Rc release 4.2.1

BExIS++.sln

@@ -1606,8 +1606,8 @@ Global
 		{37402CAB-EB81-4D08-8791-8653949C0FEB} = {02EA681E-C7D8-13C7-8484-4AC65E1B71E8}
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
-		SolutionGuid = {9B6E4921-8EBA-487D-A098-3E473A0EAC64}
 		EnterpriseLibraryConfigurationToolBinariesPath = packages\Unity.2.1.505.0\lib\NET35;packages\Unity.2.1.505.2\lib\NET35
+		SolutionGuid = {9B6E4921-8EBA-487D-A098-3E473A0EAC64}
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SubversionScc) = preSolution
 		Svn-Managed = True

CITATION.cff

@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 cff-version: 1.2.0
 message: "If you use BEXIS2 in your research, please cite it using the following metadata."
 title: "BEXIS2"
-version: 4.1.0
-date-released: 15.08.2025
+version: 4.2.1
+date-released: 05.01.2026
 authors:
 - family-names: "Zander"
   given-names: "Franziska"

Components/App/BExIS.App.Bootstrap/Attributes/BExISAuthorizeAttribute.cs

@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ public override void OnAuthorization(AuthorizationContext filterContext)
                                 if (!featurePermissionManager.HasAccessAsync(user.Id, feature.Id).Result)
                                 {
                                     filterContext.SetResponse(HttpStatusCode.Forbidden);
-
-
-
                                 }
 
                                 // update jwt cookie

Components/IO/BExIS.IO.Tests/IOUtilityTests.cs

@@ -83,10 +83,10 @@ public void OneTimeTearDown()
         [TestCase("13:00 AM", "hh:mm tt", "1/1/0001 11:00:00 PM", false)]
         [TestCase("2017", "yyyy", "1/1/2017 12:00:00 AM", true)]
         [TestCase("1", "MM", "1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM", true)]
-        [TestCase("jan", "MMM", "1/1/2025 12:00:00 AM", true)]
+        [TestCase("jan", "MMM", "1/1/2026 12:00:00 AM", true)]
         [TestCase("01", "MM", "1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM", true)]
-        [TestCase("january", "MMMM", "1/1/2025 12:00:00 AM", true)]
-        [TestCase("Januar", "MMMM", "1/1/2025 12:00:00 AM", true, "de-de")]
+        [TestCase("january", "MMMM", "1/1/2026 12:00:00 AM", true)]
+        [TestCase("Januar", "MMMM", "1/1/2026 12:00:00 AM", true, "de-de")]
         [TestCase("24/10/2017", "MM/dd/yyyy", "10/24/2017 12:00:00 AM", false)]
         [TestCase("2006-2-2", "yyyy-M-d", "2/2/2006 12:00:00 AM", true)]
         [TestCase("2006-02-02", "yyyy-MM-dd", "2/2/2006 12:00:00 AM", true)]
@@ -167,10 +167,10 @@ public void ConvertStringToDateTimeWithpatternTest(string input, string pattern,
         [TestCase("13:00 AM", "hh:mm tt", "1/1/0001 11:00:00 PM", false)]
         [TestCase("2017", "yyyy", "1/1/2017 12:00:00 AM", true)]
         [TestCase("1", "MM", "1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM", true)]
-        [TestCase("jan", "MMM", "1/1/2025 12:00:00 AM", true)]
+        [TestCase("jan", "MMM", "1/1/2026 12:00:00 AM", true)]
         [TestCase("01", "MM", "1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM", true)]
-        [TestCase("january", "MMMM", "1/1/2025 12:00:00 AM", true)]
-        [TestCase("Januar", "MMMM", "1/1/2025 12:00:00 AM", true, "de-de")]
+        [TestCase("january", "MMMM", "1/1/2026 12:00:00 AM", true)]
+        [TestCase("Januar", "MMMM", "1/1/2026 12:00:00 AM", true, "de-de")]
         [TestCase("24/10/2017", "MM/dd/yyyy", "10/24/2017 12:00:00 AM", false)]
         [TestCase("2006-2-2", "yyyy-M-d", "2/2/2006 12:00:00 AM", true)]
         [TestCase("2006-02-02", "yyyy-MM-dd", "2/2/2006 12:00:00 AM", true)]

