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svn commit: r1814792 - in /uima/site/trunk/uima-website: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/

Author: schor
Date: Thu Nov  9 21:42:05 2017
New Revision: 1814792

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1814792&view=rev
Log:
release uimaj-3.0.0-beta update

Modified:
    uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/dev-eclipse-plugin-signing.html
    uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/documentation.html
    uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/downloads.html
    uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/news.html
    uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/release.html
    uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/dev-eclipse-plugin-signing.xml
    uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/documentation.xml
    uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/downloads.xml
    uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/news.xml
    uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/release.xml
    uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/stylesheets/project.xml

Modified: uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/dev-eclipse-plugin-signing.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/dev-eclipse-plugin-signing.html?rev=1814792&r1=1814791&r2=1814792&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/dev-eclipse-plugin-signing.html (original)
+++ uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/dev-eclipse-plugin-signing.html Thu Nov  9 21:42:05 2017
@@ -265,6 +265,7 @@ the uimav3 vs the v2 - looks
         including packing (regenerating the .pack.gz files in the /plugins) and adding the various
         signatures and checksums to these.  These are then re-published, merging with any previous contents of the update site.
         </p>
+                                                <p>Messages about "Artifact repository out of sync. Overwriting xxxx" are to be expected.</p>
                                                 <p>Please try installing the result to confirm nothing went wrong in this re-build process.</p>
                                                 <p>If all is well, repeat the above process starting with selection "production" signing for the jars, downloading 
      those jars, replacing them into the eus-work directory, and re-running the mvn antrun:run@make-subsite-after-signing.</p>

Modified: uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/documentation.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/documentation.html?rev=1814792&r1=1814791&r2=1814792&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/documentation.html (original)
+++ uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/documentation.html Thu Nov  9 21:42:05 2017
@@ -270,35 +270,35 @@
      <li><a href="../d/uima-as-2.9.0/api-uima-as/index.html">JavaDoc online - UIMA-AS current-release</a></li>
    </ul>
    </p>
-                                                <h2>UIMA SDK 3.0.0-alpha02 documentation</h2>
-                                                <p>The 3.0.0-alpha02 release (not for production, but for wider testing) documents include an 
+                                                <h2>UIMA SDK 3.0.0-beta documentation</h2>
+                                                <p>The 3.0.0-beta release (not for production, but for wider testing) documents include an 
       additional "book" describing the version 3 new and changed features, and the migration tooling.</p>
                                                 <ul>
-     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/index.html">HTML online version - UIMA Java SDK</a></li>
+     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/index.html">HTML online version - UIMA Java SDK</a></li>
    </ul>
                                                 <p>PDF version for printing:</p>
                                                 <ul>
-     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/overview_and_setup.pdf">Overview and Setup</a></li>
-     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/tutorials_and_users_guides.pdf">Tutorials and Users' Guides</a></li>
-     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/tools.pdf">Tools</a></li>
-     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/references.pdf">References</a></li>
-     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/version_3_users_guide.pdf"><b><i>(New) </i></b>Version 3 User's Guide</a></li>
+     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/overview_and_setup.pdf">Overview and Setup</a></li>
+     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/tutorials_and_users_guides.pdf">Tutorials and Users' Guides</a></li>
+     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/tools.pdf">Tools</a></li>
+     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/references.pdf">References</a></li>
+     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/version_3_users_guide.pdf"><b><i>(New) </i></b>Version 3 User's Guide</a></li>
    </ul>
                                                 <p>
-     Here is the JavaDoc for Version 3.0.0-alpha02.
+     Here is the JavaDoc for Version 3.0.0-beta.
     
