OpenAtlas

This is a major release. Administrators: please be aware that underlying software was updated and take special care doing this upgrade, see #1566 and instructions in /install/upgrade

Other changes include:

• Events can now be connected sequentially (#1297), useful for e.g. entering a journey
• When viewing places, actors participating at connected events are now listed there as well
• Improved API with a lot added functionality
• Additional step by step examples in the manual
• Many improvements all around (user interfaces, manual, performance, ...)

A complete list of changes is available here: 7.0.0.

In this release were quite some model changes, newest features include:

• There are new production events which allow to link creators to artifacts
• Find and artifacts were merged to artifact, for users it works like before except that labels have changed
• Additional and improved system warnings for non accessible folders, still active default user and wrong database version
• OpenAtlas classes (based on CIDOC classes) can now be browsed via the Model button on the start page
• The API now provides new search parameters and a default path to the current version

A complete list of changes is available here: 6.6.0.
More information about using the new features is available in the manual.

Beside some fixes and general improvement it is now possible to track current owners (e.g. a museum) of artifacts.
This can be done by editing the artifact and select a current owner or via a person or group (e.g. an institute like a museum) in the artifact tab.

A complete list of changes is available here: 6.5.0.

In this release are some fixes and performance improvements. Newest features contain:

• Thumbnails creation for images which can also be shown in tables (has to be activated in your profile)
• Sources can now be linked to external reference systems too

And a lot more, a complete list of changes is available here: 6.4.0.

In this release are user interface and performance improvements. We also began adding detailed workflow examples to the manual and are open for suggestions.
A complete list of changes is available here: 6.3.0.

This release is mostly about improvements and fixes in the user interface. Also it is now possible to add multiple files in one go.
A complete list of changes is available here: 6.2.0.

In this release:

Types

• At the type overview there is now a link available to show entities not using a specific type
• Types can now have date spans which can be used for e.g an epoch type or similar

Public notes

• It is now possible to add public notes (in addition to private)
• It is now possible to add multiple notes for one entity
• Notes are now shown in an extra tab at entity view
• Admin and managers can set public notes of other users to private, e.g. in case a user gets inactive
• Manual: https://demo.openatlas.eu/static/manual/tools/notes.html

A complete list of changes is available here: 6.1.0.

This is a major release with many additions and improvments

• Classes are handled more detailed now, e.g. you will see more of them at the overview list
• Added a new class Artifact which can be used outside of an archeological context
• Information carrier was merged to artifact and can now have a place location
• Legal body was merged to group
• Switch to more sustainable map services
• If searching in comments, date comments will now be searched too
• Exported SQL files are now compressed

Managers might want to check types and reference systems linked to classes because linking is now more detailed too.
A complete list of changes is available here: 6.0.0.

In this release

• Additional external reference systems can be added beside the already included Wikidata and GeoNames systems. More information: Manual
• The search is now unaccented e.g. café will find cafe and vice-versa

A complete list of changes is available here: 5.7.0.

In this release

• Wikidata identifiers can be added to e.g. event, actor and place
• New module options for display. You might want to check your profile settings, e.g. to activate the Wikidata module.
• Redesign forms for more consistency, e.g. the alias field is now always beneath the name field
• A complete list of changes is available here: 5.6.0.