ReDBox and Mint v1.9 now available

[Andrew Brazzatti]

Hi all,

On Friday, version 1.9 of ReDBox and Mint were made available in our Nexus repository for download. You can download the binaries from here:

ReDBox

Mint

The 1.9 release of ReDBox and Mint (1.4 Fascinator) introduces improvements in functionality and integration:

1. Improvements to the data collection form to capture licence type, multiple descriptions in HTML format, free text input of party identifiers and multiple secondary identifiers for the collection. 
2. Support for the RIF-CS 1.6.1 schema
3. Support for referencing parties via ORCID including the ability to search for external ORCIDs from the user interface
4. A new RESTful Web Service API that gives the ability to create, edit and discover records.
5. Support for running using the Java 8 virtual machine
6. New upgrade script to assist with the upgrade configuration process

Thanks,

Andrew

[Christopher McAvaney]

G'day Andrew et. al.,

Did this upgrade include an improves harvesting method?
I can't recall if that was included.

Regards,
Christopher