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Collection Workflow Integration System
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Copyright 2001-2009 Internet Scout
http://scout.wisc.edu


----- SPT/CWIS CHANGE HISTORY --------------------------------

2.0.2   2010 Jan 5
    - fixed three minor but significant bugs

2.0.1   2009 Dec 31
    - added login and logout return address events
    - added initial interface implementation doc
    - several minor and a few major bug fixes

2.0.0   2009 Dec 18
    - production release
    - Drupal Synchronization plugin added
    - URL Checker plugin added
    - Latitude/Longitude Points plugin
    - many minor and a few major bug fixes

1.9.3   2009 Nov 9
    - beta release
    - added many new hookable events
    - added comment spam cleanup option
    - PHP strict conformance cleanup
    - many minor and several major bug fixes

1.9.2   2009 Sep 30
    - alpha release
    - added "Point" base metadata field type
    - improved plugin error checking
    - enhanced plugin subsystem
    - added task queue display
    - further expanded developer documentation
    - some minor bug fixes

1.9.1   2009 Sep 18
    - alpha release
    - added event subsystem
    - added plugin subsystem
    - added "URL" base metadata field type
    - expanded developer documentation
    - many minor and several major bug fixes

1.9.0   2009 Aug 17
    - alpha release
    - moved to Scout application framework
    - refactored internal structure
    - converted all themes to interfaces
    - added "http://mysite.edu/rNNNN" full record shortURL
    - added "http://mysite.edu/bNNNN" browse shortURL
    - added "http://mysite.edu/s=keywords" search shortURL
    - added online class documentation
    - added search result sorting
    - many minor bug fixes

1.5.2   2009 May 29 21:00 GMT  (CWIS-only release)
    - bug fixes (many security-related)

1.5.1   2009 Jan 23 17:00 GMT  (CWIS-only release)
    - 100% web-based installation and upgrade
    - many minor and a few not-so-minor bug fixes

1.5.0   2008 Mar 31 22:00 GMT  (CWIS-only release)
    - new XML-based controlled vocabulary import support
    - new OAI harvest log display
    - new "Refine Search" option on search results page
    - new Search Log display
    - new Failed Search Log display
    - 100% web-based installation (beta)
    - many minor and a few not-so-minor bug fixes

1.4.2   2007 Nov 1 22:30 GMT  (CWIS-only release)
    - beta release
    - added support for per-field permissions
    - added new resource editor
    - added new Collection Administrator user role
    - sepearated Admin interface into Collection/User/System
    - added event logging
    - added custom privilege flags
    - revamped Advanced Search interface to reduce complexity
    - added simple resource suggestion interface
    - added "Recent Searches" box
    - added resource record problem reporting
    - IMPORTANT: minimum MySQL version is now 4.1

1.4.1   2007 May 30 23:30 GMT  (CWIS-only release)
    - beta release
    - PHP 5 and MySQL 5 compatible
    - added support for synonyms in search
    - converted to use superglobals (PHP 4.1.0 or later now
        required)
    - completely revamped new account signup and "forgotten
        password" mechanisms
    - added anti-spam protection to feedback form
    - greatly sped up advanced searches that have limits
    - added new "File" base metadata field type
    - added new AJAX-style quicksearch in Metadata Tool for
        Tree fields with more than 250 values
    - incorporated all outstanding security patches
    - various minor bug fixes

1.4.0   2006 Jan 25 20:00 GMT
    - completely overhauled search top-level infrastructure
    - introduced new "include/SPT--Local.php" file that can
        be used to define specific user-coded functions (see
        include/SPT--Local--EXAMPLE.php)
    - all searches are now linkable and bookmarkable
    - added support for defining saved search e-mail header
        values (see SPT--SearchMailTemplate--Body.txt)
    - field lists in Advanced Search are now alphabetical
    - revised fielded searching mechanism (OSMASE) to reduce
        memory usage
    - new "My Searches" box now available (CWIS UI only)
    - added site keyword configuration (for Google and
        other search engines to pick up when spidering)
    - updated OAI-SQ support to match full protocol extension
    - added accessibility metadata fields to default CWIS 
        schema and Access Match feature to hilight resources
        where those fields match Accessibility preferences
        as determined for user via mini-wizard
    - added capability to add parameters to filter records
        available for OAI (see SPT--Local--EXAMPLE.php)
    - added RSS feed importing and display capabilities
        (CWIS UI only)
    - added PHP configuration display option
    - user is now returned to current page when logging in
        if appropriate
    - added RSS feed indicator for RSS-aware browsers
    - "Test OAI" link updated
    - various minor bug fixes

