New functionalities​

• Epic 109 MCP server (/mcp): expose the read-only REST endpoints as MCP tools, so AI assistants can search and read specifications, message models, codelists, ontologies, taxonomies, mappings, requirements, issues, projects and groups with the rights of the logged in user
• Epic 112 Specification index: projects are now clustered per group, with collapsible group and project levels that are expanded by default
• Epic 112 Groups have a description, shown under the group name on the specification index
• Issue 98 See differences between message model versions
• Epic 110 New transformer screen: for a mapping, transform a source message instance via jsonata to the target message format
• Issue 1674 Add linkML importing
• Issue 1675 Message model spreadsheet export includes a "Usage notes" column
• Issue 1752 Update and expand catalog export (DCAT + PROF + ADMS) for mapping use case. Catalog exports: /api/project/export and /api/environment/export.
• Issue 1759 UI/UX fixes for generating mapping suggestions
• Add Gitlab OAuth Identity Provider
• Add OAuth server functionality for MCP

Documentation​

• Epic 59 Add community management, validator, and value constraints documentation pages
• Epic 110 Document JSONata transformation: what it is, how it relates to mappings, JSONata examples and how to use the transformer
• Issue 1763 Document how to compare message model versions

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 379 Add rml:datatype to generated RML
• Issue 1359 Message model version edit: fix rootNode predecessor not showing
• Issue 1583 Fix SHACL export when message model element type is null/unset
• Issue 1755 RML generation: Empty rr:template "" on every blank node subject map collapses all entities into one
• Issue 1756 RML generation: XML uses label instead of name for generation of iterator
• Issue 1757 Example generator fails to create 33+ char strings
• Issue 1758 Removing roles from an account now logs out that user, instead of the removed roles staying active until they log out
• Issue 1769 Edit buttons and unpublished versions are now shown based on the rights a user has on that specific specification, instead of only on the global Beheerder role
• Background task progress toasts now appear when the task URL parameter changes without a full page reload
• Issue 1773 Comments on message model elements, codelist entries and mappings can now be deleted by their author, or by a maintainer of the item
• Issue 1762 RML output changes required
• Issue 1782 Example message API always gives XML meta-type also for JSON
• Make WebVOWL graph view accessible when allow_anonymous_access is set to false
• Issue 1784 Account edit page no longer crashes when a representative has no organisation

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Issue 1674 LinkML import requires the LinkML web service, configured via STH_LINKML_SERVICE_ENDPOINT
• Add custom phpstan rule that checks new Rel('name_is_now_checked' lines for valid property names.
• CI checks the phpunit coverage of the backend lines changed in a merge request, instead of comparing the total coverage with the target branch that may have moved on since branching

v4.4.2 (21 October 2026)​

• Security release for PHP vulnerabilities

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Changelog CI check now recognises release (release/vX.Y) and hotfix (version/X.Y) branches; the release MR label is no longer needed

v4.4.1 (7 September 2026)​

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 1761 Bugfix add/edit codelist entries

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Adapt CI pipeline to support hotfix + deployments of previous y-releases

v4.4.0 (17 August 2026)​

New functionalities​

• Add support to map between taxonomy versions.
• add API endpoints for fuzzy search public specifications.
• Issue 1464 Add taxonomy import function from skos rdf
• Issue 1695 Codelists are specifications now
• Issue 1696 Codelists can now be shown on the canvas
• Issue 1704 Allow uploading new codelist versions with xml
• Issue 1724 Add mapping suggestions to sth backend
• Issue 1593 Add license configuration for spec versions

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Epic 108 Some fixes to improve WCAG accessibility compliance.
• Issue 1548 Fix re-use of SKOS concepts in taxonomy versions
• Issue 1665 Fix issue where Codelist entries of unioned codelists were not displayed
• Issue 1677 Add and apply styleguide for canvas panes
• Issue 1682 RDF example fails for bottom-up created message model
• Issue 1685 Refresh element edit panes after adding sub-elements in the tree, preventing accidental child deletion on save
• Issue 1686 Remove redundant isMessage from yaml element import to prevent invalid Element model.
• Issue 1687 Bug 500 error when accessing codelists
• Issue 1689 Link to csv download of taxonomy from a concept down is broken
• Issue 1692 Fix DCAT export in case any Requirements spec exist in the environment
• Improve taxonomy CSV export recursion and fix cloned element syntax-binding remapping for child roots
• Fix wrong confirmation dialog texts on 'Add next level descendants?'
• Issue 1700 Fix label assignment failing with "All labels must belong to the same project as the artefact"
• Issue 1701 Fix element label removal not persisting and multiple labels causing duplicate tree entries
• Issue 1709 Fix element path serialization when elements reference a Business rule
• Issue 1719 Remove Artefact->project
• Issue 1729 Date picker not rendering correctly
• Issue 1733 Fix zero and negative lower-bound value restrictions being lost when merging separate OWL restriction nodes
• Issue 1743 Fix 'User' can't view codelist-version screen for external codelist
• Show JSON schema error when loading in wizard
• FIT wizard: include transitive rdfs:subPropertyOf relations when finding outgoing properties for a class URI

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Issue 1727 Initiate new environment: Skills
• Issue 1732 Add new issue template to KS environment
• Issue 1746 Raise bundle size limit to fix pipeline.
• Finalize CI/CD for new environment
• Update a frontpage for environment, PM Issue 454
• Upgrade angular to v20, symfony to 7.4.
• Update AGENTS.md with LLM coding guidelines
• Fail CI when the backend phpunit code coverage decreases significantly compared to the target branch, warn on a tiny decrease
• Raise the PHP memory limit to 512M in the backend-tests CI job, which outgrew the 128M default
• Improve speed of CI pipeline

