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v0.9.3 Beta

June 27th, 2008

v0.9.2 Beta

June 2nd, 2008
  • (Feature) Added four Human Development Report tables.
  • (Bug) Miscellaneous bug fixing.

v0.9.1 Beta

May 22th, 2008
  • (Update) Refreshed World Statistics Pocketbook 2007 data.
  • (Update) Refreshed CDB, FAO, ILO, UNESCO and UNWTO data.

v0.9.0 Beta

May 8th, 2008
  • (Feature) Added Gender Info 2007 data.
  • (Feature) Added table sets to the Advanced Search page.
  • (Feature) Added table presentation names and keywords to spell check.
  • (Feature) Added UNdata wiki.
  • (Feature) Database lastest update is now available in the wiki.
  • (Update) Improved behaviour of tabs and filters on the search page.
  • (Bug) Miscellaneous bug fixing.

v0.8.0 Beta

April 3rd, 2008
  • (Feature) Added pivoting functionality for World Population Prospects.

v0.7.3 Beta

April 3rd, 2008
  • (Update) Refreshed ILO data.
  • (Update) Refreshed FAO data.

v0.7.2 Beta

March 20th, 2008
  • (Update) Miscellaneous interface changes.
  • (Bug) Miscellaneous bug fixing.

v0.7.1 Beta

March 13th, 2008
  • (Update) Updated Key Indicators data.
  • (Update) Minor interface changes.
  • (Bug) Miscellaneous bug fixing.

v0.7.0 Beta

March 10th, 2008
  • (Feature) In addition to databases, the search engine is able to search and present data in table format.
  • (Feature) Added new HDI/UNDP as a table.
  • (Feature) Added new 10 tables from the UNHCR Yearbook.
  • (Feature) Added 7 tables on health statistics from WHO.
  • (Feature) Added 6 tables on indicators on women and men from UNSD.
  • (Update) Updated the series names in the Industry database.
  • (Bug) Miscellaneous bug fixing.

v0.6.0 Beta

February 21st, 2008
  • (Feature) Added new DYB series.
  • (Update) Improved search term alternative suggestions.
  • (Update) Improved seach algorithm for more accurate search results.
  • (Update) Refreshed MDG data.
  • (Update) Refreshed Energy data.
  • (Update) Split the SNA AMA glossary from SNA AMA database.
  • (Update) Improved page navigation on the data page.
  • (Update) Improved country profile page usability.
  • (Update) Minor changes to the user interface.
  • (Update) Terms and Conditions of Use.
  • (Bug) Deep search fixed in SNA.
  • (Bug) Miscellaneous bug fixing.

v0.5.0 Beta

January 4th, 2008
  • (Feature) Added the suggestion of search term alternatives (synonyms, related data marts and links).
  • (Feature) Added related links to the Country Profile page.
  • (Feature) Added related glossary terms to the data page.
  • (Feature) Added filtering to the glossary page.
  • (Update) Redesigned the presentation of the data mart information.
  • (Update) Changed the way countries are selected in the Country Profile page.
  • (Update) Changed the sort order of the data marts in the Explorer.
  • (Update) Changed the sort order of the results of a glossary search.
  • (Update) Miscellaneous presentation changes.
  • (Bug) Miscellaneous bug fixing.

v0.4.12 Beta

November 27th, 2007
  • (Feature) Added data mart: Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data.
  • (Feature) Added more download file formats on the data page.
  • (Update) Refreshed the ComTrade data.
  • (Update) WYSIWYG downloading on the data page.
  • (Update) Redesigned the data page for better presentation, particularly after pivoting.
  • (Bug) Opening the Data Mart Info popup more than once prevents the popup from being closed in IE.
  • (Bug) Fixed bookmarks on the Data Mart Info page.
  • (Bug) Fixed the 'Link to this page' feature on the data page so that it updates the location bar in IE.
  • (Bug) Fixed pivoting bug in the Energy data mart.
  • (Bug) Fixed pivoting bug in the MDG data mart.
  • (Bug) Miscellaneous bug fixing.

