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The newly established DSpace Development Fund supports the development of new features prioritized by DSpace Governance. For a list of planned features see the fund wiki page.
Version 7.0
DSpace 7.0 is under active development, and is tentatively scheduled to be released in 2018.
Table of Contents:
DSpace 7.0 Features (in Progress)
DSpace 7.0 release will concentrate on two primary major features:
- A new User Interface based on Angular 2 (to replace XMLUI and JSPUI)
- A refactored/enhanced REST API (using modern REST best practices)
This work is actively taking place at: DSpace 7 Working Group Please join us! Anyone is welcome to take part in building DSpace 7.
For much more information on the history behind these decisions, see DSpace 7 UI Project Plain Language Summary
Wishlist for DSpace 7.0 (not comprehensive)
The following is an (unordered) list of changes / new features that we'd like to see added to DSpace 7.0. If you have additional features to add, please feel free. We also NEED volunteers to make these features happen, so please do volunteer if you are willing to work on a particular change! Please note that we reserve the right to reschedule/reject any feature that may not align well with the longer term RoadMap.
| Feature | Notes / Tickets | Priority | Volunteer(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single Embargo system |
| Medium | |
| Single built-in Statistical Engine (SOLR Statistics) |
| Low | |
| Enhanced Solr Statistical Reports |
| Medium | |
| Oauth authentication plugin | Dryad (a fork of DSpace) has already implemented this, and reportedly is interested in contributing it to DSpace | Medium | |
| Inline video player | Required: Closed caption capability for accessibility | Low |
Pull Requests to review for possible inclusion
Code Changes in DSpace 7.0
New Features in 7.0
General Improvements in 7.0
Bug Fixes in 7.0
Organizational Details
Release Coordination
Instead of a single "Release Coordinator", the DSpace 7.0 release will be managed by a "Release Team".
Release Team Leader
- TBD
Release Team Members
Please volunteer (by emailing Tim Donohue), if you are interested in joining the team!
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.
Release Timeline
Please note that the dates below are estimates of when particular activities may occur. As there are many factors involved in a major release, these are subject to change.
| Date | Milestone | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | Deadline for feature pull requests | If you wish to contribute features to DSpace 7.0, you must submit a pull request by this date. |
| TBD | Weekly developers' meeting devoted to review of feature pull requests for 5.0 | The entire hour's meeting will be used to discuss proposed features submitted by the deadline. |
| TBD | Weekly developers' meeting devoted to review of feature pull requests for 5.0 | The entire hour's meeting will be used to discuss proposed features submitted by the deadline. |
| TBD | Feature freeze | DSpace 7.0 is considered feature-complete on this date. Only bugfixes will be pulled between this date and final release. |
| TBD | Release Candidate 1 tagged | A DSpace 7.0 Release Candidate will be available for wider testing. |
| TBD | Release Candidate 2 tagged | |
| TBD | Testathon | Intensive public testing of the 7.0 Release Candidate is invited. The Release Team will focus on getting problems resolved. |
| TBD | Release Candidate 3 tagged | An updated DSpace 7.0 Release Candidate will be available for wider testing. |
| 2018 | DSpace 7.0 is publicly released | DSpace 7.0 is released for download and general use. |
Release Process needs to proceed according to the following Maven release process: Release Procedure
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