3 Changes from DocBook V3.1 to DocBook XML V4.1:
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.
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
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
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
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.