Version 8.1 (Released 1/2025)

Table of Contents

1 New Functionality
2 Schema Changes
3 Browser Indexing Changes
4 Bug Fixes
5 Accessibility Fixes
6 Other

8.1 Release Summary
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.

Browser Version: 3.3.0
Development Dates: 04/01/2024-01/18/2025
Release Date: 01/29/2025

Release notes

Issue Summary	Issue Type	Jira Link

Issue Summary	Issue Type	Jira Link
<html> element must have a lang attribute	Accessibility Fix	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1311
Changes to Procedure Labels/Groupings	Accessibility Fix	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1346
Focus indicator is missing	Accessibility Fix	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1307
Keyboard focus order is not logical	Accessibility Fix	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1309
No Instructions for non-Standard key interactions	Accessibility Fix	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1305
Page <title> does not identify the purpose of the page	Accessibility Fix	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1306
Programmatic label does not convey purpose of control	Accessibility Fix	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1308
Purpose of the link is not clear in context	Accessibility Fix	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1310
Reading order is not logical/Intuitive	Accessibility Fix	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1295
Expand/collapse state of the element is missing	Accessibility Fix	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1344
Anthro profile: 2 term lists/vocabularies with display name "Assertion Names"	Bug	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1433
Cannot roundtrip data with multi-line field values exported	Bug	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1252
Duplicate IDs in CSV breaks processing report, does not prevent batch load	Bug	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1511
Errors in NAGRPA report filed data migration script	Bug	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1423
Postgres error: text search configuration "cspace_english" does not exist	Bug	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1487
Search Results > Cannot sort Chronology search results by Display name or Term status columns	Bug	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1517
Templates > materials profile: public browser template includes materialGroup fields other than material	Bug	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1419
Vocabulary initialization can create terms with display names that duplicate user-added terms	Bug	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1420
Add "unit" to the object count block	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1496
Administration > Add User ID Field to user accounts and populate with SAML assertion	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1518
Object Record > Add Object Category block to the Object Record (Anthro Profile)	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1498
Object Record > Production Place (verbatim) free text field	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1503
Object Record > Published Related Links, repeatable field	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1436
Procedure > Deaccession	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1355
Procedure > Held in Trust	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1358
Procedure > NAGPRA	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1331
Procedure > Object Exit (new)	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1356
Procedure > Repatriation Request	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1330
Procedure > Summary Documentation	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1333
Procedure >Consultation	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1390
Procedure >Restricted Media Handling for culturally sensitive files	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1399
Procedure> Duty of Care	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1332
Procedure > Relabel the Existing Object Exit to Object Exit (Legacy)	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1354
Template >Core NAGPRA (Anthro Profile)	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1501
Template >Secondary NAGPRA (Anthro Profile)	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1502
Term List > Deaccession reason	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1480
Term List > Documentation Group	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1478
Term List > Exit method	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1481
Term List > Exit reason	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1484
Term List > Object Category	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1499
Term List > Object Count Unit	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1497
General > Add Legacy and NAGPRA Groupings for the procedure list on the landing page	UI/UX Improvement	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1351
Workflow Report > Notice of Intent to Repatriate (NIR based Summary Procedures)	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1334
Workflow Report > Contact Report (Organization)	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1576
Workflow Report > Contact Report (Person)	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1577
Workflow Report > Notice of Inventory Completion (NIC based on Inventory procedure)	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1335
Workflow Report > Basic Exhibition Checklist with Images	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1533
Workflow Report > Consultation Claim Report	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1512
Workflow Report > Consultation NAGPRA Inventory Report	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1513
Workflow Report > Consultation NAGPRA Summary Report	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1514
Workflow Report > Formatting .xlsx report output	New Functionality	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1451
Object Record > Public Art Profile: Add Annotation Block	Schema Change	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1493
Authority > Rename Ethnographic Culture in Concept Authority in Anthro	Schema Change	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1560
Object Record > FCART/LHMC: Hide Phase, Sex and Form	Schema Change	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1319
Object Record > Field Collection Source and Procedure > Held in Trust Owner (add org authority)	Schema Change	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1614
Object Record > Remove default values for record and inventory status	Schema Change	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1447
Authority > Relabel the ethnographic culture authority to cultural group	Schema Change	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1495
Term List > Update default terms (to support NAGRA reports)	Schema Change	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1515
Term List > Update default terms in deaccessionapprovalstatus (Approval Status) term list	Schema Change	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1474
Term List > Update default terms in nagpradocumentationstatus term list	Schema Change	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1477
Term List > Update the Object Count Term Lists	Schema Change	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1559
Term List > Update default terms in existing NAGPRA related term lists to match regs	Schema Change	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1430
Workflow Report > Deed of Gift (Add fields to existing report)	Schema Change	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1441
Workflow Report > Incoming Loan Report (Add fields to existing report)	Schema Change	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1440
Workflow Report > Outgoing Loan Report (Add fields to existing report)	Schema Change	https://collectionspace.atlassian.net/browse/DRYD-1439

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 {Anthro only}
- Deaccession
- Held In Trust
- NAGPRA Inventory {Anthro only}
- Object Exit (new)
- Repatriation Request {Anthro only}
- Restricted Media Handling {Anthro only}
- Summary Documentation {Anthro only}

The following new workflow reports have been added:
- Basic Exhibition Checklist with Images
- Consultation NAGPRA Summary Report {Anthro only}
- Consultation NAGPRA Inventory Report {Anthro only}
- Consultation Claim Report {Anthro only}
- Contact Report (Person)
- Contact Report (Organization)
- Notice of Intent to Repatriate (NIR) {Anthro only}
- Notice of Inventory Completion (NIC) {Anthro only}

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) {Anthro only}
- 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 only}
- Secondary NAGPRA {Anthro only}

The following new term lists have been added:
- Object Category {Anthro only}
- Object Count Unit
- Exit Reason
- Exit Method
- Deaccession Reason
- Documentation Group {Anthro only}

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
Add new endpoint /servicegroups/:group/tags
Support for deurning arrays in reports