Builder wait value moved into the system-wide settings accessible through the web app (in seconds)
Number of days builder logs are retained is now a system-wide setting accessible through the web app
Update the statuses used with the builder to add a PAUSE option which does not cause execution to completely stop
Corrected issue when loading a METS files which does not have a VID indicated
Corrected issue when an office document fails to convert to PDF for some reason which was causing all subsequent packages to be skipped
Corrected issue creating JPEG2000 files
Added better error-checking and error-reporting functionalities, especially on initial launch
Moved all configuration information to an external config file
Added ability to query the SobekCM Builder from the command-line for version information ( --version )
Added ability to edit the configuration from the command-line ( --config )
Updated the command-line help ( --help )
Created a new deployment project which automatically sets necessary folder permissions and launches configuration tool as necessary
Updated all libraries to be in sync with version 3.04 of the web application
VERSION 3.0.2
September 15, 2011
Corrected issue that some portions of the SobekCM Bibliographic Package library had not been updated
Corrected issue with METS-less resource files causing the metadata to revert to an earlier version
Changed process so the RSS feed and XML file creation occurs no more frequently than every 10 minutes
Moved the privacy email addresses into the database, from the application config file
Page counts are now included for resources without page images but with a PDF
Any errors encountered during auto-conversion of Word DOCs and PPT to PDF are written to the error log
Changed how OAI-PMH records are stored; now in the database
If a file is loaded for a PUBLIC resource which is BORN DIGITAL, then it is marked complete as well
VERSION 3.0.1
August 23, 2011
Corrected the application configuration to hold only the bare minimum of necessary data
Updated the SobekCM library to the newest version
Added ability to call out to an external OCR engine while post-processing or handling new incoming data
VERSION 3.0.0
August 8, 2011
This represents a major update to the logic and further code cleaning. In addition, a new post-processing step was added
and support was added for converting Word and Powerpoint files to PDF, pulling text from the PDF, and creation of thumbnails from a PDF file, as well
as a number of other changes.
Post-processing step included
Added ability to convert PPT, PPTX, DOC, and DOCX files to PDF
Added ability to pull full text from a PDF file
Added ability to automatically create the main thumbnail from a PDF
Added regular expression check for social security number in the loading text
Added final call to the database to build the cached links between aggregations and metadata for quick metadata browsing
Added final call to optimize the Solr/Lucene indexes before shutting down
Solr/Lucene index updated while loading new items
Added ability to control which types of requests can be processed from different input locations
VERSION 2.9.11
March 24, 2011
Updated with new SobekCM Library and SobekCM Bib Package class libraries (dlls)
Performed rather major code refactoring to remove unnecessary section and complete code commenting
Removed tables in the database for incoming file destinations, image servers, application servers, and search servers
Replaced these tables with five settings in the builder settings table
Added new table in the database to support multiple incoming folder locations with different settings
If a package has a TIFF, image derivatives will be checked and generated if necessary
Added back DELETE processing if they are allowed in that particular incoming folder
Setup file generated for 64 bit machines now
VERSION 2.9.10
January 9, 2011
Updated with new SobekCM Library and SobekCM Bib Package class libraries (dlls)
METS Types are now COMPLETE, PARTIAL, and METADATA_UPDATE
Search engine sitemaps now include last modified date and limited to 30,000 per file
Pointed all status updates to the new UFDC database, and removed all references to the old tracking DB
VERSION 2.9.9
December 20, 2010
Updated with new SobekCM Library and SobekCM Bib Package class libraries (dlls)
Modified save routines to only save the behaviors for a brand new item
Builder no longer supports DELETE type METS files
Added support for new DarwinCore zoological taxonomies in the METS files
VERSION 2.9.8
November 23, 2010
MarcXML report and static aggregation pages built first thing the builder launches everyday
Updated MarcXML report creating to validate against LC's schema
Modified loader to create new static pages for each loaded item for search engine support on web server
Modified loader to create new static browse all page for each item aggregation
Updated METS --> MARC mapping when creating the static MARC files
Updated with new SobekCM Library and SobekCM Bib Package class libraries (dlls)
VERSION 2.9.7
October 26, 2010
Updated bib package for new secondary structure map
Updated logging system to use a new log each day and remove old logs ten days old
Move from registray abort system to database abort system
VERSION 2.9.6
September 27, 2010
Updated builder with all the new code from the SobekCM web application
Updated static page builder for new URL format
VERSION 2.9.4
July 20, 2010
Corrected issue with the MARC thumbnail link
New incoming packages that have OCLC and ALEPH numbers are automatically flagged to go to Endeca
VERSION 2.9.3
July 12, 2010
Updated item saving routines
Recursively saves institutions ( if tagged to institutional division, also links to parent institution )
External record numbers ( i.e., OCLC, ALEPH, etc.. ) saved in seperate table
Saves ticklers and user entered comments
Updated all SobekCM libraries to match web application
If an item comes over tagged as METADATA UPDATE, but does not exist and has entire package, this is treated as a NEW item
Static pages are now saved within the digital resource folder
RSS feeds/Site maps updated for above change
VERSION 2.8.9
March 24, 2010
Updated footprint save routing and bounding box calculation
VERSION 2.8.8
March 18, 2010
Reincorporated all the new code from the SobekCM_Library and SobekCM_Bib_Package into the builder
VERSION 2.8.4
February 1, 2010
Updated UFDC Builder to work correctly with new item aggregations
Now accepts metadata updates outside of folders in the inbound folder directly
Now builds OAI and RSS feeds for every subaggregation of an aggregation when building that aggregation
VERSION 2.7.9
October 7, 2009
Corrected issue that was not clearing out the server information before loading new server information. Resulted in the same servers appearing in the server collection multiple times, causing the build to go slower.
