3.8.0

MDCS 3.8.0

• Added HTML forms for JSON documents (dynamically generated from a JSON Schema),
• Added Code Editor for JSON and XML documents using the Monaco Editor (See TEXT_EDITOR_LIBRARY),
• Added option to switch between HTML form and Code Editor for XML and JSON,
• Added database router for PostgreSQL read replica,
• Removed configurable code snippet for Google Analytics,
• Minor fixes and improvements.

3.7.0

MDCS 3.7.0

• Added support for Python 3.10 (Python 3.8 end of support in Oct. 2024),
• Fixed code pasting in text editor,
• Updated PID application to avoid internal REST calls,
• Minor fixes and improvements.

3.6.0

MDCS 3.6.0

• Added JSON support:
  • Added endpoints and UIs to upload JSON Schemas, curate and validate JSON documents,
  • Added JSON Text editor with JSON syntax highlight and schema validation,
  • Updated core apps to enable or restrict the use of JSON:
    • Enabled in: main, curate, explore, linked records (PIDs), dashboards, exporters, federated search, registry apps.
    • Restricted in: composer, OAI-PMH, user registration, explore by example, xml modules.
  • The feature is disabled by default and can be enabled by following these instructions.
• Fixed Blob PID not returned by REST endpoints,
• Tested systems with MongoDB 6.0 (see upgrade instructions),
• Minor fixes and improvements.

3.5.0

MDCS 3.5.0

• Upgraded Django to 4.2 LTS (end of support of version 3.2 on 04/01/2024),
• Added User Preferences page to User Dashboard (set preferred time zone),
• Added support for more versions of Bootstrap: currently 4.6.2, 5.1.3 and 5.3.1 (See https://github.com/usnistgov/core_main_app/blob/master/bootstrap_migration.rst),
• Updated access control system for the PID application,
• Updated error reports sent to admins via email to hide all settings by default,
• Updated jQuery to 3.7.0,
• Removed out of support frontend libraries,
• Minor fixes and improvements.

3.4.0

MDCS 3.4.0

• Added Blob metadata management system:
  • Upload a file (blob) to the CDCS,
  • Associate one or more XML metadata document to the file,
  • Search and visualize metadata, see and download associated blobs,
• Upgraded Bootstrap library to 5.1.3
  • Backward compatibility with 4.6.2,
  • See our bootstrap migration guide
• Updated User Dashboard UI (grouped action buttons),
• Update REST Swagger package:
  • Removed out of support drf-yasg,
  • Installed drf-spectacular,
• Removed out of support frontend libraries,
• Removed third party package django_tz_detect:
  • Add TZ environment variable to set a timezone,
  • Users may update preferred timezone in their profile,
  • Persistent user preferences coming soon,
• Minor fixes and improvements.

3.3.0

MDCS 3.3.0

• Updated search apps to reduce number of processes used during queries,
• Updated Text Editor:
  • Added option to generate empty XML from XML Schema,
  • Added line numbers,
• Added option to record modification history of CDCS data (cf. Enable History)
• Upgraded redis python library (vulnerability),
• Removed out of support frontend libraries,
• Fixed PIDs not properly deleted,
• Minor fixes and improvements.

3.2.0

MDCS 3.2.0

• Added an Online XML Editor:
  • Edit XML documents in a text editor with XML syntax highlight,
  • Prettify XML documents with a formatting option,
  • Visualize XML in HTML using XSLT while editing,
  • Validate document against XML Schema and Save.
• Added REST endpoint to get database information (/rest/core-settings/).
• Added settings related to XML editing (https://github.com/usnistgov/core_main_app/blob/master/settings.rst):
  • PARSER_MAX_IN_MEMORY_ELEMENTS,
  • MAX_DOCUMENT_EDITING_SIZE,
• Updated Blob upload REST endpoint to add an optional filename parameter,
• Updated minimum required Python version to 3.8 (Python 3.7 end of life: 06/23),
• Fixed issues with PIDs for Blobs,
• Minor fixes and improvements.

2.21.1

MDCS 2.21.1

• Removed future dependency.

3.1.0

MDCS 3.1.0

• Updated all python dependencies in preparation for Python 3.8 / Django 4 upgrades,
• Added support for Google Analytics integration (see GA_TRACKING_ID),
• Added MongoDB queries sanitization,
• Added feature to set a display order for templates,
• Added admin page to view and manage PID settings,
• Removed OAI-PMH from default configuration,
• Fixed unicity checks for PIDs,
• Fixed pagination for drafts,
• Minor fixes and improvements.

3.0.0

MDCS 3.0.0

• Reworked database layer and file storage system using Django ORM,
• Added custom full text search indexes for PostgreSQL (faster on large datasets),
• Added option to enable/disable MongoDB data indexing,
• Added option to enable/disable GridFS file storage,
• Added option to choose file storage by type of file,
• Added option to enable/disable blobs endpoints for registries,
• Added Django admin dashboard for all core objects,
• Added custom admin dashboard for CDCS data:
  • full text search,
  • filter by user, workspace, template,
  • group actions (change user, change workspace, delete).
• Added optional checksum for file objects,
• Added documentation of all available core settings.