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Milestones DSpace 7.0 will be the largest release in the history of DSpace. It is the culmination of strategic planning by DSpace Governance in response to community feedback, use cases and needs (for additional details see Strategic Planning) Achievement More details (2014-15) Governance creates a Strategic Plan for modernizing & refreshing DSpace for the future. A key goal of this plan is a "single, out of the box user interface" to replace the aging XMLUI and JSPUI.  DSpace 2015-18 Strategic Plan (2015-16) Community competition for different UI prototypes. Nine were reviewed / analyzed for inclusion as the single, future DSpace UI. DSpace UI Prototype Challenge (2016) Formal selection of Angular as new UI framework, replacing both the XMLUI and JSPUI. New Angular UI that is modern, responsive, and built using a Bootstrap theme for easy customization. "Introducing the new DSpace User Interface" talk at OR2016 DSpace 7 UI Project Plain Language Summary (2017) Adoption of a standards based REST API to maximize exposure of all DSpace features for integration purposes: A completely redesigned REST API that is self-documenting and human browsable. "On the Road to DSpace 7 : Angular UI + REST" at OR2017 DSpace 7 UI Project Plain Language Summary (2017-19) Redesigned submissions and workflows  featuring a one page submission process with a drag-and-drop interface & a searchable MyDSpace. Configuration changes in the submission process (2017-19) Configurable entities, an optional new item type inspired by the DSpace-CRIS project that allows for complex linked relationships between items. For example, Items can now represent a Person (Entity) to provide a way to support "researcher profiles", and link that person to the works they authored. Initial Investigation WG: DSpace Entities Working Group Implementation WG: DSpace 7 Entities Working Group (May 2019) Preview release, including Entity demonstrator and associated data set DSpace 7 Preview Release  (2019-20) Docker installation and deployment procedures Try out DSpace 7 ("Install via Docker" section) (Jan 2020) Established a new Staged Beta Release Process for 7.0, spacing out major features over a series of smaller Beta releases & delaying some low priority features for later 7.x releases. Paid/funded development began. DSpace Release 7.0 Status (March 2020) Beta 1 released Beta 1 Release Notes (April 2020) Beta 2 released Beta 2 Release Notes (July 2020) Beta 3 released Beta 3 Release Notes (Oct 2020) Beta 4 released Beta 4 Release Notes (April 2021) Beta 5 released Beta 5 Release Notes Testathon April 19 - May 7, 2021 OR2021 Talks / Workshop June 7-10, 2021 Final bug & accessibility fixes prior to 7.0 release See 7.0 work board (Aug 2, 2021) 7.0 release DSpace 7 Press Release Release Notes (Nov 1, 2021) 7.1 release Release Notes (Feb 7, 2022) 7.2 release Release Notes (June 27, 2022) 7.3 release Release Notes (October 10, 2022) 7.4 release Release Notes (February 20, 2023) 7.5 Release Release Notes (June TBA27, 2023) 7.6 Release (IN PROGRESS) v7.6 development in progress. See DSpace 7 Working Group Later 7.x releases (see "What features are coming in a later 7.x release?")

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1. (Available in 7.4) (Admin) Batch Import from a Zip file in Admin UI, similar to 6.x. In 7.x, it is still possible to batch import from command line, but not yet possible from the Admin UI. (UI ticket #783, REST ticket #2850)
2. (Available in 7.4) (Admin) Batch Export an Item or a Collection to Zip file in Admin UI, similar to 6.x. In 7.x, it is still possible to batch export from command line, but not possible from the Admin UI. (UI tickets #775 and #777, REST tickets #2843 and #2845)
   1. NOTE: Community export is not yet possible in 7.4 (see UI Ticket #774, REST ticket #2842), because a correspond import process has never existed in DSpace.
3. (Available in 7.5) (Workflow) Full support for custom configurable workflow steps, similar to 6.x.  In 7.x, some workflow step names are hardcoded, so custom named steps may not be recognized automatically. (UI ticket #770, REST ticket #2841)
4. (In early development. Likely in 78.60) (NEW) AIP Backup and Restore should support export/import of Entities & their relationships (REST ticket #2882)
5. (Available in 7.3) (General) RSS / ATOM feeds for Site, Community or Collection, similar to 6.x (UI ticket #788 , REST ticket #2864 )
6. (Available in 7.5) (General) Ability to subscribe to email updates for a Collection (Manage Subscriptions), similar to 6.x (UI ticket #803, REST ticket #2871).  In 7.x, existing email subscriptions will still work, but they cannot be managed or added from the UI.
7. (Delayed, as this feature is highly complex & may require significant effort or external funding.) (NEW) Ability to edit an Archived Item via a submission-like form (i.e. easier to use Edit Item form) (UI ticket #807, REST ticket #2876)
8. (In early development. Likely in 8.0 or later) (To be donated) (NEW) COAR Notify Support (Linked Data Notifications / LDN), aligning with recommendations from the COAR Next Generation Repositories Report (REST ticket #8120)
9. (Delayed, based on feedback from DCAT) (Statistics) Administrative (potentially log-based) statistical reports, similar to 6.x (UI ticket #786, REST ticket #2852)

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