This page describes annual release procedures for lexAccess tools software with new set of THE SPECIALIST LEXICON data.

1. Prepare lexAccess${YEAR} web site for new documents
   • Copy lexAccess ${YEAR-1} to ${YEAR}
   • Manually replace/add ${YEAR-1} by ${YEAR} for all files
     • ${LEXACCESS_WEB}/web/*.html
     • ${LEXACCESS_WEB}/web/release/index.html
     • ${LEXACCESS_WEB}/web/release/${YEAR}.html
     • ${LEXACCESS_WEB}/docs/index.html

2. Prepare lexAccess${YEAR} baseline
   • Copy lexAccess ${PRE_YEAR} to lexAccess ${YEAR}
   • Update jar files
     • Copy lvg${YEAR}api.jar to ${LEXACCESS}/lib/Other
     • Copy lexCheck2006api.jar to ${LEXACCESS}/lib/Other
     • Update the latest JDBC driver for HSqlDb and MySql
   • Update flat files
     • Modify ${LEXACCESS}/overview.html (${PRE_YEAR} -> ${YEAR})
     • Update ${LEXACCESS}/sources/gov/nih/nlm/nls/lexAccess/*/package.html
     • Update ${LEXACCESS}/data/config/*
     • Update ${LEXACCESS}/docs/updateDoc
     • Modify build.xml under (${PRE_YEAR} -> ${YEAR})
       • ${LEXACCESS}
         • project.year
         • lvg.jar
       • ${LEXACCESS}/examples
       • ${LEXACCESS}/install
       • ${LEXACCESS}/loadDb
     • Update ${LEXACCESS}/bin/packLite (${PRE_YEAR} -> ${YEAR})
     • Update ${LEXACCESS}/bin/lexAccess (${PRE_YEAR} -> ${YEAR})
   • lexAccess java source code:
     • shell> cd /export/home/lu/Development/LVG/Components/BaselineCode/bin
     • shell> ModifyLAJavaCode
       • ${YEAR}: select year of version to be modified
       • 1: change the prolog
       • 2: change tab to 4 space
     • shell> cp -rp sources.new sources

3. Compile (check) to finish the baseline
   • ant clean
   • ant release

4. LA PreProc
   • Prepare preDatabase
     • update lexCheck2006api.jar and lvg${YEAR}.jar under ${LA_PRE_DB}/lib/Other
     • Update ${LA_PRE_DB}/build.xml
       => lvg${YEAR}api.jar
     • Recompile
       => ant
     • Update ${LA_PRE_DB}/bin/ModifyLexicon
       => ${YEAR}
   • Generate Db table files

     shell> cd {LA_PRE_DB}/bin
     shell> 1.GenerateDbFiles ${YEAR}
     --------------------------------------
     Which Program ?
     --------------------------------------
     1) Copy LEXICON
     2) Copy inflVars.data
     3) Generate lexicon.data
     4) Generate eui.data
     5) Copy above 4 file to LexAccess
     6) All (default)
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     4 files are copied and generated:

     File name	Action
     LEXICON	copy ${LEX_DIR}/data/${YEAR}/tables.frozen/LEXICON to ${LA_DIR}/data/tables/LEXICON
     inflVars.data	copy ${LEX_DIR}/data/${YEAR}/tables.frozen/inflVars.data to ${LA_DIR}/data/tables/inflVars.data
     lexicon.data	Generate ${LA_DIR}/data/tables/lexicon.data (from LEXICON) shell> ${LA}/PreDatabase/bin/ModifyLexicon -f:d -i:LEXICON -o:lexicon.data
     eui.data	Generate eui.data. The total number of EUI should be equals to total lexical records in LEXICON because this file include deleted records if using lexicon.data from LB.

5. LoadDb Program
   • Setup Database in HSqlDb
     • update ${LA_DIR}/loadDb/sources/gov/nih/nlm/nls/lexAccess/loadDb/HSqlDb/db.cfg
     • rm ${LA_DIR}/data/HSqlDb ${LA_DIR}/data/HSqlDb.old

     skip MySql DB

     • update $LA_DIR/loadDb/sources/gov/nih/nlm/nls/lexAccess/loadDb/MySql/db.cfg

       shell> 1.SetupMySql ${YEAR}
       

       => Use this script to create Db and user in MySql Db for current release. The database name and username are defined in the cfg.data file.
   • Load data into HSqlDb (skip MySql)

     shell> 2.LoadDb ${YEAR}
     1
     3
     

     • load data into HSqlDb => change "readonly=true" in *.properties after tables are loaded
   • Check loaded data from DB

     shell> 3.TestDb ${YEAR}
     

     => check loaded data in Db. The total number of lexicon only includes not deleted records.

6. Update Installation Program
   • Modify java source codes
     • ${LA_DIR}/install/sources/gov/nih/nlm/nls/lexAccess/install/Setup/Param.java
   • Modify scripts under ${LA_DIR}/install/bin/* (${PRE_YEAR} -> ${YEAR})

7. Complete SCRs for current ${YEAR} release
   • modify ${LA_DIR}/sources/gov/nih/nlm/nls/lexAccess/Api/LexAccessCmdApi.java for the new version: lexAccess.${YEAR}

8. Build & Test (Complete the software part)
   • shell> ant release
   • release test (install to ${PROJECTS})
   • go through unit test

9. Update other software components
   • Update web documents
   • Update web tools

10. Compile (see above) & Test
    • go through all options

11. Compile & pack
    • ant clean
    • ant release