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Release Notes

These release notes summarize key changes, improvements, and breaking updates for each version of dcmspec.

[0.3.0] - 2025-11-27

Added

  • CSV output mode in SpecPrinter via print_csv method
  • Excel OOXML output mode in SpecPrinter via print_xlsx method
  • Optional output parameter in SpecPrinter for writing to files
  • Optional column_width parameter in print_table and print_xlsx
  • --print-mode option in modattributes CLI for CSV and OOXML output
  • --output option in modattributes CLI for directing output to files

Changed

  • Switch PyPI version badge in README from badge.fury.io to shields.io for faster updates
  • Update modattributes CLI example for CSV and XLSX output
  • Improved nesting level color schemes for consistency and better contrast and readability.

Fixed

  • Correct handling of include_table names in DOMTableSpecParser
  • Correct handling of empty node attributes in SpecPrinter

[0.2.3] - 2025-09-29

Fixed

  • Hotfix: Force UTF-8 decoding for DICOM standard XHTML downloads to prevent mojibake when server omits charset (#85).
  • Hotfix: Add missing progress_observer argument to CSVTableSpecParser.parse for interface compatibility and to prevent TypeError when used with SpecFactory (#86).

[0.2.2] - 2025-09-25

Fixed

  • Fix CONTRIBUTING.md link in README for PyPI compatibility
  • Remove focus border and misleading text cursor in iod-explorer details panel

Changed

  • Update README: add PyPI and Python version badges
  • Replace Unicode ▶ with ASCII > in status bar for compatibility
  • Improve DICOM Modules usage condition parsing using regex for robustness to missing spaces
  • Add PR template to remind contributors to check the target branch and check tests and docs were updated
  • Move detailed table parsing logs to DEBUG level for less verbose INFO output

[0.2.1] - 2025-09-19

Fixed

  • Sanitize node and attribute names to remove "/" in DOMTableSpecParser (#56)

Changed

  • Major project restructure: move CLI and UI apps to new apps/cli and apps/ui folders
  • Improve installation instructions and documentation
  • Prepare and publish the package to PyPI

[0.2.0] - 2025-09-13

Changed

  • Breaking change: IODSpecBuilder.build_from_url now returns a tuple (iod_model, module_models) instead of just the IOD model. All callers must be updated to unpack the tuple
  • Update CLI and UI applications to support new return value
  • Add registry mode to IODSpecBuilder for efficient module model sharing

[0.1.0] - 2025-05-25

Added

  • Initial release