The goals for the Joomla! 1.5 release are to:
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Substantially improve usability, manageability, and scalability far beyond the original Mambo foundations.
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Expand accessibility to support internationalisation, double-byte characters and Right-to-Left support for Arabic, Farsi, and Hebrew languages for example amongst others.
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Extend the integration of external applications through Web Services and remote authentication such as the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).
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Enhance the content delivery, template and presentation capabilities to support accessibility standards and content delivery to any destination.
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Achieve a more sustainable and flexible framework for Component and Extension developers.
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Deliver backward compatibility with previous releases of Components, Templates, Modules and other Extensions.