Metadata change log
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This is a log of the major changes to the metadata schemas, forms, or labels of ScholarWorks.
Change | Status | Reviewed | Updated |
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Extract publication title, volume, issue, and pages from bibliographic citation field | DEVELOPMENT | MWG | 2024-07-29 |
Convert authors from “Last, First” to “First Last” | DEVELOPMENT | MWG | 2024-07-29 |
Switch older project records from Thesis to Project model | DEVELOPMENT | MWG | 2023-02-01 |
Move geographical_area and time_period data to subject fields | Planning | MWG | 2023-02-01 |
Clean-up and normalize data in license and rights fields | Planning | MWG | 2023-02-01 |
Move thesis source and contributor data to creator field, where appropriate | Planning | MWG | 2023-02-01 |
Collection title and description formatting | Planning | MWG | 2022-05-25 |
Alternate Name | Planning | MWG | 2021-02-05 |
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Make degree name a controlled vocabulary | Complete | IRWG | 2023-10-11 |
Fix author order on older publications | Complete | MWG | 2023-02-01 |
Creative Commons Licenses | Complete | IRWG | 2022-10-10 |
New work forms | Complete | MWG | 2022-07-01 |
Create date facet | Complete | MWG | 2022-04-08 |
Text formatting on title | Complete | MWG | 2022-01-10 |
Identifiers clean-up | Complete | MWG | 2021-11-05 |
Title help text | Complete | MWG | 2021-10-12 |
Text formatting on abstract | Complete | MWG | 2021-08-19 |
Separate abstract from descriptive notes | Complete | MWG | 2021-10-08 |
Separate degree type from degree level | Complete | MWG | 2021-10-08 |
Convert XML characters | Complete | MWG | 2021-10-08 |
Author field | Complete | MWG | 2021-10-08 |
Discipline field / facet | Complete | MWG | 2021-10-08 |
Date field using drop down menu | Complete | MWG | 2021-10-08 |
Blanket copyright statement | Complete | MWG | 2021-02-05 |
Remove warning about public visibility | Complete | MWG | 2021-01-15 |
Make owned by author default copyright value | Complete | MWG | 2020-08-20 |
Legend
Review = Change has been approved by IRWG but awaiting notification and review by DRC and project managers before implementation.
Planning = Change has been approved and reviewed, but requires planning by the CO before it can be implemented.
DEVELOPMENT = Change requires some additional programming before it can be implemented.
Testing = Change is in place for testing on demo system.
Complete = Change is in place on production system.