[Ann] freebXML Registry version 3.0-alpha2 release

[Farrukh Najmi <Farrukh.Najmi@Sun.COM>]

The freebXML Registry team (formerly ebxmlrr team) is pleased to
announce the release of version 3.0-alpha2 of our royalty-free
open source implementation of the ebXML Registry standard.

The new version provides most of the new features of the ebXML
Registry 3.0 specifications. It should be noted that the ebXML
Registry 3.0 specifications are not yet final. Future versions of
our software will track any changes to the ebXML
Registry 3.0 specifications.

Latest Release Notes
--------------------

The latest release notes are available in CVS tree at:

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/ebxmlrr/omar/readme.txt?rev=1.8&view=auto

They are also in the readme.txt file at the root level once you have
downloaded the software.

Downloading Software
--------------------

Download instructions are available at:

http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/3.0/SetupGuide.html#Downloading%20the%20Required%20Files

Release Documentation
-------------------

The documentation for the release is available at:

http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/3.0

A good place to start is the installation and setup guide:

http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/3.0/SetupGuide.html

Known Issues
------------

The following are known limitations that are being worked on and fixes
will become available in a future release.

-Occasionally the thin UI throws exceptions when a session has expired.
The work around is to retry the user action.

-Current documentation does not have frame based navigation. The work around is
to use directory listing in a browser tab or window as a Table of Contents.

Reporting Bugs and Requests For Enhancements (RFEs)
----------------------------------------------------

-All messages should be posted to ebxmlrr-tech alias:

http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ebxmlrr-tech

-Make sure you indicate the release (3.0-alpha2)

-Include detailed steps to reproduce the problem

-Include stack trace if any

-If you have a bug fix patch please follow instructions at:

http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/3.0/PatchSubmissionGuide.html

Thank you for using the freebXML Registry.


Referenced Resources:

[1] freebXML Registry

http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net

[2] Document Tree for release 3.0

http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/3.0

[3] ebXML Registry 2.1 Specifications (Approved OASIS and ISO Standard)

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/regrep/documents/2.1/specs

[4] Preliminary ebXML Registry V3 Specifications (Version 2.5 Approved
     by ebXML Registry TC)

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/regrep/documents/2.5/specs

[5] ebXML Registry Technical Committee

http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/regrep/

[6] Web Content Management using ebXML Registry (XML Europe 2003):

http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/presentations/xmlEurope2004/xmlEurope2004-webcm-ebxmlrr.ppt 

http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/presentations/xmlEurope2004/xmlEurope2004-webcm-ebxmlrr.sxi

http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/presentations/xmlEurope2004/04-02-02.pdf

[7] Java API for XML Registries

http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=93

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Regards,
Farrukh Najmi

(on behalf of the freebXML Registry team:
http://ebxmlrr.sourceforge.net/contributors.html )