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Metacat: XML Metadata and Data Management System
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Version: 2.9.0 Release
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Send feedback and bugs to: metacat-dev@ecoinformatics.org
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                           http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org
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Contributors: Matt Jones (jones@nceas.ucsb.edu)
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              Chad Berkley (berkley@nceas.ucsb.edu)
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              Jing Tao (tao@nceas.ucsb.edu)
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              Jivka Bojilova (bojilova@nceas.ucsb.edu)
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              Dan Higgins (higgins@nceas.ucsb.edu)
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              Saurabh Garg (sgarg@nceas.ucsb.edu)
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              Duane Costa (dcosta@lternet.edu)
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              Veronique Connolly (connolly@nceas.ucsb.edu)
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              Chris Jones (cjones@msi.ucsb.edu)
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              John Harris (harris@nceas.ucsb.edu)
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              Callie Bowdish (bowdish@ecoinformatics.org)
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              Will Tyburczy (tyburczy@ecoinformatics.org)
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              Matthew Perry (perry@nceas.ucsb.edu)
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              Chad Burt (underbluewaters@gmail.com)
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              Ben Leinfelder (leinfelder@nceas.ucsb.edu)
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              Chris Barteau (barteau@nceas.ucsb.edu)
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              Shaun Walbridge (walbridge@nceas.ucsb.edu)
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              Michael Daigle (daigle@nceas.ucsb.edu) 
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              Lauren Walker (walker@nceas.ucsb.edu) 
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Patch contributors:
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              Andrea Chadden (chadden@nceas.ucsb.edu)
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              Johnoel Ancheta (johnoel@hawaii.edu)
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              Owen Jones (owen.jones@imperial.ac.uk)
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Metacat is a flexible database storage system for XML formatted
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documents and associated binary files. Metacat models the structure of the
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XML document, therefore allowing storage of XML documents with arbitrary
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schemas. Metacat supports several databases on the back-end, including Oracle,
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PostgreSQL and SQL Server (limited).  The server supports XML document
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storage, retrieval, query, validation, and transformation (using the XSLT
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stylesheet language).  In addition, there is a mechanism for replicating the
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database to other metacat instances for backup and load balancing purposes.
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Metacat currently uses an LDAP database for authenticating users, but was
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written to accomodate other authentication services as well.
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Installation
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See the file "docs/install.html" for detailed instructions
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for your OS.
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Release Notes for 2.8.4:
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New bugs fixed in this release:
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* LDAP-based group authorization is failing
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* Display the dc:source field from DCX metadata documents in the stylesheet
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* MN.Delete should continue even though it can't find the local file
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Release Notes for 2.8.3:
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New bugs fixed in this release:
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* MNodeService.replicate() is failing
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* MN.publish method fails because of the mismatched checksum
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* MN.update method doesn't check the checksum
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* Set file names correctly when reading objects from Metacat
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* MN.publish method can't generate a new ore document when the metadata is published
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Release Notes for 2.8.2:
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New bugs fixed in this release:
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* The listObjects method fails if there is pid with a white space in the list
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* EML SAX parser will not check if the user has the all permission on data objects (described by the eml object) when the parser is called by DataONE API
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* The count number is -1 when the expandRightsHolder method lists the subjects
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* CN V1/V2.archive implementation only allows CN and MN administrators to act
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* Metacat-index RDF/XML subprocessor not populating prov_hasDerivations field
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Release Notes for 2.8.1:
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New features and bugs fixed in this release:
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* Register schema files for the format id FGDC-STD-100.1-1999
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* ReIndexing a document lost some prov information in the new generated solr doc
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* MNodeService.updateSystemMetadata() needs to validate obsolescence chain pids
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* Metacat DataONE base url always gets 404 not found page
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* Use the provenance Spring bean file from d1_cn_index_processor in Metacat
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* Calling cn.synchronize method asynchronously in mn.updatesystemmeta on Metacat
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* Uploading a resource map with provenance data causes an NPE during indexing
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* replicationPolicy missing numberReplicas and replicationAllowed attributes
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* Archive operation not permitted for V1 readonly MNs
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* Solr index still keeps the obsoletedBy field even though it was removed from the system metadata and reindexed
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* Private metadata is indexed as isPublic=true
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* Action reindexall should be asynchronized
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Release Notes for 2.8.0:
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New features and bugs fixed in this release:
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* Modify Metacat code according to the change of dataone library migrating from JibX to JAXB
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* Upgrade Solr to 3.6.2 to fix searching issues
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* Metacat is not expanding groups in the rightsHolder field during authorization
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* Improve error message for: User tried to update an access module when they dont have ‘ALL’ permission!"
