%VOSWARNING% %META:TOPICPARENT{name="VOSNews"}% %VOSNAV% ---+Virtuoso Open Source Edition News (2012) %TOC% ---++ Later Years * [[VOSNews][2014 to present]] * [[VOSNews2013][2013]] ---++ 2012 News Announcements ---+++ 2012-08-02 -- Announcing Virtuoso Open-Source Edition v6.1.6 New product features as of August 2, 2012, v6.1.6, include: ---++++ Database engine * Added support for SPARQL Service Description * Added support for SOUNDEX and DIFFERENCE * Added support for FROM SUBQUERY { ... } in quad map * Added optimizations to JSON parser * Added support for SSL Certificate Chains * Added WebID protected endpoints templates * Added error reporting if query compilation fails * Added extra checks for db slices * Added DSN names to explain() output * Added support for CORS in Web Services * Added propagation of LIMIT restrictions * Added support for protocol switching, e.g., use of websockets * Added generation of URL rewrite rules * Fixed ETag calculation * Fixed bad code for CLEAR GRAPH <xxxx> * Fixed buffer overflow when using wide chars * Fixed check to prevent out of range seek * Fixed clear errors on ODBC connection handle * Fixed compiler warnings * Fixed datetime conversion * Fixed external vars in table subqueries of scalar subqueries * Fixed http_ses_arg is supposed to return ws_session * Fixed issue with content type if already set by rewrite rule * Fixed issue with transitive subqueries * Fixed issue with "unknown BIF" message in SPARQL compiler error * Fixed issue with Bison 2.6 code generation * Fixed issue with SERVICE * Fixed issue with UNIONs * Fixed issue with incomplete RDF box * Fixed memory leaks * Fixed multi-column transitivity * Fixed portability issues on FreeBSD, Solaris, and Mac OS X * Fixed print of built-in expressions with multi-part alias name * Fixed use provided password from ODBC connect handle * Fixed valgrind warnings * Updated documentation ---++++ SPARQL and RDF * Added auto-detection of RDFa and HTML+Microdata * Added WebDAV REPORT method support for versioning * Added WebDAV DET folder type * Added Wolfram|Alpha cartridge * Added debug code for sponger * Added di: scheme * Added extra debugging code to SPARQL engine * Added new mime type application/n-triples * Added procedure view for SPARQL BINDINGS * Added rdb2rdf VAD for R2RML functionality * Added support for INF, -INF, and NaN * Added support for SPARQL 1.1 BINDINGS * Added support for self-description * Added support for hash-based proxy IRIs * Added support for sponging of ftp URLs * Added support for subqueries inside QUAP MAP { ... } groups * Added support for tab-separated-values (TSV) output format in sparql * Fixed LOAD SERVICE <SPARQL-Endpoint-URL> DATA for SPARQL-FED * Fixed access rights and status for SPARUL_LOAD_SERVICE_DATA * Fixed escaping of weird IRIs in RDF/XML output * Fixed grants for SPARQL LOAD SERVICE lt;...> DATA * Fixed issue joining two federated queries to the same host * Fixed issue with double "AS" for lang in resultset * Fixed issue with RDF View, bif:contains and option(?score) * Fixed issue with SPARQL-FED code generation * Fixed issue with graph level security check in SPARQL-FED subquery * Fixed issue with transitive query * Fixed issue with xsd:dateTime in SPARQL results * Fixed issues loading microdata with namespace decls * Fixed negation to use SPARQL 1.1 FILTER NOT EXISTS * Fixed possible stack overflow on long UNIONs * Fixed resource name encoding problem * Fixed service SPARQL codegen with zero retvals * Fixed support for SERVICE * Improved error diagnostics for ALTER QUAD STORAGE <...> { DROP } * Removed test for @rel, @rev, or @property from application/xhtml+xml * Upgraded sesame driver to use Sesame 2.5.6 * Merged DBpedia VAD fixes * Added registry setting dbp_last_modification to get SP returning last modified date * Added support for If-Modified-Since * Added support for rel="nofollow" on external links * Fixed XHTML+RDFa validation * Fixed check if modified * Fixed reset timezone * Fixed use owl graph for properties * Merged iSPARQL vad * Added control for raw URIs in SPARQL result set view * Added persistence in permalinks * Added alternate links in <head /> * Added support to remember RDF display/tab * Added support to remember previous tab * Upgraded MAP support for latest OpenLayers/OpenStreetmap * Disabled dysfunctional NASA blue marble tiles ---++++ ODS Applications * Added initial API documentation + doxify templates * Added advanced ACL settings for SPARQL or services authentication * Added ACL filters * Added support for mounting and WebID ACL protection of DropBox, Box.net/Box.com, Google Drive, and Microsoft OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) folders * Added support for private graphs * Fixed redirect * Merged ODS Addressbook fixes * Added CalDAV Import * Merged ODS Bookmark VAD * Added Box (box.net, box.com) folder definition * Added default values for cartridges * Added support for WebDAV DET * Added