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<font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" color="#000000">June 6, 2014</font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<font color="#000000"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Contact: David Wilcox <</font><a href="mailto:dwilcox@duraspace.org" target="_blank">dwilcox@duraspace.org</a>></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
<font color="#000000"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Read it online: </font><a href="http://bit.ly/1kHhegM" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/1kHhegM</a></font></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">
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<span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b><font size="4">Fedora 4.0 Beta is Now Available!</font></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">
<span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4">Fedora 4.0 is ready for the big repository challenges: support for large files; flexible storage options; features to accommodate research data management; native linked open data capabilities and an improved platform for developer interaction</font></span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-style:italic;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Winchester, MA</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> DuraSpace and the Fedora community of users and developers are pleased to announce the release of </span><a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+4.0+Beta+1+Release+Notes" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fedora 4.0 Beta</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> in conjunction with this year’s </span><a href="http://or2014.helsinki.fi/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Open Repositories</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> conference in Helsinki, Finland (June 9-13, 2014). Fedora 4.0 Beta is a stable platform for testing the full </span><a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+4.0+Feature+Set" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fedora 4.0 feature set</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, which will not change between the Beta and the full production release planned for later this year. Further releases in the Fedora 4.x line will add more exciting new features based on the project </span><a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Roadmap" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">roadmap</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. This release, managed by Michael Durbin at the University of Virginia, is the result of a focused and highly collaborative 2-year community effort to make long overdue changes to the robust Fedora framework for building digital repositories. Fedora 4.0 is designed to serve the community for the next decade. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br><a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+4.0+Beta+1+Release+Notes" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Download Fedora 4.0 Beta here.</span></a><br>
</p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Members of the Fedora community, stewarded by DuraSpace, led planning and development in order to arrive at the launch of Fedora 4.0 after 29 rapid prototyping </span><a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Alpha+Development" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Alpha</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and </span><a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Beta+Sprint+Schedule" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Beta</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> development “sprints”. Each sprint was designed to address the top priorities expressed by the international community that include better performance and scalability, flexible storage options, features to accommodate research data management, native support for linked open data, and an improved platform for developers.</span></p>
<br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fedora 4.0 at Open Repositories</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">
</span><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Those attending this year’s Open Repositories conference will have several opportunities to learn more about Fedora 4 and engage with the development team. Andrew Woods, the Fedora Tech Lead, will be hosting an open </span><a href="https://www.conftool.com/or2014/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=83" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fedora committers meeting</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> on June 9. Current Fedora developers as well as those interested in engaging with project development are encouraged to attend. Following the DuraSpace plenary on June 12, the Fedora Steering Group will host an open discussion session to kick off the Fedora interest group track. On June 13, David Wilcox, the Fedora Product Manager, and Andrew Woods will offer a </span><a href="https://www.conftool.com/or2014/index.php?page=browseSessions&form_session=38" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">deep dive into Fedora 4 features</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> and discuss the roadmap for future releases. A full schedule of all Fedora-related sessions is </span><a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/2014-06-09+to+2014-06-13+Open+Repositories" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">available online</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">, or stop by the DuraSpace table at Open Repositories to find out more about Fedora 4.0.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How Does DuraSpace Help?</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">DuraSpace works collaboratively with organizations that use Fedora to advance the design, development and sustainability of the project. As a non-profit, DuraSpace provides business support services that include technical leadership, sustainability planning, fundraising, community development, marketing and communications, collaborations and strategic partnerships and administration.</span></p>
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<span style="background-color:transparent;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">About Fedora</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.15;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Fedora is an open source project that provides flexible, extensible and durable digital object management services. First released in 2004, it has hundreds of adopters worldwide, with deep roots in the research, scientific, intellectual and cultural heritage communities. See </span><a href="http://fedora-commons.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://fedora-commons.org/</span></a><span style="background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for more information. It is supported by its community of users, and stewarded by DuraSpace. </span></p>
</font></div><div><font color="#000000"><br></font></div><font color="#000000">-- <br>Carol Minton Morris<br>DuraSpace<br>Director of Marketing and Communications<br>cmmorris@DuraSpace.org<br>Skype: carolmintonmorris<br>607 592-3135<br>
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