1.3.1   2004 Oct 27 16:00 GMT
    - added accessibility "mini-wizard" as partial support
        for ACCLIP
    - added support for OAI-SQ (OAI search query extension)
    - added ability to page through user list
    - added support for removing user forum posting access
        from within forums
    - added ability to delete Tree field values that have
        child values or have resources assigned to them
    - added support for searching controlled name variants
    - expanded number of date entry formats supported
    - various minor bug fixes

1.3.0   2004 Aug 6 20:00 GMT
    - beta release
    - synchronized SPT and CWIS version numbers
    - added support for OAI sets
    - added ability to export Tree, Controlled Name, and 
        Option fields via the Metadata Field Editor
    - replaced integrated search engine with OSMASE version
        of engine (adds improved internal query support)
    - increased field size for adding/editing classifications
        to 120 characters
    - importing of data will now translate \t and \n (tab
        and newline) to literal values
    - added support for customizable templates for saved
        search e-mails
    - added an optional unique field for data import
    - replaced most application-level SQL direct queries with
        calls to object methods
    - fixed more E_NOTICE warning messages 
    - fixed bug that generated htmlspecialchars() error
    - various minor bug fixes

1.2.3 / 1.1.1   2004 Apr 28 18:00 GMT
    - added new "Personal Resource Administrator" user
      privilege flag that only allows entering new resources
      and editing resources you have entered
    - new interface for assigning controlled names and
      classifications if the there are less than 250
    - "Records Per Page" on Advanced Search now remembers
      the value you entered
    - improved handling of diacritics (Unicode)
    - eliminated obsolete ClassificationTypes and
      ControlledNameTypes tables
    - importing users now supports user privileges
    - added new DateOfRecordRelease field
    - fixed bug where multi-word controlled name or 
      classification fields didn't work
    - fixed many E_NOTICE warning messages
    - various minor bug fixes

1.2.2 / 1.1.0   2004 Feb 11 20:30 GMT
    - added support for multiple tree (classification) fields
    - added ability to populate tree fields with prepackaged
        GEM subject taxonomy
    - added support for unicode UTF-8 character coding
    - improved import and export utilities
    - revamped saved search (user agent) feature
    - fixed import user bug which created empty user accounts
    - various minor bug fixes

1.2.1 / 1.0.1   2003 Nov 26 18:30 GMT
    - revised resource summary display (in SPT--Common.php)
        to reduce system load
    - various minor bug fixes

1.2.0 / 1.0.0   2003 Nov 14 20:00 GMT
    - added RSS and OAI links and test buttons to admin page
    - added registration capability on admin menu
    - purge sample records now also purges controlled names
    - can now specify administrator's email during install
    - user account management has been improved
    - metadata tool page now reports accurate number of
          controlled names
    - various minor bug fixes

1.1.8 / 0.9.4   2003 Oct 30 20:00 GMT  (CWIS-only release)
    - added "newinterface" script to create new UI to use as
          starting point for customization
    - added instructions for creating and customizing a new UI
    - added low vision / CSS user interface
    - added ability to search for user accounts
    - added ability to delete users
    - added permission flags to control whether a user can
          post resource comments or post to forums
    - various minor bug fixes

1.1.7 / 0.9.3   2003 Sep 26 18:00 GMT
    - fixed upgrade-related bug that could initially leave
      users with non-functional UI setting
    - CWIS-only release

1.1.6 / 0.9.2   2003 Sep 23 20:30 GMT  (CWIS-only release)
    - first beta release of CWIS
    - revamped OAI configuration interface
    - added user interface themes  [CWIS only]
    - added capability to specify display and editing order
          of metadata fields
    - added specification of administrator login and password
          during installation
    - revamped default metadata schema to include all fields
          supported under nsdl_dc  [CWIS only]
    - added initialization of OAI configuration to plausible
          values during installation
    - fixed various minor bugs

1.1.5 / 0.9.1   2003 Sep 16 02:30 GMT  (CWIS-only release)
    - added support for OAI harvesting of nsdl_dc format
    - updated help
    - revised OAI field mapping mechanisms
    - added support for OAI harvesting of qualified metadata
    - tweaked sample data to demonstrate greater variety
    - revised default schema to contain all fields supported
          by nsdl_dc harvesting format
    - added notes clarifying DC encoding scheme usage
    - added specific support for allowing and displaying
          non-destructive HTML tags within text and paragraph
          field data and user comments
    - added support for administrator editing of About content
    - fixed various minor bugs

