Fedora version 2.1b was released on October 21. From the site:
Fedora 2.1b is initially being released as beta, with a final release soon to follow. This is a very significant release of Fedora since it introduces the new Fedora security architecture (with pluggable authentication and XACML-based policy enforcement), the Fedora Service Framework, and many other new features....Also, coinciding with this release is the publication of the Community-Developed Tools page on the Fedora web site...This is a clearinghouse for community-developed, open-source applications, tools, and services that work with Fedora repositories. There are already many tools that are available, so check it out!...For version 2.1 we have decided to move from Mozilla Pulic License 1.1 (MPL) to the Educational Community License 1.0 (ECL). The main difference between the two licenses is that the ECL imposes no compulsion to contribute changes to source code....Fedora 2.1b introduces a configurable security architecture, that provides options for SSL and authentication at the Fedora web service API level....New as part of the Fedora Service Framework, is the new Fedora OAI Provider Service, which is a stand-alone web service application that is a highly configurable OAI provider. The PROAI service can be set up to harvest any type of datastream or dissemination of digital objects in a Fedora repository. It also supports OAI sets. (Note: PROAI can be used outside the context of Fedora too, by writing a custom adapter.) Note also that the simple OAI provider interface on the core Fedora repository is still available. The new OAI service provides much more functionality and better performance....The Fedora Rebuild utility is an interactive utility that can be used when the Fedora repository is somehow corrupted. The utility rebuilds the repository by crawling the repository storage directories where the FOXML digital objects reside. The utility can rebuild the SQL database (registries, search tables, and other tables), the Resource Index, or both.
Posted by
Peter Suber at 10/23/2005 12:28:00 PM.
The open access movement:
Putting peer-reviewed scientific and scholarly literature
on the internet. Making it available free of charge and
free of most copyright and licensing restrictions.
Removing the barriers to serious research.
I recommend the OA tracking project (OATP) as the best way to stay on top of new OA developments. You can read the OATP feed on a blog-like web page or subscribe to it by RSS, email, or Twitter. You can also help build the feed by tagging new developments you encounter.
