The first open-source release of DSpace-CRIS was based on DSpace 1.8.2. Current releases of DSpace-CRIS are based on current DSpace 7.56.1.
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The latest release is DSpace-CRIS 7 2023.0102.0100 dated OctoberNovember, 430th 2023 This version, released on the 4th of October 30th November 2023, provides bug fixing and improvement to the 2023.01.00 version and it is still based on alignment with DSpace 7.5 6.1 tag. |
For previous DSpace versions the latest available tags are 5.11 and 6.4 both released on the August, 30th 2022 just after the release of the corresponding DSpace 6.4 and/or 5.11. Please note that all the DSpace-CRIS versions based on DSpace versions older than 7.0 are End of Life (EOL) according to the corresponding DSpace announcement: Support for DSpace 5 and 6 is ending in 2023
Below there is a detailed release plan covering all the known features contributed by 4Science and other community members who support the enhancement of this open-source extension of DSpace (see: DSpace-CRIS Working Group).
A visit to the community page maintained by DSpace-CRIS users is also recommended: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACECRIS/New+Features.
New functionalities are only developed for DSpace-CRIS 7.
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- Processes tailored to the entity types
- Many additional data providers
- Support for structured metadata, ternary relationships and nested metadata
- Configurable layout for entities in tabs and boxes
- ORCID v3 complete integration (pull and push of profile information, publications, projects, employments, qualification)
- Management of personal profiles
- Granular permissions at metadata level
- Enhanced statistics visualization, reports, export capabilities including CVs in PDF, citation lists according to the CSL, and much more.
Please check the release notes of each DSpace-CRIS version and the technical documentation for more details.
A presentation of the newly released DSpace-CRIS was given at Open Repositories:
slides: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4923701. Video: https://youtu.be/8jgn0h38Zr8?t=3857 (starting at: 1h 03' 55").
Next releases
DSpace-CRIS 2023.02.00 LTS is expected in the week of the 20th November 2023 (slightly delayed to wait for the release of DSpace 7.6.1)01 tbd
- Update the correction and suggestion services with the result of the Openaire ELD Advanced project https://eosc-dih.eu/eld-advance/ (postponed from 2023.02.00 to wait for review of the corresponding plain DSpace PRs)
- sync with DSpace 7.6.1
- Enhanced Signposting https://signposting.org/ support for DSpace-CRIS
- ROR Integration: lookup, import and exposure of the ROR iD in Datacite metadata, OAI-PMH and ORCID
- ORCID Login Improvements from the GPF project
- performance improvements on SSR
- more friendly behavior with search engine for redirection / alternative item URLs
- allow to configure different layout for the same entity according to the value of a configurable metadata as for instance dc.type
DSpace-CRIS 2023.03.00 is expected by End 2023
- COAR Notify
- Update the correction and suggestion services with the result of the Openaire ELD Advanced project https://eosc-dih.eu/eld-advance/ (postponed from 2023.02.00 to wait for review of the corresponding plain DSpace PRs)
- based on a DSpace 8.0-based on a DSpace 8.0-snapshot commit t.b.d.
Unspecified versions (looking for funders / contributors)
- Item Claim
- Resourcesync
2023
DSpace-CRIS 7 2023.02.00 November, 30th
This version, released on the 30th November 2023, provides alignment with DSpace 7.6.1 tag.
Upgrade instruction
The SOLR cores configuration MUST be updated with the last updates of this release.
A full SOLR reindex is reccomended, the search core could contains data that are inconsistent with the updated schema.xml version. You can rebuild the index via the dspace index-discovery script.
This could be a new script to be put in crontab
Key Enhancements
- Alignment with DSpace 7.6.1 tag. See DSpace 7.6 release notes and DSpace 7.6.1 release notes for further information.
- Improved ORCID login flow. Now it is possible to complete the login process even when the ORCID account’s email is private.
- Improved ORCID integration with versioned entities. Now only the last versioned item is synchronized with ORCID.
- Improved ROR integration. ROR is now exposed to datacite, it is possible to import orgunit from ROR and use the additional information like ROR id and type of orgunit to facilitate the selection of the correct orgunit.
- Now the CRIS layout tool support multiple layout for the same entity accordingly to definable custom filters.
Major improvements areas / bug fixes
- Improved application performance during SSR. Now requests for pages which contain search results are fetched on CSR only.
- Changed route behavior for CRIS item pages. First tab defined by the CRIS layout is no longer used in the item’s URL. To maintain backward compatibility redirect to the main page is done automatically.
- Improved managing of metadata security toggle for nested metadata.
- Improved stability of hide and sort functionality.
- Bulk export is accessible by the admin sidebar.
- Improved sitemap generation to exclude restricted content and duplicate links for item.
- Improved performance of filter-media script
Based on DSpace tag 7.6.1 (backend) and 7.6.1 (front-end)
DSpace-CRIS 7 2023.01.01 October, 4th
Version released on 4th of October, provides minor changes and bug fixing
Key Enhancements
- Improved UI responsivity
- Dynamic Edit Mode evaluation based on custom filters
- Advanced attachments layout improvements
- Improved metric donuts layout in search
- Improved categories in statistics section
Major improvements areas / bug fixes
- Fixed search tools in mobile view
- Scopus Improvements in import & NPE prevention
- Improved Usability of small buttons in MyDspace page
- Fixed request correction feature not removing bitstreams
- Enabled the use of legacy OAI identifiers
- Fixed Live import missing mapping features for fields
- Fixed Sherpa Romeo policies changes not reflected
- Datacite schema version update (v. 4)
- Fixed APA generation with citeproc
- Fixed End User Agreement showing twice
Based on DSpace tag 7.5 (backend) and 7.5 (front-end)
DSpace-CRIS 7 2023.01.00 June, 9th
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