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12 June 2008 - Apache XML Graphics Commons 1.3.1 Released...................................... 2
26 March 2008 - Apache FOP 0.95 Beta Now Available.................................................... 2
10 March 2008 - Apache XML Graphics Commons 1.3 Released...................................... 3
10 January 2008 - Apache Batik 1.7 Released..................................................................... 4
24 August 2007 - Apache FOP 0.94 Released..................................................................... 5
21 July 2007 - Apache XML Graphics Commons 1.2 Released..........................................6
30 March 2007 - Apache Batik 1.7 beta1 Now Available....................................................6
08 January 2007 - Apache FOP 0.93 Released.....................................................................7
23 December 2006 - Apache XMLGraphics Commons 1.1 released.................................. 9
20 April 2006 - Apache FOP 0.92 beta Now Available..................................................... 10
25 December 2005 - Apache FOP 0.91 beta Now Available............................................. 11
23 November 2005 - Apache FOP 0.90 alpha-1 Now Available....................................... 11
17 November 2004 - Apache XML Graphics Project Launched....................................... 11

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12 June 2008 - Apache XML Graphics Commons 1.3.1 Released
The Apache XML Graphics team is pleased to announce a new release of Apache
XML Graphics Commons.
Apache XML Graphics Commons is a library that consists of several reusable
components used by Apache Batik and Apache FOP. Many of these components
can easily be used separately outside the domains of SVG and XSL-FO.
This release is mostly a bugfix release for the image loading framework that has
been introduced in version 1.3.
For a detailed list of changes, see
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/commons/changes.html
Source and binary distributions can be downloaded from the corresponding
directories in an Apache Software Foundation mirror at:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xmlgraphics/commons. See also the download
page: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/commons/download.html
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-- The Apache XML Graphics Project Team

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Apache XML Graphics -- Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 2008-06-12T00:28:49

26 March 2008 - Apache FOP 0.95 Beta Now Available
The Apache XML Graphics team is pleased to announce the immediate availability
of Apache FOP version 0.95beta.
FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter driven by XSL Formatting
Objects [1] and an output independent formatter. It is a Java application that reads a
formatting object tree and renders the resulting pages to a specified output. Output
formats currently supported include PDF, PS, PCL, AFP, Print and PNG.
This beta release will be available for testing for some time, before a stable release
is made. Feedback is welcome, and we would like to encourage as many people as
possible to try it out and report bugs and issues on the fop-users mailing list [2]. The
most important changes introduced by this release are:
� many bug fixes and improvements in tables, better support for keeps and breaks, new

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features: conditional borders and background on columns and header/footer/body;
� better image handling thanks to the new image loading framework provided by the
Apache XML Graphics Commons dependency;
� improvements and bugfixes for font handling and font auto-detection/-registration;
� performance improvements and memory optimizations for the property handling in the
FO tree.

Please note that support for Java 1.3 has been dropped. Only one type of binaries is
provided now, that will run on 1.4+ JREs.
Other important release notes are available at
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.95/releaseNotes_0.95beta.html
For a more complete list of changes, please visit
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.95/changes_0.95beta.html
For download information, see the following page:
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/download.html
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-- The Apache XML Graphics team

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Apache XML Graphics -- Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 2008-03-26T13:01:17

10 March 2008 - Apache XML Graphics Commons 1.3 Released
The Apache XML Graphics team is pleased to announce a new release of Apache
XML Graphics Commons.
Apache XML Graphics Commons is a library that consists of several reusable
components used by Apache Batik and Apache FOP. Many of these components
can easily be used separately outside the domains of SVG and XSL-FO.
The most important addition in this release is an image loading framework which
supports all sorts of different image formats (bitmap and vector) and is highly
extensible.
Besides that, there were a larger number of smaller additions and bugfixes.
Support for Java 1.3 has been dropped. Java 1.4 or later is required now.

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For a detailed list of changes, see
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/commons/changes.html
Source and binary distributions can be downloaded from the corresponding
directories in an Apache Software Foundation mirror at:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xmlgraphics/commons. See also the download
page: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/commons/download.html
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-- The Apache XML Graphics Team

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Apache XML Graphics -- Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 2008-03-10T13:24:18

10 January 2008 - Apache Batik 1.7 Released
The Apache Batik team is proud to announce the release of Apache Batik version
1.7, a Java-based toolkit for processing SVG.
The 1.7 release fixes a number of bugs brought to light with the 1.7beta1 release,
and includes a few new features:
� xml:id support (http://www.w3.org/TR/xml-id/).
� ElementTraversal support (http://www.w3.org/TR/ElementTraversal/).
� Enhanced DOM Viewer window, contributed from Ivan Andjelkovic, a Google Summer
of Code student.
� Official maven artifacts (http://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/apache/xmlgraphics/).
� A separate Mac OS X Squiggle disk image distribution.

