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• Bulk Access Management allows someone with administrative privileges (site wide or over a single object) to perform bulk modifications to the permissions of objects they administer.  This allows for the ability to add/remove embargoes or other access restrictions to many objects at once. (Developed and co-funded by 4Science with the Support of University of Cambridge)
• Support for selecting Primary Bitstream for archived Items, similar to version 6.x.The existing "primary bitstream" selector now functions properly when editing a Bitstream.
• Item counts can now be displayed for all Communities/Collections similar to version 6.x. (Donated by damian-jozPCG Academia)
• Browse Hierarchical Controlled Vocabularies This new feature allows users to browse/search for items quickly using the same controlled vocabulary configured in your submission forms. (Donated by Atmire)
• Signposting support for items and bitstreams. This new feature embeds signposting links/metadata into pages and responses, to better support FAIR guiding principles. (Developed and donated by 4Science) 
• Import Simple Archive Format Zip files from a remote URL. This feature enhances the existing batch import feature to allow you to specify the URL of the ZIP file to import, instead of using the drag & drop upload. (Developed and donated by 4Science)
• ImageMagick Thumbnails for Video files (MP4). A new "ImageMagick Video Thumbnail" plugin can be used to generate thumbnails from Video files using FFmpeg. (Donated by Abel Gómez)
• Ability to map Item submission forms via Entity Type to easily configure a submission form for all Collections accepting the same Entity Type. See the Configurable Entities documentation. (Donated by Paulo Graça)
• New default Privacy Statement and End User Agreement . The new default text of these policies can be found by visiting the links in the footer of our demo site. (Donated by DSpaceDirect)
• Oracle support has been removed as was previously announced in March 2022 on our mailing lists.

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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 (2016-2023) - This is the team behind the code
• DSpace 7 Entities Working Group (2018-19) - This team designed & implemented Configurable Entities
• DSpace 7 Marketing Working Group (2016-2020) - This team did all our DSpace 7marketing, press releases & announcements.
• DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) - This team helped organize/lead the DSpace 7.0 Testathon (to bang on the system to find any last bugs), and they also provided us with advice on features, etc.

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