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 Package: RKorAPClient
 Type: Package
 Title: 'KorAP' Web Service Client Package
-Version: 0.7.7.9000
+Version: 0.8.0
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Marc",
              family = "Kupietz",
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-# RKorAPClient 0.7.7.9000 (unpublished)
+# RKorAPClient 0.8.0
 
 - added `textMetadata` KorAPConnection method to retrieve all metadata for a text based on its sigle
-- if not `metadataOnly`, also retrieve tokenized snippets (in `collectedMatches$tokens`)
+- added `webUiRequestUrl` column also to corpusStats results, so that also virtual corpus definitions can be linked to / tested directly in the KorAP UI
+- added on-click action to open KorAP query also to highcharter scatter plots
+- if not `metadataOnly` is set, also tokenized snippets are now retrieved in corpus queries (stored in `collectedMatches$tokens`) 
 - uses server side tokenized matches in collocation analysis, if supported by KorAP server
+- fixed regional demo (will be updated again soon)
 
 # RKorAPClient 0.7.7