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Release Notes for 2.7.2:
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New features and bugs fixed in this release:
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* Legacy Metacat "shortcut" url does not work if revision is omitted
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* Migrate metacat build to use EML git repo
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* All links on the registry page should open up in a new tab 
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* Metadata/data objects which have obsoletedBy field ignore the resource map index
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* Metacat creates an Invalid Content-Disposition value for some filenames
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* External links in the registry should open in new tab
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* Remove the support of Oracle on documentation
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* Changing a Metacat member node's synchronization value on the d1 admin page doesn't work  
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* Add the feature to support the noNamespaceSchemaLocation attribute in xml objects
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* Provide clear messages to clients if the namespaces/formatids of the schemas of xml objects are not registered in Metacat
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* Disable the feature of downloading external schemas for unregistered namespaces
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* Metacat-index picks up the changes in log4j.properteis without restarting tomcat
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Release Notes for 2.7.1:
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* Fixed several bugs on the data registry form
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* Support the onedcx schema
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  - Fixed several onedcx stylesheet issues
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Relese Notes for 2.7.0:
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* Use different format ids to identity variants of the schema with same namespace
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* Add EML 2.1.1 to Darwin Core supporting for OAI-PMH provider  
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* Bugs fixed include:
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  - Series head resolution should use obsoletes field as part of determination(7020)
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  - The InputStream (parameter) in the CN/MN.create and MN.update method is not closed(7005)
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  - Use the AutoCloseClientInputStream class in the d1_libclient_java in Metacat replication(7004)
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Release Notes for 2.6.0:
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This release supports token-based authentication in the data registry
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* MetacatUI 1.11.0
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Release Notes for 2.5.1:
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This a minor release that improves:
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* Authentication token handling for the DataONE API
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Release Notes for 2.5.0:
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This major release adds DataONE V2 API support
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* MetacatUI 1.8.1
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* Data registry bug fixes
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Release Notes for 2.4.3:
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This release includes:
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* Support for large file uploads
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* Recording User-Agent when logging requests
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* Updates to improve character encoding handling
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* Updated SOLR index and UI to use geohashes for map rendering
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* Note: this is the last release of Metacat that will support Java 6
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Release Notes for 2.4.1:
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This is a patch release that addresses the following:
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* Allows LDAP authentication using aliased referrals
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* Re-indexes previous document revisions in SOLR when
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new revisions are added on update
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* Allows authentication in SANParks skin
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* Enables OpenLayer.js mapping plug-in over https
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Release Notes for 2.4.0:
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These release adds a new default file-based authentication mechanism
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that allows administrators to more easily deploy Metacat without a
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LDAP server.
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* Correct use of DataONE 'archive' flag
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* Access policy synchronization with the DataONE Coordinating Node
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* Indexing support for EML singleDateTime coverage values
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* Indexing support document read/download events
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* Improved package download structure and file naming conventions
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This is a minor patch release to fix an issue that arises when
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* See: https://projects.ecoinformatics.org/ecoinfo/issues/6315
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* Updated MetacatUI with support for spatial query criteria
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* Updated account/identity management script
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This release adds solr indexing features to metacat-index 
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for querying and sorting by authors and taxonomic coverage.
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* Control over the log level from the SOLR libraries using Metacat's
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* access_log DB indexes for better log reporting performance 
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* Provide 'reindexall' action instead of 'reindex' without a 'pid' parameter.
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Release Notes for 2.2.1:
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This is a critical patch release of Metacat that includes addresses
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a bug in file stream handling. It is recommended for all Metacat deployments.