1.1.4 / 0.9.0   2003 Sep 4 00:30 GMT  (CWIS-only release)
    - first (alpha) release of CWIS
    - added support for qualifiers
    - added additional stats to MT home page  [CWIS only]
    - revised (internal) image storage format
    - revised (internal) Metadata Tool infrastructure
    - added option to disable announcements
    - fixed various minor bugs

1.1.3   2003 May 23 14:30 GMT  (SPT-only release)
    - fixed bug that prevented dates containing full month
          names from being parsed correctly
    - fixed bug that could cause server log error messages
          when controlled name field had no names entered
    - fixed bug that could cause searches to fail where a
          possessive word form is followed by a word that
          begins with an upper case letter
    - fixed bug where editing or searching for a controlled
          name that contained special characters (quotes, etc)
          could cause an SQL error
    - fixed bug that could cause the word "Array" to appear at
          the top of the Edit Resource or Preferences pages
    - fixed bug that could cause Next Results to not display
          the correct resources in the Edit Resource search
    - fixed bug that could cause Previous Results in search
          to give you the same page of results
    - Date Issued is no longer a Required by SPT field
    - fixed bug that could prevent flag fields whose default
          was True from being disabled
    - option lists in Add/Edit Resource are now sorted
          alphabetically
    - changed "Image" metadata field type to "StillImage" to
          comply with DCMI
    - fixed bug that could cause searches for Added By and
          Last Modified By to not work correctly
    - Added By and Last Modified By now appear in the full
          record display if the user has RESOURCE_ADMIN privs
    - added System Configuration flags for disabling updating
          of the search and recommender databases to speed up
          adds, updates, and deletes of resources
    - added check in Metadata Field Editor to prevent adding
          two fields with the same name, which could create a
          database inconsistency
    - added full support for searching Date and TimeStamp
          fields (may enter date ranges and dates in various
          formats)
    - revised Help layout and content

1.1.2   2003 Mar 13 22:00 GMT  (SPT-only release)
    - code cleanup to better support register_globals = OFF
    - fixed bug where full page display only displayed one
          classification
    - fixed bug where sql errors occurred in RedHat 8 when
          assigned controlled names
    - fixed bug where option fields were not being displayed
          in full record
    - the title on full record display is now hyperlinked to
          the url
    - fixed bug where classification label was being displayed
          on full record display even if no classification
          existed
    - fixed bug where purged records would display as empty
          records if searched for
    - fix bug where import would fail if the import file
          contained more than 500 lines
    - changed Add New Record to display default values for
          all fields prior to adding record
    - fixed bug where selected option values were not being
          displayed on full record display
    - fixed bug that could cause image thumbnails to not be
          displayed under certain circumstances
    - fixed bug that could cause phrase searching to fail when
          image fields are included in searchable field list

1.1.1   2003 Feb 27 22:30 GMT  (SPT-only release)
    - made Url metadata field no longer required by SPT
    - fixed various bugs related to interface customization
    - added legal notice in system configuration
    - dates with format MM/DD/YY are now supported
    - fixed full record links on Recommendation Sources screen
    - Date Issued, Url, and Description are no longer required
          on import
    - help is now displayed more consistently
    - fixed bug where Image title was always Image Url in RSS
    - fixed bug where disabled controlled names where
          still displayed in the full record
    - fixed bug where export would not export records that
          did not have an assigned controlled name or
          classification
    - simplified and improved data export and import
    - added ability to export all resource records
    - improved logo file upload error handling
    - improved image upload error handling

