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diff --git a/doc/rscript_abnf.html b/doc/rscript_abnf.html
index d60edb5c..9172d945 100644
--- a/doc/rscript_abnf.html
+++ b/doc/rscript_abnf.html
@@ -21,7 +21,58 @@ and many other languages).</p>
<p>Below is the formal language definitionin ABNF (RFC 2234)
format: <br>
</p>
-<pre>; <span style="font-weight: bold;">all of this is a working document and may change!</span> -- rgerhards, 2008-02-24<br><br>script := *stmt<br>stmt := (if_stmt / block / vardef / run_s / load_s)<br>vardef := "var" ["scope" = ("global" / "event")] <br>block := "begin" stmt "end"<br>load_s := "load" constraint ("module") modpath params ; load mod only if expr is true<br>run_s := "run" constraint ("input") name<br>constraint:= "if" expr ; constrains some one-time commands<br>modpath := expr<br>params := ["params" *1param *("," param) "endparams"]<br>param := paramname) "=" expr<br>paramname := [*(obqualifier ".") name]<br>modpath:= ; path to module<br>?line? := cfsysline / cfli<br>cfsysline:= BOL "$" *char EOL ; how to handle the first line? (no EOL in front!)<br>BOL := ; Begin of Line - implicitely set on file beginning and after each EOL<br>EOL := 0x0a ;LF<br>if_stmt := "if" expr "then"<br>old_filter:= BOL facility "." severity ; no whitespace allowed between BOL and facility!<br>facility := "*" / "auth" / "authpriv" / "cron" / "daemon" / "kern" / "lpr" / <br> "mail" / "mark" / "news" / "security" / "syslog" / "user" / "uucp" / <br> "local0" .. "local7" / "mark"<br> ; The keyword security should not be used anymore<br> ; mark is just internal<br>severity := TBD ; not really relevant in this context<br><br>; and now the actual expression<br>expr := e_and *("or" e_and)<br>e_and := e_cmp *("and" e_cmp)<br>e_cmp := val 0*1(cmp_op val)<br>val := term *(("+" / "-" / "&amp;") term)<br>term := factor *(("*" / "/" / "%") factor)<br>factor := ["not"] ["-"] terminal<br>terminal := var / constant / function / ( "(" expr ")" )<br>function := name "(" *("," expr) ")"<br>var := "$" varname<br>varname := msgvar / sysvar<br>msgvar := name<br>sysvar := "$" name<br>name := alpha *(alnum)<br>constant := string / number<br>string := simpstr / tplstr ; tplstr will be implemented in next phase<br>simpstr := "'" *char "'" ; use your imagination for char ;)<br>tplstr := '"' template '"' ; not initially implemented<br>number := ["-"] 1*digit ; 0nn = octal, 0xnn = hex, nn = decimal<br>cmp_op := "==" / "!=" / "&lt;&gt;" / "&lt;" / "&gt;" / "&lt;=" / "&gt;=" / "contains" / "contains_i" / "startswith" / "startswith_i"<br>digit := %x30-39<br>alpha := "a" ... "z" # all letters<br>alnum :* alpha / digit / "_" /"-" # "-" necessary to cover currently-existing message properties<br></pre>
+<pre>; <span style="font-weight: bold;">all of this is a working document and may change!</span> -- rgerhards, 2008-02-24<br>
+<br>
+script := *stmt<br>
+stmt := (if_stmt / block / vardef / run_s / load_s)<br>
+vardef := "var" ["scope" = ("global" / "event")] <br>
+block := "begin" stmt "end"<br>
+load_s := "load" constraint ("module") modpath params ; load mod only if expr is true<br>
+run_s := "run" constraint ("input") name<br>
+constraint:= "if" expr ; constrains some one-time commands<br>
+modpath := expr<br>
+params := ["params" *1param *("," param) "endparams"]<br>
+param := paramname) "=" expr<br>
+paramname := [*(obqualifier ".") name]<br>
+modpath:= ; path to module<br>
+?line? := cfsysline / cfli<br>
+cfsysline:= BOL "$" *char EOL ; how to handle the first line? (no EOL in front!)<br>
+BOL := ; Begin of Line - implicitely set on file beginning and after each EOL<br>
+EOL := 0x0a ;LF<br>
+if_stmt := "if" expr "then"<br>
+old_filter:= BOL facility "." severity ; no whitespace allowed between BOL and facility!<br>
+facility := "*" / "auth" / "authpriv" / "cron" / "daemon" / "kern" / "lpr" / <br>
+"mail" / "mark" / "news" / "security" / "syslog" / "user" / "uucp" / <br>
