Page History
Info | ||
---|---|---|
| ||
This documentation was produced with Confluence software. A PDF version was generated directly from Confluence. An online, updated version of this 7.x Documentation is also available at: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x |
Welcome to Release 7.0, the next major release of the DSpace platform. Any previous version of DSpace may be upgraded to DSpace 7 directly. For more information, please see Upgrading DSpace.
Table of Contents |
---|
7.0 Beta 1 Release Notes
Warning | ||
---|---|---|
| ||
DSpace 7 is still under active development. As a Beta release, we do not recommend installing this in production. Rather, we ask that you consider installing it in a test environment, try it out, and report back any issues or bugs you notice. To try out DSpace 7.0 Beta1 immediately, see Try out DSpace 7 For more information on the upcoming Beta and Final release schedule see DSpace 7 Release Goals. |
New features to look for
...
| |
Installing DSpace provides an overview of the DSpace 7 installation process and all prerequisite software. You should review this before attempting an upgrade, in order to ensure you are running the required versions of Java, Node, etc. Upgrading DSpace provides a guide for upgrading from any old version of DSpace to v7. As in the past, your data migrates automatically, no matter which older version you are running. However, as the old XMLUI and JSPUI user interfaces are no longer supported, you must switch to using the new User Interface. |
Table of Contents | ||
---|---|---|
|
7.6.1 Release Notes
...
Info | ||
---|---|---|
| ||
To try out DSpace 7.6.1 immediately, see Try out DSpace 7. This includes instructions for a quick-install via Docker, as well as information on our DSpace demo site. To upgrade to DSpace 7.6.1 from 7.x or any prior version, see Upgrading DSpace
To install DSpace 7.6.1 for the first time, see Installing DSpace.
|
...
...
...
DSpace 7.6.1 provides bug fixes & performance improvements to the 7.6.x platform. No new features are provided. As such this release should be an easier upgrade for sites already running 7.6.
Major bug fixes / improvements include:
- Performance improvements
- User interface no longer repeatedly requests the "/api" endpoint of the backend. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2482 (Donated by Atmire)
- "Edit Group" page performs much better for groups with a lot of members. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/9052 and https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2512
- Workflow Tasks page loads more quickly for a logged-in EPerson who is a member of many groups. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/9053 (Donated by Atmire)
- OAI-PMH no longer has high memory usage during/after harvesting. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/8846 (Donated by Christian Bethge, ULB)
- Improved performance of "./dspace update-handle-prefix" script. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/9066 (Donated by 4Science)
- Improved performance of "./dspace checker" script. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/9180 (Donated by 4Science)
- Improved performance of "./dspace generate-sitemaps" script (and automatic sitemaps). https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/3182 (Donated by 4Science)
- General fixes
- Specific browser plugins no longer cause the User Interface to appear blank. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2450 (Donated by floriangantner, U of Bamberg)
- Emails sent by DSpace no longer have blank "Subject" fields. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/8921 (Donated by Mark Wood, Indiana University)
- Navbar menu on mobile devices now works in Firefox/Safari. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2372 (Donated by eScire)
- Git is no longer required as a build dependency. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/9032 (Donated by Cottage Labs)
- Item view fixes
- Handle redirects now work properly when "ui.nameSpace" config (on frontend) is customized. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2517 (Donated by Atmire)
- Bitstream URLs now work properly if "ui.nameSpace" config (on frontend) is customized. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2446 (Donated by Atmire)
- Thumbnails now work properly for Bitstreams having special characters. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/9112 (Donated by floriangantner, U of Bamberg)
- Fixed display issue of media viewer (controls hidden behind header). https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2341 (Donated by 4Science)
- MathJax code is no longer displayed twice. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2170 (Donated by Atmire)
- Fixed issue where some "Edit Item" pages were visible (but not usable)to anonymous users. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2609 (Donated by 4Science)
- Browse/Search fixes
Additional major changes to be aware of in the 7.x platform (not an exhaustive list):
...
- XMLUI and JSPUI are no longer supported or distributed with DSpace. All users should immediately migrate to and utilize the new Angular User Interface. There is no migration path from either the XMLUI or JSPUI to the new User interface. However, the new user interface can be themed via HTML and CSS (SCSS).
- The old REST API ("rest" webapp from DSpace v4.x-6.x) is deprecated and will be removed in v8.x. The new REST API (provided in the "server" webapp) replaces all functionality available in the older REST API. If you have tools that rely on the old REST API, you can still (optionally) build & deploy it alongside the "server" webapp via the "-Pdspace-rest" Maven flag.
