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  • General features
    • Feedback form
    • Contextual help (e.g. hover-overs which provide hints/tips on using the user interface)
    • View your groups (on user profile page)
    • Request a Copy
    • Support "Browse By" configurations for custom browse options. In 7.0, "Browse By" options shown in the UI are hardcoded when they should be read from configuration.
  • Submission related features
    • Support drag & drop of multiple files at once from MyDSpace page.  In 7.0, only one file can be drag & dropped at a time from MyDSpace...however, you can drag & drop additional ones during submission.
    • Embargo entire Item (including metadata). In 7.0, only a Bitstream/File can be embargoed
    • Make an Item private during submission.  In 7.0, it's only possible to make an item private after it is submitted.
    • Extracting metadata from a bibliographic file (e.g. BibTex, PDF) to enrich an in-progress submission.  In 7.0, metadata extraction only will occur when uploading a file from the MyDSpace page to start a new submission. 
    • External lookup of metadata using a search or identifier (e.g. DOI) to enrich an in-progress submission.  In 7.0, external searches/lookups can only be done from the MyDSpace page to start a new submission.
    • SHERPA/RoMEO Integration
    • Support for kicking off a Curation Task during Submission process.
  • Workflow related features
    • Full support for custom configurable workflow steps.  In 7.0, some workflow step names are hardcoded, so custom named steps may not be recognized automatically.
    • Ability to batch claim workflow tasks. In 7.0, you can only claim one task at a time.
    • Preview an item during workflow approval (via a button), to allow for easier accepting/rejecting.
  • Administrative features
    • Export an Item, a Collection or a Community to Zip file
    • Batch Import from a Zip file
    • Ability to export metadata (to CSV) from search results.
    • Ability to preview Batch Metadata changes during import of CSV.  In 7.0, it is possible to import a CSV but you are not shown a preview of pending changes.
    • Create a new Item Version (as an administrator or a submitter).  In 7.0, viewing Item Versions is supported, but new versions cannot be created.
    • Embargo an archived Item - applying an embargo after the fact to an Item that is already available.
    • Bulk access control management (previously called "Advanced Policy Manager") - The ability to modify policies on several items at once.
    • OAI-PMH harvesting (from an external OAI-PMH endpoint) into a DSpace Collection
    • Edit Homepage News from Admin UI
  • Statistics features
    • Workflow reports - statistics on items currently in workflow approval.
    • Administrative (potentially log-based) statistical reports (still under discussion on inclusion or exclusion)

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