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These are four separate pieces of software which make up parts of the Colectica suite. Designer, the SDK (Software Development Kit) and Repository were used largely as-is, with only minor updates needed. The portal was developed more significantly to update the interface and enable new, more user friendly ways of navigating data. This involved a new look, the ability to display new items and new ways of navigating on the front end. Behind the scenes, work was also undertaken to ensure an API was added to allow programmatic access and custom views.