MMI ORR Status

This page updated: 2011-05-30

Version: ORR Portal 2.0.17.beta (201103301508)

Status: Operational. Some instability issues have been resolved.

Link:  the current version of the Ontology Registry and Repository can be found here

Open issues ordered by priority: Defects | Enhancement requests

Noteworthy changes

• 2011-05-30
  
  • Workarounds have been implemented to tackle instability issues in components the ORR depends on (281, 282).

• 2010-08 – 2011-05
  • ORR should be more robust with respect to multiple concurrent access (287).
  • More efficient on-demand loading of ontology contents for improved user experience (267, 277, 278).
  • Other fixes/enhancements including: 211, 280, 284,

• 2010-08-27 - First beta deployment of integrated ORR system
  • New voc2skos conversion functionality, including support for hierarchical terms (149, 133)
  • Mapping improvements including metadata association per mapping (166, 169, 248)
  • Some performance improvements (278)
  • Internally, upgrade of some required libraries and triple store server (260, 273)
  • Other fixes/enhancements including: 242, 44, 264, 271, 217, 220.
  • All issues that were tagged beta1.

• 2010-06-30  1.9.8.alpha (20100630223813)
  • Mechanism for tracking accesses to ontologies/terms" implemented (158)
  • Admin interface to remove an ontology implemented (242)
  • Using Jena library 2.6.3
  • Completed "want sorting of columns in Browse view" (44)
  • Other issues resolved: 243, 252, 245, 257.
  • New module for conversions (preliminary)
  • New module for diagram generation using graphviz (preliminary)
  • Preparing Beta release.
• 2009-12-28
  • Named graphs have been enabled for programmatic registration of ontologies (219, 214)
• 2009-12-17 - Ontology back-end 1.5.0beta3
  • New triple store server integrated and inference re-enabled. Preliminary tests satisfactory (229, 175)
• 2009-11-30 - MMI ORR portal 1.7.0.alpha
  • Improvements in display of metadata information including clickable links (146)
  • "Remember me on this computer" feature implemented (207)
  • Code for checking UTF-8 charset in submitted ontologies was revised and improved (222, 43)
  • Programmatic direct registration of ontologies implemented (214)
  • Sample code for client applications implemented (65)
  • File upload for new version is now an alternative option besides in-place editing (203)
  • Other issues resolved: 194, 186, 208, 139, 226, 218, 223, 221, 209, 211
• 2009-11-03 - MMI ORR portal 1.6.0.alpha
  
  • Several changes incorporated (from interim versions 1.5.0.alpha30)
  • Terms of Use link included (http://marinemetadata.org/orr/tou)
  • New wizards for registering external ontologies and corresponding new versions.
  • Important adjustments to address issues 177 and 99.
  • Bibliographical references now captured (issue 196).
  • Several other improvements

• 2009-09-18
  • ontology URI column included in ontology table
  • Dispatch term URI in portal (eg, http://mmisw.org/orr/#http://mmisw.org/ont/ioos/parameter/phytoplankton_...)
  • search list of ontologies (this is in addition to the "Search terms" option)
• 2009-09-11:
  • General user account management, login, and password reset completed.
• 2009-09-01:
  • Added "Search" functionality
• 2009-09-01:
  • Initial version of Web VINE, to create term mappings, now integrated with MMI ORR. A test page has been created for testers.
• 2009-06-08:
  • Initial version of the new portal has been released today for alpha testing (internal review).
  • Documentation page (this page) has been created with a summary of features as a starting point. Not everything is documented yet.
  • Please see the issue tracker.