Very exited about this! I have decided to go straight for v4, instead of continuing development of my v3 resource graphs. Arches 4 has so many features that line up well with my requirements! I am especially happy with the feature of referencing resources within a node (see this discussion: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/archesproject/7Z1k-svivoI/discussion).
Some questions: - Any chance you could give me pointers where to start preparing graphs that are compatible with v4? Can I just continue creating graphs in Gephi and import them into Arches when it's released? (except for the new node-to-resource relationship, of course). - I found this, is it still generally up to date? I see a number of notes about outdated info: https://github.com/archesproject/arches/wiki/Data-Model - Is there a beta version available? I would like to contribute to the project by making Arches ready for Docker, and with a beta I could start working on that. Thank you very much, this is an amazing project, Vincent On Tuesday, 24 January 2017 14:40:30 UTC-5, Dennis Wuthrich wrote: > > Hi Joel, > > Glad to hear that you're already planning for v4. I'm very interested to > hear about your experience with Azure and Arches (perhaps you could post > when you get a minute!) > > You asked a couple of good questions: > > Q1: Data migration wizard from v3 to v4? > A1: We'll provide a documented workflow for getting data from v3 into v4. > This may include a set of scripts to streamline the process. > > Q2: Resource Validation Workflow? > A2: V4 will provide basic validation tools (e.g.: data type check, check > for required values, etc) and allow you to script more sophisticated > validation rules for your specific dataset > > Q3: API? > A3: V4 will come with an API that supports reading graph instances, > instance creation/update/delete, search, graph import/export > > Q4: Time frame for the mobile application? > A4: Probably late summer of 2017. > > Hope this is helpful. > > Cheers, > > Dennis > > > On Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 3:14:26 AM UTC-8, Joel Aldor wrote: >> >> Hi Dennis, >> >> This is probably the best news I've read today. :) We are currently in >> the process of migrating our servers from AWS to Azure, and we hope to >> complete our migration next month so we can already upgrade to version 4. I >> have a few questions though for this upgrade: >> >> 1.) Will there be a data migration wizard from v3 to v4? We have around >> 8000 resources already on the map and we want to retain the data/reporting >> structure with version 4 before we can modify the data entry forms. >> 2.) As far as I remember, there will be a Resource Validation Workflow >> that is supposed to be integrated for v4, but I believe you may have >> deferred it for next release (or maybe this is the data collection project >> manager tool?). When will this be available? >> 3.) Will v4 come with an API that would help integrate with other systems? >> 4.) Do you have a more definite time frame for the release of the mobile >> app for Android and iOS? >> >> Regards, >> >> Joel >> >> On Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 3:18:03 AM UTC+8, Dennis Wuthrich wrote: >>> >>> Hello Arches Community, >>> >>> We've been working very diligently on version 4 of Arches, and we're >>> ready to announce March 24, 2017 as the release date for v4. >>> >>> Version 4 will come with: >>> >>> - An installation wizard that should make installing Arches much >>> simpler for those uncomfortable with command line interfaces >>> - Integrated graph design tools. V4 will let you build graphs and >>> share your graphs with other Arches users >>> - Data entry form design tools. Arches will automatically build >>> data entry forms based on your graphs and let you configure them to meet >>> your particular data entry requirements >>> - An integrated geospatial data server that will allow you to manage >>> your own map data (such as aerial photographs and historic maps) >>> - A library of resource report templates that you can configure so >>> that resource reports contain exactly the information you want >>> - Node-based permissions manager that will allow you to define data >>> access permissions for every node in a graph >>> - Enhanced search tools >>> - Better data import/export handling >>> - Performance improvements >>> >>> For those of you waiting for v4, thanks for your patience! As you can >>> see, v4 includes a number of new features and getting the engineering and >>> code development just right has been a big job. If you'd like to see the >>> current state of our development, check out the v4 repository at: >>> https://github.com/archesproject/arches >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> Dennis >>> >> -- -- To post, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
