5.33.15.33.1

Pure Core: Administration

Introducing OAuth to Pure Mail for Microsoft 365

As Microsoft has announced that they no longer will support basic authentication (basic auth) as SMTP Auth (to connect to their SMTP Server) we have introduced OAuth for Microsoft 365. 

Enable new features

We have introduced a New features toggle for Pure administrators to allow their users to test and use new features at their convenience.

All new features listed are disabled by default. Administrators can choose to deploy the new feature at their convenience, with some features incorporating secondary toggles to allow users to switch between classic and new features, or make the new feature the default.

Reordering custom filters on content types

Users that create custom filters for content types can now reorder their filters using the new left side menu.

Author collaboration content type filter

The author collaboration content type now includes an unused content filter. The filter allows users with appropriate access to the content type the option to filter on author collaboration records with or without related content. 

Course content type updates

The course content type has been updated to include the following additional fields. 

• Instruction language
• Course credits and course credit type
• Related files and links

Pure API

Author collaboration 

This release introduces enhanced capabilities for the Pure API by adding full support for Author collaboration.

Important Notes:

• Access Definition: To utilize the new Author collaboration endpoints, ensure that author collaboration is included in your access definition. This step is vital for making the endpoints selectable by the API key.
• Design Consistency: The Author collaboration endpoints adhere to the same design principles established for other related endpoints, ensuring a consistent user experience across the API.

Documentation: For detailed information on the Pure API, please refer to the official documentation available at:

• API Documentation Getting started: Pure API user guide or your local version: (<your server url>/ws/api/documentation/index.html)
• Interactive API Documentation: (<your server url>/ws/api/rapidoc.html)

Future Enhancements: To stay informed about remaining content types and upcoming features, please refer to the Pure API roadmap. We encourage users to participate in the idea exchange by voting on linked tickets to help prioritize future endpoint developments. 

Pure Portal

Robots.txt file control

Following customer demand, we have introduced greater flexibility and control into how portal robots.txt files are managed. 

A robots.txt file acts as a set of instructions for web crawlers (bots) visiting a website. When a bot makes a request to a website, it first checks the robots.txt file to understand which pages it can and can't crawl, which links it should and shouldn't follow, and other requirements for bot behavior. Robots.txt files manage bot activity for the entire site, while the meta robots tags apply to individual web pages (for example, person profile sub-pages are marked as not to be indexed on the Portal). Robots.txt file cannot enforce these rules, but good bots are programmed to look for the file and follow the rules before they do anything else.

What is the current setting:

• Robots.txt does not disallow any bots. This means that all verified bots that have been allowed through by the general Cloudflare protective rule are able to access your Portal.
• To review your Robots.txt file go to your Portal homepage and add /robots.txt to the URL. 
• Robots.txt text is a vendor-only setting. To make a change to it, please reach out to Support. 

Integrations

DataCite Updates

Limit search based on repositories

In this release, we have introduced the ability to import Datasets only from certain repositories, such as your institution’s local repository like Zenodo or Figshare. In order to do that you need to locate a Repository code.

Improved Name-Based Matching in Automated Search Profiles

In this release, we improved the accuracy of automated dataset searches for Persons. Previously, mismatches between first and last names could result in excessive false candidates. This issue is now resolved, ensuring both names match the same person.

Improved handling of versioning

In DataCite, each version of a record receives a new DOI and a new record, which has led to many duplicate records being imported into Pure and made it difficult to identify and store only the latest version. Starting with this release, we’ve implemented logic to import only the most current version.

Updates to “Data made available”

In version 5.33.0, we initially imported the “Published Year” from DataCite into the “Date Made Available” field. We have now updated the logic to default to importing the “Available Date” from DataCite. Since this field is not mandatory in DataCite, the system will fall back to using the “Published Year” when the “Available Date” is missing.

Updates to XML import on Project/Application/Award

We have updated our XML to also support import of internal collaborators on Project, Application and Award. Additionally, we have expanded the Project XML to include support for relations to Prizes and Datasets

Documentation has been updated accordingly.

Application:

Applications synchronisation (Views) 

Application XML 

Award:

Award synchronisation (Views) 

Award XML 

Project:

Project synchronisation (Views) 

Project XML 

Institutional CV templates

With this release, we're updating our CV module with a new capability, namely the option to create CV templates. We have updated the interface for managing CV templates. With this update, it is also possible to see usage of each template. All existing CV templates will be denoted as classic.

As a part of updating the UI for CVs, we have also removed some of the classic cv templates, namely: NiH biosketch and Europass. The Nih recommends using SciENcv which can import from ORCiD. And the Europass format is no longer supported.

Bug fixes

This release contains a number of bug fixes, including the following from Known issues: