This is the sixth test release of DocBook V5.0.
This release includes a few small improvements.
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Fixed RFE 1434294. MathML and SVG are now allowed inside <imagedata> so that you can use the <mediaobject> mechanism to “fall back” to less sophisticated presentations if necessary. As a consequence of allowing SVG inside <imagedata>, I've removed it as an alternative to <imagedata>. I think this makes more sense because the alignment and scaling attributes are on the <imagedata> element.
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Fixed RFE 1468921. Added <person> and <org> elements.
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Fixed RFE 1306027. Added support for aspect-oriented programming by allowing <modifier> to appear in more places and allowing xml:space on <modifier>.
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Added db.publishing.inlines to db.bibliographic.elements so that, for example, <foreignphrase> can be used in <bibliomixed>.
As DocBook V5.0 matures, the question of when we make the transition from “beta release” to “Candidate Release” arises. On the one hand, there's no pressing urgency. On the other, it's pretty stable, so what are we waiting for? More testing, I suppose, but Jirka has suggested that some large organizations won't even try it until we get beyond betas. I'm not sure what the right answer is. What do you think?
Comments:
Yes, I want my customers to accept to use the new version. Yes, I believe it's time to go.