• DownloadController uses load_instance_from_solr for speed improvement
• Raise an AccessDenied error if a download is not allowed rather than show an image
•  Autoload the datastreams directory
•  Set default variables (fits_path, id_namespace) in the engine config.

Thanks to Justin Coyne, Carolyn Cole and Mike Giarlo.

The current versions of all Hydra gems can be accessed through https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/hydra/Gems+and+documentation

Sufia is a component that adds self-deposit institutional repository features to a Rails app. Sufia is created with Ruby on Rails and builds on the Hydra Framework.

Sufia has the following features:

• Multiple file, or folder, upload
• Flexible user- and group-based access controls
• Transcoding of audio and video files
• Generation and validation of identifiers
• Fixity checking
• Version control
• Characterization of uploaded files
• Forms for batch editing metadata
• Faceted search and browse (based on Blacklight)
• Social media interaction
• User profiles
• User dashboard for file management
• Highlighted files on profile
• Sharing with groups and users
• User notifications
• Activity streams
• Background jobs
• Single-use links

Version 1.1.0:

•   Tweaks dashboard UI to be less busy: actions now in dropdown button
•   Allows HTML tags in metadata helps to render
•   Fixes notifications icon
•   Raises routing errors in dev and test so they can be resolved
•   Refactors users controller for easy re-use
•   Adds JSON support to users controller
•   Removes dependency on sitemap gem

Thanks to Carolyn Cole, Dan Coughlin, and Justin Coyne for their contributions.

The current versions of all Hydra gems can be accessed through https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/hydra/Gems+and+documentation

Hydra-head 6.1.0

• Fixed Solr 4 compatibility issue in construction of policy clauses in Hydra::PolicyAwareAccessControlsEnforcement.
• Removed references to dictionaries that are not in the default solrconfig. Config templates are now in active-fedora.
• hydra-access-controls requires blacklight.
• Upgrade guide removed — see wiki for upgrade notes.
• Added .yardopts so that rdoc.info generates correct API documentation.
• active-fedora upgraded to 6.1.

Active-Fedora 6.1.0

• Give a list of classes that decend from ActiveFedora::Base
• ActiveFedora::Base.exists?(nil) now returns false. Fixes #56
• Removed extraneous solr configs.
• Deprecated get_values_from_datastream. Fixes #52
• Added ActiveFedora::Base.decendants
• Added some sensible defaults to the solrconfig. Removed comments about old fields.
• active_fedora_model solr field corrected to be single-valued.
• Fixed fields for solrconfig permissions.
• Deprecated Attributes#update_datastream_attributes.
• Delegate registry works with descendants of ActiveFedora::Base, not just direct subclasses. Fixes #59
• New ActiveFedora::Auditable mixin – provides access to Fedora audit trail.
• Fixed has and belongs to many, so it calls remove_relationship on the right object.
• Added jetty.yml to solr generator to overwrite the Blacklight jetty.yml.
• Upgrade to om 2.1.0.

OM 2.1.0

• support for element names with periods in them
• support for time datatype (‘type: :time’)

Thanks as always to our developers.

The current versions of all Hydra gems can be accessed through https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/hydra/Gems+and+documentation

In their Letter of Intent, Duke say:

“One of Duke’s core principles is “knowledge in the service of society.” Interwoven throughout the educational curriculum and research enterprise of the university is a culture of public engagement with real-world issues. One way the Libraries have sought to embody this value is by promoting open access to scholarly research as an institutional priority. We strongly believe that when scholarly research is freely available, it has the potential to reach more people, accelerate new discoveries, and make a bigger impact on the world.

“We see the Hydra Project as an opportunity to leverage the substantial investment we and our partner institutions have already made in preserving the knowledge that is generated on our campuses and sharing it with the world.”

Welcome, Duke!!!

• New solr schema with descriptive field suffixes
• Added support for RDF lists
• RDF does not index terms by default
• count is now a scoped query.
• ActiveFedora::Base.reindex_everything
• RDF terms can store empty string
• Access properties by using hash notation.

• (backport) Fix has and belongs to many, so it calls remove_relationship on the right object
•  pin AF 5.x to solrizer 2.x
•  Rubydora 1.4+ compatibility with the new RecordNotFound

The current versions of all Hydra gems can be accessed through https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/hydra/Gems+and+documentation

Thanks, as always, to the team.

You can join the list at: groups.google.com/group/hydra-announces

• added a Jetty generator
• uses new, more efficient, Solr schema
• added a new behavior which allows you to easily create
  a controller to serve the content of datastreams
• the default control group changed from Inline (X) to Managed (M).

The full detail of these changes can be found here: https://github.com/projecthydra/hydra-head/blob/master/HISTORY.textile

The current versions of all Hydra gems can be accessed through https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/hydra/Gems+and+documentation

Thanks, as always, to the team.

• Download Jetty from a zip file

The current versions of all Hydra gems can be accessed through https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/hydra/Gems+and+documentation

Thanks, as always, to the team.