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This is a major release of Metacat that includes a new customizable UI and 
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This is a minor patch release of Metacat that addresses
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This is a major release of Metacat that includes a SOLR-based search feature
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* Client certificate delegation (using a service provider like CILogon)
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* Enforce DataONE prohibition on whitespace in identifiers
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* Use unique filenames for Registry data uploads
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* Replication SQL performance enhancement
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* Comply with DataONE schema for SystemMetadata.submitter
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This patch release focuses on Metacat support for DataONE-enabled Morpho clients
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* MN.generateIdentifier() support for UUID and DOI
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* DOI registration support using EZID service
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* Pathquery support for specifying multiple document owners
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This patch release focuses on Metacat support for Oracle
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*SystemMetadata table names have been shortened to comply with Oracle limits.
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*SANParks/SAEON spatial zip file download fixed
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*Pathquery performance fix
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*Hazelcast 2.x upgrade
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*Correct handling for deleted and archived objects for both Metacat and DataONE APIs
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This patch release focuses on Metacat-Metacat replication.
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*Allows Metacat to stream replication update information between servers to avoid connection timeout issues
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*Allows Metacat replication when source host does not provide SystemMetadata (DataONE)
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*Fixes an access control issue that could allow search results to include protected documents
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*Addresses a bug that prevented Metacat replication from completing (timeout error)
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*Addresses a bug that prevented updates to DataONE identified datapackages (e.g., using DOIs)
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*Addresses a bug that prevented the use of the Metacat API 'getaccesscontrol' action
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*Updates the Foresite ORE library to correctly serialize resource map documents
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*Addresses an identifier issue during ORE generation for DataONE services
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*Increases compatibility with older EML content and the Xalan XSLT processor
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*Removes XSLT 2.0 support (Saxon)
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This major release includes support for DataONE.
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*The DataONE v1.0.0 Member Node service APIs are now the preferred method for communicating with Metacat
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*The existing EcoGrid and Metacat Servlet APIs are deprecated but still available.
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*EML-embedded access control rules using permOrder="denyFirst" are no longer supported (https://redmine.dataone.org/issues/2614) 
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*Replication now utilizes client certificates to establish SSL connections between replication source and target servers
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*Access control rules now apply to objects on a per-revision basis rather than per-docid
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*Bugs fixed include:
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-SANParks skin/TPC (5561, 5530, 5533, 5542, 5543, 5544, 5551, 5563, 5566, 5567, 5569, 5353)
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-Replication (4907, 5537, 5536, 5534, 5520, 5519, 3296)
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-Spatial cache regeneration can be skipped during reconfiguration/redeployment/upgrade (3811)
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-Pathquery support for temporal search criteria (2084)
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-Character encoding of XML now respected (internationalization) (2495, 4083, 3815)
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*Metacat could not download the included schemas in an external schema file during inserting.
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*Earthgrid could not transform the Earthgrid query with concept "/" to the Metacat path query correctly.
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*Document access rules are now preserved when documents are archived during the 'delete' action.
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This release fixes bugs in the FGDC data package upload and download interface utilized
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This release fixes a harvester bug that prevented the EML harvester from processing
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* Create a properties file for use by JUnit Tests (Bug 2994)
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* security issue with skins (Bug 3368)
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* reorganize classes into a more functional specific structure (Bug 3510)
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* Add admin names as dropdown in configuration login (Bug 3729)
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* KNB metacat replication error log file is empty (Bug 3885)
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* Create TPC Report web browse/search pages (Bug 4165)
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* Create archive extraction functionality (Bug 4166)
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* Create Workflow Scheduler (Bug 4167)
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* metacat didn't update xml_path_index table while a document was updated (Bug 4367)
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* Enforce permissions for tpc workflow viewing and scheduling (Bug 4420)
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* Fix cross platform TPC GUI issues (Bug 4556)
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* TPC Sanparks page content lenth issue (Bug 4557)
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* Create validate and isAuthorized unit tests (Bug 4558)
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* Cannot insert replication server via gui (Bug 4594)
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* Timed Replication takes many hours and drives the load up on KNB (Bug 4616)
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* [ESA] Update fails when document rev number is missing (Bug 4627)
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* fails to catch some insert and update failures (Bug 4637)
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* must support java 1.6 (Bug 4641)
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* Convert build to pull eml from svn instead of cvs (Bug 4644)
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* handleGetRevisionAndDocTypeAction should search both xml_documents and xml_revisions table (Bug 4645)
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* Metacat couldn't update a document from client, which previous versions only stay in xml_revisions table (Bug 4649)
