Page Comparison

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• API

  • API stands for “Application programming interface.” Many integrations use APIs to connect to FOLIO.

• Bugfest

  • Bugfest is the FOLIO community’s testing event for flower releases. You can read more about bugfest here: https://folio-org.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/FTC/overview?homepageId=3440657

• CSP

  • CSP stands for Critical Service Patch. A CSP is “a small and targeted software patch to address CRITICAL issues, i.e. issues that significantly disrupt customers’ workflow”

• Flower Release

  • A “Flower Release” is a major version upgrade in the FOLIO community. You will also sometimes see these referred to as “R1 2025” designating the year and the release. You can read more about releases here: https://folio-org.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/REL/overview?homepageId=5210120

• Google Sheets

  • Google Sheets is a spreadsheet application similar to Excel used by many institutions to manage testing. It is part of Google Workspace (G Suite).

• Integration

  • An integration is (more or less) anything that connects to FOLIO in any way. This may be a discovery layer, an external program connecting through APIs, a self-check machine, etc. Roughly speaking, if it touches FOLIO in any way but is not actually part of FOLIO, it is an integration.

• Migration

  • A “migration” usually means moving from another ILS to FOLIO. Sometimes libraries refer to upgrades as “migrations”. It depends on the institution.

• QaraTMS

  • QaraTMS is “is an open source test management software for managing test suites, test cases, test plans, test runs and documentation.” You can read more about this program here: https://github.com/a13xh7/QaraTMS

• QuAck

  • QuAck is “QuAck is an open-source test management service. It allows to store testcases and test suites and execute them.” You can read more about QuAck here: https://github.com/greatbit/quack

• Release Digest

  • A release digest is a document put together by the developers explaining what is in each release. For an example, please see:

    Lref gdrive file
    url https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dX8ChBoqNtVjpd8WJGU72S0ud9mYL4KY/view

    . These are not always available for each release.

• Release Notes

  • Release Notes are posted on the FOLIO wiki. They cover new functionality issue by issue, as well as information needed for the upgrade. You can see an example here: Quesnelia (R1 2024) Release Notes

• TestRails

  • TestRails is the program used by the FOLIO Testing Community to manage bugfest. In order to participate in Bugfest, users need individual TestRails log-ins. This is coordinated primarily on slack, in the #bug-fest channel.

• Upgrade

  • A FOLIO upgrade is moving from one version of FOLIO to another.

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FOLIO Implementers Presentation, WOLFcon 2024 <<link to recording here after our session>>. Slides: