This is a package that provides a map of named character references from HTML 4, letting you look up the corresponding characters (for example, `characterEntitiesHtml4.AElig` maps to `Æ`). It is useful for tools like an HTML parser or minifier that need to understand HTML 4 character entities, and it is ESM only with TypeScript typings.
Project status
- The project appears to be at least intermittently maintained, with an upstream push dated 2023-11-01, though the most recent update in the provided history is 2.1.0 from 2021-10-29.
- Apparent update cadence is relatively slow and uneven, with notable updates at 1.1.4 (2020-01-24), 2.0.0 (2021-03-10), and 2.1.0 (2021-10-29), suggesting roughly months-to-over-a-year gaps between major changes.
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Recent updates
2.1.0
10/29/2021Release 2.1.0 primarily refreshes documentation and tightens TypeScript checking. The code diff also includes several build and tooling changes, including stricter TS config and multiple development dependency upgrades.
2.0.0
3/10/2021Release 2.0.0 switches the package to an ESM-only distribution and introduces generated JSDoc-based typings. Instead of publishing a JSON entry, the build now generates an ESM module that exports the entity mapping.
BreakingFeatures1.1.4
1/24/2020Release 1.1.4 is described as a prose refactor. The code diff mainly updates documentation formatting and package metadata, with additional changes to development dependency versions.
1.1.3
5/7/2019Release 1.1.3 is documented as a documentation-only change: adding more README badges, switching author and project links to HTTPS, and renaming LICENSE to license. However, the actual diff also updates CI configuration and build tooling dependencies and modifies the build scripts that generate the bundled JavaScript artifacts.
Features1.1.2
4/16/2018Release 1.1.2 is described only as a code-style refactor. The actual diff shows substantial changes to the developer toolchain and CI/test/build scripts (prettier and updated remark and xo), plus minor build script logic changes.
1.1.1
7/11/2017Version 1.1.1 updates the README to include a “Related” section and refactors the documentation formatting. The code diff, however, also updates the project’s build and test toolchain, including CI Node.js versions and removal of test coverage reporting.
Features1.1.0
11/4/2016Release 1.1.0 mainly removes the `index.js` entry file and updates how the project builds the generated `index.json` dataset. It also claims to remove a `curl` dependency, replacing the old entity-fetch approach with a different build-time mechanism.
Breaking1.0.1
7/24/2016Release 1.0.1 is primarily a module and build-tooling rewrite. The code export for CommonJS appears unchanged (index.js still re-exports index.json), but the build and project configuration were modernized and several developer-facing toolchain pieces were updated.
1.0.0
12/22/2015Release 1.0.0 is published with no accompanying release notes content (only a generic celebration marker). No feature, fix, or change details are provided, so upgrade impact cannot be determined from the notes alone.