[DFDL-WG] Announcement: Daffodil 2.0.0 Release Candidate 3

[Steve Lawrence]

We are pleased to announce the third release candidate of Daffodil 2.0.0!

Notable changes since the second release candidate include:
- New API with support for JDOM, w3c DOM, Scala XML, XML text, and json
- Support for xs:choice direct dispatch
- Support for xs:boolean types
- Support for 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-bit encoders
- Support for xs:hexBinary with bit lengths
- Support for xs:ignoreCase="yes"
- Support for xs:union restrictions
- Improvements to the DFDL expression language, including fixes for
  div/idiv, type conversions and literal constants, bugs in daf:trace(),
  dfdl:valueLength() and dfdl:contentLength(), and support for
  fn:error() and math:pow() functions
- Numerous bug fixes and performance improvements

The release candidate has been tagged as 2.0.0-rc3 in the git repo:

https://opensource.ncsa.illinois.edu/bitbucket/projects/DFDL/repos/daffodil/browse

The release is also available for downloaded from the Daffodil Artifacts
page:

https://opensource.ncsa.illinois.edu/projects/artifacts.php?key=DFDL&version=2.0.0-RC3

Please test the release candidate and let us know if you find any
issues. To report bugs or ask any questions, the development team is
available on the Daffodil users mailing list:

  http://oss.tresys.com/mailman/listinfo/daffodil-users

as well as XMPP HipChat:

  http://hipchat.ncsa.illinois.edu/gvZdmJHmq

or via the JIRA Daffodil bug tracker:

  https://opensource.ncsa.illinois.edu/jira/projects/DFDL/summary

Thanks!
The Daffodil Team