Release History

2.40 (22 February 2024)

Contributor’s organisation displayed in hover text on the collection landing page.
User guide public content migrated to WordPress.

File downloads

Implemented Globus file transfer option
Optimised zip file downloads for download speed

Deposit

Marine National Facility End of Voyage enabled for object storage deposits
Error message added for ATNF project code validation
Contact moved to Access section and use of generic emails enabled
Withdrawal added to actions in My Collections
History added to actions in My Collections
Version column added to My Collections
“Draft – requires revision” filter added to My Collections
Depositor notes history added to approval modal
Access keys maintenance added to My Profile

Technical and administration

Elastic Search has been upgraded
Database consolidation completed with migration to Postgres
Collection migration completed from tape to object storage for all collections including generic, Pulsar, Virus Images and Marine National Facility End of Voyage
Tape storage decommissioned for deposit and downloads
Prototype of internal-only dashboard for view and download usages metrics
Logging as a Service reporting requirements
org enhancements
Administrator metadata editing features:
- Embargo date
- Add or Remove users / groups access for an embargoed collection
- Add or Remove users / groups access for Specified Users
- Update attribution statements to reflect Contributor changes
- Update Contact
- Collection withdrawal
- User survey administration feature

2.39 (13 October 2023)

Australian National Herbarium Specimen Image Search released under the Scientific Domain National Research Collections Australia (NRCA)

File downloads

64 bit ZIP enabled to increase downloads up to 10GB and less than 3,000 files
Object storage downloads enabled for Pulsar observations
Object storage downloads enabled for Virus images

Preconfigured command line download commands for rclone or AWS CLIDAP homepage

Change look and number of Featured collections
Move keyword and location search to a single bar
Recent collections removed
Scientific domains homepage update with image tiles
Re-label Browse with Categories
Re-label to Scientific Domains
Remove CoreTrustSeal from homepage footer

Deposit

My Collections reorganisation to columns and default sort order
‘Recall from approver’ action in My Collections added to allow a submitted collection to be returned to draft for editing
Supporting documentation text file format added
Pulsar Observations enabled for object storage deposits
Virus image enabled for object storage deposits

2.38 (15 June 2023)

CSIRO ASKAP Science Data Archive in Science Domains new look design.

‘Domain type’ facet added to search results.

CSIRO Visual identity update implemented.

File downloads

Email address requirement removed for file downloads as files available immediately
Download Information Package includes metadata folder with file manifest, checksums, Dublin core metadata
Generic collection downloads enabled on S3 object storage (excluding Scientific Domains and Marine National Facility End of Voyage records)
S3 file transfer clients implemented
WebDAV for download deprecated
ZIP file name change to prevent download error due to long filename

Deposit

Generic collections (excludes Scientific Domains) enabled for object storage deposits
Uploading file automatic protocol population for S3 file transfer clients
‘New deposit’ form relocated within My Collections
Ability to add a pre-existing licence for Specified user and CSIRO only restricted collections

Technical and Administrative

Deposit – Removal of storage requirements due to deprecated tape storage infrastructure
National Research Collections Australia – deposit type for Specimen images
Deprecate old UI Administrator functionality
Update infrastructure with Puppet to manage Apache
Collection maintenance
- S3 location added
- Draft – template added

2.37 (21 February 2023)

Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC) Fields of Research 2020 implemented replacing 2008 version.

