diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8861fe0f5..81b874be9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,12 +34,12 @@ Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 - documentation for adding new ingest formats to Datura
 - byebug gem for debugging
 - instructions for installing Javascript Runtime files for Saxon
-- API schema can either be 1.0 or 2.0 (which includes nested fields); 1.0 will be run by default unless 2.0 is specified. Add the following to `public.yml` or `private.yml` in the data repo:
+- API schema can either be the original 1.0 or the newly updated 2.0 (which includes new fields including nested fields); 1.0 will be run by default unless 2.0 is specified. Add the following to `public.yml` or `private.yml` in the data repo:
 ```
 api_version: '2.0'
 ```
 See new schema (2.0) documentation [here](https://github.com/CDRH/datura/docs/schema_v2.md)
-- schema validation with API version 2.0, invalidly constructed documents will not post
+- schema validation with API version 2.0: invalidly constructed documents will not post
 - authentication with Elasticesarch 8.5; add the following to `public.yml` or `private.yml` in the data repo:
 ```
   es_user: username
@@ -47,24 +47,32 @@ See new schema (2.0) documentation [here](https://github.com/CDRH/datura/docs/sc
 ```
 - field overrides for new fields in the new API schema
 - functionality to transform EAD files and post them to elasticsearch
+- functionality to transform PDF files (including text and metadata) and post them to elasticsearch
+- limiting `text` field to a specific limit: `text_limit` in `public.yml` or `private.yml`
+- configuration options related to Elasticsearch, including `es_schema_override` and `es_schema_path` to change the location of the Elasticsearch schema
+- more detailed errors including a stack trace
 
 ### Changed
 - update ruby to 3.1.2
 - date_standardize now relies on strftime instead of manual zero padding for month, day
 - minor corrections to documentation
 - XPath: "text" is now ingested as an array and will be displayed delimitted by spaces
+- "text" field now includes "notes" XPath
+- refactored posting script (`Datura.run`)
 - refactored command line methods into elasticsearch library
 - refactored and moved date_standardize and date_display helper methods
-- Nokogiri methods `get_text` and `get_list` on TEI now return nil rather than empty strings or arrays if there are no matches
+- Nokogiri methods `get_text` and `get_list` on TEI now return nil rather than empty strings or arrays if there are no matches. fields have been changed to check for these nil values
 
 ### Migration
 - check to make sure "text" xpath is doing desired behavior
 - use Elasticsearch 8.5 or higher and add authentication as described above if security is enabled. See [dev docs instructions](https://github.com/CDRH/cdrh_dev_docs/blob/update_elasticsearch_documentation/publishing/2_basic_requirements.md#downloading-elasticsearch).
 - upgrade data repos to Ruby 3.1.2
+- 
 - add api version to config as described above
 - make sure fields are consistent with the api schema, many have been renamed or changed in format
-- add nil checks with get_text and get_list methods
+- add nil checks with get_text and get_list methods as needed
 - add EadToES overrides if ingesting EAD files
+- add `byebug` and `pdf-reader` to Gemfile in repos based on Datura
 - if overriding the `read_csv` method in `lib/datura/file_type.rb`, the hash must be prefixed with ** (`**{}`).
 
 ## [v0.2.0-beta](https://github.com/CDRH/datura/compare/v0.1.6...v0.2.0-beta) - 2020-08-17 - Altering field and xpath behavior, adds get_elements
diff --git a/lib/config/public.yml b/lib/config/public.yml
index 11b42716c..7fefc6c85 100644
--- a/lib/config/public.yml
+++ b/lib/config/public.yml
@@ -9,22 +9,20 @@
 #   the collection specific configuration files:
 #   (config/public.yml and config/private.yml)
 
-
 ###################
 #     Defaults    #
 ###################
 
 default:
-
   # SCRIPT POWER
   # recommend this be increased in private.yml
   # on more powerful systems to improve runtime
   threads: 5
 
