Merge remote-tracking branch '4science-bitbucket/main' into CST-5288

dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/access/status/AccessStatusHelper.java

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+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.access.status;
+
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.dspace.content.Item;
+import org.dspace.core.Context;
+
+/**
+ * Plugin interface for the access status calculation.
+ */
+public interface AccessStatusHelper {
+    /**
+     * Calculate the access status for the item.
+     *
+     * @param context the DSpace context
+     * @param item    the item
+     * @return an access status value
+     * @throws SQLException An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.
+     */
+    public String getAccessStatusFromItem(Context context, Item item, Date threshold)
+        throws SQLException;
+}

dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/access/status/AccessStatusServiceImpl.java

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+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.access.status;
+
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.Date;
+
+import org.dspace.access.status.service.AccessStatusService;
+import org.dspace.content.Item;
+import org.dspace.core.Context;
+import org.dspace.core.service.PluginService;
+import org.dspace.services.ConfigurationService;
+import org.joda.time.LocalDate;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation for the access status calculation service.
+ */
+public class AccessStatusServiceImpl implements AccessStatusService {
+    // Plugin implementation, set from the DSpace configuration by init().
+    protected AccessStatusHelper helper = null;
+
+    protected Date forever_date = null;
+
+    @Autowired(required = true)
+    protected ConfigurationService configurationService;
+
+    @Autowired(required = true)
+    protected PluginService pluginService;
+
+    /**
+     * Initialize the bean (after dependency injection has already taken place).
+     * Ensures the configurationService is injected, so that we can get the plugin
+     * and the forever embargo date threshold from the configuration.
+     * Called by "init-method" in Spring configuration.
+     *
+     * @throws Exception on generic exception
+     */
+    public void init() throws Exception {
+        if (helper == null) {
+            helper = (AccessStatusHelper) pluginService.getSinglePlugin(AccessStatusHelper.class);
+            if (helper == null) {
+                throw new IllegalStateException("The AccessStatusHelper plugin was not defined in "
+                        + "DSpace configuration.");
+            }
+
+            // Defines the embargo forever date threshold for the access status.
+            // Look at EmbargoService.FOREVER for some improvements?
+            int year = configurationService.getIntProperty("access.status.embargo.forever.year");
+            int month = configurationService.getIntProperty("access.status.embargo.forever.month");
+            int day = configurationService.getIntProperty("access.status.embargo.forever.day");
+
+            forever_date = new LocalDate(year, month, day).toDate();
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getAccessStatus(Context context, Item item) throws SQLException {
+        return helper.getAccessStatusFromItem(context, item, forever_date);
+    }
+}

dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/access/status/DefaultAccessStatusHelper.java

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+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.access.status;
+
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Objects;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.dspace.authorize.ResourcePolicy;
+import org.dspace.authorize.factory.AuthorizeServiceFactory;
+import org.dspace.authorize.service.AuthorizeService;
+import org.dspace.authorize.service.ResourcePolicyService;
+import org.dspace.content.Bitstream;
+import org.dspace.content.Bundle;
+import org.dspace.content.DSpaceObject;
+import org.dspace.content.Item;
+import org.dspace.content.factory.ContentServiceFactory;
+import org.dspace.content.service.ItemService;
+import org.dspace.core.Constants;
+import org.dspace.core.Context;
+import org.dspace.eperson.Group;
+
+/**
+ * Default plugin implementation of the access status helper.
+ * The getAccessStatusFromItem method provides a simple logic to
+ * calculate the access status of an item based on the policies of
+ * the primary or the first bitstream in the original bundle.
+ * Users can override this method for enhanced functionality.
+ */
+public class DefaultAccessStatusHelper implements AccessStatusHelper {
+    public static final String EMBARGO = "embargo";
+    public static final String METADATA_ONLY = "metadata.only";
+    public static final String OPEN_ACCESS = "open.access";
+    public static final String RESTRICTED = "restricted";
+    public static final String UNKNOWN = "unknown";
+
+    protected ItemService itemService =
+            ContentServiceFactory.getInstance().getItemService();
+    protected ResourcePolicyService resourcePolicyService =
+            AuthorizeServiceFactory.getInstance().getResourcePolicyService();
+    protected AuthorizeService authorizeService =
+            AuthorizeServiceFactory.getInstance().getAuthorizeService();
+
+    public DefaultAccessStatusHelper() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Look at the item's policies to determine an access status value.
+     * It is also considering a date threshold for embargos and restrictions.
+     *
+     * If the item is null, simply returns the "unknown" value.
+     *
+     * @param context     the DSpace context
+     * @param item        the item to embargo
+     * @param threshold   the embargo threshold date
+     * @return an access status value
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getAccessStatusFromItem(Context context, Item item, Date threshold)
+            throws SQLException {
+        if (item == null) {
+            return UNKNOWN;
+        }
+        // Consider only the original bundles.
+        List<Bundle> bundles = item.getBundles(Constants.DEFAULT_BUNDLE_NAME);
+        // Check for primary bitstreams first.
+        Bitstream bitstream = bundles.stream()
+            .map(bundle -> bundle.getPrimaryBitstream())
+            .filter(Objects::nonNull)
+            .findFirst()
+            .orElse(null);
+        if (bitstream == null) {
+            // If there is no primary bitstream,
+            // take the first bitstream in the bundles.
+            bitstream = bundles.stream()
+                .map(bundle -> bundle.getBitstreams())
+                .flatMap(List::stream)
+                .findFirst()
+                .orElse(null);
+        }
+        return caculateAccessStatusForDso(context, bitstream, threshold);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Look at the DSpace object's policies to determine an access status value.
+     *
+     * If the object is null, returns the "metadata.only" value.
+     * If any policy attached to the object is valid for the anonymous group,
+     * returns the "open.access" value.
+     * Otherwise, if the policy start date is before the embargo threshold date,
+     * returns the "embargo" value.
+     * Every other cases return the "restricted" value.
+     *
+     * @param context     the DSpace context
+     * @param dso         the DSpace object
+     * @param threshold   the embargo threshold date
+     * @return an access status value
+     */
+    private String caculateAccessStatusForDso(Context context, DSpaceObject dso, Date threshold)
+            throws SQLException {
+        if (dso == null) {
+            return METADATA_ONLY;
+        }
+        // Only consider read policies.
+        List<ResourcePolicy> policies = authorizeService
+            .getPoliciesActionFilter(context, dso, Constants.READ);
+        int openAccessCount = 0;
+        int embargoCount = 0;
+        int restrictedCount = 0;
+        int unknownCount = 0;
+        // Looks at all read policies.
+        for (ResourcePolicy policy : policies) {
+            boolean isValid = resourcePolicyService.isDateValid(policy);
+            Group group = policy.getGroup();
+            // The group must not be null here. However,
+            // if it is, consider this as an unexpected case.
+            if (group == null) {
+                unknownCount++;
+            } else if (StringUtils.equals(group.getName(), Group.ANONYMOUS)) {
+                // Only calculate the status for the anonymous group.
+                if (isValid) {
+                    // If the policy is valid, the anonymous group have access
+                    // to the bitstream.
+                    openAccessCount++;
+                } else {
+                    Date startDate = policy.getStartDate();
+                    if (startDate != null && !startDate.before(threshold)) {
+                        // If the policy start date have a value and if this value
+                        // is equal or superior to the configured forever date, the
+                        // access status is also restricted.
+                        restrictedCount++;
+                    } else {
+                        // If the current date is not between the policy start date
+                        // and end date, the access status is embargo.
+                        embargoCount++;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        if (openAccessCount > 0) {
+            return OPEN_ACCESS;
+        }
+        if (embargoCount > 0 && restrictedCount == 0) {
+            return EMBARGO;
+        }
+        if (unknownCount > 0) {
+            return UNKNOWN;
+        }
+        return RESTRICTED;
+    }
+}

dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/access/status/factory/AccessStatusServiceFactory.java

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+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.access.status.factory;
+
+import org.dspace.access.status.service.AccessStatusService;
+import org.dspace.services.factory.DSpaceServicesFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Abstract factory to get services for the access status package,
+ * use AccessStatusServiceFactory.getInstance() to retrieve an implementation.
+ */
+public abstract class AccessStatusServiceFactory {
+
+    public abstract AccessStatusService getAccessStatusService();
+
+    public static AccessStatusServiceFactory getInstance() {
+        return DSpaceServicesFactory.getInstance().getServiceManager()
+                .getServiceByName("accessStatusServiceFactory", AccessStatusServiceFactory.class);
+    }
+}

dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/access/status/factory/AccessStatusServiceFactoryImpl.java

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+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.access.status.factory;
+
+import org.dspace.access.status.service.AccessStatusService;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+
+/**
+ * Factory implementation to get services for the access status package,
+ * use AccessStatusServiceFactory.getInstance() to retrieve an implementation.
+ */
+public class AccessStatusServiceFactoryImpl extends AccessStatusServiceFactory {
+
+    @Autowired(required = true)
+    private AccessStatusService accessStatusService;
+
+    @Override
+    public AccessStatusService getAccessStatusService() {
+        return accessStatusService;
+    }
+}

dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/access/status/package-info.java

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+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+/**
+ * <p>
+ * Access status allows the users to view the bitstreams availability before
+ * browsing into the item itself.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * The access status is calculated through a pluggable class:
+ * {@link org.dspace.access.status.AccessStatusHelper}.
+ * The {@link org.dspace.access.status.AccessStatusServiceImpl}
+ * must be configured to specify this class, as well as a forever embargo date
+ * threshold year, month and day.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * See {@link org.dspace.access.status.DefaultAccessStatusHelper} for a simple calculation
+ * based on the primary or the first bitstream of the original bundle. You can
+ * supply your own class to implement more complex access statuses.
+ * </p>
+ * <p>
+ * For now, the access status is calculated when the item is shown in a list.
+ * </p>
+ */
+
+package org.dspace.access.status;

dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/access/status/service/AccessStatusService.java

