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  • We do NOT plan to rewrite DSpace from scratch, for the following reasons:
    • We have a highly active (and global) development community on the existing platform. We are averaging 50+ contributors in recent major releases. We also have a very active and healthy set of service providers.
    • A complete rewrite would require significant funding / centralized resources (, neither of which is are not currently available and seems unlikely to be achieved via a grant). There also seem to be few (if any) grant opportunities to rebuild existing, established platforms.
    • A complete rewrite is very risky in the open source world. While in some cases it can succeed, it also can run the risk of fragmenting or fracturing a user community or developer community.
  • We ARE aiming for a potentially substantial leap forward in user experience / web user interface.
    • We've heard the feedback that neither of the two UIs (JSPUI or XMLUI) provides an optimal user or administrative experience. So, a UI rewrite or major refactoring would be "on the table".

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