1.5

Dataverse Previewers v1.5

The 1.5 release include

• 2 new 3D Previewers (VoyagerPreview, X3dPreview)
• a Local Install script (modifies Previewers to copy all files, libraries, and fonts locally)
• and updates to:
  • Video Previewer (sizing,subtitles),
  • Spreadsheet Previewer (handle quotes in cells, keep column order)
  • Markdown Previewer (support for tables)
  • HD5Viewer (security updates)
• plus minor bug fixes

The install instructions in the README have been updated for v1.5.

New Contributors

• @PaulBoon made their first contribution in #56
• @gwendoux made their first contribution in #61
• @BenediktMeierUIT made their first contribution in #67
• @jo-pol made their first contribution in #89
• @jeromeroucou made their first contribution in #113

Full Changelog: 1.4...1.5

Dataverse Previewers v1.4

More Previewers! Since the v1.3 release, the community has added previewers for
• Geospatial content (geojson) - was in v1.3 as a beta release,
• Zip Files (.zip, .eln),
• NetCDF and HDF Files and NCML metadata,
• Markdown formatted text,
• Shape files,
• GeoTiff,
• Rich HTML (HTML containing scripts that must run for proper display, e.g. for content generated with Plotly), and
• RO-Crate files.

(Please read the notes in the example Configuration command pages for details about these previewers and their Dataverse version compatibility and limitations.)

Support for Signed URLs. As of Dataverse v6.1, signed URLs are supported as an alternative to sending an API key to external tools, including previewers. (Signed URLs were introduced in Dataverse v5.13 but do not work when datasets are accessed via Private URLs until v6.1). Signed URLs are short-lived and are specific to the API calls Previewers need to read and display dataset metadata and file contents.

Dataverse Previewers v1.3

This release includes

• Accessibility improvements
• A new GeoJSON Map Viewer (works with Dataverse v5.9+)
• adds audio/x-m4a as a mimetype to register with the Audio Previewer

Dataverse Previewers v1.2

• Improved instructions - customized to pre-v5.2 and v5.2+ Dataverse installations
• Improved internationalization
• Improved formatting and accessibility
• New location with shorter URLs ('globaldataversecommunityconsortium' -> 'gdcc')
• Reorganization to avoid everyone having to upgrade at the same time going forward