DSpace 1.5.1 Release

This release contains numerous bug fixes from the 1.5.0 release, including: browsing, display, and workflow issues in XMLUI; search result and submissions issues in JSPUI; Oracle compatibility; and some minor stability corrections.  In addition, the University of Minho statistics package will now work with XMLUI as well as JSPUI.
More details can be found at  http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/Next_Release_Status,

New Features: Below is a list of major features included in the 1.5.x build.

Manakin

Customize your site design using Manakin, now the default user interface for DSpace. Establish a unique look and feel for your site and incorporate your own branding content on your DSpace site.  Adapt different user interfaces according to the specific needs of your repository, community or collection.

http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november07/phillips/11phillips.html
http://www.dspace.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=512&Itemid=171

Repositories currently using Manakin:
http://repositories.tamu.edu/
http://repositories.tdl.org/
http://www.jobim.org/manakin/
https://www.policyarchive.org/
https://oa.doria.fi/
http://dome.mit.edu/
http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/
 

Submissions

Customize your submission steps for your DSpace repository contributors. You can add, eliminate or change the current order of steps depending on your repository requirements.

https://www.ideals.uiuc.edu/bitstream/2142/207/3/OR2007-ConfigurableSubmission.ppt.pdf

Browsing

Maven

DSpace 1.5 introduces a new Maven-based build system. Maven is a software tool from Apache that allows developers to compile and distribute software projects. Maven allows DSpace to be more modular by arranging the software into sub-components, makes customizations easier by giving developers the tools to maintain customizations, and provides the ability to manage new features as DSpace continues it's accelerating growth rate.
For more information:
http://maven.apache.org/
http://www.devzuz.com/web/guest/products/resources#BBWM
http://www.dspace.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=546&Itemid=171
 
 

SWORD
Integration with the new SWORD, Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit, protocol. Based upon the Atom Publishing Protocol this interface allows for cross-repository deposit of new content. This protocol may enable future tools that will provide for 'one click' deposit.
For more information:
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/j.allinson/or2007-deposit.pdf
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/repositories/digirep/index/

Light Network Interface

Integrate DSpace with legacy or local systems that need to manage content in the repository through the Light Network Interface. This interface provides a programatic interface to manage content within the repository through a WebDAV or SOAP based protocol. For more information:
http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/LightweightNetworkInterface

The Event Mechanism is a means to notify any designated receiver whenever there is a change to any content within DSpace, including the metadata. Uses of the event mechanism would include automatically updating the search and browse indices when content is added or changed.

http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/EventMechanism