119 June 2000 2 3Changes from DocBook V3.1 to DocBook XML V4.1: 4 5Global: 6 7- Broad changes required for XML compatibility 8- Added a *provisional* set of character entities based on the ISO 9 entity sets. The DocBook TC is not willing to accept the long-term 10 responsibility for defining and maintaining these sets. The TC 11 will ask OASIS to form a new TC for this purpose. 12 13Markup: 14 15- RFE 17: Added a common attribute 'Condition' for generic effectivity 16- RFE 38: The nav.class elements (ToC|LoT|Index|Glossary|Bibliography) are 17 now allowed at the beginning and end of components and sections 18- RFE 58: The 'optmult' and 'reqmult' attribute values have been 19 removed from Group 20- RFE 65: Added several class attribute values to Filename and SystemItem 21 at the request of the Linux community 22- RFE 73: Removed BookBiblio and SeriesInfo 23- RFE 81: Added SidebarInfo to Sidebar 24- RFE 87: Added 'xmlpi' and 'emptytag' as class values of SGMLTag 25- RFE 92: Added 'CO' to Synopsis and LiteralLayout 26- RFE 99: Added SimpleMsgEntry as an alternative to MsgEntry in order 27 to provide a simpler MsgSet construct 28- RFE 103: Added RevDescription as an alternative to RevRemark in 29 RevHistory; this allows longer descriptive text in a revision 30- RFE 104: Added 'Specification' to the list of document classes on Article 31- RFE 108: Allow admonitions in Answers 32- RFE 110: Allow a RevHistory on QandAEntry 33- RFE 115: Allow optional Title on OrderedList and ItemizedList 34- RFE 116: Added LineNumbering attribute to linespecific environments for 35 presentation of line numbers 36- Added a common attribute 'Security' for effectivity 37- Added synopsis markup for modern programming languages (e.g, object 38 oriented languages like Java, C++, and IDL) 39- Renamed DocInfo to PrefaceInfo, ChapterInfo, AppendixInfo, etc. 40- Comment was renamed Remark 41- InterfaceDefinition was removed 42 43Other: 44 45- RFE 88: Added PEs to include/ignore dbnotn.mod and dbcent.mod 46- RFE 102: Fixed some outstanding namecase problems 47- RFE 105: Added PNG notation 48- RFE 106: Removed some odd *.content PEs that interfered with 49 customization layers 50- RFE 109: Added FPI to content of dbgenent.mod (for consistency) 51- RFE 111: Added the Euro symbol 52- Fixed bug in cals-tbl.dtd; a model group was used for the element 53 declaration, but the attlist declaration used "Table" literally. 54