ninjs 3.0 release candidate, including events, planning, live streams and camelCase properties

.gitignore

@@ -2,5 +2,4 @@
 venv
 __pycache__
 node_modules
-package.json
-package-lock.json
+

README.md

@@ -20,17 +20,14 @@ The `examples` folder contains example files, including some supplied
 by Business Wire. Examples show how NewsML 1.2 files convert to their
 equivalents in ninjs.
 
-Two versions of ninjs: ninjs 1.4 and ninjs 2.0
+Three versions of ninjs: ninjs 1.5, ninjs 2.1 and ninjs 3.0
 -------------------------
 
-This repository specifies both the 1.4 and 2.0 versions of ninjs.
+This repository specifies all versions of ninjs.
 
 The 1.x series adds new features to the version of ninjs that started
 with ninjs 1.0 back in 2013, in a way that is fully backwards
-compatible. The latest release in this series is 1.4, which includes
-new fields _contentcreated_, _expires_ and _rightsinfo_. The 1.4
-version of ninjs was approved by the IPTC Standards Committee on May
-18th, 2022.
+compatible. The latest release in this series is 1.5.
 
 The 2.x series fixes some issues that made the 1.x series tricky for
 developers to work with. The main change is that we avoid the use of
@@ -50,15 +47,25 @@ October 20th, 2021.
 An errata update was made in May 2022 to fix a problem with the way GeoJSON
 properties were integrated into the "places" object.
 
+The 3.x series is a major update to ninjs, which is not backwards compatible.
+
+Version 3.0 offers three document types, the existing "newsItem" and a new 
+document types event and planning. For improved readability and for aligning 
+with general best practise for variable naming and graphQL the properties now
+use camel case.
+
+The 3.0 version of ninjs was approved by the IPTC Standards Committee on
+October 2nd, 2024.
+
 Which version should I choose for my project?
 -------------------------
 
-If you are starting a green-field project, we recommend using ninjs 2.0.
+If you are starting a green-field project, we recommend using ninjs 3.0.
 This version should be easiest for developers to work with.
 
 If you are already using a 1.x version of ninjs, we recommend at least
-upgrading to version 1.4. This should be an easy change, because 1.4 is
-backwards-compatible with versions 1.0, 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3.
+upgrading to version 1.5. This should be an easy change, because 1.5 is
+backwards-compatible with all previous versions of 1.x.
 
 Protocol Buffers demo
 ---------------------
@@ -76,7 +83,7 @@ Unit tests
 ----------
 
 To run unit tests in the `validation/test_suite` folder against each
-of the ninjs 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4 and 2.0 schemas, run the following
+of the ninjs 1.0, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 1.5, 2.0, 2.1 and 3.0 schemas, run the following
 tool in a command/terminal window:
 
     pip install -r validation/python/requirements.txt
@@ -86,6 +93,11 @@ We automatically run unit tests on every commit using CircleCI. The
 badge above the title on this page indicates the current status of the
 unit tests.
 
+Additionaly the same unit test suite can be run via Javascript with the following: -
+
+    npm install
+    npm test
+
 Dev schema
 ----------
 
@@ -102,5 +114,5 @@ ninjs Generator
 ---------------
 
 In the `generator` folder is the source code to the ninjs generator, a
-user-facing tool to generate sample ninjs files of either 1.4 or 2.0 version,  which is hosted at
+user-facing tool to generate sample ninjs files of either 1.5 or 2.1 version,  which is hosted at
 https://www.iptc.org/std/ninjs/generator/.