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  1 # Category gdml History                        <<   1 $Id: History 95318 2016-02-04 14:22:18Z gcosmo $
                                                   >>   2 -------------------------------------------------------------------
  2                                                     3 
  3 See `CONTRIBUTING.rst` for details of **requir <<   4      =========================================================
  4 which **must** added in reverse chronological  <<   5      Geant4 - an Object-Oriented Toolkit for Simulation in HEP
  5 It must **not** be used as a substitute for wr <<   6      =========================================================
  6                                                <<   7 
  7 ---------------------------------------------- <<   8                       Category History file
  8                                                <<   9                       ---------------------
  9 ## 2024-06-20 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V11-02-04,  <<  10 This file should be used by G4 developers and category coordinators
 10 - Disabled schema validation by default, as Xe <<  11 to briefly summarize all major modifications introduced in the code
 11   support only 'http' (see: https://issues.apa <<  12 and keep track of all category-tags.
 12 - Added possibility to define G4GDML_DEFAULT_S <<  13 It DOES NOT substitute the  CVS log-message one should put at every
 13   environment variable, to point to local path <<  14 committal in the CVS repository !
 14   Defined new flag G4GDML_DEFAULT_WRITE_SCHEMA <<  15 
 15   in writing.                                  <<  16      ----------------------------------------------------------
 16                                                <<  17      * Reverse chronological order (last date on top), please *
 17 ## 2024-03-08 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V11-02-02)  <<  18      ----------------------------------------------------------
 18 - Use std::map instead of std::vector to itera << 
 19   in G4GDMLWriteStructure::GetSkinSurface().   << 
 20   Part of fix addressing problem report #2598. << 
 21                                                << 
 22 ## 2024-02-29 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V11-02-01,  << 
 23 - Fix in schema module gdml_solids.xsd for tes << 
 24   correctly reference facet types. Fixes schem << 
 25   occur on some custom XSD validation tools. S << 
 26   Thanks to A.Trouche (Artenum) for providing  << 
 27                                                << 
 28 ## 2023-06-16 Ivana Hrivnacova (gdml-V11-01-02 << 
 29 - Let G4ThreeVectorCompare obey the strict wea << 
 30   which fixes failures in inserting elements i << 
 31   this compare operator used in writing tessel << 
 32                                                << 
 33 # 2023-05-31 Ben Morgan (gdml-V11-01-01)       << 
 34 - Allow setting of alternative grammar for sch << 
 35   variable `G4GDML_SCHEMA_FILE`, which overrid << 
 36   if both are non-empty strings.               << 
 37 - Update checking of grammar and schema overri << 
 38   to force parser to ignore any schema set in  << 
 39                                                << 
 40 ## 2023-04-26 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V11-01-00)  << 
 41 - Added possibility to set alternative grammar << 
 42   reading a GDML file. This can be achieved by << 
 43   SetImportSchema(..) from G4GDMLParser, provi << 
 44   name of the XML schema, or by using the new  << 
 45     /persistency/gdml/schema "[absolute_path]/ << 
 46   before importing the GDML file.              << 
 47   By setting a locally stored alternative gram << 
 48   to ignore the default schema specified in th << 
 49   no longer require access to the network for  << 
 50 - In G4GDMLWriteStructure::ExportSD(), use Get << 
 51   logical volume to retrieve the shadow pointe << 
 52   Fixes issue reported by CMS when exporting s << 
 53   data in MT mode.                             << 
 54                                                << 
 55 ## 2022-11-11 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V11-00-05)  << 
 56 - Fixed compilation warnings for implicit type << 
 57                                                << 
 58 ## 2022-04-04 Sergio Losilla (gdml-V11-00-04)  << 
 59 - Changed default temperature to 20 °C (follo << 
 60                                                << 
 61 ## 2022-03-14 W. Pokorski (gdml-V11-00-03)     << 
 62 - Removed a forgotten (used for debugging) cou << 
 63                                                << 
 64 ## 2022-03-05 M. Asai (gdml-V11-00-02)         << 
 65 - G4GDMLReadSolids, G4GDMLReadStructure:       << 
 66   Use original find methods in G4SolidStore, G << 
 67   G4PhysicalVolumeStore to simplify the code.  << 
 68   Co-working with geommng-V11-00-03.           << 
 69                                                << 
 70 ## 2022-02-16 M. Asai (gdml-V11-00-01)         << 
 71 - G4GDMLParser, G4GDMLReadDefine, G4GDMLReadSo << 
 72   Addressing to the case of solid/volune name  << 
 73   more than one gdml files.                    << 
 74                                                << 
 75 ## 2021-12-10 Ben Morgan (gdml-V11-00-00)      << 
 76 - Change to new Markdown History format        << 
 77                                                << 
 78 ---                                            << 
 79                                                << 
 80 # History entries prior to 11.0                << 
 81                                                << 
 82 05 November 2021 G. Cosmo (gdml-V10-07-15)     << 
 83 - G4GDMLParser: issue notification warning in  << 
 84   more than one logical volume with same name  << 
 85   root logical volume for a region.            << 
 86                                                << 
 87 02 November 2021 G. Cosmo (gdml-V10-07-14)     << 
 88 - G4GDMLParser: scan for all possible logical  << 
 89   ImportRegions() and set them as root logical << 
 90                                                << 
 91 13 October 2021 D. Sawkey (gdml-V10-07-13)     << 
 92 - G4GDMLWriteMaterials, G4GDMLWriteSolids: G4M << 
 93   returns references to vectors, rather than m << 
 94   on the heap. Adjust code to iterate over the << 
 95                                                << 
 96 30 September 2021 G. Cosmo (gdml-V10-07-12)    << 
 97 - G4GDMLWriteMaterials, G4GDMLWriteSolids: fix << 
 98   changes to G4MaterialPropertiesTable, where  << 
 99   on the heap, leaving ownership to clients... << 
100                                                << 
101 15 September 2021 G. Cosmo (gdml-V10-07-11)    << 
102 - G4GDMLWriteStructure: added fatal exception  << 
103   of nested assemblies, not yet supported for  << 
104                                                << 
105 13 September 2021 D. Sawkey (gdml-V10-07-10)   << 
106 - G4GDMLReadMaterials, G4GDMLReadSolids: add p << 
107   G4Material[Const]PropertiesTable::AddPropert << 
108                                                << 
109 17 August 2021 G. Cosmo (gdml-V10-07-09)       << 
110 - G4GDMLRead: added missing update to internal << 
111   stores, after stripping of names execution.  << 
112                                                << 
113 13 July 2021 G. Cosmo (gdml-V10-07-08)         << 
114 - G4GDMLParser: added utility method to retrie << 
115   by its name.                                 << 
116                                                << 
117 21 May 2021 G. Cosmo (gdml-V10-07-07)          << 
118 - G4GDMLReadSolids: updated optical surface pr << 
119   recent introduction of DAVIS interface.      << 
120   Addressing problem report #2371.             << 
121                                                << 
122 18 May 2021 V. Ivanchenko (gdml-V10-07-06)     << 
123 - G4GDMLWriteMaterials: use G4PhysicsFreeVecto << 
124   of G4PhysicsOrderedFreeVector.               << 
125                                                << 
126 1 April 2021 B. Morgan (gdml-V10-07-05)        << 
127 - Migrate build to modular CMake API.          << 
128                                                << 
129 17 March 2021 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-07-04)  << 
130 - Solves the problem #2343 of not all assembli << 
131   Fix provided by Laurie Nevay.                << 
132                                                << 
133 16 March 2021 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-07-03)  << 
134 - Solves the problem #2342 of multiUnion and a << 
135   (position, rotation and nodes). Fix provided << 
136                                                << 
137 4 March 2021 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-07-02)   << 
138 - Removed the hardcoded size 10000 in G4GDMLWr << 
139   Adressing problem report #2336. Fix by Tao L << 
140                                                << 
141 3 February 2021 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-07-01 << 
142 - Fixed parsing of regions in G4GDMLParser::Im << 
143   Allow for proper deletion of meta-data lists << 
144   Based on GitHub PR#19 by shangjiaxuan.       << 
145 - Fixed reading of units for GenericTrap in G4 << 
146   Addressing problem report #2317.             << 
147                                                << 
148 18 January 2021 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-07-00 << 
149 - Fixed importing of skin/border-surface prope << 
150   the G4GDMLReadSolids property vector map fro << 
151   Addressing problem report #2305              << 
152                                                << 
153 5 November 2020 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-06-05 << 
154 - Adding new method to the parser SetOutputFil << 
155   allows to set the flag to enable overwriting << 
156                                                << 
157 19 October 2020 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-06-04 << 
158 - Fix for problem 2273 (fixing loops when from << 
159                                                << 
160 7 October 2020 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-06-03) << 
161 - Minor c++11 review. Code cleanup and formatt << 
162                                                << 
163 6 October 2020 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-06-02) << 
164 - Use std::map instead of std::vector to itera << 
165   in G4GDMLWriteStructure::GetBorderSurface(). << 
166   Based on GitHub PR #6 by J.Brodsky.          << 
167 - Some code cleanup and formatting in G4GDMLWr << 
168                                                << 
169 21 February 2020 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-06-0 << 
170 - Fixed writing out and reading in of const pr << 
171                                                << 
172 11 December 2019 Ben Morgan (gdml-V10-06-00)   << 
173 - Cleanup CMake build, removing obsolete granu << 
