Changelog

• New

• The Tools & Resources page has been updated with the following changes:
  • A facet has been added for the annual codeathon
  • Name and email of a tool creator is now visible on the faceted browse tools list
• The News & Events landing page header now features the option to view all news and events
• Submission forms on the Portal now have captchas
• Users can now complete a News, Events, and Community Spotlight form from the New & Events faceted browse page's footer

• Improved

• The receipt emailed to submitters following a form submission now includes the name of the attached file
• Access to all map versions: existing permalinks to maps continue to resolve to the map they were created. Pointers to newer map versions are available.

• New

• The portal now has a user login and profile page. SPARC users can log in with an ORCID ID
• Users can now request to access embargoed datasets through the SPARC Portal
• Dataset owners will now receive emails with metrics on their datasets and the ability to unsubscribe
• The SPARC Portal presents five new help articles:
  • SPARC Portal Login
  • SPARC Changes to Published Datasets Policy
  • Embargoed Datasets
  • NIH SPARC Embargoed Data Use Agreement
  • List of SPARC Datasets Removed from the SPARC Portal

  • Improved

• Our homepage has a new look! The new design highlights
  • What users can do with SPARC
  • Featured Projects and Datasets
  • Latest news and events
  • Office open hours
  • Link to sign up for SPARC newsletter
• The tombstone details page for unpublished dataset has been updated
• The flatmap search widget has been updated to suggest when using freeform text
• The portal now has a female human map and automatically pull maps based on SCKAN connectivity

• Find Data faceted browse has been redesigned. Tools & Resources and SPARC Information, formerly subcategories of Find Data, can now be searched through Tools & Resources faceted browse and Other SPARC Policies link in the portal footer respectively.
• The changelog now has a view icon to preview changes made to dataset after each new version without downloading the file
• Date and link to the most recent newsletter is now included in the current newsletter above the newsletter archive link
• Updated documentation on accessing data

• News & Events landing page has been redesigned. News & Events items have been removed from the Find Data faceted browse and can now be searched through faceted browse within the News & Events sections.
• LinkedIn icon for the SPARC LinkedIn Group has been added to the footer
• Google Analytics 4 has been added to the SPARC portal

• Change logs are now available for all datasets under the Versions tab and changes made to the dataset after each new version are explained.

New

• A new help center has been added to the Portal.
• A help icon and tooltip has been added on the map sidebar to explain filter behavior.

• An auto-generated email will be sent to users on submission of Portal feedback via Contact Us.
• The Community Spotlight landing page is now split into three sections to highlight Success Stories, along with Fireside Chats and Community Spotlights.

• Under the Citations tab of the Dataset Details page, publications are now listed as full citations.
• On the Find Data faceted browse page, you can now filter events by type.
• The SPARC Portal Help Center presents two new articles
• Publishing a Flatmap as a SPARC Dataset
• Information for Developers

• The dataset details page has been redesigned to provide a more user-friendly experience.
• A new data category for Nerves and Ganglia has been added on the Portal homepage.