These pages contain contributions from many members of the VIVO community.

Confluence may state that a certain person has "created" a page, when in fact they have merely split an existing page in two, or merged two existing pages together. In this way, the pages may appear to be the work of a single person.

Everyone who has worked on VIVO deserves recognition and thanks.

 In addition to documents for the current release, this section of the wiki contains many additional documents relevant to installing, maintaining, and contributing changes to VIVO.  Please review the list of child pages at the bottom of this page for an overview of additional technical documentation.

Documents for the current release (1.7)

Installing VIVO release 1.7

Step by step instructions to get your VIVO instance up and running.

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Upgrading VIVO to release 1.7

You are running an instance of VIVO release 1.6.x. How can you convert it to VIVO release 1.7? 

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Changing the appearance of VIVO

How to put your own stamp on your VIVO instance. Techniques ranging from changing the theme, to changing the structure of pages, to supporting a language other than English.

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VIVO Data Ingest Guide

How to get data into your VIVO instance. How to update and maintain your VIVO data. A survey of tools and techniques.

IN PROGRESS at Ingesting and maintaining data

Ontology Reference for VIVO 1.7

The specific structure of RDF data within VIVO. Properties, classes, and more.

The VIVO 1.7 release involved virtually no changes to the VIVO-ISF Ontology from VIVO 1.6, so please refer to its documentation.

IN PROGRESS

VIVO Programmer's Notes

Insights into the internal structure of the VIVO application. Tips for developers who want to go farther than mere customization.

IN PROGRESS

Documentation for older releases

Older upgrade instructions