174   explicit include_directories.                << 
175                                                << 
176 13 November 2019 Makoto Asai (gdml-V10-05-09)  << 
177 - G4GDMLRead.cc : avoid double-definition of u << 
178                                                << 
179 25th September 2019 Ben Morgan (gdml-V10-05-08 << 
180 - sources.cmake: Replace use of XercesC includ << 
181   XercesC::XercesC target                      << 
182                                                << 
183 18,19 July 2019 Makoto Asai (gdml-V10-05-06, - << 
184 - G4GDMLMessenger.cc : avoid UI commands from  << 
185   threads.                                     << 
186                                                << 
187 17 May 2019 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-05-05)    << 
188 - Adding support for writing out assemblies.   << 
189                                                << 
190 2 May 2019 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-05-04)     << 
191 - Improvement in the optical properties reader << 
192   G4MaterialPropertyVector object for identica << 
193                                                << 
194 12 April 2019 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-05-03)  << 
195 - Fixes to BorderSurface and OpticalSurface wr << 
196   Addressing problem reports #2143 and #2142.  << 
197                                                << 
198 2 April 2019 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-05-02)   << 
199 - Added more protections for workers also for  << 
200                                                << 
201 1 April 2019 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-05-01)   << 
202 - Added protection to G4GDMLParser::Write() to << 
203   the master thread. Addressing problem report << 
204                                                << 
205 4 March 2019 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-05-00)   << 
206 - Fix in G4GDMLReadStructure::PhysvolRead() to << 
207   recursive assembly structures. Thanks to B.Q << 
208   Addressing problem report #2141.             << 
209                                                << 
210 5 October 2018 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-04-04) << 
211 - Added stripping of invalid characters for na << 
212   to prevent invalid NCName strings in exporte << 
213   stripped generated strings for exporting nam << 
214   Patch provided courtesy of B.Couturier (LHCb << 
215                                                << 
216 7 June 2018 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-04-03)    << 
217 - Clear also auxiliary map information in G4GD << 
218   Addressing problem report #2064.             << 
219                                                << 
220 15 March 2018 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-04-02)  << 
221 - Protect printout of progress in reading/writ << 
222                                                << 
223 7 February 2018 Daren Sawkey (gdml-V10-04-01)  << 
224 - Updates to changes in G4Material[Const]Prope << 
225   G4GDMLWriteSolids and G4GDMLWriteMaterials.  << 
226   Addressing problem report #2030.             << 
227                                                << 
228 19 December 2017 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-04-0 << 
229 - Fixed self-consistency in G4GDMLAuxStructTyp << 
230   Thanks to Raphael Isemann for reporting this << 
231                                                << 
232 02 October 2017 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-03-09 << 
233 - Added handling of null pointer to material i << 
234                                                << 
235 15 September 2017 Soon Yung Jun (gdml-V10-03-0 << 
236 - use GetPropertyMap and GetConstPropertyMap i << 
237   and GetPropertiesCMap in G4GDMLWriteMaterial << 
238                                                << 
239 11 September 2017 Soon Yung Jun (gdml-V10-03-0 << 
240 - corresponding updates due to changes in G4Ma << 
241   in G4GDMLWriteMaterials and G4GDMLWriteSolid << 
242                                                << 
243 23 August 2017 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-03-06) << 
244 - Handle all possible variants for G4TwistedTu << 
245   Updated TwistedtubsRead/Write() in G4GDMLRea << 
246   Extended schema for coping with all possible << 
247   shape (updated file gdml_solids.xsd). New GD << 
248   Thanks to Yimin Wang (MIT) for reporting thi << 
249                                                << 
250 17 August 2017 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-03-05) << 
251 - Fix in G4GDMLWriteSolids::TwistedtubsWrite() << 
252   end-inner/outer radii for G4TwistedTubs shap << 
253                                                << 
254 13 July 2017 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-03-04)   << 
255 - Added commands to G4GDMLMessenger for enable << 
256   for reading and for appending or not pointer << 
257                                                << 
258 20 June 2017 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-03-03)   << 
259 - Added optical surface properties to the sche << 
260                                                << 
261 12 June 2017 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-03-02)   << 
262 - Added ability to export limited number of le << 
263   by specifying this through the G4GDMLParser: << 
264                                                << 
265 7 April 2017 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-03-01)   << 
266 - Enabled import/export of G4MultiUnion as a n << 
267   to USolids module only. Requires co-working  << 
268                                                << 
269 23 March 2017 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-03-00)  << 
270 - Fixed schema for replicas along angular axis << 
271   Changing the schema to GDML version 3.1.5.   << 
272   Addressing problem report #1917.             << 
273 - Added possibility to specify material proper << 
274   surfaces (Wouter Deconinck). Addressing enha << 
275                                                << 
276 18 November 2016 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-02-0 << 
277 - Fixing check for correctness of the units fo << 
278   axis.                                        << 
279                                                << 
280 13 September Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-02-08)   << 
281 - Replaced obsolete call to 'Invisible' with ' << 
282   in G4GDMLReadStructure::GetWorldVolume().    << 
283                                                << 
284 26 July 2016 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-02-07)   << 
285 - Fixing check for correctness of the units fo << 
286                                                << 
287 29 April 2016 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-02-06)  << 
288 - Added missing new dependency on digits_hits/ << 
289                                                << 
290 28 April 2016 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-02-05)  << 
291 - Added ability to automatically export the na << 
292   as the auxiliary information.                << 
293                                                << 
294 22 March 2016 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-02-04)  << 
295 - adding check for correctness of the units    << 
296                                                << 
297 21 March 2016 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-02-03)  << 
298 - increasing max_chars in the transcode() call << 
299                                                << 
300 16 March 2016 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-02-02,  << 
301 - Added ability to import and export scaled sh << 
302   Extended GDML schema by adding "scaledSolid" << 
303   New GDML schema version 3.1.4 (files: gdml.x << 
304   Requires tags "geommng-V10-02-00" and "geom- << 
305                                                    19 
306 14 December 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-02-0 <<  20 02 October 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-13)
307 - Corrected broken URLs and version number to  <<  21 - G4GDMLWriteDefine: se more relaxed precision
308                                                << 
309 07 October 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01-24 << 
310 - Protected compilation of G4MultiUnion wrappe << 
311                                                << 
312 02 October 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01-23 << 
313 - Restored left-hand rule in G4GDMLWriteDefine << 
314   constant for formula evaluation, to allow fo     22   constant for formula evaluation, to allow for proper treatment of
315   singularities.                                   23   singularities.
316                                                    24 
317 01 October 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01-22 <<  25 24 September 2015 Gabriele Cosmo
318 - Apply right-hand rule (counterclockwise rota << 
319   conversion in G4GDMLWriteDefine.             << 
320   Attempt to debug CMS dumped geometry.        << 
321                                                << 
322 24 September 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01- << 
323 - Rectify rotation matrices in reading and wri     26 - Rectify rotation matrices in reading and writing GDML files to get rid of
324   spurious roundoff errors in stored values.   <<  27   spurious roundoff errors in stored values. 
325                                                << 
326 06 August 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01-19) << 
327 - Fixed typo in exported name for electron cut << 
328                                                << 
329 30 July 2015 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-01-18)   << 
330 - Small modification to previous tag to avoid  << 
331                                                << 
332 30 July 2015 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-01-17)   << 
333 - Added support for writing and reading copy-n << 
334   New GDML schema version 3.1.3 (files: gdml.x << 
335                                                << 
336 08 May 2015 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-01-16)    << 
337 - Modification in the import/export of the reg << 
338   volumes.                                     << 
339                                                    28 
340 07 May 2015 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-01-15)    <<  29 30 April 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-12)
341 - Fixing bug introduced in the previous tag V1 << 
342                                                << 
343 30 April 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01-14)  << 
344 - Fixed non-initialised boolean flag in G4GDML     30 - Fixed non-initialised boolean flag in G4GDMLRead, reported by Coverity.
