Borealis upgrading to version 6.4

Last modified by Meghan Goodchild on 2025-01-08, 14:16

Article de blogue en français ici

Borealis will upgrade to version 6.4 on January 27, 2025. Please note the platform will be unavailable during the upgrade from approximately 9 am - 5 pm ET.

This upgrade brings many new features, including:

  • Fully redesigned Data Explorer
  • New “Relation Type” field for Related Publication Metadata to comply with DataCite Metadata 4.5 schema
  • Improvements to shapefile/zip handling
  • Computational Workflow Metadata block now has clickable URLs
  • Improved email notifications when a Guestbook is used for file access requests
  • Unlink Dataset Button
  • Expanded metadata standards including Croissant support
  • Improvements to Search API
  • Incomplete metadata tag no longer publicly viewable
  • Indexing and performance enhancements
  • Bug fixes and more!

To test these features, feel free to use our demo sandbox environment which was upgraded on December 18.

Full details about the new features and changes can be found in the IQSS GitHub Release pages (English only).  Please note that not all of the features available will be enabled in Borealis.

Please reach out if you have any questions or feedback