extensive IT-support. From our point of view there has so far been a lack of intuitive usable XML editors. The prototype of such an XML editor “aXess” is introduced with the intention to encourage a broad discussion about the required features to manage the content of eLearning-materials. Authoring Tool XML-Editor content management e-learning software engineering software tools 370 periodical academic journal eleed 2005 2 2005 1860-7470 urn:nbn:de:0009-5-2026 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:0009-5-2026 linder2005