   # LOGGING
-  log_old_number: 1           # number of log files before beginning to erase
-  log_size: 32768000          # size of log file in bytes
-  log_level: Logger::INFO     # available levels: UNKNOWN, FATAL, ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG
+  log_old_number: 1 # number of log files before beginning to erase
+  log_size: 32768000 # size of log file in bytes
+  log_level: Logger::INFO # available levels: UNKNOWN, FATAL, ERROR, WARN, INFO, DEBUG
 
   # ELASTICSEARCH SCHEMA CONFIGURATION
   # if es_schema_override is false, datura is base directory
@@ -40,14 +38,17 @@ default:
   api_version: "1.0"
   # NOTE: es_schema option is set later as combination of above
   # es_schema_override, es_schema_path, and api_version
+  # ES currently has a limited character size for keyword fields of 1000000
+  # exceeding this limit (generally in text field) will cause errors when searching
+  text_limit: 900000
 
   # RESOURCE LOCATIONS
-  data_base: https://cdrhmedia.unl.edu      # xml, csv, html snippets, etc
-  media_base: https://cdrhmedia.unl.edu     # images, audio, video
-  es_index: override_to_set_index           # elasticsearch index name
-  es_path: http://localhost:9200            # elasticsearch path (recommend override)
-  solr_core: override_to_set_core           # solr core name
-  solr_path: http://localhost:8983/solr     # solr path (recommend override)
+  data_base: https://cdrhmedia.unl.edu # xml, csv, html snippets, etc
+  media_base: https://cdrhmedia.unl.edu # images, audio, video
+  es_index: override_to_set_index # elasticsearch index name
+  es_path: http://localhost:9200 # elasticsearch path (recommend override)
+  solr_core: override_to_set_core # solr core name
+  solr_path: http://localhost:8983/solr # solr path (recommend override)
 
   # OUTPUT LOCATION
   # default is [environment]/output/[file_type]
@@ -92,7 +93,6 @@ default:
 
 development:
   data_base: https://cdrhdev1.unl.edu/media
-
 ##################
 #   Production   #
 ##################
diff --git a/lib/datura/parser_options/post.rb b/lib/datura/parser_options/post.rb
index c3dd1218d..b6e48880f 100644
--- a/lib/datura/parser_options/post.rb
+++ b/lib/datura/parser_options/post.rb
@@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ def self.post_params
 
       # default to no restricted format
       options["format"] = nil
-      opts.on( '-f', '--format [input]', 'Supported formats (csv, html, pdf, tei, vra, webs)') do |input|
+      opts.on( '-f', '--format [input]', 'Supported formats (csv, html, ead, pdf, tei, vra, webs)') do |input|
         if %w[authority annotations].include?(input)
           puts "'authority' and 'annotations' are invalid formats".red
           puts "Please select a supported format or rename your custom format"
           exit
-        elsif !%w[csv html pdf tei vra webs].include?(input)
+        elsif !%w[csv ead html pdf tei vra webs].include?(input)
           puts "Caution: Requested custom format #{input}.".red
           puts "See FileCustom class for implementation instructions"
         end
diff --git a/lib/datura/to_es/csv_to_es/fields.rb b/lib/datura/to_es/csv_to_es/fields.rb
index 9adc59692..616470280 100644
--- a/lib/datura/to_es/csv_to_es/fields.rb
+++ b/lib/datura/to_es/csv_to_es/fields.rb
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def text
 
     text_all += text_additional
     text_all = text_all.compact
-    Datura::Helpers.normalize_space(text_all.join(" "))
+    Datura::Helpers.normalize_space(text_all.join(" "))[0..@options["text_limit"]]
   end
 
   # override and add by collection as needed
diff --git a/lib/datura/to_es/ead_to_es/fields.rb b/lib/datura/to_es/ead_to_es/fields.rb
index dfca070f7..95b89976e 100644
--- a/lib/datura/to_es/ead_to_es/fields.rb
+++ b/lib/datura/to_es/ead_to_es/fields.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ def data_type
 
   def date(before=true)
     datestr = get_text(@xpaths["date"])
-    return Datura::Helpers.date_standardize(datestr, before)
+    if datestr
+      return Datura::Helpers.date_standardize(datestr, before)
+    end
   end
 
