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-Release 20140930 (09/30/2014)
+Release 0.5 
 =============================
 
-- Implemented first version of Web Portal UI: contains login page, and 
-  users/experiment type management pages
-- Developed project infrastructure tools: build scripts, web app configuration
-  and deployment scripts
+- Implemented Single Sign-On solution for backend services
+- Enabled user authentication via login file
+- Added file stat (with checksum) interface in DS web service
+- After adding user role to experiment via command line, user is also
+  added to experiment group (if one exists)
+
+Release 0.4 (09/21/2015) 
+=============================
+
+- Number of minor modifications made in preparation for initial deployment at
+  beamlines
+
+Release 0.3 (07/22/2015) 
+=============================
+
+- Developed initial version of Catalogging Web Service
+- Developed sample processing plugins: catalogging, SDDS processing, SGE
+  job submission
+
+Release 0.2 (06/30/2015) 
+=============================
+
+- Implemented storage permission management and user group management
+- Developed common file processing service plugin framework
+
+Release 0.1 (04/21/2015) 
+=============================
+
+- Functional web portal (user, experiment, and policy pages)
+- Developed web service and its API/CLI frameworks
+- Developed initial version of Data Storage Web Service
+- Developed initial version of Data Acquisition Web Service;
+- DAQ service can monitor file system on a detector node and subsequently
+  transfer data to storage