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* metacat runs out of memory (Bug 4658)
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* ESA skin links are hard coded to data.esa.org (Bug 4698)
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* Update release 1.9.2 release notes (Bug 4707)
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* Handle writing a text node > 4000 characters to the db. (Bug 4708)
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This release focuses on simplifying the Metacat installation process by 
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creating a binary (war) installation.  The need to build the application
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* need to set filename for download files (Bug 2566)
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* add ability for search engines to index metacat documents (Bug 2826)
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* EML citation section should include both organizationNames and individualNames (Bug 3059)
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* refactor skins to get organization list from metacat getOrganizations() function (Bug 3114)
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* Update dataknp.sanparks.org packageId attributes to match Metacat Ids (Bug 3258)
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* New documents explicitly set as public access don't show up correctly (Bug 3262)
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* Modify confguration utility in metacat (Bug 3371)
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* Integrate perl token replacement changes (Bug 3372)
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* Create skin specific configuration utility (Bug 3373)
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* Add authentication for configuration utility (Bug 3374)
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* Create a sorted properties utility (Bug 3375)
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* Add DB upgrade/install functionality to java code (Bug 3376)
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* Create ANT install target for developers (Bug 3377)
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* Create LSID server installation (Bug 3380)
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* Create unit test code for 1.9 additions (Bug 3381)
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* create simple turnkey installer for metacat Phase I (Bug 3461)
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* Maps do not display in Firefox version 3 (Bug 3462)
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* Replicate access rules in replication (Bug 3464)
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* Metacat casesensitive="true" option in pathquery expressions is broken (Bug 3472)
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* Add full schema checking when metacat register new schema (Bug 3474)
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* Incorporate EML 2.1.0 access changes in metacat (Bug 3495)
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* getprincipals action returns invalid XML document (Bug 3527)
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* Update knbweb to serve new metacat install (Bug 3545)
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* Replication should write to disk (Bug 3554)
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* Update acknowlegements in metacat readme (Bug 3588)
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* Validate the ldap administrator field. (Bug 3616)
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* Allow for different authentication services in metacat configuration (Bug 3680)
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* Tag utilities module and have metacat check out that tag (Bug 3685)
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different EML 2.0.1 schemas (see bug 3239). If this is case, Metacat administrators should notify
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*Character set (charset) problem when filling out form (Bug2797)
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*Charset bug: > "less than" symbol does not display correctly (Bug2517)
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*Metacat performance issue in Sanparks skin (Bug 3174)
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*Metacat using illegitimate versions of EML schema (Bug 3239)
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*Update older invalidated eml201 document in Metacat (Bug 3241)
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*Verify existing token changes to skins (Bug 3176)
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*The edit feature in the NCEAS Data Repoistory does not work (Bug 2644)
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*Expose permission options for registry uploads (Bug 3014)
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*ESA registry doesn't have LTER in login dropdown menu (Bug 2647)
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*Data Catalog Map is slow when selecting (Bug2732)
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*Only one attribute per element returned with pathquery results(Bug 2999)
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*The field "skinconfigs" in the MetacatUtil class is public (Bug 3057)
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*Generalize the reading of skin.configs in DBTransform (Bug3058)
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*The query example in metacatquery.html document need to be changed (Bug3137)
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*Add upload method into Metacat tour (Bug 3139)
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*Query resultset doesn't show component name in kepler skin (Bug 3178)
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*Add fields used in Morpho search to the default indexPaths property (Bug 3259)
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*Private data cannot be downloaded from metadata display page (xsl) (Bug 3263)
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*An error message happen during the metacat start up (Bug 3279)
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*Replication: Timed replication failures occur twice instead of once (Bug 3304)
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*Inline Data does not work correctly without the <pre> tag (Bug 3088)
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*Include FGDC metadata in KNB and NCEAS skin search results (Bug 3146)
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This release focuses on improving query performance.  Both the selection 
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* Data registries now support uploading of data objects along with data 
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* Metacat Performace: Rewrite the xml_nodes queries (Bug 2155)
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* Metacat Performace: Rewrite the xml_access part of the query (Bug 2557)
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* Query cache mechanism (Bug 2905)
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* Metacat Performance: updates from Morpho of data packages are taking 
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* Metacat Performance: Optimize Postgres and Tomcat (Bug 2157)
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* Metacat Performace: Upgrading hardware setup (Bug 2175)
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* Metacat Performace: Add/drop indices on key columns (Bug 2153)
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* Display of metadata documents reorganized, including a new citation format,
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  obvious download options, and a redesigned data table layout (Bugs 2981, 2832)
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* I.E. display fixes on default skin (Bug 2579)
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* Web Address links fixed (Bug 2147)
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* NCEAS skin redesigned to use IFRAME-less layout, match new website.