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+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.access.status.service;
+
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+import org.dspace.content.Item;
+import org.dspace.core.Context;
+
+/**
+ * Public interface to the access status subsystem.
+ * <p>
+ * Configuration properties: (with examples)
+ * {@code
+ * # values for the forever embargo date threshold
+ * # This threshold date is used in the default access status helper to dermine if an item is
+ * # restricted or embargoed based on the start date of the primary (or first) file policies.
+ * # In this case, if the policy start date is inferior to the threshold date, the status will
+ * # be embargo, else it will be restricted.
+ * # You might want to change this threshold based on your needs. For example: some databases
+ * # doesn't accept a date superior to 31 december 9999.
+ * access.status.embargo.forever.year = 10000
+ * access.status.embargo.forever.month = 1
+ * access.status.embargo.forever.day = 1
+ * # implementation of access status helper plugin - replace with local implementation if applicable
+ * # This default access status helper provides an item status based on the policies of the primary
+ * # bitstream (or first bitstream in the original bundles if no primary file is specified).
+ * plugin.single.org.dspace.access.status.AccessStatusHelper = org.dspace.access.status.DefaultAccessStatusHelper
+ * }
+ */
+public interface AccessStatusService {
+
+    /**
+     * Calculate the access status for an Item while considering the forever embargo date threshold.
+     *
+     * @param context the DSpace context
+     * @param item    the item
+     * @throws SQLException An exception that provides information on a database access error or other errors.
+     */
+    public String getAccessStatus(Context context, Item item) throws SQLException;
+}

dspace-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/util/DCInput.java

@@ -561,6 +561,15 @@ public class DCInput {
         return true;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Get the type bind list for use in determining whether
+     * to display this field in angular dynamic form building
+     * @return list of bound types
+     */
+    public List<String> getTypeBindList() {
+        return typeBind;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Verify whether the current field contains an entity relationship
      * This also implies a relationship type is defined for this field

dspace-api/src/test/data/dspaceFolder/config/submission-forms.xml

@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
          <dc-qualifier>ispartofseries</dc-qualifier>
          <repeatable>true</repeatable>
          <label>Series/Report No.</label>
+         <type-bind>Technical Report</type-bind>
          <input-type>series</input-type>
          <hint>Enter the series and number assigned to this item by your community.</hint>
          <required></required>

dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/access/status/AccessStatusServiceTest.java

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+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.access.status;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.dspace.AbstractUnitTest;
+import org.dspace.access.status.factory.AccessStatusServiceFactory;
+import org.dspace.access.status.service.AccessStatusService;
+import org.dspace.authorize.AuthorizeException;
+import org.dspace.content.Collection;
+import org.dspace.content.Community;
+import org.dspace.content.Item;
+import org.dspace.content.factory.ContentServiceFactory;
+import org.dspace.content.service.CollectionService;
+import org.dspace.content.service.CommunityService;
+import org.dspace.content.service.InstallItemService;
+import org.dspace.content.service.ItemService;
+import org.dspace.content.service.WorkspaceItemService;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Unit Tests for access status service
+ */
+public class AccessStatusServiceTest extends AbstractUnitTest {
+
+    private static final Logger log = org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger(AccessStatusServiceTest.class);
+
+    private Collection collection;
+    private Community owningCommunity;
+    private Item item;
+
+    protected CommunityService communityService =
+            ContentServiceFactory.getInstance().getCommunityService();
+    protected CollectionService collectionService =
+            ContentServiceFactory.getInstance().getCollectionService();
+    protected ItemService itemService =
+            ContentServiceFactory.getInstance().getItemService();
+    protected WorkspaceItemService workspaceItemService =
+            ContentServiceFactory.getInstance().getWorkspaceItemService();
+    protected InstallItemService installItemService =
+            ContentServiceFactory.getInstance().getInstallItemService();
+    protected AccessStatusService accessStatusService =
+            AccessStatusServiceFactory.getInstance().getAccessStatusService();
+
+    /**
+     * This method will be run before every test as per @Before. It will
+     * initialize resources required for the tests.
+     *
+     * Other methods can be annotated with @Before here or in subclasses
+     * but no execution order is guaranteed
+     */
+    @Before
+    @Override
+    public void init() {
+        super.init();
+        try {
+            context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
+            owningCommunity = communityService.create(null, context);
+            collection = collectionService.create(context, owningCommunity);
+            item = installItemService.installItem(context,
+                    workspaceItemService.create(context, collection, true));
+            context.restoreAuthSystemState();
+        } catch (AuthorizeException ex) {
+            log.error("Authorization Error in init", ex);
+            fail("Authorization Error in init: " + ex.getMessage());
+        } catch (SQLException ex) {
+            log.error("SQL Error in init", ex);
+            fail("SQL Error in init: " + ex.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method will be run after every test as per @After. It will
+     * clean resources initialized by the @Before methods.
+     *
+     * Other methods can be annotated with @After here or in subclasses
+     * but no execution order is guaranteed
+     */
+    @After
+    @Override
+    public void destroy() {
+        context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
+        try {
+            itemService.delete(context, item);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // ignore
+        }
+        try {
+            collectionService.delete(context, collection);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // ignore
+        }
+        try {
+            communityService.delete(context, owningCommunity);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // ignore
+        }
+        context.restoreAuthSystemState();
+        item = null;
+        collection = null;
+        owningCommunity = null;
+        try {
+            super.destroy();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // ignore
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testGetAccessStatus() throws Exception {
+        String status = accessStatusService.getAccessStatus(context, item);
+        assertNotEquals("testGetAccessStatus 0", status, DefaultAccessStatusHelper.UNKNOWN);
+    }
+}

