Package: arches
ArchesArches is a web-based, geospatial information system for cultural heritage inventory and management. Arches is purpose-built for the international cultural heritage field, and designed to record all types of immovable heritage, including archaeological sites, buildings and other historic structures, landscapes, and heritage ensembles or districts. For more information and background on the Arches project, please visitarchesproject.org.For general inquiries and to get technical support from the wider Arches community, visit ourCommunity Forum.For general user installation and app documentation, visitarches.readthedocs.io.For the documentation pertaining to the bleeding edge code (what is in themasterbranch), visitarches.readthedocs.io/en/latest.  We welcome new contributors; please seeContributing to Archesfor details.Issue reports are encouraged!Please read this articlebefore reporting issues.Report a BugFile a Feature TicketVersion 7.5.1 release notesQuick InstallInstallation is fully documented in the official documentation,arches.readthedocs.io/en/stable, but assuming you have all of the dependencies installed you should make a virtual environment, activate it, and then runpip install archesthenarches-project create myprojectenter the newmyprojectdirectorycd myprojectand runpython manage.py setup_db
    python manage.py runserverin a separate terminal, activate your virtual environment and navigate to the root directory of the project ( you should be on the same level aspackage.json)cd myproject/myprojectand runyarn build_developmentto create a frontend asset bundle. This process should complete in less than 2 minutes.Finally, visitlocalhost:8000in a browser (only Chrome is fully supported at this time).If you run into problems, please review our fullinstallation documentationRelease CycleOur general release cycle will typically be a functional release (either major if there are backward incompatible changes or minor, if there are not) every 6 months. Each functional release will typically be followed by one or more patch releases. Seesemver.orgfor version numbering.Functional releases will usually introduce new functionality to the application, but could also include styling updates, enhancements to the UX, bug fixes, and performance improvements.Patch releases are really only concerned with fixing any bugs related to the previous release or any other issues not yet addressedSupport for previous releasesStable releases will be supported with patch releases for at least 18 months. Typically the stable release will be the second or third minor release of a major release.Functional releases (with the exception of stable releases) will be supported only until the next functional release. After that users are expected to upgrade to the latest release onpypi.python.orgFeature roadmapThe following a general plan for the Arches project. Be aware this plan is tentative and subject to change7.5 - Release date: December 15, 2023Continued accessibility improvementsArches application supportBulk Data Manager exportBulk Data Manager deletionTile Excel format added to Bulk Data ManagerImproved Bulk Data Manager data edtingWorkflow history trackingImage configuration of file-list datatypePerformance ImprovementsSupport for compiling Vue componentsDisplay of file thumbnails for formats other than images7.6 LTS - Release date: June 15, 2024Activity stream edit logsSecurity enhancements8.0 - Release date: December 15, 2024Support for editing and publishing graphs (removing instance restrictions)Support for viewing and restoring previous graph publicationsSupport for editing/localizing UI labels and permissions for published graphsBusiness data migrations that correspond to graph changesRDM Redesign