New functionalities​

• Epic 89 Add requirements spec type
• Epic 89 Allow mapping between Message Model and Requirements specs
• Issue 420 Admin page to import YAML files as new message model versions
• Issue 420 Admin page to import business rules from YAML
• Issue 420 YAML element import: support linking business rules by humanId
• Issue 420 Admin page to import codelists from OASIS genericode XML files
• Issue 1533 Add bar that eases navigation between spec/version/actions
• Issue 1569 Add Venetian blind schema style option for OpenAPI specification export
• Issue 1573 Add SSSOM export for message mapping specifications
• Issue 1611 Improve taxonomy search
• Issue 1638 Make SSSOM export accessible by machine-to-machine token, not only through backend and login token
• Issue 1639 Enrich SSSOM export
• Add unstable public project overview API endpoints
• Extend serializer to allow id-less update of univalent entity relations
• Add library to support json-ld serialization of rdf graphs
• Add framework for displaying automated mapping suggestions

Documentation​

• Issue 1467 Expand taxonomy management documentation
• Issue 1469 Expand business rules management documentation
• Issue 1470 Expand codelist management documentation
• Issue 1661 Expand message model management documentation

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 1518 Update mapping progress bars to show predicate and status separately
• Issue 1577 Add issue/comment icons to mapping list on canvas
• Issue 1578 Add button to navigate to canvas after creating a mapping version
• Issue 1601 Bugfix editing root elements due to large amount of data
• Issue 1602 Bugfix: allowAdditionalProperties now correctly applied for array elements with no sub-elements in JSON Schema export
• Issue 1604 Bugfix several api urls for non-default language app, including the login option
• Issue 1619 Can't delete uploaded file, can't distinguish two filenames with same display name.
• Issue 1623 Bugfix missing artefact for new entities
• Issue 1625 Concept note field too small
• Issue 1626 Cant create new taxonomy version from tax edit screen
• Issue 1627 Sort Taxonomy versions just like message model versions
• Issue 1633 Fixes JSON Example generator bug
• Issue 1635 Add Dutch translation for My account page
• Issue 1636 Fix toast when generating message model using AI
• Issue 1641 Automatically set author and creation date on all new artefacts
• Issue 1642 Bugfix: predecessor autocomplete on message model version edit caused 404 on page load
• Issue 1643 Various small UX improvements to default spec creation/edit screen
• Issue 1663 Fix codelist entry form "Reported by" dropdown gating to account manager role
• Issue 1667 Removing a JSON Schema spec breaks Wizard for existing derived messages
• Issue 1670 Make mappings source and target clearable.
• Fix performance of copy functionality of large message models
• Add option to manually reset namespace definitions used in message model version
• Allow to edit element xpath in technical details panel of edit element
• Bugfix deleting syntax bindings due to foreign key constraint for example objects
• Show spinner on Save button and highlight when there are unsaved changes
• Bugfix: selected element in message model tree no longer collapses after adding a sub-element
• Refactor and add Dutch translations for mapping status, predicate, and justification labels
• Sort versions + improve version table in specification edit interface
• Bugfix ElementType namespace URI return type causing errors in XML schema export
• Unify page headers. Using h1, h2, etc consistently
• Change house style for NxtGen/SCSN environment

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Issue 1618 Fix logo and Language customization for new environment
• Issue 1678 Add new environment image
• Customize a frontpage (2x)
• Add NxtGen logo to DPP environment
• Put review env to traefik ingress class

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 1444 Delete organisation results in 500 server error
• Issue 1582 Bugfix schema downnload link
• Issue 1584 Bugfix duplicates in acknowledgements
• Issue 1586 Add v3 legacy oauth login endpoint
• Issue 1587 Bugfix missing subscription type
• Issue 1588 Prevent empty representative label
• Issue 1589 Refactor Representative entity and remove duplicates
• Issue 1597 Bugfix xml validator input for generated schematron
• Issue 1609 Bugfix downloading validator rules
• Issue 1617 Can't upload schema to validate to new syntax binding
• Session token persistence. Users don't need to re-login when container restarts
• Restructure menu items. Add missing items: canvas, projects and subscriptions
• Bugfix frontend path to issue view page. The email notifications link to /issue/{id} and are hereby fixed.
• Minor fixes for venetian blind schema generator

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Issue 1603 Adds new use case customization
• Bugfix in CI job publish-public-image
• Keep APP_SECRET the same across helm updates and horizontal scaling
• Update frontend dependencies

New functionalities​

• Epic 92 Implement MVP for AI integration, including usage notes and specification generation
  • Issue 1350
  • Issue 1381
  • Issue 1457
• Issue 1544 Wizard constraint and generated example improvements:
  • Generated example values comply with specified regex pattern
  • Fixed value, allowed values and example values are checked against regex pattern
  • If possible, UUIDv4 is used for elements named 'id' or 'uuid'
  • Allow for shorthand name in base datatype field, like 'string', 'decimal', etc

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 1574 Reduce AI spec gen description strictness
• Issue 1559 Bugfix for deleted default prefix 'dc:'
• Issue 1560 Bugfix validator UI showing "no schema file"
• Issue 1561 Add missing business rule show interface
• Issue 1570 Taxonomy: CSV export to more than 3 levels
• Issue pm393 Add new logo to DPP environment, update logo styling for homepage

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Issue 1575 Fix access for publish-helm-chart CI job
• CICD jobs use BuildKit instead of Docker dind
• Switch from npm to pnpm. Add caching
• Add dependency caching for backend checks
• Cleanup, restructuring of CI jobs, images, folders
• Improve STH Dockerfile for improved layer caching, reduced image size and build speed
• Move building STH customizations (for different environments) to separate pipeline stage
• Cleanup and improve monolog config for less deprecation logs and passtru warnings
• Update CI scripts to use GCP WIF for authentication + bugfix
• Use local CI cache for buildkit cache
• Add build metadata to semver tag in footer component
• Bugfix docker compose way of initializing new DB.
• Adds legacy db-dump ompatible configuration for mariadb.

