What's new in METS Viewer and Editor 1.1.0
Jul 26, 2013
- Corrected issue with the slash being the wrong way for files which appear in subfolders in the fileSec ( i.e., "xlink:href="106_105\01\105_01-01.tif" is now correctly "xlink:href="106_105/01/105_01-01.tif" )
- Corrected the mapping of genre when importing from spreadsheets. Was a genre SUBJECT term, rather than a top-level genre element
- Corrected issue which prevented saving to Microsoft Excel files after batch METS file creation
- Updated MARC21 reading/writing libraries to latest code, which is much more resilient when something unexpected occurs
- Added the following new mappings to the spreadsheet importer:
- Alternate Title (Language)
- Classification Classification (Authority)
- Creator (Dates)
- Creator (Family Name)
- Creator (Given Name)
- Creator (Role)
- Genre (Authority)
- Identifier (Type)
- Related URL (Label)
- Related URL (Link)
- Related URL (Note)
- Subject Keyword (Authority)
- Title (Language)
- Viewer (for use with SobekCM repositories only)
- Webskin (for use with SobekCM repositories only)
- Updated the code surrounding projects (.pmets) as default metadata so it now works correctly.
- Updated the SobekCM Resource Object at the core of this application to include all the recent enhancements and modifications for the SobekCM web repository
New in METS Viewer and Editor 1.0.2 (Dec 21, 2011)
- Corrected issue parsing folder names while creating new METS packages Corrected issue with the batch directory import including a 'New Title' title when using certain templates
- Corrected issue with editing simple descriptions not actually removing the old descriptions before adding the new ones
- Converted to .NET Framework 4.0
New in METS Viewer and Editor 1.0.0 (Aug 17, 2011)
- Corrected series title mapping into Dublin Core.. now maps into dc:relation Completed option to create image derivatives (requires ImageMagick for the JPEGs, installs with Kakadu for JPEG2000s)
- Completed all the batch import options
- Excel spreadsheet or CSV
- MarcXML report with multiple records Completed batch update for digital resource folders. Reads metadata file, builds METS, and adds all files in the folders to the METS file
- Added option to create METS files from an OAI-PMH repository feed
- Corrected issue that indicated METS should save with .xml extension was not working
New in METS Viewer and Editor 1.0.0 Beta (Jun 1, 2011)
- Major changes to application initialization
- During the first launch, up to seven different forms step the user through initialization and configuration of all the preferences in the application
- Presets help to perform much of the customization for the user, then shows the options for the user to approve
- User can now enter more default values, including individual creator, default rights, and default funding note Major changes to the preferences form accessible through the main menu Options --> Preferences option
- Now many seperate tab pages, which allow for much more detailed explanation of each option
- Some standard add-ons show their own defaults here if selected
- User can now manage standard lists, such as METS Record Status, Resource Types, and Institution lists Major changes to the way templates work Templates now just dictate the "base" tabs during editing and creation of metadata
- Add-Ons add additional pages and corresponding sections of metadata in the resulting METS file
- Some standard add-ons additionally have defaults which appear under the preferences form Added support for new metadata schemes
- VRA Core elements encoded as an extension schema to MODS
- DarwinCore Simple DataSet to encode zoological taxonomic information
- Florida State University schema for encoding Electronic Theses and Dissertation information Major strides in simplifying template to effectively work with Dublin Core as the main bibliographic schema as well as MODS and MarcXML
New in METS Viewer and Editor 0.9.2 Beta (May 6, 2011)
- General user-interface improvements
- Updated translations into french and spanish (more pending)
- Added an option under Save As.. to save as different METS file
- Updated View METS option to add more functionality
- Added ability to add a parent division to a division or page
- Speed optimized the page renumbering and can now limit it to within the same division