   def date_display
@@ -210,7 +212,9 @@ def text
     text = []
     @xpaths.keys.each do |xpath| 
       body = get_text(@xpaths[xpath])
-      text << body
+      if body
+        text << body
+      end
     end
     text
     # TODO: do we need to preserve tags like <i> in text? if so, turn get_text to true
diff --git a/lib/datura/to_es/ead_to_es_items/fields.rb b/lib/datura/to_es/ead_to_es_items/fields.rb
index 6eaf9c718..7764e083b 100644
--- a/lib/datura/to_es/ead_to_es_items/fields.rb
+++ b/lib/datura/to_es/ead_to_es_items/fields.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ def creator_sort
   end
 
   def collection
-    "whitman-finding_aid_manuscripts"
+    "#{@options["collection"]}_items"
   end
 
   def collection_desc
@@ -104,9 +104,11 @@ def format
   def get_id
     # doc = id
     doc = get_text(@xpaths["identifier"])
-    if doc == ""
+    if !doc
       title = get_text(@xpaths["file"])
-      return "#{@filename}_#{title}"
+      if title
+        return "#{@filename}_#{title}"
+      end
     end
     return "#{@filename}_#{doc}"
   end
@@ -212,11 +214,13 @@ def text
     # means no worrying about handling spacing between words
     text = []
     body = get_text(@xpaths["text"])
-    text << body
+    if body
+      text << body
+    end
     # TODO: do we need to preserve tags like <i> in text? if so, turn get_text to true
     # text << CommonXml.convert_tags_in_string(body)
     text += text_additional
-    return Datura::Helpers.normalize_space(text.join(" "))
+    return Datura::Helpers.normalize_space(text.join(" "))[0..@options["text_limit"]]
   end
 
   def text_additional
diff --git a/lib/datura/to_es/html_to_es/fields.rb b/lib/datura/to_es/html_to_es/fields.rb
index 725ac4c4d..babe8adfc 100644
--- a/lib/datura/to_es/html_to_es/fields.rb
+++ b/lib/datura/to_es/html_to_es/fields.rb
@@ -152,9 +152,11 @@ def text
     # means no worrying about handling spacing between words
     text = []
     body = get_text(@xpaths["text"])
-    text << body
+    if body
+      text << body
+    end
     text += text_additional
-    Datura::Helpers.normalize_space(text.join(" "))
+    Datura::Helpers.normalize_space(text.join(" "))[0..@options["text_limit"]]
   end
 
   def text_additional
@@ -278,7 +280,7 @@ def keywords4
     get_text(@xpaths["keywords4"])
   end
 
-  def keywords4
+  def keywords5
     get_text(@xpaths["keywords5"])
   end
 
diff --git a/lib/datura/to_es/pdf_to_es/fields.rb b/lib/datura/to_es/pdf_to_es/fields.rb
index b8ce90f52..1c3bfe4f2 100644
--- a/lib/datura/to_es/pdf_to_es/fields.rb
+++ b/lib/datura/to_es/pdf_to_es/fields.rb
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def text
     end
     text_all += text_additional
     text_all = text_all.compact
-    Datura::Helpers.normalize_space(text_all.join(" "))[0..999999]
+    Datura::Helpers.normalize_space(text_all.join(" "))[0..@options["text_limit"]]
   end
 
   # override and add by collection as needed
@@ -319,4 +319,7 @@ def has_relation
   def has_source
   end
 
+  def uri_html
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/lib/datura/to_es/tei_to_es/fields.rb b/lib/datura/to_es/tei_to_es/fields.rb
index 9b435cb72..960fd1929 100644
--- a/lib/datura/to_es/tei_to_es/fields.rb
+++ b/lib/datura/to_es/tei_to_es/fields.rb
@@ -205,11 +205,13 @@ def text
     # means no worrying about handling spacing between words
     text_all = []
     body = get_text(@xpaths["text"], keep_tags: false, delimiter: '')
-    text_all << body
+    if body
+      text_all << body
+    end
     # TODO: do we need to preserve tags like <i> in text? if so, turn get_text to true
     # text_all << CommonXml.convert_tags_in_string(body)
     text_all += text_additional
-    Datura::Helpers.normalize_space(text_all.join(" "))
+    Datura::Helpers.normalize_space(text_all.join(" "))[0..@options["text_limit"]]
   end
 