Batik can be downloaded from here:
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/download.cgi
For the full list of improvements and bug fixes since version 1.7beta1, click on the
release change log's link from that page.
If you find any problems, please file bug reports:
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/
And for more information, see the Batik project website:
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/

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-- The Apache Batik (XML Graphics) Team

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Apache XML Graphics -- Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 2008-01-10T06:19:30

24 August 2007 - Apache FOP 0.94 Released
The Apache XML Graphics team is pleased to announce the release of Apache FOP
version 0.94.
FOP (Formatting Objects Processor) is a print formatter driven by XSL Formatting
Objects [1] and an output independent formatter. It is a Java application that reads a
formatting object tree and renders the resulting pages to a specified output. Output
formats currently supported include PDF, PS, PCL, AFP, Print and PNG.
http://www.w3.org/TR/xsl11/
This is the second production-level release after the big re-design effort. It includes
many bug fixes and new features, the most important being:
� auto-detection of the fonts installed on the system; the XML metrics generation is now
optional;
� support for the collapsing-border model in tables;
� internal links in PDF now point to the exact location, and not to the top of the page;
� support for UAX#14 type line breaking. This annex of the Unicode standard specifies
rules for breaking text into lines depending on the language used.

The complete list of changes is available at
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.94/changes_0.94.html
FOP 0.94 implements the XSL-FO 1.1 recommendation to a high degree of
compliance. See the compliance page for a detailed overview:
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/compliance.html
For download information, see the following page:
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/download.html
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-- The Apache XML Graphics team,

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Apache XML Graphics -- Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 2007-08-25T02:15:45

21 July 2007 - Apache XML Graphics Commons 1.2 Released
The Apache XML Graphics team is pleased to announce a new release of Apache
XML Graphics Commons.
Apache XML Graphics Commons is a library that consists of several reusable
components used by Apache Batik and Apache FOP. Many of these components
can easily be used separately outside the domains of SVG and XSL-FO. You will
find components such as a PDF library, an RTF library, Graphics2D implementations
that let you generate PDF & PostScript files, and much more.
This release mainly adds support for CMYK and GRAY color spaces for
PSGenerator. For a detailed list of changes, see
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/commons/changes.html
Source and binary distributions can be downloaded from the corresponding
directories in an Apache Software Foundation mirror at:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xmlgraphics/commons. See also the download
page: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/commons/download.html
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-- The Apache XML Graphics Project

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Apache XML Graphics -- Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 2007-07-21T20:42:04

30 March 2007 - Apache Batik 1.7 beta1 Now Available
The Apache Batik team is proud to announce the long-awaited release of Apache
Batik version 1.7beta1, a Java-based toolkit for processing SVG.
This is the first release of Batik in approximately two years, and brings many new
features and improvements over version 1.6. Notable new features include:
� DOM Level 3 Core/Events/XPath support
� Improved WMF transcoder support
� Near complete SMIL Animation support
� A few SVG 1.2 features, such as:

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� resource documents
� shapechange and RenderedBBoxChange events
� SVGGlobal startMouseCapture/stopMouseCapture methods
� handler elements

Batik can be downloaded from here:
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/download.cgi
For the full list of improvements and bug fixes over version 1.6, click on the "release
change log" link from that page.
The reasoning behind having a beta release rather than a full release is that there
has been a great deal of changes since version 1.6, and while we believe the code
to be reasonably stable, it would be beneficial to get feedback from users on any
bugs that may have been missed. We plan to have a full 1.7 release in a month or
two.
If you find any problems, please file bug reports:
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/
And for more information, see the Batik project website:
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik/
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-- The Apache Batik team (The Apache XML-Graphics Project)

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Apache XML Graphics -- Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 2007-03-30T07:08:28

08 January 2007 - Apache FOP 0.93 Released
The Apache FOP team is proud to announce the release of Apache FOP version
0.93.
The new codebase for FOP was started several years ago in order to achieve better
compliance with the XSL-FO spec. After three alpha and beta releases, the new
codebase has now reached production quality. Therefore we present version 0.93 as
the successor of version 0.20.5, FOP's production grade version during the past
years.

� FOP 0.93 contains the new API first introduced in release 0.92 beta. The preceding API
has been removed.
� FOP 0.93 again contains many bug fixes and new features. See below for details.

Compliance
------------
FOP 0.93 implements the XSL 1.0 and 1.1 recommendations to a high degree of
compliance. See the compliance page
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/compliance.html for a detailed overview.
Known issues
------------
The known issues of FOP 0.93 are listed at
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/knownissues.html. Upgrading
---------
You will experience different behaviour compared to version 0.20.5. Please consult
the "Upgrading" page (http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/stable/upgrading.html) for
details.
Major Changes in Version 0.93
-----------------------------
� Added support for the use of Open Type fonts.
� Support for the rgb-icc() function and for a proprietary cmyk() function (for device
CMYK colors only through the PDF renderer so far).
� Enabled Copy/Paste from PDF content in Acrobat Reader for text using embedded
TrueType fonts.
� Added support for PDF/A-1b and PDF/X-3:2003. (Note: this may still be a bit
incomplete.)
� The Java2DRenderer (and therefore the print and bitmap renderers) is now offering the
same quality as the PDF and PS renderers.
� Automatic support for all fonts available to the Java2D subsystem for all
Java2D-descendant renderers (TIFF, PNG, print, AWT).

