This is the abstract of the release notes of XRN...

XMLReleaseNotes 0.19.2
start date: 2005.09.06
build date: 2005.10.04
builder: EMercier

<.classpath>
2005-09-02 16:31 Now, uses the libraries from the 'xrn-commons' module.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-02 14:11 The classpath should now be fine.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-02 10:09 Added the 'jaxb-api.jar' to the classpath.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-08-31 20:43 Added the 'XSD2Java.jar' source location.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-08-27 17:15 The Eclipse settings for the project.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<.project>
2005-09-02 16:35 Now, depends on the 'xrn-commons' Eclipse project.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<ant.build.properties>
2005-10-04 17:21 Fixed the 'PLINK_FILE_PATH' property value (missing '\').
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-10-04 17:20 The 'plink.exe' executable is now customized. The current date is now computed dynamically.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-06 09:35 Minor formatting change.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-02 18:09 Introduced the 'ECLIPSE.3.1_HOME_PATH' machine-specific property.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<build-common.xml>
2005-10-04 17:20 The 'plink.exe' executable is now customized. The current date is now computed dynamically.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-06 09:34 Prepared for the V0.19.2.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-04 17:53 The new common buildfile, in order to make the distinction with the 'build-XRNCommon.xml' file present in the 'xrn-commons' module.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<build-utils.xml>
2005-09-04 17:53 The buildfile that contains all utility targets.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<build-XRNCommon.xml>
2005-09-04 18:08 Replaced by the 'build-common.xml' file.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-02 16:47 Now, requires and uses the 'xrn-commons' module.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-08-28 15:29 Removed the useless delivery file path and name, since Ant allows to express 'fileset' with a 'file' attribute.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-08-27 17:12 Added the 'init.Java' target.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-08-27 15:38 Made the scripts more open, in order to use them in the 'org.xrn.eclipse' CVS module and project.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<build-XRNDevelop.xml>
2005-09-06 09:34 Fixed and shifted the 'prepareNewVersion' target.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-05 09:14 Added the integral 'org.xrn.core' package to the compilation.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-04 21:21 The computation of the actors XML file is now abolute.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-04 17:54 Major refactoring: the 'xrn-build' artefact is now used.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-02 16:47 Add the mising 'init' target dependency on the 'buildAntTask' target.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-08-27 15:50 Fixed the default target, which did not exist anymore.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<build-XRNExample.xml>
2005-10-04 18:16 Shift the 'getCVSDifferences' target from the 'build-common.xml' to the 'build-XRNWebSite.xml'.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-04 17:54 Major refactoring: the 'xrn-build' artefact is now used.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<build-XRNRelease.xml>
2005-10-04 20:24 Fixed the unitary tests launch.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-10-04 19:52 Re-introduced the 'releaseWebSite' target.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-08-28 15:29 Removed the useless delivery file path and name, since Ant allows to express 'fileset' with a 'file' attribute.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<build-XRNWebSite.xml>
2005-10-04 19:44 Fixed the directory creation that was missing in the 'getCVSDifferences' target.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-30 23:21 The 'getCVSDifferences' have been a bit revisited. The 'xmltask' declaration is now factorized.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<setup/ReleaseNotes.xml>
2005-10-04 17:59 Contribution for the V0.19.2.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-30 23:22 Contribution for the V0.19.2.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-08 06:41 Updated for the V0.19.2. Migrated to this forthcoming new format.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-05 16:38 The release notes do not contain the 'xmlns=""' statements anymore.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-04 18:04 Updated for the V0.19.1.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-08-22 18:24 Fixed the 'Contributors' and 'AskingPersons' XML elements order.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-08-21 17:48 Prepared for the V0.19.1.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<setup/XMLReleaseNotesConvertorCommon.xsl>
2005-09-06 14:08 Now, handles the 'xrn:XMLReleaseNotes/@XRNVersion' attribute.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<setup/XMLReleaseNotesConvertorV0.18.2-0.19.0.xsl>
2005-08-21 17:33 Fixed the bug order of the 'AskingPersons' and 'Contributors' XML elements.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<setup/XMLReleaseNotesConvertorV0.19.0-0.19.2.xsl>
2005-09-07 20:08 Now, removes the empty namespace declarations.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-06 14:23 The migration XSL between V0.19.0 and V0.19.2 of the framework.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<setup/XRN-XRNBuild.xml>
2005-09-07 20:43 Describes the activity of the XRN official web site.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<setup/XRN-XRNGuide.xml>
