We are extremely exited to announce the immediate availability of Razuna 1.4.6 and Razuna Desktop 1.2.1. Razuna 1.4.6, a significant upgrade (despite the small jump in version number) adds several new features that will ease the management of a digital library even further.
We’ve added a number of new features since 1.4.5, including an additional mobile view version (to make your self hosted version compatible with the Razuna Google Chrome Extension!), the option to download assets directly in the folder view, updated the core for better performance, option to add and manipulate metadata from the API, refactored the search completely (advanced search, search in your custom fields, search in folders will also search in subfolders, etc.), support for XMP-Plus fields, improvement to image and video conversion and many more useful options. Additionally, we fixed a couple of issues that cropped up after the 1.4.5 release.
All in all, we have tracked and satisfied over 100 issues that customers have reported. We are happy that Razuna 1.4.6 meets our customers expectations. Below you will find the description of the new search options and the Google Chrome Extension in details.
Razuna 1.4.6 and the new powerful omnisearch
The new search alghorithm stores each metadata field in dedicated rows. In other words, each value is searchable on its own. We have gone a long way and enhanced our Advanced search form to include most common metadata fields. Still there might be cases, where you want to search on some special metadata fields that we have not exposed in the search form. Fear not, the all new powerful omnisearch lets you search for those fields as well.
Within Razuna you can now simply enter “scene_type:directly” and Razuna will return the images containing the value in the “scene_type” metadata field. You are not bound to any form, customization or to the whim of us including your metadata fields. You can simply enter any metadata field separated with a “:” and your search term.
At the same time, Razuna 1.4.6 features the option to search custom fields explicitly. In the past, all custom fields, were indexed as a whole, but now you have the option to search each one individually. This is a major boost in your productivity.
Furthermore, our Advanced Search form got a lot of love. You will be able to search each field on its own and for those documents who include extensive metadata fields (like images and PDF files) we included them in the advanced search as well. We included an “AND / OR” selector for, well, advanced searches, also.
Moreover, the search-in-a-search side-panel is now always visible in the search result, giving you the option to redefine your search results on the fly.
The Razuna Chrome Extension
The Razuna Chrome Extension allows you to browse your Razuna Library from within the Google Chrome browser without the need to open Razuna in a separate window.
The plugin was previously only available to customers of the Razuna Hosted Platform and is now fully compatible with the self-hosted edition of Razuna 1.4.6.
The plugin is still under development and will see some more features coming soon. We are planning to add search, uploading of assets within the plugin and more to it.
How to get Razuna
Razuna is available over at http://razuna.org. You have the option to use our preconfigured Razuna Virtual Server, download the dedicated Razuna Standalone Server or deploy to your own J2EE-Server with our Razuna WAR/EAR distribution.
Razuna is also available as a Hosted Solution over at http://razuna.com. For teams and organizations we also offer a dedicated Razuna Server offering.
The Razuna Hosted Platform has already been upgraded to the latest release. Our Razuna Cloud Server customers will be updated individually.
Our open source Digital Asset Management System Razuna is increasingly being used by organizations, corporations and governments to power their digital library. With the recent widget feature we’ve made it easier then ever to embed your assets on your website or blog. Furthermore, many are using our API to build add-ons or additional services on top of Razuna.
