[Isis-users] download URL for testing ABCD version 1.2transitional (English)
De Smet Egbert
egbert.desmet at ua.ac.be
Fri Jun 21 09:53:31 CEST 2013
Dear colleagues,
we have made the files available for downloading ABCD v1.2t at the URL :
http://abcd.netcat.be/files/
This page presents all 5 variations and leads to a short form to be filled in - which allows us to get an idea of who is downloading.
After filling in the form (only doing this seriously will give us real information to share !) the download link will pop up.
Beware : depending on variation chosen, the package is in between 62 and 76 Mb size. If this poses severe problems for many users, we will see if the packages can be divided up into smaller chunks, e.g. Apache/PHP separately, WWW separately and bases separately.
As this is the first time we avail ABCD from a non-BIREME server we have no experience with the load on the server this page will create, so bear with us if things might go a bit slow or the server is not always responding immediately.
Also be aware of the fact that the whole system now is over 10000 folders/files (!), and multiply this with some different computer environments (Windows, Linux, 32-bits, 64bits...), so : no, we didn't check again every single file, sorry. That is why we need feedback from voluntary testers in real conditions.
Attached to this message goes a document with some instructions. It is recommended to read it first, esp. the section on how to install ABCD along with your possibly existing files.
Your experiences, both with downloading and installing and then later on with using the new version, will be very useful if shared in this discussion list !
Egbert de Smet
Universiteit Antwerpen
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Subject: [Isis-users] ABCD - release of version 1.2t (transitional) - pre-release
la versión en español se envió en un mensaje por separado
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Dear colleagues
We are preparing to publish 1.2t ABCD version (beta) for all interested in the list to see how this version fixes and incorporates a lot of (new) features and functions.
We have had three rounds of tests with the help of a dozen people since last November, and we have reached a point where we thought it best to submit to a more general level and demanding tests by all colleagues who wish to do so.
This version will be in beta for a few weeks while we verify the reports and comments you make. Finally we will then post it as an official version and will replace the current version.
The download can be done from an address that Egbert communicate this weekend, so you can access it from next Monday.
To download the file you will be requested to fill in a form for the sole purpose of having a record of what people are working and which might be possible collaborators.
It will be available for Windows and Linux. The Windows version comes with Apache 2.4 and PHP 5.3 pre-configured. For Linux the configuration is to be done in the dedicated Apache installation (/etc/apache2).
In the download package some setup instructions will be given.
It is assumed that people who download the application will have previously installed and gained some previous experience with ABCD, and/or have some computer knowledge.
As it is not the final version, we have no ability to give basic support for the installation of ABCD to people without the necessary skills, that kind of support will be published after the official version. What we are asking is a review by our ISIS-community colleagues with some level of expertise, and there are many, as we know.
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ABCD Version 1.2 features
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• PHP v.5.3.11 compiled with Yaz compatible with Apache 2.2 and 2.4
• MARC21 - new version simplified FDT and Data Entry, with clean records
check translations please
• New OPAC ABCD Site, version 5.3.1 of VHL of Bireme
- New editor of ABCD Site user: admbvs pswd: adm at bvs
ABCD/Central
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There is documentation in part (in Spanish only for the time being) at this URL:
http://isisabcd.pbworks.com/w/page/30987393/FrontPage
• some fine tuning to work with new versions of browsers (not 100% but almost there)
• Multiple database folders using C:\ABCD\www\dbpath.dat
• Configuration
- Parameterization: new parameters in config.php
- declaration of isisac.tab and isisuc.tab in the file dbn.par
- The use of syspar.par with file locations common to all databases
- Settings/Folder Management for managing digital images and documents linked to records
• Field Definition Table, entry fields and formats
- Text fields with fixed length character counter
- Management of fields with the first subfield mandatory but without subfield delimiter
- New handling of repeatable fields with subfields
- New management options for date fields
- Management fields whose first subfield is optional
• Data Entry
- Entry Format improved with added options in the field definition table
- Manage picklists or selection menus from the record editing process itself for administrators
- Improved validation of records
- Improved format Begin validation
- Improved format End validation
- Addition of a check format for validation when deleting records
- Edition of display format of the record within the data entry interface
- Add javascripts to display formats of records
- Add multiple fields simultaneously from a database associated with a field
- Copy current record to the end of the database
- Add zeros (or not) to the left of the control field up to a fixed number of digits
- The database picklist presents the full length term as pop-up when pointed with the mouse in order to differentiate terms longer than 60 chars.
- If there is a warning in the validation of records, allows to save/modify/cancel the process.
- free-text searches
- Allow expand / collapse every section is an entry worsheet
- When a worksheet for editing subfields (as inmarc) are now all subfields boxes, are content or not
- Define a cross-searchable format by descriptors, authors, etc.. from the cataloging module or to call iAH
• Utilities
- Request for MFN range to run utilities on subsets to avoid "time-out"
- Improvements in the procedure of Global Changes
- Improved export procedure to remove "ghost" fields which were generated during the process
• Language Files with labels and messages
- Major revision of translation and updating
- New option to present a consolidated table with the different translations of the messages in columns side by side
• Loan and reserves
- definition of loan reports
- definition of reservations reports
- In the configuration an option was added to initialize the backup databases, suspensions, fines and transactions
- Select what receipts to print in the circulation process and edit their configuration
- In configuration of the catalogue source database an option was enabled to say if you work with copies or without copies and to enable / disable a loans system database
- Fixed the problem with the control number when copying a record
- Added a field to the situation of the reserve:
0 | Pending
1 | Cancelled by supervisor
3 | Copy assigned: Copy is assigned when the item is returned and assigned to a reserve
4 | Copy provided: Copy provided when the user is booking the book copy to complete the loan process
- Added new status in the table of suspensions and fines:
0 | Active
1 | Deleted by the supervisor
2 | Fine payed
3 | Not active: The status corresponds to suspensions that have expired
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Regards
Ernesto Spinak
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