DBL 4.4 Release Highlights

The Digital Bible Library 4.4 was released on November 27, 2015. It provides a collection of new features and updates for licensing, API access, ePub generation, USX and text metadata improvements, and a general UI refresh.

New Features

• Licensing – Support for ‘open access’ type releases. (docs)
• Licensing – Support for external agreement attachments.
• Licensing – Support for allowing LCHs to submit requests for access to content prior to finalizing a common agreement with the IPC (the request is received; no access is granted until an agreement is established).
• API – Access tokens for API access, with configurable roles. (docs)
• Automated ePub generation (available to IPC’s for their own managed text entries; requires login with Publisher role).
• Support – Integrated helpdesk widget

Improvements & Bug Fixes

• Simplified entry page interface with collapsible sections.
• Text bundles – USX – Standardized references metadata (machine-readable <ref> element added for all validated scripture references). Only present for newly uploaded content. (docs)
• Text bundles – metadata – Added <language><nameLocal> for supplying autonyms. Text metadata will be migrated across DBL to add this field for all known autonyms.
  • The Global Bible Catalogue now provides a language reference which will assist with gathering unknown autonym metadata for new entries (http://globalbiblecatalogue.org/gbc/static/app.html#/languages).
• A new public DBL website.