  The isospin and strangeness dimensions of the Equation of State are explored.
RIA and the SIS200 accelerator at GSI will allow to explore these regions in
compressed baryonic matter. $^{132}$Sn+$^{132}$Sn and $^{100}$Sn+$^{100}$Sn
collisions as well as the excitation functions of $K/\pi$, $\Lambda/\pi$ and
the centrality dependence of charmonium suppression from the UrQMD and HSD
transport models are presented and compared to data. Unambiguous proof for the
creation of a 'novel phase of matter' from strangeness and charm yields is not
in sight.