dspace-api/src/test/java/org/dspace/access/status/DefaultAccessStatusHelperTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,423 @@
+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.access.status;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
+import org.dspace.AbstractUnitTest;
+import org.dspace.authorize.AuthorizeException;
+import org.dspace.authorize.ResourcePolicy;
+import org.dspace.authorize.factory.AuthorizeServiceFactory;
+import org.dspace.authorize.service.ResourcePolicyService;
+import org.dspace.content.Bitstream;
+import org.dspace.content.Bundle;
+import org.dspace.content.Collection;
+import org.dspace.content.Community;
+import org.dspace.content.Item;
+import org.dspace.content.factory.ContentServiceFactory;
+import org.dspace.content.service.BitstreamService;
+import org.dspace.content.service.BundleService;
+import org.dspace.content.service.CollectionService;
+import org.dspace.content.service.CommunityService;
+import org.dspace.content.service.InstallItemService;
+import org.dspace.content.service.ItemService;
+import org.dspace.content.service.WorkspaceItemService;
+import org.dspace.core.Constants;
+import org.dspace.eperson.Group;
+import org.dspace.eperson.factory.EPersonServiceFactory;
+import org.dspace.eperson.service.GroupService;
+import org.joda.time.LocalDate;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class DefaultAccessStatusHelperTest  extends AbstractUnitTest {
+
+    private static final Logger log = LogManager.getLogger(DefaultAccessStatusHelperTest.class);
+
+    private Collection collection;
+    private Community owningCommunity;
+    private Item itemWithoutBundle;
+    private Item itemWithoutBitstream;
+    private Item itemWithBitstream;
+    private Item itemWithEmbargo;
+    private Item itemWithDateRestriction;
+    private Item itemWithGroupRestriction;
+    private Item itemWithoutPolicy;
+    private Item itemWithoutPrimaryBitstream;
+    private Item itemWithPrimaryAndMultipleBitstreams;
+    private Item itemWithoutPrimaryAndMultipleBitstreams;
+    private DefaultAccessStatusHelper helper;
+    private Date threshold;
+
+    protected CommunityService communityService =
+            ContentServiceFactory.getInstance().getCommunityService();
+    protected CollectionService collectionService =
+            ContentServiceFactory.getInstance().getCollectionService();
+    protected ItemService itemService =
+            ContentServiceFactory.getInstance().getItemService();
+    protected WorkspaceItemService workspaceItemService =
+            ContentServiceFactory.getInstance().getWorkspaceItemService();
+    protected InstallItemService installItemService =
+            ContentServiceFactory.getInstance().getInstallItemService();
+    protected BundleService bundleService =
+            ContentServiceFactory.getInstance().getBundleService();
+    protected BitstreamService bitstreamService =
+            ContentServiceFactory.getInstance().getBitstreamService();
+    protected ResourcePolicyService resourcePolicyService =
+            AuthorizeServiceFactory.getInstance().getResourcePolicyService();
+    protected GroupService groupService =
+            EPersonServiceFactory.getInstance().getGroupService();
+
+    /**
+     * This method will be run before every test as per @Before. It will
+     * initialize resources required for the tests.
+     *
+     * Other methods can be annotated with @Before here or in subclasses
+     * but no execution order is guaranteed
+     */
+    @Before
+    @Override
+    public void init() {
+        super.init();
+        try {
+            context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
+            owningCommunity = communityService.create(null, context);
+            collection = collectionService.create(context, owningCommunity);
+            itemWithoutBundle = installItemService.installItem(context,
+                    workspaceItemService.create(context, collection, true));
+            itemWithoutBitstream = installItemService.installItem(context,
+                    workspaceItemService.create(context, collection, true));
+            itemWithBitstream = installItemService.installItem(context,
+                    workspaceItemService.create(context, collection, true));
+            itemWithEmbargo = installItemService.installItem(context,
+                    workspaceItemService.create(context, collection, true));
+            itemWithDateRestriction = installItemService.installItem(context,
+                    workspaceItemService.create(context, collection, true));
+            itemWithGroupRestriction = installItemService.installItem(context,
+                    workspaceItemService.create(context, collection, true));
+            itemWithoutPolicy = installItemService.installItem(context,
+                    workspaceItemService.create(context, collection, true));
+            itemWithoutPrimaryBitstream = installItemService.installItem(context,
+                    workspaceItemService.create(context, collection, true));
+            itemWithPrimaryAndMultipleBitstreams = installItemService.installItem(context,
+                    workspaceItemService.create(context, collection, true));
+            itemWithoutPrimaryAndMultipleBitstreams = installItemService.installItem(context,
+                    workspaceItemService.create(context, collection, true));
+            context.restoreAuthSystemState();
+        } catch (AuthorizeException ex) {
+            log.error("Authorization Error in init", ex);
+            fail("Authorization Error in init: " + ex.getMessage());
+        } catch (SQLException ex) {
+            log.error("SQL Error in init", ex);
+            fail("SQL Error in init: " + ex.getMessage());
+        }
+        helper = new DefaultAccessStatusHelper();
+        threshold = new LocalDate(10000, 1, 1).toDate();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method will be run after every test as per @After. It will
+     * clean resources initialized by the @Before methods.
+     *
+     * Other methods can be annotated with @After here or in subclasses
+     * but no execution order is guaranteed
+     */
+    @After
+    @Override
+    public void destroy() {
+        context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
+        try {
+            itemService.delete(context, itemWithoutBundle);
+            itemService.delete(context, itemWithoutBitstream);
+            itemService.delete(context, itemWithBitstream);
+            itemService.delete(context, itemWithEmbargo);
+            itemService.delete(context, itemWithDateRestriction);
+            itemService.delete(context, itemWithGroupRestriction);
+            itemService.delete(context, itemWithoutPolicy);
+            itemService.delete(context, itemWithoutPrimaryBitstream);
+            itemService.delete(context, itemWithPrimaryAndMultipleBitstreams);
+            itemService.delete(context, itemWithoutPrimaryAndMultipleBitstreams);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // ignore
+        }
+        try {
+            collectionService.delete(context, collection);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // ignore
+        }
+        try {
+            communityService.delete(context, owningCommunity);
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // ignore
+        }
+        context.restoreAuthSystemState();
+        itemWithoutBundle = null;
+        itemWithoutBitstream = null;
+        itemWithBitstream = null;
+        itemWithEmbargo = null;
+        itemWithDateRestriction = null;
+        itemWithGroupRestriction = null;
+        itemWithoutPolicy = null;
+        itemWithoutPrimaryBitstream = null;
+        itemWithPrimaryAndMultipleBitstreams = null;
+        itemWithoutPrimaryAndMultipleBitstreams = null;
+        collection = null;
+        owningCommunity = null;
+        helper = null;
+        threshold = null;
+        communityService = null;
+        collectionService = null;
+        itemService = null;
+        workspaceItemService = null;
+        installItemService = null;
+        bundleService = null;
+        bitstreamService = null;
+        resourcePolicyService = null;
+        groupService = null;
+        try {
+            super.destroy();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            // ignore
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for a null item
+     * @throws java.lang.Exception passed through.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testWithNullItem() throws Exception {
+        String status = helper.getAccessStatusFromItem(context, null, threshold);
+        assertThat("testWithNullItem 0", status, equalTo(DefaultAccessStatusHelper.UNKNOWN));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for an item with no bundle
+     * @throws java.lang.Exception passed through.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testWithoutBundle() throws Exception {
+        String status = helper.getAccessStatusFromItem(context, itemWithoutBundle, threshold);
+        assertThat("testWithoutBundle 0", status, equalTo(DefaultAccessStatusHelper.METADATA_ONLY));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for an item with no bitstream
+     * @throws java.lang.Exception passed through.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testWithoutBitstream() throws Exception {
+        context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
+        bundleService.create(context, itemWithoutBitstream, Constants.CONTENT_BUNDLE_NAME);
+        context.restoreAuthSystemState();
+        String status = helper.getAccessStatusFromItem(context, itemWithoutBitstream, threshold);
+        assertThat("testWithoutBitstream 0", status, equalTo(DefaultAccessStatusHelper.METADATA_ONLY));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for an item with a basic bitstream (open access)
+     * @throws java.lang.Exception passed through.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testWithBitstream() throws Exception {
+        context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
+        Bundle bundle = bundleService.create(context, itemWithBitstream, Constants.CONTENT_BUNDLE_NAME);
+        Bitstream bitstream = bitstreamService.create(context, bundle,
+                new ByteArrayInputStream("1".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+        bitstream.setName(context, "primary");
+        bundle.setPrimaryBitstreamID(bitstream);
+        context.restoreAuthSystemState();
+        String status = helper.getAccessStatusFromItem(context, itemWithBitstream, threshold);
+        assertThat("testWithBitstream 0", status, equalTo(DefaultAccessStatusHelper.OPEN_ACCESS));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for an item with an embargo
+     * @throws java.lang.Exception passed through.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testWithEmbargo() throws Exception {
+        context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
+        Bundle bundle = bundleService.create(context, itemWithEmbargo, Constants.CONTENT_BUNDLE_NAME);
+        Bitstream bitstream = bitstreamService.create(context, bundle,
+                new ByteArrayInputStream("1".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+        bitstream.setName(context, "primary");
+        bundle.setPrimaryBitstreamID(bitstream);
+        List<ResourcePolicy> policies = new ArrayList<>();
+        ResourcePolicy policy = resourcePolicyService.create(context);
+        policy.setRpName("Embargo");
+        Group group = groupService.findByName(context, Group.ANONYMOUS);
+        policy.setGroup(group);
+        policy.setAction(Constants.READ);
+        policy.setStartDate(new LocalDate(9999, 12, 31).toDate());
+        policies.add(policy);
+        authorizeService.removeAllPolicies(context, bitstream);
+        authorizeService.addPolicies(context, policies, bitstream);
+        context.restoreAuthSystemState();
+        String status = helper.getAccessStatusFromItem(context, itemWithEmbargo, threshold);
+        assertThat("testWithEmbargo 0", status, equalTo(DefaultAccessStatusHelper.EMBARGO));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for an item with an anonymous date restriction
+     * @throws java.lang.Exception passed through.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testWithDateRestriction() throws Exception {
+        context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
+        Bundle bundle = bundleService.create(context, itemWithDateRestriction, Constants.CONTENT_BUNDLE_NAME);
+        Bitstream bitstream = bitstreamService.create(context, bundle,
+                new ByteArrayInputStream("1".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+        bitstream.setName(context, "primary");
+        bundle.setPrimaryBitstreamID(bitstream);
+        List<ResourcePolicy> policies = new ArrayList<>();
+        ResourcePolicy policy = resourcePolicyService.create(context);
+        policy.setRpName("Restriction");
+        Group group = groupService.findByName(context, Group.ANONYMOUS);
+        policy.setGroup(group);
+        policy.setAction(Constants.READ);
+        policy.setStartDate(new LocalDate(10000, 1, 1).toDate());
+        policies.add(policy);
+        authorizeService.removeAllPolicies(context, bitstream);
+        authorizeService.addPolicies(context, policies, bitstream);
+        context.restoreAuthSystemState();
+        String status = helper.getAccessStatusFromItem(context, itemWithDateRestriction, threshold);
+        assertThat("testWithDateRestriction 0", status, equalTo(DefaultAccessStatusHelper.RESTRICTED));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for an item with a group restriction
+     * @throws java.lang.Exception passed through.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testWithGroupRestriction() throws Exception {
+        context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
+        Bundle bundle = bundleService.create(context, itemWithGroupRestriction, Constants.CONTENT_BUNDLE_NAME);
+        Bitstream bitstream = bitstreamService.create(context, bundle,
+                new ByteArrayInputStream("1".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+        bitstream.setName(context, "primary");
+        bundle.setPrimaryBitstreamID(bitstream);
+        List<ResourcePolicy> policies = new ArrayList<>();
+        ResourcePolicy policy = resourcePolicyService.create(context);
+        policy.setRpName("Restriction");
+        Group group = groupService.findByName(context, Group.ADMIN);
+        policy.setGroup(group);
+        policy.setAction(Constants.READ);
+        policies.add(policy);
+        authorizeService.removeAllPolicies(context, bitstream);
+        authorizeService.addPolicies(context, policies, bitstream);
+        context.restoreAuthSystemState();
+        String status = helper.getAccessStatusFromItem(context, itemWithGroupRestriction, threshold);
+        assertThat("testWithGroupRestriction 0", status, equalTo(DefaultAccessStatusHelper.RESTRICTED));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for an item with no policy
+     * @throws java.lang.Exception passed through.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testWithoutPolicy() throws Exception {
+        context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
+        Bundle bundle = bundleService.create(context, itemWithoutPolicy, Constants.CONTENT_BUNDLE_NAME);
+        Bitstream bitstream = bitstreamService.create(context, bundle,
+                new ByteArrayInputStream("1".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+        bitstream.setName(context, "primary");
+        bundle.setPrimaryBitstreamID(bitstream);
+        authorizeService.removeAllPolicies(context, bitstream);
+        context.restoreAuthSystemState();
+        String status = helper.getAccessStatusFromItem(context, itemWithoutPolicy, threshold);
+        assertThat("testWithoutPolicy 0", status, equalTo(DefaultAccessStatusHelper.RESTRICTED));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for an item with no primary bitstream
+     * @throws java.lang.Exception passed through.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testWithoutPrimaryBitstream() throws Exception {
+        context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
+        Bundle bundle = bundleService.create(context, itemWithoutPrimaryBitstream, Constants.CONTENT_BUNDLE_NAME);
+        Bitstream bitstream = bitstreamService.create(context, bundle,
+                new ByteArrayInputStream("1".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+        bitstream.setName(context, "first");
+        context.restoreAuthSystemState();
+        String status = helper.getAccessStatusFromItem(context, itemWithoutPrimaryBitstream, threshold);
+        assertThat("testWithoutPrimaryBitstream 0", status, equalTo(DefaultAccessStatusHelper.OPEN_ACCESS));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for an item with an open access bitstream
+     * and another primary bitstream on embargo
+     * @throws java.lang.Exception passed through.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testWithPrimaryAndMultipleBitstreams() throws Exception {
+        context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
+        Bundle bundle = bundleService.create(context, itemWithPrimaryAndMultipleBitstreams,
+                Constants.CONTENT_BUNDLE_NAME);
+        bitstreamService.create(context, bundle,
+                new ByteArrayInputStream("1".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+        Bitstream primaryBitstream = bitstreamService.create(context, bundle,
+                new ByteArrayInputStream("1".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+        bundle.setPrimaryBitstreamID(primaryBitstream);
+        List<ResourcePolicy> policies = new ArrayList<>();
+        ResourcePolicy policy = resourcePolicyService.create(context);
+        policy.setRpName("Embargo");
+        Group group = groupService.findByName(context, Group.ANONYMOUS);
+        policy.setGroup(group);
+        policy.setAction(Constants.READ);
+        policy.setStartDate(new LocalDate(9999, 12, 31).toDate());
+        policies.add(policy);
+        authorizeService.removeAllPolicies(context, primaryBitstream);
+        authorizeService.addPolicies(context, policies, primaryBitstream);
+        context.restoreAuthSystemState();
+        String status = helper.getAccessStatusFromItem(context, itemWithPrimaryAndMultipleBitstreams, threshold);
+        assertThat("testWithPrimaryAndMultipleBitstreams 0", status, equalTo(DefaultAccessStatusHelper.EMBARGO));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Test for an item with an open access bitstream
+     * and another bitstream on embargo
+     * @throws java.lang.Exception passed through.
+     */
+    @Test
+    public void testWithNoPrimaryAndMultipleBitstreams() throws Exception {
+        context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
+        Bundle bundle = bundleService.create(context, itemWithoutPrimaryAndMultipleBitstreams,
+                Constants.CONTENT_BUNDLE_NAME);
+        bitstreamService.create(context, bundle,
+                new ByteArrayInputStream("1".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+        Bitstream anotherBitstream = bitstreamService.create(context, bundle,
+                new ByteArrayInputStream("1".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8)));
+        List<ResourcePolicy> policies = new ArrayList<>();
+        ResourcePolicy policy = resourcePolicyService.create(context);
+        policy.setRpName("Embargo");
+        Group group = groupService.findByName(context, Group.ANONYMOUS);
+        policy.setGroup(group);
+        policy.setAction(Constants.READ);
+        policy.setStartDate(new LocalDate(9999, 12, 31).toDate());
+        policies.add(policy);
+        authorizeService.removeAllPolicies(context, anotherBitstream);
+        authorizeService.addPolicies(context, policies, anotherBitstream);
+        context.restoreAuthSystemState();
+        String status = helper.getAccessStatusFromItem(context, itemWithoutPrimaryAndMultipleBitstreams, threshold);
+        assertThat("testWithNoPrimaryAndMultipleBitstreams 0", status, equalTo(DefaultAccessStatusHelper.OPEN_ACCESS));
+    }
+}

dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/converter/SubmissionFormConverter.java

@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ public class SubmissionFormConverter implements DSpaceConverter<DCInputSet, Subm
         inputField.setInput(inputRest);
         if (dcinput.isMetadataField()) {
             inputField.setSelectableMetadata(selectableMetadata);
+            inputField.setTypeBind(dcinput.getTypeBindList());
         }
         if (dcinput.isRelationshipField()) {
             selectableRelationship = getSelectableRelationships(dcinput);

dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/AccessStatusRest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.app.rest.model;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty.Access;
+
+/**
+ * The Access Status REST Resource.
+ */
+public class AccessStatusRest implements RestModel {
+    public static final String NAME = "accessStatus";
+
+    String status;
+
+    @Override
+    @JsonProperty(access = Access.READ_ONLY)
+    public String getType() {
+        return NAME;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    @JsonIgnore
+    public String getTypePlural() {
+        return getType();
+    }
+
+    public AccessStatusRest() {
+        setStatus(null);
+    }
+
+    public AccessStatusRest(String status) {
+        setStatus(status);
+    }
+
+    public String getStatus() {
+        return status;
+    }
+
+    public void setStatus(String status) {
+        this.status = status;
+    }
+}

dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/ItemRest.java

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
  * @author Andrea Bollini (andrea.bollini at 4science.it)
  */
 @LinksRest(links = {
+        @LinkRest(
+                name = ItemRest.ACCESS_STATUS,
+                method = "getAccessStatus"
+        ),
         @LinkRest(
                 name = ItemRest.BUNDLES,
                 method = "getBundles"
@@ -51,6 +55,7 @@ public class ItemRest extends DSpaceObjectRest {
     public static final String PLURAL_NAME = "items";
     public static final String CATEGORY = RestAddressableModel.CORE;
 
+    public static final String ACCESS_STATUS = "accessStatus";
     public static final String BUNDLES = "bundles";
     public static final String MAPPED_COLLECTIONS = "mappedCollections";
     public static final String OWNING_COLLECTION = "owningCollection";

dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/SubmissionFormFieldRest.java

@@ -83,6 +83,11 @@ public class SubmissionFormFieldRest {
      */
     private List<LanguageFormField> languageCodes;
 
+    /**
+     * The list of type bind value
+     */
+    private List<String> typeBind;
+
     /**
      * Getter for {@link #selectableMetadata}
      * 
@@ -266,6 +271,14 @@ public class SubmissionFormFieldRest {
         }
     }
 
+    public List<String> getTypeBind() {
+        return typeBind;
+    }
+
+    public void setTypeBind(List<String> typeBind) {
+        this.typeBind = typeBind;
+    }
+
     public SelectableRelationship getSelectableRelationship() {
         return selectableRelationship;
     }

dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/hateoas/AccessStatusResource.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.app.rest.model.hateoas;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonUnwrapped;
+import org.dspace.app.rest.model.AccessStatusRest;
+import org.dspace.app.rest.model.hateoas.annotations.RelNameDSpaceResource;
+
+/**
+ * Access Status Rest HAL Resource. The HAL Resource wraps the REST Resource
+ * adding support for the links and embedded resources
+ */
+@RelNameDSpaceResource(AccessStatusRest.NAME)
+public class AccessStatusResource extends HALResource<AccessStatusRest> {
+
+    @JsonUnwrapped
+    private AccessStatusRest data;
+
+    public AccessStatusResource(AccessStatusRest entry) {
+        super(entry);
+    }
+
+    public AccessStatusRest getData() {
+        return data;
+    }
+}

dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/repository/ItemAccessStatusLinkRepository.java

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+
+package org.dspace.app.rest.repository;
+
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
+import org.dspace.access.status.service.AccessStatusService;
+import org.dspace.app.rest.model.AccessStatusRest;
+import org.dspace.app.rest.model.ItemRest;
+import org.dspace.app.rest.projection.Projection;
+import org.dspace.content.Item;
+import org.dspace.content.service.ItemService;
+import org.dspace.core.Context;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
+import org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.ResourceNotFoundException;
+import org.springframework.security.access.prepost.PreAuthorize;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
+
+/**
+ * Link repository for calculating the access status of an Item
+ */
+@Component(ItemRest.CATEGORY + "." + ItemRest.NAME + "." + ItemRest.ACCESS_STATUS)
+public class ItemAccessStatusLinkRepository extends AbstractDSpaceRestRepository
+    implements LinkRestRepository {
+
+    @Autowired
+    ItemService itemService;
+
+    @Autowired
+    AccessStatusService accessStatusService;
+
+    @PreAuthorize("hasPermission(#itemId, 'ITEM', 'READ')")
+    public AccessStatusRest getAccessStatus(@Nullable HttpServletRequest request,
+                                            UUID itemId,
+                                            @Nullable Pageable optionalPageable,
+                                            Projection projection) {
+        try {
+            Context context = obtainContext();
+            Item item = itemService.find(context, itemId);
+            if (item == null) {
+                throw new ResourceNotFoundException("No such item: " + itemId);
+            }
+            AccessStatusRest accessStatusRest = new AccessStatusRest();
+            String accessStatus = accessStatusService.getAccessStatus(context, item);
+            accessStatusRest.setStatus(accessStatus);
+            return accessStatusRest;
+        } catch (SQLException e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+}

dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/submit/step/DescribeStep.java

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import org.dspace.content.InProgressSubmission;
 import org.dspace.content.MetadataValue;
 import org.dspace.core.Context;
 import org.dspace.core.Utils;
+import org.dspace.services.ConfigurationService;
+import org.dspace.services.factory.DSpaceServicesFactory;
 
 /**
  * Describe step for DSpace Spring Rest. Expose and allow patching of the in progress submission metadata. It is
@@ -43,7 +45,11 @@ public class DescribeStep extends AbstractProcessingStep {
 
     private static final Logger log = org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager.getLogger(DescribeStep.class);
 
+    // Input reader for form configuration
     private DCInputsReader inputReader;
+    // Configuration service
+    private final ConfigurationService configurationService =
+            DSpaceServicesFactory.getInstance().getConfigurationService();
 
     public DescribeStep() throws DCInputsReaderException {
         inputReader = new DCInputsReader();
@@ -64,8 +70,17 @@ public class DescribeStep extends AbstractProcessingStep {
 
     private void readField(InProgressSubmission obj, SubmissionStepConfig config, DataDescribe data,
                            DCInputSet inputConfig) throws DCInputsReaderException {
+        String documentTypeValue = "";
+        List<MetadataValue> documentType = itemService.getMetadataByMetadataString(obj.getItem(),
+                configurationService.getProperty("submit.type-bind.field", "dc.type"));
+        if (documentType.size() > 0) {
+            documentTypeValue = documentType.get(0).getValue();
+        }
         for (DCInput[] row : inputConfig.getFields()) {
             for (DCInput input : row) {
+                // Is this input allowed for the document type, as per type bind config? If there is no type
+                // bind set, this is always true
+                boolean allowed = input.isAllowedFor(documentTypeValue);
 
