| 14 | Version 2.1 will, beyond the functionality that has already been added, have the following new functionality: |
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| 16 | * Privileges handling and metadata ownership (individual metadata ownership besides the group ownership) |
| 17 | * password encryption in database (including migration process update) |
| 18 | * Use of MEF format for data backup when deleting content |
| 19 | * Improve online help system (show help as tooltips) |
| 20 | * Improved search (filters for printable maps, raw data, reports, interactive maps) |
| 21 | * WEBDAV harvesting support (harvest metadata published on webdav folders) optionally: |
| 22 | * Improve workflow to allow review of content before it is published |
| 23 | * Add content review/ rating by users options to interface to allow users to rate content and search on these ratings. |
| 24 | * Integration of InterMap 2.1 |
| 25 | * A number of editor improvements |
| 26 | * Bug fixes |
| 27 | * Harvesting of GN 2.0 nodes content from a GN 2.1 node. This will be made available as an update to GeoNetwork 2.0.3 based nodes and will have the form of a single geonetwork.jar library to replace the current (v2.0.3) one. |
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| 31 | Version 2.2 will have the following added functionality: |
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| 33 | * GUI improvements based on the outcome of two usability assessments |
| 34 | * Simple LDAP authentication to allow authentication against corporate authentication system |
| 35 | * Plain text version (for low bandwidth searching) |
| 36 | * CSW harvesting |
| 37 | * AOI server and client (harvesting) support + administration interface |
| 38 | * Notification system for system administrators in GeoNetwork software: |
| 39 | * A client thread to send a keep alive message to the server; |
| 40 | * Using the keep alive messages, the server provides a list of users/ hosts currently active. An administrator service will be added to show the list of connected users; |
| 41 | * The new administrative page that displays the active users provides the administrator the option to send a message to all or single users; |
| 42 | * The text message will be presented on the client browser; |
| 43 | * A maintenance password will be used to avoid logins before a scheduled reboot, or while testing the system. This prevents users to connect to an unstable system. |
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| 45 | InterMap improvements: |
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| 47 | * Export/print functionality to InterMap to export maps in pdf or geotiff format |
| 48 | * Export in GEOTIFF (image with internal geo-reference) |
| 49 | * Export in PDF format. Add a dialogue to set the title, north arrow, scale, page orientation, visible layer legends, copyright info |
| 50 | * “Email this map to” support, using Web Map Context support already available in InterMap |
| 51 | The HTML based mail will provide: |
| 52 | * Thumbnail of the map |
| 53 | * A hyperlink that will open the embedded WMC context in the original InterMap instance. |
| 54 | * Updated documentation |
| 55 | * An updated DVD will be produced with this version of the GeoNetwork |
| 56 | software. |