March 16, 2021

over 1 year ago by Yomi Dare

On the Dataset details page, users can now find all versions of datasets and studies.
The SPARC Portal Help Center presents a new document about the Gallery Viewer.
A "Policies" section has been added to the SPARC Portal footer, so users can easily find them all in one place.
On the Home page, a "view more" button is now featured under 'Find Data by Category' to navigate to datasets by organ easily.
Maps now support permalinks enabling users to easily share and save specific views on the SPARC Portal's flatmap section.
The following file formats now launch viewers in the file action menu on the dataset details page: PDF, TXT, JPG, PNG, SVG, and MP4.

February 2, 2021

over 1 year ago by Yomi Dare

Under the About tab on the Dataset details page, the user can now find associated publications below references.
The SPARC Portal Help Center presents a new article on SPARC Data and Usage Statistics.
Each News and Events now have a landing page that can display more information.

almost 4 years ago by Joost Wagenaar

The SPARC Portal Help Center presents a new article on K-Core under the Data & Resource Center section.
The SPARC About Page now exhibits an additional article on the future plans of the SPARC Portal.
The SPARC Portal Help Center presents a separate article regarding the other platforms associated with the SPARC Portal.

almost 4 years ago by Joost Wagenaar

The SPARC Portal and its pipeline now recognizes these additional file formats: CRAM, JPEG2000, NDPI, NIFTI, OIB, OIF, ROI, SWC
The SPARC Portal Help Center presents a separate article about the dataset details gallery viewer.

about 4 years ago by Joost Wagenaar

At the bottom of all pages, “Glossary”, “Terms of Service” and “Material sharing policy” options are added to allow users to navigate to the respective SPARC project pages effortlessly.
The SPARC Portal Help Center presents a separate article about the SPARC Materials Sharing Policy.
The About SPARC page now has a new section regarding the SPARC's Plans for the Future.
On the Projects listing page, the NIH Award is now a clickable link redirecting to the NIH RePORT page.
On Dataset details pages, there is now a "Cite Dataset" button in the upper portion of the page so the user can easily navigate to the citation section.

about 4 years ago by Joost Wagenaar

At the bottom of the SPARC Portal homepage, the “SPARC Publications” option is added to allow users to find all the publications linked to a SPARC project.
On the “Find Data” page, the title of the page now appears over the search bar, so users know which page they’re on.

about 4 years ago by Joost Wagenaar

The SPARC portal is enhanced with a new “Maps” section which provides a visually appealing user interface to navigate through anatomically/physiologically accurate structure of various species.
A new gallery viewer interface is introduced on the dataset page for the user to view the graphical thumbnail gallery of images (including 3D image stacks), videos, and scaffold data.
A documentation link is added to the File browser of a dataset to present guidance on how to navigate the dataset format.

over 4 years ago by Joost Wagenaar

A new documentation article on "How to use and download data" is now available to help users interact with the SPARC Portal in the right way.
A Glossary feedback link is added to the SPARC Portal footer for the users to submit a new term to the SPARC Glossary.
Pagination options are updated on all tables to provide a better user experience around browsing multiple entries.
The DOI link on a dataset details page is now clickable and navigates users to Blackfynn Discover, the dataset publishing platform for SPARC datasets.
A link to the SPARC Portal status page was added in the footer so users can have full access to the current and historical availability of the Portal and related technologies.
The search bar has been updated and allows users to search all sections of the SPARC Portal by selecting which kind of results they expect.

over 4 years ago by Joost Wagenaar

Every table on the portal is now sortable to allow you to reorder it the way you need.
- When using the "Find Data" page, you will now be able to clear your search by clicking the cross in the search bar, this will also reset your search.
- We added a documentation article to describe the Material Sharing Policy of the SPARC Program