2005-09-07 20:45 Migrated to XRN V0.19.2.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<setup/XRNActors.xml>
2005-09-30 23:14 Fixed the XML namespace approrixmations. Updated with new entries.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<source/image/XRN-16x16.png>
2005-08-21 17:26 Some various logos for the XRN project.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<source/java/org/xrn/ant/XMLReleaseNotes.java>
2005-09-07 20:36 The XRN migration is now performed if necessary.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-06 16:20 Renamed the 'getXMLDocumentFromXRNFile()' method, and decomposed it.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-06 14:24 The 'XMLReleaseNotes' class has been inherited: refactoring in order to be able to invoke the migration facility in a more natural way.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-06 07:08 Removed the now unnecessary 'getVersion()' method, and uses the 'Constants.XRN_VERSION' instead.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-01 15:16 Uses the brand new 'org.xrn.core.Constants' static class.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<source/java/org/xrn/ant/XRNConstante.java>
2005-09-01 15:18 Marked as deprecated.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<source/java/org/xrn/core/Constants.java>
2005-09-01 15:15 A class that enables to access some constants on the framework. Replaces the 'org.xrn.ant.XRNConstante' one.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<source/java/org/xrn/core/MigrationTask.java>
2005-09-06 16:20 Renamed the 'getXMLDocumentFromXRNFile()' method, and decomposed it.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<source/java/org/xrn/core/ReaderAndWriter.java>
2005-09-06 15:06 The migration step during the XML reading has been commented out for the moment.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-06 09:46 Removed the useless import statements.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-05 09:14 The class repsonsible for reading and writting the release notes under the XRN format.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<source/java/org/xrn/core/XMLTask.java>
2005-09-06 14:25 The 'XMLReleaseNotes' class has been inherited: refactoring in order to be able to invoke the migration facility in a more natural way.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<source/java/org/xrn/gui/CompatibilityBreakPanel.java>
2005-08-05 21:05 Initial for changes in version 0.19
detail: vsc
contributor: CManeg
<source/java/org/xrn/gui/CompositionPanel.java>
2005-08-05 21:23 to be sure to have the right version in cvs
detail: vsc
contributor: CManeg
<source/java/org/xrn/gui/EditWindow.java>
2005-09-13 19:00 Adjustments for new XSD version
detail: vsc
contributor: CManeg
2005-08-21 18:48 Made the code compliant with the new 'ActorType' XSD element.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<source/java/org/xrn/gui/ReleaseNotesWindow.java>
2005-09-13 19:41 Little corrections
detail: vsc
contributor: CManeg
<source/java/org/xrn/plugin/impl/Graph.java>
2005-08-21 17:28 Since the 'ActorType' has been added to the XSD, it is now used.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<source/plugin/CVSModel.xsl>
2005-09-30 23:13 Added the 'split' parameter.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-30 22:06 Fixed the bug when the target version (denoted by the 'releaseVersion' parameter) does not have a 'Features' section.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-05 20:33 Takes into account the XRN namespace.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<source/plugin/XRNActorsModel.xsl>
2005-09-30 23:13 Fixed the XML namespace approximations. Changed the default values of the parameters, so as to provide a better default behaviour.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-09-30 22:49 Fixed the bug due to the remaining '@contributorID' and '@askingPersonID' deprecated attributes on the 'Feature' XML element.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<source/XML/XMLActors.xsd>
2005-09-30 23:12 Fixed the XML namespace approximations.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<source/XML/XMLReleaseNotes.xml>
2005-09-08 10:33 Removed the old release notes file, which is present a long time ago in the 'setup' directory.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<source/XML/XMLReleaseNotes.xsd>
2005-09-05 16:37 Made the namespace visible ('qualified'), so as to prevent stupid no-namespace inner elements.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-08-21 17:19 Added some annotations to the 'ActorType' XML element.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
2005-08-21 17:12 Made the actors a complex type, instead of letting it defined inline twice.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<source/XML/XMLReleaseNotes2HTML.xsl>
2005-09-05 20:32 Takes into account the XRN namespace.
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<source/XML/XMLReleaseNotesCommon.xsl>
2005-09-05 07:49 Fixed the bug of the warning message, which did not take into account the 'XRNVersion' renamed attribute (which used to be named 'version').
detail: vsc
contributor: EMercier
<VSC>   [0.15.0], [0.6.6], [0.6.1]
The CVSModel XSLT plug-in
Fixed the CVS XSLT model, which is used to be buggy when the 'Feature' XML element was not present.
detail: tech fix
contributor: EMercier
CVSModel XSLT plug-in 'split' parameter
Added an extra parameter named 'split', which enables to indicate whether each commit action into CVS should produce its own feature or not.
detail: func enhance
contributor: EMercier
<XRNActorsModel>   [0.19.1], [0.19.0]
Deprecated attributes
Some asking persons and contributors did not appear in the final HTML transformation, because the taking into account of deprecated attributes on the 'Feature' was not disabled.
detail: tech fix
contributor: EMercier
<XSD>   [0.18.2], [0.18.0], [0.14.0], [0.10.0], [0.8.0], [0.6.6]
Namespace
The XRN namespace is made visible ('qualified').
Removed the double definition of the 'Actor' type.
detail: tech fix
contributor: EMercier