v0.4.11 Beta

November 15th, 2007
  • (Feature) Provision for deep searching the data marts.
  • (Update) Redesigned the Advanced search page for better usability.
  • (Update) Updated National Accounts glossary.

v0.4.10 Beta

November 12th, 2007
  • (Update) Improved the relevance of the suggestions provided by the spell checking feature.
  • (Update) Redesigned and included contact details on the Feedback page.
  • (Update) Improved usability of the 'Link to this page' link on the data page.

v0.4.9 Beta

November 7th, 2007
  • (Update) Redesign of the landing page.
  • (Bug) Fixed More filters bug.
  • (Bug) Fixed Glossary layout bug.
  • (Bug) Fixed Glossary term search bug.
  • (Bug) Fixed Glossary no definition for listed term bug.

v0.4.8 Beta

November 6th, 2007
  • (Feature) Added pivoting functionality for MDGs.
  • (Bug) Fixed bug that occurred during the population of the sort order on the data page.
  • (Bug) Fixed filtering bug in Population and SNA.

v0.4.7 Beta

October 31th, 2007
  • (Bug) Fixed Admin site statistics bug.

v0.4.6 Beta

October 26th, 2007
  • (Feature) The data table is able to be pivoted on the data for series that support this feature.
  • (Feature) Support for sorting and pivot details in the "Link to this page" feature on the data page.
  • (Feature) Sorting added to AMA data mart.
  • (Feature) Added map popup to the Country Profile Plugin.
  • (Feature) Added the Demographic Glossary.
  • (Update) Redesigned the Glossary merging the searching and browsing functionalities into one page.
  • (Update) Refreshed the AMA data.
  • (Update) Redesigned the Tools menu.
  • (Update) Improved the rankings of Glossary search results.
  • (Update) Changed the series displayed in the Country Profile Plugin.
  • (Update) Removed replicated series from the CDB.
  • (Bug) Fixed the drop down list box width overflow for the sorting and pivot popups on the data page.
  • (Bug) Fixed the no keywords bug in the "Link to this page" feature.
  • (Bug) Fixed the bug in the generated query string for the Advanced Search feature.
  • (Bug) Miscellaneous bug fixing

v0.4.5 Beta

October 16th, 2007
  • (Bug) Cleaned up list of countries in the profile page
  • (Bug) Fixed country selection for Ethiopia

v0.4.4 Beta

September 28th, 2007
  • (Feature) Added Population Projection data mart
  • (Feature) Added the glossary for the Population Projections
  • (Feature) Added the related links for all the National Statistical Offices and International Organizations
  • (Feature) Sorting of data table columns
  • (Feature) Keyword spell checking
  • (Update) Redesign of the search algorithm for all data marts
  • (Update) Redesign and enhancements of the filter panel
  • (Update) Change sort order for search results
  • (Update) Update of the Energy data mart.
  • (Update) Enhanced footnote display
  • (Update) Icon redesign
  • (Bug) Miscellaneous bug fixing

v0.4.3 Beta

July 30th, 2007
  • (Feature) Added FAO data mart
  • (Feature) Added UNESCO data mart
  • (Feature) Added ILO data mart
  • (Feature) Added footnotes to the Key indicators data tables
  • (Feature) Added sorting functionality to data view.
  • (Update) Data update for Population data mart.

v0.4.2 Beta

July 25th, 2007

v0.4.1 Beta

June 20th, 2007
  • (Bug) Country explorer now shows all countries
  • (Bug) Improved datamart explorer's robustness
  • (Bug) Fixed listing of the of datamarts in the browse screens
  • (Update) Changed search algorithm
  • (Update) Finalized the Population data tables
  • (Feature) Added a selection of the ComTrade database
  • (Feature) Added footnotes to the Population data tables

v0.4.0 Beta

May 31st, 2007
  • (Update) Country Profile Plugin style update
  • (Feature) WorldStat Country Profile including map

v0.4.0 Beta

May 31st, 2007
  • (Update) Country Profile Plugin style update
  • (Feature) WorldStat Country Profile including map
  • (Feature) Datamart and glossary explorer

