Merged Clay's changes from Trunk.
Set the release date in the status.xml.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/xmlgraphics/commons/branches/commons-1_0@394777 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml
index a141353..3cfedb5 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/index.xml
@@ -27,24 +27,26 @@
         used by <a href="ext:batik">Apache Batik</a> and <a href="ext:fop">Apache FOP</a>. 
         Many of these components can easily be used separately outside the domains of SVG 
         and XSL-FO. You will find components such as a PDF library, an RTF library, Graphics2D 
-        implementations that let you generate PDF and PostScript files and much more.
+        implementations that let you generate PDF &amp; PostScript files, and much more.
       </p>
       <p>
-        Apache XML Graphics Commons has only just started. It's in the process of being
-        populated with components coming from Apache Batik and Apache FOP. Stay tuned for
-        exciting treasures made available.
+        Apache XML Graphics Commons has only just begun. It's in the process of being
+        populated with components coming from <a href="ext:batik">Apache Batik</a>
+        and <a href="ext:fop">Apache FOP</a>. Stay tuned for exciting treasures made
+        available.
       </p>
       <p>
         In the Wiki, we have a 
         <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/xmlgraphics/XmlGraphicsCommonComponents">plan for building Apache XML Graphics Commons</a>.
-        The plan will give you an idea of what you can expect to find here when we're finished 
+        The plan provides an idea of what you can expect to find here when we're finished 
         migrating components.
       </p>
     </section>
     <section id="features">
       <title>Features</title>
       <p>
-        What follows is a list of components which have already been ported from Batik and FOP:
+        Components which have been ported from <a href="ext:batik">Apache Batik</a> and
+        <a href="ext:fop">Apache FOP</a> include:
       </p>
       <table>
         <tr>
diff --git a/status.xml b/status.xml
index 5d1ace5..fe2eab3 100644
--- a/status.xml
+++ b/status.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
   </todo>
 
   <changes>
-    <release version="1.0" date="[in the next days]">
+    <release version="1.0" date="17 Apr 2006">
       <action context="Code" dev="JM" type="add">
         Initial release with several components from Batik and FOP: 
         Image codecs, Image writer abstraction, I/O classes, Java2D helpers, PostScript library