Web3 1.4 Release
We are pleased to announce the release of version 1.4 of Web3. This release is a bug-fix update and is recommended for all users of Web3. Links to the installation packages can be found on the NetworkedPlanet download page.
Upgrade Instructions
To upgrade from Web3 1.3, unzip the installation package and run the installer application in Web3/setup.exe. During installation you will be prompted for database and service configuration information as you were during the initial installation. After installing Web3, you should also upgrade the Web3Admin package on any client machines that use the Powershell administration snap-in. Full installation and upgrade information can be found in the installation package.
To upgrade from previous versions of Web3, follow the upgrade instructions above and then open the Web3 site in your browser. Each topic map on the Web3 site must be resynchronized with its schema (if it has one). To do this, click on the topic map name in the topic map list and then on the topic map page click on the Jobs button. On the topic map jobs page, click on the Synchronize Schema button to start the synchronization process. It is also possible to perform this synchronization operation using the Web3 Admin powershell snap-in. Further details on the upgrade process can be found in the README file contained in the installation ZIP package.
Change Log
- FEATURE: Topic and associations retrieved as XTM now include an automatically generated item identifier based on the Web3 internal GUID identifier for the item.
- FEATURE: Added support for the "no" language code for Norwegian in addition to the existing "nb" (for Bokmal) and "nn" (for Nynorsk)
- FEATURE: The New-Schema cmdlet has been updated to provide better feedback when the command files due to missing files or server errors.
- BUGFIX: Fixed an editor issue where topic types that were derived from abstract types could not be selected as the type for a topic instance.
- BUGFIX: The Get-Schema cmdlet has been renamed to Export-Schema for consistency. This cmdlet has also been fixed to ensure that only the XML format is retrieved from the server.
- BUGFIX: Fixed a browser caching issue that prevented the browser from displaying the updated topic types after synchronizing schemas.
- BUGFIX: Fixed a typo with the documentation of the New-Schema cmdlet which showed the command in the command summary as "Add-Schema".
- BUGFIX: Fixed bug in client-side javascript library that prevented editing of date/time fields.
- BUGFIX: Fixed alt-text of the Edit button on the schema display page.
- BUGFIX: Changed the Javascript library function for testing if an item is in an array to avoid a name clash with SharePoint's Javascript libraries.
- BUGFIX: Fixed an issue with parsing schema files that include white-space around type subject identifiers.
- BUGFIX: Fixed problem with SPARQL FILTER clauses not being consistently applied in certain queries.
- BUGFIX: Fixed bug in client side javascript utility for comparing objects.
We would like to thank those developers and users who took the time to report issues to us for fixing in this release.
Concepts for SharePoint 1.1 now available
Version 1.1 of Concepts for SharePoint is now available. This package addresses a small number of bugs and enhancements. The full change list and upgrade instructions can be found below.
The Concepts for SharePoint package can be downloaded from the NetworkedPlanet download page.
Upgrading from 1.0
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To upgrade from 1.0, unzip the download package and run the STSADM -upgradesolution command. The exact command-line you use will depend on how you want to schedule the upgrade, but will be similar to:
stsadm -o upgradesolution -name ConceptsForSharePoint.wsp -filename ConceptsForSharePoint.wsp -allowgacdeployment -local
Restart IIS and the SharePoint 2010 Timer Service
If running CfS on a separate server to that of the Web3 Platform, you will also need to upgrade the additional web3.wsp file contained in the upgrade package and restart the services.
Change Log
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BUGFIX: Query amended to ensure sure that deleted associations whose roles still exist do not get returned in the results of the One Hop Web Part.
FEATURE: New Topic List Web Part renders gridview of topics of type, with custom propertie to show occurrences and/or identifiers in the results set.
DOCS: Amended documentation error that specified the wrong format for message
queues on remote machines.
LOGGING: Additional logging added to make it clear if there has been a security problem when activating the feature through the GUI.
BUGFIX: Documents were not being returned in the content query web parts along with list items.
ENHANCEMENT: Allowed sparql results to be picked up and used by classes which inherit from web parts doing SPARQL queries.
BUGFIX: Null reference exception for starting topic when first adding a TopicInformationWebPart to a page
DOCS: Added full documentation of the NetworkedPlanet.Web3.SharePoint.WebParts class
BUGFIX: Fixed error that was reported about thread aborted after setting topic map in CfS site settings
BUGFIX: template mapping bug fix
BUGFIX: Privileges error fixed when deriving from the BaseTopicWebPart
BUGFIX: adding a second label for a newly installed language pack had a bug which was causing the additional label(s) not to be added to the topic term
BUGFIX: Fixed bug that was causing the SPARQL web part not to render any content in certain situations
BUGFIX: content query web parts were displaying unhelpful error if the topic map had not yet been synchronised with the term store
Web3 Platform Beta Now Available!