    <ul>
-     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/apidocs/index.html">JavaDoc online for Version 3.0.0-alpha02</a></li>
+     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/apidocs/index.html">JavaDoc online for Version 3.0.0-beta</a></li>
    </ul>
    </p>
                                                 <h3>Release Notes</h3>
-                                                <p>Click <a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/RELEASE_NOTES.html">RELEASE_NOTES.html</a> for the 3.0.0-alpha02 Apache UIMA JAVA SDK
+                                                <p>Click <a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/RELEASE_NOTES.html">RELEASE_NOTES.html</a> for the 3.0.0-beta Apache UIMA JAVA SDK
 		release notes.</p>
                                                 <h3>API changes for V3</h3>
-                                                <p>Click <a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/uimaj-core/api-change-report/japicmp.html">api change report</a> 
-		for a report of the APIs in UIMA that were changed in this release, versus the 2.9.0 version.</p>
+                                                <p>Click <a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/uimaj-core/api-change-report/japicmp.html">api change report</a> 
+		for a report of the APIs in UIMA that were changed in this release, versus the 2.10.1 version.</p>
                                                 <h3>Issues Fixed</h3>
-                                                <p>Click <a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/issuesFixed/jira-report.html">issues fixed</a> for the list of Jira issues fixed since the previous release.</p>
+                                                <p>Click <a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/issuesFixed/jira-report.html">issues fixed</a> for the list of Jira issues fixed since the previous release.</p>
                             </blockquote>
         </td></tr>
     </table>

Modified: uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/downloads.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/downloads.html?rev=1814792&r1=1814791&r2=1814792&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/downloads.html (original)
+++ uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/downloads.html Thu Nov  9 21:42:05 2017
@@ -341,8 +341,8 @@ Other mirrors: <select name="Preferred">
        
        
        
-          <a name="Apache UIMA Version 3.0.0-alpha02">
-            <h2>Apache UIMA Version 3.0.0-alpha02
+          <a name="Apache UIMA Version 3.0.0-beta">
+            <h2>Apache UIMA Version 3.0.0-beta
                         </h2>
           </a>
       </td></tr>
@@ -352,11 +352,11 @@ Other mirrors: <select name="Preferred">
     Several new features are integrated with Java 8 capabilities, such as the new <code>select</code> framework.
     </p>
                                                 <p>There are many new features, described in 
-      <a target="_blank" href="https://uima.apache.org/d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/version_3_users_guide.html#uv3.overview.new">
+      <a target="_blank" href="https://uima.apache.org/d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/version_3_users_guide.html#uv3.overview.new">
       this overview</a>.  For more details, please see the documentation for version 3, which can be found 
-      <a target="_blank" href="https://uima.apache.org/d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/version_3_users_guide.html">here.</a>
+      <a target="_blank" href="https://uima.apache.org/d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/version_3_users_guide.html">here.</a>
       Changes since the first alpha version are mainly involving an update to the logging framework; see
-      the <a target="_blank" href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/RELEASE_NOTES.html">Release Notes</a> for details.
+      the <a target="_blank" href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/RELEASE_NOTES.html">Release Notes</a> for details.
     </p>
                                                 <p>A version of the Eclipse plugin tooling is available, at a special eclipse update
        site, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.apache.org/dist/uima/eclipse-update-site/uimaj-v3-pre-production">
@@ -379,40 +379,40 @@ Other mirrors: <select name="Preferred">
             
       <tr>
         <td class="downloadtitle"><h3 class="downloadartifact">
-                      <a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/RELEASE_NOTES.html">
+                      <a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/RELEASE_NOTES.html">
               UIMA Java framework & SDK</a></h3></td>
           
