v2.0.6

✨ New Features

• Resource Types from ERNIE: Resource types are now fetched from ERNIE by @McNamara84 in #930
• Improved License Selection: Enhanced user choice of licenses by @Daetha in #895

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed save_stc functionality by @Daetha in #936
• Enabled saving of titles by @Daetha in #942

♻️ Refactoring

• Separated Save and Submit validation logic by @Ali-GeoFZ in #932

🔧 Maintenance & Infrastructure

• Bumped phpunit/phpunit from 12.5.7 to 12.5.8 and updated all other dependencies by @dependabot in #926
• Added new changelog for sprint by @Ali-GeoFZ in #931
• Changelog update for hotfixes in 2.0.6 by @Daetha in #939

🧪 Testing

• Improved Playwright test page setups by @Daetha in #940

👋 New Contributors

• @dependabot made their first contribution in #926

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Full Changelog: v2.0.5...v2.0.6

v2.0.5

ELMO v2.0.5 Release Notes

✨ New Features

• ELMO-IGSN Instance: New dedicated instance for IGSN workflows by @McNamara84 in #897
• Server-side Affiliation Search: Implemented API for affiliation search with various loading performance optimizations by @McNamara84 in #920
• Redesigned Footer: Added links to Legal Notice, Data Protection, and ELMO Guide by @Ali-GeoFZ in #828
• Mobile Footer Optimization: Optimized screen space in the footer for mobile users by @Daetha in #825
• Success Notification: Redesigned eye-catching success messages by @Daetha in #865
• Enhanced Logging: Page load and reload events are now logged by @Daetha in #820
• ELMO-GEM Save Scripts: New save scripts for the GEM variant by @Daetha in #829

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Person name fields: Removed restrictive pattern validation by @Ali-GeoFZ in #859
• Coordinates and dates can now be saved without time specification by @McNamara84 in #862
• Buttons no longer block content below them by @McNamara84 in #863
• Feedback form now has appropriate input limitations by @McNamara84 in #892
• Fixed email submission functionality by @Daetha in #902
• Related Work can be saved and submitted again by @Ali-GeoFZ in #906
• Fixed saving of contributors by @Ali-GeoFZ in #908
• Resolved foreign key constraint issue for resource-rights by @Daetha in #911
• Eliminated duplicate values in dropdowns by @Daetha in #904
• Fixed duplicate licenses in dropdown by @McNamara84 in #925
• Author form groups correctly renamed by @Daetha in #910
• Default postData action set to save_and_download by @Daetha in #914
• Fixed errors when saving optional form groups by @McNamara84 in #915
• Improved logging for file saving in browser by @Daetha in #869

🔧 Maintenance & Infrastructure

• PHP upgraded to 8.5 for all deployments and Node.js standardized to v24 by @McNamara84 in #917
• jQuery upgraded to v4 and PHPMailer upgraded to v7 by @McNamara84 in #918
• Added Docker Compose configuration for staging environment by @Daetha in #845
• Unified settings.php for all ELMO versions by @Daetha in #903
• Updated links to new domain by @Ali-GeoFZ in #864
• Removed save validation by @Ali-GeoFZ in #867
• Hidden licenses for all ELMO variants by @Daetha in #866
• Added new changelog for the new sprint by @Ali-GeoFZ in #851
• Updated changelog with post-release fixes by @Daetha in #834

🧪 Testing

• Reactivated Playwright tests for save and submit by @Daetha in #913
• Optimized footer link tests by @Daetha in #868
• Updated test framework, fixed badge in README and increased test coverage by @McNamara84 in #916

📝 Documentation

• Updated release date for v2.0.5 and changelog cleanup by @McNamara84 in #923
• Fixed code coverage badges in README by @McNamara84 in #919
• Fixed jQuery badge in README by @pfitzner123 in #922

👋 New Contributors

• @pfitzner123 made their first contribution in #922

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Full Changelog: v2.0.4...v2.0.5

