Improved consistency of API & XML, new BuildConfiguration element

The second alpha version of FMI 3.0 brings the following changes:

• new BuildConfiguration element for complex source code FMUs (#582)
• changed simplified XML for type definitions and model structure (#591)
• changed consistent naming of headers, functions, types and parameters (#566, #594)

NOTE: This is a pre-release that is intended for initial prototyping and testing of the currently included subset of features and changes. This is a partial pre-release, and is in no way intended to convey the expected set of features and changes that will end up in the actual release.

Arrays, new types, specification as HTML

The first alpha version of FMI 3.0 brings the following changes:

• new array variables, structural parameters and reconfiguration mode
• new extended numeric variable types
• new opaque binary type
• changed streamlined XML structure for variable declarations in the modelDescription.xml
• changed removed redefinable platform type concept
• changed removed const qualifiers in callback structure
• changed removed use of variadic arguments in logger callback
• changed generic fmi3GetXXXStatus functions replaced with specific fmi3GetDoStepDiscardedStatus and fmi3GetDoStepPendingStatus
• changed changed GUID into instantiationToken to better indicate intended semantics
• changed introduced new platform tuple for binaries
• changed performed various minor cleanups and reformulations (work still in progress)
• changed specification available as HTML

NOTE: This is a pre-release that is intended for initial prototyping and testing of the currently included subset of features and changes. This is a partial pre-release, and is in no way intended to convey the expected set of features and changes that will end up in the actual release.

Do not use for production.