[BOAI] NEWS RELEASE: Fedora 3.5 is Now Available!

[Peter Suber]

[Forwarding from DuraSpace.  --Peter Suber.]


*NEWS RELEASE*

August 23, 2011

Contact: Carol Minton Morris <cmmorris at duraspace.org> <
cmmorris at duraspace.org>
Online: http://bit.ly/qqCMDg
 *NOW AVAILABLE: Fedora 3.5*
*The latest release of Fedora is ready for integration into large repository
systems*

*Ithaca, NY* Today the Fedora Committers Group and the DuraSpace
organization announced the release of Fedora 3.5. This release of Fedora,
the robust framework for building digital repositories, focuses on several
"under the hood" changes that improve Fedora's ability to be integrated and
tested as part of larger repository systems. Version 3.5, led by Aaron
Birkland, Developer, Cornell University, also sets the stage for a full move
to Spring-based pluggability (http://www.springsource.com/) and
configuration. Several of the most popular issues are addressed in this
release, including dropping the requirement to use DBXML if you elect to use
FeSL for policy enforcement.

Download here:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FEDORA35/Fedora+3.5+Documentation

*Features*

   - Spring-based configuration. Fedora has adopted Spring as a means of
   configuring its internal components. This move to a modern, enterprise-grade
   framework offers greater flexibility for integrating repository components,
   and allows Fedora to more easily adapt to challenging deployment
   environments. While fedora.fcfg is considered deprecated as of this release,
   due to time constraints some module configuration has not yet been moved out
   of fedora.fcfg and into native spring xml. See also Spring Configuration in
   the documentation.
   - Standard WAR file distribution. Fedora runtime configuration has moved
   entirely outside of the WAR file, allowing a single standardized war file to
   be included in each release. This allows bugfix releases to be distributed
   and applied in a much simpler fashion than before: merely replace the old
   WAR file with the updated one.
   - FeSL policy enforcement improvements. Numerous enhancements have been
   made to FeSL authZ. Notably, the requirement of installing dbxml has been
   removed. This had been a barrier to FeSL testing and adoption. With the
   various improvements in FeSL authZ, we consider this feature "beta" and
   encourage users of Fedora to give it a try and provide feedback.
   - FEDORA_HOME environment variable no longer required to run fedora
   server. Outside of running commandline utilities, FEDORA_HOME is now
   ignored, and has been completely replaced with more flexible means of
   specifying the location of the fedora home directory.
   - JSON support for RISearch Resource index searches now support JSON,
   allowing greater ease of use with javascript clients.
   - DC datastream fixes. The DC datastream, with contains information
   needed for the internal functioning of Fedora, is now more robust. If a user
   inadvertently removes the necessary dc:identifier fields, this will be
   automatically corrected.
   - Build and testing improvements. Numerous testing and development
   improvements are part of 3.5. Perhaps most notably, deployment and running
   of a live Fedora instance can now be managed automatically as part of a
   standard maven build.

Fedora is an open source project of the DuraSpace organization.

*About DuraSpace*

DuraSpace is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.  DuraSpace provides
leadership and innovation in the use of open source and cloud-based
technologies to serve libraries, universities, and research centers, for
managing and preserving digital content.  The organization’s open source
technology portfolio includes the DSpace open access repository application
and the Fedora open repository platform. DuraSpace is the home of DuraCloud,
an emerging cloud-based service that leverages existing cloud infrastructure
to ensure durability and enable access to digital content.
http://duraspace.org/.

-- 
Carol Minton Morris
DuraSpace
Director of Marketing and Communications
cmmorris at DuraSpace.org
Skype: carolmintonmorris
607 592-3135
Twitter at DuraSpace <http://twitter.com/duraspace>
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http://DuraSpace.org <http://duraspace.org/>

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