VIVO 1.10.0-RC-1 is available for community testing.  The primary features/updates found in this release include:

A full list of JIRA tickets addresses by this release can be found here: https://jira.duraspace.org/issues/?filter=13210

To test the release candidate download and build from the source code to deploy into a servlet container https://github.com/vivo-project/VIVO/tree/rel-1.10.0-RC-1

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Download a no source vagrant https://github.com/vivo-community/vivo-vagrant/tree/rel-1.10.0-RC-1

See the VIVO 1.10 Technical Documentation wiki for instructions:  https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/VIVODOC110x/VIVO+1.10.x+Documentation

Community testing of this release candidate is critical. Please provide your feedback on the release testing page  https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/VIVO/Release+Testing+-+1.10.0.

My heartfelt thanks to all the community volunteers who made this release happen.  It is a great pleasure to work with so many talented people!

Heading to the VIVO Conference  It's conference time.  Fly, drive, bike, walk over to the JB Duke Hotel in Durham, North Carolina, USA on the campus of Duke University for the 9th Annual VIVO Conference.  The conference starts this Wednesday with workshops, a Leadership Group meeting, the Welcoming reception, and dinner for hotel guests in the JB Duke Marketplace.  See the full program on the conference web site.  Late registrants are welcome.  See you in Durham!

Go VIVO!

Mike

Mike Conlon 
VIVO Project Director