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 1525 Taxonomy search: add dropdown
• Issue 1543 Assert\NotNull missing for joincolumn nullable false.
• Issue 1546 Message version edit: add button to delete root element.
• Issue 1547 Fix login inconsistencies and related UX
• Issue 1548 Show project on issue index / issue view. Prevent adding labels to issue when project not set.
• Issue 1551 Fix for missing element namespace
• Issue 1552 Taxonomy export to TTL fixed
• Issue 1558 Show highlighting on canvas even if mapping itself is not present. Easier way to add mapped element treeview.
• Issue 1562 Fix link to concept from issue. Fix showing issues on concept.
• Fix browser cache control for index.html

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Issue 1362 Add CircPlastX logo to DPP environment
• Adapt changelog ci job to check placement of changelog items
• Add helper service in docker compose to migrate from v3 to v4
• (website) Add domain to privacy statement
• Improve local dev environment startup

v4.0.0-beta.4 (8 December 2025)​

New functionalities​

• Issue 1325 Add functionality to add a sub element by copying from another element from the same message
• Issue 1516 Message mappings are converted to full specs. This adds spec versions to message mappings, and issues, review comments, status, predicate and justification to element mappings.
• Temporarily don´t show mappings on home and specification index page by default

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 1388 Implement/Port the 3 export types for taxonomy versions
• Issue 1433 Fix permissions and UX of discussion post (review comment) list
• Issue 1434 Improve view edit codelist
• Issue 1500 Fix file object autocomplete crash on empty field
• Issue 1501 Add warning when leaving page without saving
• Issue 1505 Fix deleting issue replies
• Issue 1523 Account inherits global roles from orgs for which it's a representative
• Issue 1524 Fix image upload and retrieval
• Issue 1537 Fix increased taxonomy loading time
• Issue 1541 Repair DCAT Export for Message Mapping specs
• Issue 1542 Fix
• Issue 1545 Fix setting element name and label in wizard step 1
• Improve and unify canvas panel heading
• Don´t show unpublished version on spec cards

v4.0.0-beta.3 (27 November 2025)​

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 1419 Date format and datetime format.
• Issue 1436 Can't remove issue.
• Issue 1511 Migration script to one time update createdAt fields without explicit time from UTC 00:00:00 to 11:00:00
• Issue 1529 Allow deleting specs
• Issue 1530 Allow deleting message spec version with all its elements
• Issue 1531 MessageModelVersion edit: add button to add root element
• Issue 1532 Fix project edit ordering of specifications

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Issue 347 Migration script to one time strip domain name from account display names
• Issue 1456 Mount php.ini as additional conf instead of overwriting default

v4.0.0-beta.2 (22 November 2025)​

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 1437 Who said it missing in View review comments.
• Issue 1439 Button 'Add Meeting' in Group view not working
• Issue 1450 Can't create project
• Issue 1502 Taxonomy specification fixes
• Issue 1504 Descriptions edit should be big textfield.
• Issue 1506 Fix edit of Representatives in Organisation
• Issue 1521 Don't allow to change username
• Bugfix serializer. Allow setting value to null

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Config allow_anonymous_access can be specified as config parameter

v4.0.0-beta.1 (9 November 2025)​

Port backend framework, including but not limited to:​

• Replace Ampersand prototype framework by Symfony framework
• Port constraints and rules - part 1
• Port constraints and rules - part 2
• Port account, access control and related logic
• Issue 520 Port venetian blind option for json schema generator
• Issue 594 Auto remove orphaned LinkObjects
• Issue 1365 Add option to disable anonymous access to public resources
• Issue 1368 Restore notifications handling and templates in symfony backend.
• Issue 1369 STH v4 DCAT export links point to STH v3 routes
• Issue 1375 Creating new group should redirect to edit after creating.
• Issue 1376 Restore JSON schema preprocessor
• Issue 1387 Port message model version copy functionality
• Issue 1429 Port validator artefact downloads
• Issue 1431 'Used by' table missing for edit business rule
• Issue 1454 Port API key access to validator service
• Issue 1454 Refactor API key access
• Port issue with EasyRdf namespace prefixes. See v3 MR 684
• Upgrade to Symfony 7.3

New functionalities​

• Issue 520 Add venetian blind option for json schema generator, including simple types

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• #1444, #1445, #1451
• Several other improvements, see !693
• Issue 1460 Disable dark mode for PrimeNg components until STH has support for dark mode

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Add temporary oauth login routes to smoothen the transition from v3 to v4 for external integrations
• Restore consistent use of SERVER_HOST_NAME env variable
• Refactor how environment specific Symfony backend configurations are specified and picked up in Helm values and templates
• Merge documentation repo (the website) into main STH repo
• Fix CI release job

New functionalities​

• Issue 1286 Add SHACL Validator to STH
• Issue 1328 Add support for additional JSON-Schema files to the JSON Validator

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Fix JSON-LD syntax inference for SHACL validator
• Issue 1222 Properly propagate JSON Schema errors if the user provided them
• Issue 1227 Automatically format validation rules when exporting

