We are very pleased to announce the first stable release of Sesame 2.7.
Sesame 2.7.0 is a major update of the framework, incorporating several improvements in the core APIs, as well as numerous bug fixes, new features, and useful improvements. Overall, Sesame 2.7.0 addresses 134 separate issues. Since several core APIs (including the SAIL API and the Repository API) have undergone changes, we urge both users of the framework and independent implementors of SAIL backends to read the upgrade notes: http://openrdf.callimachus.net/sesame/2.7/docs/articles/upgrade-notes.docbook?view Some of the highlights of this release: * Sesame Maven artifacts for this release are now available in Maven Central * Sesame has been officially updated to require Java 6 * SAIL API overhaul: introduction of SailConnection.begin() to explicitly indicate transaction start. See the upgrade notes for details. * RepositoryConnection overhaul: setAutoCommit() replaced by begin(), isAutoCommit() replaced by isActive(). See the upgrade notes for details. * The Model interface: an extension of Graphs with convenient methods for quick manipulation of collections of RDF statements in memory. * Multiple large improvements in the OpenRDF Workbench, including support for basic HTTP authentication, paging support of query results, and bookmarking of queries. * The Federation SAIL: configurable querying over federated Sesame stores. * Rio parsing/writing support for the N-Quads format * HTTPRepository now supports background parsing/concurrent reading of results * The Rio Turtle parser has been updated to comply with the latest W3C Working Draft. * 99.9% compliance with the SPARQL 1.1 Query Language W3C Recommendation. * full compliance with the SPARQL 1.1 Protocol Recommendation, the SPARQL 1.1 Update Recommendation, and the SPARQL 1.1 Graph Store HTTP Protocol Recommendation. See the OpenRDF JIRA Changelog for a complete listing of all fixed issues: https://openrdf.atlassian.net/browse/SES#selectedTab=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.project%3Achangelog-panel Sesame 2.7.0 can be downloaded here: http://openrdf.callimachus.net/download.docbook?view The improved user documentation and API Javadoc can be also found on our new Callimachus-hosted site at: http://openrdf.callimachus.net/ As this is a major new release, we are eager for you to try it out and test it and let us know what you think of the improvements and new features, and of course any problems you run into. We welcome any feedback you might have, you can use the Sesame Discussion mailinglist for this purpose. Regards, the Sesame Development Team