345                                                    31 
346 28 April 2015 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-01-13)  <<  32 20 April 2015 Gabriele Cosmo
347 - One more fix for writing out reflected volum << 
348   the reflected volume is present.             << 
349                                                << 
350 27 April 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01-12)  << 
351 - Allow for optional stripping of references f << 
352   when exporting.                              << 
353                                                << 
354 20 April 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01-11)  << 
355 - Corrected parsing of shape type-ID for Multi     33 - Corrected parsing of shape type-ID for MultiUnion in G4GDMLWriteSolids.
356                                                    34 
357 16 April 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01-10)  <<  35 16 April 2015 Gabriele Cosmo
358 - Improved text in G4Exception for failed impo     36 - Improved text in G4Exception for failed import of file in G4GDMLRead.
359                                                    37 
360 14 April 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01-09)  <<  38 13 April 2015 Witek Pokorski
361 - Code cleanup and formatting.                 << 
362                                                << 
363 13 April 2015 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-01-08)  << 
364 - Fixed writing out of reflected volumes. No m << 
365   logical volumes in the store after import of << 
366 - Correction for optional stripping of world-v     39 - Correction for optional stripping of world-volume.
367                                                    40 
368 9 April 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01-07)   <<  41 9 April 2015 Gabriele Cosmo
369 - Added "dichroic" surface model for optical p     42 - Added "dichroic" surface model for optical property, consistent with
370   addition done in release 10.0.                   43   addition done in release 10.0.
371                                                    44 
372 9 April 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01-06)   <<  45 27 March 2015 Gabriele Cosmo
373 - Simplified retrivial of energy cuts by direc << 
374                                                << 
375 8 April 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01-05)   << 
376 - Implemented ability to optionally export (ex << 
377   associated to logical volumes (default is OF << 
378   volumes can be activated/de-activated by mea << 
379   "/persistency/gdml/export_Ecuts [true/false] << 
380 - Corrected signature for import/export of aux << 
381   execute dump of the auxiliary information af << 
382   included daughters tree, to be consistent wi << 
383                                                << 
384 30 March 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01-04)  << 
385 - Enable also export of default world region,  << 
386                                                << 
387 27 March 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01-03)  << 
388 - Fixed compilation warnings on SLC5.          << 
389                                                << 
390 27 March 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01-02)  << 
391 - Implemented import/export of geometrical reg << 
392   for importing and storing production cuts an << 
393   auxiliary_info entity. NOTE: regions in para << 
394   Updated G4GDMLParser to optionally activate  << 
395   is OFF). Export of regions can be activated/ << 
396   the new UI command "/persistency/gdml/export << 
397 - Avoid use of standard evaluator for import o     46 - Avoid use of standard evaluator for import of units; adopt G4UnitsTable
398   instead, in order to avoid loss of precision     47   instead, in order to avoid loss of precision due to unit's conversion.
399                                                    48 
400 19 March 2015 Gabriele Cosmo                   << 
401 - Added missing file to headers list in source << 
402 - Minor code cleanup...                        << 
403                                                << 
404 18 March 2015 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V10-01-01)  << 
405 - Added 'userinfo' to GDML schema to allow 'gl << 
406 - Extended auxiliary field in the schema by 'a << 
407   sub-auxiliary fields (no limit on the number << 
408   New GDML schema version 3.1.2 (files: gdml.x << 
409 - Added writer support for auxiliary info (glo << 
410                                                << 
411 3 February 2015 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-01-00 << 
412 - Allow for return of NULL pointer in call to  << 
413   read command for importing a GDML file has n << 
414   Addressing enhancement request #1412.        << 
415                                                << 
416 24 November 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-1     49 24 November 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-11)
417 - Fixed typo in G4GDMLWriteSolids::BooleanWrit     50 - Fixed typo in G4GDMLWriteSolids::BooleanWrite() for the case of repeated
418   displacements of the reference solid in the      51   displacements of the reference solid in the same Boolean operation (issue
419   reported by ATLAS).                              52   reported by ATLAS).
420                                                    53 
421 18 November 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-1     54 18 November 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-10)
422 - Issue exception when attempting to load mult     55 - Issue exception when attempting to load multi-union structures
423   without USolids.                                 56   without USolids.
424                                                    57 
425 11 November 2014 Makoto Asai (gdml-V10-00-09)      58 11 November 2014 Makoto Asai (gdml-V10-00-09)
426 - G4GDMLMessenger: /persistency/gdml/clear now     59 - G4GDMLMessenger: /persistency/gdml/clear now invokes G4RunManager to
427   cleanly delete entire geometry.                  60   cleanly delete entire geometry.
428                                                    61 
429 10 November 2014 Witold Pokorski (gdml-V10-00-     62 10 November 2014 Witold Pokorski (gdml-V10-00-08)
430 - Correction to G4GDMLReadMaterials::MixtureRe     63 - Correction to G4GDMLReadMaterials::MixtureRead() to revert order of
431   reading (first elements then materials) for      64   reading (first elements then materials) for mixtures by fraction;
432   corrects referencing for cases when elements     65   corrects referencing for cases when elements and materials may carry
433   the same name (case reported by ATLAS).          66   the same name (case reported by ATLAS).
434                                                    67 
435 29 October 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-07     68 29 October 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-07)
436 - Moved USolids module from geometry/solids to     69 - Moved USolids module from geometry/solids to externals.
437                                                    70 
438 18 July 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-06)       71 18 July 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-06)
439 - Added implementation for import/export of Mu     72 - Added implementation for import/export of Multi-Union (G4MultiUnion)
440   structures.                                      73   structures.
441   Requiring updated GDML schema for multiUnion     74   Requiring updated GDML schema for multiUnionNode entity (GDML version 3.1.1).
442 - Updated internal schema to reflect new GDML      75 - Updated internal schema to reflect new GDML schema release 3.1.1, for
443   updated gdml_solids.xsd module.                  76   updated gdml_solids.xsd module.
444                                                    77 
445 21 May 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-05)        78 21 May 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-05)
446 - Added better description to fatal exception      79 - Added better description to fatal exception in case document content
447   imported happens to be empty in G4GDMLRead::     80   imported happens to be empty in G4GDMLRead::Read().
448                                                    81 
449 20 May 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-04)        82 20 May 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-04)
450 - Correction to G4GDMLRead::Read() for the cas     83 - Correction to G4GDMLRead::Read() for the case when schema validation
451   is turned off, to disable initialisation of      84   is turned off, to disable initialisation of validation machinery in the
452   parser and allow for standalone parsing off-     85   parser and allow for standalone parsing off-network.
453                                                    86 
454 15 May 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-03)        87 15 May 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-03)
455 - Corrected minor Coverity defect in G4GDMLPar     88 - Corrected minor Coverity defect in G4GDMLParser for uninitialised
456   'strip' flag in constructors.                    89   'strip' flag in constructors.
457 - Corrected potential memory leak in G4GDMLRea     90 - Corrected potential memory leak in G4GDMLReadSolids.
458                                                    91 
459 11 April 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-02)      92 11 April 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-02)
460 - Corrected dump of 'phi' and 'theta' for G4Tr     93 - Corrected dump of 'phi' and 'theta' for G4Trap and G4Para in writer.
461   Addressing problem report #1602.                 94   Addressing problem report #1602.
462                                                    95 
463 10 April 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-01)      96 10 April 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-01)
464 - Get rid of deprecated 'register' storage cla     97 - Get rid of deprecated 'register' storage class specifier in source files.
465                                                    98 
466 13 March 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-00)      99 13 March 2014 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V10-00-00)
467 - Added comparison operator for 3-vector key i    100 - Added comparison operator for 3-vector key in 'vertexMap' in
468   G4GDMLWriteSolids for export of tessellated     101   G4GDMLWriteSolids for export of tessellated solid.
469   Addressing problem report #1573.                102   Addressing problem report #1573.
470                                                   103 
471 29 November 2013 Tatiana Nikitina (gdml-V09-06    104 29 November 2013 Tatiana Nikitina (gdml-V09-06-09)
472 - Fixed GDML schema for spurious validation er    105 - Fixed GDML schema for spurious validation errors on last changes introduced
473   for parameterisation of polycone and polyhed    106   for parameterisation of polycone and polyhedra and multi-union.
474 - Fixed typo in G4GDMLReadParamvol and some co    107 - Fixed typo in G4GDMLReadParamvol and some code cleanup.
475                                                   108 
476 23 November 2013 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-06-0    109 23 November 2013 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-06-08)
477 - Fixed compilation warnings on SLC5/gcc-4.1.     110 - Fixed compilation warnings on SLC5/gcc-4.1.