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* Spatial query:  data packages must be fully contained by the selection 
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  bounding box in order to appear in the search results (Bugs 2972, 2732).
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* FGDC support: upload, delete, update, access control, and download
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* Tomcat 3 and 4 are no longer tested or supported. Users are 
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This release features only a few minor changes to the core Metacat engine. 
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The major focus of this release is the addition of the spatial functionality.
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The geographic coverage of metadata documents can now be cached in a GIS-
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accessible format and published via web mapping services and an online
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* Three new open source libraries have been integrated with Metacat:
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  - Geoserver:  A standards-compliant web map server to publish
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                geographic data to the web.
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               (http://docs.codehaus.org/display/GEOS/Home)
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  - GeoTools:   A java-based GIS toolkit to programatically
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                manipulate spatial datasets.
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                (http://geotools.codehaus.org/)
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  - Mapbuilder: A javascript application to provide an interactive
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                web map front-end to Geoserver.
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                (http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAP/Home)
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* Spatial Caching/Indexing mechanism; documents with geographic
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  coverages will be added to the spatial cache.
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* Spatial Query action in metacat servlet. 
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* Interactive Web map to visualize and query the spatial 
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  distribution of metadata documents.
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* Experimental python, ruby and php client libraries to interface with metacat.
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* Preliminary process in place for web based configuration of metacat.
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Compatibility Notices:
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* Tomcat 3 and 4 are no longer tested or supported. Users are 
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Bug Fixes:
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* Metacat administrators are able to modify and delete documents 
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  created by other users.
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* Fixed problems with indexing XML attributes, see bug 2469
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Release Notes for 1.6.0:
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This release comes with more performance improvements, initial support for 
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LSIDs (Life Sciences Identifiers) and FGDC standard, more controls for 
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Metacat administrators and bug fixes. Below is the list of bug fixes and
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performance improvements.
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Bug Fixes: 
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* Improved the indexing algorithm. Earlier indexing failed for some documents 
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  randomly and used to take a lot of time to complete for others. The 
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  code for indexing was changed to take care of both these problems.
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* Earlier, xmlns prefix was used to determine the namespace of the document. 
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  Now schemaLocation is used instead xmlns prefix to determine the namespace 
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  of the document as that is a better indicator of document type. 
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* INSTR was used in some SQL statements and it is not supported by Postgres. 
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  So SQL statements were modified so that INSTR is not used.
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* Replication was changed to include replication of deleted documents also.
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* Fixed bug in squery which didnt allow use of not-contains 
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New Features:
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* Added FGDC schema and XSLT so that Metacat can handle FGDC standard
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* Added support for LSID. This includes modifying the stylesheets to 
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  display the LSIDs, modifying the build to include a new target 
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  'install-ldap'.
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* Added following access control levels to Metacat:
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    1. Administrators - users who can do the following:
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       a. Run replication
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       b. Delete any document
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       c. Modify any document
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       d. run indexing for any document
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       e. check the logs
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    2. allowedUsers - User who are allowed to submit
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    3. deniedUsers - Users not allowed to submit
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* Added a new skin for Ecological Society of America. 
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* Created an Advanced search servlet which can be used from the web. 
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* Various connections have been modified to be secure. e.g. connection between 
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ldaps is made secure now, replication is done over secure channels.  
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Performance:
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* Reduced size of xml_nodes by creating a new table for holding nodes from 
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  deleted documents and old revisions of the documents. 
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* Provided a new variable in metacat.properties where more frequently searched 
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  for paths can be specified. Seperate indexes are created for these paths 
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  - so that search is faster.
