Data surgeries and clinics ended its work in June 2013
Fran Simon and Neil want to thank all the participants for their amazing contributions.
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20130605
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20130506
Release 10 virtual drop in GoTo meeting with one of the developers - Joel Benn
When: Monday, 20 May, 1-2pm Or: Tuesday, 21 May, 1-2pm
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Research Data Australia Release 10 webinar, you can register now.
This coming Wednesday, 8 May, 12-1pm AEST.
Adrian Burton, Joel Benn and Ben Greenwood from ANDS will take you through the new functionalities and updates.
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Adrian Burton, Joel Benn and Ben Greenwood from ANDS will take you through the new functionalities and updates.
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20130503
Good news if your workplace does not yet provide AAF authentication
AAF Virtual Home (VH) has been released
The AAF Virtual Home (VH) – the new solution replacing the Virtual Home Organisation (VHO) – has been released in our production environment. The AAF Virtual Home (VH) is an identity management system for individuals who need to access services via the AAF but who do not have an account with an AAF identity provider (IdP).
As a researcher you may be collaborating with individuals who are not in your identity management system and who need to access AAF-connected services in your organisation. You can in effect sponsor these individuals and add them to the VH. This enables them to access AAF-connected services without having an account in your identity management system.
To find out more information about the AAF VH go to:
The AAF Virtual Home (VH) – the new solution replacing the Virtual Home Organisation (VHO) – has been released in our production environment. The AAF Virtual Home (VH) is an identity management system for individuals who need to access services via the AAF but who do not have an account with an AAF identity provider (IdP).
As a researcher you may be collaborating with individuals who are not in your identity management system and who need to access AAF-connected services in your organisation. You can in effect sponsor these individuals and add them to the VH. This enables them to access AAF-connected services without having an account in your identity management system.
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[Source: eResearch Australasia eNewsletter - May 2013]
Research Data Australia, is about to get a serious makeover
ANDS Online Services Release 10
Release 10 of ANDS Online Services will be implemented in May 2013.
Below is an overview of who, what and how the changes will impact our users.
Please note that these are the planned features, subject to timetabling changes.
A "GoTo webinar" will be announced to inform you about the new Research Data Australia websiteGraphical redesign of Research Data Australia
- Change: A more modern and user-friendly Research Data Australia website will be implemented.
- Who is affected: Research Data Australia Users
- Impact: The basic functionality of Research Data Australia will stay the same however, users will be provided with a much improved graphical interface and enhanced navigation experience.
- Documentation affected/needed: Content Providers Guide, Guides
- Requirements: The Content Providers Guide and the Guides pages on the ANDS website will be updated to reflect the new Research Data Australia screens. Day 1 help document will be required to aid Research Data Australia users in using the portal
Support for the display and navigation of nested (hierarchical) collections within Research Data Australia.
- Change: Nested (hierarchical) collections will be displayed in a browsable tree structure within record view pages in Research Data Australia
- Who is affected: Research Data Australia users
- Impact: DSAs with collections utilising the RIF-CS relation hasPart/isPartOf will notice an additional display feature for their related collections. RDA users will have an additional option for navigating these related collections
- Documentation affected/needed: Explanatory text in Research Data Australia, Content Providers Guide, Guides, Training and Support on the ANDS website
- Requirements: Release announcements to ANDS staff, partners and ANDS general. DSAs who would like to utilise this feature will need to use the RIF-CS relation hasPart/isPartOf to relate their collections
Complete Rewrite of ANDS Registry
- Change: Largely the same feature set as the existing registry, with significant performance, graphical and usability enhancements
- Who is affected: All registry users (ANDS Client Liaison Officers, ANDS Quality Assessors, Publish My Data Users (Researchers) and Data Source Administrators)
- Impact: Due to all pages within the registry being changed, the initial impact of this change will be broad. Of particular note are those partners who are currently using the Add Record and Manage My Records pages to manage hand crafted records as part of their project obligations, and the ANDS Quality Assessors and Client Liaison Officers reviewing these records. Although the core functionality of the registry is much the same, there will be an initial learning curve for existing users
- Documentation affected/needed: Content Providers Guide, Guides, Technical Resources page on the web, Training materials.
- Requirements: The Content Providers Guide and the Guides pages on the ANDS website will be updated to reflect the new ANDS Registry screens. Help documentation will be required to help data source administrators, assessors and client liaison in using the new screens. Special assistance or training might be necessary to assist existing users in using the new Registry
A webinar will be scheduled to educate contributors on the new ANDS Registry
RIF-CSAddition of 'orcid' identifier to party records
- Change: .Addition of an Open Researcher and Contributor ID (ORCID) identifier to the RIF-CS Identifier vocab and associated display of resolvable ORCID identifier links in Research Data Australia
- Who is affected: ANDS Client Liaison Officers, ANDS Assessors, and Data Source Administrators
- Impact: Providers will now be able to provide a richer party record by adding the researcher's ORCID identifier, which will be resolvable when viewed in Research Data Australia
- Documentation affected/needed: Content Providers Guide, Guides, RIF-CS page on the web, RIF-CS vocabulary
- Requirements: The RIF-CS vocabulary will be updated to add 'orcid' as an identifier type, which will also be available in the drop-down field for users who manually add records in the ANDS Registry. The Content Providers Guide and Guides pages on the ANDS website will also be updated to add the new identifier type and to provide guidance on usage
DOI Service
Enhancement to the DOI Query Tool which allows users to update URIs assigned to their DOIs.
- Change: The DOI Query Tool will be enhanced to allow Cite My Data users to update the URLs associated with their DOIs through a user interface.
- Who is affected: Cite My Data users
- Impact: Low impact. Cite My Data users will now be able to edit or update the URLs associated with their DOIs or the DOI metadata via the DOI Query tool in the ANDS Registry. This change will enable users to easily manage and keep their DOI URLs current.
- Documentation affected/needed: Cite My Data Technical Document, Cite My Data page on the ANDS website
A separate email will be sent to all Registered Cite My Data users to advise them of the change
20130501
Reminder todays meeting will start at 11:00 AM AEST
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