478                                                   111 
479 22 November 2013 Tatiana Nikitina (gdml-V09-06    112 22 November 2013 Tatiana Nikitina (gdml-V09-06-07)
480 - Added support for parameterisation of polyco    113 - Added support for parameterisation of polycone and polyhedra in GDML schema.
481   Extended related classes accordingly in read    114   Extended related classes accordingly in reader and writer.
482 - Added warning in reader for multi-union stru    115 - Added warning in reader for multi-union structure not yet supported.
483                                                   116 
484 7 November 2013 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-06-06    117 7 November 2013 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-06-06)
485 - Replaced deprecated calls to G4Sphere access    118 - Replaced deprecated calls to G4Sphere accessor methods.
486                                                   119 
487 29 October 2013 Tatiana Nikitina                  120 29 October 2013 Tatiana Nikitina
488 - Added 'generic' Polycone and Polyhedra to GD    121 - Added 'generic' Polycone and Polyhedra to GDML Reader and Writer.
489   Splitted definition of Polycone to ordinary     122   Splitted definition of Polycone to ordinary and generic.
490 - Added parameterisation for Ellipsoid to read    123 - Added parameterisation for Ellipsoid to readear/writer and schema.
491 - Added MultiUnion solid and 'generic' Polycon    124 - Added MultiUnion solid and 'generic' Polycone and Polyhedra to the schema
492   GDML schema updated to version 3.1.0.           125   GDML schema updated to version 3.1.0.
493 - Fix in G4GDMLReadParamvol::ParametersRead()     126 - Fix in G4GDMLReadParamvol::ParametersRead() for reading parameterised
494   Sphere, Orb, Torus and Para.                    127   Sphere, Orb, Torus and Para.
495                                                   128 
496 27 August 2013 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-06-05,    129 27 August 2013 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-06-05, gdml-V09-06-04)
497 - Added G4Ellipsoid among solids enabled for p    130 - Added G4Ellipsoid among solids enabled for parameterisation in
498   G4GDMLParameterisation.                         131   G4GDMLParameterisation.
499                                                   132 
500 5 June 2013 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-06-03)       133 5 June 2013 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-06-03)
501 - Replaced use of 'pascal' with 'hep_pascal' t    134 - Replaced use of 'pascal' with 'hep_pascal' to avoid conflicts on Windows.
502                                                   135 
503 10 April 2013 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-06-02)     136 10 April 2013 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-06-02)
504 - Removed TLS changes in G4GDMLWrite as not ne    137 - Removed TLS changes in G4GDMLWrite as not necessary.
505                                                   138 
506 26 February 2013 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-06-0    139 26 February 2013 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-06-01)
507 - Removed unused data member in G4STRead.         140 - Removed unused data member in G4STRead.
508 - Cleanup of MT changes in G4GDMLWrite.           141 - Cleanup of MT changes in G4GDMLWrite.
509                                                   142 
510 25 October 2012 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-05-05    143 25 October 2012 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-05-05)
511 - Added inclusion of headers to G4STRead.cc to    144 - Added inclusion of headers to G4STRead.cc to make it self consistent.
512                                                   145 
513 18 July 2012 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V09-05-04)      146 18 July 2012 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V09-05-04)
514 - Corrected handling of constant material prop    147 - Corrected handling of constant material properties.
515                                                   148 
516 5 July 2012 - Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-05-03)     149 5 July 2012 - Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-05-03)
517 - Explicitly use inclusion of headers for syst    150 - Explicitly use inclusion of headers for system of units and physical
518   constants, in plan to remove implicit inclus    151   constants, in plan to remove implicit inclusion from globals.hh.
519                                                   152 
520 30 May 2012 - Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-05-02)     153 30 May 2012 - Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-05-02)
521 - Fixed typo introduced in previous tag...        154 - Fixed typo introduced in previous tag...
522                                                   155 
523 25 May 2012 - Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-05-01)     156 25 May 2012 - Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-05-01)
524 - Fixed trivial cases of variable shadowing.      157 - Fixed trivial cases of variable shadowing.
525                                                   158 
526 20 March 2012 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V09-05-00,     159 20 March 2012 Witek Pokorski (gdml-V09-05-00, gdml-V09-04-11)
527 - Bug fix in material properties.                 160 - Bug fix in material properties.
528                                                   161 
529 23 November 2011 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-04-1    162 23 November 2011 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-04-10)
530 - Additional fix on G4EllipticalTube, to not c    163 - Additional fix on G4EllipticalTube, to not consider units in import for
531   semi-axes ratios.                               164   semi-axes ratios.
532                                                   165 
533 23 November 2011 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-04-0    166 23 November 2011 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-04-09)
534 - Same fix for G4TessellatedSolid and G4Tet, t    167 - Same fix for G4TessellatedSolid and G4Tet, to consider units in import
535   for vertices.                                   168   for vertices.
536                                                   169 
537 23 November 2011 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-04-0    170 23 November 2011 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-04-08)
538 - Fix in reader for G4GenericTrap shape to con    171 - Fix in reader for G4GenericTrap shape to consider units in import for
539   vertices.                                       172   vertices.
540                                                   173 
541 1 November 2011 Tatiana Nikitina (gdml-V09-04-    174 1 November 2011 Tatiana Nikitina (gdml-V09-04-07)
542 - Extended reader and writer to support new sh    175 - Extended reader and writer to support new shape G4CutTubs.
543                                                   176 
544 14 October 2011 Peter Gumplinger (gdml-V09-04-    177 14 October 2011 Peter Gumplinger (gdml-V09-04-06)
545 - Completed migration to work with tag "materi    178 - Completed migration to work with tag "materials-V09-04-15" also for writer.
546                                                   179 
547 13 October 2011 Peter Gumplinger (gdml-V09-04-    180 13 October 2011 Peter Gumplinger (gdml-V09-04-05)
548 - Modify to comply with modifications in tag "    181 - Modify to comply with modifications in tag "materials-V09-04-14".
549                                                   182 
550 27 September 2010 Anton Pytel (gdml-V09-04-04)    183 27 September 2010 Anton Pytel (gdml-V09-04-04)
551 - Extended GDML schema for materials to includ    184 - Extended GDML schema for materials to include ionisation potential (mean
552   excitation energy) property to materials (GD    185   excitation energy) property to materials (GDML-3.0.1). Adapted reader and
553   writer plugins accordingly.                     186   writer plugins accordingly.
554                                                   187 
555 23 May 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-04-03)       188 23 May 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-04-03)
556 - G4GDMLWriteMaterials: avoid dereferencing of    189 - G4GDMLWriteMaterials: avoid dereferencing of null pointer in PropertyWrite()
557   for materials without property assigned; iss    190   for materials without property assigned; issue a warning message.
558   Addressing problem report #1214.                191   Addressing problem report #1214.
559                                                   192 
560 13 May 2011 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-04-02)       193 13 May 2011 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-04-02)
561 - Fixed compilation warnings from gcc-4.6.0 fo    194 - Fixed compilation warnings from gcc-4.6.0 for variables set but not used.
562                                                   195 
563 5 May 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-04-01)        196 5 May 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-04-01)
564 - Make use of G4Evaluator typedef for evaluato    197 - Make use of G4Evaluator typedef for evaluator instance.
565                                                   198 
566 10 Jan 2010 Ivana Hrivnakova (gdml-V09-04-00)     199 10 Jan 2010 Ivana Hrivnakova (gdml-V09-04-00)
567 - Correction in G4GDMLWriteMaterials::Material    200 - Correction in G4GDMLWriteMaterials::MaterialWrite() to properly treat
568   export of materials with single element defi    201   export of materials with single element defined as isotope composition.
569                                                   202 
570 30 Nov 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-10)       203 30 Nov 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-10)
571 - Fixed ambiguity in signature of Write() meth    204 - Fixed ambiguity in signature of Write() method in G4GDMLParser.
572                                                   205 
573 17 Nov 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-09)       206 17 Nov 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-09)
574 - Added possibility to de-activate/activate na    207 - Added possibility to de-activate/activate names stripping when reading files,
575   by invoking a new method G4GDMLParser::SetSt    208   by invoking a new method G4GDMLParser::SetStripFlag(bool) before importing
576   the GDML file. Stripping is activated by def    209   the GDML file. Stripping is activated by default.
577 - Corrected initialization of messenger for al    210 - Corrected initialization of messenger for all constructors of G4GDMLParser.
578                                                   211 
579 04 Nov 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-08)       212 04 Nov 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-08)
580 - Fixed compilation warning on G4GDMLEvaluator    213 - Fixed compilation warning on G4GDMLEvaluator.
581                                                   214 
582 02 Nov 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-07)       215 02 Nov 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-07)
583 - Fixed minor left Coverity reports.              216 - Fixed minor left Coverity reports.
