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For a complete list of updates and changes, please see the release notes.

New Features

In late May, Andrew Woods started a mailing list thread on post-4.2.0 Fedora feature development. The top 3 features on the roadmap were:

• WebAccessControl
• Asynchronous Storage
• Transparent filesystem

Web Access Control

Based on community interest, use-case collection and requirements clarification continues in preparation for Fedora's Web Access Control implementation. By Community members were asked to voice interest in one or more of these features, and to indicate what resources (e.g. development, use cases, testing/validation) they could put towards development. Based on the responses, all three features are important enough for Fedora stakeholders to commit resources toward, and by late July we had held our our second and  and third planning  planning calls for the the WebAccessControl authorization delegate [9]. This feature will be designed, developed, and tested by the Fedora community over the next couple months. You can participate as a stakeholder by responding to the recent recent mailing list thread, and you can help with the development effort by by signing up on the wiki.

API Extension Architecture

In support of extending Fedora's capabilities in a way that can be used across the various F4 client application stacks, the API Extension Architecture initiative has been introduced. The use cases which such an approach may potentially address are:

Conferences and events

Upcoming

Hydra Connect

Hydra Connect will be held at the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis campus, Minneapolis, MN, from 21-24 September. The event (hashtag #HydraConnect) is a chance for Hydra Project participants to gather in one place at one time, with an emphasis on synchronizing efforts, technical development, plans, and community links.

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