The long list of changes in this release is available at
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.93/changes_0.93.html.
The long list of changes in this and earlier releases is available at
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/changes.html.

The Apache FOP team asks you for your continued feedback on the software. We're
also interested in success stories with the new release. So if the latest version works
fine for you, please tell us. And if it doesn't, you may tell us as well, of course.
Release notes for older FOP versions can be found on:
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/relnotes.html
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-- The Apache FOP team

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Apache XML Graphics -- Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 2007-01-08T23:28:44

23 December 2006 - Apache XMLGraphics Commons 1.1 released
The Apache XMLGraphics team (PMC) members are pleased to announce the new
release of Apache XML Graphics Commons.
Apache XML Graphics Commons is a library that consists of several reusable
components used by Apache Batik and Apache FOP. Many of these components
can easily be used separately outside the domains of SVG and XSL-FO. You will
find components such as a PDF library, an RTF library, Graphics2D implementations
that let you generate PDF and PostScript files, and much more.
Important changes are:
� A start was made of an XMP metadata framework.
� ImageWriter abstraction supports writing multi-page formats like TIFF.

See http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/commons/changes.html for the detailed list of
changes.
Source and binary distributions can be downloaded from the corresponding
directories in an Apache Software Foundation mirror at:
http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/xmlgraphics/commons.
See also the download page:
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/commons/download.html
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-- The Apache XMLGraphics Team

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Apache XML Graphics -- Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 2006-12-24T03:43:36

20 April 2006 - Apache FOP 0.92 beta Now Available
The Apache FOP development team is very proud to present the third release off the
trunk: Apache FOP 0.92beta.
It can be downloaded at: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/download.html
Apache FOP 0.92 contains a considerable amount of improvements, bugfixes and
new features in comparison with last December's 0.91 release, so you're all probably
wondering: Why *still* consider it a beta release?
The main reason for this is a fundamental modification in the API, which was
motivated by the fact that a lot of resources could be reused for multiple rendering
runs. It has, of course, all been rigorously tested, but still we'd very much appreciate
any feedback, especially if one of you feels there is room for improvement, be it in
the area of performance or user-friendliness. Every one of your comments will be
carefully weighed and taken into consideration.
Due to this change, we urge you to check out the following page before starting to
work with the new release: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.92/embedding.html
If all proceeds as planned, the next release will --finally, after some 3 years-- lose
the beta-tag, since a lot of feedback and our own experiences now tell us this piece
of software is ready for production environments.
On The Other Hand, if you take a look at the release notes at
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/relnotes.html, you will still see a lot of open/known
issues, so...
As always, code-heads are encouraged to download the sources, and start tinkering
with it. Your ideas, good or bad, will be very very welcome. If you have a lot of free
time and feel like joining us, all the better.
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-- Apache FOP development team

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Apache XML Graphics -- Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 2006-04-20T19:19:11

25 December 2005 - Apache FOP 0.91 beta Now Available
The Apache FOP team hereby notifies you all of the release of FOP 0.91 beta,
which includes various updates and bugfixes based on user feedback to the 0.90
alpha 1 release from about a month ago.
The changes made since 0.91 alpha can be found here:
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/changes.html
The following page contains the links to the various distributions:
http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/download.html
To those of you still using FOP 0.20.5 we would like to repeat the request to go
ahead and try out the redesigned FOP. The more feedback we get, the more likely it
becomes that certain features and enhancements will find their way into the
codebase. If you encounter problems when upgrading, please check the following
page first: http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/0.91/upgrading.html
If the answer to your particular problem isn't mentioned there, the Apache FOP
Team will be at your disposal on fop-users.AT.xmlgraphics.apache.org to help guide
you to a working solution.
Code-grinders are, of course, always welcome to check out the source distribution
and offer any ideas for enhancement and/or improvement on
fop-dev.AT.xmlgraphics.apache.org.
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-- The Apache FOP Team

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Apache XML Graphics -- Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 2005-12-25T20:19:07

23 November 2005 - Apache FOP 0.90 alpha-1 Now Available
The Apache FOP team released Apache FOP 0.90 alpha 1 -- (read more)
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Apache XML Graphics -- Posted by Tetsuya Kitahata at 2005-11-23T01:00:55

17 November 2004 - Apache XML Graphics Project Launched

Apache XML Graphics Project Launched and New Website Has Been Created. This
is one of the major steps of the Apache XML Project to promote its projects upwards
and become a federation, or a central information repository, of all the XML-related
projects at the ASF.
Apache XML Graphics Project is responsible for software licensed to the Apache
Software Foundation intended for the creation & maintenance of:
� the conversion of XML formats to graphical output
� related software components

Apache XML Graphics Project currently consists of the following sub-projects, each
focused on a different aspect of XML Graphics:
� Apache Batik - A toolkit for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), based in Java
� Apache FOP - A print formatter & renderer for XSL-FO (FO=formatting objects), based
in Java

Jeremias Maerki is the first Chair of the Apache XML Graphics PMC (Project
Management Committee).

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