diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 0cc21b5c..c7c6cff5 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Version 2.00.0 (2012-06-30 11:54:31) dev
+Version 2.00.0 (2012-06-30 12:08:50) dev
diff --git a/gluon/html.py b/gluon/html.py
index 63205145..860d6301 100644
--- a/gluon/html.py
+++ b/gluon/html.py
@@ -505,9 +505,10 @@ class XML(XmlComponent):
             'img/',
             'h1','h2','h3','h4','h5','h6',
             'table','tr','td','div',
+            'strong',
             ],
         allowed_attributes = {
-            'a': ['href', 'title'],
+            'a': ['href', 'title', 'target'],
             'img': ['src', 'alt'],
             'blockquote': ['type'],
             'td': ['colspan'],