[IPT] IPT 1.0b.8 online

[Markus Döring (GBIF)]

Dear all,
a new pre relase of the IPT is available for testing.
You can try it here as usual:

  * online demo
http://ipt.gbif.org

  * a war archive for your own tomcat installation
http://gbif-providertoolkit.googlecode.com/files/ipt-1.0b.8.war

  * a mac standalone version without any further dependecies
ftp://ftp.gbif.org/projects/ipt/downloads/ipt-1.0b.8.dmg


Many, many thanks for the valuable feedback we have received in the  
past weeks. There are still outstanding bugs, but the new release 1.0b. 
8 fixes many of them.
Work has been done to fix SQL source problems, to provide a better  
property mapping interface, to connect to the GBIF registry (a test  
registry is currently configured) and to update darwin core extensions  
and vocabularies for controlled terms from central sites. If you  
havent tried the new Flash based maps provided by Javier de la Torre,  
give it a go.

If you encounter problems, please report them as usual in the issue  
tracker:
http://code.google.com/p/gbif-providertoolkit/issues/list


best wishes,
Markus