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Release Notes

Welcome to Release 1.8.0. The developers have volunteered many hours to fix, re-write and contribute new software code for this release. Documentation has also been updated.

The following is a list of the new features included for release 1.8.0 (not an exhaustive list):

• Improvements to the upgrade and configuration process (sections of dspace.cfg have been split into separate configuration files).
• More Curation Tools/Plugins.
• Configurable Workflow.
• SWORD Client.
• SWORDv2 Server Module.
• RSS feeds now support richer features, such as iTunes podcast and publishing to iTunesU (see new "webui.feed.podcast.*" settings).
• Enhancements to Discovery.
• Rewrite of Creative Commons licensing for the XMLUI.
• Reordering of bitstreams.
• Enable virus checking during submission.
• Ability to Withdraw/Reinstate/Delete Items in Bulk, via Batch Metadata Editing.

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A big thank you also goes out to the DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT), who helped the developers to prioritize and plan out several of the new features that made it into 1.8.0. this release. The current DCAT members include: Amy Lana, Augustine Gitonga, Bram Luyten, Ciarán Walsh, Claire Bundy, Dibyendra Hyoju, Elena Feinstein, Elin Stangeland, Imma Subirats, Iryna Kuchma, Jennifer Laherty, Jim Ottaviani, Leonie Hayes, Maureen Walsh, Michael Guthrie, Sarah Shreeves, Sue Kunda, and Valorie Hollister.

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Want to see your name appear in our list of contributors? All you have to do is report an issue, fix a bug, improve our documentation or help us determine the necessary requirements for a new feature! Visit our Issue Tracker to take part and get your name on the list of DSpace Contributors! report a bug, or join dspace-devel mailing list to take part in development work. If you'd like to help improve our current documentation, please get in touch with one of our Committers with your ideas. You don't even need to be a developer! Repository managers can also get involved by volunteering to join the DSpace Community Advisory Team and helping our developers to plan new features.

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