[Isis-users] J-ISIS 12 December 2012 Release.and Documentation

[Jean-Claude Dauphin]

Dear CDS-ISIS Users,


Please find for your consideration:


1) The 12 December 2012 Release of J-ISIS.


http://kenai.com/projects/j-isis/downloads/download/jisis_suite%2012%20December%202012.zip


2) New J-ISIS Quick Tutorial documentation, not yet fully updated but with
some fundamental information on J-ISIS


http://kenai.com/projects/j-isis/downloads/download/J-ISIS%20Quick%20Tutorial%20December%202012.pdf


<http://kenai.com/projects/j-isis/downloads/download/J-ISIS%20Quick%20Tutorial%20December%202012.pdf>

3) A document that explains how J-ISIS is related to Web technologies and
how to use J-ISIS formats

(CDS/ISIS formatting language) for creating HTML/XHTML display formats that
contain hypertext.It also shows

how images can be used.

http://kenai.com/projects/j-isis/downloads/download/J-ISIS%20and%20Web%20Technologies.pdf

<http://kenai.com/projects/j-isis/downloads/download/jisis_suite%2012%20December%202012.zip>


The most significant new developments are:


1) New embedded browser component based on WebKit <http://www.webkit.org/>,
an open source web browser engine. It supports Cascading Style Sheets
(CSS), JavaScript, Document Object Model (DOM), and HTML5.


2) The Jetty Web Server has been embedded in J-ISIS, thus when you start
J-ISIS, you have a database server (Database is a Berkeley DB) as well as a
Web server. Records are displayed through the Web browser and can access
other Web resources with the embedded Jetty Web server.


3) Web-JISIS prototype is futher developed and tested to provide a more
robust release. The menu bar is now stable, changing PFT when displaying
records is now working as well as changing the worksheet in data entry.


4) And many small Improvements such as:

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*PrintSort*

Is now closer to WinISIS Print/Sort Dialog. Heading formats are implemented
and you can produce hierachical headings


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*Indexing Techniques*

The field content is checked to see if it is html. In case it is recognized
as HTML, the text part is extracted and used for indexing.

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*Import/Export*

Better wizard screens and support for other formats such as Dublin Core**

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*Search*

Better highlighting of the seach terms in the results**

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*Worksheet Editor*

Drag and Drop of the worksheet fields to change their order**

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*PFT Editor*

The output produced by a format with a specific record is now working
properly, thanks to the new JavaFX Webview Browser.*
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*PFTs*

Images stored in blob fields can be used in PFTs.

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*Images*

Images are now well displayed through the new JavaFX Webview Browser which
is independent from the platform. Images can be stored directly in a record
and/or as a Web resource url.

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*Web Resources*

A Web resource is anything that is addressable over the Web with a url.
They can be addressed through a relative url if the resource is on the
server machine or by an absolute url if the Web resource is on a remote
machine.

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*Digital Library feature*

Improved speed for large document and better user feedback about the
process.



I hope you will enjoy this new release. All your comments, suggestions,
improvement requests and bug descriptions are welcome.

With my best wishes,

Jean-Claude

-- 
Jean-Claude Dauphin

jc.dauphin at gmail.com
jc.dauphin at afus.unesco.org

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