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* Included log4j for logging and debuging to prevent wasting of time in printing log statements. 
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Release Notes for 1.5.0:
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This release comes with performace improvement, user interface enhancements,
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and bug fixes. Below is the list of bug fixes and performance improvements. 
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Bug Fixes:
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* Modify property values of harvester registration servlets to match the
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  servlet-mapping URL values in web.xml. The old values used the servlet
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  class names. This worked in Tomcat 4 but seems to break in Tomcat 5 on
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  Windows. The new values use the servlet-mapping URL values. This should
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  work in both Tomcat 4 and Tomcat 5. (Bug 162)
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* Re-implement logic to prune old log entries from the HARVEST_LOG and
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  HARVEST_DETAIL_LOG tables. The old logic caused integrity constraint
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  violations in the database because it tried to delete parent records from
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  HARVEST_LOG prior to deleting child records from
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  HARVEST_DETAIL_LOG. (Bug 162)
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* In data registry, minor bugs fixed like the error page shows the link back
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  to the form when error page was generated because of a document read
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  request from search results page,  the successful delete button leading
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  to a blank screen and the old ACL overwritten by the registry.
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  (Bugs 1307, 1310, 1322, 1344, 1551)
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* Changed the code to support insertion of following characters: ', `,
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  charcters in the Numeric Character Reference format (&#xyz;) and
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  characters like µ. Characters like µ will be converted to and stored in
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  Numeric Character Reference format(&#xyz;). They will also be returned
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  in Numeric Character Reference and it is upto the client to convert them
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  and display them accordingly in the application. Partial fix provided by
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  Johnoel Ancheta. (Bug 1538,1711)
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* Spatial search failed on Oracle because of invalid entries made by
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  some documents in the nodedata column of xml_nodes for paths involving
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  'eastBoundingCoordinate', 'westBoundingCoordinate',
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  'northBoundingCoordinate', 'southBoundingCoordinate'. A new column
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  nodedatanumerical was added to xml_nodes table such that all the numerical
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  nodedata is stored in this column and this column is now used for spatial
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  search. (Bug 1703, 1718)
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* In the default skin, clicking on the keywords on the home page did not
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  result is a search being done. Fix provided by Owen Jones. (Bug 1768)
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* Metacat generated a success message even when a document which didnt
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  exsist was requested for deletion. This has been fixed. (Bug 1850)
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* "packagetype" in xml-relation table was entered as eml200 namespace when
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  an eml201 document was inserted. This is fixed now so that "packagetype"
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  in xml-relation table points to eml201 namespace. (Bug 1979)
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* System_id in xml_catalog pointed to http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/knb/
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  earlier. Fixed such that it points to the locally installed metacat url. 
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  (Bug 1986)
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* Changes to the Query subsystem fix bugs that prevented attributes from 
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  being expressed solely in the xpath query statement and the returnfield 
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  values. For instance, a query URL may now include search strings like 
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  '@packageId=sbclter%25' and return strings like 'returnfield=@packageId'.
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  Previously, the attribute had to be appended to an element: 
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  '/eml/@packageId=sbclter%25'. These fixes change DBQuery.java, 
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  QuerySpecification.java, and QueryTerm.java (Bug 2052)
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* Search query failed in case of Oracle if number of documents in the result
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  were more than 1000. This has been fixed. (Bug 2000)
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* Removed any occurence of enum which is now a keyword in Java 1.5
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Enhancements:
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* Major improvements done in user interface for the data registeries and
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  various other skins. Improvements done based on suggestions from Mark
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  Stromberg, Laura Downey and others. Improvements also done in resultset.xsl,
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  the default skin and ldap templates. (Bug 1948)
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* Coded added such that administrator can delete documents irrespective of
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  who the document belongs to.
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* Performance impovement done in searching of datasets. A part of the search
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  time was taken up because of generation of resultset after the search had be
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  done. So this was the sequence of events in earlier metacat
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  1) Search for the given text
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  2) A list of docids generated
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  3) For each of the docids
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     3a) Use xml_index and xml_nodes table to generate the string descibing
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         the document including the returnfields requested in the search
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  4) Add all the strings from step 3a to send back the resultant
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     document. Here a decent amount of time was being taken by step 3a. 
