Release notes.

NEWS

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+--- 2.8.0 2024/11/21
+
+Changes for updated v2.8.0 specifications:
+
+008-bf2marc
+	Improved support for 008/24-27 for Books
+AdminMetadata-bf2marc
+	Improved support for 008/39
+Work-bf2marc
+    Look for relationship URIs from PCC list
+Instance-bf2marc
+    Look for Note structure with notetype of 'biblio' for 504 creation
+    Improved support for 008 date types from Provision Activity dates
+    Refine ind1 value of 246 based on Variant title type
+Process-0-4
+	Use $c of 066.
+
 --- 2.7.0 2024/08/23
 
 Changes for updated v2.7.0 specifications:

release-notes.md

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 # bibframe2marc release notes
 
+## v2.8.0
+
+Conversion updates based on specifications v2.8. See the Library of Congress’s [BIBFRAME site](https://www.loc.gov/bibframe/) for more details. Specifications are included in the distribution in the [spec](spec/) directory. Changes of note:
+
+* Added creation of paired MARC 880 fields for agents
+* Improved 880 support for variant titles
+* Added conversion of MARC 080 field
+* Added conversion of $u to MARC 510 field
+* Updated creation of MARC 504 field to use bf:note instead of bf:supplementaryContent
+* Corrected relationships within the relation - Relation ... elements to align the specifications with the conversion program
+* Added bf:genreForm mapping to populate 008/24-27 bytes; previously only the bf:supplementaryContent values were mapped
+* Add creation of 008/39 value from data elements in Admin Metadata
+* Support for 008 date type 'q'
+* Numerous bug fixes
+
+See the [NEWS](NEWS) file for full details of changes.
+
 ## v2.7.0
 
 Conversion updates based on specifications v2.7. See the Library of Congress’s [BIBFRAME site](https://www.loc.gov/bibframe/) for more details. Specifications are included in the distribution in the [spec](spec/) directory. Changes of note: