<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Dear IPT users, </div><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br>A pre-release version of IPT v2.1 is online for wider testing at <a href="http://ipt-uat.gbif.org/">http://ipt-uat.gbif.org</a> </div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I would greatly appreciate your help with testing, if you have a little time to spare.</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">To login, you can use your existing account on <a href="http://ipt.gbif.org/">http://ipt.gbif.org/</a>. If you need an account setup, or if you need a password reminder, just let me know. </div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Here are a few of the new features we need help testing:</div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><ul class="MailOutline"><li>Identifier validation: when the occurrenceID/taxonID is mapped, the IPT will validate that each record has an ID, and each ID is unique </li><li>Excel file support: Excel files can now be uploaded as source data</li><li>Interface in Japanese: making the interface available in 6 languages now</li></ul><div><br></div><div>As always, our aim is to ensure that the released version is as sturdy as possible. We are currently putting the release candidate through rigorous testing too. </div><div><br></div><div>In testing this morning, we successfully published a copy of the <a href="https://cn.dataone.org/onemercury/send/xsltText2?pid=CLOEODMETADATA.02182014.1&fileURL=https://cn.dataone.org/cn/v1/resolve/CLOEODMETADATA.02182014.1&full_datasource=Cornell%20Lab%20of%20Ornithology%20Avian%20Knowledge%20Network&full_queryString=%20text%20:%20ebird&ds_id=#top">EOD-eBird Observation Dataset</a> with 151 million records (check out the attached screenshot). We want to be confident that the identifier validation will scale up, and the initial tests look positive. </div></div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><br>If no major issues are uncovered during testing, IPT v2.1 will be released next week. <br><br>Thank you for your assistance,<br><br>Kyle, on behalf of the IPT development team and the GBIF Secretariat</div><div><br></div><div><img height="808" width="919" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" id="b691a29b-ee14-4b45-922b-9387d9d1faa3" src="cid:6B392173-6C80-4638-9236-90606480B3B0@gbif.org"></div></div></div></body></html>