                 List<String> fieldsName = new ArrayList<String>();
                 if (input.isQualdropValue()) {
@@ -91,20 +106,30 @@ public class DescribeStep extends AbstractProcessingStep {
                         String[] metadataToCheck = Utils.tokenize(md.getMetadataField().toString());
                         if (data.getMetadata().containsKey(
                             Utils.standardize(metadataToCheck[0], metadataToCheck[1], metadataToCheck[2], "."))) {
-                            data.getMetadata()
-                                .get(Utils.standardize(md.getMetadataField().getMetadataSchema().getName(),
-                                                       md.getMetadataField().getElement(),
-                                                       md.getMetadataField().getQualifier(),
-                                                       "."))
-                                .add(dto);
+                            // If field is allowed by type bind, add value to existing field set, otherwise remove
+                            // all values for this field
+                            if (allowed) {
+                                data.getMetadata()
+                                        .get(Utils.standardize(md.getMetadataField().getMetadataSchema().getName(),
+                                                md.getMetadataField().getElement(),
+                                                md.getMetadataField().getQualifier(),
+                                                "."))
+                                        .add(dto);
+                            } else {
+                                data.getMetadata().remove(Utils.standardize(metadataToCheck[0], metadataToCheck[1],
+                                        metadataToCheck[2], "."));
+                            }
                         } else {
-                            List<MetadataValueRest> listDto = new ArrayList<>();
-                            listDto.add(dto);
-                            data.getMetadata()
-                                .put(Utils.standardize(md.getMetadataField().getMetadataSchema().getName(),
-                                                       md.getMetadataField().getElement(),
-                                                       md.getMetadataField().getQualifier(),
-                                                       "."), listDto);
+                            // Add values only if allowed by type bind
+                            if (allowed) {
+                                List<MetadataValueRest> listDto = new ArrayList<>();
+                                listDto.add(dto);
+                                data.getMetadata()
+                                        .put(Utils.standardize(md.getMetadataField().getMetadataSchema().getName(),
+                                                md.getMetadataField().getElement(),
+                                                md.getMetadataField().getQualifier(),
+                                                "."), listDto);
+                            }
                         }
                     }
                 }

dspace-server-webapp/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/rest/submit/step/validation/MetadataValidation.java

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.model.ErrorRest;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.repository.WorkspaceItemRestRepository;
 import org.dspace.app.rest.submit.SubmissionService;
+import org.dspace.app.rest.utils.ContextUtil;
 import org.dspace.app.util.DCInput;
 import org.dspace.app.util.DCInputSet;
 import org.dspace.app.util.DCInputsReader;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ import org.dspace.content.InProgressSubmission;
 import org.dspace.content.MetadataValue;
 import org.dspace.content.authority.service.MetadataAuthorityService;
 import org.dspace.content.service.ItemService;
+import org.dspace.services.ConfigurationService;
 
 /**
  * Execute three validation check on fields validation:
@@ -50,12 +52,20 @@ public class MetadataValidation extends AbstractValidation {
 
     private MetadataAuthorityService metadataAuthorityService;
 
+    private ConfigurationService configurationService;
+
     @Override
     public List<ErrorRest> validate(SubmissionService submissionService, InProgressSubmission obj,
                                     SubmissionStepConfig config) throws DCInputsReaderException, SQLException {
 
         List<ErrorRest> errors = new ArrayList<>();
+        String documentTypeValue = "";
         DCInputSet inputConfig = getInputReader().getInputsByFormName(config.getId());
+        List<MetadataValue> documentType = itemService.getMetadataByMetadataString(obj.getItem(),
+                configurationService.getProperty("submit.type-bind.field", "dc.type"));
+        if (documentType.size() > 0) {
+            documentTypeValue = documentType.get(0).getValue();
+        }
         for (DCInput[] row : inputConfig.getFields()) {
             for (DCInput input : row) {
                 String fieldKey =
@@ -71,12 +81,21 @@ public class MetadataValidation extends AbstractValidation {
                     for (int i = 1; i < inputPairs.size(); i += 2) {
                         String fullFieldname = input.getFieldName() + "." + (String) inputPairs.get(i);
                         List<MetadataValue> mdv = itemService.getMetadataByMetadataString(obj.getItem(), fullFieldname);
-                        validateMetadataValues(mdv, input, config, isAuthorityControlled, fieldKey, errors);
-                        if (mdv.size() > 0 && input.isVisible(DCInput.SUBMISSION_SCOPE)) {
-                            foundResult = true;
+                        // If the input is not allowed for this type, strip it from item metadata.
+                        if (!input.isAllowedFor(documentTypeValue)) {
+                            itemService.removeMetadataValues(ContextUtil.obtainCurrentRequestContext(),
+                                    obj.getItem(), mdv);
+                        } else {
+                            validateMetadataValues(mdv, input, config, isAuthorityControlled, fieldKey, errors);
+                            if (mdv.size() > 0 && input.isVisible(DCInput.SUBMISSION_SCOPE)) {
+                                foundResult = true;
+                            }
                         }
                     }
-                    if (input.isRequired() && ! foundResult) {
+                    // If the input is required but not allowed for this type, and we removed, don't throw
+                    // an error - this way, a field can be required for "Book" to which it is bound, but not
+                    // other types. A user may have switched between types before a final deposit
+                    if (input.isRequired() && !foundResult && input.isAllowedFor(documentTypeValue)) {
                         // for this required qualdrop no value was found, add to the list of error fields
                         addError(errors, ERROR_VALIDATION_REQUIRED,
                             "/" + WorkspaceItemRestRepository.OPERATION_PATH_SECTIONS + "/" + config.getId() + "/" +
@@ -89,6 +108,12 @@ public class MetadataValidation extends AbstractValidation {
 
                 for (String fieldName : fieldsName) {
                     List<MetadataValue> mdv = itemService.getMetadataByMetadataString(obj.getItem(), fieldName);
+                    if (!input.isAllowedFor(documentTypeValue)) {
+                        itemService.removeMetadataValues(ContextUtil.obtainCurrentRequestContext(), obj.getItem(), mdv);
+                        // Continue here, this skips the required check since we've just removed values that previously
+                        // appeared, and the configuration already indicates this field shouldn't be included
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     validateMetadataValues(mdv, input, config, isAuthorityControlled, fieldKey, errors);
                     if ((input.isRequired() && mdv.size() == 0) && input.isVisible(DCInput.SUBMISSION_SCOPE)) {
                         // since this field is missing add to list of error
@@ -124,6 +149,10 @@ public class MetadataValidation extends AbstractValidation {
         }
     }
 
+    public void setConfigurationService(ConfigurationService configurationService) {
+        this.configurationService = configurationService;
+    }
+
     public void setItemService(ItemService itemService) {
         this.itemService = itemService;
     }

dspace-server-webapp/src/main/resources/spring/spring-dspace-addon-validation-services.xml

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <bean name="metadataValidation" class="org.dspace.app.rest.submit.step.validation.MetadataValidation"
           scope="prototype">
         <property name="name" value="submission-form"/>
+        <property name="configurationService" ref="org.dspace.services.ConfigurationService"/>
         <property name="itemService" ref="org.dspace.content.ItemServiceImpl"/>
         <property name="metadataAuthorityService" ref="org.dspace.content.authority.MetadataAuthorityServiceImpl"/>
     </bean>

dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/ItemRestRepositoryIT.java

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.JsonPathMatchers.hasJsonPath;
 import static org.dspace.app.rest.matcher.MetadataMatcher.matchMetadata;
 import static org.dspace.app.rest.matcher.MetadataMatcher.matchMetadataDoesNotExist;
 import static org.dspace.core.Constants.WRITE;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.notNullValue;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.emptyOrNullString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
@@ -3861,6 +3862,8 @@ public class ItemRestRepositoryIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTest {
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.inArchive", Matchers.is(false)))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.self.href",
                      Matchers.containsString("/api/core/items/" + item.getID().toString())))
+                 .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.accessStatus.href",
+                     Matchers.containsString("/api/core/items/" + item.getID().toString() + "/accessStatus")))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.bundles.href",
                      Matchers.containsString("/api/core/items/" + item.getID().toString() + "/bundles")))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.mappedCollections.href",
@@ -3893,6 +3896,8 @@ public class ItemRestRepositoryIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTest {
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.inArchive", Matchers.is(false)))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.self.href",
                      Matchers.containsString("/api/core/items/" + item.getID().toString())))
+                 .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.accessStatus.href",
+                     Matchers.containsString("/api/core/items/" + item.getID().toString() + "/accessStatus")))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.bundles.href",
                      Matchers.containsString("/api/core/items/" + item.getID().toString() + "/bundles")))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.mappedCollections.href",
@@ -3926,6 +3931,8 @@ public class ItemRestRepositoryIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTest {
                        Matchers.containsString("/api/core/items/" + item.getID().toString())))
                    .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.self.href",
                        Matchers.containsString("/api/core/items/" + item.getID().toString())))
+                   .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.accessStatus.href",
+                       Matchers.containsString("/api/core/items/" + item.getID().toString() + "/accessStatus")))
                    .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.bundles.href",
                        Matchers.containsString("/api/core/items/" + item.getID().toString() + "/bundles")))
                    .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.mappedCollections.href",
@@ -4376,4 +4383,35 @@ public class ItemRestRepositoryIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTest {
                    .andExpect(status().isUnauthorized());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void findAccessStatusForItemBadRequestTest() throws Exception {
+        getClient().perform(get("/api/core/items/{uuid}/accessStatus", "1"))
+                   .andExpect(status().isBadRequest());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void findAccessStatusForItemNotFoundTest() throws Exception {
+        UUID fakeUUID = UUID.randomUUID();
+        getClient().perform(get("/api/core/items/{uuid}/accessStatus", fakeUUID))
+                   .andExpect(status().isNotFound());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void findAccessStatusForItemTest() throws Exception {
+        context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
+        parentCommunity = CommunityBuilder.createCommunity(context)
+                                          .withName("Parent Community")
+                                          .build();
+        Collection owningCollection = CollectionBuilder.createCollection(context, parentCommunity)
+                                                       .withName("Owning Collection")
+                                                       .build();
+        Item item = ItemBuilder.createItem(context, owningCollection)
+                               .withTitle("Test item")
+                               .build();
+        context.restoreAuthSystemState();
+        getClient().perform(get("/api/core/items/{uuid}/accessStatus", item.getID()))
+                   .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                   .andExpect(jsonPath("$.status", notNullValue()));
+    }
+
 }

dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/SubmissionFormsControllerIT.java

