The DocBook Technical Committee has published the third test release of DocBook V5.0. Something for you to do on my winter vacation: test, test, test.

This release includes the changes agreed at the 18 Jan 2006 meeting.

  1. Fixed RFE 1358844: allow multiple <imageobject>s inside an <imageobjectco>. Updated reference documentation.

  2. Restored default values to the type attribute on <simplelist> and the choice and rep attributes on <methodparam>, <arg>, and <group>. Fixed a bug in <paramdef> where plain was accidentally allowed as a choice. These defaults are reflected in the generated XML DTD as well.

  3. Reduced the content model of <blockquote> which seemed way too broad.

  4. Improved reference documentation for attributes on many elements.

I've updated DocBook 5: The Definitive Guide as well[1].

[1]Here's hoping I haven't made any errors in either place.

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