   def text_additional
diff --git a/lib/datura/to_es/tei_to_es/tei_to_es_personography.rb b/lib/datura/to_es/tei_to_es/tei_to_es_personography.rb
index 7e4ff79be..4d3d43de2 100644
--- a/lib/datura/to_es/tei_to_es/tei_to_es_personography.rb
+++ b/lib/datura/to_es/tei_to_es/tei_to_es_personography.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ def category
 
   def creator
     creators = get_list(@xpaths["creators"], false, @parent_xml)
-    creators.map { |c| { "name" => c } }
+    if creators
+      creators.map { |c| { "name" => c } }
+    end
   end
 
   def creators
diff --git a/lib/datura/to_es/vra_to_es/fields.rb b/lib/datura/to_es/vra_to_es/fields.rb
index 0f62b94d0..bdd3c4fd3 100644
--- a/lib/datura/to_es/vra_to_es/fields.rb
+++ b/lib/datura/to_es/vra_to_es/fields.rb
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ def data_type
 
   def date(before=true)
     datestr = get_list(@xpaths["date"]).first
-    Datura::Helpers.date_standardize(datestr, before)
+    if datestr
+      Datura::Helpers.date_standardize(datestr, before)
+    end
   end
 
   def date_display
@@ -116,16 +118,16 @@ def person
       # subject element
       if get_text("@type", xml: p) == "personalName"
         {
-          id: nil,
-          name: get_text(".", xml: p),
-          role: nil
+          "id" => nil,
+          "name" => get_text(".", xml: p),
+          "role" => nil
         }
       # agent element
       else
         {
-          id: nil,
-          name: get_text("name", xml: p),
-          role: get_text("role", xml: p)
+          "id" => nil,
+          "name" =>  get_text("name", xml: p),
+          "role" => get_text("role", xml: p)
         }
       end
     end
@@ -191,11 +193,13 @@ def text
     # handling separate fields in array
     # means no worrying about handling spacing between words
     text_all = []
-    text_all << get_text(@xpaths["text"])
+    if get_text(@xpaths["text"])
+      text_all << get_text(@xpaths["text"])
+    end
     # TODO: do we need to preserve tags like <i> in text? if so, turn get_text to true
     # text_all << CommonXml.convert_tags_in_string(body)
     text_all += text_additional
-    Datura::Helpers.normalize_space(text_all.join(" "))
+    Datura::Helpers.normalize_space(text_all.join(" "))[0..@options["text_limit"]]
   end
 
   def text_additional
diff --git a/lib/datura/to_es/vra_to_es/vra_to_es_personography.rb b/lib/datura/to_es/vra_to_es/vra_to_es_personography.rb
index 8d8f904b1..cab0c5591 100644
--- a/lib/datura/to_es/vra_to_es/vra_to_es_personography.rb
+++ b/lib/datura/to_es/vra_to_es/vra_to_es_personography.rb
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ def category
 
   def creator
     creators = get_list(@xpaths["creators"], xml: @parent_xml)
-    creators.map { |c| { "name" => c } }
+    if creators
+      creators.map { |c| { "name" => c } }
+    end
   end
 
   def creator_sort
diff --git a/lib/datura/to_es/webs_to_es/fields.rb b/lib/datura/to_es/webs_to_es/fields.rb
index 90e91d70d..8721e4462 100644
--- a/lib/datura/to_es/webs_to_es/fields.rb
+++ b/lib/datura/to_es/webs_to_es/fields.rb
@@ -162,9 +162,11 @@ def text
     # means no worrying about handling spacing between words
     text = []
     body = get_text(@xpaths["text"])
-    text << body
+    if body
+      text << body
+    end
     text += text_additional
-    Datura::Helpers.normalize_space(text.join(" "))
+    Datura::Helpers.normalize_space(text.join(" "))[0..@options["text_limit"]]
   end
 
   def text_additional