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- 18 May 2000
-
- Changes from DocBook V3.1 to DocBook XML V4.0:
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- Global:
-
- - Broad changes required for XML compatibility
- - Added a *provisional* set of character entities based on the ISO
- entity sets. The DocBook TC is not willing to accept the long-term
- responsibility for defining and maintaining these sets. The TC
- will ask OASIS to form a new TC for this purpose.
-
- Markup:
-
- - RFE 17: Added a common attribute 'Condition' for generic effectivity
- - RFE 38: The nav.class elements (ToC|LoT|Index|Glossary|Bibliography) are
- now allowed at the beginning and end of components and sections
- - RFE 58: The 'optmult' and 'reqmult' attribute values have been
- removed from Group
- - RFE 65: Added several class attribute values to Filename and SystemItem
- at the request of the Linux community
- - RFE 73: Removed BookBiblio and SeriesInfo
- - RFE 81: Added SidebarInfo to Sidebar
- - RFE 87: Added 'xmlpi' and 'emptytag' as class values of SGMLTag
- - RFE 92: Added 'CO' to Synopsis and LiteralLayout
- - RFE 99: Added SimpleMsgEntry as an alternative to MsgEntry in order
- to provide a simpler MsgSet construct
- - RFE 103: Added RevDescription as an alternative to RevRemark in
- RevHistory; this allows longer descriptive text in a revision
- - RFE 104: Added 'Specification' to the list of document classes on Article
- - RFE 108: Allow admonitions in Answers
- - RFE 110: Allow a RevHistory on QandAEntry
- - RFE 115: Allow optional Title on OrderedList and ItemizedList
- - RFE 116: Added LineNumbering attribute to linespecific environments for
- presentation of line numbers
- - Added a common attribute 'Security' for effectivity
- - Added synopsis markup for modern programming languages (e.g, object
- oriented languages like Java, C++, and IDL)
- - Renamed DocInfo to PrefaceInfo, ChapterInfo, AppendixInfo, etc.
- (and ArtHeader to ArticleInfo)
-
- Other:
-
- - RFE 88: Added PEs to include/ignore dbnotn.mod and dbcent.mod
- - RFE 102: Fixed some outstanding namecase problems
- - RFE 105: Added PNG notation
- - RFE 106: Removed some odd *.content PEs that interfered with
- customization layers
- - RFE 109: Added FPI to content of dbgenent.mod (for consistency)
- - RFE 111: Added the Euro symbol
- - Fixed bug in cals-tbl.dtd; a model group was used for the element
- declaration, but the attlist declaration used "Table" literally.
-