         <td>
-                                    <div class="htmltxt"><a href='../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/RELEASE_NOTES.html'>html</a></div>
+                                    <div class="htmltxt"><a href='../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/RELEASE_NOTES.html'>html</a></div>
                               </td>
         <td>
                                 <table class="downloadentries">
               <tr>
-     <td><a href='[preferred]/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02-bin.zip'>zip</a></td>
-     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02-bin.zip.asc'>asc</a>]</td>
-     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02-bin.zip.md5'>md5</a>]</td>
-     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02-bin.zip.sha1'>sha1</a>]</td>
+     <td><a href='[preferred]/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-beta/uimaj-3.0.0-beta-bin.zip'>zip</a></td>
+     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-beta/uimaj-3.0.0-beta-bin.zip.asc'>asc</a>]</td>
+     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-beta/uimaj-3.0.0-beta-bin.zip.md5'>md5</a>]</td>
+     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-beta/uimaj-3.0.0-beta-bin.zip.sha1'>sha1</a>]</td>
          </tr>
               <tr>
-     <td><a href='[preferred]/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02-bin.tar.gz'>tar.gz</a></td>
-     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02-bin.tar.gz.asc'>asc</a>]</td>
-     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02-bin.tar.gz.md5'>md5</a>]</td>
-     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02-bin.tar.gz.sha1'>sha1</a>]</td>
+     <td><a href='[preferred]/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-beta/uimaj-3.0.0-beta-bin.tar.gz'>tar.gz</a></td>
+     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-beta/uimaj-3.0.0-beta-bin.tar.gz.asc'>asc</a>]</td>
+     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-beta/uimaj-3.0.0-beta-bin.tar.gz.md5'>md5</a>]</td>
+     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-beta/uimaj-3.0.0-beta-bin.tar.gz.sha1'>sha1</a>]</td>
          </tr>
     </table>
                           </td>
                 <td>
                                 <table class="downloadentries">
               <tr>
-     <td><a href='[preferred]/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02-source-release.zip'>zip</a></td>
-     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02-source-release.zip.asc'>asc</a>]</td>
-     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02-source-release.zip.md5'>md5</a>]</td>
-     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02-source-release.zip.sha1'>sha1</a>]</td>
+     <td><a href='[preferred]/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-beta/uimaj-3.0.0-beta-source-release.zip'>zip</a></td>
+     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-beta/uimaj-3.0.0-beta-source-release.zip.asc'>asc</a>]</td>
+     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-beta/uimaj-3.0.0-beta-source-release.zip.md5'>md5</a>]</td>
+     <td>[<a href='https://www.apache.org/dist/uima//uimaj-3.0.0-beta/uimaj-3.0.0-beta-source-release.zip.sha1'>sha1</a>]</td>
          </tr>
     </table>
                           </td>
                 <td>
-          <div class="htmltxt">19-Mar-2017</div>
+          <div class="htmltxt">09-Nov-2017</div>
         </td>
               </tr>
     

Modified: uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/news.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/news.html?rev=1814792&r1=1814791&r2=1814792&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/news.html (original)
+++ uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/news.html Thu Nov  9 21:42:05 2017
@@ -226,6 +226,13 @@
         <blockquote class="sectionBody">
                                           <table class="subsectionToc">
             <tr >
+      <td>09 Nov 2017</td>
+      <td><a href='#09 Nov 2017'>
+                  Apache UIMA Java SDK 3.0.0-beta released
+                </a>
+      </td>
+      </tr>  
+          <tr >
       <td>03 November 2017</td>
       <td><a href='#03 Nov 2017'>
                   Apache UIMA Java SDK 2.10.2 released
@@ -671,6 +678,47 @@
         <tr><td>
        
        
+       
+          <a name="09 Nov 2017">
+            <h2>09 Nov 2017
+                        &ndash; Apache UIMA Java SDK 3.0.0-beta released
+                        </h2>
+          </a>
+      </td></tr>
+      <tr><td>
+        <blockquote class="subsectionBody">
+                                    <p>UIMA Java SDK 3.0.0-beta is a preliminary version of core UIMA 3.0.0;  it is being released as an
+         <b>beta version</b> to encourage wider testing and to get early feedback.
+       </p>
+                                                <p>This version is not recommended for production.  As an beta version, the user-facing APIs should be stable
+         going forward.  We especially welcome user testing of the many new capabilities, including
+         contributing of new test cases.</p>
+                                                <p>Requirements: Java 8 and, for any user-defined JCas cover classes, regeneration or migration of those 
+       (a migration tool is provided).</p>
+                                                <p>
+       <a target="_blank" href="https://uima.apache.org/d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/version_3_users_guide.html#uv3.overview.new">  
+       <b>Here</b></a> is a brief overview of the new features, capabilities, and migration tooling.</p>
+                                                <p>Except for migration of user-defined JCas classes, it is designed to backwards compatible with existing
+          version 2 UIMA pipelines.  The    
+          <a target="_blank" href="https://uima.apache.org/d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/version_3_users_guide.html">
+          Version 3 User's Guide</a> has more details.
+          The <a target="_blank" href="https://uima.apache.org/d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/RELEASE_NOTES.html">Release Notes</a> 
+          describe what's changed since the last alpha-02 release.
+       </p>
+                                                <p>The Eclipse update site is available, but located in a 
+          <a target="_blank" href="https://www.apache.org/dist/uima/eclipse-update-site/uimaj-v3-pre-production">different spot</a>,
+          in order to prevent accidentally installing the pre-production version,
+          and because the v3 tooling requires Java 8 and the JCasGen generates
+          v3 style classes.  If you want to use this, please install it into a 
+          newly obtained eclipse download, separate from your normal work version
+          of Eclipse.</p>
+                            </blockquote>
+        </td></tr>
+    </table>
+                                                      <table class="subsectionTable">
+        <tr><td>
+       
+       
        