XMLReleaseNotes 0.19.1
start date: 2005.06.24
build date: 2005.09.04
builder: EMercier

<actors>   [0.17.0], [0.14.0]
Contributors and actors
The XSD asking persons and contributors have been defined in a single location, so as to factorize the definition.
This also makes the XSD to Java mapping more straightforward.
detail: tech enhance
contributor: EMercier
<cumulative>   [0.13.0], [0.8.0]
CumulativeModel XSLT model
Fixed the plugin when the upper 'Releae' XML element does not have any 'Feature' XML element defined .
detail: tech fix
contributor: EMercier
<XRNActorsModel>   [0.19.0]
XRNActorsModel XSLT model
Added the 'checkActors' parameter, which enables to test whether the declared actors on the release notes are all present in the 'actorsFile' XML file.
The model issues messages whenever it detects a mismatching.
detail: tech enhance
contributor: EMercier

XMLReleaseNotes 0.19.0
start date: 2005.02.05
build date: 2005.03.21
builder: EMercier

<XRNActorsModel>
XRNActorsModel XSLT model
Added the 'expandActorName' parameter that indicates whether the actor identifiers ('ID' attribute) should be expanded against their display name, when available in the actors XML files.
Added the 'equalizeCase' parameter that indicates whether the actor identifiers should be all equalized as far as the case is concerned (in lower case). This solves the problem of the same actor being entered with various cases, and thus not being recognized as the same actor.
detail: tech enhance
contributor: EMercier

XMLReleaseNotes 0.18.2
start date: 2005.01.04
build date: 2005.01.31
builder: EMercier

<ClassLoader>
Class loaders
Because of a misuse of the Java class loader, there were strange problem at runtime with the XSLT and the JAXB.
detail: tech fix
contributor: EMercier
<graph>
Actors graph
A first XRN Java plug-in in proposed in early alpha version. Its implementation class is 'org.xrn.plugin.impl.Graph'.
It generates - via the Dot component - a graph per actor, that displays the relationship his relationships with all components (as a builder, asking person, contributor).
More explanation to come, since this is still experimental.
detail: func enhance
contributor: EMercier
<javaPlugin>
Java plug-in
The Java plug-in feature is delivered as very alpha.
This feature enables to open the framework by proposing additional views on the pieces of information present in the release notes.
Plug-in should be asked by end-users, developed by developers and used when running the Ant XRN task and set the parameters that enable to use the plug-in.
On that purpose, the inner 'javaPlugin' XML element has been added to the XRN task. This is a derivation from the Ant built-in 'Path' core element. Moreveover, its mandatory 'classFQN' attribute enables to indicate the Fully Qualified Name of the class that implements a plug-in.
detail: func enhance
contributor: EMercier
<XSD>   [0.18.0], [0.14.0], [0.10.0], [0.8.0], [0.6.6]
XSD 'Item' element
The 'Feature/Item' XML element count can now be null, provided you provide at least a 'Title' sibling element.
This enables to define features, just by their title, which should be used with wisdom.
detail: func business
contributor: EMercier

XMLReleaseNotes 0.18.1
start date: 2004.12.16
build date: 2004.01.04
builder: EMercier

<pluginLayout>   [0.17.1], [0.17.0]
Summary plug-in layout
The plug-in layout has bee enhanced, so that it is now possible to generate HTML additional entries at the top level, that is to say for all components.
This is supposed to enable the development of pages that report information concerning all components present in a multi-release notes rendering.
detail: func enhance
contributor: EMercier
<runtime>
Runtime stability
This version should be much more flexibl as far as the runtime environment is concerned.
There used to be problem when the XRN task declaration made reference to jar files outside the Ant 'lib' directory.
This is the reason why the 'URIResolverPath' and 'XRNPath' features have been introduced.
detail: tech fix
contributor: EMercier
<SectionFilter>
'SectionFilter' XSLT model plug-in
The plug-in has been fixed because it used to remove the 'Features' XML element in any case.
A 'showFeature' additional XSLT paramter has been introduced so as to be able to filter on the features as well.
detail: tech fix
contributor: EMercier
<URIResolverPath>
URI resolver path
Added the 'URIResolver' inner element to the Ant XRN task, so as to enable the Ant runtime to find the .xsl file present in the task jar.
This is only handy when you define the XRN task via a 'typedef/taskdef' and that the jar is not present under Ant 'lib' directory.
detail: tech technical
contributor: EMercier
<XRN2HTMLActors>
Actors plug-in layout
This new plug-in layout takes benefit of the new plug-in layout extension at the level of the summary.
This is just a bootstrap and will be enhanced, but it provides an example.
The idea behind is to generate a kind of hall of fame of the actors involved in the process for a given component.
detail: func enhance
contributor: EMercier
<XSLTPath>
XSLT Path
Addes the 'XSLTPath' inner XML element to the Ant XRN task, so as to enable Ant runtime to find the XSLT factory implementation to be loaded when it resides outside the 'lib' directory.
JRE V1.4 should not be concerned with that feature (since Xalan is shipped with the Java runtime) unless they intend to use another implementation that lives outside the 'Ant' lib directory.
detail: tech technical
contributor: EMercier
Delivery section
The rendered HTML pages used to contain 'No delivery' section when no delivery is present for a given version.
This has been removed since it polutes the rendering.
detail: func fix
contributor: EMercier

XMLReleaseNotes 0.18.0
start date: 2004.11.29
build date: 2004.12.15
builder: EMercier