Accessibility: fixed tabbing in search pages and focus indicators

Deposit

Increase windows upload up to 1GiB for individual files
Accessibility fixed tabbing in deposit pages

Administration and Technical

Added the following Administration functionality from old user interface: Collection history, Handle management
Deprecated DOI review task from Administration functionality
Began staged migration of collections to S3 object storage
Implemented files policy for S3 object storage
Access keys implementation for S3 object storage
Dublin Core metadata file implemented for Downloads in S3 object storage
Fedora decommissioning by expanding Dublin Core fields for XML file
National Biodiversity DNA Library task to enable S3 object storage
National Research Collections Australia tasks to enable metadata schema
Search engine optimisation improving Schema.org

Research Data Planner decoupled from Data Access Portal application

2.36 (15 September 2022)

‘Cite as’ DOI changed to a URL

Deposit

Standard software licences added for Software Collections
Services order can be set by depositor for Service Collection type
Marine Community Profile metadata schema Distribution validation check

Technical and administration

Administration function migration from old user interface: Withdrawn status, System tasks, Licence management, Organisational hierarchy
Code refactoring for S3 object storage implementation
Collection types added for S3 object storage implementation
S3 connectivity health check
Search engine optimisation Schema.org enhancements
National Biodiversity DNA Library implement deposit collection type
DataCite DOI health check feature

v2.35.4163 (2 June 2022)

Development continued decommissioning the old Data Access Portal user interface focusing on the functions for system administrators including:

Banner text
Organisation names
Lookup table management
Funding sources
User management

Work continues getting the Data Access Portal ready for different storage infrastructure including:

Remove dap common & dap common api
Move CASDA Rules from dap common to DAP

v2.34.4069(02 Feb 2022)

Schema.org– meta tag implementation in the collection headers
Vue UI for help field management interface
Vue UI for collection admin interface
Vue UI for external system tag interface
VO Proxy decoupling from DAP Common
Direct links to file listing in UI
Switch over CASDA rules client (DAP) to use Swagger code gen
Vue Deposit UI module includes CASDA Skymap Search
Vue Deposit UI module includes CASDA Image Generation Service
Transition to open JDK 8

v2.33.3913(21 Oct 2021)

Scheduled collection code has been removed from the DAP code base
Moved DAP Common API code into DAP Core
FTP and SFTP link types have been added to related links
Home page has been rewritten by using Vue
Pulsar Solr Service code has been removed from the code base
Totalsize attribute has been added to the folders end point
Datacollectiontypecode attribute has been added to the collections endpoint
Vue Deposit UI module has been modified to add public UI modules
DAP Indexer has been moved to DAP
Thread deadlock monitor has been added to DAP
Restrictions relaxed for public users to access api/v2 endpoints
Hibernate has been replaced with JPA
ATNF default observation mode has been changed in the domain search
Collection landing page has been rewritten by using Vue
ATNF domain search page has been rewritten by using Vue
Browse page has been rewritten by using Vue
Search page has been rewritten by using Vue
Calibration files are made visible in ATNF collections
ACDP domain page has been rewritten by using Vue

v2.32.3686(30 Jun 2021)

Enquiries team email address in the emails has been replaced with URL
Non-depositor users can able to access licence endpoint
Collection indexing service has been decoupled from dap common API
Country name is displayed in contributor and collaborating organisation drop down lists
A clear message has been added on decommissioned pages to redirect to new UI
My Defaults and My profile admin pages have been moved from old UI to new UI
My Schedules page has been removed from DAP
Approver email links are set to navigate to new UI rather old UI
Old UI domain search URLs are redirected to new UI
More details are added to the response for the external system endpoint
New feature flag for S3 functionality has been created
New deposit method has been added to service collections
Customised page not found pages are created for landing pages which cannot be redirected
Browse by category and browse by keywords pages have been moved from old UI to new UI
sitemap.xml has been moved to the new UI location
Old UI search page URLs with search criteria are redirected to new UI
External references (like Google Analytics) of old UI have been removed
Project team and team members are now managed in the new UI
Old UI authentication is restricted to only admin members
An info banner has been added to notify the retirement of DAP old UI
Manage My Collection, Search by Location, Deposit, Domain Search and Browse tabs are hidden from old UI
Depositor is notified that the re-assignment process will take several minutes when re-assigning a large collection
Metadata access restrictions for service type embargoed collections has been changed
Tomcat server for DAP has been updated
ACDP Virus search has been renamed to Pathogen search
Pre published states of CASDA collections are now managed in the public UI
MongoDB Server for DAP has been updated
Text around user provided licence onscreen help tip and pre-conditions for externally sourced data has been changed
All files are displayed while uploading files in the files tab
Contact details for all DAP system generated emails has been updated
CASDA collection submit process has been moved to new UI
Data filter drop down list for level 7 CASDA collections is now hidden

v2.31.3462(31 Mar 2021)

