[BEXIS2-Users] BEXIS2 version 3.0.0-beta

[bexis2-users at listserv.uni-jena.de]

Dear all,

we are happy to announce we released *BEXIS2 version 3.0.0-beta* today, 
in the last hours of the last working day this year!

It was a side project over more than one year and our main for the last 
half year. Confronted with more and more wishes and issues, we could not 
fulfill within the current structure and used UI framework, we decided 
to start changing and exchanging certain components and libraries 
slowly. We are now in a stage where the fundament for all remaining 
refactoring tasks is set, and certain areas are changed and enhanced 
with new or improved features and workflows. We also introduced, as well 
as possible within our limited resources, scrum to organize our work and 
make current tasks more transparent for all.

There are many changed things you will not see as a user. This includes, 
for example, the update of certain libraries in the backend, code 
consolidation, introduction of unit tests, refactoring of the way of 
communication with the frontend, and setting up automated workflows for 
executing unit tests, setting up our test instance and build workflow 
for releases and new instances. We also maintain a library for common UI 
elements to prevent elements from differing too much in functionality 
and shape.

As a user of BEXIS2, you will find changes related to the settings, 
creation, editing, and upload workflow for datasets. Settings that 
previously required server access are now accessible for admins via the 
UI. Few settings related to datasets bound to the whole instance are now 
moved to groups of entities (digital objects), e.g., the visibility of 
certain tabs. Creating new datasets no longer requires users to be aware 
of which metadata schema they have to choose, as those things can be 
predefined together with other settings by admins. The previously 
existing workflows of importing data have been merged into one, keeping 
the best of both with a free choice for the user with what they want to 
start with or change to pass the improved validation process.

For more details, please have a look at our release notes and linked 
documents:

  * *Release Notes*:
    https://github.com/BEXIS2/Core/blob/3.0.0-beta/Release%20Notes/Release_Notes.md
    <https://github.com/BEXIS2/Core/blob/3.0.0-beta/Release%20Notes/Release_Notes.md>
  * *Entity Templates*:
    https://github.com/BEXIS2/Documents/blob/3.0.0-beta/Docu/Entity%20Templates.pdf
  * *Terms Variable Concept_:_*
    https://github.com/BEXIS2/Documents/blob/3.0.0-beta/Docu/Terms%20Variable%20Concept.pdf

  BEXIS2 demo instance: https://demo.bexis2.uni-jena.de/
<https://demo.bexis2.uni-jena.de/>

*/We thank all projects contributing developer resources, namely 
NFDI4Biodiversity, Biodiversity Exploratories, iDiv, Microverse, and 
AquaDiva. We highly appreciate it and look forward to further 
collaboration in 2024./*

Your BEXIS2 Developer Team

-- 
Dipl.-Geogr. Franziska Zander
Lead scientific developer
Research data manager

Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
FUSION - FUnctionality Sharing In Open eNvironments
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
Leutragraben 1, Jentower (21st floor), D-07743 Jena, Germany,
project:	https://www.biodiversity-exploratories.de  
website:	https://bexis2.github.io

Department of Geography
Geographic Information Science
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
Leutragraben 1, Jentower (26th floor), D-07743 Jena, Germany
project: 	TIPPECC - Climate change information for adapting to regional tipping points in southern Africa

Institute of Biology
Systematic Botany and Functional Biodiversity Lab
University of Leipzig
project:	PlantHub - A place of creative exploration of biodiversity data
website:	https://planthub.idiv.de
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