P5 version 0.6 release notes

Changes since the last packaged release (0.5, October 2006) are listed briefly below (please refer to the file ChangeLog in directory ReleaseNotes at the Sourceforge archive for a full list).

This (somewhat delayed) release contains a large number of minor changes, many of them consequent on a purge of outstanding Sourceforge feature requests.

• I18N work has continued: Japanese and Chinese translations for many element descriptions were merged in, and the file organization was modified.
• A number of utilities were introduced to streamline the editorial process, including a tool for producing a linked catalogue of all TEI objects (elements, classes, etc.)
• A major headache in the way that the content models for high level objects (all kinds of div, body etc.) are defined was addressed. This made it possible for a schema to select either numbered or vanilla div elements without causing ambiguity.
• The low-level component elements of date and time (day, hour etc.) were removed.
• The dateRange and timeRange elements were removed; the date and time elements were added to att.datable in order to accomodate encoding of temporal ranges.
• The P5 source was reorganized and restructured very slightly, and also revised to use vanilla divs (as opposed to numbered divs).
• Many long-standing feature requests were dealt with.Examples include:
  • roleDesc within castGroup
  • adding new email and stamp elements
  • making note globally available
  • making the @label attributes of elements for encoding trees and graphs (tree, eTree, etc.) into child elements
  • making quote available rather than q within msItem
  • creating a new class att.msExcerpt for the @defective attribute.
  • changing @ink of hand and handShift and @medium of handNote to data.enumerated.
• The tools and stylesheets used to produce HTML version of the Guidelines were enhanced.
• The content modelm for front was modified to permit titlepages and divisions in any order
• A number of datatype changes were implemented, consequent on a decision to change the way that multiple attribute values are specified in ODD
• The class model.divPart.spoken was redefined as a child of model.inter in order to fix a long-standing bug
• Some minor typographic errors have been corrected.

In addition, a project plan to enable a first release of P5 1.0 at the Members Meeting 2007 was developed, and a tracking system for use of the Council and Editors was set up.