Additional meta tags in the header for Item Type and Citation Handle
CASDA Submitting for publication and managing pre-published states
Managing ACDP Domain search fields for the public user
Deprecating lookup values
Refactoring of Batch Processing and Encapsulation
Inclusion of DOI in Pulsar observation metadata
Improving ATNF Observational Searching
Ability to assign a current end-user licence when it is not valid
Improve management of DAP environment with help text and outage message
Enhance UI behaviour around the filter by draft, messaging and help text
DAP UI email improvements around a task, advice email and footer

v2.28.2950 (7 Jul 2020)

New User Interface for Self Service Deposit

New user interface for Self Serve deposits.
New user interface also supports All manage my collections functions- edit, update, copy, reassign, change approver,
New user interface available for adding and editing File level Metadata.

Web services

Release of the V2 API which support the self-service deposit functions of the user interface.

Enhancements

Altmetric and Plumx badges added to the landing pages.
Added support for ingesting Marlin3 xmls
Simplified entry for type ahead fields. for FOR codes, Contacts and Contributors.
Location coordinates on Map can be set using the drawing function.
AAHL deposits – renamed to ACDP.
Changes in validation checks carried out on mandatory fields based on user feedback.
Simplification of Project and Organisation detail fields.

v2.24.2112 (18 Dec 2018)

New User Interface

Landing page can now display all versions of a collection.
Casda search results changed for quality metrics so that it doesn’t show as clickable if no metric information is available.
Changed the order of recent collections on the DAP home page (it is now All, Data, Service, Software).
Display all DOIs from a CASDA collection on the files tab under “Data Filter”.
AAF login added.
Added URL and hyperlink to attribution statement on landing page “cite as” section.
Extended height of attribution statement box for long attribution statements.
Added help link to the “Sign in” box and updated popover text.
ATNF project search field now has type ahead support.
Expanded results in files tab for domain collection landing pages.
Provides a link to the old UI for AAF users if they require it.
Folder tree given usability enhancements.
DOI handles changed to resolve to the new UI.
Schema.org metadata added to the new UI.
Enhancements made to the display of WebDAV credentials for AAF, OPAL and Partners Users.
Collection landing page now has a notification if there is a newer version of the collection.

Web services

New service to support ATNF project type ahead lookups.

Enhancements

zcf and zrf files are now allowed in pulsar collections.
Corporate names have been changed to “Organization” type in schema.org metadata.
Update wording in the link from the old ui to the new.
Migrated ATNF file metadata from SOLR to Elastic Search.
Additional text added to “How to search data” section of the CASDA observation and ATNF search pages.
Reconfigured sitemap.xml and robots.txt to indicate the new UI is now the canonical version of a collection landing page.
Updated DataCite schema for DOI creation from v2.2 to v4.1

Support for future ORCID integration

Web service endpoint created that returns a list of collections associated with a user’s ORCID ID.
Web service endpoint created to update a user profile in DAP after they have registered for an ORCID ID.
Web service endpoint created to record ORCID work IDs into DAP.
Web service endpoint created to return DAP records associated with collaborators that have an ORCID ID to the ORCID service.
ORCID badge has been added to contributor names on the landing page where applicable.
Language field added to DAP records being sent to ORCID.
Created documentation for the ORCID API in DAP and RPR
Work IDs are now carried to new collection versions when created.

v2.23.2034 (25 October 2018)

New User Interface

The new DAP user interface that meets the current CSIRO visual identity has been released.
Front page allows free text search, location search and browse.
Has domain search for ATNF Pulsar, AAHL Virus, CASDA Observation and CASDA skymap.
All collections available in the current DAP are findable and viewable in the new UI.
The Gallery tab for collections containing images has been significantly improved over the previous UI.

