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Version 4.0
DSpace 4.0 is still in the planning stages and will be released sometime in late (likely Nov/Dec) 2013
Table of Contents:
New features in DSpace 4.0
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| DSpace 4.0 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 3.0 that are enabled by default: | |
 | Discovery: Search & Browse is now enabled by default in both XMLUI and JSPUI. Note: The Lucene/DB-based search & browse backend is still supported, but is deprecated and might be removed in a future release. Any new features should use the Discovery API instead of tying directly to Lucene, Solr or Elastic Search.
XMLUI improvements kindly contributed by @mire with the support of (??? the World Bank) JSPUI improvements kindly contributed by CILEA |
 | A new Bootstrap-based default look and feel for JSPUI Kindly contributed by CILEA |
 | JSPUI improvements
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 | UI Support for batch import for Bibliographic formats
Kindly contributed by the Greek National Documentation Centre/EKT |
 | SWORDv2 module update (see Git Repo: https://github.com/nye-duo/DSpace/tree/swordv2contrib), which provides the following improvements:
Kindly contributed by Richard Jones with the support of ... |
 | Improved command line features
Kindly contributed by Mark H. Wood with the support of IUPUI University Library |
| icon idea: package icon overlaid by a clock icon | Support simple embargo in XMLUI item display and in AIP import/export Kindly contributed by Terry Brady / Ivan Masár |
| icon idea: country flags overlaying one another | Language switch for xmlui and some basic i18n stuff Kindly contributed by Claudia Jürgen (?) |
| The following list contains all features that are included in the DSpace 3.0 release, but need to be enabled manually. Review the documentation for these features carefully, especially if you are upgrading from an older version of DSpace. | |
 | DOI Support
Kindly contributed by Pascal-Nicolas Becker & Mark Wood with the support of TU Berlin |
 | Support running handle server and application container on separate machines Kindly contributed by Pascal-Nicolas Becker & Mark Wood with the support of TU Berlin |
 | Mobile Theme for XMLUI matures from beta
Kindly contributed by Elias Tzoc and James Russell with the support of Miami University |
 | Improvements to LDAP Authentication Kindly contributed by Ivan Masár |
 | use better image downscaling method in filter-media Kindly contributed by Jason Sherman |
 | A new REST API module based on Jersey (a JAX RS 1.0 implementation) Provides:
Kindly contributed by Peter Dietz with the support of Ohio State University Libraries |
Curation Task for Consuming Web Services Kindly contributed by Richard Rodgers with the support of Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
Request Item Copy for JSPUI and XMLUI
[original Minho addon docs: RequestCopy] Original contribution of the University of Minho, improvements and porting to XMLUI by Andrea Bollini with the support of CILEA | |
More Information
Additional information about DSpace 4.0 may be found in the 4.0 Documentation.
A full list of all changes / bug fixes in 4.0 is available in the History section of the 4.0 Documentation.
(All non-commercial images in the above table are free-to-use images borrowed from elsewhere or they are logos used to identify their respective products/services. In order: chart image, import icon, key icon, magnifier icon, documents icon, lock icon, phone icon, TODO - TODO - TODO)
Possible JIRA tickets to resolve (automated list)
This is the list of JIRA tickets ("New Features" and Improvements) currently scheduled for 4.0. There is no guarantee they will all be completed in time for 4.0 release, and tickets may be dropped/added to the list at any time. But, if you'd like to volunteer to help with one, please let us know by attaching a comment to the ticket in question.
Changes
The following changes have already been made to the codebase and will be released in 4.0. Please note that the below listing is dynamically generated, so it will be changing as we continue to add new features, improvements and bug fixes to the 4.0 release.
New Features in 4.0
General Improvements in 4.0
Bug Fixes in 4.0
Organizational Details
Release Coordination
Instead of a single "Release Coordinator", the DSpace 4.0 release will be managed by a "Release Team".
Release Team Leader
Release Team Members
All Release Team membership information is tentative, as of July 8, 2013. Please feel free to volunteer if you are interested!
Timeline and Processing
Your contributions are welcome now! Code and documentation need not be finished, so long as it is working and we can all see what it is for. Time is set aside for fixing, polishing, and integration. We have some general Code Contribution Guidelines available, but you are also welcome to ask questions on the dspace-devel mailing list.
| Date | Milestone | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| October 07 | Deadline for feature pull requests | If you wish to contribute features to DSpace 4.0, you must submit a pull request by this date. |
| October 09 | Weekly developers' meeting devoted to review of feature pull requests for 4.0 | The entire hour's meeting will be used to discuss proposed features submitted by the deadline. |
| October 16 | Weekly developers' meeting devoted to review of feature pull requests for 4.0 | The entire hour's meeting will be used to discuss proposed features submitted by the deadline. |
| October 21 | Feature freeze | DSpace 4.0 is considered feature-complete on this date. Only bugfixes will be pulled between this date and final release. |
| October 31 | Release Candidate 1 tagged | A DSpace 4.0 Release Candidate will be available for wider testing. |
| November 04-15 | Testathon | Intensive public testing of the RC is invited. The Release Team will focus on getting problems resolved. |
| November 21 | Release Candidate 2 tagged | An updated DSpace 4.0 Release Candidate will be available for wider testing. |
| December 04 | DSpace 4.0 release tagged | DSpace 4.0 is released for general use. |
Release Process needs to proceed according to the following Maven release process: Release Procedure
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