MDM 5.5 SP04 Java API and Web Service Documentation

Is there documentation available that reflects the SP04 changes to the Java API, and the web services that are now available?
As of this morning, service marketplace contained spotty SP04 docs.
Thanks in advance,
Mike

Mike,
A cookbook would be wonderful (I think our developers would throw a party)!
An updated object model (as a preface to the user guide) for the legacy API (MDM4J.jar) AND the new "rebranded" API (mdm-*.jar) would also work.
I've been reduced to comparing the SP3 & SP4 javadocs
One fun approach that appears to be working for us, is to model each process using the DataManager, and try to duplicate that exactly via the corresponding API objects (e.g. the simple Connect-Find Table-Search Table-View Result Set-View Record-CheckOut/Upsert/Validate/CheckIn dance). New features in the DataManager reveal themselves a little more readily
Good luck,
...Dee

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