<deploy>
XRN deploy via Ant
The Ant 'deploy' now also extracts the 'XMLReleaseNotesCommon.xsl' file.
This is necessary if someone intends to use the XSL machinery for integrating XRN into another HTML generation process.
detail: tech fix
contributor: EMercier
<namespace>
XML namespace
There were some unwished XML namespace references in the generated HTML stuff.
The generated HTML pages should now be XHTML 1.0 Transitional compliant.
detail: tech fix
contributor: EMercier
<XRNTask>
Ant XRN task package changed
The Ant XRN task has been moved from Java package 'org.ed.pack.xmlreleasenotes' to 'org.xrn.ant'.
Do not forget to change the task 'taskdef' declarations accordingly!
detail: tech enhance
contributor: EMercier
Ant XRN task declaration
You can now directly use the Ant XRN task by using a 'typedef', instead of a 'taskdef'.
The resource name is 'XMLReleaseNotes/org/xrn/ant/task.properties'.
detail: tech enhance
contributor: EMercier
<XSD>   [0.14.0], [0.10.0], [0.8.0], [0.6.6]
The feature reason
The XSD 'why' attribute has been turned into a 'reason' attribute.
This is supposed to have been propagated to all the XRN core (CSS style sheet, XSL style sheets).
detail: func business
asking: CManeg
contributor: EMercier
Content rendering
When some content was expressed using a <![CDATA[]]> statement, the content was rendered as is, instead of considering the HTML tags.
This is now fixed?
But this introduces the relevance of the 'contentType' attribute, which should be rather used to indicate whether the textual content should be interpreted or not instead...
detail: tech fix
contributor: EMercier

XMLReleaseNotes 0.17.3
start date: 2004.11.18
build date: 2004.11.27
builder: EMercier

<XRNGuide>   [0.17.2]
XRN Guide
The guide begins to be usable now...
detail: func business

XMLReleaseNotes 0.17.2
start date: 2004.11.15
build date: 2004.11.18
builder: EMercier

<XRNGuide>
XRN Guide
A guide has been started, so as to explain how to use the XRN framework, from an end-user perspective.
This is just starts and needs much, much work...
detail: func business

XMLReleaseNotes 0.17.1
start date: 2004.11.10
build date: 2004.11.14
builder: EMercier

<pluginLayout>   [0.17.0]
Plugin layout
Now, the 'XRN2HTMLPluginReference.xsl' plugin layout is fully functional.
detail: func enhance
<rendering>
Block rendering
Fixed the composition, dependencies, requirements and deliveries blocks as far as the column widths are concerned.
detail: func fix
Components ordering
When generating multi-components release notes, the sorting of the components now depends on the component identifier.
detail: func fix

XMLReleaseNotes 0.17.0
start date: 2004.10.30
build date: 2004.11.10
builder: EMercier

<actors>   [0.14.0]
Contributor and asking person
Fixed the remaining bug due to the XML name change.
This used to prevent the multiple contributors and asking persons from appearing in the generated feature HTML pages.
detail: tech fix
<AntDeploy>   [0.4.0]
Ant 'deploy'
The feature was bugged (the 'deploy' Ant XRN task parameter) because the 'XMLActors.xsd' extraction was incorrect.
detail: tech fix
<dependencyModel>   [0.15.0]
Dependencies
Fixed a bug that used to make the generated XML not compliant with the framework.
detail: tech fix
<pluginLayout>
Plugin layout
Added the opportunity to extend the multiple page layout via some plugins.
This is possible via the 'pluginLayout' Ant task inner XML element.
detail: func enhance
<tags>
Tags
Added a new optional 'Tags' elements as a child element of the 'Feature' XML element.
This makes the framework more extensible because XSLT model plugin can take benefit of this extra information.
This new tag should also be deployed at other levels, like the 'Release', 'Component', for instance.
detail: func enhance

XMLReleaseNotes 0.16.0
start date: 2004.10.25
build date: 2004.10.25
builder: EMercier

{XSD}   [0.14.0], [0.10.0], [0.8.0], [0.6.6]
<feature>   [0.14.0], [0.12.0]
Parent feature
The 'Feature/@parentID' attribute has been added.
This enables to indicate that a feature belongs to a parent-feature, and thus provide a hierachy among the features.
Still beta and should be considered as a try...
detail: func business
<HTML>   [0.10.1], [0.6.6], [0.6.4]
Features sum-up
The features hierarchy is now emphasized on the features summary page, by nesting the feature content with a parent within its parent.
detail: func enhance

XMLReleaseNotes 0.15.0
start date: 2004.10.24
build date: 2004.10.25
builder: EMercier

<dependencyModel>
Dependencies
The new 'DependencyModel.xsl' new plugin enables to inline the release notes dependency-components of a component.
When a component has a new dependency (expressed via the 'Release/Dependencies/Component' XML element), this plugin inlines the depending-component by looking at its XRN release notes found via the corresponding 'ReleaseNotes/Components/Component/@xml' attribute.
This is the reason why it is important to express the XRN release notes of all depending components.
detail: func enhance
{AntTask}   [0.3.2]
<migration>   [0.8.0], [0.6.4], [0.6.2], [0.4.1]
Implicit migration
Added the 'implicitlyMigrate' parameter to the Ant task, so that it is possible to migrate the provided XRN files if necessary, without migrating the original.
No, when the Ant 'migrate' parameter is used, only the migration is performed.
detail: func enhance
contributor: EMercier
{plugin}   [0.10.0]
<SectionFilterModel>
Section filter XSLT model
This new XSLT model 'SectionFilterModel' enables to filter the sections to keep when generating the release notes.
It enables to filter the 'Summary', 'Composition', 'Dependencies', 'Requirements' and 'Deliveries' XML 'Release'-child elements individually.
Usefull, for instance, when you want to generate an HTML download page.
detail: tech technical
<VSC>   [0.6.6], [0.6.1]
CVSModel XSLT model plugin
Fixed the deprecated 'Feature/Abstract' XML element use (which is now 'Feature/Title').
detail: tech fix
Actors XSD and migration
Added the 'XRNActors.xsd' schema in order to know how to fulfill the actors XML file.
Fixed the 0.13.0 to 0.14.0 migration stylesheet.
detail: tech fix
Release build date
The release build date has been added to the summary page when the multi-component feature is being used.
detail: func enhance

