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<title>DocBook V5.0b8</title><biblioid class="uri">http://norman.walsh.name/2006/09/27/docbook50b8</biblioid>
<volumenum>9</volumenum>
<issuenum>90</issuenum>
<pubdate>2006-09-27T06:41:42-04:00</pubdate>
<date>$Date: 2006-09-27 07:23:50 -0400 (Wed, 27 Sep 2006) $</date>
<author>
      <personname>
<firstname>Norman</firstname>
	<surname>Walsh</surname>
</personname>
    </author>
<copyright>
      <year>2006</year>
      <holder>Norman Walsh</holder>
    </copyright>
<abstract>
<para>This is the eighth test release of DocBook V5.0.</para>
</abstract>
<dc:subject rdf:resource="http://norman.walsh.name/knows/taxonomy#DocBook"/>
</info>

<para xml:id="p1">This
<link xlink:href="http://docbook.org/xml/5.0b8/">release</link>
includes a bug fix and a few small improvements.</para>

<orderedlist>
<listitem xml:id="rfe.1535166">
<para xml:id="p7">Fixed <link xlink:href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&amp;group_id=21935&amp;atid=384107&amp;aid=1535166">RFE 1535166</link>:
Improved the data types of attributes in DocBook. For example, the number
of columns in a table is now a “positiveInteger” and the
<tag class="attribute">rowsep</tag> attribute is now constrained to either “0”
or “1”. See <personname>
	  <firstname>Jirka</firstname>
<surname role="suppress">Kosek</surname>
	</personname>’s
<link xlink:href="ttp://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/docbook-tc/200608/msg00005.html">summary</link>.</para>
</listitem>

<listitem xml:id="rfe.1549632">
<para xml:id="p8">Fixed <link xlink:href="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&amp;group_id=21935&amp;atid=384107&amp;aid=1549632">RFE 1549632</link>:
The <tag>inlineequation</tag> element should use
<tag>inlinemediaobject</tag> not <tag>mediaobject</tag>.</para>
</listitem>

<listitem xml:id="docfix">
<para xml:id="p9">A number of small documentation improvements in the area of
attribute and attribute enumerations.</para>
</listitem>
</orderedlist>

<para xml:id="p6">We didn't quite make it to “Candidate Release 1”,
but we're getting awfully close. If you haven't tested V5.0 on your
documents yet, please do!</para>

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