584 - Some code cleanup and updated CMake scripts.    217 - Some code cleanup and updated CMake scripts.
585                                                   218 
586 25 Oct 2010 Witold Pokorski                       219 25 Oct 2010 Witold Pokorski
587 - New class G4GDMLMessenger instantiated with     220 - New class G4GDMLMessenger instantiated with G4GDMLParser and defining
588   UI commands for importing and exporting GDML    221   UI commands for importing and exporting GDML files, through the various
589   options the parser provides.                    222   options the parser provides.
590 - Corrected GetWorldVolume() in G4GDMLReadStru    223 - Corrected GetWorldVolume() in G4GDMLReadStructure, to make use of structure
591   stored in memory in case geometry is already    224   stored in memory in case geometry is already imported.
592                                                   225 
593 14 Oct 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-06)       226 14 Oct 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-06)
594 - Fixed dummy initialisation of members in con    227 - Fixed dummy initialisation of members in constructors in classes
595   G4GDMLParameterisation, G4GDMLReadParamvol,     228   G4GDMLParameterisation, G4GDMLReadParamvol, G4GDMLReadStructure,
596   G4GDMLWrite, G4GDMLWriteDefine, G4GDMLWriteM    229   G4GDMLWrite, G4GDMLWriteDefine, G4GDMLWriteMaterials, G4GDMLWriteSolids.
597 - Added exceptions asserting validity of dynam    230 - Added exceptions asserting validity of dynamic casted pointers.
598                                                   231 
599 11 Oct 2010 Witold Pokorski (gdml-V09-03-05)      232 11 Oct 2010 Witold Pokorski (gdml-V09-03-05)
600 - Added GetAuxMap() method to G4GDMLParser and    233 - Added GetAuxMap() method to G4GDMLParser and removed 'const' qualifier to
601   types in internal map of logical-volumes. Ch    234   types in internal map of logical-volumes. Changed value type to 'string' in
602   G4GDMLAuxPairType to avoid extra type evalua    235   G4GDMLAuxPairType to avoid extra type evaluation while parsing.
603                                                   236 
604 19 Aug 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-04)       237 19 Aug 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-04)
605 - Fixed printout of unit in G4GDMLWriteStructu    238 - Fixed printout of unit in G4GDMLWriteStructure for replicas and divisions,
606   in the case of angles.                          239   in the case of angles.
607                                                   240 
608 02 Jun 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-03)       241 02 Jun 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-03)
609 - Added G4GenericTrap among the set of support    242 - Added G4GenericTrap among the set of supported solids in both reader and
610   writer, treating as 'arb8' GDML type.           243   writer, treating as 'arb8' GDML type.
611                                                   244 
612 20 May 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-02)       245 20 May 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-02)
613 - Corrected dump of division axis in writer.      246 - Corrected dump of division axis in writer.
614                                                   247 
615 18 Feb 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-01)       248 18 Feb 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-01)
616 - Added missing reference attribute in G4GDMLW    249 - Added missing reference attribute in G4GDMLWriteMaterials for dumping
617   of materials property vectors. Increased str    250   of materials property vectors. Increased string buffer in G4GDMLWrite.
618   Addressing problem report #1104.                251   Addressing problem report #1104.
619 - Corrected import of surface properties in G4    252 - Corrected import of surface properties in G4GDMLReadSolids for the case
620   of recursive read of files.                     253   of recursive read of files.
621                                                   254 
622 17 Feb 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-00)       255 17 Feb 2010 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-03-00)
623 - Added IsValid() method to parser to verify i    256 - Added IsValid() method to parser to verify if variable/constant/quantity
624   is defined and is valid. Added const qualifi    257   is defined and is valid. Added const qualifier to reader accessors in parser.
625                                                   258 
626 04 Dec 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-18)       259 04 Dec 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-18)
627 - Updated list of optical properties in G4GDML    260 - Updated list of optical properties in G4GDMLReadSolid according to
628   last changes to G4OpticalSurface and G4Surfa    261   last changes to G4OpticalSurface and G4SurfaceProperty.
629                                                   262 
630 14 Oct 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-17)       263 14 Oct 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-17)
631 - Added support for GDML 'expression' tag, imp    264 - Added support for GDML 'expression' tag, implementing generic expressions
632   stored as literal constants.                    265   stored as literal constants.
633 - Corrected handling of 'quantity' tag; added  << 266 - Corrected handling of 'quantity' tag; added missing caching of evaluation. 
634                                                   267 
635 24 Sep 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-16)       268 24 Sep 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-16)
636 - Added support for the GDML 'assembly' tag, i    269 - Added support for the GDML 'assembly' tag, implementing assemblies of
637   simple placements through G4AssemblyVolume.     270   simple placements through G4AssemblyVolume.
638                                                   271 
639 12 May 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-15)       272 12 May 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-15)
640 - Restricted usage of loops only for placement    273 - Restricted usage of loops only for placement of volumes. Now correctly
641   handling most common use-case of multiple co    274   handling most common use-case of multiple copies of the same volume/solid
642   through loop statement. Addressing problem r    275   through loop statement. Addressing problem report #1063.
643                                                   276 
644 11 May 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-14)       277 11 May 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-14)
645 - Allow for name stripping of volumes which ar    278 - Allow for name stripping of volumes which are included in loops; do not
646   store appended internal counter reference.      279   store appended internal counter reference.
647                                                   280 
648 27 April 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-13)     281 27 April 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-13)
649 - Get rid of unused parameter in G4GDMLWriteMa    282 - Get rid of unused parameter in G4GDMLWriteMaterials::PropertyVectorWrite().
650                                                   283 
651 24 April 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-12)     284 24 April 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-12)
652 - Some code cleanup: rationalised inclusion of    285 - Some code cleanup: rationalised inclusion of headers, replacing them
653   with forward declarations where possible.       286   with forward declarations where possible.
654                                                   287 
655 24 April 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-11)     288 24 April 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-11)
656 - Allow for reading/writing of constant materi    289 - Allow for reading/writing of constant material properties.
657 - Implemented ability to write surface propert    290 - Implemented ability to write surface properties associated to volumes
658   and material properties.                        291   and material properties.
659                                                   292 
660 17 April 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-10)     293 17 April 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-10)
661 - Defined missing copy constructor and operato    294 - Defined missing copy constructor and operator=() to G4GDMLMatrix
662   internal class, to avoid cases of memory cor    295   internal class, to avoid cases of memory corruption when handling matrices.
663                                                   296 
664 15 April 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-09)     297 15 April 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-09)
665 - Completed virtual layer for allowing customi    298 - Completed virtual layer for allowing customisation of the writer for
666   user-extended schemas.                          299   user-extended schemas.
667                                                   300 
668 09 April 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-08)     301 09 April 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-08)
669 - Correction in G4GDMLWriteSolids::BooleanWrit    302 - Correction in G4GDMLWriteSolids::BooleanWrite() in order to handle
670   cases of nested displaced solids given to bo    303   cases of nested displaced solids given to both operands in a Boolean
671   operation (ATLAS use case).                     304   operation (ATLAS use case).
672 - Renamed flag for maximum number of transform    305 - Renamed flag for maximum number of transformations applied to a solid
673   and moved to G4GDMLWriteSolids base class.      306   and moved to G4GDMLWriteSolids base class.
674 - First virtual layer for custom writer classe    307 - First virtual layer for custom writer classes G4GDMLWriteSolids and
675   G4GDMLWriteStructure.                           308   G4GDMLWriteStructure.
676                                                   309 
677 03 April 2009 Tatiana Nikitina (gdml-V09-02-07    310 03 April 2009 Tatiana Nikitina (gdml-V09-02-07)
678 - Correction in materials and solids tags for     311 - Correction in materials and solids tags for allowing parsing of
679   definitions within the tag scope; possibilit    312   definitions within the tag scope; possibility foreseen by the schema.
680                                                   313 
681 24 March 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-06)     314 24 March 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-06)
682 - Added empty default constructor and virtual     315 - Added empty default constructor and virtual destructor to classes in the
683   inheritance chain.                              316   inheritance chain.
684                                                   317 
685 02 March 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-05)     318 02 March 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-05)
686 - Fixed association of entities in nested loop    319 - Fixed association of entities in nested loops for solids and materials.
687   Definitions of materials are not supposed to    320   Definitions of materials are not supposed to be included in loops being
688   therefore repeated...                           321   therefore repeated...
689 - Strip off white spaces from names G4GDMLWrit    322 - Strip off white spaces from names G4GDMLWrite::GenerateName(), to avoid
690   parsing problems in imported files.             323   parsing problems in imported files.