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  The algorithm is now modified by addition of two tables xml_queryresult and
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  xml_returnfields and a user defined parameter xml_returnfield_count. The
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  new algorithm works as follows:
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  1) Search for the given text
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  2) A list of docids is generated
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  3) For the given set of return fields generate a unique string and check
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     if that string exists in xml_returnfields
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     3a) If string does not exist in xml_returnfield, then enter a new
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         record usage_count as 1 and returnfield_string as the unique string
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         generated above.
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     3b) Else if the string exists, increment usage_count
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  4) Given the docids from step 2 and the id of the returnfield record from
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     step 3, query for any docids that already exist in xml_queryresult.
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     For the docids that do exist, get the queryresult_string.
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  5) For rest of the docids from step2 which were not found in step 4, do
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     the following for each of the documents:
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     5a) Use xml_index and xml_nodes table to generate the string descibing
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         the document including the returnfields requested in the search
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     5b) If usage_count of the record from step is more than
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         xml_returnfield_count set in metacat.properties, then store the
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         string in xml_queryresult as a record which has the returnfield_id
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         representing the set of returnfields, docid representing the
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         document and the string as queryresult_string.
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  6) Add all the strings from step 4 and step 5a to send back the resultant
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     document
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  So the results from step 3a in previous algorithm are effectively cached
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  and hence same computation is not done again and again for each search.
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  When a document is deleted, all the entries for that document in
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  xml_queryresult table are also deleted. When a document is updated, all
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  the entries for that document in xml_queryresult table are deleted. This
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  works fine because those entries will be generated and cached again the
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  next time the document is part of a search is requested.
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* Performance impovement done for % search.
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* Following new functions added to metacat client API: a method to set access
694
  on an xml document and a method to get newest version for a given document.
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* Implement a new HarvesterServlet for running Harvester as a servlet. This
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  eliminates the need to run Harvester in a terminal window. By default, the
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  HarvesterServlet is commented out in lib/web.xml.tomcat(3,4,5). The user
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  documentation will be modified to instruct Harvester administrators to
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  uncomment the HarvesterServlet entry.
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* Minor enhancement to support multiple email addresses for harvester
701
  administrator and site contact. Each address is separated by a comma or
702
  semicolon.
703
* Increase number of rows in Harvest List Editor from 300 to 1200.
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* Changed default maxHarvests value to 0. Added logic to ignore maxHarvests
705
  value when it is set to 0 or a negative number. This allows Harvester to
706
  run indefinitely without shutting down after reaching a maximum number of
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  harvests. The previous default value of 30 would cause Harvester to
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  terminate after 30 harvests.
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Details of all changes can be found in the bug database here:
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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/buglist.cgi?product=Metacat&target_milestone=1.5
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Release Notes for 1.4.0:
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717
This is a major release, and is the first to introduce many new features to
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Metacat.  Some of the major new features in this version of Metacat include:
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* Added a new 'Harvester' that allows documents to be periodically pulled
721
  from distributed sources into metacat, useful for interfacing with other
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  system types. See the Metacat Tour for details.
723
* Added new 'skins' capability to allow the GUI for the metacat web interface
724
  to be more easily customized to fit into site needs.  The skin is based on
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  a flexible mix of XSLT, CSS, and Javascript.
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* Added a web-based metadata entry form for submitting limited EML documents
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  as part of a data registry.  The GUI for the registry is customizable and 
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  is integrated with the 'skins' system for the main metacat interface.  The
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  registry subsystem is written in Perl, and can simultaneously be used to 
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  present multiple 'registry' interfaces.
731
* A new 'client API' has been developed and implemented in Java and in Perl 
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  so that metacat functions can be accessed from any program in those
733
  languages.  The client API supports the major metacat servlet actions,
734
  including login(), logout(), query(), insert(), update(), delete(), and 
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  upload(). See the Metacat Tour for details.
736
* Added a new 'getlog' action that produces a usage history for all major
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  events.  So now an XML report can be generated for document reads, inserts,
738
  deletes, etc.  See the new section in the Metacat Tour.
739
* Added a new 'buildindex' action that can rebuild the index entries for any
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  document in the database.