v0.3.12 Alpha

May 25th, 2007
  • (Update) Added the "Population" database
  • (Update) Added UNSD glossaries: Environment and SNA
  • (Update) Interface update (home.aspx, datamart explorer)
  • (Update) Set home.aspx as the new default page (web.config)
  • (Update) Performance optimization for the CDB
  • (Feature) Flag the datamarts and glossarymarts in the datamart explorer
  • (Feature) Option for password protected access (on dcap020)

v0.3.11 Alpha

May 11th, 2007
  • (Update) Better checking for data marts in the search terms
  • (Update) Better functionality when ambiguous sesarch terms are discovered
  • (Update) Make popup windows behave consistantly
  • (Update) Added Search to statistics page in Administration module
  • (Feature) Built command-line utility to process zip files for data for each series
  • (Feature) Added keywords to datamarts to help determine when a user is trying to restrict their search via a keyword

v0.3.10 Alpha

April 13th, 2007
  • (Bug) Fix layout problem with the country profile plugin
  • (Feature) Add record count to the browse page for each data mart
  • (Feature) Home page now displays the number of data records being searched, and how many data marts there is
  • (Feature) Add additional options to the error page, and hook up the e-mail functionality
  • (Feature) Hooked up Recent and Popular searches in the Home page.
  • (Feature) Added system summary statistics to home page in the admin site
  • (Feature) Added Feedback page to main site
  • (Feature) Added informational pages (About Us, FAQ, Site Map, and Contact Us)
  • (Feature) Added Data Warehouse page to admin site, showing information about the loaded data marts and providing functionality to clear the data caches
  • (Feature) Added Maintain Data Mart page to admin site, allowing maintenance of a data mart's user defined information
  • (Feature) Added statistics page to the admin site
    • (Feature) Main page shows search clients, slowest searches, and zero-result searches
    • (Feature) Clicking on a client IP address shows chronological activity for that client

v0.3.9 Alpha

April 5th, 2007
  • (Bug) When a link to a Data series is created for any page but the first, the "<< Previous Page" link was not being displayed.
  • (Bug) Fix display problem of "More Tools" menu showing behind the blue search bar
  • (Bug) Correctly identify data marts from the search terms when entering the Advanced Search screen
  • (Update) Change the behavior of filters on the search results screen, such that adding a filter now updates the search box. This makes it easier for filters to stay applied when the user's query is updated.
  • (Update) Remove the "Footnotes" search field in the advanced search screen, since it didn't work anyway
  • (Update) Added "Select All | Select None" buttons to the Sources panel in Advanced Search
  • (Feature) Check for ambiguous search terms where the user may be referring to a data mart (see an example)
  • (Feature) Searches and Queries are now logged!
  • (Feature) Added Browse Glossary page to allow browsing through the glossary by data mart.

v0.3.8 Alpha

March 29th, 2007
  • (Bug) Ensure "Remove All" link does not disappear on postback
  • (Bug) Fix CountryId to be an object instead of a short
  • (Update) Added two new data marts - pocket book and WDI
  • (Update) If more than 200 records (configurable) are found on a search, don't store the search results in ViewState.
  • (Update) Changed name to UNdata
  • (Update) Change the Country Profile plugin to exclusively pull data from the pocketbook
  • (Update) Added icon bar to search results screen to more easily identify the options available for each series
  • (Update) Changed "Raw Data" page title to "Record View"
  • (Update) Added icons to record view to make user options more visible
  • (Update) Changed "Pivot Data" page title to "Table View"
  • (Update) Added icons to table view to make user options more visible
  • (Update) Changed table view such that there is now a "default" table view, and the user can swap the horizontal and vertical columns
  • (Feature) Added a preview option to each data series in the search results screen
  • (Feature) Added a preview option to each data series in the browse screen
  • (Feature) Allow series download from the search results screen (via icon bar)

