DSpace 7.0 will be released on/by Monday, August 2, 2021! This release finally brings together two user interfaces and their communities, who had previously been working in parallel. The ambition is to bring together the best of both JSPUI and XMLUI worlds, meaning that all features are re-imagined, and re-implemented on a single new user interface technology, Angular. This new UI is backed by a brand new REST API, which opens all data & features to the web, allowing DSpace to integrate or interact with external systems/services like never before. The switch to Angular also allows for more rapid innovation. Angular has the potential to attract developers with prior expertise, given the popularity and global traction of Angular across industries. What will be included in DSpace 7.0? The efforts contributed to DSpace 7 are the largest endeavour ever undertaken by the DSpace community. The DSpace 7.0 release will concentrate on the following major features: A new User Interface based on Angular (to replace XMLUI and JSPUI). This work is going on in the "main" branch of https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular An exhaustive list of all major features already in 7.0 can be found in the 7.0 Release Notes (for each Beta). A refactored/enhanced REST API (using modern REST best practices). This work is going on in the "main" branch of https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace Additionally, a new REST Contract (describing all API interactions) is being written at https://github.com/DSpace/RestContract Redesigned submissions and workflows featuring a one page submission process with a drag-and-drop interface and newly redesigned MyDSpace. A new Configurable Entities object model, which allows for the creation of new "typed" Items, and storing relationships between Items. This feature will allow for tighter integration with external identifier systems (e.g. ORCID), current research information systems (CRIS), journal publishing systems, etc. This work was completed by the DSpace 7 Entities Working Group. The full release announcement, overview, and basic training can be found in the OR2021 talks "DSpace 7.0 : Coming to a DSpace near You! (slides https://tinyurl.com/or2021-dspace7 | video https://t.co/UiBfOgp2lG?amp=1) "Getting Started with DSpace 7.0: Basic Training" (slides https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Tz1mrInNXWiiw5jVJjAqkKXBf5NQXbB_6u_r... | video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZXhplxdjyQ) Goutham N. Alumnus Documentation Research and Training Centre Indian Statistical Institute Bangalore -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.