Elated: a general-purpose web-based client for the Fedora Repository System

Version 2.1.1

Added some configuration options to allow Elated to work with the new Fedora 2.1 security model (support SOAP communications over HTTPS).

Version 2.1

This release was updated to work with Fedora version 2.1. Please note that 2 configuration changes are required, but otherwise the database, Fedora repository, etc., can remain the same as with previous versions.

Fedora SOAP endpoints have moved in Fedora 2.1. In the config.properties file in Elated 2.0x, these lines...

FEDORA_SOAP_ACCESS_PATH=/fedora/access/soap
FEDORA_SOAP_MANAGE_PATH=/fedora/management/soap

...need to be changed as follows:

FEDORA_SOAP_ACCESS_PATH=/fedora/services/access
FEDORA_SOAP_MANAGE_PATH=/fedora/services/management
Tabs were added to the 'view item' and 'edit item' interfaces to help make the interfaces more usable.

Version 2.04

This release contains some more new features listed below:

Added support for moving files between collections (see the edit item interface).
Added support for files hosted at external URLs: items can now be specified as being located at a URL instead of being uploaded (these are stored Fedora "external" datastreams).
Fixed bug in migrate process (incomplete instructions on database changes).

Version 2.03a

This release contains some more new features listed below:

Added support for folders. With this, you can create collections within collections. This affects how zip file uploads are handled as well: directories in zip files are now added as folders within colelctions.
The config file contains a new field called ELATED_COLLECTION that points to the icon (in the icons/ subdirectory) used as the visual icon for folders. Make sure you update older config files.

Version 2.02a

This release contains some more new features listed below:

Added default dublincore templates for collections. These will be the base dublincore for all the items created into those collections. The item dublincore starts from the template, and can be edited as needed.
Added interface to bulk upload objects into collection. With this feature users can select a zip file and populate a collection with the content of the zip files. Directories in the zip file are ignored while content of subdirectories are added into the collection. The title of the items created defaults to the name of the file in the zip file. These titles can be changed later.
Added pages to bind an item to different disseminators available in the repository. Althought currenlty the item disseminators are not used to view the item, this type of binding will provide for supports to view items via the different disseminators it is bound to.
Added a description field in collections. This field is used to provide more information about the content of the collection. Currenlty this field also works as the template description in the dublincore.

Version 2.0a

This is an early release suitable for piloting or testing purposes only. The final 2.0 release will contain code for migrating existing repositories to the 2.0 schema.

IMPORTANT configuration change: APP_ROOT now points to the directory where the application files are kept, and not the Tomcat web root; this allows for easier virtual hosting by Tomcat
configuration change: removed PID_NAMESPACE from the config file; if left in, it will be ignored
configuration change: DEFAULT_REDIRECT_PAGE is configurable; this is the default home page where a user is redirected
added searching in private collections, for authenticated users
the Dublin Core Format field, if defined and a recognized MIME Type, will override the MIME Type assessment by Elated, allowing for compound objects to display as a MIME type
AdminMD datastream is now no longer used; collection membership is managed via the Fedora Resource Index: the RELS-EXT predicate used is 'isMemberOfCollection'
items can belong to multiple collections; this change was made to be consistent using the RELS-EXT datastream to handle collection management
updated PDFBox and Lucene libraries to latest versions
refectoring of internal APIs to simplify and remove unused code
on admin page used to import items from Fedora, added checkbox for selecting and deselecting all items
added changelog to distribution and updated documentation
refactoring of internal APIs
Updated testing architecture added test repository

Version 1.0

Configurable MySQL port number (Tracker # 1033771)
Longer metadata fields (Tracker # 1046460)
Renaming of collections owned by users (Tracker # 1046445): items will be reindexed as well so that search results have correct collection title
user-friendly error page
Errors due to problems contacting Fedora or related network problems now display a friendly error message to that effect in the web browser
Removed DEFAULT_REINDEX_PATH directory path from the configuration file (no action necessary--it will be ignored if left in there)
Fixed collaborative collection approval process bug

Version 1.0b

IMPORTANT: this release adds a new config field called SIMPLE_SEARCH_FIELDS that allows for the DublinCore fields searched during a "simple search" to be configured. IF USING AN EXISTING config file, please add this parameter to config.properties as follows:
SIMPLE_SEARCH_FIELDS=[comma eparated list of DC fields]
Example:
SIMPLE_SEARCH_FIELDS=title,creator,description,subject
fixed bug whereby only the first field for DC field with multiple values was being searched
fixed bug whereby contents of files were not being reindexed when administrative reindex was requested
removed file size calculation that was causing problems when displaying large files for download
made all loggers static (to improve performance)

Version 0.92

added subject to simple search fields
fixed simple search bug (only title was being searched)
fixed check for existing search indexes (new checks tests whether Lucene can validate them, instead of just checking existence of files)

Version 0.91

fixed searching bugs: whitespace interference, reindexing
added some interface enhancements

Version 0.9

initial code release