19 June 2000 Changes from DocBook V3.1 to DocBook XML V4.1: Global: - Broad changes required for XML compatibility - Added a *provisional* set of character entities based on the ISO entity sets. The DocBook TC is not willing to accept the long-term responsibility for defining and maintaining these sets. The TC will ask OASIS to form a new TC for this purpose. Markup: - RFE 17: Added a common attribute 'Condition' for generic effectivity - RFE 38: The nav.class elements (ToC|LoT|Index|Glossary|Bibliography) are now allowed at the beginning and end of components and sections - RFE 58: The 'optmult' and 'reqmult' attribute values have been removed from Group - RFE 65: Added several class attribute values to Filename and SystemItem at the request of the Linux community - RFE 73: Removed BookBiblio and SeriesInfo - RFE 81: Added SidebarInfo to Sidebar - RFE 87: Added 'xmlpi' and 'emptytag' as class values of SGMLTag - RFE 92: Added 'CO' to Synopsis and LiteralLayout - RFE 99: Added SimpleMsgEntry as an alternative to MsgEntry in order to provide a simpler MsgSet construct - RFE 103: Added RevDescription as an alternative to RevRemark in RevHistory; this allows longer descriptive text in a revision - RFE 104: Added 'Specification' to the list of document classes on Article - RFE 108: Allow admonitions in Answers - RFE 110: Allow a RevHistory on QandAEntry - RFE 115: Allow optional Title on OrderedList and ItemizedList - RFE 116: Added LineNumbering attribute to linespecific environments for presentation of line numbers - Added a common attribute 'Security' for effectivity - Added synopsis markup for modern programming languages (e.g, object oriented languages like Java, C++, and IDL) - Renamed DocInfo to PrefaceInfo, ChapterInfo, AppendixInfo, etc. - Comment was renamed Remark - InterfaceDefinition was removed Other: - RFE 88: Added PEs to include/ignore dbnotn.mod and dbcent.mod - RFE 102: Fixed some outstanding namecase problems - RFE 105: Added PNG notation - RFE 106: Removed some odd *.content PEs that interfered with customization layers - RFE 109: Added FPI to content of dbgenent.mod (for consistency) - RFE 111: Added the Euro symbol - Fixed bug in cals-tbl.dtd; a model group was used for the element declaration, but the attlist declaration used "Table" literally.