Version 1.3.2

Release date: 2019-02-08

• Corrections and improvements

  • Option to create (an untested) package without providing an ADDML file has been reestablished
  • Difference between the displayed total number of errors and the number of errors listed in the test report has been fixed
  • Wrong processing area directory name in settings window help text is corrected
  • Command line application (standalone) now requires framework .NET Core version 2.1 (as .NET Core version 2.0 has reached end of support)

• Metadata

  • The METS file describing a generated package, previously named info.xml, is now generated as {UUID}.xml with the same unique archive processing UUID as the package file

Version 1.3.1

Release date: 2019-01-22

• General changes / new features

  • Arkade will now validate any included XML file in accordance with any included XML schema as defined in the provided ADDML file
  • Only files defined in the provided ADDML file will be validated

• Metadata

  • Fields for METS CREATOR (information about the creator of the IP / METS file) are now read, written and made editable in the metadata GUI

• Noark 5 tests

  • The way document objects and case parts are counted is slightly changed/improved
  • Affected tests
    N5.26
    N5.35

• Other improvements/bugfixes

  • Broken links, to dotnet framework / dotnet core download pages, in the documentation are fixed

Version 1.3.0

Release date: 2018-10-22

• General changes / new features

  • Arkade now completely complies with the .NET Standard specification version 2.0
  • Option to process Noark 4 archives has been disabled until fully implemented

• Metadata

  • External metadata may now be loaded into the metadata window from a chosen METS or JSON file
  • Old solution for predefined entity-metadata has been removed (replaced by above solution)
  • The field Label has been exposed for customization but with standard-label functionality preserved
  • The field Address are added to Archive creator, Owner, Producer and Transferer
  • The fields Comments, History, Incoming separator and Outgoing separator has been removed
  • The producer contact person is no longer defined as mandatory

• Test report

  • The heading now includes archive creator(s), archive period, system name and system type
  • Each failing control (structure or content) are now listed, with links to its result, in the top section
  • All ADDML processes are now displayed with human friendly Norwegian names

• Command line interface

  • The new option --information-package-type (-i), enables production of both SIP and AIP packages
  • The new option --skip (-s), enables archive processing with testing only or packing only
  • The generated metadata example has been extended to demonstrate all fields supported by Arkade
  • Both METS and JSON now are supported file formats when including metadata for archive processing
  • Standard-label functionality may be achieved by using the placeholder [standard_label] as label value

• Other improvements/bugfixes

  • Packages created with CLI are now given its correct, session-generated, ID
  • Issue with possible duplicate file IDs in METS is fixed
  • System documentation is updated with new Noark 5 test IDs and ADDML process names and IDs
  • Mismatching checksums are now displayed in equal character case for easier visual comparison
  • Arkade handles ADDML regardless of the source XML filename (addml.xml/arkivuttrekk.xml)
  • Assembly information on installation packages are updated to provide more useful information
  • + a number of internal system improvements

Version 1.2.2

Release date: 2018-06-27

• Noark 5 tests

  • All remaining Noark 5 tests are (re)implemented in accordance with up to date specification
    • By ID: N5.02, N5.03, N5.08, N5.09, N5.10, N5.30, N5.32, N5.37, N5.40
  • N5.28 (ValidateNumberOfDocumentfiles) has been given a new test type, StructureAnalysis

• Commandline interface

  • Comprehensive CLI installation and usage guides have been added to the documentation http://arkade.arkivverket.no

• Other improvements/bugfixes

  • The Arkade processing area root directory has been renamed from Arkade to arkade-tmp
  • Issue with values being preserved when required metadata fields was emptied is fixed
  • ADDML process using wrong keyword looking up period separation is fixed
  • Problem with package type always written as SIP in METS files is corrected
  • Metadata GUI date picker is improved

Version 1.2.1

Release date: 2018-05-01

This version fixes a single issue and is otherwise identical to version 1.2.0.

Release notes for Version 1.2.0 shows improvements and new features introduced in the main release.

About the fixed issue
A change in the GitHub API requirements causes all Arkade versions prior to 1.2.1 (this) not to notify the user when a newer Arkade version (than the currently installed one) is available. Please upgrade Arkade to automatically be notified of future releases.

