OpenAtlas

This is a major release with a lot of changes:

• The system was re-written to use a more config based approach (#2464)
• All underlying software was updated (#2343)
• A complete list of changes is available here: 9.0.0

News for Users

• Events were improved for easier data entry, e.g. creation and event class were removed (#2634)
• Human remains can now also be used with Modification and Move (#2464)
• A whole range of interface improvements, see issue for more details (#2464)
• New tab layout (#2675)
• New button layout (#2649)
• Improved layout to display reference systems (#2640)
• Color coding for map (#2589)
• Check functions for orphaned annotation (#2442)
• Updated Catalan and Spanish translations (#2693)

News regarding the API

• API version 4.11.0 (#2657)
• Additional columns for sorting (#2681)
• Format for tables (#2478)

News for Admins

• This is a major upgrade which utilizes newer versions of underlying software.
• Make sure to read the upgrade notes and see #2343 for more details and instructions.
• 9.0.0.sql is needed but will be taken care of by the database upgrade script.

This release contains mainly data export and API features. A complete list of changes is available here: 8.15.0

News for Users

• Interface to check files (#2593)
• Interface for generating RDF dumps (#2551)
• Interface for generating ARCHE dumps (#2568)
• Report generation for ARCHE import issues (#2580)
• Bigger info buttons (#2590) and other minor improvements (#2632)

News regarding the API

• API: 4.10.0 (#2626)
• Export files with ARCHE RDF metadata (#2466)
• Presentation view get root references (#2619)
• Presentation view adaption (#2660)

News for Admins

• Additional Python packages and changes in the file structure for exports are required, see information in install/upgrade/upgrade.md
• No database updates are needed

This release contains mainly improvements for data import and fixes. A complete list of changes is available here: 8.14.0

News for Users

• Showing the root type ids in the user interface, which is useful for imports (#2605)
• Handling unnecessary white spaces in CSV imports (#2606)
• Finished Polish UI language thanks to Zuzanna Guzek (#2596)
• Minor improvements (#2598)

News for Admins

• For this update only a code base update and a web server restart is needed

This release contains additional translations, API additions, security updates and more. A complete list of changes is available here: 8.13.0

News for Users

• New Polish UI language thanks to Zuzanna Guzek (#2592)
• Updated French translation thanks to Clément Besnier (#2574)
• Update Catalan and Spanish translations thanks to Enric Rodellas (#2571)
• Minor improvements (#2523)

News for presentation sites

• There was also a new release of OpenAtlas Disocvery with a lot of new features and fixes
• Presentation sites of our cooperations are already updated to the new version

Security updates

Ferat Aydin from SEC4YOU kindly reported new possible security issues which we addressed:

• Security improvements (#2595)

News regarding the API

• API version 4.9.0 (#2562)
• Text annotation for presentation view (#2434)
• Presentation view improvements (#2563)

News for Admins

• For this update only a code base update and a web server restart is needed
• Because of the security updates we advice to update soon

This release contains API additions for presentation sites, security updates, fixes for all known remaining bugs and a lot more.
A complete list of changes is available here: 8.12.0

News for Users

• References can now be linked from the reference tab at artifacts directly (#2507)
• Minor improvements (#2523)

Security updates

Ferat Aydin from SEC4YOU kindly reported possible security issues which we addressed in this release:

• Removal of the SQL interface (#2553)
• Refining input validation (#2554)
• Change installation, remove OpenAtlas user (#2555)

News regarding the API

• New API version 0.4.8 (#2527)
• Enriched RDF dump (#2467)
• Presentation view improvements (#2477)
• Ego network visualization (#2526)

News for Admins

• 8.12.0.sql is needed but will be taken care of by the database upgrade script
• Additional Python packages are required, see information in install/upgrade/upgrade.md
• New installations now have no default user and creating an admin user is the first step once the site is running (#2555)

News for Developers

• Switch from nose tests to pytest (#2532)

A complete list of changes is available here: 8.11.0

News for Users

• Performance improvements, especially instances with big data sets will experience quite an improvement (#2492)
• Import of types via CVS files (#2416)
• To make data entry easier it is now possible to link artifacts via the artifact tab in file view directly (#2502)
• Refactor and minor improvements (#2485)

News regarding the API

• New API version 0.4.7 (#2494)
• New endpoint "chained_events" (#2491)
• Simple search endpoint (#2495)

News for Admins

• For this update only a code base update and a web server restart is needed.

A complete list of changes is available here: 8.10.0

News for Users

• Because of layout changes it is advisable to force refresh OpenAtlas sites in your browser.
• The text annotation feature seems to work out quite fine and isn't considered experimental anymore (#2079)
• Counts in tabs are better visible (#2417)
• Presentation site URLs can be set/overridden in the profile (#2430), see manual
• For those interested we listed OpenAtlas related publications on our project site: https://openatlas.eu/publications
• Manual article about how to report an issue at our ticket system, see manual
• Refactor and minor improvements (#2444)

News regarding the API

• New API version 0.4.6 (#2479)
• External Authentication to limit API access (#1233), see manual
• Custom endpoint for presentation sites (#2450)

News for Admins

• 8.10.0.sql is needed but will be taken care of by the database upgrade script
• Additional Python packages are required, see information in install/upgrade/upgrade.md

The most prominent addition for this New Years release is the text annotation feature. see Manual

News for Users

• Text annotation, see Manual (#2079)
• Artifacts can now be linked from the artifact tab at source directly (#2433)
• Activity log for entities (#2389)
• More hints about usage at sources (#2390)
• Imports can now contain only years which will be transformed to dates (#2381)
• Update CIDOC CRM to 7.1.3 with more translations but it didn't include major model changes (#2421)
• Additional information for the IIIF manifest (#2391)
• Refactor and minor improvements, including about 10% performance improvement (#2377)

A complete list of changes is available here: 8.9.0

News for Admins

• 8.9.0.sql is needed but will be taken care of by the database upgrade script

This release was mostly about fixes but also includes general improvements.
A complete list of changes is available here: 8.8.0

News for Admins

• 8.8.0.sql is needed but will be taken care of by the database upgrade script

This release was mostly about improvements in the API.

News for Users

• Additional checks for consistency of dates (#2339), detailed information is available at the manual

News regarding the API

• API version 0.4.4 (#2346)
• Add file license links for IIIF Manifest (#2297)
• Wrong search operators in OpenAPI file (#2317)
• Missing places in network endpoint (#2321)

A complete list of changes is available here: 8.7.0

News for Admins

• The additional Python package python3-validators is needed
• Proxies (if needed) are now configured via the PROXIES setting
• More detailed information is available at /install/upgrade/upgrade.md