Web services

Added support for ATNF, CASDA and AAHL domain searches.
New service to retrieve ATNF thumbnails.
New service to return paginated list of collection image files for Gallery view.
New service to report notifications (ie. banner text) to new UI.
New service to download standard collection files in ZIP and TAR archives.
New service to download files from an AAHL search result.
New service to export collection metadata in Excel format.
Added support for ATNF source typeahead lookup.
Updated mount endpoint to allow a location parameter.
Added delayed zip file creation feature to web mount requests.
ATOM format enabled for collections endpoint.
Mount service enhanced so that authenticated users can now request any mount type.
New service to allow searching for files within a collection.
New service to support a keyword cloud.
New service that returns current featured collections.

v2.22.1847 (28 June 2018)

Improved performance when viewing files for a collection with a large amount of files.
Mounted collections no longer missing from admin page.
Collections that are less than 1gb in size will be automatically mounted.
Added ‘maintenance mode’ for DAP system administrators.
Fixed issue where CASDA Skymap was not loading.
MNF Publishing can now be restarted on failure.
Pulsar Observation search now supports UWL.
Security Enhancements.

Web services

new endpoint to retrieve FOR codes and counts
increased performance of the feature collections endpoint.
new endpoint to retrieve commonly used keywords.
add additional details to related links endpoint.
new endpoint to list the files in collection from for a specific folder.
Web mounts via the UI now work with OAUTH.
new endpoint to allow better searching on files within a collection.
new endpoint that lists available download options.
new endpoints to download files from a collection as a zip file.
new endpoint to retrieve ‘service endpoints’ for Service.
Mount endpoints now allow mounting via File Share, SFTP, Unix Machine and WEB DAV.
public / external users can now mount collections via the web services.
new endpoint to search for AAHL collection files.

Bug Fixes and Enhancements

Service endpoints no longer being lost after saving as draft.
Failure emails will no longer be sent when the collection is successfully published.
EXIF Metadata no longer extracted for files within an MNF collection.
When copying a collection the ‘supporting files’ are now also copied.
Fix mounting issues for small collections.

v.2.21.1707 (8 March 2018)

Added file level metadata searching
Added popup notification to file download when no files are selected
Changed formatting in approver email notification
Facet name changes in file search web service
Added recommended collections to collection landing page populated by the recommender service
Added analytics around SFTP downloads

v.2.20.1647 (24 Jan 2018)

Better handling of repeated mount requests
Added Activities list to web service API
Added more detail to Collection search web service
Web service now allows encoded characters as input
Related Materials have been renamed Related Links
Added function to clear file level metadata during collection deposit
Contributors included in web service search results
DOI links are now HTTPS
Added OAuth2 authentication to web service api
Added field that indicates if data is restricted in web service search
Collection search web service can now be filtered by date
Added facet filtering to collection web service search
Featured collection functionality enhancement
REST user password is now visible in on the user’s “My Defaults” page
Update the “Access” statement on the landing page
Commas can now be used as delimiters for the collection keywords

v.2.19.1489 (5 Oct 2017)

Introduction of rest services
Introduction of pre-existing license type
Changes to tab visibility based on content
Changes to attribution statement due to introduction of service endpoints
Metadata popups when viewing files via landing page
Correction of fonts on services tab of landing page
Ability to add metadata to any file type
Improve user experience for small collection types
Ability to approve all future versions
Ability to bypass approval for CSIRO only collections
Activity no longer mandatory
Psrda data migrated to postgres database
Introduction of hyperlinks for the following metadata on the landing page for easy searching
- Project title
- Field of research
- Keywords
- Lead researcher
- Contributor

v.2.18.1306 (29 Jun 2017)

