Activity
From 08/26/2006 to 09/24/2006
09/15/2006
- 11:02 AM Bug #2555 (New): Update XSD to allow null dates
- Currently the XSD that validates our VegBank XML doens't accept null dates, but sometimes the exporter creates that. ...
09/11/2006
- 05:06 PM Bug #2545: Triage Bugs and put them into hibernation
- bugs are now put into realistic milestones (as realistic as ever!) and all bugs have at least decent description of w...
- 05:05 PM Bug #1974: Implement VegBank International Party Perspective
- The VegBank International Party Perspective is an idea to allow the "current" view of data, which would let users off...
- 05:03 PM Bug #1958: Replace USDA 2002 with USDA 2000
- I'm not sure if we still want to do this. We need new concepts, not old ones.
- 05:03 PM Bug #1963: Customize name displayed for a plant concept
- Ideally, we'd like to store FNA or USDA name for concept somewhere and allow this to be shown in plots views-- less i...
- 05:00 PM Bug #1964: Business rules for allow plots in: minimums and how to enforce?
- Deal with current limited Rectification: what rules must be met to "allow plot" in, and how to alert user, and how to...
- 04:57 PM Bug #1073: Allow Users to edit Entities that they own
- users can edit their own party, currently, but not parties they have added. Nor can they submit revisions or updates...
- 04:56 PM Bug #720: Party Perspective Managment (plant/comm):General interface to allow
- This deals with plantStatus and commStatus records primarily, and the related plantCorrelation, plantUsage, commCorre...
- 04:54 PM Bug #845: Query manager - list of past queries
- The idea here is that queries would be save and the CRITERIA (not the plot list) could be reissued against the databa...
- 04:52 PM Bug #1972: Keep track of downloads for "my account"
- This would track what users have downloaded in the past and allow them to repeat the downloads, if they wanted to. C...
- 04:51 PM Bug #1968: Allow uploading of binary files to VegBank that "relate" to plots, projects, etc.
- This is generalizing the graphic table to let people attach binary files to anything in VegBank. May be useful to at...
- 04:50 PM Bug #1942: Implement ongoing automatic updates with NatureServe
- Currently, NatureServe can produce XML that with a limited amount of human interferance, but it requires a lot of com...
- 04:48 PM Bug #738: TurboVeg plot import (TV-XML to VB-XML by our stylesheet)
- *** Bug 734 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
- 04:40 PM Bug #738: TurboVeg plot import (TV-XML to VB-XML by our stylesheet)
- It may be possible to take TurboVeg XML and style it with XSL to create VegBank conformant XML for loading into our d...
- 04:48 PM Bug #734: Data loader plugins:TurboVeg plots:Develop VB template for TV
- too many bugs for turboveg. Need input and output, that's all, 2 bugs is enough. See bug 738 and bug 874 for those ...
- 04:47 PM Bug #689: Usability analysis by expert usability person
- It would be nice to have someone with some expertise in usability look through our site and suggest improvements for ...
- 04:45 PM Bug #2075: make datasets have keywords, ala gmail
- The idea here is to let users name things in ways that allows them to group and manage datasets, like they do with th...
- 04:44 PM Bug #2406: Automate homepage map- color by number of plots per state
- There's a freely available library which allows you to read and write
PNG files. It can be used in C and other compi... - 04:43 PM Bug #2406: Automate homepage map- color by number of plots per state
- I saw that USDA Plants
uses GD (http://www.boutell.com/gd/) in their dynamic maps (e.g.,
http://plants.usda.gov/java/... - 04:41 PM Bug #1967: Fix downloader if takes too long: create file and set to download from private space later
- The idea here is that you request a download and come back and get it later. It would be stored in your own download...
- 01:59 PM Bug #1967: Fix downloader if takes too long: create file and set to download from private space later
- but webpage timeouts will still kill our download function. So this may well still be needed.