v0.3.7 Alpha

February 23rd, 2007
  • (Bug) Don't show the country concept plugin if more than one country has been entered
  • (Bug) Stop quoted strings in a Namespace Term from throwing exceptions
  • (Bug) Ensure each node in the browse tree has a unique ID (fixes problem of multiple/incorrect nodes opening on click events)
  • (Update) Friendly URLs for data pages
  • (Update) Refactored the Search Results class to simplify code maintenance
  • (Feature) Allow the user to select which columns they wish to show/hide on the data screen

v0.3.6 Alpha

February 16th, 2007
  • (Bug) Change caching for the Search results page to fix temperamental bugs
  • (Bug) Sorting alphabetically on the Search Results page and then applying a filter now correctly resets the sort order to by record count
  • (Bug) Fix problem with redirecting via javascript in Internet Explorer
  • (Bug) Correct the number of statistical datasets available in the header of the Browse screen
  • (Bug) Fix (most) rendering problems in the Browse Glossary page in IE6.
  • (Update) Major refactoring in the Search results page - now half as many lines of code!
  • (Update) Cleaned images folder, and updated a few of the existing images
  • (Update) Added + and - icons at all levels of the data browse tree
  • (Update) Added icon to link to the data from relevent levels in the browse tree
  • (Update) Made the links in the Browse page consistent - links expand/collapse nodes, the icon goes to the data
  • (Update) Data marts with only a single dimension expand immediately in the browse screen (for Jürgen)
  • (Update) General restyling on the Browse page
  • (Update) Optimized search method by executing summary first, then only searching datamarts with hits
  • (Feature) Added Favicon (works in all browsers except Internet Explorer)
  • (Feature) Added ability to browse to a series within a dataset (click Browse icon - Browse - next to series name). The selected series will be highlighted in bold.

v0.3.5 Alpha

February 8th, 2007
  • (Bug) Fixed data mart links on Search Results page to go to the Data Mart Info page
  • (Bug) Fixed problem in AutoPivot page, where applying a filter would change the pivot column
  • (Bug) Changed navigation from Data --> AutoPivot --> Graph so that the filters are persistant
  • (Update) Restyled the DataMartInfo page
  • (Update) Data Mart in the Data and AutoPivot pages now links to the Data Mart Info page
  • (Update) Added graphing to the Options menu on the Data page
  • (Update) Fix graphing page to allow navigation between values, and to correctly display series information
  • (Feature) Prototyped the Country Concept plugin (See example)

v0.3.4 Alpha

January 30th, 2007
  • (Bug) Show a proper error message when no definitions are found for the term passed to the glossary page
  • (Bug) Better handling of searches that do not produce any matches
  • (Update) Added tooltips to the filtering panels to better describe the filterable objects.
  • (Update) Browse renamed to "Data Browse"; statistical data sets that do not support browsing are no longer shown.
  • (Update) Repeat the paging links at the bottom of the data table (for Jacob)
  • (Update) Minor style changes to the footnotes section of the data and auto pivot pages
  • (Update) Fix scrolling problems on the Data page and Auto Pivot page
  • (Update) Restyled the Country Profile page and added functionality to make it useful
  • (Update) Change the Metadata link in the Search Box to go to the Metadata Search page
  • (Feature) Implemented metadata search!

v0.3.3 Alpha

January 19th, 2007
  • (Bug) Fixed problem with quoted search terms creating invalid urls
  • (Bug) Don't allow pivoting for databases that do not implement the functionality
  • (Bug) Don't allow browsing for databases that do not implement the functionality
  • (Bug) Fix rendering bug of the filter list when only 1 data mart has results
  • (Update) Major update to the configuration mechanics for the data marts
  • (Update) Small style changes to the Glossary
  • (Update) Restyle the "no results" messages according to Sibylle's prototypes
  • (Feature) Added in an error page for friendly error reporting