           <a name="03 Nov 2017">
             <h2>03 Nov 2017

Modified: uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/release.html
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/release.html?rev=1814792&r1=1814791&r2=1814792&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/release.html (original)
+++ uima/site/trunk/uima-website/docs/release.html Thu Nov  9 21:42:05 2017
@@ -421,17 +421,15 @@ A previous version of this page, with th
           after you've closed the Jira issues to be released with this version. -->
 		    </li>
 		    <li>Edit the POM of the top level thing being released, to add the property:
-		    <pre>&lt;jiraVersion&gt;123456&lt;/jiraVersion&gt;</pre>
-		    replacing the 123456 with the actual Jira internal version number 
-		        (or numbers, separated by a comma) for the Jira release(s) being
+		    <pre>&lt;jiraVersion&gt;2.10.2SDK&lt;/jiraVersion&gt;</pre>
+		    replacing the 2.10.2SDK with the actual Jira version name for the Jira release being
 		        done.  This value is used during release processing to automatically 
 		        generate a report of the list of Jira issues that are included in this release.
-		        Change "123456" to be the actual jira internal version number, which you can get 
-            from the Jira url (see parameter fixfor=xxxxxx or fixforversion=xxxxxx) 
+		        Change "2.10.2SDK"" to be the actual jira version name, which you can get 
+            from the Jira url  
             by going to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/UIMA 
-            and selecting "Releases" or "Versions" and then going to the 
-            particular version and looking in the url for
-            that version.
+            and selecting "Releases" and then going to the 
+            particular version and copying its name.
           <p>
 		        You can also generate this report manually (for instance, if you want to
 		        have a look at what it will produce) by going to top level project
@@ -449,7 +447,8 @@ A previous version of this page, with th
 		            right report is generated.</p>
 		        </li>
 		        
-		    <li><b>NEW !!! </b>Update the parent-pom settings for API compatibility: previous version and compat.level.</li>    
+		    <li><b>NEW !!! </b>Update the parent-pom settings for API change reports setting
+		        api_check_old_version to the correct previous version to use.</li>    
  		  </ul>
 		</p>
                             </blockquote>
@@ -498,7 +497,7 @@ A previous version of this page, with th
         <blockquote class="subsectionBody">
                                     <p class="note">Prior to releasing, you must do the 
       <a href="one-time-release-setup.html">one-time setup</a>
-      required for releasing.  Be sure to use a Java 1.5 level, in order to catch
+      required for releasing.  Be sure to use the correct Java level (e.g. 1.7, 1.8, etc.), in order to catch
       accidental dependencies on later Java features.
     </p>
                                                 <p>

Modified: uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/dev-eclipse-plugin-signing.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/dev-eclipse-plugin-signing.xml?rev=1814792&r1=1814791&r2=1814792&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/dev-eclipse-plugin-signing.xml (original)
+++ uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/dev-eclipse-plugin-signing.xml Thu Nov  9 21:42:05 2017
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ the uimav3 vs the v2 - looks
         signatures and checksums to these.  These are then re-published, merging with any previous contents of the update site.
         </p>
         
+     <p>Messages about "Artifact repository out of sync. Overwriting xxxx" are to be expected.</p>
+        
      <p>Please try installing the result to confirm nothing went wrong in this re-build process.</p>
      