1.1.0   2003 Feb 11 20:30 GMT  (SPT-only release)
    - reworked many parts to run better under PHP safe_mode
    - added image field type and the ability to upload images
            to a resource record
    - added support for customization of colors and logo in
            default user interface (now called "SPT Blue")
    - revised recommender system DB rebuild to reduce memory
            usage for larger collections
    - fixed bug that caused recommender system manual DB
            rebuild to fail on some systems
    - fixed bug which caused an SQL error when assigning a
            classification using Linux 8.x
    - added ability to browse and upload an import file
    - added the number of resources associated with a
            classification on the Assign Classifications page
    - when clicking on the name of a person posting to a
            forum, SPT now launches an e-mail compose page
            with the subject line filled in from the message
    - fixed various display bugs in the Clean Orange interface
    - fixed bug where previous "edited by" comment and forum
            messages where editable
    - added distinct Release Flag privilege
    - added distinct Edit User Account privilege
    - fixed various bugs associated with Apache safe-mode
    - changed Date Issued to no longer be a required field
    - fixed bug where invalid Date Issued values were not
            handled correctly
    - fixed bug where the moderator was not being set
            correctly when adding a new forum
    - fixed bug where user searches were not being save
            correctly
    - fixed bug where user agents would not always run
    - fixed bug where exported files were not always getting
            generated
    - import and export files are now created in a local
            /TempStorage directory instead of /tmp
    - changed option list default values to be used for
            adding new resources instead of advanced search
    - changed User Agent handling on the preferencs screen
            to suppress the Save User Agents button when
            no saved searches existed
    - only one header bar is now displayed in forums when
            there are no messages associated with a topic

1.0.2   2003 Jan  3 21:30 GMT  (SPT-only release)
    - fixed bug where assigned classifications would replicate
            prior to adding the record
    - fixed bug where assigning a classification that already
            exited would cause a syntax error
    - fixed bug where rebuilding the search DB would cause an
            infinite loop
    - added ability to page through old (older than 30 days)
            news items
    - fixed bug where new controlled name types were getting
            added with the wrong ControlledNameTypeId
    - added ability to search by Last Modified By in the
            metadata tool
    - fixed bug where you could get to preferences via help
            if not logged in
    - fixed bug that prevented SQL commands from being run in
            certain situations during an upgrade installation
    - revised home page generation to allow HTML tags in
            announcement headings and text
    - fixed various issues with RSS export to comply with RSS
            2.0 standard

1.0.1   2002 Nov 20 20:00 GMT  (SPT-only release)
    - reduced install execution time to help avoid exceeding
            default 30-second limit imposed by PHP
    - added work-around for PHP config value register_globals
            being set to OFF
    - fixed bug with resumption tokens in OAI 2.0 support
    - added additional exception checking to OAI 2.0 support
    - fixed bug with permission checking in Metadata Tool

1.0.0   2002 Nov 15 19:00 GMT  (SPT-only release)
    - added resource comments
    - added support for OAI 2.0 harvesting (export)
    - added support for filtering searches based on their
            cumulative user rating
    - fixed bug that could prevent Advanced Search from
            working on imported data
    - added ability to import user accounts
    - added e-mail links to resource editors in Metadata Tool
    - added dynamically-generated metadata field help in
            Metadata Tool based on local field definitions
    - fixed various minor bugs

0.9.7   2002 Oct 17 20:30 GMT  (SPT-only release)
    - added metadata field editor, which allows all types of
            fields to be added, deleted, or disabled,and
            gives control over field labels, search weighting,
            and much more
    - revised many of the system internals to accomodate the
            greatly increased flexibility introduced by the
            metadata field editor
    - added system configuration parameter to set the maximum
            number of "News & Announcements" entries to be
            displayed on the front page
    - install now creates installation directory if it doesn't
            already exist
    - revised User Agent e-mail message format to include the
            portal name (as defined in System Configuration)
    - added option for resource administrators to have a User
            Agent check for new resources every hour
    - added option to e-mail password to user if forgotten
    - improved date entry, so most common date formats can be
            entered
    - fixed various minor bugs

0.9.6   2002 Jul 26 02:00 GMT  (SPT-only release)
    - added import of sample resource data during installation
    - an option is provided to purge sample resource data and
            classifications from the database
    - a bug with resource record ID assignment was fixed
    - an initial message must be posted as part of adding a
            new forum topic
    - a bug that made the Forum and Topic title bars invisible
            has been fixed
    - an option for exporting resource data in a tab-delimited
            format is now provided
    - searching for controlled names and clasifications in the
            Metadata Tool has been made more consistent with
            resource searching
    - fixed various minor bugs

0.9.5   2002 Jun 26 22:00 GMT  (SPT-only release)
    - added Forums (bulletin boards)
    - added Recommendations (content-based recommender system)
            including a "Why was this resource recommended to
            me?" feature
    - added display of resource ratings on front page, while
            browsing, and in search results
    - revised classification and controlled name handling in
            Metadata Tool
    - added option to set default release flag status
    - fixed various minor bugs

