2.0 MS 3.1 Release Note

Bug fixes

• General

  • Redirects no longer cause error (i.e. http redirecting to https)
  • Feedback form is now fully visible without needing to scroll
  • Resources of the type "Clinical Organization" are now showing in search results as well as in the SWEET workbench.

• SWEET application

  • Now able to save records when using Internet Explorer

• Search application (Institution and Central)

  • Use of the html tags for super & subscripts are now correctly displayed.

• Search application (Central Only)

  • Removed dependency on a local-node.xml file (previously named whoami.xml)

• Tools

  • Datamanagement now accepts "http://localhost" as a valid target repository parameter (used in data migration scripts)

Improvements/New Features

• General

  • improvement Data with non-utf8 characters are now correctly displayed (i.e. MS Word smart quotes)
  • improvement The feedback form now uses email. It is no longer dependent on the JIRA API.

• SWEET application

  • improvement Entering data as a user with the role of "admin" no longer inserts spurious triples into the data. NOTE: We very strongly recommend that users with the role of "admin" should not be entering data. If required, a second user account should be created instead.

• Search application (Institution and Central)

  • new feature "Cite This Resource" button for ease of citing a resource.
  • improvement The contact button has been moved for better visibility and the text display is now conditional on the resource type being displayed.
  • improvement The decision tree for who to contact for a resource has been improved:
    1. Contact the person specified for this resource as the contact person. If this is not specified or no valid email is provided, then
    2. Contact the general email for the lab that the resource belongs to. If this is not specified or no valid email is provided, then
    3. Contact the person specified as the contact person for the lab that the resource belongs to. If this is not specified or no valid email is provided, then
    4. Contact the PI for the lab that the resource belongs to. If this is not specified or no valid email is provided, then
    5. Contact the Co-PI for the lab that the resource belongs to. If this is not specified or no valid email is provided, then
    6. Contact the Director for the lab that the resource belongs to. If this is not specified or no valid email is provided, then
    7. Contact any person that is a member of the lab that the resource belongs to. If this is not specified or no valid email is provided, then
    8. Contact the eagle-i-postmaster

• Search application (Central Only)

  • improvement Easier to administer the network:
    • Node registry application has been folded into the central application to improve robustness.
    • Now able to add a node to a specific group via the network admin page.
  • improvement Instance pages should load faster now.

Known Issues

• Search application (Institution and Central)

  • Entering text with square brackets, [ & ], in the search box will execute a blank search, rather than searching for the text.

    Non-compatible Changes

    The following changes need to be done to upgrade to this version. These changes are not compatible with prior versions of the software.

• General configuration file(s) for all applications

  • eagle-i-apps.properties - new required properties
    • eaglei.feedback.email.host
    • eaglei.feedback.email.from
    • eaglei.feedback.email.to

• Node configuration file(s) (for SWEET & Institution Search applications)

  • whoami.xml
    • File needs to be renamed "local-node.xml"
    • Within this file, change

      <node url="https://some.institution.edu">

      with

      <node URL="https://some.institution.edu">

      Please note that this is case sensitive.

Deprecated Properties

• eagle-i-apps.properties

  • eaglei.datatools.repository.url
  • eaglei.ui.ontologyBrowser.url
  • eaglei.noderegistry.url
  • eaglei.identity.url

• configuration.properties

  • eaglei.repository.index.url