- Twitter boostrap based theming. Possibly multiple selectable themes. Based on work of Symplectic and work of Cornell
- Support for ORNG widgets (230+) out of the box. Based on work of UCSF and U of Wollongong
- Addition of DOI, ORCiD, and PubMed real-time additions based on work of OpenVIVO
- Improved internationalization support
- Visualizations and supporting architecture based on work at Cornell
- Improve Freemarker theme template structure - remove dependency between Freemarker and JSP layouts
- Generate CiteProc output, use CSL create markup - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CiteProc
- Implementation of TPF for federated queries and cross-site search
- Cross-linking work based on work of EarthCollab and Cornell
- No LD type API based on work of George Washington University and Cornell's DataDistributor
- Implementation of Elastic Search or Funnelback or Solr as selectable search engines based on work of U Colorado
- Search engine facet configuration based on work of UNAVCO and Cornell
- Improvements to Vitro core based on work of Cornell
- Support for Jena 3.1, including RDF 1.1 and SPARQL 1.1
- Domain modularization and selectable loading of domain modules
- Additional clarity for organizational types and lightweight organizational ontology
- Additional clarity for degree types and lightweight degree ontology
- Addition of contribution ontology based on work of OpenVIVO
- Ontology editing enhancements based on work of Cornell
- One spreadsheet loader for biomedical research with PubMed ingest, based on work of Dartmouth and Florida. See Data Loader Task Force
- Data package support including packages for GRID data, journal data, dates. Based on work of OpenVIVO
- Upgrade VIVO Harvester to use Jena 3.1
- Improved build processes for customizations and development
- Improved technical documentation