Introduction to Fedora 4

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Fedora 4.0 Features

Administrative Console

Tour of the HTML administrative interface.

Authorization

Pluggable authorization framework.

Basic Authorization

Role-based authentication.

XACML Authorization

XACML enforcement implementation.

Durable Storage

Features relating to preservation and long-term access.

Fixity

Generating and comparing checksums.

Backup and Restore

Full repository backup and restoration.

Export and Import

Export a node or a section of the node hierarchy.

Import an exported node or node hierarchy.

Option to export in JCR/XML for transparency.

Policy-Driven Storage

Policies can route different types of files to different back-end storage locations on ingest.

Versioning

Versions can be created across the entire repository or on particular API calls.

Content Modelling

Content can be modelled using Compact Node Definitions (CNDs).

A CND can define a number of properties and be assigned to objects as a mixin.

Any number of mixins can be assigned to an object; they are cumulative.

Linked Data

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Search

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Internal Search

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External Search

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Triplestore

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Transactions

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Clustering

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