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1. System downtime is required to upgrade the triple stores
2. SPARQL queries will need to be checked for use of string datatypes. See Data types for string and language
3. Applications directly accessing the SDB triple store will need to be upgraded to use Jena 3 libraries.
4. With the upgrade to Jena 3.x, Java 8 is required. The Maven projects have been upgraded to state a dependency on version 8, and Maven will not run without it.
5. If you have customizations, please see see
   1.  Preserving Customizations During Build for processes to include your customizations in a VIVO build
   2. Additional Considerations for notes which may impact your customizations

Location of runtime.properties

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