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      Release Notes

      Keep track of all new features and improvements for the Navigating.art platform.

      August 2024

      2024-08-26

      • The task manager enables you to create and assign tasks, as well as update their statuses, to effectively monitor and manage the progress of your projects.

      July 2024

      2024-07-04

      • Agent references let you view all references of an agent at a glance.
      • Two new filters in the artwork search let you filter artworks by notes within the artwork itself or for notes added to both the artwork and its art events.

      June 2024

      2024-06-27

      • New note filter for art events

      2024-06-18

      • Related artwork images allow to add more visual context to your artworks 
      • Anchors allow you to return to the previous page at the correct location

      May 2024

      2024-05-16

      • Artwork markings help you manage markings and identify artwork connections.

      2024-05-08

      • Enhanced functionalities for the document viewer include:
        • Zoom capability
        • Brightness and contrast adjustment, as well as rotation
        • Direct page navigation by manually entering the desired page number at the end of the document
        • Full test search results are highlighted within the text

      April 2024

      2024-04-16

      • New filter for artworks allows to filter the results by note type and note text
      • Artworks can now be tagged with keywords, replacing subjects and genres 
      • Bug fixes for reports

      March 2024

      2024-03-13

      • The total number of included artworks is now listed at the beginning of each table
      • New filter options to look up notes in the master data section allow searching by artist and artwork set
      • For the agent types person and corporate body, fields for the life dates and foundation dates are now available and can be formatted in EDTF
      • Artwork set filter in the dashboard allows selecting an artwork set by its title instead of ID
      • The last publication date of an artwork is visible both in the artwork list view and on the artwork detail page

      February 2024

      2024-02-14

      • Related publications for archive media: See which publications are using the media from the same resource

      2024-02-07

      • Dashboard Beta launch: provides metrics and insights on Artworks, Sales Catalogues, Publications, Media und Archival Collections

      January 2024

      2024-01-11

      • Public display: Now available with a text title instead of a logo file

      2024-01-11

      • OCLC number field for publications introduced: Entering an OCLC number links to a specific WorldCat record

      December 2023

      2023-12-12

      • Enhanced Indexing Terms

      • Subject Filters and Artwork Search

        • Introduction of a new filter named "subjects" for easier categorization

        • Improved search functionality for indexing terms on the Public Display

        • Search results include both main and alternative terms

        • When subjects are entered, artworks containing all specified subjects are displayed

      • Bug Fix: The tab navigation on mobile screens for the public display has been resolved

      November 2023

      2023-11-07

      • streamlined process for merging agents:
        • select the master agent directly from a list view without searching for the ID beforehand
        • Duplicate and master agent data now appear in a well-organized manner, with clear sections for different information types
        • overview of the data set to be merged
      • examination events: find the changelog of the examination event update here
      • exhibition reports:
        • create exhibition reports from the platform
        • save the reports as a pdf file

      October 2023

      2023-10-16

      • Geographic locations improvements:
        • Receiving a warning before creating duplicate entries ensures data accuracy
        • Refined field hints ensure streamlining data entry and make the process more user-friendly
        • The display of location names has been enhanced to avoid repetitions
      • Agent improvements:
        • Field hints have been optimized for smoother data entry
        • When adding an agent to an art event, the available options now align with the agent creation process: you can select an existing agent, import an agent, or create a new agent

      2023-10-04

      • Archive grid view
        • As an alternative to the table view, which displays all resources in a list-like manner, the grid view shows thumbnails of all resources, making the view more concise. 
      • Archive parent ID filter
        • Especially for complex archive structures, the Parent ID filter aids in locating resources within the same collection, series, or file.
      • Exhibition type filter
        •  enables you to efficiently search for either solo or group exhibitions
      • Agent merging process
        • streamlined workflow
        • clearer preview of the data selected for merging

      September 2023

      2023-09-18

      • Scan icon

      On the artwork detail page, two different book icons are now available. 

      a. Scan icon: Screenshot 2023-09-21 at 17.08.19
      This icon signifies that the reference is connected to a publication for which scans are available, but the artwork is not linked to the publication scans.

      b. Filled-in scan icon:Screenshot 2023-09-21 at 17.08.27
      This icon indicates that the reference is connected to a publication and the artwork is linked to the publication scans.

      • Public display: Order of included artworks
        • The included artworks are now sorted in ascending order based on their sequence numbers. In cases where no sequence number is available, they are arranged by their creation dates in ascending order.

      August 2023

      2023-08-29

      • Improved database performance

      Public display:

      • Improved integration of Google Analytics. With this enhancement, you can gain valuable insights into how visitors interact with your public website, including the pages they visit, the actions they take, and the overall engagement levels.

      2023-08-24

      • Agent improvements:
        • Separated flows to create or import new agents
        • Optimized process for importing entries from Getty ULAN that allows reviewing source data for more reliability
        • More focused detail page that highlight only relevant fields for the selected agent type
      • Geographic locations improvements:
        • Separated flow to create or import new locations
        • Optimized process for importing entries from Getty TGN that allows reviewing source data for more reliability
        • More focused detail page that highlight only relevant fields for the selected location type
        • Improved search view for better findability

      Public display:

      • Improved performance of the sales catalogues full-text search
      • Bugfix: Loading issue of the archive scope and content have been resolved

      2023-08-10

      • Bug fix: display issues for notes have been resolved

      July 2023

      2023-07-21

      • Provenance:
        • When there are multiple owners mentioned as sources in a subsequent provenance event, the line that repeats all the names is automatically left out to prevent unnecessary repetition.
      • Public display:
        • Related archival resources: The media selected for an archival relation is highlighted to public users when they click on a related resource link.
        • Artwork navigation: the navigation between previous and next results has been improved to always show the expected result in any direction
      • Bug fix:
        • Loading issues for artworks with an extensive number of publication events have been resolved.

      2023-07-12

      • Provenance:
        • The transaction type "location unknown" was switched from possession to ownership event to render without and indentation
        • The transaction type "sale" render the added sub-agents
      • Public display:
        • Artworks search: a new filter for a work's creation place is available
        • The loading time and image quality of the zoom viewer has been improved
        • Auto-scrolling has been removed to improve the experience of navigating between images in the document preview
        • Website configurations have been improved to allow for more frequent updates
      • Bug fixes:
        • Markdown issues with manual override events in reports
        • Filter options for "last updated by" and "created by" 

      June 2023

      2023-06-23

      • Artwork search:
        • Grid view with bigger thumbnails was added as an alternate view for search results.
        • Subjects filter was improved to allow specifying, whether all or any given subjects need to match the results.
        • Exclude subjects filter was added
      • Artwork detail page: Artwork sets are now listed with links to each set instead of showing all included artworks for each set.
      • Provenance display: Several changes were made to improve the consistency of the wording. Missing renderings were added. See complete changelog
      • Publications search: Sort option for author column was added
      • Auction search: Sort options for auction house and city were added 

      2023-06-14

      • Artwork sets: List views show link icon to open artworks in a new tab.
      • Artwork search: Artset ID filter was added. Read what to use them for. 
      • Art events: Book icon added to indicate availability of scans.