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<title>DocBook NG: The “Jägermeister” and “IPA” Releases</title><biblioid class="uri">http://norman.walsh.name/2005/04/08/jagermeister</biblioid>
<volumenum>8</volumenum>
<issuenum>52</issuenum>
<pubdate>2005-04-08T10:43:25-04:00</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>2005</year>
      <holder>Norman Walsh</holder>
    </copyright>
<abstract>
<para>This release includes a couple of new elements and all the
changes I forgot to announce in “IPA”.</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 tenth</link>
release of <link xlink:href="http://docbook.org/docbook-ng/">DocBook NG</link>.
(Somehow I forgot to write an essay for the ninth release, “IPA”, though
happily
<link xlink:href="http://www.ibiblio.org/xml/news2005.html#news2005March8">it
didn't go unnoticed</link>.)
</para>

<para xml:id="p2">In the interest of completeness, the user-visible changes in the
“IPA” release were:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para xml:id="p3">Added <tag>citerefentry</tag> and
<tag>citebiblioid</tag> to the list of elements that can appear in
bibliography entries; removed <tag>titleabbrev</tag>.
</para>
    </listitem>
<listitem>
<para xml:id="p4">Reduced the content model of a bunch of inlines
(<tag>command</tag> and others that were way to broad).
</para>
    </listitem>
<listitem>
<para xml:id="p5">Added <tag>link</tag>, <tag>xref</tag>,
<tag>superscript</tag>, and <tag>subscript</tag> to the
list of “ubiquitous” inlines.
</para>
    </listitem>
<listitem>
<para xml:id="p6">Added <tag>date</tag> to the list of publishing inlines.
</para>
    </listitem>
<listitem>
<para xml:id="p7">Added some inlines to <tag>computeroutput</tag> and
<tag>userinput</tag>.
</para>
    </listitem>
<listitem>
<para xml:id="p8">Added some new exclusions (preventing admonitions and formal objects
from being nested; removing some of the same from <tag>footnote</tag>).
</para>
    </listitem>
<listitem>
<para xml:id="p9">Removed the <tag>highlights</tag> element. A candidate for
the <tag class="attribute">role</tag> attribute if I ever saw one.
</para>
    </listitem>
<listitem>
<para xml:id="p10">Fixed bug that didn't allow <tag>sect1</tag> in 
<tag>article</tag> when numbered sections are included.
</para>
    </listitem>
</itemizedlist>

<para xml:id="p11">The user-visible changes in “Jägermeister” are:</para>

<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para xml:id="p12">Added <tag>mathphrase</tag> for simple equations.
</para>
    </listitem>
<listitem>
<para xml:id="p13">Added <tag>termdef</tag> for inline term definitions.
</para>
    </listitem>
<listitem>
<para xml:id="p14">The constraints on <tag class="attribute">spanname</tag>,
<tag class="attribute">colname</tag>,
<tag class="attribute">namest</tag>, and
<tag class="attribute">nameend</tag> where tightened. This should
prevent some illogical if not strictly illegal combinations.
</para>
    </listitem>
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