Archivematica 0.8 Release Notes

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Released: January 27, 2012 (Download)

New features

• Complete standards-compliant PREMIS in METS implementation
• Multiple normalization options
• Configurable workflows
• Metadata templates for adding Dublin Core and PREMIS rights metadata
• DIP upload to Qubit using SWORD API
• Ability to ingest DSpace exports
• Digitization output workflows
• Enhancements to the dashboard:
  • New theme and homepage
  • Transfer tab for processing transfers and preparing SIPs
  • Access tab linking AIPs to uploaded DIPs
  • Administration tab

Bug fixes and enhancements

• Issue 249 Verify Namespaces in the mets xml document are correct
• Issue 305 Add functional tests to Archivematica wiki
• Issue 453 Create ability to opt out of micro-services
• Issue 472 Add edit template for DC metadata to dashboard
• Issue 477 Clean shutdown
• Issue 481 Change PREMIS eventType values to conform to standards
• Issue 485 Failure at 'Prepare AIP'
• Issue 520 Multi-track audo fails to normalize correctly
• Issue 528 SIP ALERT normalization when file is not in preservation/access format, and has no rule to generate one
• Issue 571 Test conversion of ffv1/mkv to derivative formats
• Issue 659 Normalization report doesn't show directory structure
• Issue 664 RemoveTranscoderConfig.conf file from transcoder etc
• Issue 667 Extract 0 byte file test fails at Store AIP
• Issue 671 All SIP directories are being placed in Failed directory, even if there were no failed micro-services
• Issue 672 Include GCC and kernel source to allow building VMware kernel module
• Issue 674 Consider mvoing extraction to the transfer area
• Issue 683 Quarantine and unquarantine events
• Issue 684 MCP crashes if left alone
• Issue 685 Add Dublin Core to METS could be part of generate mets
• Issue 686 Sanitize name event needs work
• Issue 687 Date needs to be implemented in the replacement dic
• Issue 688 Check for whitespace in output before logging to file
• Issue 691 Remove default normalization paths for office documents
• Issue 692 Get the xml rpc not to "SPEW" every time something connects
• Issue 700 Move activeTransfers and SIPCreation up to watchedDirectories
• Issue 702 Bell icon missing from dashboard approval steps
• Issue 703 SIP can be ordered completed, before file UUID's from transfer have completed inclusion in the SIP