Latest Release DSpace 4.0

DSpace 4.0 can be downloaded from the files area in SourceForge (Zip) or viaGitHub (dspace-4.0 tag).  Release documentation is available at DSpace 4.x Documentation.

DSpace 4 is the latest major release offering many new features, bug fixes and improvements. We encourage users to upgrade to 4.x.

New Features and Improvements

General:

• (NEW) REST API module (based on JAX RS 1.0);
• (NEW) "Request a Copy" for files that are not yet available for public downloading;
• (NEW) DOI Support;
• Discovery (filtered search/browse) formally replaces legacy Search & Browse;
• SWORDv2 module updates;
• Improved command line features;
• Support simple embargo in AIP import/export (see DS-1514);
• Support running Handle server and application container on separate machines;
• Improvements to LDAP Authentication;
• Media filter generates better-looking thumbnails (see DS-1259);
• Curation task for consuming "web services" (see DS-1647);
• Filtering of web spiders from Statistics based on domain/user-agent
• Improvements to help Google Scholar (and similar) better index your content (see DS-1481, DS-1482, DS-1483)

JSPUI Specific:

• (NEW) A new Bootstrap-based default look and feel (see DS-1675 for screenshots);
• (NEW) Integrated PubMed, Arxiv and CrossRef metadata lookup;

XMLUI Specific:

• Support simple embargo in item display (see DS-1697);
• Language switching from the XMLUI (see DS-842);
• Mobile theme matures from beta;

For much more information on each of these features or improvements, please visit our 4.0 Release Notes.