v2.0.4

What's Changed

• Doc: Changelog for Milestone v2.0.4 added by @Ali-GeoFZ in #692
• Documentation: Updated documentations with new URL to test server by @McNamara84 in #691
• Feature: Search RORs other names in affiliations by @McNamara84 in #689
• Hotfix: Add ELMO_API_KEY to production compose services by @McNamara84 in #694
• Fix: corrected the required input fields ELMOGEM can save and submit data by @Daetha in #693
• Fix: related work id patterns by @Daetha in #688
• Feature: Implement a new form group “author as institution” by @Ali-GeoFZ in #652
• Fix: Save and submit not starting on Safari browser by @McNamara84 in #699
• Testing: New auto UI tests with Playright without Selenium by @McNamara84 in #638
• Doc: Jest code coverage in ReadMe by @McNamara84 in #696
• Feature/ new form group model types by @Daetha in #708
• Chore: Map all code to the docker container for development by @Daetha in #700
• Hotfix: reset the .dockerignore by @Daetha in #709
• Chore: Deploy default EMLO under right subdomain by @McNamara84 in #715
• Fix: Jest badge generation does not deploy badge by @McNamara84 in #701
• Chore: Update dev templates by @McNamara84 in #716
• Chore: Dependencies update for September by @McNamara84 in #717
• Doc: Update repository links by @McNamara84 in #727
• Fix: DOI validation in Resource Information by @McNamara84 in #726
• Feature: Autosave drafts by @McNamara84 in #718
• Testing: Playwright tests for all default form groups by @McNamara84 in #719
• Fix: Duplicate classes and IDs by @McNamara84 in #734
• Testing: Add PHPStan workflow for static analysis of PHP code and fix all warnings by @McNamara84 in #728
• fix: Resolve various UI bugs and form validation problems by @Ali-GeoFZ in #671
• Chore: select ELMO version with 1 configuration by @Daetha in #723
• hotfix: apache workdir change by @Daetha in #744
• Remove extra TZ environment variable from MariaDB by @Daetha in #745
• Hotfix: revert tricky branches by @Daetha in #746
• Fix: email password leak when submit fails by @Daetha in #759
• chore: update Playwright, Jest, Swagger UI, and other dependencies to latest versions by @Ali-GeoFZ in #765
• fix: clear function in Laboratory section by @Ali-GeoFZ in #766
• Feature: Divide MSL vocabularies into two fields "general and domain-specific" by @Ali-GeoFZ in #742
• Feature: implement ICGEM Feedback. part 2: "details of practice" by @Daetha in #736
• feature: implementation and completion of all assigned MSL issues by @Ali-GeoFZ in #774
• The feedback button and Banner by @Ali-GeoFZ in #788
• hotfix: Defining MSL logo variable by @Ali-GeoFZ in #792
• Feature: adjust the database structure to the ICGEM metadata scheme. by @Daetha in #754
• Hotfix: vulnerabilities in dependencies by @Daetha in #794
• Hotfix: CVE-2025-64756 by @McNamara84 in #795
• Remove DIF-XML schema from project by @Ali-GeoFZ in #793
• ICGEM: upgrade settings to toggle Licenses & Rights. Include CC-BY-4.0 by @Daetha in #789
• Hotfix: SMTP error logging is propper by @Daetha in #796
• fix: allowing comma in title input field by @Ali-GeoFZ in #801
• Fix/remove install by @Daetha in #802
• Fix Work Package Leader role loading issues for Contributor Institutions and XML files by @Ali-GeoFZ in #803
• Fix typos, improve logo handling, and enhance responsiveness including feedback button issue by @Ali-GeoFZ in #798
• Hotfix: ignore timezone if time is not provided by @Daetha in #821
• Chore: declare the GOOGLE_MAPS_API_KEY variable(s) by @Daetha in #823
• Fix: Funder field search optimisation. by @Daetha in #824
• Chore: Refresh the database structure to include latest updates into the prod database by @Daetha in #822
• Fix: XML attachment filename generation by @Ali-GeoFZ in #818
• Feature: Confirmation dialog before clearing form data by @McNamara84 in #837
• Hotfix: change grant name (awardTitle in DataCite) length to 500 by @Daetha in #833
• Fix: Affiliation dropdown text overlap on slim screens by @McNamara84 in #836
• Feature: implement database transactions by @Daetha in #782
• Fix: Mapping2iso time period by @McNamara84 in #835
• Fix: Refresh sortable after adding new author rows by @McNamara84 in #842
• Hotfix: replace empty string with null for coalesce in STC by @Daetha in #846
• Update save_spatialtemporalcoverage.php by @Ali-GeoFZ in #848