+"local0" .. "local7" / "mark"<br>
+; The keyword security should not be used anymore<br>
+; mark is just internal<br>
+severity := TBD ; not really relevant in this context<br>
+<br>
+; and now the actual expression<br>
+expr := e_and *("or" e_and)<br>
+e_and := e_cmp *("and" e_cmp)<br>
+e_cmp := val 0*1(cmp_op val)<br>
+val := term *(("+" / "-" / "&amp;") term)<br>
+term := factor *(("*" / "/" / "%") factor)<br>
+factor := ["not"] ["-"] terminal<br>
+terminal := var / constant / function / ( "(" expr ")" )<br>
+function := name "(" *("," expr) ")"<br>
+var := "$" varname<br>
+varname := msgvar / sysvar / ceevar<br>
+msgvar := name<br>
+ceevar := "!" name<br>
+sysvar := "$" name<br>
+name := alpha *(alnum)<br>
+constant := string / number<br>
+string := simpstr / tplstr ; tplstr will be implemented in next phase<br>
+simpstr := "'" *char "'" ; use your imagination for char ;)<br>
+tplstr := '"' template '"' ; not initially implemented<br>
+number := ["-"] 1*digit ; 0nn = octal, 0xnn = hex, nn = decimal<br>
+cmp_op := "==" / "!=" / "&lt;&gt;" / "&lt;" / "&gt;" / "&lt;=" / "&gt;=" / "contains" / "contains_i" / "startswith" / "startswith_i"<br>
+digit := %x30-39<br>
+alpha := "a" ... "z" # all letters<br>
+alnum :* alpha / digit / "_" /"-" # "-" necessary to cover currently-existing message properties<br>
+</pre>
<h2>Samples</h2>
<p>Some samples of RainerScript:</p><p>define function IsLinux<br>begin<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; if $environ contains "linux" then return true else return false<br>end</p><p>load if IsLinux() 'imklog.so' params name='klog' endparams /* load klog under linux only */<br>run if IsLinux() input 'klog'<br>load 'ommysql.so'</p><p>if $message contains "error" then<br>&nbsp; action<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; type='ommysql.so', queue.mode='disk', queue.highwatermark = 300,<br>&nbsp; &nbsp; action.dbname='events', action.dbuser='uid',<br>&nbsp;
&nbsp; [?action.template='templatename'?] or [?action.sql='insert into
diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_filter.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_filter.html
index 63c29817..27f4a8a6 100644
--- a/doc/rsyslog_conf_filter.html
+++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_filter.html
@@ -117,6 +117,13 @@ currently supported:</p>
the property. There must be an exact match, wildcards are not supported.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
+<td>isempty</td>
+<td>Checks if the property is empty. The value is discarded. This is
+especially useful when working with normalized data, where some fields
+may be populated based on normalization result.
+Available since 6.6.2.
+</tr>
+<tr>
<td>isequal</td>
<td>Compares the "value" string provided and the property
contents. These two values must be exactly equal to match. The
diff --git a/doc/rsyslog_conf_modules.html b/doc/rsyslog_conf_modules.html
index 74aa319c..7623c114 100644
--- a/doc/rsyslog_conf_modules.html
+++ b/doc/rsyslog_conf_modules.html
@@ -93,12 +93,17 @@ repated n times" messages emitted by some syslogds.
They can be implemented using either the output module or the parser module interface.
From the rsyslog core's point of view, they actually are output or parser modules, it is their
implementation that makes them special.
-<p>Currently, there do not exist any such modules, but could be written with
+<p>Currently, there exists only a limited set of such modules, but new ones could be written with
the methods the engine provides. They could be used, for example, to:
<ul>
<li>anonymize message content
<li>add dynamically computed content to message (fields)
</ul>
+<p>Currently supported modules are:
+<ul>
+<li><a href="mmnormalize.html">mmnormalize</a> - used to normalize
+log messages.
+</ul>
<a name="lm"></a><h2>String Generator Modules</h2>
<p>String generator modules are used, as the name implies, to generate strings based