A new version of the VLO is now available for testing at https://beta-vlo.clarin.eu. Changes in this version include:
- Tombstone records for removed records. When a record is removed from the index, a minimal “tombstone” with basic information about it is now retained. Visiting the record’s former address shows an informative page (returning an HTTP 404 “not found” status) instead of a generic error.
- Improved search suggestions. Autocomplete now prioritizes the most relevant imported fields and no longer suggests e-mail addresses and other low-value values.
- We have also upgraded several of the tools and frameworks the VLO is built on, including Apache Tomcat 10, Wicket 10, Spring 6 and the Jakarta EE 9 APIs, together with an updated Solr client and various dependency and security updates.
Since there may not be many removed records on the beta yet, we’ll try to find a way to create a few tombstones for testing and post the links here so you can see the “Gone” page in action.
A few things that are especially useful to check:
- Search suggestions / autocomplete. Try typing common words such as “corpus” and confirm the suggestions look relevant — in particular that no e-mail addresses or other stray low-value values appear.
- General frontend behavior. The underlying frameworks (Wicket, Tomcat, Spring) have been upgraded, which can occasionally cause unexpected issues in the interface. Please keep an eye out for anything that looks off: broken pages, layout or rendering glitches, links or buttons that don’t work as expected, faceted search or record pages behaving unusually.
More details including links to GitHub issues can be found in the changelog.
Any feedback is welcome! Write a comment below, or send an e-mail to vlo@clarin.eu.