The Apache Daffodil (incubating) community is pleased to announce the release of version 2.5.0. Notable changes in this release include user defined functions, BLOBs, unordered sequences, 2GB+ files, and preparation for decreasing schema compile time. This release also improves interoperability with IBM DFDL including all the schemas published at https://github.com/DFDLschemas Detailed release notes and downloads are available at: https://daffodil.apache.org/releases/2.5.0/ Daffodil is an open source implementation of the Data Format Description Language (DFDL) specification that uses DFDL schemas to parse fixed format data into an infoset, which is most commonly represented as either XML or JSON. This allows the use of well-established XML or JSON technologies and libraries to consume, inspect, and manipulate fixed format data in existing solutions. Daffodil is also capable of the reverse by serializing or "unparsing" an XML or JSON infoset back to the original data format. For more information about Daffodil visit: https://daffodil.apache.org/ Regards, The Apache Daffodil Team Mike Beckerle | OGF DFDL Workgroup Co-Chair | Tresys Technology | www.tresys.com Please note: Contributions to the DFDL Workgroup's email discussions are subject to the OGF Intellectual Property Policy <http://www.ogf.org/About/abt_policies.php>