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Posted to commits@daffodil.apache.org by sl...@apache.org on 2019/07/03 14:12:05 UTC

[incubator-daffodil-site] branch master updated: Update description of empty element parse policy

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slawrence pushed a commit to branch master
in repository https://gitbox.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-daffodil-site.git


The following commit(s) were added to refs/heads/master by this push:
     new 66088c0  Update description of empty element parse policy
66088c0 is described below

commit 66088c0582f49d2a02253b7f576dd001d7a2e899
Author: Steve Lawrence <sl...@tresys.com>
AuthorDate: Wed Jul 3 10:10:15 2019 -0400

    Update description of empty element parse policy
---
 site/_releases/2.4.0.md | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/site/_releases/2.4.0.md b/site/_releases/2.4.0.md
index 1cbc23e..8df31d2 100644
--- a/site/_releases/2.4.0.md
+++ b/site/_releases/2.4.0.md
@@ -48,11 +48,12 @@ future release.
 
 #### Extension: Empty Element Parse Policy [[Proposal](https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/DAFFODIL/Proposal%3A+dfdlx%3AemptyElementParsePolicy+Property)]
 
-A new DFDL property named ``dfdlx:emptyElementParsePolicy``	 is added to
+A new DFDL property named ``dfdlx:emptyElementParsePolicy`` is added to
 control the behavior of empty string and hexBinary elements. This property
-allows one to switch between behavior that complies with the DFDL v1.0
-specification or with the IBM DFDL non-conformant implementation of the
-specification.
+allows one to switch between different behaviors for empty elements which
+correspond to currently described behavior in the DFDL v1.0 specification
+document, and an alternate behavior planned for future inclusion in the DFDL
+v1.0 specification which also increase compatibility with IBM DFDL.
 
 * {% jira 110 %} Implement separator suppression policies
 * {% jira 1080 %} RepUnbounded Error: Sequence of Optional Comma-separated String items