- The Submission Form configuration has changed. The "item-submission.xml" file has changed its structure, and the "input-forms.xml" has been replaced by a "submission-forms.xml". For early documentation see Configuration changes in the submission process (FULL DOCUMENTATION COMING SOON)
- ElasticSearch Usage Statistics have been removed. Please use SOLR Statistics or DSpace Google Analytics Statistics.
- The traditional, 3-step Workflow system has been removed in favor of the Configurable Workflow System. For most users, you should see no effect or difference. The default setup for this Configurable Workflow System is identical to the traditional, 3-step workflow ("Approve/Reject", "Approve/Reject/Edit Metadata", "Edit Metadata")
- Apache Solr is no longer embedded within the DSpace installer (and has been upgraded to Solr v7). Solr now MUST be installed as a separate dependency alongside the DSpace backend. See Installing DSpace.
- Some command-line tools/scripts are enabled in the new REST API (e.g. index-discovery): See new Scripts endpoint:
- Hierarchical browse indexes for controlled vocabularies can now be disabled.
- DSpace now has a single, backend "server" webapp to deploy in Tomcat (or similar). In DSpace 6.x and below, different machine interfaces (OAI-PMH, SWORD v1 or v2, RDF, REST API) were provided via separate deployable webapps. Now, all those interfaces along with the new REST API are in a single, "server" webapp built on Spring Boot. You can now control which interfaces are enabled, and what path they appear on via configuration (e.g. "oai.enabled=true" and "oai.path=oai"). See https://jira.lyrasis.org/browse/DS-4257 (FULL DOCUMENTATION COMING SOON)
- Configuration has been upgraded to Apache Commons Configuration version 2. For most users, you should see no effect or difference. No DSpace configuration files were modified during this upgrade and no configurations or settings were renamed or changed. However, if you locally modified or customized the
[dspace]/config/config-definition.xml
(DSpace's Apache Commons Configuration settings), you will need to ensure those modifications are compatible with Apache Commons Configuration version 2. See the Apache Commons Configuration's configuration definition file reference for more details. - DSpace now has sample Docker images (configurations) which can be used to try out DSpace quickly. See Try out DSpace 7 ("Install via Docker" section)
Additional Resources
At this time, the DSpace 7 documentation is still in progress, but has begun at https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x/
That said, we have a number of recorded presentations and workshops available which provide an overview of all the new 7.0 features.
- Presentations / Workshops from OR2019 (June 2019). Some video recordings exist https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+7+at+OR2019
- Getting Started with DSpace 7 Workshop at the North American User Group Meeting (Sept 2019). Includes slides, workshop materials & a video recording. https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/2019+DSpace+North+American+User+Group+Meeting
- Additional DSpace 7 presentations/workshops/webinars are planned for 2020, including at the OR2020 conference
...
A full list of all changes / bug fixes in 7.x is available in the Changes in 7.x section.
...
7.0 Acknowledgments
Major Contributing Institutions
The following institutions have been major code contributors to the DSpace 7 release (in general)
Frontend / New User Interface Acknowledgments
The following individuals have contributed directly to the new DSpace (Angular) User Interface in this release (ordered by number of GitHub commits): Lotte Hofstede (LotteHofstede), Giuseppe Digilio (atarix83), Kristof (Atmire-Kristof), Art Lowel (artlowel), William Welling (wwelling and wellingWilliam), Michael Spalti (mspalti), Laura Henze (lhenze), Jonas Van Goolen (jonas-atmire), Marie Verdonck (MarieVerdonck), Terry Brady (terrywbrady), Andrea Chiapparelli (andreachiapparelli), Ben Bosman (benbosman), Antoine Snyers (antoine-atmire), Matteo (sourcedump), Bram Luyten (bram-atmire), Courtney Pattison (courtneypattison), Àlex Magaz Graça (rivaldi8), Tim Donohue (tdonohue), Chris Wilper (cwilper), Christian Scheible (christian-scheible), Alexander Sulfrian (AlexanderS), Paulo Graça (paulo-graca), Mohamed Mohideen Abdul Rasheed (mohideen), Philip Vissenaekens (PhilipVis), Pascal-Nicolas Becker (pnbecker), Hardy Pottinger (hardyoyo), Mateus Mercer (MatMercer), Martin Walk (MW3000), Julius Gruber (Flusspferd123)
The following individuals have contributed a translation of the new interface: Marina Muilwijk (Dutch), Claudia Jürgen (German), Maria Fernanda Ruiz (Spanish), Vítor Silvério Rodrigues (Brazilian Portuguese), Ivan Masar (Czech)
- issues/8947 (Donated by Toni Prieto)
- Pagination is now reset when changing searches. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2159 (Donated by eScire)
- Unicode characters now work properly in search filters. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/8914 (Donated by Toni Prieto)
- Submission/Workflow form fixes