691                                                   324 
692 26 February 2009 Tatiana Nikitina (gdml-V09-02    325 26 February 2009 Tatiana Nikitina (gdml-V09-02-04)
693 - Corrected treatment of brackets and indices  << 326 - Corrected treatment of brackets and indeces for matrices in G4GDMLEvaluator.
694   Fixes problem report #1048.                     327   Fixes problem report #1048.
695                                                   328 
696 24 February 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-0    329 24 February 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-03)
697 - Removed useless 'const' qualifier from GetAu    330 - Removed useless 'const' qualifier from GetAuxMap() signature.
698                                                   331 
699 19 February 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-0    332 19 February 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-02)
700 - Fix in G4GDMLStructure class for missing cac    333 - Fix in G4GDMLStructure class for missing caching of auxiliary information
701   from child modules, causing auxiliary inform    334   from child modules, causing auxiliary information defined within separated
702   modules to get lost and therefore not assign    335   modules to get lost and therefore not assigned to volumes.
703   Fixes problem report #1049.                     336   Fixes problem report #1049.
704                                                   337 
705 23 January 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-01    338 23 January 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-01)
706 - Changed post-fix"_refl" to "_PV" for placeme    339 - Changed post-fix"_refl" to "_PV" for placements made through the
707   reflection-factory.                             340   reflection-factory.
708                                                   341 
709 22 January 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-00    342 22 January 2009 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-02-00)
710 - Added possibility to check overlaps by activ    343 - Added possibility to check overlaps by activating/de-activating the
711   built-in surface check for placement and par    344   built-in surface check for placement and parameterised volumes.
712   By default the overlap check is off. To acti    345   By default the overlap check is off. To activate it, use call to the
713   parser 'SetOverlapCheck(true)' before readin    346   parser 'SetOverlapCheck(true)' before reading the GDML file.
714                                                   347 
715 4 December 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-21    348 4 December 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-21)
716 - Updated default GDML schema location in G4GD    349 - Updated default GDML schema location in G4GDMLParser to point to new
717   GDML schema.                                    350   GDML schema.
718                                                   351 
719 21 November 2008 Tatiana Nikitina (gdml-V09-01    352 21 November 2008 Tatiana Nikitina (gdml-V09-01-20)
720 - Updated schema to include new features intro    353 - Updated schema to include new features introduced in reader/writer plugin.
721                                                   354 
722 21 November 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-1    355 21 November 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-19)
723 - Added missing solid Elliptical-Cone to reade    356 - Added missing solid Elliptical-Cone to reader and writer.
724                                                   357 
725 20 November 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-1    358 20 November 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-18)
726 - Implemented mechanism for importing GDML des    359 - Implemented mechanism for importing GDML descriptions with extensions
727   to the GDML schema, identified by a new tag     360   to the GDML schema, identified by a new tag "extension".
728 - Added implementation .cc file for G4GDMLPars    361 - Added implementation .cc file for G4GDMLParser.
729                                                   362 
730 17 November 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-1    363 17 November 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-17)
731 - Get rid of module-name pre-pended to entity     364 - Get rid of module-name pre-pended to entity names.
732 - Added StripNamePointers() method to G4GDMLPa    365 - Added StripNamePointers() method to G4GDMLParser, utility to be invoked in
733   the user-code to strip off pointers from ent    366   the user-code to strip off pointers from entity names in a GDML modular setup
734   after loading all modules.                      367   after loading all modules.
735                                                   368 
736 14 November 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-1    369 14 November 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-16)
737 - Enhanced name stripping in G4GDMLRead, to re    370 - Enhanced name stripping in G4GDMLRead, to remove also additional IDs
738   prepended to the original name of entities i    371   prepended to the original name of entities in the case of modular GDML files.
739                                                   372 
740 13 November 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-1    373 13 November 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-15)
741 - Added support for new serializer API as intr    374 - Added support for new serializer API as introduced in Xerces-3.0.0.
742 - Cleared compilation warnings on Intel-icc co    375 - Cleared compilation warnings on Intel-icc compiler.
743                                                   376 
744 22 August 2008 Tatiana Nikitina (gdml-V09-01-1    377 22 August 2008 Tatiana Nikitina (gdml-V09-01-14)
745 - G4GDMLReadStructure: added methods ReplicaRe    378 - G4GDMLReadStructure: added methods ReplicaRead(), AxisRead(), QuantityRead()
746   and introduced corrections in order to read     379   and introduced corrections in order to read replica volumes conforming to the
747   GDML Schema. Added possibility to read/write    380   GDML Schema. Added possibility to read/write replication for Rho and Phi axes.
748 - G4GDMLWriteStructure: introduced corrections    381 - G4GDMLWriteStructure: introduced corrections in order to write replica
749   volumes conforming to the GDML Schema.          382   volumes conforming to the GDML Schema.
750                                                   383 
751 20 August 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-13)    384 20 August 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-13)
752 - G4GDMLParser: added argument to Write() for     385 - G4GDMLParser: added argument to Write() for specify if appending or not
753   reference pointer to generated names. Defaul    386   reference pointer to generated names. Default is TRUE.
754 - G4GDMLRead: implemented filtering of names t    387 - G4GDMLRead: implemented filtering of names to remove from entity names
755   appended reference pointer which may have be    388   appended reference pointer which may have been generated. Simplified
756   name generated for physical-volumes to only     389   name generated for physical-volumes to only append "_PV" to its logical
757   volume name.                                    390   volume name.
758 - Removed wherever applicable additional strin    391 - Removed wherever applicable additional strings appended to names.
759                                                   392 
760 18 August 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-12)    393 18 August 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-12)
761 - G4GDMLWriteSolids: fixes in naming conventio    394 - G4GDMLWriteSolids: fixes in naming convention for solids; added specification
762   of units where missing. Introduced parsing o    395   of units where missing. Introduced parsing of vertices for tessellated solids
763   to avoid duplication in writing.                396   to avoid duplication in writing.
764                                                   397 
765 29 July 2008 Tatiana Nikitina                     398 29 July 2008 Tatiana Nikitina
766 - Fixes to parameterisation read and write to     399 - Fixes to parameterisation read and write to match the schema.
767                                                   400 
768 24 July 2008 Tatiana Nikitina                     401 24 July 2008 Tatiana Nikitina
769 - Added to reader the possibility to have a re    402 - Added to reader the possibility to have a reference to position and rotation
770   for Boolean solids, as it was possible in GD    403   for Boolean solids, as it was possible in GDML_2_10_0.
771                                                   404 
772 24 July 2008 Tatiana Nikitina                     405 24 July 2008 Tatiana Nikitina
773 - Fixes in reading/writing G4TwistedTrap shape    406 - Fixes in reading/writing G4TwistedTrap shapes.
774                                                << 407  
775 22 July 2008 Tatiana Nikitina                     408 22 July 2008 Tatiana Nikitina
776 - Added G4Paraboloid to list of supported soli    409 - Added G4Paraboloid to list of supported solids for reader and writer.
777                                                   410 
778 16 July 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-11)      411 16 July 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-11)
779 - Renamed internal methods wherever needed to     412 - Renamed internal methods wherever needed to match code policy and having
780   them starting with capital letter.              413   them starting with capital letter.
781                                                   414 
782 15 July 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-10)      415 15 July 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-10)
783 - Code review, formatting and adoption of cano    416 - Code review, formatting and adoption of canonical form for calls to
784   G4Exception. Usage of std:: namespace for ca    417   G4Exception. Usage of std:: namespace for calls to standard mathematical
785   functions.                                      418   functions.
786 - Added class G4STRead, copy of the original c    419 - Added class G4STRead, copy of the original class implemented by Z.Torzsok.
787 - Corrected compilation error on Windows/VC++8    420 - Corrected compilation error on Windows/VC++8 compiler for incorrect
788   signature of method in base class.              421   signature of method in base class.
789                                                   422 
790 3 July 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-09)       423 3 July 2008 Gabriele Cosmo (gdml-V09-01-09)
791 - Corrected bugs introduced in last commits fo    424 - Corrected bugs introduced in last commits for modularization of files;
792   Restored original use of maps.                  425   Restored original use of maps.
793 - Corrected syntax for parser writer to (optio    426 - Corrected syntax for parser writer to (optionally) take a pointer to the
794   top physical-volume instead of the logical v    427   top physical-volume instead of the logical volume.
795                                                   428 
796 25 June 2008 Zoltan Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-08)      429 25 June 2008 Zoltan Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-08)
797 - Units are set according to CLHEP units in G4    430 - Units are set according to CLHEP units in G4GDMLEvaluator.
798                                                   431 
799 23 June 2008 Zoltan Torzsok                       432 23 June 2008 Zoltan Torzsok
800 - Optimised string handling. Schema location c    433 - Optimised string handling. Schema location can be set in the writer.