- 04:39 PM Bug #693: Major QA and hammering on website
- this type of bug is always in the back of our minds and has been completed for this iteration, but should be repeated...
- 01:52 PM Bug #693: Major QA and hammering on website
- would be interesting to know the results of this. With XML download for example, we lose out with more than about 80...
- 04:35 PM Bug #2487: NPS-PLOTS conversion utility: prefer exact slope/aspect
- There is a utility that converts between NPS-PLOTS version 1.1 and 2.0
Currently, when you downgrade from 2.0 to 1.1... - 04:32 PM Bug #1955: view my plots -- deposits, based on ownership + embargo chng
- relates to bug 1956 and bug 2457
- 04:31 PM Bug #2457: Link to list of certified users, renew embargo screens
- Similar to bug 1956 (fuzzing and unfuzzing plots), we have to do the same thing for embargoes, but based on a set of ...
- 04:30 PM Bug #817: Query for User-defined variables
- One aspect of this that would be helpful is creating a list of user defined variables for reuse so that everyone does...
- 04:29 PM Bug #1975: Iteratively query to narrow or broaden query results
- The first step of this is just to allow users to search within a dataset, which could be the datacart to find stuff w...
- 04:27 PM Bug #2102: IN JULY: Load Real Concepts that have been a major part of this grant
- A major part of the second grant was adding "real concepts" that are not just based on a list, but rather the real li...
- 04:26 PM Bug #890: Load database:Peet _NCVS-4000: add in Fall 2006
- Bob Peet has a lot of plots, some of which have been loaded into VegBank, but not in their full richness of data. Ne...
- 04:24 PM Bug #2402: Strategy to update denormalized data, cache, pages
- Currently denormalizations are kicked off only when someone loads data. Any subsequent changes to the database need ...
- 04:23 PM Bug #2404: Evaluate: Let users define bounding box with Google Maps, then show plots in that area
- This now works with both IE and Firefox.
- 04:20 PM Bug #1956: function to fuzz and unfuzz locations for admin
- We currently have no feature that allows a user to affect the embargo status and fuzzing status of plots in a particu...
- 04:15 PM Bug #878: PCord export
- PC Ord is a program often used by ecologists to help analyze lots of plots. There is a special csv-type format that ...
- 04:14 PM Bug #2541: Rework export to use pages or filesystem to improve performance and remove timeouts
- The download form could use <vegbank:get> and <vegbank:pager> to limit entries in the download, but the trick would b...
- 04:11 PM Bug #2533: temp tables need to be part of denormalization update
- these tables are only affected if someone adds new plants/comms, which is somewhat rare.
- 04:11 PM Bug #2544: remove extra data from VegBank
- The extra users were the primary concern here, and they are now gone or downgraded and not admins.
- 04:06 PM Bug #2544: remove extra data from VegBank
- extra admin users removed and/or downgraded in VegBAnk
- 04:10 PM Bug #2519: Tracking bug for upgrade of vegbank
- (In reply to comment #9)
REMAINING TASKS:
> 4) install awstats
> 3) update the "news" section of the home page and ma... - 12:04 PM Bug #2519: Tracking bug for upgrade of vegbank
- MLee still needs to make sure everything is working ok, specifically the cron jobs.
- 03:44 PM Bug #2542: revise XML schema
- might be nice to take in some international XML standard like the one TDWG is working on with Susan Wiser.
- 03:05 PM Bug #2546: Make sure documentation in vegbank/ is correct and well explained
- Fixed/removed old stuff from the root directory of the vegbank cvs repo. Tagged CVS.
- 01:55 PM Bug #2331: ensure NVC.doc standards doc matches what's in VegBank
- We could alter the model to deal with these issues if we feel that they deserve dealing with.
- 01:55 PM Bug #2468: show error estimates of mapped plots
- Color estimates along with scale on map is sufficient.
- 01:49 PM Bug #681: Website cleanup:Spelling and editing checks
- I suppose this should be done sooner rather than later.