      <p>If all is well, repeat the above process starting with selection "production" signing for the jars, downloading 

Modified: uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/documentation.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/documentation.xml?rev=1814792&r1=1814791&r2=1814792&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/documentation.xml (original)
+++ uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/documentation.xml Thu Nov  9 21:42:05 2017
@@ -70,40 +70,40 @@
    </ul>
    </p>
 
-   <h2>UIMA SDK 3.0.0-alpha02 documentation</h2>
-   <p>The 3.0.0-alpha02 release (not for production, but for wider testing) documents include an 
+   <h2>UIMA SDK 3.0.0-beta documentation</h2>
+   <p>The 3.0.0-beta release (not for production, but for wider testing) documents include an 
       additional "book" describing the version 3 new and changed features, and the migration tooling.</p>
 
    <ul>
-     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/index.html">HTML online version - UIMA Java SDK</a></li>
+     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/index.html">HTML online version - UIMA Java SDK</a></li>
    </ul>
    <p>PDF version for printing:</p> 
    <ul>
-     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/overview_and_setup.pdf">Overview and Setup</a></li>
-     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/tutorials_and_users_guides.pdf">Tutorials and Users&apos; Guides</a></li>
-     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/tools.pdf">Tools</a></li>
-     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/references.pdf">References</a></li>
-     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/version_3_users_guide.pdf"><b><i>(New) </i></b>Version 3 User's Guide</a></li>
+     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/overview_and_setup.pdf">Overview and Setup</a></li>
+     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/tutorials_and_users_guides.pdf">Tutorials and Users&apos; Guides</a></li>
+     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/tools.pdf">Tools</a></li>
+     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/references.pdf">References</a></li>
+     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/version_3_users_guide.pdf"><b><i>(New) </i></b>Version 3 User's Guide</a></li>
    </ul>
   
    <p>
-     Here is the JavaDoc for Version 3.0.0-alpha02.
+     Here is the JavaDoc for Version 3.0.0-beta.
     
    <ul>
-     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/apidocs/index.html">JavaDoc online for Version 3.0.0-alpha02</a></li>
+     <li><a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/apidocs/index.html">JavaDoc online for Version 3.0.0-beta</a></li>
    </ul>
    </p>
    
    <h3>Release Notes</h3>
-		<p>Click <a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/RELEASE_NOTES.html">RELEASE_NOTES.html</a> for the 3.0.0-alpha02 Apache UIMA JAVA SDK
+		<p>Click <a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/RELEASE_NOTES.html">RELEASE_NOTES.html</a> for the 3.0.0-beta Apache UIMA JAVA SDK
 		release notes.</p>
 		
 	 <h3>API changes for V3</h3>
-		<p>Click <a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/uimaj-core/api-change-report/japicmp.html">api change report</a> 
-		for a report of the APIs in UIMA that were changed in this release, versus the 2.9.0 version.</p>
+		<p>Click <a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/uimaj-core/api-change-report/japicmp.html">api change report</a> 
+		for a report of the APIs in UIMA that were changed in this release, versus the 2.10.1 version.</p>
 		
 	 <h3>Issues Fixed</h3>
-		<p>Click <a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/issuesFixed/jira-report.html">issues fixed</a> for the list of Jira issues fixed since the previous release.</p>
+		<p>Click <a href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/issuesFixed/jira-report.html">issues fixed</a> for the list of Jira issues fixed since the previous release.</p>
 
   
   <!--  TO BE DELETED 

Modified: uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/downloads.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/downloads.xml?rev=1814792&r1=1814791&r2=1814792&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/downloads.xml (original)
+++ uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/downloads.xml Thu Nov  9 21:42:05 2017
@@ -108,17 +108,17 @@ Other mirrors: <select name="Preferred">
     community.  These early versions are less stable than normal releases, and should not be used for production work.
   </p>
   
-  <subsection name="Apache UIMA Version 3.0.0-alpha02">
+  <subsection name="Apache UIMA Version 3.0.0-beta">
     <p>This is the second "alpha" version.  It <b><i>requires</i></b> Java 8.  
     Several new features are integrated with Java 8 capabilities, such as the new <code>select</code> framework.
     </p>
     
