I'd just like to remind posters of announcements that it's not really
helpful post announcements that don't actually say what it is that
product / service / event you're announcing is.
The following case is particularly egregious, since the project home
page at https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/VIVO/VIVO+Main+Page also
fails to contain this important information.
For the record "VIVO is an open source, semantic-web tool for research
discovery -- finding people and the research they do."
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/VIVO/Short+Tour%3A+VIVO+Overview
cheers
stuart
On 07/03/2014 02:53 AM, Carol Minton Morris wrote:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 2, 2014
Contact: Layne Johnson <[email protected]>
Read it online: http://bit.ly/1sXbXHE
VIVO Release 1.7 is Now Available!
Key Features Include Enhanced ORCID Functionality and Simplified Data Handling
Winchester, MA The VIVO Project is pleased to announce the release of VIVO
1.7. The software can be installed by downloading either a zip or tar.gz file
located on the download page at VIVOweb.org and deploying it to your web server
for production use. Installation Instructions and an Upgrade Guide v1.6 to 1.7
are also available. VIVO is a DuraSpace project.
The VIVO 1.7 release combines new features with improvements to existing
features and services and continues to leverage the VIVO-Integrated Semantic
Framework (VIVO-ISF) ontology introduced in VIVO 1.6. No data migration or
changes to local data ingest procedures, visualization, or analysis tools
drawing directly on VIVO data will be required to upgrade to VIVO 1.7.
VIVO 1.7 notably includes the results of an ORCID Adoption and Integration
Grant to support the creation and verification of ORCID iDs. VIVO now offers
the opportunity for a researcher to add and/or confirm his or her global,
unique researcher identifier directly with ORCID without the necessity of
applying through other channels and re-typing the 16-digit ORCID identifier.
We anticipate that this facility will help promote ORCID iDs more widely and
expand adoption for the benefit of the entire research community.
VIVO 1.7 also incorporates several updates to key software libraries in VIVO,
including the Apache Jena libraries that provide the default VIVO triple store
from Jena 2.6.4 to Jena 2.10.1. This Jena upgrade does require existing VIVO
sites to run an automated migration procedure for user accounts prior to
upgrading VIVO itself.
The Apache Solr search library used by VIVO has been updated to Solr 4.7.2 and
the programming interface to Solr has been modularized to allow substitution of
alternative search indexing libraries to benefit from specific desired features.
The SPARQL web services introduced in VIVO 1.6 have been extended to support full
read-write capability and content negotiation through a single interface. The ability to
export or "dump" the entire VIVO knowledge base for analysis by external tools
has also been improved to scale better with triple store size, as has the ability to
request lists of RDF by type to facilitate linked data applications.
The VIVO 1.7 release also reflects feedback from the VIVO Leadership Group
requesting a predictable pattern of one minor release and one major release
each year. We anticipate releases in late spring/early summer and again in late
fall to help adopters plan for release schedules and new features, and
anticipate any changes that may affect local data ingest processes,
visualizations, reporting, and/or data analysis.
Learn More at the VIVO Conference
There’s still time to register for the upcoming VIVO Conference that will be
held in Austin, TX August 6-8, 2014. The program is designed to help you
harness the full potential of research networking, discovery, and open research.
• Program available here
• Register here
How Does DuraSpace Help?
VIVO is a DuraSpace project. The DuraSpace (http://duraspace.org) organization is an
independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit providing leadership and innovation for open
technologies that promote durable, persistent access and discovery of digital data. Our
values are expressed in our organizational byline, "Committed to our digital
future."
DuraSpace works collaboratively with organizations that use VIVO to advance the
design, development and sustainability of the project. As a non-profit,
DuraSpace provides technical leadership, sustainability planning, fundraising,
community development, marketing and communications, collaborations and
strategic partnerships, and administration.