- 01:48 PM Bug #676: Check with multiple browsers
- This type of ongoing bug is no longer needed. We support latest version of IE and Firefox/Mozilla.
- 01:47 PM Bug #1374: Get adding plant and adding community forms working with new model
- Can add plants and communities via VegBranch. Or however you want to create the XML. We could create a web form tha...
- 11:29 AM Bug #1610: lift VA Heritage data embargo
- Karen and Phil emailed on 9/11/06 to check on the status of these data.
09/08/2006
- 05:43 PM Bug #2547 (New): NPS-PLOTS plugin doesn't handle userDefined well
- There are definedVAlues that get populated, but Z_USER_J_UD doens't get populated to match the values. Either check ...
09/07/2006
- 05:27 PM Bug #2546 (Resolved): Make sure documentation in vegbank/ is correct and well explained
- There are lots of files in vegbank that offer tips and hints as to how to use the system. Make sure they work. Remo...
- 05:26 PM Bug #2545 (Resolved): Triage Bugs and put them into hibernation
- this buglist should be well ordered, make sense, and all bugs shuold be well described.
- 05:25 PM Bug #2544 (Resolved): remove extra data from VegBank
- There are bogus users with admin rights that should be removed, perhaps other stuff too.
- 05:18 PM Bug #2543 (In Progress): Log errors into an email or something
- Errors should be reported to the admin somehow that are in the log. IT says they are reported, but that's not the ca...
- 05:15 PM Bug #2542 (New): revise XML schema
- Need a simpler schema that can scale better. Something that references other elements within itself, perhaps more li...
- 05:11 PM Bug #2541 (New): Rework export to use pages or filesystem to improve performance and remove timeouts
- currently the XML download works for about 800 plots but not more, VegBranch for 300 plots but not more, because the ...
- 04:33 PM Bug #833: Management page needed with full ability to modify accounts
- guide exists and you have to run those from the command line.
- 04:33 PM Bug #1861: fix denorm SQL approach
- now uses the utility. Not entirely happy with that, but that's the way it goes.
- 04:32 PM Bug #2002: add VegBranch downloads to cache and fix infinite loop problem
- VegBranch loads now work, but not tons of them
- 04:31 PM Bug #2530: export data for "interpretations" in VegBranch
- aldo loading fixed and these do export out of VegBranch ok.
- 10:47 AM Bug #2530: export data for "interpretations" in VegBranch
- aldo doesn't load datasets properly, using weird created accessionCodes instead of the ones in the XML stream. Will ...
- 12:08 AM Bug #2530: export data for "interpretations" in VegBranch
- VegBranch can now do this. Needs a bit more testing to be sure it's working right, including loads to aldo as interp...
- 04:31 PM Bug #1877: Alvar data: denorms, keywords, xml cache
- keywords being run now.
- 04:28 PM Bug #2533: temp tables need to be part of denormalization update
- probably best to add to nightly cron job sql
- 04:27 PM Bug #2532: When users aren't logged in, prompt to do so in popup form
- I can't figure out how to do this.
- 10:57 AM Bug #2486: Certification Request form broken in Regions
- it must have been broken when others used the form, but it works now
- 09:56 AM Bug #2540: disk Cache full?
- this applies to old code. Chad will try to expunge it. Even if that is not successful, I am not worried about it.
- 06:55 AM Bug #2540 (Resolved): disk Cache full?
- There is a message in the log on VegBank that the disk cache is full:
WARN datasource.DBModelBeanReader: Disk Cac...
09/06/2006
- 11:35 PM Bug #2539: Test new VegBranch XML upload
- preassigned accession codes required a few tweaks to LoadTree... and AccessionGen.
These are now tested and work ok.... - 08:58 PM Bug #2539: Test new VegBranch XML upload
- works on aldo, but denorms broke when we got to them. Not sure how to get around that. Email didn't get to me, eith...