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Issue 1337 Use ingress custom-headers annotation instead of less secure server-snippet annotation
• Pin cloud-sdk image to have Docker cli available for build jobs
• Add buffer size to fingers crossed log handler to prevent memory leak. This especially holds for long running process of messenger worker

New functionalities​

• Epic 56 Add content-based access control, including:
  • Enabled fine-grained access control for custom API routes
  • Fix problem where newly created group can't be accessed
• Issue 1327 Add syntax type RDF to data model for shacl validator. This is preparing for integrating SHACL validator

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 1309 Bugfix consistent trimming namespaces for XML generators
• Remove unnecessary secretkeyref from the helm chart
• Fixed a bug where SHACL couldn't be generated with an empty URI; this now creates a blank node

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Fixed a bug where the review environment couldn't be upgraded because of PV multi-attach errors
• Remove debug configuration '-vvv' for worker container in debugMode. This produces way to many logs

New functionalities​

• Issue 1274 Pick up STH-specific annotation properties from SHACL property shapes by wizard

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 576 Sort 'Organizations' page
• Issue 1205 Group meetings: show issues shorter. Example: #12 (closed)
• Issue 1271 Add "new organization" button
• Add log to indicate that notification service is not enabled
• Refactor + fix + minor improvements to notification service

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Enable notification service for MR review environments
• Increase verbosity of worker (symfony console) when STH is set in debugMode

New functionalities​

• Issue 699 Copy an existing message model to a new version
• Issue 1246 Add conceptual model for content-based access control

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 1178 Show EasyRdf (parse) error message to user
• Issue 1196 Support lang tag of ^^rdf:HTML literal types
• Issue 1262 Bug in rdf example generator when no target class nor datatype
• Update easyrdf to version 1.16. Fixes valid syntax for:
  • Issue 598 Dot in QNames
  • Issue 1012 Whitespace between literal and lang tag
  • Issue 1131 Boolean literal followed by dot or semicolon
• Refactor image upload functionality + fix for missing mime type for files from storage
• Fix generated frontend
• Fix in OwlAdapter to get definition for target class
• Improve performance of getting possible target elements for element mapping. Related to #1122

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Issue 1194 SCSN env - Add menu item to link to documentation in gitbook
• Also update worker sidecar image in CICD scripts for rollout
• Automatic cleanup finished job of creating admin user after new Helm install
• Customize BDI-DIL environment
• Add explicit isCleanInstall tag for the helm chart
• Remove EVH from the Kustomize CI, added to the Helm pipeline
• Update all PHP dependencies + bump version constraints in composer.json
• CICD changes to be able to run on Gitlab.com managed runners; use STH group runner for dind
• CICD cleanup staging and production deployment jobs after migration to helm for all environments
• Helm chart allow to use mailhost without credentials and without the need for existing secret. Allow to skip TLS.

New functionalities​

• Issue 628 Add conceptual model for Notification service
• Issue 688 Allow adding images to issues and other markdown fields
• Issue 1115 Option to specify if additional sub elements are allowed in resulting schema
• Issue 1134 Show 'owl:deprecated' clearly in ontology treeviews
• Issue 1168 Nest subclasses in ontology treeviews
• Issue 1170 Notifications: add async sending via queues
• Issue 1196 Retrieve definition from dcterms subject property in Wizard
• Issue 1216 Graph pattern UX first version

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 1135 Add search to 'projects' dropdown in step 1 of wizard
• Issue 1167 Message treeview: optimize loading possible properties.
• Issue 1171 Validator: show clear error if unauthorized
• Issue 1177 Validator page: fix network error from code editor
• Issue 1184 Issue: show attachments
• Issue 1211 Issues: show labels
• Issue 1212 Issue: add "assigned to"
• Issue 1214 Issues: allow filtering by label and assigned to
• Issue 1218 Use the Russion doll style as default when requesting generated XML schema
• Issue 1230 Issues: improve label colors when none or a light one is set
• Issue 1231 Taxonomy treeview: improve search
• Issue 1235 Taxonomy treeview: fix concepts shown on all panes
• Issue 1236 Bugfix: Google cloud storage uniform bucket-level access is supported now
• Issue 1241 Canvas: don't show unpublished message versions in search when you don't have the rights

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Issue 812 Add Content Security Policy header
• Issue 1155 Add merge request (review) deployments to CI/CD pipeline
• Issue 1190 Add Graph Pattern API
• Issue 1195 Add security headers to default values
• Issue 1213 Add jobs that trigger staging/production deployments
• Issue 1254 Changed the way the Flyway container image tag is selected
• In CI/CD jobs, pass $CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA as sth image tag variable to triggered helm deployment job
• Fixed a bug where file uploads don't work in MR Review environments
• Publish / release Helm chart when there are changes on push to main branch
• Bump Helm chart version to v1.0.0

New functionalities​

• Issue 1180 Set preferred language for a spec versions. Use this in the wizard for labels and definitions

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 1024 Improve "edit organization" screen
• Issue 1093 Show base datatype in element details panel
• Issue 1172 OAS generator target OpenAPI version 3.1.0 as it uses features introduced in this version
• Issue 1174 Dropdown of mapping not entirely shown
• Issue 1175 Fix login button in navbar almost invisible
• Issue 1179 Bugfix issue with use of undefined property due to typo in OWL term. Add input validator for this
• Issue 1183 Fix WebVOWL redirect in Helm environments
• The validator service now returns an insightful error message when the proxied request is too large.
• Bugfix typo in migration script for #1180

