Metacat

Version: 1.9.0 Release

Release Notes for 1.9.0:

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This release focuses on simplifying the Metacat installation process by 

creating a binary (war) installation.  The need to build the application

on the server has been removed (although the option is still available).

In order to facilitate this method of installation, a few major modifications

were made to the code:

  -- Ant token replacement was removed for all non-build variables in the 

     application (most of this was already done in 1.8.1).

  -- The Metacat properties confguration was moved into the application

     itself.

  -- Database schema version detection and install/upgrade utilities were 

     added to the application.

Also, this release includes several enhancements:

  -- it supports the new EML 2.1.0 version.  

  -- Documents are now stored on the local filesystem as well as in the 

     database in order to preserve document integrity.

  -- Metacat verifies new schemas when they are added.

  -- Additional access is propegated with documents during replication.

High priority bugs were addressed in this release as well.

The enhancements/bugs addressed are:

* escaped "less than" in inlinedata causes invalid eml output (Bug 2564)

* need to set filename for download files (Bug 2566)

* add ability for search engines to index metacat documents (Bug 2826)

* EML citation section should include both organizationNames and individualNames (Bug 3059)

* refactor skins to get organization list from metacat getOrganizations() function (Bug 3114)

* Update dataknp.sanparks.org packageId attributes to match Metacat Ids (Bug 3258)

* New documents explicitly set as public access don't show up correctly (Bug 3262)

* Modify confguration utility in metacat (Bug 3371)

* Integrate perl token replacement changes (Bug 3372)

* Create skin specific configuration utility (Bug 3373)

* Add authentication for configuration utility (Bug 3374)

* Create a sorted properties utility (Bug 3375)

* Add DB upgrade/install functionality to java code (Bug 3376)

* Create ANT install target for developers (Bug 3377)

* Create LSID server installation (Bug 3380)

* Create unit test code for 1.9 additions (Bug 3381)

* create simple turnkey installer for metacat Phase I (Bug 3461)

* Maps do not display in Firefox version 3 (Bug 3462)

* Replicate access rules in replication (Bug 3464)

* Metacat casesensitive="true" option in pathquery expressions is broken (Bug 3472)

* Add full schema checking when metacat register new schema (Bug 3474)

* Incorporate EML 2.1.0 access changes in metacat (Bug 3495)

* getprincipals action returns invalid XML document (Bug 3527)

* Update knbweb to serve new metacat install (Bug 3545)

* Replication should write to disk (Bug 3554)

* Update acknowlegements in metacat readme (Bug 3588)

* Validate the ldap administrator field. (Bug 3616)

* Allow for different authentication services in metacat configuration (Bug 3680)

* Tag utilities module and have metacat check out that tag (Bug 3685)