- 05:57 PM Bug #2539: Test new VegBranch XML upload
- includes test of preassigned XML
- 05:57 PM Bug #2539 (Resolved): Test new VegBranch XML upload
- test new VegBranch 1.0.5 upload to Aldo.
In progress several plots sent. - 09:07 PM Bug #2164: allow southern hemisphere UTM conversions.
- not so important right now
- 09:07 PM Bug #1804: export data from VegBranch into several formats
- not hugely important right now.
- 05:56 PM Bug #2002: add VegBranch downloads to cache and fix infinite loop problem
- VegBranch downloads now work on aldo. Need to stress test a bit. If plots aren't in cache, it does time out on the ...
- 03:12 PM Bug #2434: Profiling of XML Loader's Performance
- this is as done as it's going to get. the only way this is going to get faster is to significantly change the code b...
- 03:11 PM Bug #833: Management page needed with full ability to modify accounts
- we can now run accessionGen and denormGen, plus keyword gen from the /usr/vegbank/bin dir. This should work for admi...
- 03:11 PM Bug #2482: automate caching of data for homepage -- replace ant function
- cron job now does this.
- 03:10 PM Bug #2478: Implement Nightly/Weekly Cron (SQL)
- this is now running with a cron job.
- 01:04 PM Bug #2488: NPS-PLOTS import Growth Form Bug
- growthForm and rounding now fixed version 1.7
- 10:14 AM Bug #2488: NPS-PLOTS import Growth Form Bug
- Cover values now rounded to 6th digit after decimal, fixing the single to double data type bug.
- 10:03 AM Bug #2488: NPS-PLOTS import Growth Form Bug
- custNPS_intGF12() is updated but needs testing
- 01:03 PM Bug #2538: Recent PRojects page not spitting out right data
- denorm issue. Now updated the denorms for that new project. Fixed. Might set some denorms to run on "metadata" wit...
- 11:49 AM Bug #2538 (Resolved): Recent PRojects page not spitting out right data
- it didn't update to include the new stuff on aldo: the Alvar plots, also not on vEgBank.
- 11:48 AM Bug #1877: Alvar data: denorms, keywords, xml cache
- downloaded ok into vegbank and denorms run. Keywords may still need running.
- 09:42 AM Bug #1877: Alvar data: denorms, keywords, xml cache
- The Alvar data are there on VegBank now, but need denorms and keywords run on them. Also, xml cache probably isn't g...
- 11:31 AM Bug #2537: update closed lists before distributing VegBank Modules 105
- done
- 11:25 AM Bug #2537 (Resolved): update closed lists before distributing VegBank Modules 105
- please
- 09:46 AM Bug #2477: Login forwarding problems
- This is a mere annoyance, and it no longer breaks anything. The user does get logged in, just forwarded to the wrong...
- 09:45 AM Bug #2525: implement "request accessionCode" that is now available on VegBank
- User can use local VegBranch accessionCodes or VegBank preassigned ones. Works well, but takes a bit longer to get a...
- 09:44 AM Bug #2528: Import from VegBank doesn't work for VegBranch
- VegBranch 1.7 now imports VegBranch csv from VegBAnk. Just need to have that downloadable again.
09/05/2006
- 04:31 PM Bug #1877: Alvar data: denorms, keywords, xml cache
- I have begun to load this to vegbank, and it appeared to work, but the subsequence threads and denorms, etc, seem to ...
- 04:04 PM Bug #2535: run Accession Generation on VegBank
- completed with a full clean install. Then ran ok.
Loading those jars and setting classpath still doesn't work well ... - 04:02 PM Bug #2536: XML download files must validate
- the error was in the ZipUtility class. it was erroneously writing an int to the zipoutputstream which should have be...
