Release 2.8.0

CEDAR 2.8.0 Release

We’re pleased to announce that CEDAR 2.8.0 has been successfully deployed to production.
This release expands CEDAR’s support for structured scientific metadata by introducing new identifier field types.

What’s New

RRID Field Support

CEDAR now supports the RRID (Research Resource Identifier) field type.
Template authors can include RRID fields in their templates and instances, allowing users to capture standardized identifiers for reagents, tools, and model organisms.
This ensures greater reproducibility and interoperability across datasets.

PubMed ID Field Support

CEDAR now includes a PubMed ID field type for referencing scientific publications.
Authors can add PubMed IDs directly to their metadata instances, automatically linking to corresponding publications in PubMed.
This addition streamlines citation management and enhances traceability to source literature.

Release 2.7.11

CEDAR 2.7.11 Release Notes

We’re pleased to announce that CEDAR 2.7.11 has been successfully deployed to production. This release introduces important enhancements to the metadata authoring experience and adds support for new field types.

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What’s New

PFAS Field Availability

CEDAR now supports the new PFAS (Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances) field. Template authors can now incorporate PFAS-related metadata fields directly into their templates and instances, enabling richer modeling of environmental and chemical data within CEDAR.

Embedded Editor as the Default

The embedded instance editor is now the default editing experience in the Workbench. This editor provides a more integrated and streamlined interface for instance editing, improving responsiveness and simplifying the user experience.

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Important Notes

Legacy Instance Editor Still Available

The old instance editor remains accessible for historical reasons. However, using the legacy editor with ROR, ORCID, or PFAS fields may lead to unexpected results. We strongly recommend using the embedded editor for all new work.

Refreshing Your UI

In some environments, you may need to perform a hard reload to ensure the new UI loads properly:

• Mac: Command + Shift + R
• Windows/Linux: Ctrl + Shift + R

If issues persist, try manually refreshing the following resource URL in your browser:
https://cedar.metadatacenter.org/resources/i18n/locale-en.json

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Looking Ahead

We are actively working to:

• Resolve remaining UI refresh quirks
• Improve the robustness of field handling across all editors

Future releases will also include:

• More external authority fields, including:

  • PubMed publication identifiers
  • RRIDs (Research Resource Identifiers)

These additions will further expand the range of metadata you can capture in CEDAR.

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For questions, feedback, or to report issues, please use our GitHub issue tracker or contact the CEDAR team directly.

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Release 2.7.7

CEDAR 2.7.7 Release Notes

We’re pleased to announce that CEDAR version 2.7.7 has been deployed to production. This release introduces support for two important external authority fields—ORCID and ROR—bringing more precision and interoperability to your metadata authoring workflows.

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What’s New

ORCID Field Support

You can now directly look up and validate contributor identities against the ORCID registry. When a person’s ORCID is added to metadata, CEDAR verifies the identifier and records a globally recognized, persistent identity reference.

ROR Field Support

Similarly, the new ROR field allows users to search for and reference institutions and organizations using the Research Organization Registry (ROR). This ensures that organization names in your metadata are:

• Unambiguous
• Standardized
• Easily linked across datasets

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CEDAR Release 2.6.33

Maintenance release

CEDAR Release 2.6.19

New features / enhancements:

Bugfixes:

• Script to update CEDAR caDSR CDEs and Categories throws error and stops (#1164)

release-2.6.18

New features / enhancements:

• Synonym-based search for ontology terms (#1160)
• Support for single sign-on using ORCID credentials. Users can now create accounts in CEDAR using their ORCID credentials. Users with existing CEDAR accounts can also link those accounts with their ORCID credentials. (#2, #6)

release-2.6.17

New features / enhancements:

• Search CDEs by values in the value set: support [pv] search prefix (#1124)
• Implement consistent relevance ranking
• Disable Cypher logging to avoid Redis out-of-memory issues
• Load value sets ontology when running index regeneration task

Version upgrades:

• Upgrade log4j from 2.16.0 to 2.17.1

release-2.6.16

New features / enhancements:

• Don’t copy caDSR identifier (#1126)
• Add template recommendation endpoint (#1143)
• Search CDEs by values in the value set (#1124)

Bugfixes:

• Special characters mis-displayed in fields (#1139)
• Duplicate/missing index entries (#1133)

release-2.6.0

We are pleased to announce release 2.6.0 of the CEDAR Workbench.

New features:

• Support for trusted artifacts (#1122)

Bugfixes:

• Controlled-term fields require @value (#1107)
• Arrange pop-up doesn't work on big lists (#981)

release-2.5.42

We are pleased to announce release 2.5.42 of the CEDAR Workbench.

Main enhancements include:

• Development of an "Import" option to translate caDSR Forms into CEDAR templates (#1105).
• Display artifact version in header (#1112).

This release also incorporates a number of usability and documentation enhancements and bug fixes, including:

• Arrange modal misses value labels after reordering values (#1111).
• Arrange actions miss values for value sets larger than 50 terms (#1110).
• Allow users to delete published resources.