DSpace-CRIS 7 release 2023.01.00

Version released on 9th of june, provides alignment with DSpace 7.5 tag. See DSpace 7.5 release notes

Upgrade instruction

The SOLR configuration MUST be updated with the last updates of this release.

A full SOLR reindex is required, the search core could contains data that are inconsistent with the updated schema.xml version. You can drop the /data folder inside the search core (DON’T touch the other cores!) and rebuild the index via the dspace index-discovery script.

This could be a new script to be put in crontab

Key Enhancements

• Alignment with DSpace 7.5 tag. See DSpace 7.5 release notes.
• Replaced AddThis as social plugin manager with AddToAny
• Export of the current cris layout configuration as a reusable xls​
• Ability to configure the explore sections under hierarchical menu

Major improvements areas / bug fixes

• Fixed a bug affecting special groups membership evaluation during CRIS security checks
• Added a new LimitedMetadataContributor to Live Import Framework, to limit number of metadata of the same type to be imported
• Improved Line chart visualization in statistics page reflecting the selected time interval
• AuthorityImportFiller for fundings gathering data from OpenAIRE added, Fundings related to other DSpace-CRIS Objects can be created with those gathered data
• Restored subject in sent email
• Hidden Relationships tab in Edit item page
• CMS metadata admin section improved
• Submission: dropdown values associated to blank metadata value are not stored
• Migration: fixed missing relationship values​

Based on DSpace tag 7.5 (backend) and 7.5 (front-end)