Regular updates to the tDAR software comprise an integral part of Digital Antiquity’s commitment to digital archaeological data preservation. The “in situ” release of tDAR (Winter 2012) includes the following primary components:
New End-User Interface & Discovery Tools
- We worked with the team at Fervor Creative to completely redesign the end-user interface. We hope you find it easier to use.
- We've added a "Grid" view and Map view to search results, projects, and collections to allow you to view or organize your materials more visually
- You can now search for people and institutions
- We've added new icons for each of the tDAR resource types
- We've added (this) blog to the tDAR homepage
- We've added new fields to search by including filenames
Updated Resource Editing pages
- We've consolidated bookmarks onto the dashboard to make them easier to access
- We've updated the resource edit pages with a cleaner look and feel, better data validation, and error reporting. These include:
- A navigation bar that displays where you are on the page with easy access to jump to different parts or to save
- Document or Dataset creators can be more easily entered
- Enhanced inheritance tools
- A re-designed google maps interface making it easier to edit maps
- An improved bulk upload form with a better template, and pre-validation of the template before starting the bulk upload
- A new Editing permission that allows users to edit resource metadata only without the ability to add or modify files
Other
- A redesigned data api for adding resources to tDAR
- Enhanced security SSL by requiring user login via SSL