XMLReleaseNotes 0.14.0
start date: 2004.09.01
build date: 2004.10.21
builder: EMercier

<actors>
Actors
The 'Actors.xsd' schema has been normalized and you can now use it in order to define all actors involved in the process.
Either you use the 'Actors' top-child XML element of 'ReleaseNotes', or you use the 'XRNActors' plugin model XSL in order to provide one.
The actors file should comply to the 'XRNActors.xsd' schema present in the package.
For every actor, when this plugin is used, you can directly write to him by clicking the hyperlink (via a 'mailto' HTML tag).
detail: func business
<feature>   [0.12.0]
Feature title
The 'Feature/Abstract' XML element has been renamed 'Title' because this is more adapted.
detail: tech fix
<freshness>
Release 'freshness' indicator
On each HTML release, the "freshness" of the release is now indicated by a color at the right of the version name.
detail: func enhance
<XSD>   [0.10.0], [0.8.0], [0.6.6]
XSD change
The inner 'Contributors' and 'AskingPersons' XML element now contain 'Actor' XML elements so as to simplify the XSD.
The 'Abstract' element has been renamed as 'Title'.
detail: tech enhance

XMLReleaseNotes 0.13.0
build date: 2004.08.31
builder: EMercier

<cumulative>   [0.8.0]
Cumulative
The 'cumulative' attribute of the Ant XRN task has been made obsolete.
The ''VersionAndTypeFilterModel' model XSLT plugin should be used instead.
detail: tech bug-fixing fix
<titleHeaderFooter>
Title, header, footer
You can now provide a title, a header and a footer for the multi-components into HTML.
This is possible in the Ant task through the inner 'title', 'header' and 'footer' XML elements.
detail: func enhance

XMLReleaseNotes 0.12.0
build date: 2004.08.29
builder: EMercier

<askingPersonAndContributor>
Multiple asking persons and contributors
When the inner 'Contributors' and 'AskingPersons' XML element (in the 'Feature' XML element) were used, only the first actor was output in the HTML page.
detail: tech bug-fixing fix
<feature>
Feature with no ID hyperlink
On the 'Feature' HTML page, add an hyperlink to the release where the anonymous feature has been defined.
detail: func bug-fixing fix
<filtering>
Filtering
The version (via the 'firstVersion' and 'lastVersion' attributes), feature type (via the 'type' attribute) and importance (via the 'importanceThreshold') filtering has been removed from the Ant XRN task.
Those filters are now performed by the ''VersionAndTypeFilterModel' plugin-model XSLT, in order to make the XSLT code easier.
detail: tech enhance
<importance>   [0.9.0], [0.6.4], [0.6.2]
Importance default level
The importance default value is now considered to be set to 3, so that it makes sense: it was set to 4, so that all features are equaly very important by default.
The level 5 has been added, so as to make 3 in the middle of the range.
detail: tech enhance

XMLReleaseNotes 0.11.0
build date: 2004.08.28
builder: EMercier

<features>
Features HTML page
Provide an HTML page that gathers all features.
This is still beta and will be improved...
detail: func enhance
contributor: EMercier
Feature inheritance and layout
The layout of the feature has been enhanced.
Multiple features with the same 'ID' are now gathered.
detail: func enhance

XMLReleaseNotes 0.10.1
build date: 2004.08.16
builder: EMercier

<HTML>   [0.6.6], [0.6.4]
Obsolete XRN file
The warning output when a XRN file is obsolete now states the ID of the component.
detail: tech enhance
Bottom banner visibility
The bottom banner for XRN promotion was still visible on the generated HTML pages (with multi-components enabled), even when the 'banner' Ant attribute was set to 'no'.
detail: tech bug-fixing fix

XMLReleaseNotes 0.10.0
build date: 2004.08.16
builder: EMercier

<Ant>
XSLT implementation
Provided the ability for the user to define the XSLT implementation to be used.
This is possible via the task attribute 'processor', which should be set to the class fully qualified name that implements the 'javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory' interface.
detail: tech enhance
<maven>
Maven
Now provides an XSLT model for integrating the maven POM.
This is possible via the 'MavenModel' model XSLT plugin: the POM short description is just taken and integrated into the release notes.
detail: func enhance
<multiComponents>
Multiple components
Added the opportunity to generate the release notes for more than one component at the same time.
The Ant task now supports the 'fileset' inner XML element.
Some navigation pages are now being generated when the feature is enabled.
The javadoc-like selectors have been added to the CSS.
Multiple HTML pages are being produced, a little bit like javadoc does, so as to split the different release (present the generated HTML generated by the XMLReleaseNotes2HTML.xsl a bit like javadoc format, so as to output a single HTML page for each release).
detail: tech enhance
{AntTask}   [0.3.2]
<plugin>
XSLT model plugin
It is now possible to use the model XSLT present in the jar via the Ant 'plugin' attribute that can be used on the 'model' XML inner element.
Refer to it as you would via the 'xsl' attribute, but omit the '.xsl' extension.
detail: tech
<XSD>   [0.8.0], [0.6.6]
Component summary
A top-child XML element 'Summary' has been added so as to provide a way to briefly describe what the component is about.
detail: func enhance