Added live links in the DAP notification banner
Added direct web download link to email that is sent out when mounting a collection
Added a conditional drop down list for download of files
Status of a collection is now visible when viewing a DAP draft collection
Statistical reporting of downloads by IP address
Report on download statistics when downloads are via WebDAV
Web services
- Return a list of files of a mounted ‘large’, ‘category D’, ‘mnf_eov’ collections
- Modify Virtual Observatory Resource schema for a collection
- Modify access permissions for data and metadata of a draft collection (including embargo period)
- Search: collections by WBS, Lead Researcher or Contributor, Field of Research, Business Unit, Program, Group or Team
Semantic Enablement
- Mint DOI for data-restricted collection with public metadata
- Add schema.org tags to DAP collection pages
Various other enhancements and bug fixes

v.2.17.1151 (15 Mar 2017)

Added widget to Landing page files tab for easier file navigation.
Added Web Service’s Swagger.
Added the ability to ‘Download All’ data for a collection.
Added support to extract partial EXIF metadata from image files.
Metadata and licence information is now included as part of a download of DAP assets.
User will now be warned if attempting to publish a collection with no data.
Data collection FOR codes now retrieved from ANDS RVA-registered ‘Fields of Research’ vocabulary
Increased throughput of depositor uploads
Added sitemap to allow the site to be easily crawled by search engines.
Fixed issue where publishing of a collection fails while minting DOI
Fixed issue where previous version data files would be assigned to the latest version.
Fixed issue where files would occasionally fail to upload via the UI.
Fixed issue where duplicate entries would be displayed for ATNF pulsar searched for collections that have been updated.

v.2.16.1063 (15 Dec 2016)

Return the user to the same page after successfully logs into DAP.
Enable file search and paginated file loading on Provide Your Data page.
Provide map view on Describe Your Data page.
Validate new Non-CSIRO authors to reduce duplication on Create Your Citation page.
MongoDB document structure enhancement.
Additional RESTful Web Services for creating and updating Collection.
Elasticsearch search engine for DAP Search Data, Browse Data , Search By Location and search Sensor Network Data.

v.2.15.981 (6 Oct 2016)

Web Services :
- Collection metadata can now be edited using web service calls. For more information contact researchdatasupport@csiro.au
- Web Services endpoint – activity service to search for activity IDs based on WBS
- Web services endpoint – Share with other systems services
- Web services endpoint – User service, for looking up user IDs that can be added to several fields
- Web service endpoint – Cost centre service, for looking up cost centre codes
- Web service endpoint – National Facility and National collection lookup service
File level metadata: MongoDB is now the database for collection file level metadata. The existing Oracle ADOs records have been migrated into MongoDB. DAP now write to and retrieve file level metadata from MongoDB
Project Service: Switched DAP to connect to new Project service version 2.
Large collection UI view: Limit visualisation of files in a container to the first 1,000 files.
Security: WebDAV authentication more secure – SSL
A number of enchantments and bug fixes

v2.14.859 (30 Jun 2016)

Web Services : New collections can now be created and published using web service calls. For more information contact researchdataservices@csiro.au
Licence Management: Added Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivatives 4.0 International Licence to list of available licences.
Organisation Service: Switched DAP to connect to new Org Service available at https://orgunitserv.csiro.au/ which provides authenticated access.
Scheduled Collections
- Support now available to schedule data ingests for scheduled collections on a hourly/daily schedule frequency.
- Scheduled collections can also now be created using the XML Upload interface.
Web Services Help API can now also be accessed directly from the DAP Home Page.
Several improvements applied relating to rendering of the data file tree on the Files tab.

v2.13.754 (29 Apr 2016)

Collection Type – add new software type
Web Services – add fields to output
RIF-CS – upgrade to v1.6
Port RIF-CS generation from DMC to DAP
Login attempt cap – implement like RPR solution
Meta-visualisation of files on the Data tab

v2.12.642 (11 Feb 2016)