0.9.4   2002 May 21 20:30 GMT  (SPT-only release)
    - added resource rating
    - added ability for user to save Advanced Search settings
    - added "user agents" to run preset searches at specified
            time and mail results to user (allows users to be
            automatically notified of new resources)
    - added RSS 0.9.2 export (allows other sites to display
            new headlines (resource titles) from your site)
    - revised Advanced Search to support result ranking by
            relevance
    - added support for Google-style "and" searching (all
            terms required in all search results)
    - added option for administrator to specify default
            search term handling ("and" or "or")
    - expanded online help

0.9.3   2002 Apr  5 20:30 GMT  (SPT-only release)
    - added support for prepending words with "-" to exclude
            them from a search
    - added capability to add and remove controlled name types
    - added support for allowing users to select between
            different portal user interfaces at will
    - added "Clean Orange" second user interface for portal

0.9.2   2002 Mar  6 20:30 GMT  (SPT-only release)
    - revised and expanded metadata fields to bring default
            configuration into compliance with Dublin Core
    - further separated HTML and PHP to support customization
            of interface
    - added hooks to support site-specific selection of
            announcements and resources on home page
    - revised keyword search to support relevance ranking of
            results
    - made keyword search result pages bookmark-able (search
            encoded in URL)
    - added page generation time to bottom of pages displayed
            when logged in with an account with System Admin
            privileges
    - added search time to keyword search results
    - added hooks to support site-specific filtering of search
            results
    - added "active user interface" support, that allows
            switching between multiple user interfaces within
            a single SPT installation on-the-fly

0.9.1   2002 Feb  7 20:15 GMT  (SPT-only release)
    - added support for upgrade installation
    - changed destination directory for installation to
            directory specified by installer, instead of
            directory specified by installer plus "/SPT/"
    - added new browsing interface with dynamically-generated
        navigation links that adapt to broad or deep
        classification schemes
    - added check to block access to web install interface
        after installation is complete
    - added capability to delete classifications
    - added SPT Revision History display option
    - added check to prevent a system administrator from
        accidentally revoking their own sys admin privileges
    - announcements can now be deleted
    - a release flag has been added to resource records to
        indicate whether they are approved for viewing or not
    - when browsing resources, the title is now linked to
        the site URL rather than the full resource record,
        and a Full Record link follows the description
    - adding controlled names in the metadata tool has been
        improved
    - searching for words of three letters or less is now
        supported
    - a bug has been fixed that could, under some conditions,
        force the re-entry of data when adding a new resource
        record and assigning controlled names or
        classifications to that record
    - the workflow when deleting a duplicated record has been
        improved
    - searching and sorting resources by the resource creator
        is now supported
    - added support for specifying portal name
    - added capability to configure number of classifications
        per page in resource browsing interface
    - added support for specifying administrator email address
    - added HTML page titles to most user-visible pages
    - added support for editing text of e-mail message sent to
        new users containing their password
    - added user feedback submission screen

0.9.0   2001 Nov 27 19:40 GMT  (SPT-only release)
    - initial beta release of Scout Portal Toolkit


----- CREDITS ------------------------------------------------


                       -===========-
                       The CWIS Team
                       -===========-

               Architecture   Edward Almasy
                Programming   Edward Almasy
                              Tim Baumgard
                              Corey Halpin
                 Web Design   Dave Mayer
                              Tim Baumgard
                Logo Design   Dave Mayer

          Quality Assurance   Andrea Coffin
                              Rusty Lalkaka
                              Rachael Bower
                              Corey Halpin

                   Outreach   Rachael Bower
                              Chanda Halderman
         Project Management   Edward Almasy
          Technical Support   Rusty Lalkaka
                              Benjamin Yule

      Emeritus Team Members   Todd Bruns
                              Pat Coulthard
                              Michael Grossheim
                              Nathan Johnson
                              Kyle Manna
                              Justin Rush
                              David Sleasman
                              Chris Spoehr
                              Barry Wiegan
                              Andy Yaco-Mink
                              Chris Beley


  Development of the Collection Workflow Integration System
      was sponsored by the National Science Foundation
    (http://www.nsf.gov) as part of the National Science
        Digital Library initiative (http://nsdl.org)
  
 Development of the Scout Portal Toolkit was sponsored by the
      Andrew W. Mellon Foundation (http://www.mellon.org).

