diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 03887f0c2f..4fccaeb1e7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ The product is in a new repository: [csw](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw).
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [CSW v1.0.0-RC3] - 2019-08-27
+
+This is the release candidate 3 for the first major release of the TMT Common Software for project stakeholders.
+See [here](https://tmtsoftware.github.io/csw/1.0.0-RC3/) for a detailed documentation of this version of the CSW software.
+
 ## [CSW v1.0.0-RC2] - 2019-08-12
 
 This is the release candidate 2 for the first major release of the TMT Common Software for project stakeholders.
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f219ce8c5b..f31a5a4f87 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ Pre-Release History
 
 | Date | Tag | Docs | Source | Download |
 |-----|-----|--------|-----|-----|
+| 2019-08-27 | v1.0.0-RC3 | [scala](https://tmtsoftware.github.io/csw/1.0.0-RC3/api/scala/index.html), [java](https://tmtsoftware.github.io/csw/1.0.0-RC3/api/java/index.html) | [csw-1.0.0-RC3](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw/tree/v1.0.0-RC3)| Apps: [zip](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw/releases/download/v1.0.0-RC3/csw-apps-1.0.0-RC3.zip), Source: [tar.gz](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw/archive/v1.0.0-RC3.tar.gz), [zip](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw/archive/v1.0.0-RC3.zip) |
 | 2019-08-12 | v1.0.0-RC2 | [scala](https://tmtsoftware.github.io/csw/1.0.0-RC2/api/scala/index.html), [java](https://tmtsoftware.github.io/csw/1.0.0-RC2/api/java/index.html) | [csw-1.0.0-RC2](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw/tree/v1.0.0-RC2)| Apps: [zip](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw/releases/download/v1.0.0-RC2/csw-apps-1.0.0-RC2.zip), Source: [tar.gz](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw/archive/v1.0.0-RC2.tar.gz), [zip](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw/archive/v1.0.0-RC2.zip) |
 | 2019-08-07 | v1.0.0-RC1 | [scala](https://tmtsoftware.github.io/csw/1.0.0-RC1/api/scala/index.html), [java](https://tmtsoftware.github.io/csw/1.0.0-RC1/api/java/index.html) | [csw-1.0.0-RC1](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw/tree/v1.0.0-RC1)| Apps: [zip](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw/releases/download/v1.0.0-RC1/csw-apps-1.0.0-RC1.zip), Source: [tar.gz](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw/archive/v1.0.0-RC1.tar.gz), [zip](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw/archive/v1.0.0-RC1.zip) |
 | 2019-03-25 | v0.7.0-RC1 | [scala](https://tmtsoftware.github.io/csw/0.7.0-RC1/api/scala/index.html), [java](https://tmtsoftware.github.io/csw/0.7.0-RC1/api/java/index.html) | [csw-0.7.0-RC1](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw/tree/v0.7.0-RC1)| Apps: [zip](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw/releases/download/v0.7.0-RC1/csw-apps-0.7.0-RC1.zip), Source: [tar.gz](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw/archive/v0.7.0-RC1.tar.gz), [zip](https://github.com/tmtsoftware/csw/archive/v0.7.0-RC1.zip) |
diff --git a/csw-location/csw-location-models/src/test/scala/csw/location/models/scaladsl/ComponentTypeTest.scala b/csw-location/csw-location-models/src/test/scala/csw/location/models/scaladsl/ComponentTypeTest.scala
index 47f1acaa87..d28782138b 100644
--- a/csw-location/csw-location-models/src/test/scala/csw/location/models/scaladsl/ComponentTypeTest.scala
+++ b/csw-location/csw-location-models/src/test/scala/csw/location/models/scaladsl/ComponentTypeTest.scala
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@ import org.scalatest.{BeforeAndAfterAll, BeforeAndAfterEach, FunSuite, Matchers}
 class ComponentTypeTest extends FunSuite with Matchers with BeforeAndAfterAll with BeforeAndAfterEach {
 
   // DEOPSCSW-14: Codec for data model
-  test("ComponentType should be any one of this types : 'container', 'hcd', 'assembly', 'sequence', 'sequencecomponent' and 'service'") {
+  test(
+    "ComponentType should be any one of this types : 'container', 'hcd', 'assembly', 'sequence', 'sequencecomponent' and 'service'"
+  ) {
 
     val expectedComponentTypeValues = Set("container", "hcd", "assembly", "service", "sequencer", "sequencecomponent")
     val actualComponentTypeValues: Set[String] =
diff --git a/notes/1.0.0-RC3.markdown b/notes/1.0.0-RC3.markdown
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3899af4ee3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notes/1.0.0-RC3.markdown
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+## CSW - TMT Common Software v1.0.0-RC3
+
+This is release v1.0.0-RC3 of the TMT Common Software.
+
+See [CHANGELOG.md](CHANGELOG.md) for details of all releases.
+
+### Documentation
+- Reference paradox documentation: https://tmtsoftware.github.io/csw/1.0.0-RC3/
+- Scaladoc: https://tmtsoftware.github.io/csw/1.0.0-RC3/api/scala/index.html
+- Javadoc: https://tmtsoftware.github.io/csw/1.0.0-RC3/api/java/index.html
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