Full Changelog: v2.0.3...v2.0.4

v2.0.3

What's Changed

• Feature: New API endpoint for language of dataset options by @McNamara84 in #649
• Feature: Add new input field Award URI in Funding Reference by @McNamara84 in #644
• Fix: Replaced all CDN links with npm packages for better performence by @McNamara84 in #651
• Fix: Translation of messages in save and submit workflow by @McNamara84 in #654
• Feature: Added RORCID and ROR logos in user guide by @Ali-GeoFZ in #643
• Chore: ease developer experience with docker volume mounts by @Daetha in #647
• Fix: DOI recognition in Related Works by @McNamara84 in #656
• Fix: Initialization and translation of Tagify input fields optimized by @McNamara84 in #655
• Fix: Thesaurus tree structure does not respond to search input by @Daetha in #635
• Chore: Deployment for default ELMO via Portainer by @McNamara84 in #666
• Feature: Hide some related work identifiers by @Ali-GeoFZ in #669
• Chore: ELMO-MSL deployment via Portainer by @McNamara84 in #674
• Chore: Deploy ELMO-GEM via Portainer by @McNamara84 in #676
• Fix: Ali cannot use XAMPP for local testing by @McNamara84 in #677
• Doc: Enhanced and translate PHPDoc comments in tests by @McNamara84 in #679
• Feature: Frontend for new ICGEM form group Data Sources by @McNamara84 in #659
• Fix: Set scheme name for MSL keyword to EPOS MSL vocabulary by @McNamara84 in #680
• Chore: Dependencies updates for august by @McNamara84 in #681
• Fix: All ELMOs send XMLs to only one mail adress by @McNamara84 in #684
• Feature: Frontend for new ICGEM form group Technical by @McNamara84 in #663
• Feature: New API endpoint for Title Types and fixed hardcoded mapping for loading by @McNamara84 in #678
• Fix: Type error in affiliations.js by @McNamara84 in #685

Full Changelog: v2.0.2...v2.0.3

v2.0.2

What's Changed

• Feature: search in map modal by @McNamara84 in #601
• Feature: The Outsourcing of button file by @Ali-GeoFZ in #608
• Fix: Update .gitignore to keep dependencies lokal by @McNamara84 in #614
• Feature: New formgroup for ICGEM essential data by @McNamara84 in #602
• Hotfix: Install script is not working by @McNamara84 in #623
• Doc: Version bump to 2.0.2 with changelog by @Daetha in #626
• Documentation: Badges in ReadMe by @McNamara84 in #624
• Testing: Unit testing for JavaScript functions by @McNamara84 in #629
• API: Moved API endpoint for CGI Simple Lithology vocabulary to new APIv2 by @McNamara84 in #630
• Feature: Dynamically generate language dropdown by @McNamara84 in #631
• Testing: More unit tests to increase code coverage by @McNamara84 in #618
• Fix: Coordinates from XML uploads will show up in map modal by @McNamara84 in #633
• Fix: save and submit buttons working propperly by @Daetha in #632
• Chore: Moved jQuery from CDN to npm installation and unit tests for automcomplete.js by @McNamara84 in #637
• Feature: Add search to ELMO guide by @McNamara84 in #640
• Feature: New API endpoint /vocabs/resourcetypes by @McNamara84 in #641

New Contributors

• @Daetha made their first contribution in #626

Full Changelog: v2.0.1...v2.0.2

v2.0.1

What's Changed

• Feature: Enabling deployment under Docker by @McNamara84 in #597
• Fix: New favicons as corporate design of GFZ by @McNamara84 in #575
• Fix: Early loading of Tagify for affiliations by @McNamara84 in #567
• Fix: Local Tagify by @McNamara84 in #578
• Fix: Better XML + Saving Contributors by @jaFHP in #576
• Fix: Language marker in language settings by @McNamara84 in #581
• Fix: New main menu for ELMO User Guide by @McNamara84 in #580
• Fix/originating labs without tagify by @Ali-GeoFZ in #598
• Feature&Fix: Durchführung von Barrierefreiheitstests und Behebung verschiedener Bugs by @Ali-GeoFZ in #596
• fix: Wiederherstellung verlorener ELMO-Änderungen nach Merge-Konflikt by @Ali-GeoFZ in #600
• Release: Version bump to 2.0.1 by @McNamara84 and @Ali-GeoFZ in #577

