v1.1.0

Overview

ArcLight v1.1.0 is the culmination of work completed for the ArcLight Community Sprint 3 project, spanning Dec 4-15, 2023. The primary goals of the sprint were to resolve bugs, make accessibility improvements, and update documentation.

Many thanks to all participants in the sprint:

• Columbia University: @bonniegee
• Duke University: @mmmmcode , @seanaery
• Harvard University: @alexduryee, @dl-maura
• Indiana University: @randalldfloyd
• Stanford University: @corylown , @dinahhandel, @marlo-longley
• University at Albany: @gwiedeman
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: @lfarrell

Breaking Change

The default component identifier format has changed in v1.1.0. Component IDs, and therefore the component URLs, now have an underscore separating the collection-level root_id and the component ref_id. E.g.:

• Old component path: /catalog/aoa271aspace_24d96d896c187b4e90ebb6c910f0462f
• New component path: /catalog/aoa271_aspace_24d96d896c187b4e90ebb6c910f0462f

If you wish to retain the old-style component IDs & URLs, please use the following to override the component_identifier_format provided in ead2_component_config.rb; note the omission of an underscore:

provide 'component_identifier_format', '%<root_id>s%<ref_id>s'

Find more about this change in #1478 and in the Indexing EAD docs on the ArcLight wiki.

Upgrade Notes

To upgrade an existing ArcLight 1.0.x application, please review all changes in files the arclight install_generator will create for a newly-generated app and update your existing versions of these files accordingly. This v1.1.0 version includes several revisions in these files:

• catalog_controller.rb
• locales/arclight.en.yml
• solr/conf/schema.xml
• solr/conf/solrconfig.xml

Completing this upgrade will require a full reindex to get all bugfixes and enhancements reflected in your UI. There may be a few areas in the UI that will not work well until the reindex is finished, e.g., breadcrumb links.

Accessibility Fixes

• Fix issues with duplicate item ids by @lfarrell in #1435
• Remove aria-hidden attribute by @lfarrell in #1473
• Don't link to currently selected document in the tree by @lfarrell in #1469
• Wrap grouped results in dl tag as their contents have dt and dd tags by @lfarrell in #1470
• Add "collapsible-hierarchy" as a prefix instead of as a suffix. by @lfarrell in #1475
• Show "View More/View Less" links as a darker color by @lfarrell in #1472
• Fix issue with breadcrumbs having invalid markup by @lfarrell in #1468
• Fix issue with duplicate ids on the page by @lfarrell in #1471

Bugfixes

• Ensures the display of containers only changes the case of first character. by @randalldfloyd in #1442
• Allow autocomplete items to wrap. Otherwise, very long suggestions can bleed off the screen. by @lfarrell in #1428
• Allow for multiple extents by @marlo-longley in #1446
• Fix issue with bookmarked records not staying checked by @lfarrell in #1465
• Update broken repository thumbnail links by @marlo-longley in #1485
• Align facets for subjects, places with terms used elsewhere by @bonniegee in #1489
• All <unitdates> now display by @gwiedeman in #1486
• Bugfix: retain the search scope and query terms in the search form on search results pages by @seanaery in #1504
• Fix template with generator by @marlo-longley in #1437

Display, Formatting, & Indexing Changes

• Convert XML <title> to HTML <span> by @marlo-longley in #1445
• Format all EAD link elements (extptr extref extrefloc ptr ref) by @seanaery in #1480
• Convert lb tags to br tags in HTML output by @lfarrell in #1484
• Adding missing elements from physdesc by @randalldfloyd in #1482
• Index date range years as integers rather than strings. Closes #1017. by @seanaery in #1444
• Format EAD index/indexentry and EAD table elements as HTML tables. Cl… by @seanaery in #1495
• Display related fields at component level by @marlo-longley in #1493
• Do not have components inherit collection-level acqinfo values. Close… by @seanaery in #1496
• Display <odd> at component and collection levels by @marlo-longley in #1498
• Adds creator field for components by @gwiedeman in #1501
• Fixes missing _html_tesm fields and <note>s by @gwiedeman in #1500
• Display the language field at the component level if present. Closes … by @seanaery in #1509
• Adds missing elements by @gwiedeman in #1466

Search and Relevance Improvements

• Fix typo in solr schema by @marlo-longley in #1440
• Set the default SearchHandler to just return all fields. Advances #532 by @seanaery in #1477
• Improve and document use of mm (minimum should match) param in Solr config by @seanaery in #1476
• Improve search relevance by enabling queries for ids, containers, language by @seanaery in #1487
• Boost relevance scoring when search terms appear in close proximity. Followup to #532. by @seanaery in #1506

Configuration Improvements

• Breaking change: component identifier format by @marlo-longley in #1478
• Replicate the configurable date & title normalizer classes from component config… by @seanaery in #1479

Dependency Updates

• Update .solr_wrapper by @cbeer in #1421
• Webdrivers dependency is no longer needed by @jcoyne in #1425

New Contributors

• @lfarrell made their first contribution in #1435
• @randalldfloyd made their first contribution in #1442
• @bonniegee made their first contribution in #1489

Full Changelog: v1.0.1...v1.1.0