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 ## Validator Changes
 
-* no changes
+* Improved Errors for bad resource ids
+* R5 ballot: Hack around discovered issues in the ballot
+* Enforce value set & code system versioning when validating codes 
+* Enable bulk -snapshot and -convert on multiple/wildcard -source
 
 ## Other code changes
 
-* no changes
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+* Rework validator test cases to not have inter-test dependencies (+ fix up to allow contexts to be cloned)
+* add first draft of xliff production
+* Add ActorDefinition conversions R5 -> R4, R4B, R3
+* Add support for validating logical model json files (not surfaced in CLI yet)
+* Updates for changes to extension URLs in Tools IG