VIVO Release 1 V1.2 Installation Guide
- January 28, 2011 + February 16, 2011-
@@ -28,51 +27,40 @@
Release anouncement for V1.2
- The VIVO 1.2 release incorporates major changes throughout the - application - notably a new templating system to support more flexible - display and navigation, plus improvements to address scalability. The - release also features two new visualization options: temporal graphing - for organizations, and personal visualizations extended to cover grants - as well as publications. The VIVO Harvester library has also been - significantly improved and expanded in scope for its 1.0 release - through the VIVO SourceForge project at http://sourceforge.net/projects/vivo. + The VIVO 1.2 release incorporates major changes throughout the application - + notably a new templating system to support more versatile page rendering, plus + improvements to address scalability. The release also features a new personal + visualization option covering grants as well as publications. The VIVO Harvester + library has also been significantly improved and expanded in scope for its 1.0 + release through the VIVO SourceForge project at + http://sourceforge.net/projects/vivo.
Templating system for page generation, navigation, and theming
- A new installation of VIVO 1.2 looks strikingly different, with a - new navigation and browse interface as well as a more modular page - design that is easier to customize and brand for your local - institution. Page displays now support inline navigation to streamline - viewing of expanded personal and organizational profiles, as well as - improved graphic layout and organization. New browsing controls on the - home page and each menu page include interactive visual controls to - provide an immediate overview of the size and range of content and - quick access down to the individual person, organization, research - feature, or event. VIVO's navigation has also been completely - overhauled. + A fresh installation of VIVO 1.2 looks strikingly different, with the introduction + of a new default theme which takes advantage of the navigation and browse features + delivered by the templating system. Individual pages now offer inline navigation to + streamline viewing of expanded personal and organizational profiles, as well as + improved content layout and organization. New browse controls on the home page and + menu pages help to provide an immediate overview of the size and range of content + and quick access down to the individual person, organization, research feature, or + event.
Storage model
- While server memory capacity has increased significantly in recent
- years, VIVO's reliance on in-memory caching of RDF data had put limits
- on the ultimate scalability of VIVO instances and potentially increased
- the cost of servers required to support VIVO.
-
+ While server memory capacity has increased significantly in recent years, VIVO's reliance
+ on in-memory caching of RDF data had put limits on the ultimate scalability of VIVO instances
+ and potentially increased the cost of servers required to support VIVO.
- With version 1.2, VIVO has been converted to optionally use Jena's - SPARQL database (SDB) subsystem. SDB significantly reduces the baseline - memory footprint, allowing VIVO installations to scale well beyond what - has previously been possible. + With version 1.2, VIVO has been converted to optionally use Jena's SPARQL database (SDB) + subsystem. SDB significantly reduces the baseline memory footprint, allowing VIVO installations + to scale well beyond what has previously been possible.
New visualizations
- VIVO continues to expand visualization options including all-new - user-configurable temporal comparisons of publications and grants, - grouped by organization or by affiliated person. Visualizations of - networks of co-authors are now complemented by visualizations of - co-investigators on grants, with a similar interactivity and options - for export as images or data. + Visualizations of networks of co-authors are now complemented by visualizations of co-investigators + on grants, with similar interactivity and options for export as images or data.
Ontology
@@ -85,10 +73,11 @@
Associated VIVO releases
VIVO Harvester
- The Harvester development team is releasing version 1.0 of the VIVO - Harvester library, an extensible data ingest and updating framework - with sample configurations for loading PubMed publication, grants, and - human resources data. The Harvester is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/vivo. + The Harvester development team is releasing version 1.0 of the VIVO Harvester library shortly + following the release of VIVO 1.2. The Harvester is an extensible data ingest and updating + framework with sample configurations for loading PubMed publication, grants, and human resources + data. Pre-release versions of the Harvester are available at + http://sourceforge.net/projects/vivo.
Installation process for V1.2
@@ -577,10 +566,10 @@ The number of grants and publications is large. - The VIVO developers are working to make this visualization more efficient. - In the meantime, VIVO release 1.2 guards against this impact by disabling - the temporal graph visualization unless the "visualization.temporal" flag - is set to "enabled". To enable it, uncomment the line for this setting. + The VIVO developers are working to make this visualization more efficient. + In the meantime, VIVO release 1.2 guards against this impact by disabling + the temporal graph visualization unless the "visualization.temporal" flag + is set to "enabled". To enable it, uncomment the line for this setting.