Allows Depositor to upload supporting documentation in “Submit for Approval” function.
Related materials, Collaborating Organisations and Contributors can be re-ordered using drag and drop.
Relaxed approval process for ‘metadata-only’ updates.
Validate geospatial coordinates before passing them to ANDS.
Data admin page to create links to external repositories.
Extended the DAP web service for use with non-public collections.
Improved Field of Research (FOR) selection.
Included access Rights type vocabulary in RIF-CS feed to RDA.

v2.11.538 (3 Dec 2015)

Displays DOI as a full hyperlink.
Includes all contributors in Attribution Statement.
Ability to change Approver for a submitted Collection.
Configurable Collection mount time based on its type.
RIF-CS improvements, including licence link, and change of citation name format.

v2.10.534 (2 Nov 2015)

Enables Groups to be included as Contact Names.
Corporate Names can be included by Depositors in the Authors list.
Related Materials section can now include a relevant Attribution Statement.
New section added for tracking Funding Sources.
Reminder emails for Approvers will be sent.
Some RIF-CS improvements were included that followed on from the previous release.

v2.9.477 (August, 2015)

DAP User Interface

Modified help text and added visual cues to assist the user in understanding when files are available for download and what they need to do if certain files are not downloadable to make them available for access.
Publication notification email to Data Depositor will contain metadata on the collection published which can be used to publicise the collection.
Reassign collection notification email to Data Admins will now contain the Data Collection Identifier.
Label indicating the permanent link of the collection landing page has been made clearer. The link has also been made available on the Data tab.

RIF-CS improvements : The RIF-CS feed that harvests DAP collections to ANDS now contains a breakdown of the Data citation elements in its constituents.
Licence Management :

The Creative Commons Licence served by DAP has been updated to version 4 while the previous version has been deprecated.
The Licence Management interface has been updated to serve information depending on whether it is a deposit or a download scenario. This will assist data depositors and consumers with their licence selections.

v2.9.404 (April, 2015)

Link metadata to pre-loaded data : Marine End of Voyage (EoV) data will be loaded into pre-defined storage following a voyage end. The data depositor is then able to create a metadata record in DAP and link it to the pre-loaded end of voyage data. The XML file name containing EOV is used to link the DAP record to the pre-loaded data.
Tagging records : The previous release allowed new records to be tagged for harvesting by external organisations. A bulk process has now tagged pre-existing records that contain public metadata for Research Data Australia and TERN Soils

– Tag added for MARLIN so that Marine Community Profile (MCP) records can be harvested.

Marine Community Profile (MCP) : Data depositor is able to use the self-service deposit to create a Collection which uses the Marine Community Profile schema.

– Depositor is able to select Marine Community Profile of ISO19115 (MCP) as an option in the “More about this Collection” section of the deposit screen enabling them to construct a valid MCP metadata record.

– MCP metadata available via web services for individual collections.

Upload XML Metadata : Extension of current ANZLIC XML upload functionality to allow a depositor to upload MCP compliant XML files to create a new draft collection. Successfully uploading a MCP XML file creates a new draft record with relevant fields populated from the XML file, including MCP specific fields in the “More about this Collection” section.
My defaults : Users are able to use the National Facility default value as defined in their My Defaults section while uploading XML metadata to pre-populate the Collection fields.
Collection file number limitations : Support is now available for Collections with up to 100,000 files. This is an increase from 30,000 files.

v2.8.241 (Dec, 2014)

Reassign Data Collections : Collections in Draft, Embargoed and Published state can have their depositors changed either by original depositor or by the Data Admin.
Tag Collections: Collections can be tagged using an External System Tag. All Public metadata collections are tagged with RDA (Research Data Australia).

v2.7.154 (Nov, 2014)

Software Refresh: Refreshed the core libraries of the Data Access Portal to their latest versions.

v2.7.90 (Sept, 2014)

