Release Notes

3.0

USX 3.0 additions or revisions are highlighted throughout this documentation using the badge

April 2018

Element / Attribute Additions

• Letter opening: <para> @style po

• List header and footer elements: <para> @style lh and lf

• Embedded list: <para> @style lim#

• Hebrew note: <para> @style qd

• Semantic division: <para> @style sd#

• Aramaic wordlist entry: <char> @style wa

• Geographic proper name (Chinese texts): <char> @style png

• Target references “added” text: <char> @style xta

• Published cross reference origin text: <char> @style xop

• Structured list items: <char> @style lik and liv#

• List item total: <char> @style litl

• Link text: <char> @style jmp

• Ruby glosses (CJK texts): <char> @style rb

• Milestone element: <ms>

  • Milestone @style types for quotations: qt#-s and qt#-e

    • Add attribute who for qt#-s and qt#-e

  • Milestone @style types for translators sections: ts-s and ts-e

• <char> @style types providing additional attributes

  • <char> @style w (lemma, strong, scrloc)

  • <char> @style rb (gloss)

• Verse start sid and end eid identifier attributes for <verse>.

• Verse identifier vid attribute for <para>.

• Strategy for applying USX markup to project peripheral contents.

• Standard peripheral identifiers.

Element / Attribute Revisions

• Require a <chapter> milestone at start and end of chapter text.

  • Chapter start sid and end eid identifier attributes for <chapter>.

• Require a <verse> milestone at start and end of verse text.

  • Verse start sid and end eid identifier attributes for <verse>.

• Require a verse identifier vid attribute for <para> to re-identify the current verse whenever the previous para or table closed prior the end of the current verse text.

• Support citation form for wordlist / glossary text (update <char> @style lik).

• Support for explicit table cell column spanning (add attribute colspan to cell).

• Change <figure> attribute desc to alt to align with companion USFM 3.0 updates to \fig …\fig*.

• Deprecated cross reference and footnote DC content <char> @style types: xdc and fdc

• Deprecated numbered running header <para> @style types: h#

• Deprecated pronunciation info <char> @style pro in favour of ruby glosses <char> @style rb.

Syntax and Features

• Strategy for applying USX markup to project peripheral contents.

• Standard peripheral identifiers.