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.contains;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.hasSize;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.not;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.nullValue;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
 import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.content;
@@ -113,20 +114,20 @@ public class SubmissionFormsControllerIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTe
                        .startsWith(REST_SERVER_URL + "config/submissionforms/traditionalpageone")))
                    // check the first two rows
                    .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[0].fields", contains(
-                        SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Author",
+                        SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Author", null,
                 null, true,"Add an author", "dc.contributor.author"))))
                    .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[1].fields", contains(
-                        SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Title",
+                        SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Title", null,
                                 "You must enter a main title for this item.", false,
                                 "Enter the main title of the item.", "dc.title"))))
                    // check a row with multiple fields
                    .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[3].fields",
                         contains(
                                 SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("date", "Date of Issue",
-                                        "You must enter at least the year.", false,
+                                        null, "You must enter at least the year.", false,
                                         "Please give the date", "col-sm-4",
                                         "dc.date.issued"),
-                                SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Publisher",
+                                SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Publisher", null,
                                         null, false,"Enter the name of",
                                         "col-sm-8","dc.publisher"))))
         ;
@@ -144,18 +145,18 @@ public class SubmissionFormsControllerIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTe
                    .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.self.href", Matchers
                        .startsWith(REST_SERVER_URL + "config/submissionforms/traditionalpageone")))
                    .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[0].fields", contains(
-                        SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Author",
+                        SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Author", null,
                           null, true,"Add an author", "dc.contributor.author"))))
                    .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[1].fields", contains(
-                        SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Title",
+                        SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Title", null,
                                 "You must enter a main title for this item.", false,
                                 "Enter the main title of the item.", "dc.title"))))
                    .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[3].fields",contains(
-                                SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("date", "Date of Issue",
+                                SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("date", "Date of Issue", null,
                                         "You must enter at least the year.", false,
                                         "Please give the date", "col-sm-4",
                                         "dc.date.issued"),
-                                SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Publisher",
+                                SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Publisher", null,
                                         null, false,"Enter the name of",
                                         "col-sm-8","dc.publisher"))));
     }
@@ -220,20 +221,20 @@ public class SubmissionFormsControllerIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTe
                         // dc.subject fields with in separate rows all linked to an authority with different
                         // presentation modes (suggestion, name-lookup, lookup)
                         .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[0].fields", contains(
-                                SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Author",
+                                SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Author", null,
                                         null, true,
                                 "Author field that can be associated with an authority providing suggestion",
                                 null, "dc.contributor.author", "SolrAuthorAuthority")
                             )))
                         .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[1].fields", contains(
-                                SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("lookup-name", "Editor",
+                                SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("lookup-name", "Editor", null,
                                         null, false,
                                 "Editor field that can be associated with an authority "
                                 + "providing the special name lookup",
                                 null, "dc.contributor.editor", "SolrEditorAuthority")
                             )))
                         .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[2].fields", contains(
-                                SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("lookup", "Subject",
+                                SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("lookup", "Subject", null,
                                         null, true,
                                 "Subject field that can be associated with an authority providing lookup",
                                 null, "dc.subject", "SolrSubjectAuthority")
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ public class SubmissionFormsControllerIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTe
                             .startsWith(REST_SERVER_URL + "config/submissionforms/traditionalpageone")))
                         // our test configuration include the dc.type field with a value pair in the 8th row
                         .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[7].fields", contains(
-                                SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("dropdown", "Type",
+                                SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("dropdown", "Type", null,
                                         null, true,
                                 "Select the type(s) of content of the item. To select more than one value in the " +
                                 "list, you may have to hold down the \"CTRL\" or \"Shift\" key.",
@@ -275,6 +276,35 @@ public class SubmissionFormsControllerIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTe
         ;
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void findFieldWithTypeBindConfig() throws Exception {
+        String token = getAuthToken(admin.getEmail(), password);
+
+        getClient(token).perform(get("/api/config/submissionforms/traditionalpageone"))
+                // The status has to be 200 OK
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                // We expect the content type to be "application/hal+json;charset=UTF-8"
+                .andExpect(content().contentType(contentType))
+                // Check that the JSON root matches the expected "traditionalpageone" input forms
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.id", is("traditionalpageone")))
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.name", is("traditionalpageone")))
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.type", is("submissionform")))
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.self.href", Matchers
+                        .startsWith(REST_SERVER_URL + "config/submissionforms/traditionalpageone")))
+                // check a row with type-bind 'Technical Report'
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[5].fields", contains(
+                SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("series", "Series/Report No.",
+                        "Technical Report", null, true,
+                        "Enter the series and number assigned to this item by your community.",
+                        "dc.relation.ispartofseries"))))
+                // check the same row with a NON-matching type-bind 'Article' (expect false)
+                .andExpect(((jsonPath("$.rows[5].fields", not(contains(
+                SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.matchFormFieldDefinition("series", "Series/Report No.",
+                        "Article", null, true,
+                        "Enter the series and number assigned to this item by your community.",
+                        "dc.relation.ispartofseries")))))));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void findOpenRelationshipConfig() throws Exception {
         String token = getAuthToken(admin.getEmail(), password);
@@ -352,14 +382,15 @@ public class SubmissionFormsControllerIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTe
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.self.href", Matchers
                             .startsWith(REST_SERVER_URL + "config/submissionforms/languagetest")))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[0].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Autore", "\u00C8" + " richiesto almeno un autore", true,
+                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Autore", null,
+                                    "\u00C8" + " richiesto almeno un autore", true,
                                                       "Aggiungi un autore", "dc.contributor.author"))))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[1].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Titolo",
+                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Titolo", null,
                             "\u00C8" + " necessario inserire un titolo principale per questo item", false,
                             "Inserisci titolo principale di questo item", "dc.title"))))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[2].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("dropdown", "Lingua", null, false,
+                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("dropdown", "Lingua", null, null, false,
                             "Selezionare la lingua del contenuto principale dell'item."
                           + " Se la lingua non compare nell'elenco, selezionare (Altro)."
                           + " Se il contenuto non ha davvero una lingua"
@@ -376,14 +407,14 @@ public class SubmissionFormsControllerIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTe
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.self.href", Matchers
                            .startsWith(REST_SERVER_URL + "config/submissionforms/languagetest")))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[0].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Автор", "Потрібно ввести хочаб одного автора!",
+                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Автор", null, "Потрібно ввести хочаб одного автора!",
                                                true, "Додати автора", "dc.contributor.author"))))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[1].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Заголовок",
+                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Заголовок", null,
                            "Заговолок файла обов'язковий !", false,
                            "Ввести основний заголовок файла", "dc.title"))))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[2].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("dropdown", "Мова", null, false,
+                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("dropdown", "Мова", null, null, false,
                            "Виберiть мову головного змiсту файлу, як що мови немає у списку, вибрати (Iнша)."
                          + " Як що вмiст вайлу не є текстовим, наприклад є фотографiєю, тодi вибрати (N/A)",
                          null, "dc.language.iso", "common_iso_languages"))));
@@ -431,14 +462,15 @@ public class SubmissionFormsControllerIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTe
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.self.href", Matchers
                             .startsWith(REST_SERVER_URL + "config/submissionforms/languagetest")))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[0].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Autore", "\u00C8" + " richiesto almeno un autore", true,
+                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Autore", null,
+                                    "\u00C8" + " richiesto almeno un autore", true,
                                                       "Aggiungi un autore", "dc.contributor.author"))))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[1].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Titolo",
+                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Titolo", null,
                             "\u00C8" + " necessario inserire un titolo principale per questo item", false,
                             "Inserisci titolo principale di questo item", "dc.title"))))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[2].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("dropdown", "Lingua", null, false,
+                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("dropdown", "Lingua", null, null, false,
                             "Selezionare la lingua del contenuto principale dell'item."
                           + " Se la lingua non compare nell'elenco, selezionare (Altro)."
                           + " Se il contenuto non ha davvero una lingua"
@@ -455,14 +487,14 @@ public class SubmissionFormsControllerIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTe
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.self.href", Matchers
                            .startsWith(REST_SERVER_URL + "config/submissionforms/languagetest")))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[0].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Автор", "Потрібно ввести хочаб одного автора!",
+                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("name",  "Автор", null, "Потрібно ввести хочаб одного автора!",
                                                true, "Додати автора", "dc.contributor.author"))))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[1].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Заголовок",
+                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Заголовок", null,
                            "Заговолок файла обов'язковий !", false,
                            "Ввести основний заголовок файла", "dc.title"))))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[2].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("dropdown", "Мова", null, false,
+                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("dropdown", "Мова", null, null, false,
                            "Виберiть мову головного змiсту файлу, як що мови немає у списку, вибрати (Iнша)."
                          + " Як що вмiст вайлу не є текстовим, наприклад є фотографiєю, тодi вибрати (N/A)",
                          null, "dc.language.iso", "common_iso_languages"))));
@@ -505,14 +537,15 @@ public class SubmissionFormsControllerIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTe
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.self.href", Matchers
                            .startsWith(REST_SERVER_URL + "config/submissionforms/languagetest")))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[0].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Autore", "\u00C8" + " richiesto almeno un autore", true,
+                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Autore", null,
+                                   "\u00C8" + " richiesto almeno un autore", true,
                                                      "Aggiungi un autore", "dc.contributor.author"))))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[1].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Titolo",
+                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Titolo", null,
                            "\u00C8" + " necessario inserire un titolo principale per questo item", false,
                            "Inserisci titolo principale di questo item", "dc.title"))))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[2].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("dropdown", "Lingua", null, false,
+                           .matchFormFieldDefinition("dropdown", "Lingua", null, null, false,
                            "Selezionare la lingua del contenuto principale dell'item."
                          + " Se la lingua non compare nell'elenco, selezionare (Altro)."
                          + " Se il contenuto non ha davvero una lingua"
@@ -547,10 +580,10 @@ public class SubmissionFormsControllerIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTe
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.self.href", Matchers
                             .startsWith(REST_SERVER_URL + "config/submissionforms/languagetest")))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[0].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Autore", "\u00C8 richiesto almeno un autore", true,
+                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Autore", null, "\u00C8 richiesto almeno un autore", true,
                                                       "Aggiungi un autore", "dc.contributor.author"))))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[1].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Titolo",
+                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Titolo", null,
                             "\u00C8 necessario inserire un titolo principale per questo item", false,
                             "Inserisci titolo principale di questo item", "dc.title"))));
          resetLocalesConfiguration();
@@ -582,10 +615,10 @@ public class SubmissionFormsControllerIT extends AbstractControllerIntegrationTe
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$._links.self.href", Matchers
                             .startsWith(REST_SERVER_URL + "config/submissionforms/languagetest")))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[0].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Autore", "\u00C8 richiesto almeno un autore", true,
+                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("name", "Autore", null, "\u00C8 richiesto almeno un autore", true,
                                                       "Aggiungi un autore", "dc.contributor.author"))))
                  .andExpect(jsonPath("$.rows[1].fields", contains(SubmissionFormFieldMatcher
-                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Titolo",
+                            .matchFormFieldDefinition("onebox", "Titolo", null,
                             "\u00C8 necessario inserire un titolo principale per questo item", false,
                             "Inserisci titolo principale di questo item", "dc.title"))));
 

dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/WorkspaceItemRestRepositoryIT.java

@@ -1935,6 +1935,141 @@ public class WorkspaceItemRestRepositoryIT extends AbstractControllerIntegration
         ;
     }
 
+    @Test
+    /**
+     * Test the update of metadata for fields configured with type-bind
+     *
+     * @throws Exception
+     */
+    public void patchUpdateMetadataWithBindTest() throws Exception {
+        context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();
+
+        //** GIVEN **
+        //1. A community-collection structure with one parent community with sub-community and two collections.
+        parentCommunity = CommunityBuilder.createCommunity(context)
+                .withName("Parent Community")
+                .build();
+        Community child1 = CommunityBuilder.createSubCommunity(context, parentCommunity)
+                .withName("Sub Community")
+                .build();
+        Collection col1 = CollectionBuilder.createCollection(context, child1).withName("Collection 1").build();
+        String authToken = getAuthToken(eperson.getEmail(), password);
+
+        WorkspaceItem witem = WorkspaceItemBuilder.createWorkspaceItem(context, col1)
+                .withTitle("Workspace Item 1")
+                .withIssueDate("2017-10-17")
+                .withSubject("ExtraEntry")
+                .grantLicense()
+                .build();
+
+        //disable file upload mandatory
+        configurationService.setProperty("webui.submit.upload.required", false);
+
+        context.restoreAuthSystemState();
+
+        // Try to add isPartOfSeries (type bound to technical report) - this should not work and instead we'll get
+        // no JSON path for that field
+        List<Operation> updateSeries = new ArrayList<Operation>();
+        List<Map<String, String>> seriesValues = new ArrayList<>();
+        Map<String, String> value = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        value.put("value", "New Series");
+        seriesValues.add(value);
+        updateSeries.add(new AddOperation("/sections/traditionalpageone/dc.relation.ispartofseries", seriesValues));
+
+        String patchBody = getPatchContent(updateSeries);
+
+        getClient(authToken).perform(patch("/api/submission/workspaceitems/" + witem.getID())
+                        .content(patchBody)
+                        .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_PATCH_JSON))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.errors").doesNotExist())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$",
+                        // Check this - we should match an item with no series or type
+                        Matchers.is(WorkspaceItemMatcher.matchItemWithTypeAndSeries(witem, null, null))));
+
+        // Verify that the metadata isn't in the workspace item
+        getClient(authToken).perform(get("/api/submission/workspaceitems/" + witem.getID()))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.errors").doesNotExist())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$",
+                        // Check this - we should match an item with no series or type
+                        Matchers.is(WorkspaceItemMatcher.matchItemWithTypeAndSeries(witem, null, null))));
+
+        // Set the type to Technical Report confirm it worked
+        List<Operation> updateType = new ArrayList<>();
+        List<Map<String, String>> typeValues = new ArrayList<>();
+        value = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        value.put("value", "Technical Report");
+        typeValues.add(value);
+        updateType.add(new AddOperation("/sections/traditionalpageone/dc.type", typeValues));
+        patchBody = getPatchContent(updateType);
+
+        getClient(authToken).perform(patch("/api/submission/workspaceitems/" + witem.getID())
+                        .content(patchBody)
+                        .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_PATCH_JSON))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.errors").doesNotExist())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$",
+                        // Check this - we should now match an item with the expected type and series
+                        Matchers.is(WorkspaceItemMatcher.matchItemWithTypeAndSeries(witem, "Technical Report",
+                                null))));
+
+        getClient(authToken).perform(get("/api/submission/workspaceitems/" + witem.getID()))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.errors").doesNotExist())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$",
+                        Matchers.is(WorkspaceItemMatcher.matchItemWithTypeAndSeries(witem, "Technical Report",
+                                null))));
+
+        // Another test, this time adding the series value should be successful and we'll see the value
+        patchBody = getPatchContent(updateSeries);
+
+        getClient(authToken).perform(patch("/api/submission/workspaceitems/" + witem.getID())
+                        .content(patchBody)
+                        .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_PATCH_JSON))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.errors").doesNotExist())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$",
+                        // Check this - we should match an item with the expected series and type
+                        Matchers.is(WorkspaceItemMatcher.matchItemWithTypeAndSeries(witem,
+                                "Technical Report", "New Series"))));
+
+        // Verify that the metadata isn't in the workspace item
+        getClient(authToken).perform(get("/api/submission/workspaceitems/" + witem.getID()))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.errors").doesNotExist())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$",
+                        // Check this - we should match an item with the expected series and type
+                        Matchers.is(WorkspaceItemMatcher.matchItemWithTypeAndSeries(witem,
+                                "Technical Report", "New Series"))));
+
+        // One final update, to a different type, this should lose the series as we're back to a non-matching type
+        updateType = new ArrayList<>();
+        typeValues = new ArrayList<>();
+        value = new HashMap<String, String>();
+        value.put("value", "Article");
+        typeValues.add(value);
+        updateType.add(new AddOperation("/sections/traditionalpageone/dc.type", typeValues));
+        patchBody = getPatchContent(updateType);
+
+        getClient(authToken).perform(patch("/api/submission/workspaceitems/" + witem.getID())
+                        .content(patchBody)
+                        .contentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_PATCH_JSON))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.errors").doesNotExist())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$",
+                        // Check this - we should NOT match an item with the series "New Series"
+                        Matchers.is(WorkspaceItemMatcher.matchItemWithTypeAndSeries(witem, "Article",
+                                null))));
+
+        getClient(authToken).perform(get("/api/submission/workspaceitems/" + witem.getID()))
+                .andExpect(status().isOk())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$.errors").doesNotExist())
+                .andExpect(jsonPath("$",
+                        Matchers.is(WorkspaceItemMatcher.matchItemWithTypeAndSeries(witem, "Article",
+                                null))));
+    }
+
     @Test
     public void patchUpdateMetadataForbiddenTest() throws Exception {
         context.turnOffAuthorisationSystem();

dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/matcher/ItemMatcher.java

@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ public class ItemMatcher {
      */
     public static Matcher<? super Object> matchFullEmbeds() {
         return matchEmbeds(
+                "accessStatus",
                 "bundles[]",
                 "mappedCollections[]",
                 "owningCollection",
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ public class ItemMatcher {
      */
     public static Matcher<? super Object> matchLinks(UUID uuid) {
         return HalMatcher.matchLinks(REST_SERVER_URL + "core/items/" + uuid,
+                "accessStatus",
                 "bundles",
                 "mappedCollections",
                 "owningCollection",

dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/matcher/SubmissionFormFieldMatcher.java

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ package org.dspace.app.rest.matcher;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.JsonPathMatchers.hasJsonPath;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.matchers.JsonPathMatchers.hasNoJsonPath;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.allOf;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.contains;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.containsString;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 
@@ -28,13 +29,15 @@ public class SubmissionFormFieldMatcher {
 
     /**
      * Shortcut for the
-     * {@link SubmissionFormFieldMatcher#matchFormFieldDefinition(String, String, String, boolean, String, String, String, String)}
+     * {@link SubmissionFormFieldMatcher#matchFormFieldDefinition(String, String, String, String, boolean, String, String, String, String)}
      * with a null style and vocabulary name
      *
      * @param type
      *            the expected input type
      * @param label
      *            the expected label
+     * @param typeBind
+     *            the expected type-bind field(s)
      * @param mandatoryMessage
      *            the expected mandatoryMessage, can be null. If not empty the fiedl is expected to be flagged as
      *            mandatory
@@ -46,21 +49,23 @@ public class SubmissionFormFieldMatcher {
      *            the expected metadata
      * @return a Matcher for all the condition above
      */
-    public static Matcher<? super Object> matchFormFieldDefinition(String type, String label, String mandatoryMessage,
-                                                                   boolean repeatable,
+    public static Matcher<? super Object> matchFormFieldDefinition(String type, String label, String typeBind,
+                                                                   String mandatoryMessage, boolean repeatable,
                                                                    String hints, String metadata) {
-        return matchFormFieldDefinition(type, label, mandatoryMessage, repeatable, hints, null, metadata);
+        return matchFormFieldDefinition(type, label, typeBind, mandatoryMessage, repeatable, hints, null, metadata);
     }
 