Version 1.2.0

Release date: 2018-04-30

• General new features

  • Arkade for the command line may now be run on macOS/Linux with the cross platform framework .NET Core
  • Arkade GUI/CLI for Windows may now be run on either .NET Core or regular .NET Framework for Windows

• Packages

  • Packages are no longer restricted by the 8 GB size limit for single files

• Report

  • The test name is consistently used as heading for each Noark 5 test
  • The test type (analysis/control) is displayed for every test
  • Line numbers are provided and redundant info is removed in XML validation error messages
  • Test result messages are made more consistent
  • Language in the report is made clearer in general

• ADDML flatfile definitions

  • Support for complex field- and record separators
  • Support for quoted semicolons in csv field values

• Noark 5 tests

  • Public and running journals are now XML-validated
  • N5.09 has been improved
  • Milliseconds are supported on dates in archive

• Command line interface

  • HTML test report is written to output directory
  • System logs are written to file (and console)

• Other improvements/bugfixes

  • Trouble reading period separation is handled
  • Checksum control of ADDML files, disabled by mistake, is reenabled with case-insensitive checksum comparison and improved user feedback
  • Command line interface usage/options function is fixed and reenabled
  • + a number of other minor improvements and bugfixes

Version 1.1.0

Release date: 2018-02-09

• General new features

  • Multiple instances of Arkade may now be run simultaneously
  • All Noark 5 tests and ADDML processes are now assigned unique identifiers, which are shown beside the test/process name in the test report

• Packages

  • To enable mere repackaging of Noark 4 archives, a NOARKIH file is no longer required to be part of the Noark 4 input archive
  • Invalid ADDML files no longer prevents mere archive repackaging
  • Packages having the archive files contained within a single root directory are now correctly loaded
  • Packaging is prevented and a warning is issued if the achive contains files that are exceeding the current single file size limit of 8 GB

• Other improvements/bugfixes

  • Issues with uppercase document directory names are resolved
  • It no longer causes any problems if Arkade processing area is manually cleaned up or removed
  • Considerable restructuring of the Arkade core is done to improve code consistency and testability
  • + a number of other minor improvements and bugfixes

Version 1.0.5

Release date: 2017-12-05

• General new features

  • Arkade now has a command line client
  • The user now controls where to place the created package and metadata
  • The user now controls where Arkade processes archives and maintains system logs
  • Temporary archive processing files are purged when Arkade is closed
  • System logs and error logs older than 1 week are purged when Arkade is closed

• Main user interface

  • If a newer Arkade version is available, information is now displayed and a download link is provided
  • A warning is given if Arkade is attempted shut down when tests has run but no package is created

• Packages

  • Packages now contains a package-named (uuid) root directory
  • The generated file {uuid}.xml is renamed to info.xml
  • A dias premis structured file log.xml is now included in packages
  • Schema files for addml and premis are included in packages
  • The package file index now uses UNIX style directory separators

• Improvements/corrections regarding reading/writing of mets files:

  • Created- and extraction dates are now part of the editable metadata
  • Checksums are now written in lower case
  • Forward slashes are used in file references
  • Date formats are fixed
  • References to ead.xml and eac-cpf.xml are only made when in AIP packages

• Noark 5 tests improved:

  • NumberOfArchiveParts
  • StatusOfArchiveParts
  • NumberOfClassificationSystems
  • NumberOfRegistrationsWithoutDocumentDescription
  • NumberOfDocumentDescriptions
  • NumberOfCaseParts
  • NumberOfDocumentObjects
  • NumberOfDocumentDescriptionsWithoutDocumentObject
  • NumberOfCorrespondenceParts
  • NumberOfDocumentFlows
  • NumberOfFoldersWithoutRegistrationsOrSubfolders
  • NumberOfFoldersPerYear
  • NumberOfRegistrationsPerYear
  • FirstAndLastRegistrationCreationDates
  • NumberOfJournalPosts
  • NumberOfPrecedents
  • NumberOfComments
  • NumberOfDepreciations

• Addml processes improved

  • ControlExtraOrMissingFiles

• Other improvements/bugfixes

  • Problem with xml validation errors accumulating over different test-runs is fixed
  • Arkade now handles big numbers of validation errors
  • Dates, in the archives, without a timezone indicator are now read correctly
  • The current Arkade version number is now written to test reports
  • Setup project is made compatible with Visual Studio 2017
  • + a number of other minor improvements and bugfixes

Version 1.0.4

Release date: 2017-09-13

• Installation file is now signed with a valid certificate

Version 1.0.1

Release date: 2017-09-04

• Broken link to user guide is fixed