Hi Vincent, to answer your first and third questions: You can download and install v4 in its current state by using the dev installation instructions that are on the repo wiki: https://github.com/archesproject/arches/wiki/Dev-Installation. It would be great to get Docker support so soon! Once you have that up and running, you could begin making graphs in the new user interface if you like. Just know that full documentation is still forthcoming, and there are no guarantees that every part of the app will work, as it's still in development. But, you should be able to export and import graphs without any trouble.
For question 2, the data model documentation you found does reflect changes that are taking place in v4, however, as you can see, it's still a work-in-progress. v4 has a very different data model than v3! Hope that helps you out! Please let me know if you have more info to add to the wiki dev installation instructions. Adam On Tue, Jan 24, 2017 at 5:13 PM, Vincent Meijer <[email protected]> wrote: > Very exited about this! > I have decided to go straight for v4, instead of continuing development of > my v3 resource graphs. > Arches 4 has so many features that line up well with my requirements! I am > especially happy with the feature of referencing resources within a node > (see this discussion: https://groups.google.com/d/topic/ > archesproject/7Z1k-svivoI/discussion). > > Some questions: > > > - Any chance you could give me pointers where to start preparing > graphs that are compatible with v4? Can I just continue creating graphs in > Gephi and import them into Arches when it's released? (except for the new > node-to-resource relationship, of course). > - I found this, is it still generally up to date? I see a number of > notes about outdated info: https://github.com/ > archesproject/arches/wiki/Data-Model > <https://github.com/archesproject/arches/wiki/Data-Model> > - Is there a beta version available? I would like to contribute to the > project by making Arches ready for Docker, and with a beta I could start > working on that. > > > Thank you very much, this is an amazing project, > Vincent > > > > On Tuesday, 24 January 2017 14:40:30 UTC-5, Dennis Wuthrich wrote: >> >> Hi Joel, >> >> Glad to hear that you're already planning for v4. I'm very interested to >> hear about your experience with Azure and Arches (perhaps you could post >> when you get a minute!) >> >> You asked a couple of good questions: >> >> Q1: Data migration wizard from v3 to v4? >> A1: We'll provide a documented workflow for getting data from v3 into >> v4. This may include a set of scripts to streamline the process. >> >> Q2: Resource Validation Workflow? >> A2: V4 will provide basic validation tools (e.g.: data type check, check >> for required values, etc) and allow you to script more sophisticated >> validation rules for your specific dataset >> >> Q3: API? >> A3: V4 will come with an API that supports reading graph instances, >> instance creation/update/delete, search, graph import/export >> >> Q4: Time frame for the mobile application? >> A4: Probably late summer of 2017. >> >> Hope this is helpful. >> >> Cheers, >> >> Dennis >> >> >> On Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 3:14:26 AM UTC-8, Joel Aldor wrote: >>> >>> Hi Dennis, >>> >>> This is probably the best news I've read today. :) We are currently in >>> the process of migrating our servers from AWS to Azure, and we hope to >>> complete our migration next month so we can already upgrade to version 4. I >>> have a few questions though for this upgrade: >>> >>> 1.) Will there be a data migration wizard from v3 to v4? We have around >>> 8000 resources already on the map and we want to retain the data/reporting >>> structure with version 4 before we can modify the data entry forms. >>> 2.) As far as I remember, there will be a Resource Validation Workflow >>> that is supposed to be integrated for v4, but I believe you may have >>> deferred it for next release (or maybe this is the data collection project >>> manager tool?). When will this be available? >>> 3.) Will v4 come with an API that would help integrate with other >>> systems? >>> 4.) Do you have a more definite time frame for the release of the mobile >>> app for Android and iOS? >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Joel >>> >>> On Tuesday, January 24, 2017 at 3:18:03 AM UTC+8, Dennis Wuthrich wrote: >>>> >>>> Hello Arches Community, >>>> >>>> We've been working very diligently on version 4 of Arches, and we're >>>> ready to announce March 24, 2017 as the release date for v4. >>>> >>>> Version 4 will come with: >>>> >>>> - An installation wizard that should make installing Arches much >>>> simpler for those uncomfortable with command line interfaces >>>> - Integrated graph design tools. V4 will let you build graphs and >>>> share your graphs with other Arches users >>>> - Data entry form design tools. Arches will automatically build >>>> data entry forms based on your graphs and let you configure them to meet >>>> your particular data entry requirements >>>> - An integrated geospatial data server that will allow you to >>>> manage your own map data (such as aerial photographs and historic maps) >>>> - A library of resource report templates that you can configure so >>>> that resource reports contain exactly the information you want >>>> - Node-based permissions manager that will allow you to define data >>>> access permissions for every node in a graph >>>> - Enhanced search tools >>>> - Better data import/export handling >>>> - Performance improvements >>>> >>>> For those of you waiting for v4, thanks for your patience! As you can >>>> see, v4 includes a number of new features and getting the engineering and >>>> code development just right has been a big job. If you'd like to see the >>>> current state of our development, check out the v4 repository at: >>>> https://github.com/archesproject/arches >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> Dennis >>>> >>> -- > -- To post, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, > send email to [email protected]. For more > information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Arches Project" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- To post, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected]. For more information, visit https://groups.google.com/d/forum/archesproject?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Arches Project" group. 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