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+Validator:
+* fix bad eror message in german messages (issue 399)
+* better error messages when FHIRPath discriminators are invalid
+
+Other code changes:
+* remove unnecessary (& problem causing) Fragment-Host from OSGi manifest
+* move structuremap utilities to a package
+