Releases

Release candidate.

Version 3.0.0 is a major version release as it brings in a new capability that goes beyond the Darwin Core Archive format. The IPT 3 will still provide all the functions of previous versions, but will additionally allow a user to map datasets to supported Frictionless Data schemas. The first of these are the Camera Trap Data Package (Camtrap DP) and Catalogue of Life Data Package (CoL DP).

This version also introduces a new core for Darwin Core Archives, for MaterialEntity, which is in preparation for the outputs of the Darwin Core Material task group.

In particular, note this release now requires Tomcat 9 (Servlet 4.0) or later.

Please note that this is a release candidate and is intended for testing and preview purposes only. It is not for production use — the IPT should be set up in test mode to register published datasets to the test system, gbif-uat.org.

Interested users may upgrade to this version following the instructions in the Release Notes, or create a new installation by following the Getting Started guide.

Feedback is appreciated through issues on the GitHub issue tracker or by email.

Documentation for the new features is still being prepared.

Existing users should upgrade to this version following the instructions in the Release Notes. New users should follow the Getting Started guide.

This minor release addresses issues with maps and resources visibility. It also allows configuration of the default language.

No release date has been set for the next release. Progress working on issues for the next release can be browsed on GitHub.

Minor issues and security issues will be addressed in patch releases.

This minor release addresses issues with metadata inferring and vocabulary management.

This minor release brings default network for IPT feature and bug fixes.

This release brings new file uploader, new IPT setup, compressed URL sources and more.

This minor release brings UI improvements and minor fixes.

This minor release addresses the bug with translations.

This minor release brings bug fixes for issue with resource tables and with DOI management.

This major release brings many new features, bug fixes, improvements. Most important ones: new resource tables with better performance for large amount of resources; performance improvements for registration/publication process; drag-n-drop for metadata components and many more.

This release includes security and bug fixes.

This release includes a bug fix for user creation.

This release includes a bug fix for empty resource tables.

This release brings many new features, bug fixes and improvements. Namely, admin UI management (color scheme, logo upload), automatic metadata inferring and more. For details please visit GitHub.

This release includes a bug fix for publishing resources with DOI and other minor fixes (see issues).

This release includes small user interface improvements, fixes a bug with database data sources and corrects a problem when deleting which have been assigned a DOI within the IPT. It also fixes the "Reset Password" button on the admin page.

This version brings new Darwin Core terms (establishmentMeans, degreeOfEstablishment, pathway etc.) It also changes the way user passwords are stored to improve their security. All users are encouraged to upgrade to this version.

This version contains further security updates to Log4J library. This also contains a fix related to the Darwin Core (identifiedByID/recordedByID terms not displayed). All users are encouraged to upgrade to this version, especially if they use those Darwin Core terms.

This version contains fixes to critical security issues with the Struts and Log4J libraries. All users are highly encouraged to upgrade to this version as soon as possible.

This version contains an update to the Spanish translation of the user interface, and a minor bugfix for the vocabularies page in the administration section. There are no other changes since version 2.5.2, and no need to upgrade if you do not wish to do so. Thanks to the work of the translators, the translation of this user manual into Spanish has been completed.

This version addresses bug introduced in earlier 2.5 versions, principally around metadata editing and citations. Other improvements for deployment and server administration are included, as well as user interface updates and new versions of library dependencies.

This version addresses a bug introduced in version 2.5.0, which prevented the IPT from connecting to database sources. Users who connect the IPT to database sources will need to upgrade to 2.5.1.

This version addresses 81 issues, including the famous "double log in bug", and brings in a fresher-looking user interface. This user manual has also been refreshed, enabling a complete translation into Spanish.

Version 2.4.2 fixes a minor security vulnerability in Apache Struts, which the IPT uses. Users should plan to upgrade to this version following the instructions in the Release Notes. An improvement to memory use when large datasets are read from a PostgreSQL server is also included.

Version 2.4.1 fixes a security vulnerability in Apache Struts, which the IPT uses. Users should plan to upgrade to this version following the instructions in the Release Notes.

Version 2.4.0 fixes security vulnerabilities in Apache Jackson and Apache Struts, which the IPT uses. Users should plan to upgrade to this version following the instructions in the Release Notes. It also updates the integration for custom DOIs from DataCite, and removes (unused) support for DOIs from EZID. The version number has been updated to 2.4.0 to reflect the removal of support for EZID.

Version 2.3.6 fixes a security vulnerability in JQuery, which the IPT uses. Users should plan to upgrade to this version following the instructions in the Release Notes.

An issue remains with custom DOIs from DataCite. If necessary, a further release of the IPT will be made in July or August.

Version 2.3.4 fixes a security vulnerability that was discovered in the Apache Struts web framework, which the IPT uses. This security vulnerability affects all IPT versions, including 2.3.3, therefore all users should plan to upgrade to this version immediately following the instructions in the Release Notes.

Version 2.3.4 fixes a security vulnerability that was discovered in the Apache Struts web framework, which the IPT uses. This security vulnerability affects all IPT versions, including 2.3.3, therefore all users should plan to upgrade to this version immediately following the instructions in the Release Notes.

A description of the exciting new features added to the IPT in version 2.3.3 are described in this blog post. Additionally, please note that GBIF recently released a new set of Microsoft Excel templates for uploading data to the IPT. The new templates provide a simpler solution for capturing, formatting and uploading three types of GBIF data classes: sampling-event data, occurrence data, and checklist data. More information about these templates can be found in this news article.