741
* The configuration file for metacat (metacat.properties) has been moved out
742
  of the jar file and into the WEB-INF directory, allowing far easier changes
743
  to the configuration parameters.
744
* Results in default web interface are sorted by title in the XSLT 
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  (configurable)
746
* Many bugs were fixed.
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748
Details of all changes can be found in the bug database here:
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http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org/buglist.cgi?product=Metacat&target_milestone=1.4
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Release Notes for 1.3.1:
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This is a simple interim bug fix. No major functionality changes. Bugs fixed 
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include:
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 1) Metacat 1.3.0 doesn't work in Java 1.3 because a subtle API differnce in 
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    Java 1.3 and Java 1.4. Currently, Metacat 1.3.1 will work in both Java 1.3 
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    and Java 1.4.
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 2) Distribution package size was reduced.
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761

    
762
Release Notes for 1.3.0
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764

    
765
In 1.3.0 release, the structure of the xml_access table was changed and a new
766
table, xml_accesssubtree was added. If you try to update a previously 
767
installed Metacat, you should run a script file to updated the table structure 
768
before installation.
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For Oracle user: At the SQLPLUS prompt type the following -
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@src/reviseformetacat13.sql
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For Postgresql user: At install directory prompt type the following -
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psql exp < src/reviseformetacat13_postgres.sql
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(where 'exp' is the database name).
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After installation, user should run "ant schemasql" command to register EML2
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schema in xml_catalog table.
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If you are a new Metacat user, this step is unneeded.
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Note: 1) We recommend to use Tomcat 4 and JAVA 1.4 to run Metacat. Otherwise, 
781
         it will cause potential replication issues.
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      2) Delete the xercesImpl.jar and xmlParserAPIs.jar files 
783
         which are in $CATALINA_HOME/common/endorsed. They are old version and
784
         don't support XML schema validation.
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786
New Features in 1.3.0
787
  1) Partialy support EML2 document. User can store, query, read and write
788
     EML2 documents. However, Metacat only support access control in resource
789
     level. The subtree level access control will be ignored.
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  2) Support other xml document base on namespace/schema.
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  3) Support query for attribute value
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  4) Assign MIME type to data file base on metadata when user try to read it.
793
  5) Owner can assign access rules to a document which does not have access 
794
     document to apply it.
795
  6) Support exporting single file, not only whole package
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  7) Resupport Microsoft SQL Server.
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Fixes in 1.3.0:
799
  1) Couldn't finish delta T replication for large set of documents.
800
  2) Couldn't create access control during delta T replication.
801
  3) Eorr will be written to a seperated log file if some documents
802
     were failed in replication.
803
  4) Decrease the time to create access rules during insert or update 
804
     a package.
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Documentation
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-------------
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See the docs directory for detailed documentation and installation
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instructions.
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Details of the Metacat architecture can be found on the website for
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the Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB):
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  http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/metacat/
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Contributions to this work are welcome.  Please see the above web site
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for details on how to contribute.
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Major Known Bugs or Feature Requests (see http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org)
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-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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If you discover a bug please report it, either by email (above) or by using
822
our bug tracking system (http://bugzilla.ecoinformatics.org). There is a
823
list of currently unimplemented features in Bugzilla that we are working on
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for the next release.
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Legalese
827
--------
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This software is copyrighted by The Regents of the University of California
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and the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis
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and licensed under the GNU GPL; see the 'LICENSE' file for
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details.
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This material is based upon work supported by the
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National Science Foundation under Grant No. DEB99-80154, DBI99-04777, and
835
0225676 for SEEK.  Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recomendations 
836
expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily 
837
reflect the views of the National Science Foundation (NSF).
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This software is partially supported by a grant from the Andrew W. 
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Mellon Foundation.
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This product includes software developed by the Apache Software
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Foundation (http://www.apache.org/). See the LICENSE file in lib/apache
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for details.
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The source code, object code, and documentation in the com.oreilly.servlet
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package is copyright and owned by Jason Hunter. See the cos-license.html file
848
for details of the license.  Licensor retains title to and ownership of the
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Software and all enhancements, modifications, and updates to the Software.
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This software includes the JDBC driver for PostgreSQL.  See the 
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postgresql-license.txt file for details.
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