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 Package: yspec
 Type: Package
 Title: Data Specification for Pharmacometrics
-Version: 0.5.3.9001
+Version: 0.6.0
 Authors@R: c(
        person("Kyle T", "Baron", "", 
               "kyleb@metrumrg.com", 
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
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-# yspec (development version)
+# yspec 0.6.0
+
+- Adds `ys_factors()` to _replace_ data set columns with their factor version, 
+  optionally retaining the orignal values in new columns (#141).
 
 # yspec 0.5.3