The first public release of FDsys is targeted for late 2008, beginning a process of incremental releases. There are three major releases planned over the next three years, with functionality of the first release being deployed in phases. For more detailed information on the capabilities by release, view the FDsys System Releases and Capabilities v5.0, December 2007.

Major Capabilities of FDsys Releases

First Phase - Release 1C.2 - Late 2008

• Replace GPO Access functionality and migrate content into FDsys
• Manage content and metadata in content packages
• Exchange descriptive metadata between FDsys and ILS
• Ensure content authenticity and digitally sign PDF documents
• Provide simple, advanced fielded, citation, and Boolean search
• Enable collection-specific access features
• Make content and metadata available for viewing, printing, and downloading

Second Phase - Release 1C.3 - Mid 2009

• Provide Congressional submission of content and jobs (orders)
• Enhance search and access functionality
• Enable preservation processes to support permanent public access

Third Phase - Release 1C.4 - Late 2009

• Provide Government agency submission of content and jobs (orders)
• Provide a documented interface (API) to allow search by non-GPO systems
• Enable navigation of relationships between publications
• Capability to ingest converted (digitized) content
• Send email and RSS notifications

Release 2

• Automatically gather information from Federal agency websites (harvest)
• Capability to acquire, integrate, or link content from external sources
• Content recommendations based on user preferences
• Automatically execute saved searches
• Online GPO bookstore interface
• Output metadata in multiple formats, including MARC, ONIX, and ASCII
• Customizable alert services, help features, and search preferences

Release 3

• Detailed billing information
• Customizable billing reports
• Tools to support document creation
• Estimating capabilities
• Enhanced job tracking
• Collaborative working environment for content creation
• Ability to interface with Federal agencies' internal procurement systems to transmit orders