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Update March 24, 2016: After detailed discussion of all prototypes, public feedback, etc, the UI Working Group has written a detailed Summary of options / discussions:

• DSpace UI Working Group Summary: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bvJrRWEO2ZLTCLqNiaJ_KXGZKHNfXDjnqHWt_ZYGek4/edit

As detailed in this document, the UI architecture has been narrowed down to two options under consideration:

1. A Java-based, server-side solution based on Spring Boot. For a sample, see Prototype #1 below.
2. A Javascript-based, client-side solution using Spring Boot (for server-side components) and likely Angular 2 (for the client-side UI).  Prototypes #7 (and #4) featured client-side UI options, but neither used Angular 2.

At the DuraSpace Summit (March 16-17), these options were discussed with attendees from the DSpace Steering and Leadership groups. During that discussion, it was decided that we would move forward with an extended prototype of the client-side solution featuring Angular 2.  As noted, none of our original prototypes used Angular 2 (though one did use Angular 1). Yet, Angular 2 has great interest in that it claims to solve the major SEO (search engine optimization) shortcomings of Angular 1.  All original client-side prototypes (#7 and #4) had these SEO shortcomings, which made it difficult to judge their capabilities as a future DSpace UI.

The extended prototype phase will move into May. At that time, a final decision between the two platforms will be made.