support for private graphs * Fixed bad owner in some DET resources * Fixed permission problem for some DETs * Updated S3 DET folders with support for WebID ACLs * Merged ODS Briefcase VAD * Added ACL for IMAP DET folder * Added mail notification for WebID sharing * Fixed problem with editing mounted resources * Fixed resource server side encryption problem * Fixed sponger association with DETs feature * Merged ODS Calendar VAD * Added CalDAV and CardDAV DETs, and RESTful CRUD * Fixed WebID write access * Fixed daylight savings time on import to calendar * Merged ODS Framework VAD * Added Help links * Added JSON output option for certgen * Added link tags to user's pages * Fixed 'Enable Automatic WebID Login' value * Fixed private graphs init * Fixed quotes on SPARQL vars * Fixed remove session when ACL is altered * Fixed REST interface page * Fixed Semantic Pingback protocol * Fixed void dset * Updated CKeditor to version 3.6.3 ---+++ 2012-03-22 -- Source code migration from Soureforge CVS to Github Virtuoso Open-Source development has moved to hosting at [[https://github.com/][GitHub]]. Developers who want to actively track progress of the Virtuoso source code and contribute bug fixes or enhancements to the project are cordially invited to [[https://github.com/openlink/virtuoso-opensource][join us there]]. To check out a local copy of Virtuoso, please see our [[VOSGIT][Git usage instructions]], [[VOSGitUsage][branching/tagging strategy]], and [[GitQuickstartTips][Git quickstart tips]]. ---+++ 2012-03-16 -- Announcing Virtuoso Open-Source Edition v6.1.5 New product features as of March 15, 2012, v6.1.5, include: ---++++ Database engine * Added support for SPARQL 1.1 WITH, USING, NAMED * Added support for SPARQL 1.1 Update * Added support for SPARQL 1.1 Functions * Added support for SPARQL Macro Library syntax * Added support for SPARQL DESCRIBE modalities via pragma options * "OBJCBD" -- object-slot-based concise bound description * "SCBD" -- symmetrical concise bound description * Changed default SPARQL DESCRIBE/CONSTRUCT result set from BLOB to 3-column table when using SPASQL (SPARQL inside SQL) via ODBC/JDBC/ADO.NET (_JAVA_ or _UDBC_ for exceptions) * Added support for wide strings in all SPARQL serializers * Added common infrastructure for RDF-specific XML parsers * Added new RDF/XML serializer (faster + pretty printing) * Added TRIG formatter * Added support for R2RML for generating Linked Data Views over ODBC- or ODBC-Bridge-accessible data sources and/or native Virtuoso RDBMS data * Added support for HTML+Microdata * Added human-readable HTML output for DESCRIBE (list and table) to SPARQL endpoint * Added support for SELECT <scalar_expression> subqueries without FROM clause to avoid extra lock on fake subqueries * Added DBpedia VAD package * Added support for scoping ACL to a virtual folder * Added new Visual Studio 11 project files for both 32-bit and 64-bit builds * Fixed RDF/XML parser that passes W3C tests dated 2003-Nov. * Fixed JSON-LD syntax to match recent draft of the spec * Fixed CONSTRUCT with constant string objects with language * Fixed output of bnodes in RDF/XML format * Fixed support for SPARQL LOAD <file:///....>, i.e., file: scheme URIs with absolute paths from system root * Fixed issue with uninitialized variables * Fixed use portable method for escaping symbol for gawk 3 and 4 * Fixed issue with semaphores on Mac OS X 10.7 * Fixed compiler warnings * Fixed memory leaks * Updated documentation ---++++ SPARQL and RDF * Added new cartridges for LinkedIn, AngelList, Klout, New York Times Article, Social Statistics, StackOverflow, etc. * Added new ontologies for AngelList, X.509 Certificates, Crunchbase, DBpedia Spotlight, New York Times, LinkedIn, OpenLink Basic, OpenLink Web, etc. * Added support for extracting all META and LINK head-element data from XHTML documents * Added post-processing script for generating owl:sameAs links for co-reference resolution * Added support for get:soft "add" pragma for progressive Linked Data graph construction via Sponger * Added support for paging over large collections to Facebook cartridge * Fixed Amazon cartridge now works with new Product Advertising API * Fixed handling of # in About: header * Fixed visually-qualifying opl:mentions property values with source-cartridge identifier * Fixed social-profile-url property across social cartridges ---++++ ODS Applications * Added support for WebID 1.0 spec * Added support for CalDAV and CardDAV protocols * Added ACL editing for DETs * Added folder selection for SyncML * Added option to import RDF data from file * Added rule for briefcase folder IRIs * Added VCARD Property Grouping * Added private graphs data * Added option to deactivate user ---++ Previous Years * [[VOSNews2011][2011]] * [[VOSNews2010][2010]] * [[VOSNews2009][2009]] * [[VOSNews2008][2008]] * [[VOSNews2007][2007]] * [[VOSNews2006][2006]] %VOSCOPY% CategoryVirtuoso CategoryOpenSource CategoryWebSite