- 01:20 PM Bug #2536: XML download files must validate
- To test download of weird characters, delete the xml for an observation on aldo:
delete from dba_xmlCache where acces... - 01:18 PM Bug #2536 (Resolved): XML download files must validate
- dateTime format was fixed, but nulls still throw it for a loop- the field should either be omitted, or we could redef...
09/04/2006
- 05:18 PM Bug #2528: Import from VegBank doesn't work for VegBranch
- There are now more fields in the import tables. Plant and Comm Name matching is highly improved. A bit more close Q...
- 05:00 PM Bug #2525: implement "request accessionCode" that is now available on VegBank
- this now works, and there is an option to turn it off and generate them locally only. It's a bit slow, but it does w...
- 04:34 PM Bug #2535 (Resolved): run Accession Generation on VegBank
- I tried to run accessionCode generation from /usr/vegbank/bin with ./runAccGen vegbank VB, but either the code isn't ...
- 11:11 AM Bug #2519: Tracking bug for upgrade of vegbank
- Server Updates
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DONE 1) upgrade postgres to version 8.1.4
DONE 2) modify backup procedures so that older b... - 11:09 AM Bug #2395: Fix Backup Strategy -- delete extra backups from time to time
- the backup script now keeps 5 backups (from the last 5 days) around but deletes older ones so that the disk does not ...
09/03/2006
- 01:12 PM Bug #2519: Tracking bug for upgrade of vegbank
- Server Updates
-----------
DONE 1) upgrade postgres to version 8.1.4
2) modify backup procedures so that older backup...
09/02/2006
- 11:49 AM Bug #2519: Tracking bug for upgrade of vegbank
- Server Updates
-----------
DONE 1) upgrade postgres to version 8.1.4
2) modify backup procedures so that older backup... - 11:48 AM Bug #2519: Tracking bug for upgrade of vegbank
- (In reply to comment #5)
> Vegbank Software Upgrade
> ------------------------
> 1) tag cvs for the release
> XXX 2)...
09/01/2006
- 10:35 PM Bug #2533 (New): temp tables need to be part of denormalization update
- temptbl* tables need to be kept up to date. Currently they aren't.
- 09:20 PM Bug #2532: When users aren't logged in, prompt to do so in popup form
- This could be done with by linking to a struts form that requires log in. Since the user isn't logged in, it prompts...
- 09:13 AM Bug #2532 (New): When users aren't logged in, prompt to do so in popup form
- currently users have to login with a regular link and they lose where they were. It would be great if we could pop-u...
- 09:05 PM Bug #2477: Login forwarding problems
- I have a potential solution to this, if I can only figure out how to wrestle struts into submission. If I can add a ...
- 05:01 PM Bug #2477: Login forwarding problems
- this no longer results in an error screen, because the bug 2476 is fixed. Still, it is disorienting to get forwarded...
- 12:23 PM Bug #2476: when you try to submit data without certification, you can get to the upload screen
- fixed by replacing three characters with four different ones in the struts-config file. If only all bugs were so eas...
- 12:16 PM Bug #2475: If not certified, but logged in, should prompt to certify, not login
- now it tells you to get certified if you are logged in, otherwise to log in. Also link is provided in case you want t...
- 11:38 AM Bug #2474: After users register, they need to know it worked
- now they do. Plus they know when they log in and log out that those worked, too.
- 11:10 AM Bug #2074: Login on IE doesn't work (use aldo.msi.ucsb.edu, works there)
- works now
- 12:08 AM Bug #1975: Iteratively query to narrow or broaden query results
- this could be done by 1.2
- 12:06 AM Bug #1975: Iteratively query to narrow or broaden query results
- this should be doable, and is very useful functionality.
- 12:07 AM Bug #821: Notes: add new note form, link from views of things to note
- oops, changed the milestone on the wrong bug
08/31/2006
- 08:36 PM Bug #2483: Link into site the new searchable data dictionary (and glossary?)
- Done. Data dictionary now searchable and you can do negative searches too, plus it highlights the found terms in the...
