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Versioning is a new functionality to build the history of an item. Users will have the opportunity to create new version of an existing item any time the will make a change.

Important warnings - read before enabling


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titleDSpace Supported in 7.0 does not yet support1 or above

Item level versioning is was not fully available supported in DSpace 7.0 .  While you can (you were only able to view existing item versions, it is not possible to create new versions.  Full support for item versioning is scheduled to be restored in a later 7.x release (currently 7.1), see versions).  It was restored in DSpace 7.1. See DSpace Release 7.0 Status.

Important warnings

Warning
titleAIP Backup & Restore functionality only works with the Latest Version of Items

If you are using the AIP Backup and Restore functionality to backup / restore / migrate DSpace Content, you must be aware that the "Item Level Versioning" feature is not yet compatible with AIP Backup & Restore. Using them together may result in accidental data loss.  Currently the AIPs that DSpace generates only store the latest version of an Item.  Therefore, past versions of Items will always be lost when you perform a restore / replace using AIP tools. See DS-1382.

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By default, Item Level Versioning is disabled enabled in DSpace 7.As Item Level versioning is not yet supported in DSpace 7.0, documentation will be coming soon.1.  You may choose to disable it by updating this configuration in your local.cfg: 

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versioning.enabled = false


Initial Requirements

The Item Level Versioning implementation builds on following requirements identified by the stakeholders who supported this contribution: Initial Requirements Analysis

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