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Complete refactor of AppComponent; spliting it up in several components
• Helm deployment related:
  • Issue 1156 Helm make side services disableable, change layout of values
  • Issue 1158 Helm Chart disable Data Volume in case of GCS enabled
  • Issue 1159 Helm make GCS secretname customizable
• Add customizations for DPP environment

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 1157 Bugfix 'Data entry is too long' in select statements of customized queries

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Helm deployment related:
  • Issue 1148 Add JSON Validator configuration to Helm chart

v3.2.0 (1 September 2024)​

New functionalities​

• Issue 819 Add option to concert RML to YARRRML in wizard export
• Issue 998 Message treeview: add filter option for labels
• Issue 1078 Support wizard input of JSON schema with array at root
• Issue 1099 Add tree view for ontology versions
• Issue 1101 Allow to create message based on json example
• Issue 1109 Taxonomy treeview: add version dropdown

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 501 Message treeview: Add confirmation when clicking "add all"
• Issue 758 Fix namespace prefix declarations in XSD generator
• Issue 848 Allow user to create new spec in project
• Issue 880 Translate spec type on spec card
• Issue 880 Translate "recently viewed" type
• Issue 967 Show issue supported by organization
• Issue 997 Add a wrapper element for root elements with mult max > 1 in XSD generator
• Issue 1007 Fix: anonymous users (not logged in) can no longer submit issues and comments in STPE and SETU env
• Issue 1041 Replace XML related labels by more generic labels now we have JSON support included
• Issue 1074 Canvas: attach details to pane they belong to
• Issue 1082 Allow expand / collapse of 'projects' (lists of specifications)
• Issue 1094 Change order of element details panel + restructure Edit element interface
• Issue 1104 Bugfix default on/off switch for additional business rules in validator configuration
• Issue 1112 Show schema in validator UI for generated schemas
• Issue 1113 Bugfix broken wizard based on json schema
• Issue 1116 Keep selected element when switching between view and edit mode on Data Model Canvas
• Issue 1117 Sort meetings within groups using meeting number and/or date
• Issue 1118 Bugfix element sequence number from wizard data
• Issue 1119 Element tree: fix switching versions
• Issue 1127 Clicking Used in link to taxonomy version opens a pane with that taxonomy version
• Issue 1128 Fix security issue with injection in issue forms
• Issue 1138 Taxonomy: Publication date and status not shown correctly
• Bugfix, reinitialize namespace prefix registrations after unserializing AGraph

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Issue 1120 Add HedgeIoT logo to startpagina of EVH customization
• Issue 1111 Upgrade to Angular 18
• Update EasyRdf library to an active fork: sweetrdf/easyrdf
• Complete refactor of validator frontend components
• Major restructuring of frontend folder and refactoring services and dependency injection

New functionalities​

• Issue 523 Add ontologies tree viewer
• Issue 533 Wizard step 1: suggest root class when using ontology
• Issue 834 Take into account domainless properties (that is implicit owl:Thing as domain) to select from in wizard
• Issue 931 Improvements to wizard taking CSV input
• Issue 960 Treeview: drag and drop elements to create mappings. Only in editor mode
• Issue 970 Wizard create: add blank message option
• Issue 1028 Wizard step 1: add json schema option
• Issue 1033 Show creator / creation time for specs
• Issue 1035 Include missing wizard functionality to handle owl:someValuesFrom restrictions
• Issue 1044 Integrate JSON validator service in STH
• Issue 1080 Treeview edit mode: Allow adding sub-element freely
• Issue 1108 Data Model Canvas features:
  • Allow opening unrelated specifications
  • Allow to move panels freely
  • Edit element: move link to ontology (property and class URI) to first tab

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 676 Refactor backend extra endpoint specifications
• Issue 680 Add submitter name (using display name) to issue and related discussion posts
• Issue 681 Rename change requests (old term) to issues (new term) in model, database, backend and API
• Issue 683 Add number of comments to issues overview
• Issue 703 Bugfix filter issues for my organisation
• Issue 1021 Bugfix recursion issue in wizard determining sub class structure
• Issue 1023 Edit element: remember active tab
• Issue 1025 CSV import: Convert csv column names to valid xml element names
• Issue 1039 Small UX improvements to generated edit screens
• Issue 1043 Move business rules up in edit Element > Value constraints tab
• Issue 1060 Codelist: add sorting to table
• Issue 1061 Refactor treeviews to 1 component to prepare for data model canvas
• Issue 1065 Improve aligning of business rules in Element details panel
• Issue 1067 Fix some HTTP errors not shown
• Issue 1076 Element details path: add copy to clipboard button
• Issue 1077 Treeview edit mode: fix possible child elements not loading
• Issue 1079 Replace id with $id in JSON Schema export
• Issue 1081 Treeview edit mode: no expandable possible child prop when only 1 targetSubClass is present
• Issue 1083 Wizard step 1: css fixes, use json Pointer
• Issue 1092 Sort version number in treeview version dropdown
• Issue 1100 Don't show "must login" error for evalidator/info
• Issue 1102 Fix performance of wizard option of domainless properties (see #834)
• Issue 1092 Sort version number in treeview version dropdown
• Bugfix issue with incorrect $id in generated json schemas that causes issues in new json validator service
• Improve UX of all issues interface:
  • Filter on open issues by default
  • Add sort option (last comment and date created)
• Bugfix missing property click event emitter

Build / deployment / environments related​

• Remove frontend v2: The old frontend is not available anymore at '/v2' url
• Use default apache folder html instead of public to serve content
• Angular: upgrade to new template syntax and standalone components
• Add ampersand build scripts do development environment
• Bugfix issue in CI pipeline related to Node image
• Update to Angular v17.3
• Refactoring ontology tree view #523

