Please share the following with any current or prospective CollectionSpace users you know ... The next CollectionSpace release is expected to introduce CHANGES to the way that you search for authority terms - persons, organizations, storage locations and more - by typing partial matches into autocomplete fields. This is your chance to provide feedback to help shape this behavior, before these changes go into that release and directly affect your current or prospective users. Overview of the proposed changes: http://wiki.collectionspace.org/x/GQCKBw Try this out live: http://qa.collectionspace.org One quick place to start: create a Group record, and experiment with using wildcards (*) and anchor characters (^) in the Group Owner field, using the names shown on the wiki page above. More details below. Aron Roberts UC Berkeley -- The next CollectionSpace release is expected to introduce changes to the way that you search for authority terms - persons, organizations, storage locations and more - by typing partial matches into autocomplete fields. Here's why: Staff at several museums here at UC Berkeley have found it difficult, at times, to find terms they're looking for. Sometimes known-to-exist terms don't appear in search results, leading to the creation of duplicate terms. Here are the proposed changes to address this: * You can now insert one or more wildcards, anywhere within a search expression. These match any run of zero or more characters. * You can now insert an 'anchor' character at either end of a search expression, or even at both ends. These find only matches that begin with and/or end with your search expression. How it works (see also attached image): http://wiki.collectionspace.org/x/GQCKBw You can try this out "live," searching for the same example Person names appearing on the wiki page above, by logging in at: http://qa.collectionspace.org One quick place to start: create a Group record, and experiment with using wildcards (*) and anchor characters (^) in the Group Owner field. Some feedback needed: * Is any of this confusing or counter-intuitive? Or can you see it working well for your needs? * What's your reaction to using two identical 'anchor' characters, rather than, say, a different 'start' and 'end' anchor character? * Do either of the two characters used (* and ^) have any drawbacks? If so, what might be better and why? * Is the behavior appropriate when you use wildcards and/or anchors, but no terms are matched? (Try searching for "^Norris*foo".) (For instance, the "Add {term} to" section of the dropdown menu is now removed when you use internal wildcards. Should it be?) You can also view existing feedback, received to date from others, in the comments on the wiki page linked above.