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IPT v2.2 - release candidate
by Kyle Braak 13 Mar '15

13 Mar '15

Dear IPT users, A release candidate of IPT v2.2 is now available for download [1]. Please note this release is only intended for testing, and should not be installed in production. If you don’t have time to install it, you can always try it out at http://ipt.gbif-uat.org/ [2] (just email me if you want an account). There have been a lot of changes in this version. Below I list some of the most exciting changes that we’d appreciate your help testing: 3 new major features added: It can be configured with a DataCite or EZID account making it possible to assign DOIs to resources (if you don’t have a DataCite or EZID account, just email me for a test account) It can auto-generate a citation for a resource including the version number and DOI, which enable consistent and reliable citation. It can validate that each occurrence record has a valid basisOfRecord 3 new minor features added: Source mappings can be previewed prior to publication The resource version pending publication can be previewed prior to publication It uses a new version of the GBIF Metadata Profile (v1.1) to publish metadata allowing: i) a user ID (e.g. ORCID) to be entered for each contact, ii) a machine readable license to be stored, iii) support for multiple collections, iv) support for multiple creators, contacts, metadata providers, project personnel 3 notable bugs fixed: Cells in Excel now get written as they are displayed in Excel; previously integers were being written as decimals, and formulas were written as unevaluated strings A reverse proxy (mod_proxy) can be used regardless of the URL; previously this wouldn’t work if the URL didn’t contain the application context (e.g. /ipt) IPT can be deployed using Wildfly8 (JBoss); previously this didn't work because of a dependency incompatibility Also please be aware that starting with this version, publishers are required to publish their data under a CC0 1.0, CC-BY 4.0 or CC-BY-NC 4.0 declaration. Those who do not choose one of these licenses will not be able to register their resource with GBIF or make it globally discoverable through GBIF.org. For background on GBIF's decision, see here [3]. If no major problems are uncovered during testing, IPT v2.2 will be released in a couple weeks. In the meantime, volunteer translators are also hard at work, and the user manual is being updated. Thank you for all your help, Kyle, on behalf of the IPT development team and the GBIF Secretariat [1] https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4552753/ipt-2.2-rc1.war [2] http://ipt.gbif-uat.org/ [3] http://www.gbif.org/terms/licences

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ipt next release?
by Dröge, Gabriele 26 Feb '15

26 Feb '15

Hi, can you tell me when the next IPT version will be released? It was originally planned for November. Best, Gabi

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New IPT resources available
by Alberto González-Talaván [GBIF] 08 Jan '15

08 Jan '15

Hello everyone, Yesterday, a 2-hour webinar about the installation of the IPT that was held, organized by a consortium of North American and Canadian institutions (i.e., iDigBio, Canadensys, VertNet and others) and the GBIF Secretariat. Laura Russell (VertNet) and Kyle Braak (GBIF Secretariat) acted as trainers, while Deborah Paul (iDigBio) and I acted as facilitators. The session was held in the iDigBio Adobe Connect platform. As part of this exercise, a number of new resources are available: 1. A 2-hour recording of the complete webinar <http://idigbio.adobeconnect.com/p4dfquy4bsf/> ; 2. A 7-minute video describing the IPT installation <http://vimeo.com/116142276> ; 3. 3 new presentations about the IPT [1] requirements <http://www.gbif.org/resources/78258> , [2] customization options <http://www.gbif.org/resources/78260> , [3] known issues <http://www.gbif.org/resources/78261> that may occur during the installation and help resources; All this documentation is available in the resources section of GBIF.org <http://www.gbif.org/resources/archive> , in the IPT interest group as a summary page <http://community.gbif.org/pg/pages/view/45708/resources-from-the-january-20 15-ipt-webinar> and in the webinar wiki page <https://www.idigbio.org/wiki/index.php/Data_Sharing_Data_Standards_and_Demy stifying_the_IPT#Pre-Workshop_WEBINAR_on_IPT_Install_.2F_Set_up> . Please use these resources as much as you like. If you have developed other training or promotional resources related to the IPT, I would love to know about it :) With regards Alberto ---------- Alberto GONZÁLEZ TALAVÁN Senior Programme Officer for Training Global Biodiversity Information Facility Secretariat Universitetsparken 15 DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark email: atalavan(a)gbif.org twitter: atalavan <https://twitter.com/atalavan> web: http://www.gbif.org/ http://community.gbif.org/pg/profile/atalavan T: +45 35 32 14 83 F: +45 35 32 14 80

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Access IPT via web services
by Doug Palmer 20 Nov '14

20 Nov '14

Hi IPTers, I'm looking for a way to access an IPT instance as a web service. What I would like to do is poll for a list of the available resources in some machine friendly form, such as JSON or XML and use it to decide whether there have been any changes that I am interested in. I think that I can probably do it via playing around with the the RSS feed but I would like to see if there is a more direct route that I could take or an extension that someone has already developed. Doug Palmer

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Unable to register and update resource in IPT 2.0.3
by Aaike De Wever 25 Sep '14

25 Sep '14

Dear all, Although I could successfully register datasets with GBIF until recently, I get a "Registration of resource failed!" message now. Similarly I tried to re-publish a number of resources after applying a small edit to the mapping and am getting a "Error publishing resource: Bad registry response" message. As we are still on version 2.0.3, I was wondering whether this may be the reason (and we urgently need to update) or if these error messages mean something else. Thanks a lot for your help! With best regards, -- Aaike De Wever BioFresh Science Officer Operational Directorate Natural Environments Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences Vautierstraat 29, 1000 Brussels Belgium tel.: +32(0)2 627 43 90 mobile.: +32(0)486 28 05 93 email: <aaike.dewever(a)naturalsciences.be> skype: aaikew LinkedIn: <http://be.linkedin.com/in/aaikedewever> BioFresh: <http://www.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/> and <http://data.freshwaterbiodiversity.eu/>

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Migrating IPT and changing Resource Managers
by Dan Lear 23 Sep '14

23 Sep '14

I have migrated a resource to a new instance of IPT on a different server, however I want to change the Resource Manager. Migrating the resource without changing the manager give a "FreeMarker template error". Do I have to recreate the Resource Managers on the new server, or can I make the edits somewhere else? Thanks Dan

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A "simple" question about switch from Test to Production mode
by Michel Kapel 18 Sep '14

18 Sep '14

Hello. We are going to switch our IPT from "test" to "production" mode. The documentation seems clear about it but I'd like to be sure of something. At this point In the doc https://code.google.com/p/gbif-providertoolkit/wiki/IPT2ManualNotes#IPT_set… -------------------------------- To switch from test to production mode or vice versa, you will have to reinstall your IPT and repeat any configurations you made. (see the "Starting Over" section in this Getting Started Guide). -------------------------------- Starts clearly enough REINSTALL but then comes the Starting Over part https://code.google.com/p/gbif-providertoolkit/wiki/IPT2ManualNotes#Startin… ---------------------------------------------- It is relatively easy to re-initiate the IPT and begin again with the first setup page by doing the following: Every user who is logged in to the IPT should first log out. Remove the file called datadir.location from the folder where it was created by the IPT (normally WEB-INF within the IPT base installation directory - not within the IPT data directory configured in the first setup step). The person having the default administrator information and knowledge of the IPT installation should open the IPT in a web browser. This will show the initial IPT setup page again (see the "IPT setup" section in this Getting Started Guide). If the user enters the same absolute path to the data directory as before, the previous configuration will be completely restored, assuming that there has been no incompatible upgrade in IPT versions between the time when the data directory was last used and when it is used to re-initiate the IPT. If the same data directory location is desired, but without the previous IPT configuration, then the contents of that data directory should be moved to a different location or removed entirely before clicking on "Save" in the initial IPT setup page. If an entirely new data directory is used, then the setup will proceed exactly as described in the "IPT setup" section of this Getting Started Guide. ---------------------------------------------- So here comes my question. Could just starting with an entirely new data directory allow switching for "test" to "production"? The choice of IPT mode looks like part of the rest of the procedure in that particular case.

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strange meta.xml file
by "Dröge, Gabriele" 19 Aug '14

19 Aug '14

Hi everyone, I'm using IPT Version 2.1.1-r4640 with several extensions and I am wondering why my meta.xml looks different from others. Usually for the extensions there is just a row <coreid index="0"> But in my meta.xml there is a second one <field term="http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/occurenceID"> I've attached both meta.xml-files (taken from a GBIF provider). HIT seems to have some problems with it, so do you have any idea why my meta.xml looks like this? Best, Gabi

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IPT 2.2.2 with SQL Server 2008; jtds error
by Blum, Stan 29 May '14

29 May '14

Hi all, Is anyone else using: IPT 2.1.1 on CentOS 6.5 Java 1.6.0_30 Tomcat 6 Connecting to: SQL Server 2008 R2 Windows 2008 Server We had been operating just fine with 2.0.4 since last fall. We recently updated to IPT 2.1.1 about two weeks ago. Now we are unable to connect to our SQL Server instance. We’re getting: java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: net/sourceforge/jtds/jdbc/Driver : Unsupported major.minor version 51.0 (unable to load class net.sourceforge.jtds.jdbc.Driver) (We also upgraded the SQL Server database/server recently, but I think that was working fine for at least two weeks before we upgraded our IPT.) Does anyone know how to fix (or help us further diagnose) our “unsupported major.minor version 51.0” problem? Thanks, -Stan

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Security update
by Kyle Braak [GBIF] 01 May '14

01 May '14

Dear IPT users, This is an important message regarding the IPT. IPT administrators should update their IPTs to the new version (2.1.1) which has a security update and is available for download here. The security update fixes a couple vulnerabilities inherited from the Apache Struts web framework, which the IPT uses. Struts made this announcement describing their latest release and its patched security issues that the IPT has upgraded to. For further information about the Struts vulnerabilities, as well as some helpful mitigation strategies for server administrators, you can refer to this article. Simple instructions on how to update your IPT are below. If you don't have time to update your IPT immediately, I would advise you to take it offline until you can. Please email the IPT list directly for more help upgrading your installation. Sincerely, Kyle, on behalf of the IPT development team and the GBIF Secretariat Instructions how to update IPT in Tomcat: Please download: http://repository.gbif.org/content/groups/gbif/org/gbif/ipt/2.1.1/ipt-2.1.1… Backup IPT data directory somewhere safe Remove ipt.war from $tomcat/webapps/ (some seconds later, the deployed /ipt folder should automatically delete) Once ipt.war and /ipt have been removed from /webapps - stop Tomcat Add new version to /webapps renaming it from ipt-2.1.1.war to ipt.war Start Tomcat In a browser open the application (if it doesn't appear at first, try restarting Tomcat once more). When prompted for IPT data directory, enter same location as existing IPT data directory Press continue, hopefully installation succeeds.

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