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 Package: RKorAPClient
 Type: Package
 Title: 'KorAP' Web Service Client Package
-Version: 1.2.0.9000
+Version: 1.2.1
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Marc",
              family = "Kupietz",
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-# RKorAPClient 1.2.0.9000
+# RKorAPClient 1.2.1
 
 - fixed `fetchAnnotations()` morphology so MarMoT and other foundries keep all features from nested spans ([#30](https://github.com/KorAP/RKorAPClient/issues/30))
 - reimplemented annotation parsing with `xml2`, retaining multiple lemma/POS values and improving robustness of token alignment
+- changed format of annotation_snippet column for compatibility with Python client
 
 # RKorAPClient 1.2.0
 
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 You can use complex annotation queries in all client functions just as in the KorAP web interface (see [KorAP Query Help](https://korap.ids-mannheim.de/doc/ql)). To fetch the annotations for all matches in a `KorAPQuery` object, use the `fetchAnnotations()` method:
 
 ```R
-# fetchAnnotations is available since RKorAPClient v1.2.0
-devtools::install_github("KorAP/RKorAPClient")
 library(RKorAPClient)
 kco <- KorAPConnection(verbose = TRUE) |> auth()
 q <- corpusQuery(kco, "[marmot/p=ADJA] [tt/l=Ameisenplage & marmot/m=case:acc]", metadataOnly = FALSE) |>