$Id$ Commons SCXML Package Version 0.5-RC3 Release Notes INTRODUCTION: The Commons SCXML (State Chart XML) project provides a generic state-machine based execution environment. It borrows most semantics from its namesake Working Draft at the W3C. Anything that can be represented as a UML state chart -- business process flows, view navigation bits, interaction or dialog management, and many more -- can leverage the Commons SCXML library. The library abstracts out the environment interfaces, and can be used in numerous server-side and client-side runtimes. Please visit the website for project information and documentation: http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/scxml/ API STABILITY: The initial release version number has been chosen to be 0.5 (rather than a 1.0). This is meant to better convey the fact that the underlying W3C specification is still a Working Draft, and subsequent changes to the Draft may warrant changes to portions of the library API. The core Commons SCXML APIs (SCXMLDigester, SCXMLExecutor etc.) are stable. Portions such as processing of and SCXML elements, on the other hand, are subject to change as further changes are expected in these sections of the W3C Working Draft. See Working Draft for details. NEW FEATURES: This is the first release. BUG FIXES: This is the first release.