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DSpace 5.0 ships with a number of new features. Certain features are automatically enabled by default while others require deliberate activation.
The following non-exhaustive list contains the major new features in 5.0

Easier Upgrading to 5.x from ANY previous DSpace version (1.x.x, 3.x or 4.x).

Your underlying DSpace database now upgrades itself automatically when you first run a newer version of DSpace (see DS-2167, by Tim Donohue with support/feedback from 5.0 Release Team).
Solr/Lucene indexes now upgrade automatically during the "ant update" step of the Upgrade process (see DS-2297 by Tim Donohue, with support/feedback from Ivan Masár and 5.0 Release Team).

Perform Batch Imports from the User Interface (in both XMLUI and JSPUI)

XMLUI version (XMLUI Documentation, also see DS-1641) by Peter Dietz with the support of Ohio State University Libraries and Longsight
JSPUI version (JSPUI Documentation, also see DS-2177) by the Greek National Documentation Centre/EKT

XMLUI new features

Mirage 2 Responsive Theme, based on Bootstrap (disabled by default, see DS-2052 for screenshots) by @mire
ORCID Integration (disabled by default, see DS-2049) by @mire
Report Google Analytics statistics from Admin UI (disabled by default, see DS-2108) by Robin Taylor
Track file downloads in Google Analytics statistics (see DS-2008) by Robin Taylor
Autogenerate PDF citation "cover pages" for all PDFs (disabled by default, see DS-2175) by Peter Dietz with the support of Ohio State University Libraries and Longsight
Sherpa/Romeo lookup during item submission process, see DS-2053 by Kevin Van de Velde and Bert Vanderhallen with the support of @mire (previously available only in JSPUI)
Rendering MathML code in abstracts using MathJax, see DS-635 by Peter Dietz with the support of Ohio State University Libraries and Longsight
Ensure "page not found" error pages use configured theme, see DS-1596 by Tim Donohue with the support of DuraSpace
Performance improvements for "Select Collection" dropdown in submission process, see DS-682 by Peter Dietz with the support of Ohio State University Libraries and Longsight

JSPUI new features

Drag and drop file upload (using HTML5), see DS-1994 by Pascal-Nicolas Becker with the support of TU Berlin
Item Visual Indicators in Browse/Search results, see DS-2162 by Greek National Documentation Centre/EKT
Track file downloads in Google Analytics statistics (see DS-2008) by Robin Taylor

REST API new features

DSpace REST API now includes CRUD (Create/Read/Update/Delete) endpoints, see DS-2168 by the Czech Technical University in Prague

RDF Interface to support Linked (Open) Data (NEW)

DSpace can now provide its content as Linked (Open) Data via a new RDF interface (provided as an "rdf" webapp), see DS-2061 by Pascal-Nicolas Becker

OAI-PMH interface enhancements / bug fixes

OpenAIRE v3 compliance (operators over filters)
OAI respects item READ rights
/oai displays the list of available contexts; contexts have descriptions

See DS-1649 by João Melo

Enhanced Thumbnail Quality (disabled by default)

See DS-2105 by Terry Brady with the support of Georgetown University

Bug fixes / improvements to Biblio-Transformation-Engine (BTE)

BTE: batch import from various bibliographic formats was upgrade to the latest version (see DS-2183)

Kindly contributed by the Greek National Documentation Centre/EKT

Enhancements to DOI Support (disabled by default)

Enhanced EZID IdentifierProvider Metadata Mapping via XSLT, see DS-2119 by Mohamed Mohideen Abdul Rasheed

Apache Solr libraries were upgraded for all interfaces (JSPUI, XMLUI, and OAI)

See DS-2253 by Roeland Dillen with the support of @mire

Add a place for third-party JARs / plugins to be "found" by DSpace (disabled by default)

DSpace will now look for JARs / plugins in the locations specified by "plugin.classpath" value specified in dspace.cfg.

See DS-2107 by Mark H. Wood with the support of IUPUI University Library

All objects now have metadata support

All DSpace objects (Communities, Collections, Items, EPeople, Groups) now have metadata, and most now use the default "dc" (Dublin Core) metadata schema.
- NOTE: The only exception is EPeople metadata, which is stored in a new "eperson" metadata schema.
The User Interfaces don't yet take advantage of this enhancement in DSpace 5.0. Instead, this is an internal restructuring of data within DSpace. In the future, this provides the potential to create more enhanced metadata (or even more configurable metadata) on all objects

See DS-1582 by Mark H. Wood with the support of IUPUI University Library and Kevin Van de Velde with the support of @mire

Release TODO list

Check documentation for all new features, add links to them the list of new features above. Incomplete list of missing docs:
- Jira
  server DuraSpace JIRA
  serverId c815ca92-fd23-34c2-8fe3-956808caf8c5
  key DS-1641
- Jira
  server DuraSpace JIRA
  serverId c815ca92-fd23-34c2-8fe3-956808caf8c5
  key DS-2168
- Jira
  server DuraSpace JIRA
  serverId c815ca92-fd23-34c2-8fe3-956808caf8c5
  key DS-2175
- Jira
  server DuraSpace JIRA
  serverId c815ca92-fd23-34c2-8fe3-956808caf8c5
  key DS-2183

Current list of release blockers:

Jira

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maximumIssues	20
jqlQuery	project = DS AND priority = Blocker AND fixVersion = 5.0 AND statusCategory != Complete
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Jira
server DuraSpace JIRA
columns key,summary,type,created,updated,due,assignee,reporter,priority,status,resolution
serverId c815ca92-fd23-34c2-8fe3-956808caf8c5
key DS-2249
Seems like we have 2 options:
1. put Tomcat-specific code to JSPUI's web.xml
2. just document this Tomcat 7-specific warning
  On DevMtg 2014-11-05 we decided to document for RC1 and decide before RC2
Update the list of contributors on the Release Notes in Documentation (see "TBA" in text)
Draft up announcement for mailing lists
Update DSpace.org

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