XMLReleaseNotes 0.9.0
build date: 2004.08.06
delivery date: 2004.08.06
builder: EMercier

<CSS>   [0.6.6], [0.6.4], [0.6.0], [0.4.0]
CSS
Totally re-engineered the CSS, so that there are now only class selectors.
Began to annotate the selectors, so as to easier the customization.
detail: tech enhance
<downloadPage>
Download page
It is now possible to generate a single download page that enabes to overview all the deliveries, while removing the feature details.
This is possible via the Ant 'downloadPage' new feature.
detail: func enhance
<importance>   [0.6.4], [0.6.2]
Feature importance
Fixed the feature importance bug that was actually not taken into account during the XSLT.
detail: tech bug-fixing fix
<useIcons>
Icons
Prepared the XSL so that icons may be included in the generated HTML page, so as to enhance the layout.
detail: tech enhance

XMLReleaseNotes 0.8.0
build date: 2004.07.23
delivery date: 2004.07.23
builder: EMercier

<cumulative>
Cumulative
Now, provides an additional XSLT model that enables to generate a release notes between two versions, in a cumulative way.
Ant: the 'cumulative' attribute has been added in order to ask for a cumulative release notes.
detail: func enhance
<migration>   [0.6.4], [0.6.2], [0.4.1]
Implicit migration
An implicit migration before the rendering is performed on the release notes when required, without overwritting the file (done in memory only).
detail: tech enhance
<validation>
Validation
It is now possible to check that the structure of the data entered in the XRN release notes XSML file are compliant with the framework.
It is now posible to check the XRN release notes XML file against its XSD schema (present in the jar).
This can be achieved via the Ant task by using the 'checkValidity' top parameter.
Now, an additional feature would be to actually analyze the XRN release notes file in order to check more deeply that the information is coherent.
detail: func enhance
<XSD>   [0.6.6]
Components release notes
Added an optional 'Components' top-child element, in order to be able to access the components (present via the dependencies, composition and requirements features) that already have an XRN XML release notes defined.
This enable release notes cross references.
This makes the framework more worth, and this becomes interesting.
XMLReleaseNotes2HTML.xsl: the XML to HTML renderer takes benefit of this feature by providing additional hyperlinks on the components references.
Now, an additional feature would be to inline those additional release notes into the generated HTML.
detail: func enhance
<XSLT>   [0.7.0], [0.5.0]
XSLT piping
The way the XSL transformations are applied is now more open: additional pre and post treatement is now easier.
detail: tech enhance

XMLReleaseNotes 0.7.0
build date: 2004.05.16
delivery date: 2004.05.16
builder: EMercier

<multiPage>
HTML rendering
It is now possible to output the release notes in multiple HTML pages, one per version.
The status is still very beta, but it can already be used.
detail: func enhance
<openSource>
Open source
The project is now proposed as open-source, so that people can contribute.
detail: tech business
<XSLT>   [0.5.0]
Last version
When the 'lastVersion' parameter did not match to anything in the release notes, no HTML was output: this is now fixed.
detail: tech bug-fixing fix

XMLReleaseNotes 0.6.6
build date: 2004.05.09
delivery date: 2004.05.09
builder: EMercier

<CSS>   [0.6.4], [0.6.0], [0.4.0]
Printer friendly
The printer-friendly 'XMLReleaseNotesPrint.css' stylesheet has been significantly improved.
The default CSS has also been changed, in order to easier the customization.
detail: tech enhance
<HTML>   [0.6.4]
HTML feature detail rendering
Changed the way the feature details (type, why, bug-fixing, category) are layout, so that it is easier to make a printer-friendly CSS.
The 'category' attribute is now being diplayed.
detail: tech enhance
<VSC>   [0.6.1]
VSC XSLT-model
Fixed this plugin XSLT that was bugged due to the renaming of the 'BuildingBlock' element as 'Item'.
detail: tech bug-fixing fix
<XSD>
Category
A 'category' attribute has been added the 'Feature' XML element, so as to provide a free additional indicator, that can be handled later on by the XSLT.
detail: func enhance

XMLReleaseNotes 0.6.5
build date: 2004.05.06
delivery date: 2004.05.06
builder: EMercier

<URIResolver>   [0.5.1]
XMLCatalog bug with Ant V1.6+
The Ant API has changed between Ant V1.5.0 and Ant V1.6: there was a runtime bug because of that. This is now fixed via introspection.
detail: tech fix

XMLReleaseNotes 0.6.4
build date: 2004.05.04
delivery date: 2004.05.04
builder: EMercier