     /**
      * Shortcut for the
-     * {@link SubmissionFormFieldMatcher#matchFormFieldDefinition(String, String, String, boolean, String, String, String, String)}
+     * {@link SubmissionFormFieldMatcher#matchFormFieldDefinition(String, String, String, String, boolean, String, String, String, String)}
      * with a null controlled vocabulary
      *
      * @param type
      *            the expected input type
      * @param label
      *            the expected label
+     * @param typeBind
+     *            the expected type-bind field(s)
      * @param mandatoryMessage
      *            the expected mandatoryMessage, can be null. If not empty the field is expected to be flagged as
      *            mandatory
@@ -75,10 +80,10 @@ public class SubmissionFormFieldMatcher {
      *            the expected metadata
      * @return a Matcher for all the condition above
      */
-    public static Matcher<? super Object> matchFormFieldDefinition(String type, String label, String mandatoryMessage,
-            boolean repeatable,
-            String hints, String style, String metadata) {
-        return matchFormFieldDefinition(type, label, mandatoryMessage, repeatable, hints, style, metadata, null);
+    public static Matcher<? super Object> matchFormFieldDefinition(String type, String label, String typeBind,
+            String mandatoryMessage, boolean repeatable, String hints, String style, String metadata) {
+        return matchFormFieldDefinition(type, label, typeBind, mandatoryMessage, repeatable, hints, style, metadata,
+                null);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -88,6 +93,8 @@ public class SubmissionFormFieldMatcher {
      *            the expected input type
      * @param label
      *            the expected label
+     * @param typeBind
+     *            the expected type-bind field(s)
      * @param mandatoryMessage
      *            the expected mandatoryMessage, can be null. If not empty the field is expected to be flagged as
      *            mandatory
@@ -100,18 +107,20 @@ public class SubmissionFormFieldMatcher {
      *            missing
      * @param metadata
      *            the expected metadata
-     * @param controlled vocabulary
+     * @param controlledVocabulary
      *            the expected controlled vocabulary, can be null. If null the corresponding json path is expected to be
      *            missing
      * @return a Matcher for all the condition above
      */
-    public static Matcher<? super Object> matchFormFieldDefinition(String type, String label, String mandatoryMessage,
-                                                                   boolean repeatable, String hints, String style,
-                                                                   String metadata, String controlledVocabulary) {
+    public static Matcher<? super Object> matchFormFieldDefinition(String type, String label, String typeBind,
+                                                                   String mandatoryMessage, boolean repeatable,
+                                                                   String hints, String style, String metadata,
+                                                                   String controlledVocabulary) {
         return allOf(
             // check each field definition
             hasJsonPath("$.input.type", is(type)),
             hasJsonPath("$.label", containsString(label)),
+            typeBind != null ? hasJsonPath("$.typeBind", contains(typeBind)) : hasNoJsonPath("$.typeBind[0]"),
             hasJsonPath("$.selectableMetadata[0].metadata", is(metadata)),
             controlledVocabulary != null ? hasJsonPath("$.selectableMetadata[0].controlledVocabulary",
                     is(controlledVocabulary)) : hasNoJsonPath("$.selectableMetadata[0].controlledVocabulary"),
@@ -166,7 +175,7 @@ public class SubmissionFormFieldMatcher {
             hasJsonPath("$.selectableRelationship.filter", is(filter)),
             hasJsonPath("$.selectableRelationship.searchConfiguration", is(searchConfiguration)),
             hasJsonPath("$.selectableRelationship.nameVariants", is(String.valueOf(nameVariants))),
-            matchFormFieldDefinition(type, label, mandatoryMessage, repeatable, hints, metadata));
+            matchFormFieldDefinition(type, label, null, mandatoryMessage, repeatable, hints, metadata));
     }
 
     /**

dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/matcher/WorkspaceItemMatcher.java

@@ -82,6 +82,30 @@ public class WorkspaceItemMatcher {
                 matchLinks(witem));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Check that the workspace item has the expected type and series values
+     * (used in type bind evaluation)
+     * @param witem the workspace item
+     * @param type  the dc.type value eg. Technical Report
+     * @param series the series value eg. 11-23
+     * @return  Matcher result
+     */
+    public static Matcher matchItemWithTypeAndSeries(WorkspaceItem witem, String type, String series) {
+        return allOf(
+                // Check workspaceitem properties
+                matchProperties(witem),
+                // Check type appears or is null
+                type != null ?
+                        hasJsonPath("$.sections.traditionalpageone['dc.type'][0].value", is(type)) :
+                        hasNoJsonPath("$.sections.traditionalpageone['dc.type'][0].value"),
+                // Check series as it appears (for type bind testing)
+                series != null ?
+                hasJsonPath("$.sections.traditionalpageone['dc.relation.ispartofseries'][0].value", is(series)) :
+                        hasNoJsonPath("$.sections.traditionalpageone['dc.relation.ispartofseries'][0].value"),
+                matchLinks(witem)
+        );
+    }
+
     /**
      * Check that the id and type are exposed
      * 

dspace-server-webapp/src/test/java/org/dspace/app/rest/model/AccessStatusRestTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/**
+ * The contents of this file are subject to the license and copyright
+ * detailed in the LICENSE and NOTICE files at the root of the source
+ * tree and available online at
+ *
+ * http://www.dspace.org/license/
+ */
+package org.dspace.app.rest.model;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+import org.dspace.access.status.DefaultAccessStatusHelper;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Test the AccessStatusRestTest class
+ */
+public class AccessStatusRestTest {
+
+    AccessStatusRest accessStatusRest;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() throws Exception {
+        accessStatusRest = new AccessStatusRest();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAccessStatusIsNullBeforeStatusSet() throws Exception {
+        assertNull(accessStatusRest.getStatus());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testAccessStatusIsNotNullAfterStatusSet() throws Exception {
+        accessStatusRest.setStatus(DefaultAccessStatusHelper.UNKNOWN);
+        assertNotNull(accessStatusRest.getStatus());
+    }
+}

dspace/config/dspace.cfg

@@ -806,6 +806,22 @@ plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoSetter = org.dspace.embargo.DefaultEmbar
 # implementation of embargo lifter plugin - - replace with local implementation if applicable
 plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoLifter = org.dspace.embargo.DefaultEmbargoLifter
 
+# values for the forever embargo date threshold
+# This threshold date is used in the default access status helper to dermine if an item is
+# restricted or embargoed based on the start date of the primary (or first) file policies.
+# In this case, if the policy start date is inferior to the threshold date, the status will
+# be embargo, else it will be restricted.
+# You might want to change this threshold based on your needs. For example: some databases
+# doesn't accept a date superior to 31 december 9999.
+access.status.embargo.forever.year = 10000
+access.status.embargo.forever.month = 1
+access.status.embargo.forever.day = 1
+
+# implementation of access status helper plugin - replace with local implementation if applicable
+# This default access status helper provides an item status based on the policies of the primary
+# bitstream (or first bitstream in the original bundles if no primary file is specified).
+plugin.single.org.dspace.access.status.AccessStatusHelper = org.dspace.access.status.DefaultAccessStatusHelper
+
 #### Checksum Checker Settings ####
 # Default dispatcher in case none specified
 plugin.single.org.dspace.checker.BitstreamDispatcher=org.dspace.checker.SimpleDispatcher
@@ -920,6 +936,11 @@ metadata.hide.dc.description.provenance = true
 # Defaults to true; If set to 'false', submitter has option to skip upload
 #webui.submit.upload.required = true
 
+# Which field should be used for type-bind
+# Defaults to 'dc.type'; If changing this value, you must also update the related
+# dspace-angular environment configuration property submission.typeBind.field
+#submit.type-bind.field = dc.type
+
 #### Creative Commons settings ######
 
 # The url to the web service API
@@ -1584,6 +1605,12 @@ request.item.type = all
 # Should all Request Copy emails go to the helpdesk instead of the item submitter?
 request.item.helpdesk.override = false
 
+#------------------------------------------------------------------#
+#------------------SUBMISSION CONFIGURATION------------------------#
+#------------------------------------------------------------------#
+# Field to use for type binding, default dc.type
+submit.type-bind.field = dc.type
+
 #------------------------------------------------------------------#
 #-------------------MODULE CONFIGURATIONS--------------------------#
 #------------------------------------------------------------------#

dspace/config/modules/rest.cfg

@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ rest.projection.specificLevel.maxEmbed = 5
 rest.properties.exposed = plugin.named.org.dspace.curate.CurationTask
 rest.properties.exposed = google.analytics.key
 rest.properties.exposed = versioning.item.history.include.submitter
+rest.properties.exposed = submit.type-bind.field
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------#
 # These configs are used by the deprecated REST (v4-6) module   #

dspace/config/spring/api/core-factory-services.xml

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     <bean id="coreServiceFactory" class="org.dspace.core.factory.CoreServiceFactoryImpl"/>
 
 
+    <bean id="accessStatusServiceFactory" class="org.dspace.access.status.factory.AccessStatusServiceFactoryImpl"/>
     <bean id="disseminateServiceFactory" class="org.dspace.disseminate.factory.DisseminateServiceFactoryImpl"/>
     <bean id="embargoServiceFactory" class="org.dspace.embargo.factory.EmbargoServiceFactoryImpl"/>
     <bean id="ePersonServiceFactory" class="org.dspace.eperson.factory.EPersonServiceFactoryImpl"/>

dspace/config/spring/api/core-services.xml

@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@
 
     <bean class="org.dspace.disseminate.CitationDocumentServiceImpl"/>
 
-    <!-- Ensure EmbargoService is initialized properly via init() method -->
+    <!-- Ensure EmbargoService and AccessStatusService are initialized properly via init() method -->
     <bean class="org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoServiceImpl" init-method="init"/>
+    <bean class="org.dspace.access.status.AccessStatusServiceImpl" init-method="init"/>
 
     <bean class="org.dspace.eperson.AccountServiceImpl"/>
     <bean class="org.dspace.eperson.EPersonServiceImpl"/>