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<title>DocBook NG: The “Eaux-de-vie” Release</title><biblioid class="uri">http://norman.walsh.name/2004/08/03/eaux-de-vie</biblioid>
<volumenum>7</volumenum>
<issuenum>139</issuenum>
<pubdate>2004-08-03T12:29:50-04:00</pubdate>
<date>$Date: 2005-09-11 10:27:02 -0400 (Sun, 11 Sep 2005) $</date>
<author>
      <personname>
<firstname>Norman</firstname>
	<surname>Walsh</surname>
</personname>
    </author>
<copyright>
      <year>2004</year>
      <holder>Norman Walsh</holder>
    </copyright>
<abstract>
<para>I thought I’d wait a little longer for this release, leaving it until
the post-DocBook 4.4 time frame, but I decided to fix a few bugs sooner
rather than later.
</para>
</abstract>
<dc:subject rdf:resource="http://norman.walsh.name/knows/taxonomy#DocBook"/>
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<para xml:id="p1">This is <link xlink:href="/threads/refactorDocBook">the fifth</link>
release of <link xlink:href="http://docbook.org/docbook-ng/">DocBook NG</link>.
</para>

<para xml:id="p2">I thought I’d wait a little longer for this release, leaving it until
the post-DocBook 4.4 time frame, but I decided to fix a few bugs sooner
rather than later.</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para xml:id="p3">I restored the <tag>link</tag> element. Using <tag>phrase</tag>
as a replacement was stupid.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para xml:id="p4">I fixed bugs in the content model of admonitions with respect to
<tag>info</tag> elements.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para xml:id="p5">I adjusted the patterns for CALS tables to prevent <tag>entrytbl</tag>
from appearing directly in the rows of an <tag>entrytbl</tag>. Added
Schematron exclusions to prevent CALS tables from nesting.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para xml:id="p6">I finally fixed the <tag>biblioref</tag> bug that
<personname>
	  <firstname>Bruce</firstname>
	  <surname>D'Arcus</surname>
	</personname>
has kindly reported in each of the previous two releases. The
<tag>citation</tag> element now allows all the inlines, including
<tag>biblioref</tag>.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>

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