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Warm regards,
Debra Hanken Kurtz
CEO
2016 Membership update
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- DSpace: $189,500; XX% of budget
- Fedora: $494,750; XX% of budget
- VIVO: $229,500; XX% of budget
- General: $72,500; 91% of budget
PROJECTS
DAVID PLEASE EDIT
FEDORA
NYC Camp-out; Fedora 4.6.0 available; New Fedora Repository web site; Reuse of Fedora resources; How far does Fedora scale?
• Want to learn how to twist the dials and push the buttons on Fedora? Register for Fedora Camp in NYC, hosted by Columbia University Libraries at Columbia University's Butler Library, New York City November 28-30, 2016. Instructor information and a full training schedule are available here: Register . Register today and join us in New York!
Fedora 4.6.0 available
• The August 31, 2016 release of Fedora 4.6.0 release furthers several major objectives:
- Tighten the definition of the RESTful application programming interface (API)
- Refining the messaging service
- Use performance test fixtures to examine the effects of different backends
- Improve durability by encouraging the use of MySQL and PostgreSQL backends
- Deprecation of legacy Transform service
- Fix bugs
This release will be the last release built against a version of Modeshape that uses Infinispan for data storage. Release notes and downloads are available on the wiki. Read more here.
• A Check out the new Fedora Repository web siteThe site was designed in consultation with members of the Fedora Leadership Group and reflects a modern, mobile-friendly approach that makes it easy to find key items first. Read more here.
Reusing Fedora resources
• The community has been working on import and export Fedora tooling to enhance reuse of Fedora resources in other contexts. The result of this effort will mean that users can export to a separate preservation system, as well as migrate resources across Fedora installations, such as from a LevelDB backend to PostgreSQL. Half of the problem is solved with the existing GET/POST interactions for RDF and non-RDF resources provided by the Linked Data Platform API. The other half will addressed by tooling external to Fedora.
How far does Fedora scale?
• If you are interested in testing to determine the current upper-limits of Fedora performance and scalability, please join the discussion on the fedora-community mailing list and attend the next meeting on September 26.
With thanks
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• Thank you to Princeton University for upgrading their annual membership from Bronze to Platinum in support of Fedora this year. For more information on membership and benefits please see the DuraSpace website.
JONATHAN PLEASE EDIT
DSPACE
Right around the corner: DSpace 6.0; DSpace data model discussion
• The DSpace team of volunteer developers are currently working towards verifying that no additional major bugs or issues exist in the 6.0 codebase to resolve known major issues prior to the 6.0 public release. Release Candidate #3 (6.0-RC3) is now available for community testing. More information is available here.. Read more here.
• This month's DCAT (DSpace Community Advisory Team) meeting featured a discussion led by Andrea Bollini, 4Science: "DSpace standard Data model and DSpace-CRIS: exploring convergence" as background for determining how functional needs may require modification of the DSpace data model. Read more here.
MIKE PLEASE EDIT
VIVO
Woods Hole VIVO launched; Technical documentation improvements; VIVO 2016 Conference resources available
The The Marine Biology Laboratory Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution in Woods Hole, Massachusetts, has a new VIVO, and its beautiful! See http://vivo.mblwhoilibrary.org/ Congratulations to the Library at MBLWHOI for creating this wonderful new site!
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The reorganized documentation wiki focuses on describing the VIVO software, and how to do things with it (DevOps, Data Management, and End User usage). The documentation wiki is version specific. If you find something missing, out of place, out-dated, confusing, or otherwise in need of improvement, please let us know, and please consider improving the material by editing, writing, or rearranging. Please contact Graham Triggs if you'd like to help.
VIVO 2016 Conference resources available
The VIVO Members of the VIVO community participated in a remarkable the annual VIVO conference last month in Denver. If you missed the VIVO conference, catch the keynotes on YouTube!
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New service level announcement here
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