| 19 June 2000 |
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| Changes from DocBook V3.1 to DocBook XML V4.1: |
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| Global: |
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| - 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. |
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| Markup: |
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| - 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. |
| - Comment was renamed Remark |
| - InterfaceDefinition was removed |
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| Other: |
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| - 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. |
