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The aim is to present the advancements in Hyrax and future development plans involving community contributions.

June 23, 2026Open Access

Hyrax

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The aim is to present the advancements in Hyrax and future development plans involving community contributions.
Showcase of Hyrax features and capabilities for digital collections.
Incorporation of Hyku for enhanced metadata flexibility.
Discussion on accessibility improvements and performance refinements.
Introduction of new features in Hyrax from community-led developments.
Enhanced metadata capabilities through integration with Hyku.
Improved accessibility standards and overall performance of the repository.

Abstract

Join us for a showcase of Hyrax, an open-source repository front end maintained and supported by the Samvera community. Hyrax powers institutional, data, and digital collections repositories with its flexible deposit workflows, broad file type and metadata capabilities, and IIIF support. This Repository Showdown presentation will highlight new features and future directions for Hyrax following community-led development over the past year. We will share how we incorporated Hyku's flexible metadata feature, refined accessibility conformance, and improved performance. We will also share our plans for joint development with Hyku led by our new Technical Coordinator.

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