We are pleased to announce the third release candidate of Daffodil 2.0.0! Notable changes since the second release candidate include: - New API with support for JDOM, w3c DOM, Scala XML, XML text, and json - Support for xs:choice direct dispatch - Support for xs:boolean types - Support for 3-, 4-, 5-, and 6-bit encoders - Support for xs:hexBinary with bit lengths - Support for xs:ignoreCase="yes" - Support for xs:union restrictions - Improvements to the DFDL expression language, including fixes for div/idiv, type conversions and literal constants, bugs in daf:trace(), dfdl:valueLength() and dfdl:contentLength(), and support for fn:error() and math:pow() functions - Numerous bug fixes and performance improvements The release candidate has been tagged as 2.0.0-rc3 in the git repo: https://opensource.ncsa.illinois.edu/bitbucket/projects/DFDL/repos/daffodil/... The release is also available for downloaded from the Daffodil Artifacts page: https://opensource.ncsa.illinois.edu/projects/artifacts.php?key=DFDL&version=2.0.0-RC3 Please test the release candidate and let us know if you find any issues. To report bugs or ask any questions, the development team is available on the Daffodil users mailing list: http://oss.tresys.com/mailman/listinfo/daffodil-users as well as XMPP HipChat: http://hipchat.ncsa.illinois.edu/gvZdmJHmq or via the JIRA Daffodil bug tracker: https://opensource.ncsa.illinois.edu/jira/projects/DFDL/summary Thanks! The Daffodil Team