     <p>There are many new features, described in 
-      <a target="_blank" href="https://uima.apache.org/d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/version_3_users_guide.html#uv3.overview.new">
+      <a target="_blank" href="https://uima.apache.org/d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/version_3_users_guide.html#uv3.overview.new">
       this overview</a>.  For more details, please see the documentation for version 3, which can be found 
-      <a target="_blank" href="https://uima.apache.org/d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/version_3_users_guide.html">here.</a>
+      <a target="_blank" href="https://uima.apache.org/d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/version_3_users_guide.html">here.</a>
       Changes since the first alpha version are mainly involving an update to the logging framework; see
-      the <a target="_blank" href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/RELEASE_NOTES.html">Release Notes</a> for details.
+      the <a target="_blank" href="../d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/RELEASE_NOTES.html">Release Notes</a> for details.
     </p>
     
     <p>A version of the Eclipse plugin tooling is available, at a special eclipse update
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ Other mirrors: <select name="Preferred">
        </a>.  It's version of the JCasGen plugin will generate V3 JCas classes.
     </p>
     
-    <insertDownloads version="3.0.0-alpha02"/>
+    <insertDownloads version="3.0.0-beta"/>
   </subsection>
   
 </section>

Modified: uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/news.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/news.xml?rev=1814792&r1=1814791&r2=1814792&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/news.xml (original)
+++ uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/news.xml Thu Nov  9 21:42:05 2017
@@ -34,6 +34,39 @@
 		<section name="Apache UIMA News">
     <subsectionToc/>
 
+    <subsection name="09 Nov 2017" date = "09 Nov 2017" title="Apache UIMA Java SDK 3.0.0-beta released">
+      <p>UIMA Java SDK 3.0.0-beta is a preliminary version of core UIMA 3.0.0;  it is being released as an
+         <b>beta version</b> to encourage wider testing and to get early feedback.
+       </p>
+       <p>This version is not recommended for production.  As an beta version, the user-facing APIs should be stable
+         going forward.  We especially welcome user testing of the many new capabilities, including
+         contributing of new test cases.</p>
+       
+       <p>Requirements: Java 8 and, for any user-defined JCas cover classes, regeneration or migration of those 
+       (a migration tool is provided).</p>  
+
+       <p>
+       <a target="_blank" href="https://uima.apache.org/d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/version_3_users_guide.html#uv3.overview.new">  
+       <b>Here</b></a> is a brief overview of the new features, capabilities, and migration tooling.</p>
+       
+       <p>Except for migration of user-defined JCas classes, it is designed to backwards compatible with existing
+          version 2 UIMA pipelines.  The    
+          <a target="_blank" href="https://uima.apache.org/d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/version_3_users_guide.html">
+          Version 3 User's Guide</a> has more details.
+          The <a target="_blank" href="https://uima.apache.org/d/uimaj-3.0.0-beta/RELEASE_NOTES.html">Release Notes</a> 
+          describe what's changed since the last alpha-02 release.
+       </p>
+       
+       <p>The Eclipse update site is available, but located in a 
+          <a target="_blank" href="https://www.apache.org/dist/uima/eclipse-update-site/uimaj-v3-pre-production">different spot</a>,
+          in order to prevent accidentally installing the pre-production version,
+          and because the v3 tooling requires Java 8 and the JCasGen generates
+          v3 style classes.  If you want to use this, please install it into a 
+          newly obtained eclipse download, separate from your normal work version
+          of Eclipse.</p>
+       
+   </subsection>
+
    <subsection name="03 Nov 2017" date = "03 November 2017" title="Apache UIMA Java SDK 2.10.2 released">
 
       <p>This is a minor bug fix release.