Components/Utils/BExIS.Utils.Data/Helpers/ShellSeedDataGenerator.cs

@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@ public void GenerateSeedData()
 
                 var o12 = operationManager.Find("Shell", "Settings", "*") ?? operationManager.Create("Shell", "Settings", "*", settings);
 
-                if (!versionManager.Exists("Shell", "4.2.0"))
+                if (!versionManager.Exists("Shell", "4.2.1"))
                 {
-                    versionManager.Create("Shell", "4.2.0");
+                    versionManager.Create("Shell", "4.2.1");
                 }
             }
         }

Components/Utils/BExIS.Utils/Helpers/ManualHelper.cs

@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ public static string GetUrl(string url)
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(url)) return docsUrl+"general";
 
             //2. URL is set and no url -> generate link to internal documentation
-
             if (url.Contains("http")) return url;
 
 

Components/XML/BExIS.Xml.Helpers/XmlMetadataWriter.cs

@@ -778,7 +778,7 @@ public XDocument AddAttribute(XDocument metadataXml, BaseUsage attributeUsage, i
         {
             _tempXDoc = metadataXml;
 
-            if (!!XmlUtility.IsSafeXPath(parentXPath))
+            if (!XmlUtility.IsSafeXPath(parentXPath))
             {
                 throw new ArgumentException("Potentially unsafe xpath expression.");
             }

Components/XML/BExIS.Xml.Helpers/XmlUtility.cs

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ public static bool IsSafeXPath(string xpath)
             // Only allow XPaths like /a/b/c or /a[1]/b matches, no function calls, no quotes, etc.
             // You can adjust the pattern according to the actual requirements.
             // This only allows: /node1/node2/...
-            var safePattern = @"^(/[a-zA-Z_][\w\-]*(\[\d+\])?)*$";
+            var safePattern = @"^(/?/?[a-zA-Z_][\w\-]*(\[\d+\])?)*$";
             return System.Text.RegularExpressions.Regex.IsMatch(xpath, safePattern);
         }
 

Console/BExIS.Web.Shell.Svelte/package.json

@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 	},
 	"type": "module",
 	"dependencies": {
-		"@bexis2/bexis2-core-ui": "0.4.60",
+		"@bexis2/bexis2-core-ui": "0.4.64",
 		"@sveltejs/adapter-static": "3.0.2",
 		"buffer": "6.0.3",
 		"gray-matter": "4.0.3",

Console/BExIS.Web.Shell/Areas/DCM/BExIS.Modules.Dcm.UI.Svelte/package.json

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 	},
 	"type": "module",
 	"dependencies": {
-		"@bexis2/bexis2-core-ui": "0.4.60",
+		"@bexis2/bexis2-core-ui": "0.4.64",
 		"@bexis2/bexis2-rpm-ui": "0.2.15",
 		"@floating-ui/dom": "1.6.8",
 		"@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "6.6.0",

Console/BExIS.Web.Shell/Areas/DCM/BExIS.Modules.Dcm.UI/Helpers/DCMSeedDataGenerator.cs

@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ public void GenerateSeedData()
                 if (!metadataStructureManager.Repo.Get().Any(m => m.Name.Equals("Publication")))
                 {
                     string titleXPath = "Metadata/publication/publication/Title/TitleDatatype_string";
-                    string descriptionXpath = "Metadata/publication/publication/Abstract/AbstractXmlSchemaSimpleType";
+                    string descriptionXpath = "Metadata/publication/publication/Abstract/AbstractDatatype_string";
 
