New and Noteworthy in 4.0.0

Version 4.0.0 is a major release. It changes the way OSLC Connect for Windchill is installed. Read Upgrading to 4.0.0 before upgrading an existing installation.

Validate SSL certificate chain

OSLC HTTP clients validate the SSL certificate chain as a default, to verify the sender and the certificate authority are trustworthy and connection is secure. If self-signed certificates need to be used in staging or test environments, you may temporarily turn off the "Validating SSL Certificate Chain" setting in the Security configuration.

Control OSLC rich preview display

New settings have been added in the OSLC Scheme configuration, to control how OSLC rich previews are displayed in the Collaboration Links table. Settings enable to display the preview without the header frame, to prevent users from switching between the small and large previews or to display the large preview by default when available.

Hide Configuration Management Enablement

If Global Configurations are not used in an organization, the OSLC administrator may hide the Configuration Management Enablement panel displayed in the Windchill product and library pages. This setting has been added in the OSLC Scheme configuration.

A single delivery for all supported Windchill versions

Windchill 13.0.2 and 13.1 ship different versions of the Apache Jena library, which used to require a dedicated build of the connector for each. There is now a single delivery: the installer detects the Windchill version in place and deploys the matching build.

site.xconf is no longer modified

The Extension no longer writes its properties into site.xconf. It declares them in a configuration file of its own, registered by a single reference in declarations.xconf, so that site.xconf remains entirely under the control of the Windchill administrator. Uninstalling the Extension removes that reference and keeps a backup of every file it modifies. See Check the deployment of the OSLC Connect for Windchill Extension.

Downgrading is not supported
Friends and Consumers registered with this release are not compatible with previous releases.