Modified: uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/release.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/release.xml?rev=1814792&r1=1814791&r2=1814792&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/release.xml (original)
+++ uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/release.xml Thu Nov  9 21:42:05 2017
@@ -133,17 +133,15 @@ A previous version of this page, with th
           after you've closed the Jira issues to be released with this version. -->
 		    </li>
 		    <li>Edit the POM of the top level thing being released, to add the property:
-		    <pre>&lt;jiraVersion>123456&lt;/jiraVersion></pre>
-		    replacing the 123456 with the actual Jira internal version number 
-		        (or numbers, separated by a comma) for the Jira release(s) being
+		    <pre>&lt;jiraVersion>2.10.2SDK&lt;/jiraVersion></pre>
+		    replacing the 2.10.2SDK with the actual Jira version name for the Jira release being
 		        done.  This value is used during release processing to automatically 
 		        generate a report of the list of Jira issues that are included in this release.
-		        Change "123456" to be the actual jira internal version number, which you can get 
-            from the Jira url (see parameter fixfor=xxxxxx or fixforversion=xxxxxx) 
+		        Change "2.10.2SDK"" to be the actual jira version name, which you can get 
+            from the Jira url  
             by going to https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/UIMA 
-            and selecting "Releases" or "Versions" and then going to the 
-            particular version and looking in the url for
-            that version.
+            and selecting "Releases" and then going to the 
+            particular version and copying its name.
           <p>
 		        You can also generate this report manually (for instance, if you want to
 		        have a look at what it will produce) by going to top level project
@@ -161,7 +159,8 @@ A previous version of this page, with th
 		            right report is generated.</p>
 		        </li>
 		        
-		    <li><b>NEW !!! </b>Update the parent-pom settings for API compatibility: previous version and compat.level.</li>    
+		    <li><b>NEW !!! </b>Update the parent-pom settings for API change reports setting
+		        api_check_old_version to the correct previous version to use.</li>    
  		  </ul>
 		</p>
 	</subsection>
@@ -186,7 +185,7 @@ A previous version of this page, with th
 	<subsection name='Building The Release Candidate'>
     <p class="note">Prior to releasing, you must do the 
       <a href="one-time-release-setup.html">one-time setup</a>
-      required for releasing.  Be sure to use a Java 1.5 level, in order to catch
+      required for releasing.  Be sure to use the correct Java level (e.g. 1.7, 1.8, etc.), in order to catch
       accidental dependencies on later Java features.
     </p>
 		<p>

Modified: uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/stylesheets/project.xml
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/stylesheets/project.xml?rev=1814792&r1=1814791&r2=1814792&view=diff
==============================================================================
--- uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/stylesheets/project.xml (original)
+++ uima/site/trunk/uima-website/xdocs/stylesheets/project.xml Thu Nov  9 21:42:05 2017
@@ -105,7 +105,16 @@
       <source       filename="uima-ducc-2.2.0-source-release">                   <f>zip</f>    </source>
     </download>
   </downloads>
-
+  
+   <downloads version="3.0.0-beta" title="Apache UIMA Version 3.0.0-beta" withreleasedate="true">
+    <download name="UIMA Java framework &amp; SDK" subdirectory="uimaj-3.0.0-beta" releasedate="09-Nov-2017">
+      <releasenotes filename="uimaj-3.0.0-beta/RELEASE_NOTES">           <f>html</f>                </releasenotes>
+      <binary       filename="uimaj-3.0.0-beta-bin">                     <f>zip</f>  <f>tar.gz</f>  </binary>   
+      <source       filename="uimaj-3.0.0-beta-source-release">          <f>zip</f>  </source>
+    </download>
+  </downloads>
+  
+  <!-- 
   <downloads version="3.0.0-alpha02" title="Apache UIMA Version 3.0.0-alpha02" withreleasedate="true">
     <download name="UIMA Java framework &amp; SDK" subdirectory="uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02" releasedate="19-Mar-2017">
       <releasenotes filename="uimaj-3.0.0-alpha02/RELEASE_NOTES">           <f>html</f>                </releasenotes>
@@ -114,7 +123,6 @@
     </download>
   </downloads>
 
-  <!-- 
   <downloads version="3.0.0-alpha" title="Apache UIMA Version 3.0.0-alpha" withreleasedate="true">
     <download name="UIMA Java framework &amp; SDK" subdirectory="uimaj-3.0.0-alpha" releasedate="30-Jan-2017">
       <releasenotes filename="uimaj-3.0.0-alpha/RELEASE_NOTES">           <f>html</f>                </releasenotes>