VIVO Release 1 v1.2 Upgrade Guide
- January 28, 2011 - Upgrading from Release 1 v1.1 to Release 1 + February 16, 2011 - Upgrading from Release 1 v1.1 to Release 1 v1.2Release anouncement for V1.2
- The VIVO 1.2 release incorporates major changes throughout the - application - notably a new templating system to support more flexible - display and navigation, plus improvements to address scalability. The - release also features two new visualization options: temporal graphing - for organizations, and personal visualizations extended to cover grants - as well as publications. The VIVO Harvester library has also been - significantly improved and expanded in scope for its 1.0 release - through the VIVO SourceForge project at http://sourceforge.net/projects/vivo. + The VIVO 1.2 release incorporates major changes throughout the application - + notably a new templating system to support more versatile page rendering, plus + improvements to address scalability. The release also features a new personal + visualization option covering grants as well as publications. The VIVO Harvester + library has also been significantly improved and expanded in scope for its 1.0 + release through the VIVO SourceForge project at + http://sourceforge.net/projects/vivo.
Templating system for page generation, navigation, and theming
- A new installation of VIVO 1.2 looks strikingly different, with a - new navigation and browse interface as well as a more modular page - design that is easier to customize and brand for your local - institution. Page displays now support inline navigation to streamline - viewing of expanded personal and organizational profiles, as well as - improved graphic layout and organization. New browsing controls on the - home page and each menu page include interactive visual controls to - provide an immediate overview of the size and range of content and - quick access down to the individual person, organization, research - feature, or event. VIVO's navigation has also been completely - overhauled. + A fresh installation of VIVO 1.2 looks strikingly different, with the introduction + of a new default theme which takes advantage of the navigation and browse features + delivered by the templating system. Individual pages now offer inline navigation to + streamline viewing of expanded personal and organizational profiles, as well as + improved content layout and organization. New browse controls on the home page and + menu pages help to provide an immediate overview of the size and range of content + and quick access down to the individual person, organization, research feature, or + event.
Storage model
- While server memory capacity has increased significantly in recent
- years, VIVO's reliance on in-memory caching of RDF data had put limits
- on the ultimate scalability of VIVO instances and potentially increased
- the cost of servers required to support VIVO.
-
+ While server memory capacity has increased significantly in recent years, VIVO's reliance
+ on in-memory caching of RDF data had put limits on the ultimate scalability of VIVO instances
+ and potentially increased the cost of servers required to support VIVO.
- With version 1.2, VIVO has been converted to optionally use Jena's - SPARQL database (SDB) subsystem. SDB significantly reduces the baseline - memory footprint, allowing VIVO installations to scale well beyond what - has previously been possible. + With version 1.2, VIVO has been converted to optionally use Jena's SPARQL database (SDB) + subsystem. SDB significantly reduces the baseline memory footprint, allowing VIVO installations + to scale well beyond what has previously been possible.
New visualizations
- VIVO continues to expand visualization options including all-new - user-configurable temporal comparisons of publications and grants, - grouped by organization or by affiliated person. Visualizations of - networks of co-authors are now complemented by visualizations of - co-investigators on grants, with a similar interactivity and options - for export as images or data. + Visualizations of networks of co-authors are now complemented by visualizations of co-investigators + on grants, with similar interactivity and options for export as images or data.
Ontology
@@ -99,10 +87,11 @@
Associated VIVO releases
VIVO Harvester
- The Harvester development team is releasing version 1.0 of the VIVO - Harvester library, an extensible data ingest and updating framework - with sample configurations for loading PubMed publication, grants, and - human resources data. The Harvester is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/vivo. + The Harvester development team is releasing version 1.0 of the VIVO Harvester library shortly + following the release of VIVO 1.2. The Harvester is an extensible data ingest and updating + framework with sample configurations for loading PubMed publication, grants, and human resources + data. Pre-release versions of the Harvester are available at + http://sourceforge.net/projects/vivo.