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AstroSearch v4.0 – Release Date: March 2025

The Astromat Synthesis Search Application (AstroSearch) v4 has been migrated and integrated into a unified repository that houses multiple shared components. It now features a fresh interface, enhanced filters, instant results, and effortless exports with new options to customize outputs. Key changes are highlighted below:

Improvements of major functionalities

Configuration

• Improved query state management by adding NUQs library
• Modified schema to align with default API results and improved request functions for results
• Enhanced translation for all public text (i18n) 

Search Results

• Updated datagrid table (MUI) for improved data organization for user experience;
• Included user-enabled contextual text bubble (tooltip) added for greater information on chemical variable value cells;
• Enriched customization features for user preference including custom pagination, custom table footer, custom export action, and more;

Exporting Search Results

• Streamlined user actions by enabling modal screens for interacting with data and metadata selection, chemical variable information, pre-export information, and data-collection;

Improved Filters

• Enriched the user experience for basic and advanced filters;
• Enabled multi-dimensional search query to yield more dexterous results;
• Included input components for: multi-selection, text-input, and matrix selection;

Updates to API & Technical Components

• Updated API with new endpoints, updated vocabularies, page-related endpoints, and some refactoring to streamline indexing and exports of dynamoDB submissions;
• Added transformation functions and fetching to the export-service to aid in metadata and variable compilation;
• Applied changes to index schema to improve efficiency of the main index;
• Maintain known issues and support workarounds while pursuing permanent solutions in alignment with development roadmap.

Astromat is proud to have achieved certification as a Trustworthy Data Repository from the CoreTrustSeal Standards and Certification Board. 

The rigorous application and certification process provided an invaluable opportunity to strengthen our data repository by aligning with the standards and requirements of the CoreTrustSeal standards and requirements. We are honored to join a diverse and robust community of certified data repositories and remain committed to continually advancing the trustworthiness of our services in support of users worldwide. We extend our sincere gratitude to all Astromat team members and collaborators who contributed to this achievement.

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Dear Astromat Newsletter Subscribers,

We know that not everyone in our community can make it to Goldschmidt 2025 in Prague, especially in a year when many are navigating tight budgets and limited travel. For those who are attending, we want to make sure you're in the loop on a few key events where Astromat will be sharing updates, resources, and conversations around geochemical data and sample return science.

If you're headed to the meeting, come find us here:

🔹 Workshop: FAIR Global Databases in Geochemistry and their Applications

Sunday, 6 July | 08:30–17:00 CEST

Room 344 (3rd Floor, Prague Congress Centre)

🔹 Exhibit Booth: EarthChem & Astromat: Find, Access & Publish Geochemical Data

Sunday, 6 July | 17:00–19:00 CEST (Icebreaker Reception)

Monday–Thursday | 10:00–19:30 CEST

Booth 18 (Exhibit Hall)

🔹 Oral Presentation: Maximizing Return on Investment of Sample-Return Missions: Astromat’s Services to Ensure Long-term Access and Reusability of Astromaterials Sample Data — Kerstin A. Lehnert

Tuesday, 8 July | 11:15 CEST

South Hall 3A (3rd Floor)

🔹 Town Hall: Call to Action: Toward Resilient Databases in Geochemistry

Wednesday, 9 July | 13:00–14:00 CEST

Club A (1st Floor)

We’ll share highlights from the week afterward, so if you're not attending, you’ll still be able to catch up on what matters.

Best,

Astromat Team

Dear Astromat Newsletter Subscribers,

In March, Astromat released an updated version of our Astromat Synthesis Search application.

Our development team has integrated the search application into a unified repository to create a more efficient and streamlined approach. Search v4 now offers a refreshed interface, enhanced filters, instant results, and simplified exports, along with new customization options for output.

We’re hosting Webinars to demo Search v4 and provide plenty of opportunities for community Q&A. The content will be identical and offered twice with timing options for those in various time zones. Please see below for dates, times, and links for registration.

Astromat Webinar: Intro to Synthesis Search v4

• Apr 23, 2025 03:00 PM (Eastern) Registration
• May 1, 2025 10:00 AM (Eastern) Registration

Feel free to send any comments or questions to info@astromat.org. Your feedback is valuable to us as we work to continuously refine our applications and better serve the astromaterials samples community.

Best,

Astromat Team

If you’re heading to LPSC25, make sure to join us on Monday at 12:00PM CST for the Astromat Workshop. The two main topics will be 1) data submission to Astromat in compliance with SPD-41A, and 2) introduction to AstroSearch v4, our newly upgraded synthesis search app! Using AstroSearch v4 will make your search of the Astromat Synthesis database faster, simpler, and more transparent—helping you get to the data you need with fewer steps and greater control.

We will have snacks and drinks to keep you going (not quite lunch, but enough to keep you fueled!).

• Astromat Workshop & Search v4 Demo
• Date: March 10, 2025
• Time: 12:00-1:00 PM (Central)
• Location: Panther Creek Conference Room, Woodlands Marriott

Can’t make it to LPSC? We’ll be hosting a series of Astromat webinars in the coming months to guide you through data submission and to introduce and demo Search v4 for those who can’t attend in person. Stay tuned for details!