The Networked Planet Web3 Platform is a complete solution for creating, organising and publishing structured semantic data. The Web3 platform stores and manages data in a schema less data store, allowing complete flexibility of the shape of the data stored.
This is the first public beta of the NetworkedPlanet Web3 Platform. This beta version is licensed for use until 31st July 2010. We are planning to refresh this Beta release on a regular basis up until the final 1.0 release is available. To keep track of update announcements please subscribe to the RSS feed of this blog.
SharePoint Module 3.1 Hotfix 6 now available
A new hotfix package is available for version 3.1 of the TMCore SharePoint Module. This package addresses a small number of bugs and provides new features. The full change list can be found below.
Systems Affected
This hotfix should be applied to any installation of the TMCore SharePoint Module 3.1 downloaded before 15th March 2010. If you downloaded your copy of the software from our site on or after this date, the hotfix is included in the package and you do not need to apply it again.
To determine if your system is affected, check the File Version property of the assembly NetworkedPlanet.SharePoint in the GAC (browse to C:\Windows\ASSEMBLY, locate the NetworkedPlanet.SharePoint assembly, right-click and choose Properties. The File Version can be found on the Version tab above Description and Copyright). This hotfix updates the File Version of the NetworkedPlanet.SharePoint assembly to 2.1.6.0 - if the file version shown is greater than or equal to 2.1.6.0, then you do not need to apply this hotfix.
Pre-Requisites
Upgrade to TMCore SP5 (if running an earlier version) to avoid issues with faceted search components in the SharePoint Module.
Upgrade Instructions
1. Download the Hotfix 6 package.
2. The package is provided in a compressed ZIP file. Unzip the package on a machine in the server farm.
3. Upgrade the NPSharePoint.wsp solution. The exact command-line you use will depend on how you want to schedule the upgrade, but will be similar to:
stsadm -o upgradesolution -name NPSharePoint.wsp -filename NPSharePoint.wsp -allowgacdeployment -allowcaspolicies -local
4. Restart IIS and Windows SharePoint Services Timer
Change Log
- ENHANCEMENT: Optimized update of associated topic fields to reduce the number of database writes required when saving a SharePoint list item.
Added more logging of SharePoint object close and disposal.
- ENHANCEMENT: Added check to ItemUpdated event receiver to check whether a double event was caused by a check-in. If so, do not do processing for check-in events.
- BUGFIX: Amended the site deletion code so that topics for sub sites are correctly marked as superceded if the site is the root site of a site collection. This allows the WebCleanUp timer task to successfully remove any topics of the superceded sites on its next run.
- BUGFIX: Site deletion - if a site deletion fails in SharePoint for any reason, the WebCleanUp timer task that runs 2 minutes after the delete event will now also check whether the site still exists and if so set the psi back to PUBLISHED.
TMCore07 SP5 Released
NetworkedPlanet today announces the release of latest version of the TMCore topic map engine. TMCore is the premiere toolkit for developers on .NET looking to harness the full power of Topic Maps in their applications. Built from the ground-up using .NET technologies, TMCore provides a flexible set of APIs and builds on the robustness, scalability, performance of Microsoft's SQL Server.
The new SP5 release of TMCore07 fixes a packaging issue found with the SP4 release that may prevent the faceted search features of the TMCore SharePoint Module from working correctly. Customers having a current support contract or currently evaluating TMCore may receive TMCore07 SP5 free of charge.
For download details please email us at contact@networkedplanet.com.
SharePoint Module 3.1 Hotfix 4 now available
A new hotfix package is available for version 3.1 of the TMCore SharePoint Module. This package addresses a small number of bugs and provides new features. The full change list can be found below.
Systems Affected
This hotfix should be applied to any installation of the TMCore SharePoint Module 3.1 downloaded before 10th December 2009. If you downloaded your copy of the software from our site on or after this date, the hotfix is included in the package and you do not need to apply it again.
To determine if your system is affected, check the File Version property of the assembly NetworkedPlanet.SharePoint in the GAC (browse to C:\Windows\ASSEMBLY, locate the NetworkedPlanet.SharePoint assembly, right-click and choose Properties. The File Version can be found on the Version tab above Description and Copyright). This hotfix updates the File Version of the NetworkedPlanet.SharePoint assembly to 2.1.4.0 - if the file version shown is greater than or equal to 2.1.4.0, then you do not need to apply this hotfix.
