Change history¶
The current section provides an overview of new and notable changes in the latest GITB TDL documentation release as well as access to all previous documentation versions.
What’s new in release 1.8.0¶
The table that follows summarises the notable changes in the latest documentation release that matches the latest GITB TDL and GITB software release. In each case the “type” indicates whether the change applies to the GITB TDL as a whole or specific improvements in the GITB software (or both) . In addition, references are provided to the relevant sections for more information.
| Description | Type | Relevant sections |
|---|---|---|
Actors can now be set as hidden to prevent them from being used in new conformance statements. |
GITB TDL | Actors |
Support for different severity levels for the validation carried out by verify steps. |
GITB TDL | verify |
Rich text documentation can now be set for test steps via the documentation element to provide further information or instructions. |
GITB TDL | TDL step constructs, Rich documentation per step |
Previous documentation versions¶
The following table provides the main highlights introduced in each previous documentation release as well as its access link.
| Release | Key highlights | Documentation link |
|---|---|---|
| 1.7.2 | Support for any expression to be used as a template (asTemplate). |
https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.7.2/ |
| 1.7.1 | Maintenance release with no changes. | https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.7.1/ |
| 1.7.0 | Organisation and system properties and extended configuration options for parameters. | https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.7.0/ |
| 1.6.1 | Extensions to the TokenGenerator to better handle timestamps and documentation on template file use. |
https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.6.1/ |
| 1.6.0 | New TokenGenerator and XmlMatchValidator handlers, optional processing transactions, and selection lists for the interact step. |
https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.6.0/ |
| 1.5.0 | Improved and new embedded validation handlers (XPathValidator, RegExpValidator), improvements to steps (exit, if) and management of reasonable defaults. |
https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.5.0/ |
| 1.4.1 | Extensions to HttpMessaging capabilities. | https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.4.1/ |
| 1.4.0 | Significant configuration and parameterisation extensions, improved SOAP support and introduced timeouts. | https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.4.0/ |
| 1.3.0 | Release 1.3.0 for the GITB TDL documentation. | https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.3.0/ |
| 1.2.0 | First release for the GITB TDL documentation. | https://www.itb.ec.europa.eu/docs/tdl/1.2.0/ |