Full Changelog: v2.0.0...v2.0.1

v2.0.0

What's Changed

• Feature: Project name rollout by @McNamara84 in #364
• Feature: Templates für Pull Requests by @McNamara84 in #365
• Feature: Link to imprint by @McNamara84 in #369
• Contact person by @jaFHP in #374
• Feature: Sortierbare Autoren by @McNamara84 in #366
• Feature: Load to XML for Descriptions by @McNamara84 in #377
• Fix: Tagify Update auf Version 4.33.0 by @McNamara84 in #376
• Bugfix/Feature: Responsivität im Header by @Ali-GeoFZ in #379
• hotfix impressum by @jaFHP in #380
• Related work by @jaFHP in #383
• Fg funding reference by @jaFHP in #387
• Load Keywords by @jaFHP in #389
• Fg stc by @Ali-GeoFZ in #390
• Fix: Saving created two data records in database by @McNamara84 in #398
• Feature: New language management system by @McNamara84 in #382
• update Mapping 2 DataCite by @jaFHP in #407
• contact-person-rest-filds by @Ali-GeoFZ in #412
• Fix: Saving dataset with identical DOI or without DOI by @McNamara84 in #409
• Fg dates by @Ali-GeoFZ in #410
• Feature: New APIv2 endpoint /update/ror by @McNamara84 in #424
• Update Readme and Help Guide for Fg authors by @jaFHP in #440
• Update Readme + Help Guide for Fg rights by @jaFHP in #441
• Fix: Increase of version number to 2.0.0RC2 and changes of project name and metadata by @McNamara84 in #444
• Feature: Default value for timezone select field by @McNamara84 in #442
• Update Readme + Help Guide for fg Resource Information by @jaFHP in #446
• Installation README.md Update by @nireth19 in #453
• Hotfix: GitHub Action für Selenium-Tests aktualisiert by @McNamara84 in #461
• Feature: New APIv2 endpoint /update/crossref by @McNamara84 in #447
• Update Readme + Help Guide + load from xml for fg Contributors by @jaFHP in #454
• Fix: fg Originating Laboratories: Plus-Button by @nireth19 in #459
• Update Readme&Help Guide for fgs Originating Laboratories + Descriptions by @jaFHP in #466
• Feature: Optimized workflow for submitting dataset by @McNamara84 in #456
• Hotfix: added checkValidity to handleSave() by @jaFHP in #508
• Update data validation readme.md by @nireth19 in #467
• Fix formgroup stc by @jaFHP in #470
• Feature: Option to install database without test datasets by @McNamara84 in #464
• Fix: Secure api from unwanted calls by @McNamara84 in #507
• Fix: Anpassungen an neue Corporate Identity des GFZ by @McNamara84 in #510
• Guide ueberschriften neuformatieren by @nireth19 in #515
• Feature: Clear Button by @jaFHP in #516
• Fix: Tagify update 4.33.2 by @McNamara84 in #522
• Feature: privacy policy by @jaFHP in #463
• Feature: Optional form groups by @McNamara84 in #513
• Anreicherung help guide by @nireth19 in #521
• Fix: Removing deprecated API endpoints by @McNamara84 in #523
• Fix: DataCite Mapping by @jaFHP in #519
• Fix/helpbuttons title by @jaFHP in #527
• Lizenzen&tooltips by @Ali-GeoFZ in #517
• Fix: Trigger saving with enter command in save modal by @McNamara84 in #545
• Fix: Charset encoding for MSL labs by @McNamara84 in #544
• enable clear button by @jaFHP in #547
• Fix: Trigger submitting with enter command in submit modal by @McNamara84 in #548
• Fix: Better MappingToISO by @jaFHP in #537
• Doc/readme occurencies by @nireth19 in #525
• Keywords modal by @Ali-GeoFZ in #540
• Feature: Info for input filed Embargo until by @McNamara84 in #555
• Feature: Separate form groups for Contributor persons und Contributor Institutions by @McNamara84 in #550
• Feature: Better information in form group Descriptions by @McNamara84 in #549
• Fix: Design more separated from structure by @McNamara84 in #556
• Fix: Translations for multiselect fields by @McNamara84 in #558
• Doi feld anpassen by @nireth19 in #553
• Hotfix: Wrong CSS-Syntax by @McNamara84 in #561
• Feature: Saving Originating Labs affiliations with ROR-ID by @McNamara84 in #563
• Fix: Backend validation to prevent bad database entries by @McNamara84 in #559
• Feature: New workflow for contact person input by @McNamara84 in #538
• Feature: Better validation for Dates by @nireth19 in #560
• Versionsnummer auf v2.0.0 erhöht by @McNamara84 in #564
• Feature: Extended modularity for form groups by @McNamara84 in #565

New Contributors

• @nireth19 made their first contribution in #453

Full Changelog: v1.9.0...v2.0.0

v2.0.0RC2

What's Changed

• Feature: New APIv2 endpoint /update/ror by @McNamara84 in #424

• Feature: Default value for timezone select field by @McNamara84 in #442

• Feature: Detailed installation instructions in README by @nireth19 in #453

• Feature: New APIv2 endpoint /update/crossref by @McNamara84 in #447

• Feature: Optimized workflow for submitting dataset by @McNamara84 in #456

• Fix: load from xml, Update Readme + Help Guide for Contributors by @jaFHP in #454

