Before you download

This is the production version of the BlueNet Metadata Entry and Search Tool. As in all software, there will be bugs/issues. Please report them at the TRAC site below as continuing improvements depend upon your support and contributions.

Please read the remainder of this file before you download so that you will have some idea of the requirements before you attempt to install.

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Special instructions for Windows Users:

• Do not install the MEST in a path where any directory has spaces in it! So the suggested C:\Program Files is not suitable! This is a known bug in the geonetwork trunk which seems to be present when recent versions of the jre/jdk are used under Windows.

New in this release:

• editor changes: controls and buttons now use ajax, editor window and any changes are protected from inadvertent closure by catching onbeforeunload event, simple, core and all presentations have been simplified, tooltips are now activated by clicking on the title not by rollover, all validation errors are displayed against elements (if those elements are visible) when the 'check' button is pressed
• Download and upload file dialog - upload file sanitizes file names, shows sizes and is now separated from the editor menu (editor changes are not automatically saved when files are uploaded), download file produces a zip archive and allows users to select from a number of files, includes metadata constraints as an html file and the metadata itself as a mef file
• Xslt stylesheets are now cached after first compilation - you must change the modification date on any xslt you change otherwise the changes may not be picked up - xslt processing is dominated by compilation
• Self-registration function - self-registered users are added to a GUEST group
• Http responses from geonetwork are now compressed using gzip
• Shibboleth has been added as an authentication system
• Massive operations on selected set of records: delete, change ownership, change permissions, produce pdf summary
• ftp and scp from remote sites by uploading a config file with details in place of normal file upload eg. config file:
  
  #GeonetworkRemoteFTP
ftp
hildegard@gingham.reddwarf.com
ftp.aarnet.edu.au
/pub/sendmail/sendmail.8.14.3.tar.gz

When user selects this file for download, the file from the remote ftp (or scp) site will be downloaded by the server and included in the zip file produced for the user.
• Advanced search: many new search options and search restrictions have been added
• when duplicating/cloning a metadata record, user can now select whether to include thumbnails and attached files
• other bug fixes and enhancements - see tickets on trac site, commits to trunk, etc

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