Compatible with Annotate - 5.2.*

Compatible with AKN4EU 4.1.1

IMPORTANT NOTES

This release is intended to provide an experience with the software and is stripped of several important components to enable ease of use.This software is adapted to run on a local server for demo purposes and without proper security mechanisms; This software is still under active development so some features may be added, removed or changed over course of time.

DEPENDENCIES

To compile the supplied source files and run the generated WAR the following software should be configured:

• Java SDK version 8.0 
• Maven version 3.3.9+ (Maven runtime memory might need to be set: MAVEN_OPTS=-Xms256m -Xmx512m) (Maven settings, proxy and mirrors, might need to be adjusted to your environment and internet access requirements) 
• Supported browser is Google Chrome version 45+ (Mozilla Firefox ESR version 38.3 and Microsoft Internet Explorer version 11 are known to work with minor issues)

What’s new?

Legislative Financial and Digital Statement

• Support for Repeatable elements:
  • Repeatable single elements;
  • Repeatable grouped elements;
• Support for internal references;
• Template changes:
  • Removal of left end '0' on dates;
  • Replace slash by dot as Date separator element;
  • Several other improvements and fixes;

LEOS for Cabinets

• New Viewer Role : similar to reviewer without possibility to manage annotations;
• New workflow collaborators API exposed to Annotations module;

Technical improvements / changes

• New property to set guidance default behavior on document view;
• Improved stability of collaborators management screen;
• Footnotes format change : Added brackets around numbers;
• Pre-finalization:
  • CORS Enabled for Pre-finalization API;
  • update of fileCuid and docCuid;
• Business Continuity Plan (reserved for SUPPORT users):
  • Possibility to upload a specific AKN4EU version of a document. 
  • Sending of .leg package to authors email addresses when milestone is created and reaches READY state;
• Improved code quality : Addressing of possibly concurrency issues; 
• Integration of improvements targeted by AKN4EU Validation (ConVal integration);
• Replaced hyphen by long dash for the 4th level points;
• After correcting text using the spelling and grammar checker suggestion, cursor is kept at the same place as before the correction;

DevOps

• Configuration of two nodes solution for high availability in DEV, ACC and PROD;
• Improve application refresh after deployment, to force the clearing of browser cache;

Bug fixes

• Getting started panel on annotations module could not be dismissed;
• Definition articles not allowed to be be numbered;
• Corrected link for DAP on definition articles;
• Fixed issue with uploading of general user notifications;
• updateWithTranslations API - PDF rendition for translated document was missing when main.xml didn't contain the correct translated document file name
• Fork&Merge:
  • Improved merging functionality on Explanatory Memorandum file - fixing of edge cases;
  • Annotation replies were not properly considered as feedback;
  • Improved stability of processing changes on Definition Articles

Get in touch

We are envisaging to create an open source community on software for legislation drafting, in order to share best practices, experiences, expertise, and why not code!! Should you be interested in joining our open source community, or you would just like to share with us some observations on our work, please contact us at: DIGIT-LEOS-FEEDBACK@ec.europa.eu.

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The LEOS Team