- 03:27 PM Bug #2519: Tracking bug for upgrade of vegbank
- Server Updates
-----------
DONE 1) upgrade postgres to version 8.1.4
2) modify backup procedures so that older backup...
08/30/2006
- 10:47 AM Bug #2002: add VegBranch downloads to cache and fix infinite loop problem
- I think I've fixed the infinite loop problem within soilTaxon. There is a marker tag in the db_model_vegbank.xml fil...
- 10:12 AM Bug #2002: add VegBranch downloads to cache and fix infinite loop problem
- I think I've finally tracked down what's going on with the soilTaxon infinite recursion problem. SoilTaxon has a rec...
- 01:54 AM Bug #2483: Link into site the new searchable data dictionary (and glossary?)
- Searchable data dictionray now exists on aldo:
http://aldo.vegbank.org/vegbank/views/dba_tabledescription_summary.jsp...
08/29/2006
- 04:23 PM Bug #2520: XML Doesn't validate: DateTime invalid
- Fixed this bug in the xsl stylesheet that generates the java code for the beans. the date is now xml compliant.
- 02:51 PM Bug #2526: Denorms run 26 times on XML Loading
- This bug was due to an errant embedded for loop that was not removing items from a vector as it should have. it is n...
- 11:54 AM Bug #833: Management page needed with full ability to modify accounts
- Would it be possible to add to the management page at:
http://aldo.vegbank.org/vegbank/AdminMenu.do
the ability to r... - 11:50 AM Bug #1862: treat plantConcept and commConcept matching accCodes differently
- plantStatus and commStatus are now handled this way. These entities plus taxonInterpretation are added to userDAtase...
08/28/2006
- 05:38 PM Bug #1828: Process AccessionCode receipt fromVegBank
- don't need this any more.
- 05:38 PM Bug #2530 (Resolved): export data for "interpretations" in VegBranch
- need to export "new" interpretations from VegBranch so that one can bulk interpret data in VegBank.
- 05:37 PM Bug #1862: treat plantConcept and commConcept matching accCodes differently
- observation is now handled-- you can add new taxonInterpretations and commClass records to old observations via the X...
- 01:15 PM Bug #2406: Automate homepage map- color by number of plots per state
- later! For now, MLee will just update it.
08/26/2006
- 04:52 PM Bug #2528 (Resolved): Import from VegBank doesn't work for VegBranch
- There are new fields and new tables to digest (and a new number of fields (75))
- 04:05 PM Bug #1862: treat plantConcept and commConcept matching accCodes differently
- sure, I'll take a shot at this
- 04:04 PM Bug #2002: add VegBranch downloads to cache and fix infinite loop problem
- Also, if we have time, it would be great to add a new field to dba_xmlCache called vegbranchCSV which is just a style...
- 03:40 PM Bug #2002: add VegBranch downloads to cache and fix infinite loop problem
- We have a slight problem in the caching system as plots with soilTaxon Records don't cache because of an infinite loo...
- 04:01 PM Bug #2522: XML comments should be turned off
- Note, though that download will still have comments in them as they are read from the xml cache. I manually deleted ...
- 04:00 PM Bug #2522: XML comments should be turned off
- comments turned off (these are part of autogenerated files, so change was in xsl)
- 03:50 PM Bug #2521: XML needs to reference new xsd
- Done, with a new series of variables, properties, filters and constants.
- 03:38 PM Bug #2435: Store XML file's AccessionCodes in userDatasetItem
- no longer needed, as accessionCodes from VegBranch are generated on VegBank!
- 01:59 PM Bug #2453: Empty DB created, add necessary population + verify
- ant dbVerify now validates default values and also checks that certain tables are prepopulated.
- 11:22 AM Bug #2527: Plots don't load if missing project, coverMethod, stratumMethod
- they are now required in the XML (beefy version) but aren't in the VegBranch version... but VegBranch requires them t...
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