Release notes for v3.1.0-RC1

This release contains bug fixes, small feature enhancements, and backend improvements, with an emphasis on accessibility improvements to the public user interface.

Configurations and Migrations

This release includes several modifications to the configuration defaults file:

 # Expose external ids in the frontend
 AppConfig[:show_external_ids] = false

# Whether to display archival record identifiers in the frontend largetree container
AppConfig[:display_identifiers_in_largetree_container] = false

# Whether to display archival record identifiers in the PUI collection organization tree
AppConfig[:pui_display_identifiers_in_resource_tree] = false

This release includes 9 new database migrations. The schema number for this release is 157.

API Deprecations

As previously noted, the following API endpoints remain deprecated, and will be removed from the core code of ArchivesSpace on or after 2022-04-16:

• Endpoint.get('/repositories/:repo_id/archival_contexts/softwares/:id.xml')
  
• Endpoint.get('/repositories/:repo_id/archival_contexts/softwares/:id.:fmt/metadata')
  

Additionally, as previously noted, the following API endpoints remain deprecated, and will be removed from the core code of ArchivesSpace on or after 2021-10-30:

• Endpoint.get_or_post('/search/subjects')
  
• Endpoint.get('/repositories/:repo_id/resources/:id/tree')
  
• Endpoint.get('/repositories/:repo_id/digital_objects/:id/tree')
  
• Endpoint.get('/repositories/:repo_id/classifications/:id/tree')
  

For more information see the ArchivesSpace API documentation.

Other considerations (plugins etc.):

Due to some needed accessibility improvements for the public interface, some relatively minor styling changes have been made to views in some places. This may impact plugins used for styling these areas. Check plugins used to theme the public interface to determine if you need to make any changes locally to preserve your desired styling.

Community Contributions

Our thanks go out to these members of the community for their code contributions:

• Alex Duryee:

  • ANW-1383 - xlink attributes for imported DOs are swapped
    

• Andrew Morrison:

  • Ensure object being viewed is an archival object
    

• Brian Zelip:

  • ANW-919 Add sticky table header to RDE form
    
  • Add aria attrs to prev/next buttons in bootstrap datepicker
    
  • ANW-1349 Remove Lodash dependency
    

• Dave Mayo:

  • Fixes ANW-1376 and handles incorrectly NSed @target permissively
    

• James Bullen:

  • Add plugin sections hook to top_container
    
  • Added form_plugins_for to top container form
    
  • Add render plugin partials to top container
    
  • Use a more distinguished section id for resource notes
    
  • Give search embedded sections unique and descriptive section_ids and corresponding sidebar anchors
    
  • Add a way to hide irrelevant permissions from users
    

• Manny Rodriguez:

  • ANW-97: Inactive users
    
  • ANW-158: Bugfix for menus going off screen to the left on very small screens
    
  • ANW-501: Link Classifications to Digital Objects
    
  • ANW-511: move publish flag to be right after accession date in accession
    
  • ANW-667 Show published accessions related to accessions on the public interface
    
  • ANW-733: bugfix for query params not showing in pagination for search results
    
  • ANW-855: remove "rapid data entry" button on classification and classification
    
  • ANW-979: Abort transfer of records to another repository if record has shared top container
    
  • ANW-1011, ANW-980: Escape tags in request and citation
    
  • ANW-1013: Update error message for regex mismatch to be more user friendly
    
  • ANW-1029: CSS fixes for small mobile devices
    
  • ANW-1082: Data in