Release11changelog

Release 11 is a major release, adding support for the latest version of the RIF-CS schema, updates to the relationship model, enhanced navigation and browsing tools in the Research Data Australia portal and improved security for our Cite My Data service, as well as several other performance and bug fixes.

Highlights of R11 include:

• support for the latest version of the RIF-CS schema (version 1.5) which enhances the the relatedInfo element (to support linking of records and publications by identifiers) and adds a number of new vocabulary terms
• significant improvement to the browsing experience in Research Data Australia through our newly improved "Theme Pages" (previously "Topics") and a new feature-rich Content Management System
• new optional authentication layer to the Cite My Data service to enable DOI Service authentication without IP range restrictions
• support for data download links and service integration for pilot participants
• updates to Thomson Reuters DCI crosswalk to address pilot user feedback
• various other performance tweaks and bug fixes

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Installation of this upgrade:

• update the ANDS-Registry-Core codebase (either fetch latest tarball or git fetch && git rebase origin/master)
• add new tables to registry database (etc/db/mysql/dbs_registry_r10.3_to_r11_incr.sql)
• update SOLR schema to R11 (check etc/misc/solrschema_r11.xml)
• reindex registry contents (via the maintenance dashboard) - no need to re-enrich, index is sufficient
• (optional) update the ANDS-Registry-Contrib codebase (either fetch latest tarball or git fetch && git rebase origin/master)
• (optional) create the directory assets/shared/theme_pages/ and make it writeable by web server

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ANDS Registry

• add a new "Recently Modified Records" panel to the registry dashboard to ease navigation

ANDS Registry - Web Services

• Update Thomson Reuters DCI crosswalk to include Phase 3 changes based on feedback from pilot users (CC-732 / CC-545)
• • extended acceptable party relationship types for authorship inference
• • include identifiers as ResearcherID for mapped authors
• • as a last resort, treat the record's ingest date into the registry as a creation date
• • infer funding body and project details from related records
• Add a new twitter app to Registry-Contrib to trigger "tweeting" of recently harvested records into ANZSRC FOR codes

ANDS "Theme Pages"

• Completed Theme CMS to enable management of Theme Pages (apps/theme_cms) (CC-676/CC-496)
• Added a new "Bulk Tagging" tool for management of tags en-masse (apps/theme_cms/bulk_tag) (CC-729/CC-496)
• Added new front-end on Portal for viewing Theme Pages (see "Themes" link on RDA) (CC-677/CC-496)
• Added theme page details to search index (theme pages will be highlighted in search results to promote visibility)

Other (Miscellaneous)

Software Structure