Release Notes
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Release Identification:
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This contains the second release (version 1.2) of the VOTable
Parser in C++. It contains C++ API to read VOTable documents.


Product Support Information/Feedback address:
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For feedback contact voindia@vo.iucaa.ernet.in.

Release Availability:
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The binary release is available on 
http://vo.iucaa.ernet.in/~voi/html/infopage.html

Source code can be made available on request.


Installation Method and Information:
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Installation method and information is provided in the README.txt.

System Requirements:
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        - Platforms
	  Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000
	  Linux Redhat 7.1         

        - Other Prerequisites
          Xalan-C++ version 1.3 must be installed.

In this release:
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	- Enhancements
	  * Support for Unicode added.
	  * Better error handling.
	  * Support for handling null for boolean datatypes.
          
        - Fixes
	  * Memory leaks fixed.
          * Several bugs in version 1.1 fixed.
       
        - Known Problems

	  * The Linux version does not work with the DTD and namespace schema. 
	    Please remove the doctype definition and external references to 
	    DTD or namespaces from the VOTable XML file.

    

Package Information (components/files etc):
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The release when unzipped contains
(1) 'bin' directory containing the VOTableParser1_2.lib
(2) 'include' directory containing the header files.
(3) 'samples' containing a sample program accessing the API and a sample VOTABLE.xml.
(4) 'apidocs' containing the documentation for the API.