- Submission form no longer hangs / enters infinite loop in specific scenarios. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/1924 and https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2577 (Donated by 4Science)
- Freetext is now supported in controlled vocabulary fields where "closed=false". https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2435 (Donated by Atmire, with support from the International Livestock Research Institute)
- Date field can now be modified easier when editing an existing submission. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2588 (Donated by 4Science)
- "metadata.hide" fields are no longer hidden from submitters/reviewers. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/1997 (Donated by Toni Prieto)
- "Type" dropdown no longer changes to first entry in list when pressing Enter. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2145 (Donated by eScire)
- Workflow curation tasks can now be "queued" for later. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/9070 (Donated by Agustina Martinez, Cambridge University)
- Removed "Add More" button when additional sections not available. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2535 (Donated by Atmire)
- Added submitter information in "dc.description.provenance" as in older versions. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/8585 (Donated by Arvo Consultores)
- Authentication fixes
- Entering an incorrect password no longer results in a blank login menu in Firefox. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2515 (Donated by Atmire)
- LDAP is no longer broken if groupmaps were enabled. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/8920 (Donated by wwuck)
- Special groups are only added for the authentication system the user used to login. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/9127 (Donated by 4Science)
- Login popup now lists login methods in order of configuration. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2365 (Donated by Atmire)
- Admin tools fixes
- A new Metadata Schema in registry no longer requires a page reload to appear. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/1081 (Donated by eScire)
- Moving items between collections now inherits policies correctly. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/8987 (Donated by Atmire)
- Statistics fixes
- Google Analytics bitstream statistics are now limited to the "ORIGINAL" bundle. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/8938 (Donated by Atmire)
- Theming fixes
- Configuring themes using "handle" now works properly. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2348 (Donated by Atmire)
- Extending a theme no longer causes it to potentially render multiple times. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2346 (Donated by Atmire)
- Search Engine Optimization fixes
- Access restricted and "Non-Discoverable" Items are no longer listed in Sitemaps. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/5394 and https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/5343 (Donated by 4Science)
- Accessibility fixes
- Fixes to accessibility of Community List (/community-list) page. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2251 (Donated by Cottage Labs)
- Added an invisible "Skip to main content" button on all pages. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2523 (Donated by Atmire)
- Translation bug fixes
- Translation files (i18n files) are now hashed, so they are no longer reloaded unless they change. https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular/issues/2461 (Donated by Atmire)
- Localized "default_[language-code].license" files are supported again. https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/8882 (Donated by PCG Academia)
- Translations are now working properly for item status badges in MyDSpace.
...
Backend / REST API Acknowledgments
- issues/2387 (Donated by Mirko Scherf)
- Replication Task Suite version 7.6 has been released to add compatibility with all DSpace 7.6.x releases. This Maven plugin can be used to provide extra curation tasks for AIP Backup and Restore.
- Many other bug fixes and dependency updates as listed in Changes in 7.x.
Updated Language support:
- Finnish (Suomi) translation updates donated by Reeta Kuukoski (reetagithub)
- Italian (Italiano) language updates donated by 4Science
- Polish (Polski) translation updates donated by Michał Dykas (michdyk)
- Brazilian Portuguese (Português do Brasil) updates donated by Marco Aurelio Cardoso (marcoaureliocardoso)
- Portugese (Português) language updates donated by José Carvalho (j-n-c)
- (New) Serbian Cyrillic (Српски) language translations donated by Milos Ivanovic (imilos)
- (New) Serbian Latin (Srpski (lat)) language translations donated by Milos Ivanovic (imilos)
- Spanish (Español) translation updates donated by Arvo Consultores
7.6.1 Acknowledgments
The DSpace application would not exist without the hard work and support of its community. Thank you to the many developers who have worked very hard to deliver all the bug fixes and improvements. This release was entirely volunteer driven!
Development Acknowledgments
A total of 38 unique individuals contributed to 7.6.1.
