VERSION 3.1
Released October 7, 2025

• Deposit metadata |IMPROVEMENT|
  Support of DataCite Schema 4.6
• Authorization |IMPROVEMENT|
  Support of OAuth 2.1 protocol
• Institutions & Funding Agencies |IMPROVEMENT|
  Support of ROR API v2
• User experience improvements
• Bug fixes
• Upgrade of framework libraires

VERSION 3.0
Released October 7, 2025

• Integration with ORCID  |NEW|
  It is now possible to reference datasets in your ORCID profile.
• Peer review prior to archiving   |NEW|
  It now possible to generate a Web link for a deposit to share and download an anonymized dataset, before archiving it. This functionality makes it possible for people outside the OLOS organizational unit to peer review a data set.
• Support of README file per archive  |NEW|
  The README file is a recommended file to add in a deposit to describe the content of the archive- This file is made more visible on the metadata page of an archive.
• Ability to update README,  Thumbnail or Data Use Agreement files |NEW|
  It is now possible to modify one of the following "metadata" files (README file, archive thumbnail, Data Use Agrement). This includes adding, removing or changing those files.
• Archive subset download |NEW|
  An archive subset can be selected to create a package to download.
• File preview within an archive |NEW|
  If the file format is part of the supported format list, like for the deposit, the file content can be viewed.
• Dissemination policies |IMPROVEMENT|
  The current dissemination policy is now called OAIS with preservation information. A new one, called Basic, is now available to download only the metadata and dataset content, without PREMIS metadata.
• New preservation jobs |NEW|
  Two preservation jobs are created to migrate archives to the latest version of metadata and to update the file compliance level.
• Deposit metadata |IMPROVEMENT|
  Support of DataCite Schema 4.5
• User experience improvements
• Bug fixes

VERSION 2.2
Released October 2, 2023

• Institutional roles|NEW|
  It is now possible to assign role at instution level to delegate the creation and the management of organisational units
• Data Use Agreement & Data Use Policy |NEW|
  It is now possible to add a data use agreement for sensitive archives to define how the user must use the dataset
• Full support for data tags in sensitive datasets |IMPROVEMENT|
  - Add data use agreement within the deposit
  - Use the data use agreement when requesting archive access
  - Support Multi-Factor authentication
  - Separate archive storage for orange/red/crimson data-tag
• Support submission agreement |NEW|
  It is now possible to specify a submission agreement in the submission policy to request once or each time an approval when submitting a deposit
• Enhancements to pre-existing functionality |IMPROVEMENTS|
  - On non-public archives, it is possible to enable public file structure preview or not
  - In organisational unit with approval policy, the same person cannot upload and approve his/her deposit
• User experience improvements
  - New layout for deposit creation page, with distinct sections
  - Support several publication DOIs linked to the dataset
  - Warnings to prevent selecting incompatible elements (access level / sensitivity / data use policy)
  -  Confirmation screen before deposit submission
  - Shortcuts to citation module and public page of a deposit
• Bug fixes

VERSION 2.1
Released June 28, 2022

• Archive metadata update functionality |NEW|
  It is now possible to edit an archive’s metadata by making changes on its corresponding deposit
• Implementation of email notifications |NEW|
  It is now possible to receive all your notifications by email. You can configure which type of notification you receive in your personal profile
• Strengthening compliance with FAIR principles |IMPROVEMENT|
  - Implementation of ROR
  - Synchronization of ORCID with our authentication servers
  - Support for SPDX identifiers for licenses
• Implementation of citation and bibliography export functionalities |NEW|
  Various export formats exist including APA and Vancouver.
• Metadata form enrichment |NEW|
  - Support for DataCite metadata version 4.4
  - “DOI obsoleted by” Allows you to add the DOI of another archive that replaces the current one
  - “DOI referenced by” Allows you to indicate that your archive is referenced by another archive or by your publication
  - “DOI identical to” Allows you to indicate that your archive is identical to another one
  - "Archive Type" allows you to specify the archive’s content type
• Increased the size limit for uploading a single file from 1GB to 6GB |IMPROVEMENT|
• User experience improvement
• Bug fixes