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 1048 Improve performance of interfaces that allow to select from all Artefacts, including the Edit issue/change request page
• Issue 1063 Bugfix access to edit review comment interface. Change role from reviewer to beheerder (maintainer)
• Issue 1064 Bugfix showing union codelist entries
• Issue 1068 Bugfix hide syntax bindings for validator that are not enabled
• Issue 1069 Show full path for element mappings
• Issue 1071 Bugfix fatal error call to member function on null (occurred in treeview editor)
• Issue 1073 Bugfix hide spreadsheet export button that is shown while not being logged in

Deployment / environments related​

• Issue 1062 Fix for browser cache that prevents showing the new frontend application after rollout

v3.0.0 (3 june 2024)​

New functionalities​

• Message mapping functionality
  • Issue 692 Highlight mapped elements
  • Issue 693 Add related tree based on message mapping
  • Add overview of message mappings as menu item
  • Fix migration script
• Review functionality
  • Issue 963 Add review comments for elements and codelists (not yet taxonomy concepts and other artefacts)
  • Issue 978 Allow access to draft specifications by users with role Reviewer
  • Issue 1055 Treeview: add filter: show only with open issues
• Issue 993 Wizard PropertyDTO look for definition on range class if property has no definition
• Issue 1017 Allow external codelists to have + show codelist entries

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 959 Bugfix adding syntax binding due to long loading times and fix syntax binding dropdown too wide
• Issue 986 Bugfix creating new row in table when there are invariant rule violations
• Issue 991 Bugfix create/edit element mappings in Edit element interface
• Issue 1005 Bugfix showing BR after adding/removing existing BR to element
• Issue 1050 Fix deleting wrong item in lists
• Issue 1051 Hide all concepts list for taxonomy view.
• Issue 1052 Move "no review comments" message up
• Issue 1057 Atomic object: fix not updating options
• Issue 1058 Don't ask user for additional confirmation when removing item from a list (non destructive action)
• Bugfix box templates for use case with creating new items in empty list
• Bugfix issue with review comments
• Upgrade prettier to better support ng new @if template syntax

Deployment / environments related​

• Update development environment
  • Add development-specific frontend and backend services to docker-compose.yml, enabling hot-reload for both
  • Add PHP-devtools service for use in combination with JetBrains PHPStorm for a fully containerized dev environment
  • Use Docker Compose profiles for intuitive building/starting/stopping of dev and/or prod builds of the application
  • Remove docker-compose.yml from .gitignore, and add docker-compose.local.example.yml as an example of a local compose file extending the default
• With migration script add new Reviewer role to accounts that already have Administrator, Beheerder and/or Account manager role
• Refactoring of validator and syntax binding related concepts, relations and interfaces. Preparation for introducing JSON validator

v3.0.0-beta.4 / v2.22.0 (27 april 2024)​

New functionalities​

• Issue 885 Include more details in taxonomy exports
• Issue 935 Accounts, edit allowed roles screen missing

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 919 Add short description of specification types in menu to add new specification
• Issue 1001 Improve taxonomy export performance
• Issue 1014 Add Project Metadata Types and Add Hide Export option for taxonomy spec version and skosconcepts
• Update to Ampersand prototype framework v1.18.0

Deployment / environments related​

• Issue 883 Change mentions of NEN2767-4 to NEN2767-4-2
• Issue 989 Migrate artefact metadata to simplify database
• Issue 999 Move STH_ID columns to end of table

v3.0.0-beta.3 / v2.21.1 (10 Feb 2024)​

New functionalities​

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 929 Fix element order in wizard for json schema and csv inputs
• Issue 938 Add missing sort functionality to BOX TABLE template
• Issue 953 Fix possible sub elements are not sorted correctly based on underlying ontology
• Issue 954 Fix version menu showing wrong version for unpublished versions
• Issue 956 Add used by other codelists to codelist overview
• Issue 971 Fix for undefined resource at component initialization
• Issue 972 Add missing menu item for business rules overview
• Issue 973 Remove heading for empty list of syntax bindings in related trees menu
• Issue 980 Allow to create/delete projects owner by groups in Edit group interface
• List unpublished versions for maintainers (having access to Edit specifcation interfaces)
• Also show empty projects; i.e. when there are no specifications to show

Deployment / environments related​

• Issue 925 Change GCS storage client from opt-out to opt-in. Default is disabled now
• Restructure + bugfix Helm values file
• PM issue 119 Remove references to TNO specific deployment aspects

v3.0.0-beta.2 / v2.21.0 (22 Jan 2024)​

New functionalities​

• Issue 839 Individuals of the range class are included in the wizard step 3 examples and schemas
• Issue 840 Add API to create message model from CSV file upload
• Issue 843 Implement UX designs for message models based on CSV
• Issue 871 Add table view to projects page + improve spec cards
• Issue 912 Push default STH and flyway images to public image registry
• Issue 917 Allow viewing secondary trees in the wizard treeview
• Allow to edit certain technical details like elmPropertyUri, elmClassUri, elmBaseDatatypeUri and elmJsonPointer

