<HTML dir=ltr><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6001.18203" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>An updated implementation of the OVAL api is attached. The oval-parsing code that populates definitions and tests is built. I'm still working on objects, states and variables, but most of the pattern options and infrastructure issues are addressed in the current submission.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>