The version 8.1 release includes support for new procedures to support NAGPRA (Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act) procedures in the Anthropology profile, a new restricted media handling procedure, new procedures for object exit and deaccession, improvements to SAML single sign-on , new pre-installed reports, accessibility fixes, and numerous bug fixes.
Release date and schedule
CollectionSpace version 8.1 was released in January 2025.
Release notes
Release 8.1 does not contain any breaking changes.
This release introduces two new procedures to replace existing procedures. Repatriation Request replaces NAGPRA Claim. Object Exit (new) and Deaccession replace Object Exit (legacy). We will continue to support the legacy procedures in this release. It is recommended that any new adopters, or those without existing data, remove access via permissions to the legacy procedures (link for instructions on how to do this).
New Functionality
The following new procedures have been added:
Consultation
Deaccession
Held In Trust
NAGPRA Inventory
Object Exit (new)
Repatriation Request
Restricted Media Handling
Summary Documentation
The following new workflow reports have been added:
Basic Exhibition Checklist with Images
Consultation NAGPRA Summary Report
Consultation NAGPRA Inventory Report
Consultation Claim Report
Contact Report (Person)
Contact Report (Organization)
Notice of Intent to Repatriate (NIR)
Notice of Inventory Completion (NIC)
The following new fields have been added:
Object Record > Object category block with Object category (term list controlled), Object Category count (numeric value)
Object category Count Unit (term list controlled), Note (free text)
Object Record > Production place (verbatim)
Object Record > Published Related Links
User > User ID Field, populate with SAML assertion
The following new templates have been added:
Core NAGPRA (Anthro Profile)
Secondary NAGPRA (Anthro Profile)
The following new term lists have been added:
Object Category
Object Count Unit
Exit Reason
Exit Method
Deaccession Reason
Documentation Group
Schema Changes
Relabeled the concept authority Ethnographic Culture to Cultural Group
Add unit to the object count block of fields on object record
Improved formatting .xlsx report output
Remove default values for record and inventory status
Add SSO ID field to user accounts and populate with SAML assertion
Update default term lists for the following:
Approval Status
Grave Association Codes
NAGPRA Category
NAGPRA Claim type
NAGPRA Documentation Status
NAGPRA Inventory
Modifications to the existing workflow reports:
Deed of Gift
Incoming Loan Report
Outgoing Loan Report
Browser Indexing Changes
Added field(s) to Elasticsearch for the Object record: `publishedRelatedLinkGroupList`
Added a normalized version of its refname in the Materials record: `featuredCollectionGroupList/featuredCollection`
Bug Fixes
Vocabulary initialization can create terms with display names that duplicate user-added terms
Fix text search configuration does not exist error
Accessibility Fixes
Expand/collapse state of the element is missing
<html> element must have a lang attribute
Purpose of the link is not clear in context
Keyboard focus order is not logical
Programmatic label does not convey purpose of control
Focus indicator is missing
Page <title> does not identify the purpose of the page
No Instructions for non-standard key interactions
Reading order is not logical/Intuitive
Other
Improve running of database upgrade scripts
Add servicetag query param to /servicegroups/:group
Add servicetag query param to /servicegroups/:group/items