801                                                   434 
802 20 June 2008 Zoltan Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-07)      435 20 June 2008 Zoltan Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-07)
803 - Set correct URL for schema for 'noNamespaceS    436 - Set correct URL for schema for 'noNamespaceSchemaLocation' parameter.
804                                                   437 
805 17 June 2008 Zoltan Torzsok                       438 17 June 2008 Zoltan Torzsok
806 - Added schema validation.                        439 - Added schema validation.
807 - Added schema definition files.                  440 - Added schema definition files.
808                                                   441 
809 10 June 2008 Zoltan Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-06)      442 10 June 2008 Zoltan Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-06)
810 - Modularization can be done either by physvol    443 - Modularization can be done either by physvol/depth/mixed.
811   Volume auxiliary information is requested by    444   Volume auxiliary information is requested by pointer instead of by name.
812                                                   445 
813 9 June 2008 Zoltan Torzsok                        446 9 June 2008 Zoltan Torzsok
814 - Naming convention can be configured in the w    447 - Naming convention can be configured in the writer.
815                                                   448 
816 5 June 2008 Zoltan Torzsok                        449 5 June 2008 Zoltan Torzsok
817 - Module name is optional now. If no name is s    450 - Module name is optional now. If no name is specified,
818   the logical volume name will be the filename    451   the logical volume name will be the filename.
819                                                   452 
820 2 June 2008 Zoltan Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-05)       453 2 June 2008 Zoltan Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-05)
821 - Writer checks if the file to be created does    454 - Writer checks if the file to be created does already exist.
822 - Added GetVolume() function.                     455 - Added GetVolume() function.
823                                                   456 
824 29 May 2008 Zoltan Torzsok                        457 29 May 2008 Zoltan Torzsok
825 - Added support for writing modular files.        458 - Added support for writing modular files.
826                                                   459 
827 28 May 2008 Zoltan Torzsok                        460 28 May 2008 Zoltan Torzsok
828 - Only the referenced materials/elements/isoto    461 - Only the referenced materials/elements/isotopes are written out, not the
829   whole material/element/isotope store.           462   whole material/element/isotope store.
830 - Assigned the name to world physical volume.     463 - Assigned the name to world physical volume.
831                                                   464 
832 27 May 2008 Zoltan Torzsok                        465 27 May 2008 Zoltan Torzsok
833 - Optimized/simplified writing of structure: n    466 - Optimized/simplified writing of structure: no array required for sorting.
834 - Only the referenced solids are written out,     467 - Only the referenced solids are written out, not the whole solid store.
835                                                   468 
836 23 May 2008 Zoltan Torzsok                        469 23 May 2008 Zoltan Torzsok
837 - Writer: precision is now considered in case     470 - Writer: precision is now considered in case of scale, rotation and position
838   of the physical-volume. DBL_EPSILON is used     471   of the physical-volume. DBL_EPSILON is used to filter precision for avoiding
839   unnecessary scaling, rotation or positioning    472   unnecessary scaling, rotation or positioning.
840                                                   473 
841 6 May 2008 Zoltan Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-04)        474 6 May 2008 Zoltan Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-04)
842 - Added a constant limiting the maximum number    475 - Added a constant limiting the maximum number of reflections/displacements of a single solid
843                                                   476 
844 21 April 2008 Zoltan Torzsok                      477 21 April 2008 Zoltan Torzsok
845 - Divisionvol, replicavol and paramvol are res    478 - Divisionvol, replicavol and paramvol are resolved now.
846                                                   479 
847 11 April 2008 Zoltan Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-03)     480 11 April 2008 Zoltan Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-03)
848 - Referenced solid in volume is resolved in ca    481 - Referenced solid in volume is resolved in case of displacements/reflections.
849                                                   482 
850 10 April 2008 Zoltan Torzsok                      483 10 April 2008 Zoltan Torzsok
851 - Added text output to console to inform of pr    484 - Added text output to console to inform of progress during processing.
852                                                   485 
853 9 April 2008 Zoltan Torzsok                       486 9 April 2008 Zoltan Torzsok
854 - Worked out an algorithm for sorting logical     487 - Worked out an algorithm for sorting logical volumes in the writer.
855                                                   488 
856 4 April 2008 Zoltan Torzsok                       489 4 April 2008 Zoltan Torzsok
857 - Modified writing out of volumes to happen in    490 - Modified writing out of volumes to happen in recursive way.
858   Still needs optimization. Does not recompute    491   Still needs optimization. Does not recompute touched branches!
859                                                   492 
860 1 April 2008 Z.Torzsok                            493 1 April 2008 Z.Torzsok
861 - Corrected function names to have all startin    494 - Corrected function names to have all starting with capital letter.
862                                                   495 
863 11 March 2008 Z.Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-02)          496 11 March 2008 Z.Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-02)
864 - Added border surface to reader.                 497 - Added border surface to reader.
865 - Added skin surface to reader.                   498 - Added skin surface to reader.
866 - Fixed compilation problems on Intel/icc comp    499 - Fixed compilation problems on Intel/icc compiler.
867                                                   500 
868 7 March 2008 Z.Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-01)           501 7 March 2008 Z.Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-01)
869 - Material properties added to reader             502 - Material properties added to reader
870                                                   503 
871 20 February 2008 Z.Torzsok                        504 20 February 2008 Z.Torzsok
872 - Completed support for parameterised volumes     505 - Completed support for parameterised volumes in writer.
873 - Name is added to physvol in reader.             506 - Name is added to physvol in reader.
874                                                   507 
875 19 February 2008 Z.Torzsok                        508 19 February 2008 Z.Torzsok
876 - Replicavol is simplified and no longer restr    509 - Replicavol is simplified and no longer restricted to replication along axes.
877                                                   510 
878 18 February 2008 Z.Torzsok                        511 18 February 2008 Z.Torzsok
879 - Added G4GDMLWriteParamvol class implementing    512 - Added G4GDMLWriteParamvol class implementing the parameterised volumes
880   in the writer. Added box parameterisation an    513   in the writer. Added box parameterisation and succesfully tested.
881                                                   514 
882 15 February 2008 Z.Torzsok                        515 15 February 2008 Z.Torzsok
883 - Division volumes added to writer and succesf    516 - Division volumes added to writer and succesfully tested.
884                                                   517 
885 14 February 2008 Z.Torzsok                        518 14 February 2008 Z.Torzsok
886 - Replica volumes added to writer and succesfu    519 - Replica volumes added to writer and succesfully tested.
887                                                   520 
888 13 February 2008 Z.Torzsok                        521 13 February 2008 Z.Torzsok
889 - Added getRotationMatrix() function to G4GDML    522 - Added getRotationMatrix() function to G4GDMLReadDefine: this function
890   converts rotation angles into a rotation mat    523   converts rotation angles into a rotation matrix. This wad used in physvol,
891   reflectedSolid and boolean solid. Now this c    524   reflectedSolid and boolean solid. Now this conversion is in one place
892 - Added 'firstrotation' and 'firstposition' to    525 - Added 'firstrotation' and 'firstposition' to boolean solid. Now the first
893   solid can be transformed too (Boolean solid     526   solid can be transformed too (Boolean solid is succesfully tested).
894                                                   527 
895 11 February 2008 Z.Torzsok                        528 11 February 2008 Z.Torzsok
896 - Added matrices to writer.                       529 - Added matrices to writer.
897 - Exception handling is added to loops (identi    530 - Exception handling is added to loops (identify infinite loops).
898                                                   531 
899 8 Febryary 2008 Z.Torzsok                         532 8 Febryary 2008 Z.Torzsok
900 - Naming of physvol changed to 'ReferencedVolu    533 - Naming of physvol changed to 'ReferencedVolumeName_in_MotherVolumeName'.
901                                                   534 
902 7 February 2008 Z.Torzsok                         535 7 February 2008 Z.Torzsok
903 - Added twistedtrap and twistedtubs to writer.    536 - Added twistedtrap and twistedtubs to writer.
904                                                   537 
905 6 february 2008 Z.Torzsok                         538 6 february 2008 Z.Torzsok
906 - Tet, Twistedbox and Twistedtrd added to writ    539 - Tet, Twistedbox and Twistedtrd added to writer and succesfully tested.
907                                                   540 
908 5 February 2008 Z.Torzsok                         541 5 February 2008 Z.Torzsok
909 - Hype, orb and para added to writer.             542 - Hype, orb and para added to writer.
910   Succesfully tested, except the para.            543   Succesfully tested, except the para.
911                                                   544 
912 1 February 2008 Z.Torzsok                         545 1 February 2008 Z.Torzsok
913 - Ellipsoid and elliptical-tube added to write    546 - Ellipsoid and elliptical-tube added to writer.
