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We are pleased to announce the release of ABCD version 4.0.0. This update represents a historic architectural leap, marking the transition of ABCD from a traditional ILS (Integrated Library System) to a true plugin-based LSP (Library Services Platform). The new version brings a modular approach, a native REST API, and expanded support for different types of collections.

Below, we highlight the main new features and structural improvements in this version:

🧩 Plugin-Based Modular Architecture

  • Plugin System: The system core now operates with a robust plugin architecture, allowing the expansion of services without the need to modify the central code (core).
  • On-Demand Installation: Legacy or specific databases and modules (such as ODDS, SIP2, Projects, and Experts) have been removed from the default installation. These components can now be managed and installed remotely, ensuring a lighter system adaptable to the needs of each institution.

🔗 Interoperability and Data Export

  • Native REST API: Implementation of a complete REST API for direct and secure access to databases, featuring centralized API key management, SHA256 encryption, and read/write scope control.
  • Batch JSON Export: New integrated workflow for exporting databases in JSON format, allowing extraction in the native ISIS format or with direct mapping to the Dublin Core standard.
  • Export Resilience and Management: The data conversion engine was restructured to process blocks individually, ensuring high tolerance against malformed markup, control characters, and UTF-8 encoding failures. The interface includes a real-time progress bar and a manager for secure downloading and deletion of generated files.

🏛️ Museum Management (SPECTRUM Standard)

  • New Data Model: Initial implementation of an example database and management module tailored for museums, strictly structured based on the international SPECTRUM standard.
  • Museum OPAC: New public interfaces and display formats (PFTs) adapted for museum collections, featuring support for attachment metadata, inscription control, and multilingual support.

🔍 Public Interface (OPAC) and Search

  • Expert Search: Introduction of a new direct boolean search interface in the OPAC, accompanied by results organized in collapsible panels to optimize the user experience.
  • Relevance Control and Performance: Addition of configurable controls for relevance ranking, increased search buffer, and refactoring of the integrated search logic, ensuring more speed and stability for large collections.
  • Metrics and Usability: Significant performance improvements in search log analysis (OPAC Analytics) and corrections in encoding handling for form submissions with accents.

🛠️ Cataloging and System Administration

  • Language Management (LanguageManager): Implementation of a cascading translation system. Core files are now kept separate from institutions' local customizations (saved in the content folder), preventing data loss during updates.
  • Enhanced Data Entry: Support for a new HASH field type (generating cryptographic values for unique identifiers), improved handling of multi-select fields, and integration of a secure assistant for auto-increment (AI) numbering.
  • Security and Interface (UI): Complete redesign of the central topbar, addition of a native and secure interface for changing passwords (with CSRF protection), and rigorous sanitization of variables to prevent XSS vulnerabilities.
  • Maintenance and Synchronization: New automated routine for smart synchronization of the copies database with the loans database (loanobjects), and refactoring of the CrunchMF conversion utility for greater reliability on Linux systems.

What's Changed

Full Changelog: v3.9.0...v4.0.0

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