v0.3.2 Alpha

January 15th, 2007
  • (Bug) Don't show the paging links for searches with only a single page of results
  • (Bug) Show maps in country profile for countries with spaces in the name (e.g. "New Zealand")
  • (Bug) Criteria builder now correctly parses terms in quotes
  • (Bug) Correctly show multiple definitions from the glossary where multiple definitions exist
  • (Bug) Fixed bug where returning no search results would throw an exception
  • (Bug) Don't allow the user to update filters while a previous request is still processing
  • (Bug) Fixed rendering bug with empty cells in the Data Table
  • (Update) Filter out noise words from search terms (also fixes "current prices" vs "at current prices" bug)
  • (Update) Don't highlight noise words in the results list
  • (Update) Better suggestions made when no results are found
  • (Update) Restyle the glossary page to look better with the extended definitions
  • (Update) Show extended descriptions on the glossary page
  • (Update) Restructured the Search Results page for easier maintenance
  • (Update) Created the SearchResultModel class to encapsulate functionality of search results and simplify processing from the web layer
  • (Update) Filters that only have one value are no longer displayed, to increase visual clarity
  • (Feature) AMA is now online!
  • (Feature) SNA Estimates glossary is now online!
  • (Feature) Search results page now supports sorting by record count (default) or alphabetically
  • (Feature) Added "Remove All" link to filter panel (for Sibylle)

v0.3.1 Alpha

January 8th, 2007
  • (Bug) Hide popup menus after a link is clicked
  • (Bug) Multiple bug fixes on the AutoPivot page
  • (Bug) Show errors from the search rather than crashing the application
  • (Update) Glossary framework now much more flexible
  • (Feature) SNA database is now online!
  • (Feature) SDMX glosary is now online!
  • (Feature) Implemented client side paging on the Search Results page
  • (Feature) Prototyped the graphing page (available from the AutoPivot page)

v0.3.0 Alpha

December 19th, 2006
  • (Bug) Fix data paging bug (exception) found by Bogdan
  • (Bug) Fix rendering bug of the Data page in IE6 as exposed by Bogdan
  • (Bug) Fix rendering bug of loading box on Data and AutoPivot pages in IE6
  • (Update) Moved the Loading box on Data page to the top-left (under logo) for better clarity
  • (Update) Introduced "Options" menu on Data page
  • (Feature) Introduced the AutoPivot page, which can automatically pivot data on available dimensions:
    • AutoPivot table comes with 4-way paging capabilities
    • Enabled Data Filtering for the data displayed in the Auto Pivot table
    • Refactored the DataHandler such that it now shares much of the same codebase as the AutoPivotHandler

v0.2.9 Alpha

December 8th, 2006
  • (Bug) Don't show the Next Page link when the data page is loaded if only 1 page of data exists
  • (Update) Refactored the Filter List so that the Search Results page and Data page use the same control
  • (Update) Less flicker between page changes on the Data page
  • (Update) Search results page doesn't show related links panel if no related links were found
  • (Update) Changed the Browse page to use divs instead of tables
  • (Update) Restyled the Browse page to add more visual clarity for each dimension
  • (Feature) Metadata glossary now available from the "More Tools" menu!
  • (Feature) Added current row highlighting in the Data Table (for Mary Jane)
  • (Feature) Added in related links functionality (related links still need to be identified and populated)
  • (Feature) Admin site has been created, so far the only functionality is logging in and maintaining related links

v0.2.8 Alpha

November 22nd, 2006
  • (Update) Simplify the code that builds search criteria objects
  • (Update) Implement code to fetch glossary definitions / references
  • (Update) Implement Glossary and Search unit tests
  • (Update) Fix formatting of the country profile plugin
  • (Update) Fix formatting of the country comparison plugin
  • (Feature) Add paging support to the data search screen
  • (Feature) Fix capitalisation issues for units in the country profile
  • (Feature) Made the Advanced Search page work
  • (Feature) Added a random helpful message to the front page, ala GMail.