<CSS>   [0.6.0], [0.4.0]
Printer friendly
CSS: work begun on a CSS that makes the printing friendly via the 'XMLReleaseNotesPrint.css' stylesheet.
The structure has changed a lot.
Still under beat and this probably massively the default CSS structure.
detail: tech enhance
<dependCompoRequi>   [0.6.0]
Composition, dependencies and requirements
XSL and Ant: added the 'composition', 'dependency' and 'requirement' parameters that enables to control whether those kind of information should be output or not.
detail: func enhance
<HTML>
HTML rendering
The version and delivery column have disappeared and have been integrated to each release, respectively at the top and at the bottom.
detail: tech enhance
<importance>   [0.6.2]
Visibility and Importance
Ant and XSLT: fixed the bug due to the fact that the 'visibility' feature has been changed.
Ant: the 'visibilityThreshold' parameter has been replaced by the 'importanceThreshold' parameter.
detail: func fix
<migration>   [0.6.2], [0.4.1]
BuildingBlock and Item
XSD: turned the 'BuildingBlock' XML element into 'Item' because this is simpler and more apropriate.
A migration XSLT has been provided in order to migrate existing XRN XML release notes.
detail: func enhance

XMLReleaseNotes 0.6.3
build date: 2004.05.01
delivery date: 2004.05.01
builder: EMercier


XMLReleaseNotes 0.6.2
build date: 2004.05.01
delivery date: 2004.05.01
builder: EMercier

<importance>
Visibility and Importance
The concept of importance was definitively badly expressed though the 'visibility' concept: this has been replaced by the 'importance' concept.
XSD: the attribute 'visibility' has been replaced by 'importance'.
Use the new migration feature in order to upgrade your XRN XML release notes files.
detail: func business
<migration>   [0.4.1]
XRN migration
Ant: added the 'migrate' parameter that enables to automatically migrate the version of the XML release notes file up to the version of the XRN wrapped in the Ant jar.
Since the XSLT are also present in the zip, you can perform the migration via pure XSLT.
detail: tech enhance

XMLReleaseNotes 0.6.1
build date: 2004.04.21
delivery date: 2004.04.21

<mail>   [0.6.0]
Ant task mail re-engineering
It was definitively a bad idea to inline the mail task at the same XML hierarchy level as the XRN task's. The mail task is now an inner XML element, and the 'mail' parameter is discarded.
You can now provide a specific subject to the sent-mail via the 'subject' parameter of the inner 'mail' XML element.
detail: tech bug-fixing enhance
<VSC>
Versioning Control System
Enables a deeper integration with the VCS systems, so that it is possible to track down the source changes.
This enables to produce more accurate and exhaustive release notes, dedicated to the support of the component.
This opens the framework to the versioning system and enhance this information, that is too often restricted to developers, when they take the time to make views...
This is now possible for CVS via the 'plugin/CVSModel.xsl' XSLT model file: beta for the moment, because it lacks integration...
detail: func
<VSCFeatureType>
Feature new type
Added the 'vsc' feature type so as to render this feature a different way via the XSLT: not yet taken into account.
detail: func enhance
<Why>
The 'why' feature attribute
Added the 'why' attribute to the 'Feature' XML element, in order to better understand the reason for the feature. This enables to better understand the evolution of the component.
This enables to open the framework to existing solutions that deal with the needs collecting.
This attribute is not yet taken into account...
detail: func business

XMLReleaseNotes 0.6.0
build date: 2004.04.20
delivery date: 2004.04.20

<CSS>   [0.4.0]
Feature visibility
XSL: added CSS selector classes named 'featureVisibilityN' in order to give control to a feature visibility, where N ranges from 1 to 4.
detail: tech
CSS inlined
Ant: it is now possible to inline the CSS content within the generated HTML, so as to be make some HTML stand-alone. This is possible via the 'inlineCSS' parameter.
detail: tech
<dependCompoRequi>
New dependency, composition, requirement
XMLReleaseNotes2HTML.xsl: fixed the problem of the '[from M.m.µ]' display when [new] also appears (dependencies, requirements, composition).
detail: tech bug-fixing
<FeatureID>   [0.5.1]
Improvement of the Feature ID
A better HTML rendering of the feature inheritance and its identifier is now performed.
detail: tech
<mail>
Mail
Ant: added the opportunity to mail the release notes directly from the task, since the task derives from the official Ant 'Mail' task.
detail: tech

XMLReleaseNotes 0.5.1
build date: 2004.04.15
delivery date: 2004.04.15

<FeatureID>
Reuse of the Feature ID
Pay more attention to the 'ID' of a 'Feature' element and refer to it if already defined in the past. Now hyperlinks are displayed for already defined features.
detail: tech
<HTMLContent>
HTML content
Enable a better way to express that some HTML tags may be used within the XML release notes, as far as textual content is concerned: the 'contentType' attribute has been added to nearly all textual possible places. When set to 'html', you can use HTML tags. This is now possible but do not abuse it because you have to think that those release notes may be output in other formats than HTML!...
detail: tech
<URIResolver>
URI resolver and parameters
Ant: added the opportunity to use URI resolvers in the XSLT provided by the user via the inner 'xmlcatalog' XML element within the 'model' and 'layout' elements. This is the native Ant XMLCatalog element.
Ant: added the possibility to provide XSLT parameters in the task via the inner 'param' element within the 'model' and 'layout' elements. This is a copy of the built-in 'XSLT' task Ant feature.
detail: tech
Feature 'ID' attribute
Made this 'Feature/@ID' attribute a string, so that mnemonics may be used.
detail: func

