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<title>DocBook V5.0b3</title><biblioid class="uri">http://norman.walsh.name/2006/02/01/docbook50b3</biblioid>
<volumenum>9</volumenum>
<issuenum>14</issuenum>
<pubdate>2006-02-01T11:29:00-05:00</pubdate>
<date>$Date: 2006-02-01 12:06:24 -0500 (Wed, 01 Feb 2006) $</date>
<author>
      <personname>
<firstname>Norman</firstname>
	<surname>Walsh</surname>
</personname>
    </author>
<copyright>
      <year>2006</year>
      <holder>Norman Walsh</holder>
    </copyright>
<abstract>
<para>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.</para>
</abstract>
<dc:subject rdf:resource="http://norman.walsh.name/knows/taxonomy#DocBook"/>
</info>

<para xml:id="p1">This release includes the changes
<link xlink:href="http://docbook.org/minutes/2006-01-18.txt">agreed</link>
at the 18 Jan 2006 meeting.</para>

<orderedlist>
<listitem xml:id="rfe.1358844">
<para xml:id="p13">Fixed <link xlink:href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&amp;group_id=21935&amp;atid=384107&amp;aid=1358844">RFE 1358844</link>:
allow multiple <tag>imageobject</tag>s inside an
<tag>imageobjectco</tag>. Updated reference documentation.
</para>
</listitem>

<listitem xml:id="attribute.defaults">
<para xml:id="p14">Restored default values to the
<tag class="attribute">type</tag> attribute on <tag>simplelist</tag>
and the <tag class="attribute">choice</tag> and
<tag class="attribute">rep</tag> attributes on
<tag>methodparam</tag>,
<tag>arg</tag>, and
<tag>group</tag>. Fixed a bug in <tag>paramdef</tag> where
<tag class="attvalue">plain</tag> was accidentally allowed as a
<tag class="attribute">choice</tag>. These defaults are reflected in the
generated XML DTD as well.</para>
</listitem>

<listitem xml:id="blockquote">
<para xml:id="p15">Reduced the content model of <tag>blockquote</tag> which seemed
way too broad.</para>
</listitem>

<listitem xml:id="docs.b3">
<para xml:id="p16">Improved reference documentation for attributes on many elements.
</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>

<para xml:id="p12">I've updated
<citetitle xlink:href="http://docbook.org/tdg5/en/">DocBook 5:
The Definitive Guide</citetitle> as well<footnote>
      <para xml:id="p17">Here's
hoping I haven't made any errors in either place.</para>
    </footnote>.</para>

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