v0.2.7 Alpha

November 7, 2006
  • (Update) Show footnotes
  • (Update) Add units into country profile and country comparison plugins

v0.2.6 Alpha

November 6, 2006
  • (Update) Restyle the Search Results page, and re-use the FilterList component for filtering by dataset
  • (Update) Implement filtering by dataset
  • (Update) Return the number of results by dataset after a search

v0.2.5 Alpha

November 3, 2006
  • (Bugfix) Fix filtering on the Data Search page
  • (Update) Finish cleaning up of code from previous refactoring
  • (Update) Added Country Register to More Tools menu
  • (Update) Small style updates to the Country Register to make it look less barfy

v0.2.4 Alpha

November 1, 2006
  • (Bugfix) Browse screen now correctly reads data filters and correctly links to the Data screen
  • (Update) Visited links now show up in a slightly darker shade of blue
  • (Update) Spelling feature temporarily disconnected
  • (Feature) "More Tools..." menu implemented - currently only links to the Browse page
  • (Feature) Country Profile plugin now shows a map of the country

v0.2.3 Alpha

October 19, 2006
  • (Bugfix) Allow removal of data filters by unchecking the filter's text box
  • (Update) Searching is now an entirely XML based operation
  • (Feature) The data screen now shows a message when no data is found (based on a filter), instead of an empty table
  • (Feature) Display debug information (when requested) on the Data screen

v0.2.2 Alpha

October 18, 2006
  • (Bugfix) Much improved search times, especially for single country searches
  • (Bugfix) Added barely visible borders to elements to fix rendering bugs with friggin IE
  • (Update) Added many series to display to the country profile
  • (Update) Added new styles to the Data page (sublte gradients in the filter list and data table)
  • (Feature) Highlighting of keywords in search results
  • (Feature) Dynamic filtering of data on the data screen (see an example)
  • (Feature) Added timing unit tests

v0.2.1 Alpha

October 12, 2006
  • (Bugfix) Searching for a single country or two countries no longer crashes the system
  • (Update) Energy database now searchable again
  • (Feature) Searching on date ranges (e.g. 2000-2005) implemented
  • (Feature) Clicking on a dataset on the Search screen filters results based on that dataset
  • (Feature) Keywords are now tagged for a more flexible way of sending them to the database

v0.2.0 Alpha

October 10, 2006
  • (Update) Implemented a more flexible strategy for cross-database queries
  • (Update) Re-engineered the process for individual database queries
  • (Update) Implement an "interception" layer to allow either generic OR database specific behavior for data access layer
  • (Update) Change all search results to be primarily XML based, allowing greater freedom and flexibility
  • (Update) Updates of UIs to cater for the update to the underlying data structures
  • (Update) Improved keyword analysis to increase accuacy of search results
  • (Update) Implemented paging functionality at the database (not supported by interface yet)
  • (Update) Streamlined the options in the main "Search Box"
  • (Update) Provide metadata to the Data Results screen to improve data readability
  • (Feature) Created a dummy "Advanced Search" screen
  • (Feature) Implemented a special keyword to show/hide post-query debug information

v0.1.2 Alpha

September 22, 2006
  • (Feature) Validate URLs to prevent SQL injection attacks
  • (Feature) Created the Country Comparison Plugin which compares 2 countries provided the country names are the only contents of the search criteira (see an example)
  • (Update) Migrate plugin framework to use Spring.NET.
  • (Update) Data query now returns rich information to aid in formatting and filtering

v0.1.1 Alpha

September 15, 2006
  • (Feature) Added versioning and revision history
  • (Feature) Matching datasets are shown on the search results screen, ala Design Concept Document (section 3.8, point 2)
  • (Feature) Searches that produce no results now suggest alternative searches (Feature removed)
  • (Update) Major improvements to the dictionary

v0.1.0 Alpha

September 12, 2006

Search

  • 4 statistical datasets (IFS, Energy, Industry, SNA)
  • Search term intelligence: concepts such as countries, years, and statistical series are recognised from the search term
  • Full text matching over search terms
  • In-built dictionary which parses the search criteria and makes suggestions for unrecognised words
  • Simple browsing of a selected data sets, which presents all records in that series which match the search terms

Browse

  • Implementation of a data browsing framework
  • The ability to dynamically "drill-down" within a dataset
  • Direct linking to series data from each series within the dataset

Plugins

  • Implementation of a flexible plugin framework
  • Country Profile Plugin: When the search term only contains the name of a country, the Country Profile plugin will be activated, detailing interesting statistics about that country (see an example)
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