Release notes

This document describes all the changes made to the EWP Abstract Contact Type document, starting from its first beta draft version.

1.1.0

New element: <person-gender>.
Added a clarification that it is allowed (but NOT RECOMMENDED) for a person to have a family name in certain language/alphabet, but also be missing the given names in this language/alphabet, etc.
Added a recommendation for the servers that email addresses should be provided, because clients might want to use them to identify the contact (e.g. if they choose to import it into their systems).

Changed XML Namespace. Replaced the draft master branch:

https://github.com/erasmus-without-paper/ewp-specs-types-contact/tree/master

With the stable-v1 one:

https://github.com/erasmus-without-paper/ewp-specs-types-contact/tree/stable-v1

This is the first official stable version, accepted by all the partners (details here).

New optional elements: <person-given-names> and <person-family-name>.
Specified how servers should provide contact names in multiple languages or multiple scripts. Examples were updated to reflect that.

The <role-description> element is now recommended only in specific contexts (because in some other contexts the contact's role might be declared via other means).
Contact data type can now be used directly (without the <contact> wrapper).

Initial release.