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The first open-source release of DSpace-CRIS was based on DSpace 1.8.2. Current releases of DSpace-CRIS are based on current DSpace 7 snapshot, DSpace 5.10 and DSpace 6.3 versions.
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The latest release is DSpace-CRIS 7 2021.03.00 dated December, 30th 2021 This version, released on 30th Dec 2021, provides a new way of rendering an Item detail page, possibility of adding custom html fragments in home page, share functionality on social media. Search and browse performances have been improved, and further checks have been added to improve security and prevent saving of Items in an invalid state when edited. Details of this release are reported below. |
For previous DSpace versions there are no official tags as an enourmous amount of improvements and new features was incorporated on running branches, including the alignment with the not-yet-released DSpace 5.11 and 6.4 versions. For such reasons, new DSpace-CRIS releases will be tagged as soon as DSpace 6.4 and/or 5.11 are out.
Below there is a detailed release plan covering all the known features contributed by 4Science and other community members who support the enhancement of this open-source extension of DSpace (see: DSpace-CRIS Working Group).
A visit to the community page maintained by DSpace-CRIS users is also recommended: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACECRIS/New+Features.
New functionalities are preferably developed for DSpace-CRIS 7 but support for all versions accepted by the DSpace Community is provided. Institutions interested in enhancements for DSpace-CRIS 6.x and DSpace-CRIS 5.x are still welcome to contribute but a plan to implement or support the same use case with version 7 should be provided.
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DSpace-CRIS and DSpace releases are independent, the plain DSpace version used as basis for a DSpace-CRIS version will be noted in the changelog. But, whenever appropriate, it will be possible to release an official DSpace-CRIS version based on a DSpace unreleased version (as it was the case for the first DSpace-CRIS 7.0 release). In such situations, the DSpace-CRIS development team will have reviewed the known issues in DSpace and provided custom remediation, workarounds or alternative functionalities to support the relevant use cases. Some limitations can also be acceptable and just noted in the release notes as they may impact edge scenarios or a limited users' base.
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Releases
The first production-ready DSpace-CRIS 7.0 was released the on 2nd June 2021. The version supports the key use cases and the most demanded features of DSpace-CRIS according to the priorities defined by the community of users (DSpace-CRIS User Group). The first version of DSpace-CRIS 7.0 addressed priorities 1 and 2 with contributions from supporting institutions (resource effort and/or funding) and volunteer work by 4Science (more than 3,000 hours in 2020 and 2021 on top of what 4Science provided for the plain DSpace 7). The original development plan is available here, where tasks in lower priorities can still be found with estimation.
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