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# Changelog for gCube Catalogue (gCat) API
+## [v2.3.1-SNAPSHOT]
+
+- Added Item Author as system:cm_ metadata to keep track of item author
+
+
## [v2.3.0]
- Aligned constants name used as query parameters
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org.gcube.data-catalogue
gcat-api
- 2.3.0
+ 2.3.1-SNAPSHOT
gCube Catalogue (gCat) API
gCube Catalogue (gCat) API is a library containing classes shared across gcat* components