[Xtf-user] XTF 1.7.0 released

[Martin H. <m1...@sn...>]

Hello XTF users,

XTF 1.7 is now available for download at the SourceForge site. Here's a
direct link to the download page:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=119724&package_id=130417

The documentation has been updated to include upgrade instructions and the
new query router among other things. You can read a complete list of the
changes by clicking [Notes] on the download page.

Note that many of the default stylesheets have changed, due to restructuring
of the document identifiers in the default dynaXML side of things. Rather
than the old obscure 10-character codes, document identifiers are now simply
paths from the data directory to the data files. This should simplify life
for newcomers, and make it easy to organize your data however you like.

More stylesheet changes are in store for the future. We hope to include
default handling for EAD (finding aids) in addition to existing TEI
handling. Also, we plan to make meta-data gathering more flexible instead of
forcing you to make .dc files. These are long-term goals to make adopting
XTF easier.

As always, if you have trouble with this release, submit a bug on the
SourceForge site. If you have questions or comments, please post to this
list.

Best regards to all of you,

--Martin