DSpace 4.0 ships with a number of new features. Certain features are automatically enabled by default while others require deliberate activation.
The following non-exhaustive list contains the major new features in 3.0 that are enabled by default: |
 Image Modified | Discovery: Search & Browse Discovery is now enabled by default in both XMLUI and JSPUI. The Lucene & DB search & browse backend is still supported, but is deprecated and might be removed in a future release. Solr libraries were upgraded to version 4.4 (JSPUI, XMLUI and OAI modules). - Discovery enhancements for XMLUI:
Kindly contributed by @mire with the support of (??? the World Bank) - Discovery enhancements in JSPUI (example)
- Spell checking
- Solr-based item counter
Kindly contributed by CILEA |
 Image Added | A new Bootstrap-based default look and feel for JSPUI Kindly contributed by CILEA |
| | JSPUI improvements - AJAX progress bar for file upload the submission upload step
- Sherpa/Romeo integration in the submission upload step
- Advanced Embargo feature (originally contributed to XMLUI in DSpace 3.0)
- Item level versioning feature (originally contributed to XMLUI in DSpace 3.0)
- Curation tasks administrative UI
- "Login as" feature
Kindly contributed by CILEA, Keiji Suzuki
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| Image Added | UI Support for batch Batch import for Bibliographic formats - Update to Biblio-transformation-engine 0.9
- Support for Endnote, BibTex, RIS, TSV, CSV, Added data loader for OAI-PMH
- Enhanced batch import routinesNew interface in JSPUI
Kindly contributed by the Greek National Documentation Centre/EKT | Image Removed | Improvements to Authentication by Password
now stores salted hashesold passwords will continue to work and will be automatically converted to salted hashes on next user login |
Kindly contributed by Mark H. Wood with the support of IUPUI University Library  | SWORDv2 module update (see Git Repo: https://github.com/nye-duo/DSpace/tree/swordv2contrib), which provides the following improvements:
- some general bug fixes including: bitstream url construction, config options, context management and connection pool, ORIGINAL bundle problem (
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| server | DuraSpace JIRA |
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| key | DS-1149 |
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) - proper METSDSpaceSIP support in both deposit and update
- proper authentication for accessing actionable bitstreams (i.e. those that can be replaced via sword), tightened security options around mediated actions, and add extra security to the access of descriptive documents (deposit receipts, statements)
- more configuration options: bundles to expose in Statements, DepositMO extensions (for individual files), and many more
- some general refactoring
- addition of 404 responses where necessary
- better support for add/replace of metadata, and how metadata updates are handled on archived items
- update to latest version of Java Server library
- new bitstream formats in the bitstream registry
Kindly contributed by Richard Jones with the support of ... |
 | DOI Support | Jira |
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| server | DuraSpace JIRA |
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| key | DS-1535 |
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Kindly contributed by Pascal-Nicolas Becker & Mark Wood with the support of TU Berlin |
 | Improved command line features - Run commands in batch
- Display DSpace instance information including version and enabled modules
- Create users from command line
Kindly contributed by Mark H. Wood with the support of IUPUI University Library |
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The following list contains all features that are included in the DSpace 3.0 release, but need to be enabled manually.
Review the documentation for these features carefully, especially if you are upgrading from an older version of DSpace. |
| Image Removed | Discovery: Search & Browse Discovery is now enabled by default in both XMLUI and JSPUI. The Lucene & DB search & browse backend is still supported, but is deprecated and might be removed in a future release. Solr libraries were upgraded to version 4.4 (JSPUI, XMLUI and OAI modules). - Discovery enhancements for XMLUI:
Kindly contributed by @mire with the support of (??? the World Bank) - Discovery enhancements in JSPUI (example)
- Spell checking
- Solr-based item counter
Kindly contributed by CILEA |
| Image Removed | A new Bootstrap-based default look and feel for JSPUI Kindly contributed by CILEA |
| | JSPUI improvements
AJAX progress bar for file upload the submission upload stepSherpa/Romeo integration in the submission upload stepAdvanced Embargo feature (originally contributed to XMLUI in DSpace | 3. | 0)Item level versioning feature (originally contributed to XMLUI in DSpace 3.0)"Login as" featureKindly contributed by CILEA, Keiji SuzukiImage Removed | Advanced Embargo
Kindly contributed by @mire with the support of the University of Michigan Libraries |
| Mobile Theme for XMLUI matures from beta Kindly contributed by Elias Tzoc and James Russell with the support of Miami University |
| Improvements to LDAP Authentication Kindly contributed by Ivan Masár |
 | A new REST API module based on Jersey (a JAX RS 1.0 implementation) Provides: - read-only access to communities, collections, items and bitstreams
- handle lookup
- XML and JSON output formats (?)
Kindly contributed by Peter Dietz with the support of Ohio State University Libraries |
| | Curation Task for Consuming Web Services | Jira |
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| key | DS-1647 |
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Kindly contributed by Richard Rodgers with the support of Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| | Request Item Copy for JSPUI and XMLUI - For items with restricted access, allows users to ask the original autor for a copy of the item
[original Minho addon docs: RequestCopy] Original contribution of the University of Minho, improvements and porting to XMLUI by Andrea Bollini with the support of CILEA |