IRP Reform : Applied IRP Reform changes and commissioned the Org Structure Client.

v2.6.5 (July, 2014)

Extended Storage Locations: Data Collections can now be stored and accessed from 4 data centres. These Data Centres are Black Mountain, Clayton, Brisbane and Perth.
Enhanced Logical Collection Manager (LCM): The LCM has been enhanced to make data access and storage requests more efficient. This will enable a quicker turnaround time when managing large data sets.
Activated use of tape and DMF for DAP collections.

v2.6.1 (April, 2014)

Growth Stage Enhancements: Migrated application, storage and data nodes from DMSPILOTx to DAPPRDx-CDC servers.
IPV6 connectivity : Enabled IPV6 connectivity for DAP.

v2.5 (June, 2013)

Collection Sizes: Support provided for up to 750GB and a total of 30,000 files per Collection. Support for collection sizes over 1 Terabyte is planned for a future release.
ATNF Self Service Deposit – Replaces the “ATNF Automated Deposit” allowing Pulsar Observations to be stored inside the DAP. Pulsar Observations to be progressively migrated to the DAP. Please check the ATNF Pulsar Observation Data Availability page for updates.
Delete Draft and Rejection Collections – Data Depositors are able to delete Collections with a status of ‘Draft’, ‘Draft – Requires Revision’ or ‘Rejected for Publication’.
Large Collection Access – Support added to allow users to download up to 2GB of files using a Web Browser. ATNF Collections have the same download methods available to Large Collections. OPAL users are now able to download Large Collections.
Collection Permalinks – End users are able to retrieve a URL to the latest version of any published collection.
Supporting Attachments – Data Depositors are able to upload supporting information (e.g. a “readme.txt” file) for the data files uploaded on the Data Tab. This will not generate a new DOI for a new version of an existing published collection

v2.4 (February, 2013)

Search By Location – End users have the ability to search for Collections that contain location coordinates by drawing an Area or selecting a Point on a World Map. Search Results may be further filtered with additional search text.
Improved Navigation between Search Results – When a Collection is selected from search results obtained from the Search Data (OLD), Browse Data (OLD) or Search By Location (OLD) options, it is now possible to navigate to the previous and next search results without returning to the list of search results.
Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) – DOI’s are now easily identifiable when viewing the Description Tab on the Landing Page for Public Collections.
Open Source Release – Source Code from Version 2.3 of the DAP released to SourceForge.

v2.3 (October, 2012)

Enhanced Large Collection Access – Extends the ability to download Data from Large Collections (1GB or greater size) to include non-CSIRO users and restricted access Collections (where the user has access to the Collection). Public, Australian Access Federation and CSIRO Partners are able to use SFTP and WebDAV to download Large Collection Data.
Web Service Interface – A RESTful Web Service Interface provides the ability to search for Public Collections and download their Data files using a remote application.
RSS Feed – The Search Results page allows you to subscribe to an RSS feed showing the most recent Public Collections matching the search criteria entered.
RIF-CS Support – Updated mapping to support RIF-CS v1.3.0 for harvesting of Collection Metadata by the Australian National Data Service (ANDS).
Deposit Data Improvement – Collection Titles now allow commas and semicolons.

v2.2 (July, 2012)