Frontend / User Interface Acknowledgments
The following 29 individuals have contributed directly to the new DSpace (Angular) User Interface in this release (ordered by number of GitHub commits): Alexandre Vryghem (alexandrevryghem), Tim Donohue (tdonohue), Hugo Daniel Dominguez de la Cruz (hugo-escire), Davide Negretti (davide-negretti), Vladzislav Novski (vNovski), Eike Löhden (Leano1998), Hrafn Malmquist (J4bbi), Paulo Graça (paulo-graca), Art Lowel (artlowel), Michał Dykas (michdykThe following individuals have contributed directly to the DSpace backend (REST API, Java API, OAI-PMH, etc) in this release (ordered by number of GitHub commits): Raf (Raf-atmire), Andrea Bollini (abollini), Mark Wood (mwoodiupui), Luigi Andrea Pascarelli (lap82), Terry Brady (terrywbrady), Tom Desair (tomdesair), Ben Bosman (benbosman), Tim Donohue (tdonohue), Marie Verdonck (MarieVerdonck), Chris Wilper (cwilper), Michele Boychuk (Micheleboychuk), jpelgrims-atmire, Kevin Van de Velde (KevinVdV), Andrew Wood (AndrewZWood), Peter (peter-atmire), Michael Spalti (mspalti), Patrick Trottier (PTrottier), Pablo (ppmdo), Alexander Sulfrian (AlexanderS), Hardy Pottinger (hardyoyo), Kim Shepherd (kshepherd), William Tantzen (tantz001), Jonas Van Goolen (jonas-atmire), Pascal-Nicolas Becker (pnbeker), Ivan Masar (helix84), Kristof (Atmire-Kristof), Paulo Graça (paulo-graca), James Creel (jcreel), Ian Little (ilittle-cnri), Alan Orth (alanorth), Claudia Jürgen (cjuergen), Miika Nurminen (minurmin), cdelacroix, Giuseppe Digilio (atarix83), Hrafn Malmquist (J4bbi), Bram Luyten (bram-atmire), Christian Scheible (christian-scheible), ssolim, santit96, Julius Gruber (Flusspferd123), Saiful Amin (saiful-semantic), Mohamed Mohideen Abdul Rasheed (mohideen), József Marton (jmarton), marsaoua, Àlex Magaz Graça (rivaldi8) Kristof De Langhe (Atmire-Kristof), Milos Ivanovic (imilos), Mirko Scherf (mirkoscherf), Sascha Szott (saschaszott), Mark Wood (mwoodiupui), William Welling (wwtamu), Lotte Hofstede (LotteHofstede), Flo (floriangantner), Hardy Pottinger (hardyoyo), Sergio Fernández Celorio (sergius02), Yury Bondarenko (ybnd), Agustina Martinez (amgciadev), Reeta Kuukoski (reetagithub), Nona Luypaert (nona-luypaert), Kim Shepherd (kshepherd), Yana De Pauw (YanaDePauw), Marie Verdonck (MarieVerdonck)
The above contributor lists were The above contributor list was determined based on contributions to the "DSpacedspace-angular" project in GitHub since between 7.6 .0 (after Oct 24June 23, 2016): 2023) and 7.6.1: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpacedspace-angular/graphs/contributors?from=20162023-1006-2423&to=20202023-0311-0315&type=c Therefore this list may include individuals who contributed to later 6.x releases, but only if their bug fix was also applied to 7.0.
Additional Thanks
Additional thanks to our DSpace Leadership Group and DSpace Steering Group for their ongoing DSpace support and advice. Thanks also to LYRASIS for your leadership, collaboration & support in helping to speed up the development process of DSpace 7.
Thanks also to the various developer & community Working Groups who have worked diligently to help make DSpace 7 a reality. These include:
- DSpace 7 Working Group
- DSpace 7 Entities Working Group
- DSpace 7 Marketing Working Group
- DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT)
...
Backend / REST API Acknowledgments
The following 20 individuals have contributed directly to the DSpace backend (REST API, Java API, OAI-PMH, etc.) in this release (ordered by number of GitHub commits): Tim Donohue (tdonohue), Agustina Martinez (amgciadev), Mark Wood (mwoodiupui), Paulo Graça (paulo-graca), Toni Prieto (toniprieto), Adán Román Ruiz (aroman-arvo), Christian Bethge (ChrisBethgster), Alan Orth (alanorth), Nicholas Woodward (nwoodward), Nona Luypaert (nona-luypaert), Alexandre Vryghem (alexandrevryghem), Hrafn Malmquist (J4bbi), Andrea Bollini (abollini), Luca Giamminonni (LucaGiamminonni), damian-joz, Michael Spalti (mspalti),