FAIR Release Notes: 2.40.0

Summary

This release contains further changes in support of Vector search, API changes to support dataset transfers with a schema, and introduces a change to the DAR process to remove network restricted workspaces from the list of available workspaces.

Upcoming items

As detailed in the release notes for FAIR 2.38 we will be introducing changes to dataset resource management and transfer.

This will have some impact on the existing dataset sharing permission. At present there are five levels of permission:

• Data owner - has all permissions
• Manager - can manage dataset but not approve access requests
• Reviewer - can approve access requests
• Can view - can view the dataset when it is private
• Can edit and attach - can edit metadata and attach resources

The first four permission levels will not be impacted by the upcoming changes, but it will mean some change for the 'Can edit and attach' level.

At present a user with Can edit and attach can edit dataset metadata and attach files to the dataset as resources and delete them, they cannot upload datafiles as these are managed by a separate process.

As the upcoming improvements required the amalgamation of data files and resources, when they are implemented users with Can edit and attach permission on a dataset will be able to upload and delete datafiles and resources. However, they will not be able manage the permissions associated with the file i.e. can it be viewed, downloaded or transferred.

These changes are expected to be live in mid-Q3 2025, and full details of the permission changes will be published to the DRE Knowledge Base at that time. If you have any questions or feedback please contact your Customer Success Manager.

Released features