IST-Data Services Blog

On October 6, the CollectionSpace project team announced the 0.2 release of the community source collection management system.  As the news item states, this release:

allows users to login to the system, create a new intake record, and auto-fill intake and object identification numbers. Information groups within data entry screens can be collapsed and expanded to maximize screen efficiency (use the plus/minus signs to the left of the information group name; e.g. object identification information). Updates to the object, create new main page, and find/edit main page are also incorporated into this release.

Equally important, this release demonstrates that the project team is gaining momentum towards the version 1 release in June 2010.  The next release is intended to continue accelerating the pace of development and will include:

an expansion of the ID service to include a choice of sequential identification numbers; the first version of the vocabulary service, which will provide access to controlled lists; and support for acquisition.

Also tantalizing, the UCB services team is working on some of the important schema customization and multi-tenancy capabilities for the system.

Tags: collection management systems, CollectionSpace, informatics, museums

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