Specify logoOMT is pleased to announce Museum’s Specify database platform has been upgraded to the latest version, 6.8.00.  Both schema and workstation updates have been involved in this major upgrade.  The patience and cooperation of all collection management and staff to facilitate this have been greatly appreciated.

The 6.8.00 upgrade includes many import bug fixes and features such as full update auditing and several new extensible value tables, such as Taxon Attribute.  Details are provided in depth in the release notes.

This update has also significantly changed the method by which the data publishing pipeline operates, requiring a complete re-tooling of pipeline components and integration.  The resulting export/ingestion method is more efficient and no longer requires the brief restarting of services previously required.