[Announcements] Sakai OAE Release 1.0.0

[Alan Marks]

The Sakai Open Academic Environment (OAE) steering group and project team
are pleased and excited to announce that the OAE 1.0.0 is now available.

This release of OAE represents the first production-ready version of OAE and
emphasizes functionality for academic networking and collaboration. We
recognize that as a version one release, it’s merely a stepping stone for
great things to come, and hope that it encourages adoption and, crucially,
increased participation in the project among individuals and institutions
that together comprise the Sakai Community.

Sakai OAE grew from the hard work of a lot of people, not just those
"officially" seconded to the managed project team, but especially the many
volunteer contributors in the community without whom the project would not
have succeeded. While the list of people who have helped to make OAE a
reality is too long to acknowledge individually, I’d like thank you to each
of you for your hard work. Great job.

Alan Marks
Sakai OAE Project Director
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About Sakai OAE 1.0.0
This release is:

   - A major release of a new emerging product of the Sakai community.
   - A significant update in both the back end and user interface from the
   previous "Q1" pre-release.
   - The first of several planned releases.
   - Intended for institutions wishing to provide an academic platform that
   offers social collaboration around content and encourages openness.

For additional information about the project and release, please review the
following:

   - Brief demo of the functionality (http://www.youtube.com/user/nyuatlas)
   - Sakai OAE nine design goals (
   https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/3AK/Design+Goals)
   - Sakai OAE managed project structure (
   https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/3AK/Project+overview)

For those interested in downloading and installing the release, information
is included below.

Version
Sakai Open Academic Environment version 1.0.0
Released 8 September 2011

Availability
Sakai OAE can be downloaded in the following packages.

OAE Binary Package

   - http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/oae/1.0.0/binary/
   - Example command line:
   java -Xms512m -Xmx1024m -XX:MaxPermSize=256m -jar
   org.sakaiproject.nakamura.app-**1.0.0.jar 1> run.log 2>&1 &

OAE Web Start (one-click download and run for demos)

   - How to Guide:
   https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/3AK/Java+Webstart+Packages
   - Web Start:<http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/oae/1.0.0/webstart/sakaioae.jnlp>
    http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/oae/1.0.0/webstart/sakaioae.jnlp

Source Code

   - Nakamura (https://github.com/sakaiproject/nakamura/tree/1.0.0)
   - Front End (https://github.com/sakaiproject/3akai-ux/tree/1.0.0)
   - Sparse Map Content (
   https://github.com/sakaiproject/sparsemapcontent/tree/1.1-20110830)
   - Solr Bundle (
   https://github.com/sakaiproject/solr/tree/org.sakaiproject.nakamura.solr-1.0
   )

Known Issues
This link to Jira<https://jira.sakaiproject.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQuery=%28project+%3D+%22Sakai+3+UI+Dev%22+OR+project+%3D+Nakamura%29+AND+%28FixVersion+%3E+%221.0.0%22%29+AND+%28Type+%3D+Bug+or+Type%3D%22Bug%2FDefect%22%29+AND+%28Resolution+%3D+Unresolved+OR+Resolution+%3D+%22Fixed%22%29+AND+createdDate+%3C+%222011%2F09%2F22%22>
shows
known OAE issues at the time of release.

The Solr component included in this release is the v1.0.0 release, while the
sparse content release includes fixes beyond v1.0.0 and so is a date-based
tag. There are no known issues with Solr.

Documentation
Documentation is always a work in progress and current efforts can be viewed
below:

   - Functional
Overview<https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/3AK/Functional+Overview>
   - UI Release
notes<https://jira.sakaiproject.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?atl_token=bf77578ce49e78d36c8e0f54387bd7cf365b6281&version=12503&styleName=&projectId=10522&Create=Create>
   - Nakamura Release
notes<https://jira.sakaiproject.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?atl_token=bf77578ce49e78d36c8e0f54387bd7cf365b6281&version=12506&styleName=&projectId=10470&Create=Create>
   - Solr Server Release
notes<https://jira.sakaiproject.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10470&version=12381>
   - Sparse Content Release
notes<https://jira.sakaiproject.org/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=10470&version=12380>
   - Deployment
Guide<https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/3AK/OAE+Configuration+and+Deployment>
   - Widget SDK<https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/3AK/Widget+SDK+Alpha>
   - Nakamura Documentation<https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/KERNDOC/Nakamura+Documentation>

License
Sakai OAE is released under the Educational Community License Version 2.0
http://sakaiproject.org/foundation-licenses

Ongoing Work

Version 1.0.1.  The team expects to release an incremental version (1.0.1)
shortly after this release, which will include integration with Sakai CLE
that will allow users to see the CLE sites they are a member of on their
personal dashboard, with the ability to visit and use their CLE sites inside
of the OAE portal, will include accessibility improvements, and a small set
of important patches (to be determined).
https://jira.sakaiproject.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?reset=true&jqlQuery=%28project+%3D+%22Sakai+3+UI+Dev%22+OR+project+%3D+Nakamura%29+AND+%28FixVersion+%3D+%221.0.1%22%29

Version 1.1.0. The majority of the project team is focusing on the 1.1.0
release, which is expected to be a significant functional upgrade.
Significant progress has already been made. Further information can be found
here:

https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/3AK/Sakai+OAE+v1.1+90-day+plan
https://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/3AK/Sakai+OAE+v1.1+progress+tracking
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