Release Date

03.11.2010

Fixes

Empty Architecture Image Problem

The empty architecture image bug, which prevents a successful sending of the repository XML to Essential Viewer when any architecture in the repository has an empty Graph Widget (i.e. no elements on the canvas), reported 27.10.2010 in this forum post.
Any architecture (e.g. business process, architecture etc.) that has no graphical elements defined is now rendered as an empty 1 pixel by 1 pixel image.

New Features

Timestamp Tag

A <timestamp> tag is introduced into the reportXML.xml repository snapshot XML document. This timestamp captures the time at which the repository was sent to Essential Viewer, providing reports / Views with information about when the XML was generated (e.g. for a 'Last Updated' value in Views). The reportXML.xml now refers to an extended XML schema: http://www.enterprise-architecture.org/xml/essentialreportxml.xsd.

Timestamp Date Format Property

A new property to control the format and rendering of the <timestamp> tag value is available in the  reporttab.properties file. The reporttab.xml.datetimeformat property can define an alternative formatting pattern that is valid for the java.text.SimpleDateFormat. Note that this must result in a valid XSD DateTime value.

For more information, please see the Help HTML file for the Essential Architecture Reporting tab (available from within Protege: Help/Plugins/Essential Architecture Manager Report Tab)