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This update release addresses an issue that appeared in 2.0.4 when building from source on Windows. A new default configuration file for mulgara-core is included allowing it to start a basic server without any manual configuration.
Fixes:

Removed a symlink that documented javacc as version 4.0. A poorly written task was trying to pick up this link […]

Ithaca, NY Today Fedora Commons released version 3.0 of the popular Fedora software that completes all general release features. Dan Davis, Chief Software Architect, Fedora Commons, explained, “We are pleased to offer a Fedora 3.0 that is a foundational step towards a model-driven content architecture.” He went on to say, “Users will find it […]

By Thornton Staples With support from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the WGBH Media Library and Archives has embarked on a 20-month project that will (1) utilize scholarly input to design and pilot an online media archive content delivery system for research and classroom use, and (2) construct a preliminary business plan with the aid […]

Repository managers and developers who maintain large collections of digital objects over time who will be attending the Aarhus Fedora EU User Group Meeting will be interested in a BOF discussion scheduled for Sep 18, 2008 right after the DORSDL2 Workshop at ECDL 2008 (Aarhus, Denmark), or later in the evening (exact time to be […]

What do attendees learn at a “Repository Institute?” Matt Zumwalt, Media Shelf, reflected on presentations and discussions at the recent Red Island Repository Institute held at the University of Prince Edward Island Aug. 11-15, 2008 in his Media Shelf Blog:
The Red Island Repository Institute fires upRIRI Day Two: Richard Green on Institutional Repositories 

Fedora Commons has re-launched all 671 pages from the old wiki site at fedora.info with Atlassian’s Confluence enterprise wiki software to continue to enable the community to work together to create Fedora’s cutting-edge open source repository framework.
http://fedora-commons.org, click on the red “wiki” button on the upper right of the web page
http://fedora-commons.org/confluence/, direct link to the new Fedora […]

Washington, D.C. If you cross Jeff Bezos’, Amazon CEO, “Two Pizza Team Rule” with what David Flanders, Project Manager, The Bloomsbury Colleges, and organizer of the summer of 2008 “Repository Road Shows,” compares to “Penny Universities” of the 18th century that were often convened in taverns, or to the work life of Shakespeare who more […]

Ithaca, NY  Today Fedora Commons released version 2.2.3 of the popular Fedora software that includes the repair of a serious security defect and several bug fixes. Dan Davis, Chief Software Architect, Fedora Commons, explained, “Every installation of Fedora 2 should update to 2.2.3 due to the security update. There have […]

Sandy Payette and Michele Kimpton on the steps of the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. where a Joint Information Systems Committee’s (JISC) Common Repository Interface Group (CRIG) “RepoCamp” was held on July 25, 2008. Photograph by David Flanders.
Washington, D.C. Today two of the largest providers of open source software for managing and providing access […]