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<h1>International Components for Unicode for Java (ICU4J)</h1>
-<h2>Read Me for ICU4J 56 Milestone 1</h2>
-(Last Update: 2015-June-30)
+<h2>Read Me for ICU4J 56 Release Candidate</h2>
+(Last Update: 2015-September-23)
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<p>
for ICU 56 development. This milestone is intended for those wishing
to get an early look at ICU4J 56 new features and API changes. It is not
recommended for production use. -->
-<!-- <b>Note:</b> This is a release candidate of ICU4J 56.
+<b>Note:</b> This is a release candidate of ICU4J 56.
The contents of this document may not reflect the recent changes done
-for ICU 56 development. This release candiate is intended for those
+for ICU 56 development. This release candidate is intended for those
wishing to verify ICU 56 integration before final release. It is not
-recommended for production use. -->
-<b>Note:</b> This is a development release of ICU4J 56.
+recommended for production use.
+<!-- <b>Note:</b> This is a development release of ICU4J 56.
The contents of this document may not reflect the recent changes done
for ICU 56 development. This milestone is intended for those
wishing to verify ICU 56 integration before final release. It is not
recommended for production use.
-</p>
+</p> -->
<p>For the most recent release, see the <a
href="http://www.icu-project.org/download/"> ICU4J
download site</a>. </p>
<h2 class="doc"><a name="changes"></a>Changes In This Release</h2>
-<p>See the <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/icusite/download/56m1">ICU 56 milestone download page</a>
+<p>See the <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/icusite/download/56">ICU 56 download page</a>
about new features in this release.
The list of API changes since the previous ICU4J release is available
-<a href="http://source.icu-project.org/repos/icu/icu4j/tags/milestone-56-0-1/APIChangeReport.html">here</a>.</p>
+<a href="http://source.icu-project.org/repos/icu/icu4j/tags/release-56-rc/APIChangeReport.html">here</a>.</p>
<!-- ICU 56 items -->
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<p>
The IBM version contains the essential text of the license, omitting the
X-specific trademarks and copyright notices. The full copy of <a
- href="http://source.icu-project.org/repos/icu/icu4j/tags/milestone-56-0-1/main/shared/licenses/license.html">ICU's license</a> is included in the download
+ href="http://source.icu-project.org/repos/icu/icu4j/tags/release-56-rc/main/shared/licenses/license.html">ICU's license</a> is included in the download
package.
</p>
<h2 class="doc"><a name="PlatformDependencies"></a>Platform Dependencies</h2>
page <a href="http://userguide.icu-project.org/icu4j-locale-service-provider">ICU4J Locale
Service Provider</a>.</p>
-<p><b>Note:</b> ICU4J 56 does not support JDK 8 javadoc tool yet. The build targets "doc" and
-"docs" will fail when JDK 8 javadoc tool is used.</p>
+<!-- <p><b>Note:</b> ICU4J 56 does not support JDK 8 javadoc tool yet. The build targets "doc" and
+"docs" will fail when JDK 8 javadoc tool is used.</p> -->
<h2 class="doc"><a name="HowToModularize"></a>How to modularize ICU4J</h2>
<p>Some clients may not wish to ship all of ICU4J with their
<I> Note: This procedure assumes that all 3 sources are present</I>
<ol>
<li>Checkout or download CLDR version 'release-28'</li>
- <li>Checkout ICU4C with tag 'milestone-56-0-1'</li>
- <li>Checkout ICU4J with tag 'milestone-56-0-1'</li>
+ <li>Checkout ICU4C with tag 'release-56-rc'</li>
+ <li>Checkout ICU4J with tag 'release-56-rc'</li>
<li>cd to <I>$icu4c_root</I>/source/data directory</li>
<li>Follow the instructions in <I>$icu4c_root</I>/source/data/cldr-icu-readme.txt</li>
<li>Rebuild ICU4C with the newly generated data.</li>
</ol>
<h2 class="doc"><a name="timezone"></a>About ICU4J Time Zone</h2>
-<p>ICU4J 56 milestone 1 includes time zone data version 2015e, which is the latest one as of
+<p>ICU4J 56 Release Candidate includes time zone data version 2015f, which is the latest one as of
the release date. However, time zone data is frequently updated in response
to changes made by local governments around the world. If you need to update
the time zone data, please refer the ICU user guide topic
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