<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">Dear all,</div><div class="">We hope you all have great time during the end of the year celebrations.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In case you have some free time, we invite you to install and use the latest ZOO-Project 1.8.0 release which has been published today.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can now interact with the ZOO-Services by using an OpenAPI, so basically using JSON format for messages (requests and responses).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">You can easily test the OpenAPI and its associated basic web interface by using the docker-compose up command from the root directory of the ZOO-Project archive.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="">Here are the main new features and fixes as listed for release candidate 1 :</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""> * Support raw response in OGC API - Processes</div><div class=""> * Add a ZOO-API section to the howtos documentation</div><div class=""> * OGC API - Processes support:</div><div class=""> <a href="https://github.com/gfenoy/wps-rest-binding/tree/change-request/95" class="">https://github.com/gfenoy/wps-rest-binding/tree/change-request/95</a></div><div class=""> * Support two inputs/outputs syntaxes discussed (using json object</div><div class=""> or array of json object) for ZOO-Kernel and the HTML client</div><div class=""> * Fix issue in kvParseInput when memory!=load and handle session</div><div class=""> from the OGC API - Processes</div><div class=""> * Update OGC API - Processes documentation</div><div class=""> * Add open-api directory in utils services containing a reddis</div><div class=""> subscription example, the HTML UI and the display service using</div><div class=""> Cheetah templating system</div><div class=""> * Update the oas.cfg file to reflect new api definition</div><div class=""> * Include basic microdata in the HTML home page </div><div class=""> * Add HTML support for basic interractions with OGC API - Processes</div><div class=""> including execution of service from the service-desc link</div><div class=""> * OGC API - Processes added support for syncrhonous Execute requests</div><div class=""> * Reuse service_callback in OGC API - Processes when subscriber</div><div class=""> object is provided in the JSON request</div><div class=""> * OGC API - Processes implementation as available on 2020-10-19</div><div class=""> * Produce value string only when memory=load for Python support.</div><div class=""> * Make local files uris usable when cache is used</div><div class=""> * Make GDAL/profile service usable in case memory=protect </div><div class=""> * Add Dockerfile and docker-compose environment with pgbouncer, see #177</div><div class=""> * Add documentation on how to use asyncrhonous execution using the Javascript</div><div class=""> ZOO-API</div><div class=""> * Start simplification of the runRequest function</div><div class=""> * Integrate optional support for OGC API - Processing implementation</div><div class=""> * Add the optional handleText parameter to provide pure text for</div><div class=""> complex data node with mimetype="text/*"</div><div class=""> * Fix issue in case !JavaScript support is activated</div><div class=""> * Fix issue with GDAL profile service</div><div class=""> * Fix #172 for https support </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We hope you will use this new version and we wait for your feedbacks of any kind.</div></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">We expect to have great time using the ZOO-Project software over the coming 2021 year.</div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br class=""></div><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Best wishes for the new year,</div><br class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div class="" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><div dir="auto" class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">Gerald Fenoy<br class="">Chair, ZOO-Project PSC</div></div></div></body></html>