v0.3.0
We have major updates to the platform and there’s a lot to look forward
to in the new code.
Users can enjoy massive performance improvements thanks to major
refactoring to optimise the code and improve performance and
scalability.
More changes users will notice:
- Reworked the plan creation wizard
- Added multi-lingual support and translations
- You can now link your account to ORCID
- On/off switches for guidance
- Numerous bug fixes
- Accessibility and usability enhancements
- Improved admin controls:
- Organisations can now upload their own logos
- Admins can assign user rights within their institutions
And some technical stuff:
- We untangled the data schema and object models
- Created data migration procedure from old schema
- A new API for retrieval of data & statistics
- Transitioned to GitHub Projects workflow
- Created testing suite and transitioned to Travis CI
- Updated libs & moved to Rails 4.2+ (with a view to moving to Rails 5)
- The data model/schema now makes more sense and is organised along the
main axis of plans -> templates -> phases -> sections -> questions.
A diagram can be found here:
https://github.com/DMPRoadmap/roadmap/wiki/Data-model - Upgrade instructions from DMPonline version 4:
https://github.com/DMPRoadmap/roadmap/wiki/Upgrading-from-DMPonline_v4
DMPRoadmap welcomes the community's contributions. Ways to get involved:
https://github.com/DMPRoadmap/roadmap/wiki/Get-involved