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 Package: rdflib
 Title: Tools to Manipulate and Query Semantic Data
-Version: 0.1.1.9999
+Version: 0.2.0
 Authors@R: c(person("Carl", "Boettiger", 
                   email = "cboettig@gmail.com", 
                   role = c("aut", "cre", "cph"),
diff --git a/cran-comments.md b/cran-comments.md
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 Dear CRAN maintainers,
 
-I am pleased to propose rdflib for an initial release to CRAN.  
-This fixes the previous problem in resolving a URL in the CITATION file.
+This release adds support for additional backend databases (Postgres, MySQL,
+Virtuoso, and SQLite), along with appropriate documentation.  See NEWS for 
+details. 
 
 ## Test environments
 
-* local OS X install, R 3.4.3
-* ubuntu 14.04 (on travis-ci), R 3.4.3
+* local OS X install, R 3.5.1
+* ubuntu 14.04 (on travis-ci), R 3.5.1
 * win-builder (devel and release)
 
 ## R CMD check results
 
 0 errors | 0 warnings | 0 notes
 
-* This is a new release.
-
-## Reverse dependencies
-
-This is a new release, so there are no reverse dependencies.