Bugfixes / UX improvements​

• Issue 626 Remove deprecated relation projectOrg[Project*Organization]
• Issue 665 Add check for duplicate names in sub elements. Display error to user in export
• Issue 881 Taxonomy export: split structure in multiple columns
• Issue 886 Replace UI label 'wizard' with 'edit' message model
• Issue 893 Improve codelist page. Columns for added/removed dates
• Issue 899 Bugfix missing button to create new objects in BOX templates
• Issue 901 Add whitespace between validator and results
• Issue 905 Bugfixes in headings and formatting output in wizard step 3
• Issue 908 Add other views to 'recently viewed' section on homepage
• Issue 910 Bugfix toggle 'Show used properties' should only be visible in edit mode
• Issue 911 Bugfix 'validator' link on spec cards are not always displayed
• Issue 913 Reduce whtiespace between projects on specification overview
• Issue 914 Add loading indicator for validator information
• Issue 915 Fix missing option to upload new version of file object
• Issue 916 Bugfix broken link to business rules in validator UI
• Issue 918 Improve issue view
• Issue 921 Fix missing specification version in 'see also' column
• Issue 923 Add redirect to previous page after login triggered by user
• Issue 926 Bugfix sorting versions in validator UI
• Issue 928 Fix missing buttons for 'add all' and 'add next level descendants' in wizard step 2
• Issue 930 Bugfix patches not working on resources that are in a root list interface
• Issue 936 Bugfix AtomicFileObjectComponent calling backend too many times
• Issue 941 Bugfix showing all tabs; adding scrollable tabs
• Issue 942 Bugfix button to add next level descendents is wrongly shown in tree view viewing mode
• Issue 943 Bugfix crud functionality on genereated non-uni root boxes
• Issue 946 Bugfix DCAT export buttons should only be displayed when logged in
• Issue 955 Bugfix large content cut of in text fields (e.g. in edit ontology version)
• Clarify class and basedatatype in technical details view
• Group possible properties by ObjectProperties and DatatypeProperties in wizard step 2
• Bugfix output folder of frontend dist by esbuild

Deployment / environments related​

• PM Issue 190 Update SETU welcome text
• Issue 617 Update to PHP 8.3
• Issue 784 Add helm charts for easy deployment of application
• Issue 838 Update to Angular v17
• Publish helm charts in chart repo located at https://charts.semantic-treehouse.nl
• Dockerfile with frontend v3 is now the default Dockerfile
• Fix CI check for database structure file
• Restructure CI configuration + improve pipeline duration + fix repo for build cache
• Update to Ampersand prototype framework v1.17.0
• Update to PHP 8.3
• Update backend dependencies + add CI job to check for this
• Add CI job for frontend testing
• Add CI job for frontend linting
• Run all CI check jobs (except changelog) also on main branch
• Fix missing build argument for multi-language frontend

v3.0.0-beta.1 / v2.20.0 (29 Nov 2023)​

• Issue 664 Individuals of the range class of a property are picked up by the FIT Wizard in Step 2
• Issue 783 Add endpoint to export specs meta data in DCAT
• Issue 854 Add endpoint for downloading JSON SchemaSpecs
• Issue 887 Fix loading empty ontology (version) in WebVOWL viewer
• Frontend v3 related:
  • Issue 378 Update treeview after editing element details
  • Issue 690 Add functionality to create a new message model specification using the wizard
  • Issue 768 Hide elements in taxonomy tree when using search filter
  • Issue 789 Integrate + fix codebase Ampersand framework, including:
    • Show notifications from backend when editing via generated interfaces
    • Make sure you don't lose focus when switching fields in generated interfaces
    • Make sure generated interface values don't go out of sync with backend values
  • Issue 793 Improve carousel of specifications by introducing hightlighted specifications
  • Issue 799 Review and update Dutch (nl) translation file
  • Issue 814 Add buttons for DCAT-AP export in UI
  • Issue 815 Allow editing element details
  • Issue 820 Add missing templates for generated interfaces
  • Issue 827 Add manual json schema specification overview page
  • Issue 845 Add option to select target sub class in wizard step 2
  • Issue 864 Add sorting for columns and download button in codelist overview
  • Issue 869 Add option to show used properties in treeview wizard mode
  • Issue 900 Bugfix routing for message-model
  • Issue 903 Bugfix non-editable boolean component
  • Issue 906 Bugfix character encoding in spec card description
  • Bugfix label instead of name for possible sub elements
  • Fix missing possible properties from superclasses
  • Improve edit element interface and its use in wizard view
  • Adapt Dockerfile(s) to handle multiple locales and serve default locale in root directory
• Environments:
  • PM Issue 143 Add frontend v3 customizations for SETU image
  • Set frontend v3 as default for KS, SETU, FEDeRATED, SUTC, STPE, EVH, SCSN and STH images
  • Use default STH image for ZEROW environment
  • Set NL locale as default for NEN image

• Epic 10 First implementation of JSON schema input for FIT wizard
• Issue 383 Add functionality to select sub classes for element type in wizard
• Issue 705 Move fixed config var oauthlogin.stateHashSecret to ENV var
• Issue 722 Customize Federated Header (and add job to runner)
• Issue 725 Fix + update issue with images of CI jobs
• Issue 727 No URIs generated by wizard example generator
• Issue 737 Add metamodel migration for new JsonSchemaSpec
• Bugfix issue with getting correct range class/datatype when SHACL shape applied
• Frontend v3 related:
  • Issue 709 Add issue number to several issue related components
  • Issue 714 Fix links to issue references
  • Issue 717 Implement UI for Taxonomy concept view
  • Issue 728 Improve search field - add ctrl-k and esc short keys
  • Fix group interface showing number of meetings and members and showing upcoming meeting(s)