Upgrade Instructions
1. Download the Hotfix 4 package.
2. The package is provided in a compressed ZIP file. Unzip the package on a machine in the server farm.
3. Upgrade the NPSharePoint.wsp solution. The exact command-line you use will depend on how you want to schedule the upgrade, but will be similar to:
stsadm -o upgradesolution -name NPSharePoint.wsp -filename NPSharePoint.wsp -allowgacdeployment -allowcaspolicies -local
4. Upgrade the NPOfficeServer.wsp solution. Use the following STSADM command:
stsadm -o upgradesolution -name NPOfficeServer.wsp -filename NPOfficeServer.wsp -allowgacdeployment -allowcaspolicies -local
5. Run the following stsadm command:
stsadm -o copyappbincontent
6. Restart IIS and Windows SharePoint Services Timer
7. Reactivate the NPDiagnostics feature by running the stsadm command:
stsadm -o activatefeature -name NPDiagnostics -force
8. Upgrade Enterprise Services to the version included with the hotfix, the new version of Enterprise Services is 1.1.2.0
9. Restart the Topic Map Index Service
Change Log
- BUGFIX: One hop and two hop web parts were intermittently returning Deadlock errors. These have
now been changed to sleep and retry up to a maximum of three times when encountering
deadlock issues with the database. - ENHANCEMENT: Url Mappings can now feature more than one publish URL for a web application by using
the zones set up when extending the SharePoint web application. - ENHANCEMENT: Additional diagnostic logging has been added to Url Mapping. The NPDiagnostics
feature must be reactivated on the farm for this to take affect. - FEATURE: The stsadm remapurls command now has an optional parameter which when used skips the url
remapping on content type to topic type mappings. - NOTE: The new hotfix of Enterprise Services has been included with this hotfix. This fixes issues with
results display and ordering when using advanced faceted search restriction sets.
Enterprise Services 1.1 Hotfix 2 released
We have just released a new version of Enterprise Services available for download. This release changes the way topics passed in from a result set are processed so that the search results retain the ordering of the topics passed in.
Please check the instructions contained in UPGRADE.TXT for important information on the upgrade process.
Download the updated package .
SharePoint Module 3.1 Hotfix 3 now available
A new hotfix package is available for version 3.1 of the TMCore SharePoint Module. This package addresses a small number of bugs and provides new features. The full change list can be found below.
Systems Affected
This hotfix should be applied to any installation of the TMCore SharePoint Module 3.1 downloaded before 14th September 2009. If you downloaded your copy of the software from our site on or after this date, the hotfix is included in the package and you do not need to apply it again.
To determine if your system is affected, check the File Version property of the assembly NetworkedPlanet.SharePoint in the GAC (browse to C:\Windows\ASSEMBLY, locate the NetworkedPlanet.SharePoint assembly, right-click and choose Properties. The File Version can be found on the Version tab above Description and Copyright). This hotfix updates the File Version of the NetworkedPlanet.SharePoint assembly to 2.1.3.0 - if the file version shown is greater than or equal to 2.1.3.0, then you do not need to apply this hotfix.
Upgrade Instructions
1. Download the Hotfix 3 package.
2. The package is provided in a compressed ZIP file. Unzip the package on a machine in the server farm.
3. Upgrade the NPSharePoint.wsp solution. The exact command-line you use will depend on how you want to schedule the upgrade, but will be similar to:
stsadm -o upgradesolution -name NPSharePoint.wsp -filename NPSharePoint.wsp -allowgacdeployment -allowcaspolicies -local
4. Upgrade the NPOfficeServer.wsp solution. Use the following STSADM command:
stsadm -o upgradesolution -name NPOfficeServer.wsp -filename NPOfficeServer.wsp -allowgacdeployment -allowcaspolicies -local
5. Restart IIS and Windows SharePoint Services Timer
6. Deactivate and reactivate the NPItemBase feature on all site collections that use the feature.
Change Log
- FEATURE: Changed NPItemBase feature so that TopicId field can be indexed by SharePoint search
- FEATURE: New stsadm command 'upgradeitembase' which can be used after activating/reactivating
NPItemBase to update any TopicId fields created before activation
so that they can be indexed by SharePoint Search.
An optional parameter can be specified (-updatelistitems) which will iterate through all
list items and set the value of the topic id field. - BUGFIX: Fixed bug that prevented the AdvancedFacetedSearchResultsWebPart from rendering correctly
when adding SharePoint field information and the number of results exceeded the
configured maximum. - BUGFIX: Fixed bug caused by exceptions being thrown when deactivating NPItemBase encountered
sealed or readonly content types. - BUGFIX: ExtendedXsltWebPart now logs to the correct category - NP - WebParts
- BUGFIX: Fixed a bug with the AdvancedFacetedSearchResultsWebPart that prevented the web part
from displaying additional SharePoint field content if security filtering was disabled.