Large Collection Access – CSIRO users have the ability to download Data from publicly available Large Collections (1GB or greater in size) using File Share or SFTP. Data files may additionally be viewed locally on a UNIX or Windows machine.
Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) – Public Collections automatically have a Digital Object Identifier (DOI) minted by the Australian National Data Service (ANDS). DOI’s are a persistent and globally unique identifier that can be used to reference a Collection in publications and be used to cite data.
Data Citation – Depositors may nominate non-CSIRO people as Lead Researchers and Contributors for Collections. The Depositor has the ability to add non-CSIRO people and their contact details directly when publishing Collections. An Attribution Statement is generated from the Title, Authors, Publication Year, version and unique identifier (Digital Object Identifier or Persistent Identifier) of the Collection.
Data Administration – include functionality to allow managing DOI generation in updated published public Collections.
Scheduled Automated Deposits – Depositors are able to schedule automated deposits for approval. The Depositor may specify how often Data is deposited for a single Collection and how often a new Collection is created in the Data Access Portal.
Upload XML Metadata – Depositors have the ability to upload XML files containing ANZLIC metadata to automate the creation of Draft Collections.
Software Collections – Depositors may now deposit Software Collections and associated documentation.
Sensor Network Data Support – Depositors may now specify that a Collection contains Sensor Network Data using specific Sensor Network metadata fields.
Sensor Network Data Search – This specific search enables end users to search Sensor Network Data.
Image Galleries – Any Collections containing images are viewable as an Image Gallery with the choice of small, medium or large thumbnails.
Approval Process – The Approval Process allows the Approver to nominate a third person, an Advisor, to provide advice on whether a Collection should be approved for publishing. The Depositor may request who the Advisor is when the Collection is submitted. The Advisor can be a CSIRO staff member, a CSIRO partner or an AAF collaborator.

v2.1 (December 2011)

Self Service Deposit – A generic interface is provided which allows Depositors to publish new Collections. As well as being able to add Metadata and Data files, the Depositor can select a Data Licence and configure Access Control for the Metadata and Data. Data files are able to be uploaded using SFTP and HTTP (Web Browser). Collection’s may be saved as Drafts and then completed and Published later.
Approval Process – Collections published external to CSIRO undergo an Approval process before they can be accessed. This may be bypassed for CSIRO only published Collections.
Embargo Controls – The Depositor may restrict access to the Collection until a specified embargo end date.
Collection Management – Allows Depositors to edit Draft Collections and Update Published Collections. The Data Access Portal stores a complete version history for updated Collections.
Generic Search – A new generic search function enables the end user to search through all Collections by entering search criteria (keywords). Search results may be refined using Metadata filters.
Browse Collections – The end user is able to browse published collections in the Data Access Portal by the Field of Research.
Core Scientific Metadata Model (CSMD) – Allows multiple metadata schemas to be supported by the Data Access Portal. Metadata schemas (e.g. ANZLIC, Darwin Core, Dublin Core and VO Resource) are now able to be mapped to a common metadata model for storage.
Metadata Support – The Data Access Portal now supports the ANZLIC (Core fields), Darwin Core, Dublin Core and VO Resource metadata standards.
AAHL Microscopy Data – Support is added to deposit and search for Microscopy Data from the Australian Animal Health Laboratory (AAHL).

v2.0 (Feb 2011)

Australia Telescope National Facility (ATNF) – Pulsar Observational Data recorded at the Parkes Observatory is added to the Data Access Portal. Including:

Conversion of data into a standard PSRFITS format
Transfer of Pulsar Data into the Data Access Portal.
Semi-automated deposit of Pulsar Data.
Automated generation of Pulsar Metadata.
Automated creation of Collections and assignment of Australian National Data Service (ANDS) Persistent Identifiers (PIDs).
Automated feed of Metadata into the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) Research Data Australia (RDA) System and Virtual Observatory.
Automated de-embargo of Pulsar Data
Search facility to enable end users to search Pulsar Data

v1.0 (Jan 2011)

Water Resource Data Management (WRDM) – The first release of the Data Access Portal provides Water Resource Data from the CSIRO Murray-Darling Basin Sustainable Yields (MDBSY) project. Including:

Tools for converting Raw Data to NetCDF format.
Transfer of Water Resource Data into the Data Access Portal.
Semi-automated deposit of Water Research Data and ANZLIC Metadata.
Automated creation of Collections and support for Data Licensing.
Support for Australian National Data Service (ANDS) Persistent Identifiers (PIDs).
Automated feed of Metadata into the Australian National Data Service (ANDS) Research Data Australia (RDA) System and GeoNetworks server.