                     ImportSchema("Publication", "BEXIS2-Publication-Schema-draft.xsd", "Metadata", publication.Name, publication.EntityType.FullName, titleXPath, descriptionXpath);
                 }

Console/BExIS.Web.Shell/Areas/DCM/BExIS.Modules.Dcm.UI/Views/EntityReference/Show.cshtml

@@ -130,7 +130,8 @@
 <script type="text/javascript">
     $(document).ready(function () {
 
-            $("#target_reference_table").DataTable({
+        $("#target_reference_table").DataTable({
+                "pageLength": 100,
                 "autoWidth": false,
                 "columns": [
                     { "width": "50px" },
@@ -144,7 +145,8 @@
                 ]
             });
 
-            $("#source_reference_table").DataTable({
+        $("#source_reference_table").DataTable({
+            "pageLength": 100,
                 "autoWidth": false,
                 "columns": [
                     { "width": "50px" },

Console/BExIS.Web.Shell/Areas/DDM/BExIS.Modules.Ddm.UI.Svelte/package.json

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
 	},
 	"type": "module",
 	"dependencies": {
-		"@bexis2/bexis2-core-ui": "0.4.60",
+		"@bexis2/bexis2-core-ui": "0.4.64",
 		"@floating-ui/dom": "1.6.8",
 		"@fortawesome/free-solid-svg-icons": "6.6.0",
 		"@sveltejs/adapter-static": "3.0.2",

Console/BExIS.Web.Shell/Areas/DDM/BExIS.Modules.Ddm.UI.Svelte/src/app.html

@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
 		%sveltekit.head%
 	</head>
 	<body data-theme="bexis2theme">
-		<div id="taginfo" dataset="7" withMinor="false">
-			<div id="curation" dataset-id="0">
-				%sveltekit.body%
-			</div>
+		<div id="search" search_result_presentation="cards"> 
+			<div id="taginfo" dataset="7" withMinor="false">
+				<div id="curation" dataset-id="0">
+					%sveltekit.body%
+				</div>
+		</div>
 	</div>
 	</body>
 </html>

Console/BExIS.Web.Shell/Areas/DDM/BExIS.Modules.Ddm.UI.Svelte/src/lib/components/Card.svelte

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 	};
 
 	export let authorLabel = 'Authors';
+	export let dateLabel = 'Modified';
 
 	const { title, description, author, license, id, doi, entity, date, entitytemplate } = card;
 
@@ -96,7 +97,8 @@
 				<span class="chip"></span>
 				<p class="shrink">
 					{#if date && date.length > 0}
-						{date}
+					 <span class="font-semibold">{dateLabel}: </span>
+						<span class="text-sm italic text-neutral-600">{date}</span>
 					{/if}
 				</p>
 			</div>
@@ -123,7 +125,7 @@
 				</div>
 				<div class="ml-auto flex gap-2">
 					{#if entitytemplate && entitytemplate.length > 0}
-						<div title="Entity Category" class="rounded-full px-3 p-1 bg-primary-500">
+						<div title="Entity Category" class="rounded-full px-3 p-1 bg-primary-400">
 							<span class="text-sm font-semibold text-on-secondary-token"
 								>{entitytemplate.toLowerCase()}</span
 							>

Console/BExIS.Web.Shell/Areas/DDM/BExIS.Modules.Ddm.UI.Svelte/src/lib/components/CardsPlaceHolder.svelte

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<script>
+
+</script>
+
+<div class="flex flex-col gap-4 grow min-w-[500px]">
+ <p class="text-muted text-sm">
+		...loading
+	</p>
+
+	<div		class="placeholder animate-pulse h-36 w-full p-4 px-5 border rounded-md "/>
+	<div		class="placeholder animate-pulse h-36 w-full p-4 px-5 border rounded-md "/>
+	<div		class="placeholder animate-pulse h-36 w-full p-4 px-5 border rounded-md  "/>
+	<div		class="placeholder animate-pulse h-36 w-full p-4 px-5 border rounded-md  "/>
+</div>
+