Release 1.0.4-beta

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Released November 17th, 2008

New features

 * A new template for adding archival descriptions using the Canadian Rules for Archival Description (RAD)
 * Single- and multi-repository settings options, ability to quickly add multiple dates and authority records to an archival description
 * Ability to add taxonomy terms directly from the archival description edit screen
 * Improvements in display such as the placement of creators and dates of creation next to each other in archival description view screens, and other enhancements and fixes


 * Enhancement: add user interface template for Canadian Rules for Archival Description (RAD), issue 441
 * Enhancement: add site title and description settings to admin interface to allow easy customization and translation, issue 478
 * Enhancement: add feature to allow setting system to multi-repository or single-repository and customize displays based on this setting, issue 447
 * Enhancement: add modal dialog for quickly adding multiple dates or authority records to an archival description
 * add list of event types (accumulation, authoring, broadcasting, etc.)
 * allow assignment of place
 * allow adding note
 * Enhancement: add modal dialog for adding subject and place terms from the archival description edit screen
 * Enhancement: add ability to view creator and dates of creation next to each other in information object view screen, issue 490
 * Enhancement: update labels and implement data validation for admin > settings form
 * Enhancement: add paging to admin > user list, issue 463
 * Enhancement: display error messages on failed login, issue 173
 * Fix: max reference image width ignored, issue 479
 * Fix: authority record has fonds as creator, issue 310
 * Fix: undefined country for linked archival repository causes information objects with reference codes to fail to display, issue 470
 * Fix: some i18n terms from previous language still showing up after switching UI language, issue 221
 * Fix: changing name of repository does not reindex linked information objects, issue 481

For technical details on changes to the Qubit Open Information Management Toolkit for this release, see commits 1451:1600, http://code.google.com/p/qubit-toolkit/source/list