This is the July August 2015 edition of the Fedora Newsletter. This newsletter summarizes the most significant activities within the Fedora community over the last month.
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- A general-purpose Fedora 3 to 4 migration utility has been built. Please download and run it over a copy of your Fedora 3 directories. Then report your results, good or bad, to fedora-community@googlegroups.com .
- Use cases and requirements are being formulated now for the Fedora implementation of Web Access Controls API extension architecture. Please review these and make additions or provide comments on the wiki.
- As always, your development contributions are extremely encouraged. Please sign up for one of the ongoing maintenance code sprints or add a comment to any of these tickets if you are interested in understanding better what exactly is needed.
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New Features
Web Access Control
Fedora community stakeholders gathered requirements and designed a WebAccessControl authorization delegate for Fedora 4. This module is an implementation of the W3C WebAccessControl standard for managing authorization using linked data/LDP. The first of two code sprints runs from August 24 - September 4, and the second sprint will run from September 28 - October 9.
API Extension Architecture
Conferences and events
Events in August
Islandora Conference
Upcoming Events
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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