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Hi everyone!

The ArchiTest project has released version 0.10 of the test examination builder application named ArchiTest.

ArchiTest takes test questions from an XML database and prepares custom exams and correction aids for educators. The XML output can be converted to several 'printer-friendly' formats such as DocBook, LaTeX, HTML and OpenOffice Writer, and be turned into PDF afterwards.

Version 0.10 includes minor fixes and additional features as:... read more

Dear ArchiTest users:

ArchiTest Development Team wants to warmly welcome our brand new member: Pau Capdevila (kapde). Pau is joining forces with current Team members Jordi Bernabeu (jordib75) and Dagoberto Salazar (architest).

Pau will be the main responsible of an important ArchiTest milestone: The development of "libarchitest".

libarchitest will be a C++ library implementing all "core" ArchiTest features and having portability as a main goal. Thought to be released with a LGPL (or likewise) license, libarchitest will allow other programmers in many platforms to develop their own ArchiTest implementations.... read more

Hi everyone!

The ArchiTest project has released new version 0.9.4 of the test examination builder application named architest.

ArchiTest takes test questions from an XML database and prepares custom exams and correction aids for educators. The XML output can be converted to several 'printer-friendly' formats such as DocBook, LaTeX, HTML and OpenOffice Writer, and be turned into PDF afterwards.

0.9.4 is a minor fixes release, including the inline help in a separate directory (docs) in man and html formats.... read more

Hi there!

After many months of devoting our time to paid-work, the ArchiTest Development Team has returned to coding activity. And the result is here!

This new release focuses in stabilising the coding internals, for example improving the command built-in help system and network connection. Also, some bug fixing and new features have been introduced.

New features:
- list-answers tool: produces a plain text file with the correct answers from a test.
- test2oo tool: convert an xml test into OpenOffice.org Writer format. Uses easily customizable templates.... read more

Hi all!

Now you can find ArchiTest website at:

http://architest.sourceforge.net

There you will find documentation, real-life examples and useful tips. It works wiki-style, so everyone is invited to join in.

Best regards,

ArchiTest Team

Hi everyone!

We were very busy past couple of months doing some administrative tasks, so this ArchiTest release has relatively small changes.

However small, they are important: Two brand-new tools have been added:

- test2latex.pl: This tool will allow Latex fans to get a high degree of customization in their printed outputs. Just be aware that test2latex.pl is still in alpha state and so far can't handle figures. Included are nice templates.... read more

Hi all!

During this long month ArchiTest Project has had several important changes, including the incorporation of a new ArchiTest developer: Jordi Bernabeu. Welcome aboard, Jordi!.

Although release 0.9.0 announced a shift in development to Web interfaces, ArchiTest Development Team decided that at least one important feature was still missing: To be able to read configuration parameters from a XML configuration file. This opens the possibility of building automatic batch processes that read their input from pre-written configuration files.... read more

Hi all!

Jordi Bernabeu has joined ArchiTest as developer and Project Manager. I'm very happy because Jordi brings a lot of new and interesting ideas to ArchiTest and has already made some important contributions.

Welcome aboard, Jordi!

Dago

Hi all!

As a birthday present to myself, I just released a new ArchiTest version: 0.9.0.

Although it may appear as a minor change regarding number of lines changed/added, from my point of view this is an important milestone: ArchiTest is now able to manage paragraphs and images (both standalone as inline) in its question databases, allowing to build tests a lot more complex.

I'm proud of this new feature because it was introduced without jeopardizing compatibility with former question databases, and allowing users to stick to a very simple XML structure if images are not used.... read more

Hi all!

This release added what I think is a very nice feature: Networking. Use http protocol to get your questions databases from the net!

Version 0.8.6:

- Tools enabled to read input files from the network using "http" protocol.
- Improved help and more input options in tools "show-sections.pl" and "report-questions.pl".
- Fixed "test2docbook.pl" section handling.... read more

Hi all!

This release saw a lot of changes in DTD file, so we urge you all to update.

In particular, a new attribute was added to "item" element: type. This attribute allows classification of questions in "simple choice", "multiple choice", "true/false" and "development" types.

This addition implied development of a new tool called "select-type" to make good use of it, and also forced modifications in other tools.... read more

New release of ArchiTest!

This 0.8.4 release focused on "chop-test.pl" tool: A section-handling bug was solved and _VERY IMPORTANT_ item "tagging" function was removed and put in a new tool called "identify-items.pl".

Besides, examples were taken out of README.txt file and put in their own file: EXAMPLES.txt.

In summary:

Version 0.8.4:

- "Tagging" function was took out from "chop-test.pl" and put into a new tool called "identify-items".
- Examples were taken out of "README.txt" file and put into "EXAMPLES.txt".
- Added information to FAQ.txt about on-line help and script version.
- "chop-test.pl" section handling fixed.... read more

Hi all!

Now the hard work went to improved help messages and enabling tools to write output to files, among other things.

Version 0.8.3:

- Corrected choices regarding Panama's capital city in "capitals-america.xml" file.
- Tools "shuffle-questions.pl" and "shuffle-answers.pl" enabled to work with files NOT in the current directory.
- Improved help format.
- Changed PATH to Perl, from /bin/perl to /usr/bin/perl.
- Tools enabled to output the results to a given file.... read more

This released essentially improved XML encoding handling and fixed other small things:

- Changed 'section' attribute 'name' from "REQUIRED" to "IMPLIED" in "architest.dtd".
- Improved encoding handling in those tools where it made sense.
- Better handling of level limits in "select-questions.pl".
- Added 'level' attribute to 'item' element to allow validation against "architest.dtd" of "merge-answers.pl" output file.... read more

A new ArchiTest version has just been released.

Some of the changes (found in new CHANGELOG.txt file) are:

- Added to "test2docbook" a new command-line parameter that allows to change default DocBook DTD "article" to another one.
- Tools enabled to receive their input from standard input.
- Tools enabled to report their version when help is called.
- Added file INSTALL-win.txt to help Window users.
- Added files LICENSE.txt, CHANGELOG.txt, CREDITS.txt, TO_DO.txt.
- Added .txt extension to README, INSTALL and FAQ files.... read more

ArchiTest was first released to the public today (2004/07/18).