v0.5.0

What's Changed

• Refactor 2026: typed API, benchmark harness, regex optimization by @malteos in #16

Full Changelog: v0.4.2...v0.5.0

v0.4.2

Full Changelog: v0.4.1...v0.4.2

v0.4.1

What's Changed

• Add usage examples to README with realistic German legal text by @malteos in #12
• Support full law name references (fixes #9) by @malteos in #13

Full Changelog: v0.4.0...v0.4.1

v0.4.0

What's Changed

• reference extraction with HTML by @fchrubasik in #2
• Bump nltk from 3.2.2 to 3.4.5 by @dependabot[bot] in #3
• More case references (BVerwG, Sozialgerichte), resolved false positives, small improvements by @d-e-h-i-o in #6
• Modernize project: pyproject.toml, src layout, pytest, ruff by @malteos in #10
• Add manual version bump GitHub Action and update install docs by @malteos in #11

New Contributors

• @fchrubasik made their first contribution in #2
• @dependabot[bot] made their first contribution in #3
• @d-e-h-i-o made their first contribution in #6
• @malteos made their first contribution in #10

Full Changelog: https://github.com/openlegaldata/legal-reference-extraction/commits/v0.4.0