peer 0.8.0

0.8.0 (2012-01-31)

• Rich metadata support. Now it is possible to edit the logo and geolocalization hint of an entity. This feature is used to display richer multimedia information through PEER.

• Improve the metadata editor with request initiator and discovery response endpoint support. Also improve the localization plugin and add keywords and logo to the information plugin.

• Metadata refresh: if the entity id is a URL that points to the metadata itself the user can activate a periodic fetch of this metadata.

• Preview before commit: now the editing and commiting flows are separated by a modal dialog that ask for the commit message only when the changes are ready. In this dialog a diff of the current changes is available for easy reviewing.

• Git repositry co-existence: if there is already a Git repository with metadata files it can be reused in PEER by specifing the directory that PEER ‘owns’ inside this repository.

• Metadata grouping: a user can define an entity group by writing a query. A custom feed and map for this group are created automatically so following the changes for related entities becomes easier.

• Lots of bug fixes and documentation improvements.

0.7.0 (2011-12-22)

• DNS-based domain validation

• Delegated domains: an administrator can validate a domain directly and create a team that can manage such domains as if they were the owners.

• Administration team: an administrator can add (and remove) other users to the administrators team giving them full powers in the system.

• Support for EntityAttributes SAML extension via a SAMLmetaJS new plugin.

0.6.0 (2011-11-30)

• Attribute based restrictions. This mean, administrators can define which metadata attributes can be edited and which ones can’t be changed.

• Attribute based notifications a.k.a. advanced filters in the feeds.

• Usability improvements by adding several helpful messages to a lot of views.

• Federated authentication.

• Password reset for those of you with volatile memories.

• Several bug fixes.

• Make all public pages HTML5 compliant.

• When validating domains try also the www hostname.

• Big flashy button to get the latest version of an entity’s metadata.

• Add the possibility to specify a custom User Agent header for the domain ownership proof.

• When editing the metadata of an entity, warn the user that there are unsaved changes before he navigates to another page.

• Remove the metadata when removing the entity.

0.5.0 (2011-09-18)

• Big documentation review and lots of improvements.

• More robust entity validation.

• Fix small layout problems as a result of changing the metadata edition UI from accordion to tabs.

• Fix IE lack of indexOf Array method.

• Update jQuery version.

• Show more information of each entity when listing entities.

• Big improvements in the easiness off deployment.

• Clean up the settings.py file from options specific to beta.terena-peer.yaco.es.

0.4.0 (2011-08-28)

• More robust metadata edition

• Change metadata editors layout to use tabs instead of accordion UI.

• Add a most common domains filter and create the foundations of a filters infrastructure for future filters

• Update the SAMLmetaJS editor to the latest version upstream

• Warning emails when metadata is about to expire or already expired. Also display the expiration time in the UI.

• Add creation and modification timestamps for the entities.

• Entities feed, accesible from the homepage.

• Changes feed of an entity’s metadata.

• New metadata validators: they check that the metadata that was entered belongs to the domain of the entity.

• Disable the SAMLmetaJS editor for IE since it lacks the right XML parsing technology.

• After adding a new entity, redirect the user to the metadata edit view.

• Allow to remove domains.

• Lots of bug fixes and UI tweaks.

0.3.0 (2011-07-27)

• Display the metadata in a nice format in the entity’s details view

• Display the history of metadata changes in the entity’s details view

• Organization plugin for the SAMLmetaJS editor

• Several fixes in the SAMLmetaJS editor.

• Entity protection. Only owners and users that are allowed to edit it can remove and edit an entity.

• Documentation improvements.

• Terms of Use widget to display legal information when the user is registered and when the metadata is updated through an external file or URL.

• User profile view redesign. Now it displays the entities that the user can edit even if the entities do not belong to a domain owned by the user.

0.2.0 (2011-07-05)

• Search entities

• Branding customization support

• SAMLmetaJS integration for metadata edition

• Team permissions for rights delegation

• Usability and design improvements all over the application

• Lots of bug fixes

0.1.0 (2011-06-15)

• Initial version which includes user registration, domain ownership proof, domain creation, entities creation, basic metadata edition and user invitation.