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+# Shift in Community Focus
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+During 2017, the [Samvera community](http://samvera.org/) consolidated Sufia and [CurationConcerns](https://github.com/samvera/curation_concerns) into [Hyrax](https://github.com/samvera/hyrax):
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+* [planning notes on consolidation](https://wiki.duraspace.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=78161232))
+* [release notes on the bridge of Sufia to Hyrax](https://github.com/samvera/hyrax/releases/tag/v1.0.0)
+* [release notes on the bridge of CurationConcerns to Hyrax](https://github.com/samvera/hyrax/releases/tag/v2.0.0)
+* [Samvera documentation for developers and managers](https://samvera.github.io)
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+The Samvera Community effort has shifted its attention to developing out Hyrax.
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 # Table of Contents
 
   * [What is Sufia?](#what-is-sufia)