v2.19.1 / v3.0.0-alpha.4 (25 August 2023)​

• Issue 720 How to handle REFs for JSON Schema resolution
• Issue 734 Fix issue with style property in json schema in wizard OpenAPI spec generator
• Issue 744 JSON schema generator - ContentMediaType: base64 needs to be ContentEncoding: base64
• Issue 750 Add functionality to specify taxonomy top level concepts
• Issue 751 Bugfix in example generator with minimal multiplicity
• Frontend v3 related:
  • Issue 685 Include icon in different specification overview pages
  • Issue 721 Process feedback on new frontend
  • Issue 745 Improve outline on start page. Sort cards by last publication date
  • Issue 748 Restructure title, subtitle and definition for taxonomy concept and treeview element details.
  • Issue 749 Allow for additional menu items
  • Specification card improvements: primary button and actions redefined, styling, skeletons while loading, download actions, ..
  • Improvement of specification pages: message model and taxonomy
  • Fix linking to validator
  • Add CI job to check if generated frontend files need to be updated
  • Add customizations for Ketenstandaard environment

v2.19.2 / v3.0.0-alpha.4 (22 Sept 2023)​

• Issue 736 Add tags in wizard oas output
• Issue 738 Improve error reporting to user when json schema is not correct or cannot be used as input for the wizard.
• Issue 765 Add json schema preprocessor implementation
• Issue 780 Bugfix WebVOWL viewer access to API endpoint due to signing key too short

v2.19.3 / v3.0.0-alpha.5 (27 Oct 2023)​

• Issue 743 Bugfix showing subclasses of base datatypes in wizard
• Issue 798 Add DIL to runner
• Issue 801 Add version number to filename of message export to excel
• Frontend v3 related:
  • Issue 754 Add custom metadata fields to tree view for messages and taxonomies
  • Issue 778 Add internationalisation, add Dutch translation, add language switcher
  • Issue 789 Fix generated interfaces, add links to them in manual interfaces
  • Issue 789 Update shared ampersand modules
  • Issue 794 Fix wrong order for highlighted version when selecting based on publication dates
  • Issue 796 Project list: mark public projects
  • Issue 816 Add role selector to v3
  • Fix issue with infinate loop when image-missing.png is not found

• Issue 492 Pick up organization info from OAuth login resource information
• Issue 604 Add csv download/export functionality for taxonomies
• Issue 704 Remove environment specific backend config files
• Allow to disable creating non-existing accounts in OAuth login attempt
• Frontend v3 related:
  • Issue 106 Improve page title including page name and environment name
  • Issue 675 Add additional Dockerfile to prepare for switching from v2 to v3 frontend
  • Issue 689 Add google tag for tracking page views
  • Issue 694 Add usage note to taxonomy concept details panel
  • Issue 698 Sort taxonomy concepts by sequence number. Fallback to label alphabetically
  • Issue 700 Add alternative label to taxonomy concept details panel
  • Fix sorting in different user interfaces
  • Add setup for customer/community specific customizations
  • Remove parts from UI that are not yet implemented / supported by backend

v2.18.1 / v3.0.0-alpha.2 (4 June 2023)​

• Issue 708 Fix typo in taxonomy export to spreadsheet
• Fix removed oauth identity provider images

• Issue 559 Report login error to user to be able to diagnose what went wrong
• Issue 599 Handle situation (show error message) when user cancels the authentication
• Issue 631 Add OAuth integration for NEN. Includes refactoring of OAuth module
• Issue 658 Remove constraint of non-duplicate account display name
• Issue 660 Add MessageMapping API to match elements in tree view canvas
• Fix minor issues with OAuth login implementation. Trigger detailed logs when login attempt fails due to invariant violation

v2.17.1 / v3.0.0-alpha.1 (9 may 2023)​

• Issue 672 Merge new frontend (v3) code repo into subfolder in main STH repo
• Add 3.0.0-alpha.1 version of new frontend to virtual directory /v3/
• Add missing built-in types for mapping from xs types to json
• Add link to releases page for version info in footer

• Issue 447 Add backend functionality to upload icons/avatars at different locations (e.g. for specifications)
• Issue 547 Embedded schematron specification doesn't seem to be picked up by validator
• Issue 601 Support sorting for taxonomy concepts.
• Issue 606 Add short description to data model for specs (UI needs it)
• Issue 611 Add Energy Vocabulary Hub environment customization.
• Issue 616 Update Node builder from 12 EOL to Node 14 LTS version
• Issue 618 Create STH env for NEN 2767 (cont'd)
• Issue 623 Bugfix JSON example generator
• Issue 624 Extend Projects API to include additional info needed by new frontend
• Issue 625 Add functionality to specify the highlighted version (for new frontend)
• Issue 632 Increase session expiration limit to 5 days (was 4h)
• Move docker-compose.yml to gitignore and provide current one as docker-compose.yml.example.
• Add check for updated changelog in merge request pipeline

• Issue 564 First implementation of OpenAPI generator
• Issue 570 Introduce base data types
• Issue 581 Change tab name 'XML examples'
• Issue 596 Change frontpage of BD4NRG environment
• Issue 609 Add support for SHACL sh:targetSubjectsOf to determine restrictions on properties
• Remove BISON environment
• Add icon for Ketenstandaard environment

• Issue 536 Add 'path' to spreadsheet output of Message specification
• Issue 566 Add filter to only show unbound elements in syntax binding
• Issue 567 Strikethrough invisible element in syntax tree in editing mode
• Issue 572 Bugfix validator output missing id attribute on failed assert
• Issue 584 Implement data model and update views for element mappings and message mappings
• Fix bug introduced by #546. Filters were not applied anymore due to double 'show' method declaration
• Issue 590 Create ZeroW environment
• Issue 591 Improve customization + startpage of ZEROW environment
• Issue 592 Fix browser rendering issue with large taxonomies
• Change of Ketenstandaard home page upon request KS