XMLReleaseNotes 0.5.0
build date: 2004.04.14
delivery date: 2004.04.14

<XSLT>
Additional XSLT
Ant: added the possibility to use additional XSLT in order to open the framework via the 'model' and 'layout' inner elements.
detail: func
Abstract
Provided the opportunity to define an abstract for each feature, through an 'Abstract' element within the 'Features/Feature' XML element: this enables to name the feature shortly.
detail: func

XMLReleaseNotes 0.4.1
build date: 2004.04.13
delivery date: 2004.04.13

<migration>
Added a version attribute that enables to track the version of the framework used. This may be very useful as far as migration and converstions are concerned.
XSD: added the 'version' attribute indicates the version of the XMLReleaseNotes framework it complies to.
XSL: outputs this version in the bottom banner and outputs a warning if the XML release notes and the XSD are not the same version.
detail: tech
Fixed the bug of the delivery download hyperlink that was wrong.
detail: tech bug-fixing
XSL: enable to remove the default banner at the bottom via a 'banner' parameter. Don' disable it, otherwise the tool won't be known and there will be little support and enhancements.
detail: tech
Fixed the release which missed the release notes! How possible is it?
detail: tech fix

XMLReleaseNotes 0.4.0
build date: 2004.04.12
delivery date: 2004.04.12

<AntDeploy>
Ant: added the 'deploy' parameter that enables to deploy the framework resources from the jar library, so as to be able to use the XSD, the CSS...
detail: tech
<CSS>
Ant: removed the default 'stylsheet.css' file into a directory named 'XMLReleaseNotes' into the jar library, so as to possible avoid conflicts with the rest of the classpath.
detail: tech
XSL: turned the 'standAloneHTML' parameter default value to 'false'.
detail: tech
Fixed the bug concerning the 'Requirements', 'Dependencies' and 'Composition' display, which were not always present as required.
detail: tech bug-fixing
Made the 'Release/@deliveryDate' optional, because you can build releases without never spreading them!
detail: func
XSD: the schema now belongs to the 'http://xmlreleasenotes.free.fr' target namespace, which should be refered as 'xrn'.
detail: tech

XMLReleaseNotes 0.3.3
build date: 2004.04.07
delivery date: 2004.04.07
builder: EMercier

Replaced the term 'item' by 'feature' because it is more appropriate.
Added the 'BuildingBlock' within the 'Feature' element, in order not mix the complex element with text.
detail: tech
Added the opportunity to define a release builder via the 'builderID' attribute on the 'Release' element.
detail: func
XMLReleaseNotes2HTML.xsl: added the 'delivery' parameter that enables not to output de "Delivery" column, which enables to download the artefacts.
detail: func

XMLReleaseNotes 0.3.2
build date: 2004.04.01
delivery date: 2004.04.01

<AntTask>
Added an Ant-task Java library that enables XMLReleaseNotes HTML transformation seamless integration to Ant.
detail: tech
asking: EMercier
contributor: EMercier

XMLReleaseNotes 0.3.1
build date: 2004.03.31
delivery date: 2004.03.31

Added an an about page on the web-site.
detail: func
The releases sorting is better thought. The need of a documentation is now needed.
detail: func

XMLReleaseNotes 0.3.0
build date: 2004.03.30
delivery date: 2004.03.30

<Visibility>
Added the concept of visibility for each item, so that it is possible to filter when rendering into HTML, for instance. It is adviced to use a value that ranges from 0 to 4, 4 meaning that the item is the most visible. This is now possible through the 'visibilityThreshold' XSLT parameter.
detail: func
Now, enables to tell whether the dependencies and requirements should be inherited from the previous versions. How does it work? For each 'Release' XML element...
detail: func
XMLReleaseNotes2HTML.xsl: added the possibility to filter the type of items to be documented through the 'typeFilter' parameter. This enable to remove for instance the technical information into a functional release notes dedicated to end-users.
detail: func

XMLReleaseNotes 0.2.6
build date: 2004.03.26
delivery date: 2004.03.26


XMLReleaseNotes 0.2.5
build date: 2004.03.21
delivery date: 2004.03.21

XMLReleaseNotes2HTML.xsl: you can now define the lower and upper limits of the versions for which the HTML is generated.
detail: func

XMLReleaseNotes 0.2.4
build date: 2004.03.21
delivery date: 2004.03.21


XMLReleaseNotes 0.2.3
build date: 2004.03.21
delivery date: 2004.03.21

Added the opportuniy to add a 'ReleaseNotes' 'Deliveries' XML element direct child that can specify the common HTTP URL (via the 'href' attribute) where the deliveries are gathered.
detail: func

XMLReleaseNotes 0.2.2
build date: 2004.03.21
delivery date: 2004.03.21


XMLReleaseNotes 0.2.0
build date: 2004.03.21
delivery date: never

The architecture and files of the projets are now OK; the resources are under CVS and all the delivery engine should work, through an Ant buildfile.
detail: tech

XMLReleaseNotes 0.0.beta
build date: 2004.03.18
delivery date: never


XMLReleaseNotes 0.0.alpha
build date: 2004.03.18
delivery date: never


Release notes generated by XMLReleaseNotes V0.19.2