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.