ANNOUNCE: HaXml-1.06

[Malcolm Wallace]

				HaXml-1.06
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			http://www.haskell.org/HaXml/

We are pleased to announce a fresh release of HaXml, the collection of
libraries and tools for using XML from Haskell.  HaXml includes

    * a parser for XML;
    * a separate error-correcting parser for HTML;
    * an XML validator;
    * pretty-printers for XML and HTML;
    * a combinator library for generic XML document transformation,
      editing, and generation;
    * class Haskell2Xml which allows you to read and write ordinary
      Haskell data as XML;
    * DtdToHaskell, a tool for translating an XML DTD into equivalent
      Haskell types;
    * Xtract, a grep-like tool for XML documents.

Release 1.06 is a major re-packaging of these facilities.  Highlights
include:

    * HaXml now uses the new hierarchical namespace for modules,
      specifically under the tree Text.Xml.HaXml.
    * The HaXml libraries now install as a separate `package' in both
      ghc and nhc98.  Use -package HaXml to access them.
    * The library APIs are now documented using Haddock.
    * Due to popular request, we have added a new validator for
      checking generic document content against a DTD.  This is
      available both as a library function, and as a command-line tool.
    * DrIFT is now distributed separately by John Meacham, with much
      better configuration and build support.  You still only need it
      if you want to derive the Haskell2Xml class.
    * Bugfix: the lexer and parser now accept NOTATION declarations
      in the DTD.
    * Bugfix: a PublicId in a NOTATION decl is now correctly recognised
      by the keyword PUBLIC, not PUBLICID.
    * Bugfix: the HTML parser now correctly accepts stand-alone tags
      like IMG.
    * Bugfix: instances of XmlContent now accept an empty string where
      #PCDATA is expected.  Likewise, comments, processing instructions,
      and character/entity references are now permitted to be scattered
      thoughout some #PCDATA text.
    * Bugfix: the OneOfN types used in code generated by DtdToHaskell
      are now supplied by default up to size 20, and a utility for
      automatically generating larger sizes is included.

Regards,
    Malcolm