914                                                   547 
915 31 January 2008 Z.Torzsok                         548 31 January 2008 Z.Torzsok
916 - Quantities now can be referenced                549 - Quantities now can be referenced
917 - Naming of physical volumes changed: MotherLo    550 - Naming of physical volumes changed: MotherLogicalName_daughter(index)
918                                                   551 
919 30 January 2008 Z.Torzsok                         552 30 January 2008 Z.Torzsok
920 - If there is only one setup defined, name doe    553 - If there is only one setup defined, name does not matter, that setup
921   will be loaded.                                 554   will be loaded.
922 - Temperature, pressure and state are now proc    555 - Temperature, pressure and state are now processed in the reader.
923   Added Nist support.                             556   Added Nist support.
924                                                   557 
925 28 January 2008 Z.Torzsok                         558 28 January 2008 Z.Torzsok
926 - Element added to writer.                        559 - Element added to writer.
927 - Polyhedra and torus added to writer.            560 - Polyhedra and torus added to writer.
928 - Now the package is able to read/write the CM    561 - Now the package is able to read/write the CMS geometry.
929                                                   562 
930 25 January 2008 Z.Torzsok                         563 25 January 2008 Z.Torzsok
931 - Bugs fixed in the writer in G4GMLWriteStruct    564 - Bugs fixed in the writer in G4GMLWriteStructure::physvolWrite():
932   the signs of the rotational angles were inco    565   the signs of the rotational angles were incorrect in certain cases
933   (180 degrees, 90 degrees,...). The reflectio    566   (180 degrees, 90 degrees,...). The reflection was incorrect in case
934   of reflecting a subtree.                        567   of reflecting a subtree.
935 - Now the package is capable of reading and wr    568 - Now the package is capable of reading and writing back the LHCb
936   geometry correctly.                             569   geometry correctly.
937                                                   570 
938 23 January 2008 Z.Torzsok                         571 23 January 2008 Z.Torzsok
939 - Composite materials added to writer.            572 - Composite materials added to writer.
940 - Cone and tube added to writer.                  573 - Cone and tube added to writer.
941 - Boolean solid (intersection, subtraction, un    574 - Boolean solid (intersection, subtraction, union) added to writer.
942                                                   575 
943 22 January 2008 Z.Torzsok                         576 22 January 2008 Z.Torzsok
944 - Extruded solid is added to writer.              577 - Extruded solid is added to writer.
945 - Reflected solid is removed from the written     578 - Reflected solid is removed from the written GDML files.
946   Scale transformation is used instead.           579   Scale transformation is used instead.
947 - Optimization to tha case of reading multiple    580 - Optimization to tha case of reading multiple GDML files and writing out
948   into a single GDML file:                        581   into a single GDML file:
949   The mother volume is moved to the end of the    582   The mother volume is moved to the end of the list after its daugthers are
950   processed... only when necessary, when new l    583   processed... only when necessary, when new logical volumes come from the
951   daughters!                                      584   daughters!
952                                                   585 
953 21 January 2008 Z.Torzsok                         586 21 January 2008 Z.Torzsok
954 - Reflected solid is added to the writer.         587 - Reflected solid is added to the writer.
955 - Solved problem of reading multiple GDML file    588 - Solved problem of reading multiple GDML files and writing out into a single
956   GDML file:                                      589   GDML file:
957   if a logical volume (let's say the mother vo    590   if a logical volume (let's say the mother volume) is instantiated, it will
958   be added to the end of list of volumes (G4Lo    591   be added to the end of list of volumes (G4LogicalVolumeStore).
959   Once this logical volume is instantiated we     592   Once this logical volume is instantiated we can add daughters.
960   If a daughter refers to an external file, ad    593   If a daughter refers to an external file, additional logical volumes will
961   come. These logical volumes will be added to    594   come. These logical volumes will be added to the list as well, AFTER the
962   mother volume. In the mother volume these lo    595   mother volume. In the mother volume these logical volumes can be referenced
963   ...but these logical volumes are not instant    596   ...but these logical volumes are not instantiated yet when we instantiate
964   the mother! That's why we move the mother vo    597   the mother! That's why we move the mother volume at the end of the list
965   after the daughters are processed.              598   after the daughters are processed.
966                                                << 599   
967 18 January 2008 Z.Torzsok                         600 18 January 2008 Z.Torzsok
968 - The class hierarchy of the GDML parser/write    601 - The class hierarchy of the GDML parser/writer is finished:
969   Write <- WriteDefine <- WriteMaterials <- Wr    602   Write <- WriteDefine <- WriteMaterials <- WriteSolids
970         <- WriteSetup <- WriteStructure           603         <- WriteSetup <- WriteStructure
971   Parser Read <- ReadDefine <- ReadMaterials <    604   Parser Read <- ReadDefine <- ReadMaterials <- ReadSolids
972               <- ReadSetup <- ReadParamvol <-     605               <- ReadSetup <- ReadParamvol <- ReadStructure.
973                                                   606 
974 16 January 2008 Z.Torzsok                         607 16 January 2008 Z.Torzsok
975 - Starting the materials section.                 608 - Starting the materials section.
976                                                   609 
977 15 January 2008 Z.Torzsok                         610 15 January 2008 Z.Torzsok
978 - Writer implements the setup section too.        611 - Writer implements the setup section too.
979                                                   612 
980 11 January 2008 Z.Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-00)        613 11 January 2008 Z.Torzsok (gdml-V09-01-00)
981 - Reader is now capable of resolving entities.    614 - Reader is now capable of resolving entities.
982                                                   615 
983 08 January 2008 Z.Torzsok                         616 08 January 2008 Z.Torzsok
984 - Vertex referencing is fixed in tessellated s << 617 - Vertex referencing is fixed in tessellated solid 
985   (using the identifier "vertex" according to     618   (using the identifier "vertex" according to the schema).
986                                                   619 
987 07 January 2008 Z.Torzsok                         620 07 January 2008 Z.Torzsok
988 - Starting to implement the writer.               621 - Starting to implement the writer.
989                                                   622 
990 30 November, 07  Z.Torzsok (gdml-V09-00-04)       623 30 November, 07  Z.Torzsok (gdml-V09-00-04)
991 - Fine tuning of the class hierarchy and fixed    624 - Fine tuning of the class hierarchy and fixed issue with reflections.
992                                                   625 
993 23 November, 07  Z.Torzsok (gdml-V09-00-03)       626 23 November, 07  Z.Torzsok (gdml-V09-00-03)
994 - Better handling of embedded loops and first     627 - Better handling of embedded loops and first adaptation.
995                                                   628 
996 22 November, 07  Z.Torzsok (gdml-V09-00-02)       629 22 November, 07  Z.Torzsok (gdml-V09-00-02)
997 - Handling of embedded loops added.               630 - Handling of embedded loops added.
998 - Fixed compilation problems on Windows platfo    631 - Fixed compilation problems on Windows platform.
999                                                   632 
1000 19 November, 07  G.Cosmo (gdml-V09-00-01)        633 19 November, 07  G.Cosmo (gdml-V09-00-01)
1001 - Better handling of modular GDML files and r    634 - Better handling of modular GDML files and reflections (Z.Torzsok).
1002 - Added disclaimer to all files. Use G4 types    635 - Added disclaimer to all files. Use G4 types.
1003 - Fixed compilation problems on SUN platform.    636 - Fixed compilation problems on SUN platform.
1004                                                  637 
1005 15 November, 07  Z.Torzsok (gdml-V09-00-00)      638 15 November, 07  Z.Torzsok (gdml-V09-00-00)
1006 - Added support for modular files.               639 - Added support for modular files.
1007 - Completed set of specific solids. Supported    640 - Completed set of specific solids. Supported reflections and divisions.
1008                                                  641 
1009 02 November, 07  G.Cosmo (persistency-V09-00-    642 02 November, 07  G.Cosmo (persistency-V09-00-00)
1010 - Added G4LIB_BUILD_GDML/G4LIB_USE_GDML flags    643 - Added G4LIB_BUILD_GDML/G4LIB_USE_GDML flags to trigger compilation through
1011   the central scripts. Moved setup for XERCES    644   the central scripts. Moved setup for XERCESC (includes and libs paths) to
1012   central scripts.                               645   central scripts.
1013 - Coworks with tag "config-V09-00-06".           646 - Coworks with tag "config-V09-00-06".
1014                                                  647 
1015 17 October, 07  Z.Torzsok                        648 17 October, 07  Z.Torzsok
1016 - Introduced new "gdml" plugin sub-module, ba    649 - Introduced new "gdml" plugin sub-module, based on new GDML release 3.