Version 2.12.3

Release date: 2024-12-09

This patch release corrects issues related to dates handling in METS and to file format analysis on nested archive files.

METS

• The value of the (mandatory) attribute CREATEDATE under metsHdr, are now set to the time of METS-file creation
  (not the non mandatory archive extraction date provided by the user or, if it is not, a system default datetime).
• Arkade is now creating a dedicated fileGrp element under fileSec, for archive extraction files (i.e. files from the content directory), with the value of the attribute USE set to "ArchiveExtraction".
• If an extraction date is provided by the user, the (non mandatory) attribute VERSDATE is added to the ArchiveExtraction specific fileGrp element mentioned above, and the given extraction date is written as value to it.
• Under loading of an existing/external METS xml file, a VERSDATE value is interpreted as an extraction date if it is found under a single instance of a filGrp element having a USE attribute with the value "ArchiveExtraction".

File format analysis

• An error, causing the PRONOM file format analysis (with Siegfried) to abort when run on input data with nested archive files (e.g. zip/tar under zip/tar), has been corrected.

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Version 2.12.2

Release date: 2024-09-30

• Non-ASCII characters in file and directory names are now preserved when written as entries to a IP tar file.
• Having files under a directory with a defined Noark 5 document directory name, will no longer cause files and/or METS file descriptions to be missing when the archive type is set different than Noark 5.

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Version 2.12.1

Release date: 2024-09-16

This patch release corrects issues related to file descriptions in METS.

• An error, introduced in Arkade 2.11.0, causing N5 documents to be described twice in dias-mets.xml for archives processed from a directory, has been corrected.
• An error, causing MIMETYPE set to text/plain in file descriptions in dias-mets.xml whenever an otherwise known N5 document file extension was unrecognized due to an unexpected prefix or character case, has been corrected.
• An error causing an existing dias-mets.xml file to be described in the dias-mets.xml file it is later overwritten by, has been corrected.
• An error causing (temporary) files under repository_operations to be described in the dias-mets.xml generated when a SIP (from which such files are excluded) is created, has been corrected.
• The value of the CREATED-attribute for a file element in METS are now consistently set to the last modified date of the file it is describing.
• Document file descriptions in dias-mets.xml are now occuring at the same place (last) and in the same internal order (top directory level first) regardless of the archive-extract beeing loaded into Arkade as an IP-package or a directory.

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Version 2.12.0

Release date: 2024-06-03

• Framework upgrade

  • Arkade 5 now requires .NET 8
    • For Arkade 5 version 2.12.0 to run, the .NET 8 runtime must be installed.
      CLI and GUI applications requires .NET 8 Runtime and .NET 8 Desktop Runtime accordingly.

• Third party software upgrades

  • File format analysis is now based on version 1.11.0 of Siegfried
  • The Siegfried signature file has been updated to the latest version (as of 2024-05-13)
  • PDF/A validation is now based on version 1.24.1 of VeraPDF
  • Optional DBPTK-integration has been verified with version 2.11.0 of the DBPTK CLI/library

• Installer upgrade

  • The installer framework WiX is upgraded to version 5

• GUI improvements

  • User confirmation dialogs are displayed when buttons are clicked to close Arkade or to start a new session
  • Descriptions of metadata sections are now provided as tooltips on each section heading

• CLI

  • The obsolete parameter -O (replaced by -F in Arkade version 2.7.0) for the CLI analyse command has been removed

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Full Changelog: v2.11.1...v.2.12.0

Version 2.11.2

Release date: 2024-04-23

This patch release corrects issues related to file format analysis and Siard archive processing.

• The option to run format analysis on Noark 5 document files when creating a package from IP-input (.tar) is re-enabled.
  The versions affected by this fallout is 2.11.0 and 2.11.1. Standalone file format analysis (run from toolbox) is not affected.

• File format analysis no longer abort but continue with next file if Siegfried generates a csv result containg syntax errors.

• Missing progress display for file format analysis on Siard blobs/clobs (causing crash if run with CLI), have been fixed.

• The ability to pack archive extracts having Siard versions without Arkade test-support is fixed.

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Version 2.11.1

Release date: 2023-12-08

This patch release contains a change to Noark 5 test N5.14 to ensure that only public folder titles are used in the test report.

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Version 2.11.0

Release date: 2023-07-05

• Performance improvements

  • Noark 5 document files are no longer extracted from .tar archive for analysis, potentially reducing the processing time significantly
  • Noark 5 document files analysed during testing are no longer re-analysed for IP-package metadata, reducing the processing time

• + A number of minor corrections and improvements

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Version 2.10.1

Release date: 2023-06-19

This patch release resolves a vulnerability regarding the processing of Siard archive extracts
An error, causing all contents of the directory containing a Siard archive file loaded with Arkade using the "Select file"-option to be included if an informationpackage is created, has been corrected.

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Version 2.10.0

Release date: 2023-05-16

• New Features

  • The number of empty document files is now reported with a new Noark 5 test (N5.64)
  • The maximum number of test results per test, written to the test report (PDF and HTML formats), is now configurable
    in the GUI settings window or as CLI parameter --result-display-limit (shorthand -r) followed by the the desired number

• Improvements

  • The Arkade metadata module (loader, writer and editor) has been expanded with support for the METS fields
    RECORD STATUS, DELIVERY TYPE, PACKAGE NUMBER, REFERENCE CODE and PROJECT NAME
  • PRONOM-analysis: File formats valid with additional requirements (according to RAF) are now listed as "Valid*" (with an asterisk)
  • DIAS-validator: Support is added for SIARD-SIP and SIARD-AIP
  • The bundled PRONOM-analysis tool, Siegfried, is updated to version 1.9.6

• Corrections

  • Noark 5 tests N5.21 and N5.24: Folders and registrations with status "Utgår" are now ignored properly
  • Noark 5 test N5.02 should no longer cause the test session to abort under any circumstances
  • The progress indicator for archive testing should no longer reset and/or indicate negative progress
  • The PDF/A-validator will no longer hang if a reference to a non-existing file is passed to it
  • The DIAS-validator does no longer require ADDML files for SIP-structures
  • GUI: Text in multi-line metadata input fields is now always left aligned

• + A number of minor corrections and improvements

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Version 2.9.1

Release date: 2023-02-28

This patch release mainly contains improvements and fixes related to the PRONOM analysis

• PRONOM analysis

  • Fixed a bug causing the PRONOM-analysis to fail without giving any feedback to the user
  • Improved robustness of the PRONOM-analysis
  • Improved handling of unforeseen bugs
  • Fixed a bug causing .zip and .tar files to appear twice in the resulting .csv file
  • Content of archive files (.zip, .tar) with missing or incorrect extensions will now be analysed
  • Progress is now indicated as a percentage (xxx.xx %) rather than number of files (x of N)
  • Result file:
    • Absolute file path is removed - this was added based on a misunderstanding
    • Field for format approval in accordance with the Norwegian Archivist's Regulation is renamed from "RF-{date}" to "RAF-{date}"
    • Field for errors is placed as last field
  • Statistics file:
    • Number of file formats is placed as last field

• Improved handling of errors occuring during cleanup of Arkade's temporary files

• • minor UI corrections

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