Colectica Announces Release of Version 7.6

Colectica, a leading provider of data documentation and management solutions, is thrilled to announce the release of Colectica 7.6. This latest version introduces powerful enhancements to the Colectica Repository, Portal, Designer, Questionnaires, Workflow, and SDK, reinforcing our commitment to streamlining metadata management, improving interoperability, and enhancing user experience for researchers and data professionals worldwide.

The new release of Colectica provides the most stable, accurate, standards compliant, and enterprise ready research data documentation software available. The support for DDI, ISO 11179, GSIM, and the GSBPM found in Colectica 7.6 are based on research community best practices from Colectica users in countries around the world.

Major new features and changes include:

• Improved OAI-PMH Support
• Many new Portal configuration options for display, search, and function toggles
• Replication scheduling times for workflow requests
• Expanded support for DDI Individual and Organization descriptions
• Repository CLI improvements and macOS CLI package
• New Designer settings storage subsystem for enterprise deployments
• SPSS zsav support and improved SAS catalog support
• Support for Preventing Access to U.S. Sensitive Personal Data and Government-Related Data by Countries of Concern or Covered Persons
• Security updates for various Microsoft CVEs
• Hundreds of new features and improvements which are highlighted in the changelog

All users are recommended to upgrade to the latest release.

Colectica 7.6 continues to uphold the DDI (Data Documentation Initiative) standard, ensuring seamless metadata interoperability across platforms. With performance optimizations, enhanced security, and a focus on user-driven features, this release empowers researchers, data managers, and institutions to document, share, and discover data with greater ease and precision.

"We’re excited to deliver Colectica 7.6, which reflects our dedication to meeting the evolving needs of the global research community," said Dan Smith, Co-founder of Colectica. "From advanced OAI-PMH capabilities to enhanced security and localization, this release makes data management more efficient and accessible than ever."

From advanced OAI-PMH capabilities to enhanced security and localization, this release makes data management more efficient and accessible than ever.

Dan Smith, Partner at Colectica

The new Colectica 7.6 release is available now for both software evaluation and to current customers. If you would like to try Colectica free of charge please request a Colectica evaluation. Colectica consists of several software tools.

• Colectica Repository: A centralized, version-controlled metadata storage system that tracks every change and supports collaborative workflows across teams. It integrates seamlessly with Colectica Portal to publish, search, and share metadata online, ensuring that your data documentation is always current and accessible.
• Colectica Designer: A robust tool for documenting the full survey lifecycle—from designing methodologies and instruments to detailing questions, variables, and datasets. Whether you’re managing repeated, longitudinal, or standalone studies, Designer streamlines the creation and maintenance of comprehensive survey documentation.
• Colectica SDK: A developer-friendly kit that provides ready-made access to the DDI information model. It offers libraries for reading, writing, and validating DDI-compliant metadata, enabling you to integrate advanced metadata processing capabilities into your Colectica extensions and custom applications with minimal effort.
• Colectica Questionnaires: An intuitive, DDI-based survey specification tool that allows you to visually design surveys and automatically generate multiple outputs—including code, paper forms, and standardized documentation. This ensures rapid design iterations and consistent survey deployment across various platforms.
• Colectica Workflow: A robust metadata publication tool designed for large organizations, Colectica Workflow manages the process of publishing metadata across multiple repositories. It allows users to submit publication requests while giving administrators the ability to review and approve these requests. Additionally, the system applies filters during data transfers between repositories—such as from a secure internal repository to a public one—to ensure that sensitive information remains protected.

All of these products use Open Standards to allow for interoperability with other tools. Colectica products, training on Open Standards, documentation, and customized software solutions are available through https://www.colectica.com .

A new release of Colectica Reader, the free viewer for DDI data documentation, and Colectica for Excel are also available to the general public.

About Colectica

Colectica® was launched in 2010 as an easy-to-use platform that helps you design, explain, and share your statistical research. Using common open data standards, Colectica makes it simple to record all the important details about your surveys, studies, or data collections so that anyone reviewing your data project understands its background and context. Whether you work in government statistics, survey research, a data archive, or any field that handles a lot of data, Colectica provides practical tools and services to help you manage and share your information, in a standard format, now and in the future.

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