• Fix: Mandatory Fields, Readme + Help Guide for Spatial and Temporal Coverage by @jaFHP in #470

• Fix: Update Readme + Help Guide for Authors by @jaFHP in #440

• Fix: Update Readme + Help Guide for Licenses&Rights by @jaFHP in #441

• Fix: Update Readme + Help Guide for fg Resource Information by @jaFHP in #446

• Fix: Increase of version number to 2.0.0RC2 and changes of project name and metadata by @McNamara84 in #444

• Fix: Plus-Button for Originating Laboratories by @nireth19 in #459

• Fix: Update Readme + Help Guide for Originating Laboratories and Descriptions by @jaFHP in #466

• Fix: Update data validation readme.md by @nireth19 in #467

• Hotfix: GitHub Action für Selenium-Tests aktualisiert by @McNamara84 in #461

• Hotfix: Validity check for Save by @jaFHP in #508

Full Changelog: v2.0.0RC1...v2.0.0RC2

New Contributors

• @nireth19 made their first contribution in #453

v2.0.0RC1

What's Changed

• Feature: Project name rollout by @McNamara84 in #364

• Feature: Templates für Pull Requests by @McNamara84 in #365

• Feature: Link to Legal Notice by @McNamara84 in #369

• Feature: Sort Authors by @McNamara84 in #366

• Feature: Load Descriptions from xml file by @McNamara84 in #377

• Feature: Load Related work from xml, update+translate README+Guide file by @jaFHP in #383

• Feature: Load funding reference from xml file, update+translate README+Guide by @jaFHP in #387

• Feature: Load Keywords from xml file, update+translate README+Guide by @jaFHP in #389

• Feature: Load spacial and temporal coverage from xml file, update+translate README+Guide by @Ali-GeoFZ in #390

• Feature: New language management system by @McNamara84 in #382

• Feature: Load all info for Contact Person from xml file by @Ali-GeoFZ in #412

• Feature: Load dates from xml file, update+translate README+Guide by @Ali-GeoFZ in #410

• Bugfix/Feature: Responsive Header by @Ali-GeoFZ in #379

• Fix: Formgroup Contact person with mandatory fields, update+translate README+Guide by @jaFHP in #374

• Fix: Tagify Update auf Version 4.33.0 by @McNamara84 in #376

• Hotfix: Legal Notice by @jaFHP in #380

• Fix: Saving created two data records in database by @McNamara84 in #398

• Fix: Mapping 2 DataCite by @jaFHP in #407

• Fix: Saving dataset with identical DOI or without DOI by @McNamara84 in #409

Full Changelog: v1.9.0...v2.0.0RC1

v1.9.0

What's Changed

• Testautomatisierung von Selenium-Tests und Unterstützung für neue PHP-Versionen by @McNamara84 in #195
• Fix für HTML-Attribute by @McNamara84 in #212
• Bugfix: Spatial and Temporal Coverage by @McNamara84 in #224
• Hotfix für Tippfehler in 2 Variablen by @McNamara84 in #235
• Bugfix: Geklonte Zeilen für Contact Persons haben kein funktionierendes Affiliations-Feld by @McNamara84 in #236
• Code-Dokumentation: Verwendung einheitlicher HTML-IDs by @McNamara84 in #237
• Feature: About and Changelog by @McNamara84 in #242
• Feature: Hide lab affiliation from user by @McNamara84 in #244
• Bugfix: Speicherung der Rollen von Contributors by @Ali-GeoFZ in #240
• Bugfix: Autocomplete für geklonte Zeilen in Funders Reference by @McNamara84 in #247
• Feature: APIv2-Endpunkt /vocabs/freekeywords/ by @McNamara84 in #248
• Dokumentation: Lizenzwechsel zu GPLv2 by @McNamara84 in #249
• BugFixes export xml + save-functions by @jaFHP in #246
• Feature: Custom filename for XML download by @McNamara84 in #250
• Fixes: Abhängigkeiten aktualisiert by @McNamara84 in #253
• Bugfix: Helpsbutton-Behandlung und Anzeige invalider Nachrichten by @Ali-GeoFZ in #245
• Fix/map2datacite by @jaFHP in #260
• Feature: Load XML by @McNamara84 in #256
• Fix/mapping2 iso by @jaFHP in #281
• Feature: Mandatory fields by @Ali-GeoFZ in #287

Full Changelog: v1.8.0...v1.9.0