[Rdap] FEDORA 3.6 SOFTWARE RELEASE: Updated web services framework, increased standards support & expanded Spring-based configuration

[Carol Minton Morris]

*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*
Aug. 7, 2012
Contact: Carol Minton Morris <cmmorris at duraspace.org>
 Read it online: http://bit.ly/Mhx01Z

*Fedora 3.6 Features Updated Web Services Framework*
*Increased standards support and** expanded Spring-based configuration*

*Winchester, MA  *The Fedora release team led by Edwin Shin, MediaShelf <
http://yourmediashelf.com/>, are proud to announce the release of Fedora
3.6 which is focused on increasing Fedora's adaptability in rapidly
evolving web services environments. Special thanks Jiri Kremser, Red Hat,
for his work on the Google Summer of Code project, Jerry Pan, Oak Ridge
National Laboratory, for contributing the hints provider support and Ben
Armintor, Columbia University, for his heroic efforts on further
Spring-ifying Fedora.

Release notes: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FEDORA36/Release+Notes
Download:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/fedora-commons/files/fedora/3.6/fcrepo-installer-3.6.jar/download

The following features and changes in Fedora's flexible and extensible
repository software are part of Fedora 3.6 release improvements.

• *Updated Web Services framework.* Fedora 3.6 incorporates work from the
Google Summer of Code project to move from the aging Axis 1.3 library to
Apache CXF. This allows Fedora to support Message Transmission Optimization
Mechanism (MTOM), which provides a 33% size efficiency over Base64 encoded
transmission making it easier to add content.

• *Support for lowlevel storage metadata.* Fedora now includes a hints
provider API, allowing implementations to pass such metadata as mimetype or
collection membership to be passed to the low-level storage module. This
would allow, for example, the low-level storage module to make decisions
about where objects or datastreams are stored based on the provided
metadata.

• *Expanded Spring-based configuration.* Support for Spring configuration
of Fedora has been expanded to include the Server module, SOAP and REST
APIs.

• *Oracle support for MPTStore*. Fedora includes the latest Trippi and
MPTStore libraries, adding support for Oracle as the backing database for
MPTStore.

• *REST API support for the getDatastreams method.* The REST API now
supports the API-M getDatastreams method. All of the SOAP API-M methods are
now supported by Fedora's REST API.

• *Experimental support for upstream authentication.* Fedora includes a new
upstream servlet filter which allows for integration with external
authentication systems (e.g. single-sign-on services).

• *Updated REST API Validation failure response codes.* If a REST API
management operation results in a validation failure (e.g. ingest FOXML
validation, validation failure via the DOObjectValidator module) the HTTP
response code is now 400. Previously Fedora reported a generic Server
Failure 500 response code. The response body indicates the nature of the
validation error.

• *Legacy authentication module End of Life. *The legacy authentication
module, deprecated since Fedora 3.4, will be phased out in the next Fedora
release.

• *Deprecation of fcrepo-client-messaging library.* The
fcrepo-client-messaging library has been deprecated in favor of the
fedora-client messaging library.

You are encouraged to download this new release, give it a spin and send us
your comments and feedback via the mailing lists, and of course please let
us know of any problems you discover.

*About DuraSpace*

DuraSpace is an independent 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization founded
in 2009 when the Fedora Commons organization and the DSpace Foundation, two
of the largest providers of open source repository software, joined to
pursue a common mission to preserve our shared scholarly, scientific and
cultural record. The DuraSpace community includes more than 1,500 worldwide
institutions that use DSpace or Fedora open source repository software to
provide durable access to documents, imagery and media. DuraSpace is the
home of DuraCloud, an emerging cloud-based service that leverages existing
cloud infrastructure to enable durability and access to digital content.
The DuraSpace team includes recognized leaders and experts in the
management of digital information.  The team works with an active and
diverse international community committed to the durability of digital
resources. For more information please visit: http://duraspace.org.

-- 
Carol Minton Morris
DuraSpace
Director of Marketing and Communications
cmmorris at DuraSpace.org
Skype: carolmintonmorris
607 592-3135
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