v4.1 release

Dataverse v4.1 is a minor release that contains two notable features: My Data and a manage groups UI. Bug fixes include: an updated Two Ravens installer, user guide updates, several API fixes, and a patch to the Grizzly subsystem that was preventing us from fronting Glassfish by Apache.

For more information about changes see the project milestone notes and individual issues.

Installation:

Please see our Installation Guide

Upgrades:

If upgrading from v3.6.2 or earlier, please contact us at support@dataverse.org since this requires considerable planning and effort.

If upgrading from v4.x, you will need to follow the upgrade instructions for each intermediate version.
Please note that the My Data feature requires a new Solr schema and a complete reindex. Depending on how much data you have, this could take a while.

For upgrading from the previous version, v4.0.1 to v4.1 do the folllowing:

1. undeploy the current application
   /glassfish4/bin/asadmin list-applications
   /glassfish4/bin/asamin undeploy dataverse-4.0.1
2. update the solr schema.xml file
   stop solr
   remove current schema.xml
   replace with the 4.1 schema.xml file provided
   start solr
3. deploy the new war file
   /glassfish4/bin/asadmin deploy dataverse-4.1.war
4. run the upgrade psql script provided: upgrade_v4.0.1_to_v4.1.sql
5. restart glassfish
   Note: if you plan on fronting Glassfish with Apache, apply the Grizzly patch
6. Reindex Solr
   This is a destructive reindex. First back up and move the current index files.

Then from the web server console run:
curl -X GET "http://localhost:8080/api/admin/index"

Where 8080 is the port where Glassfish is running.

58a9f33 is v. 4.1 build 71

v4.0.1

Dataverse v4.0.1 is a point release that is mostly about bug fixes and clean up tasks following the v4.0 release.

Most notable is a fix for deleting files. For more information about changes see the project milestone notes and individual issues.

Installation:

Please see our Installation Guide

Upgrades:

If upgrading from v3.6.2 or earlier, please contact us at support@dataverse.org since this requires considerable planning and effort.

If upgrading from v4.0, you will need to do the following:

1. undeploy the current application
   /glassfish4/bin/asadmin list-applications
   /glassfish4/bin/asamin undeploy dataverse-4.0.1
2. update the solr schema.xml file
   stop solr
   remove current schema.xml
   get the 4.0.1 schema.xml file
   https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IQSS/dataverse/4.0.1/conf/solr/4.6.0/schema.xml
   start solr
3. deploy the new war file
   /glassfish4/bin/asadmin deploy dataverse-4.0.1.war
4. run the upgrade psql script https://raw.githubusercontent.com/IQSS/dataverse/4.0.1/scripts/database/upgrades/upgrade_v4.0_to_v4.0.1.sql
5. restart glassfish

4.0

-Latest Release, 4.0.1, can be found here: https://github.com/IQSS/dataverse/releases/tag/v4.0.1

4.0 Release Notes

Dataverse 4.0 is completely rewritten and focused on improving usability, extending support to multiple disciplines, enhanced API support, and an improved permissions model. This list of new features and changes is not exhaustive, see the user guides and GitHub project for more information.

New Features:

• Improved add data and edit workflows.
• Improved restrict file and request access workflows.
• Both online and email-based workflow event notification.
• Improved messaging.
• Customizable search facets for each dataverse.
• Greater use of search facets for data discovery.
• Solr server for faster, more inclusive search results.
• Linked search allows adding search-based results to a dataverse.
• Simplified dataverse customization through themes and widgets.
• Featured dataverses allows highlighting selected dataverses.
• Default CC0 waiver for datasets.
• Support for custom metadata fields
• New search and native APIs.
• Dataverse administrators can create user groups.
• Dataverse administrators can create nested dataverses.
• Support for Rdata ingest.
• New point and click online analysis tool, TwoRavens.
• Shibboleth single sign on support, currently experimental.

Changes:

• Faceting, linked search, and sub dataverses replace collections.
• Extensive metadata domainsreplace controlled vocabulary.
• z39.50 support is ending.
• Widgets replace iframe customization.
• Dataverse widgets built in to OpenScholar
• Dataverse themes replace html header and footer customization.

Technology Upgrade:

• PrimeFaces, with Bootstrap
• Java 7
• Glassfish 4.1

Issues:

• Shibboleth support is experimental.
• In some cases deleting a dataset fails.
• Linked datasets, dataverses, and searches are currently available to super users only.

Installation:

• Please see our installation guide: http://guides.dataverse.org/en/latest/installation/

Upgrading:

• Upgrading from a prior version requires considerable planning and testing. Please contact us for support at support@dataverse.org