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AIP Backup & Restore for DSpace

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Background & Overview

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Additional background information available in the Open Repositories 2010 Presentation entitled Improving DSpace Backups, Restores & Migrations
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As of DSpace 1.7, DSpace now can backup and restore all of its contents as a set of AIP Files. This includes all Communities, Collections, Items, Groups and People in the system.

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This feature came out of a requirement for DSpace to better integrate with DuraCloud, and other backup storage systems. One of these requirements is to be able to essentially "backup" local DSpace contents into the cloud (as a type of offsite backup), and "restore" those contents at a later time.

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Essentially, this means DSpace can export the entire hierarchy (i.e. bitstreams, metadata and relationships between Communities/Collections/Items) into a relatively standard format (a METS-based, AIP format). This entire hierarchy can also be re-imported into DSpace in the same format (essentially a restore of that content in the same or different DSpace installation).

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Benefits for the DSpace community:

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  • Allows one to more easily move entire Communities or Collections between DSpace instances.
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  • Allows for a potentially more consistent backup of this hierarchy (e.g. to DuraCloud, or just to your own local backup system), rather than relying on synchronizing a backup of your Database (stores metadata/relationships) and assetstore (stores files/bitstreams).
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  • Provides a way for people to more easily get their data out of DSpace (whatever the purpose may be).
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  • Provides a relatively standard format for people to migrate entire hierarchies (Communities/Collections) from one DSpace to another (or from another system into DSpace).
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How does this differ from traditional DSpace Backups? Which Backup route is better?

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Traditionally, it has always been recommended to backup and restore DSpace's database and files (also known as the "assetstore") separately. This is described in more detail in the Storage Layer section of the DSpace System Documentation. The traditional backup and restore route is still a recommended and supported option.

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However, the new AIP Backup & Restore option seeks to try and resolve many of the complexities of a traditional backup and restore. The below table details some of the differences between these two valid Backup and Restore options.

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  Traditional Backup & Restore (Database and Files) AIP Backup & Restore
Supported Backup/Restore Types   
Can Backup & Restore all DSpace Content easily Yes (Requires two backups/restores – one for Database and one for Files) Yes (Though, will not backup/restore items which are not officially "in archive")
Can Backup & Restore a Single Community/Collection/Item easily No (It is possible, but requires a strong understanding of DSpace database structure & folder organization in order to only backup & restore metadata/files belonging to that single object) Yes
Backups can be used to move one or more Community/Collection/Items to another DSpace system easily. No (Again, it is possible, but requires a strong understanding of DSpace database structure & folder organization in order to only move metadata/files belonging to that object) Yes
Supported Object Types During Backup & Restore   
Supports backup/restore of all Communities/Collections/Items (including metadata, files, logos, etc.) Yes Yes
Supports backup/restore of all People/Groups/Permissions Yes Yes
Supports backup/restore of all Collection-specific Item Templates Yes Yes
Supports backup/restore of all Collection Harvesting settings (only for Collections which pull in all Items via OAI-PMH or OAI-ORE) Yes No (This is a known issue. All previously harvested Items will be restored, but the OAI-PMH/OAI-ORE harvesting settings will be lost during the restore process.)
Supports backup/restore of all Withdrawn (but not deleted) Items Yes Yes
Supports backup/restore of Item Mappings between Collections Yes Yes (During restore, the AIP Ingester may throw a false "Could not find a parent DSpaceObject" error (see Common Issues or Error Messages), if it tries to restore an Item Mapping to a Collection that it hasn't yet restored. But this error can be safely bypassed using the 'skipIfParentMissing' flag (see Additional Packager Options for more details).
Supports backup/restore of all in-process, uncompleted Submissions (or those currently in an approval workflow) Yes No (AIPs are only generated for objects which are completed and considered "in archive")
Supports backup/restore of Items using custom Metadata Schemas & Fields Yes Yes (Custom Metadata Fields will be automatically recreated. Custom Metadata Schemas must be manually created first, in order for DSpace to be able to recreate custom fields belonging to that schema. See Common Issues or Error Messages for more details.)
Supports backup/restore of all local DSpace Configurations and Customizations Yes (if you backup your entire DSpace directory as part of backing up your files) Not by default (unless your also backup parts of your DSpace directory – note, you wouldn't need to backup the '[dspace]/assetstore' folder again, as those files are already included in AIPs)
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Based on your local institutions needs, you will want to choose the backup & restore process which is most appropriate to you. You may also find it beneficial to use both types of backups on different time schedules, in order to keep to a minimum the likelihood of losing your DSpace installation settings or its contents. For example, you may choose to perform a Traditional Backup once per week (to backup your local system configurations and customizations) and an AIP Backup on a daily basis. Alternatively, you may choose to perform daily Traditional Backups and only use the AIP Backup as a "permanent archives" option (perhaps performed on a weekly or monthly basis).

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Don't Forget to Backup your Configurations and Customizations
If you choose to use the AIP Backup and Restore option, do not forget to also backup your local DSpace configurations and customizations. Depending on how you manage your own local DSpace, these configurations and customizations are likely in one or more of the following locations: +
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How does this work help DSpace interact with DuraCloud?

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This work is entirely about exporting DSpace content objects to a location on a local filesystem. So, this work doesn't interact solely with DuraCloud, and could be used by any backup storage system to backup your DSpace contents.

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In the initial DuraCloud work, the DuraCloud team is working on a way to "synchronize" DuraCloud with a local file folder. So, DuraCloud can be configured to "watch" a given folder and automatically replicate its contents into the cloud.

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Therefore, moving content from DSpace to DuraCloud would currently be a two-step process:

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Similarly, moving content from DuraCloud back into DSpace would also be a two-step process:

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(These backup/restore processes may change as we go forward and investigate more use cases. This is just the initial plan.)

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Makeup and Definition of AIPs

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AIPs are Archival Information Packages.

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    • Collection or Community AIPs do not include all child objects (e.g. Items in those Collections or Communities), as each AIP only describes one object. However, these container AIPs do contain references (links) to all child objects. These references can be used by DSpace to automatically restore all referenced AIPs when restoring a Collection or Community.
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    • AIPs with identical contents will always have identical checksums. This provides a basic means of validating whether the contents within an AIP have changed. For example, if a Collection's AIP has the same checksum at two different points in time, it means that Collection has not changed during that time period.
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    • AIP profile favors completeness and accuracy rather than presenting the semantics of an object in a standard format. It conforms to the quirks of DSpace's internal object model rather than attempting to produce a universally understandable representation of the object. When possible, an AIP tries to use common standards to express objects.
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    • An AIP can serve as a DIP (Dissemination Information Package) or SIP (Submission Information Package), especially when transferring custody of objects to another DSpace implementation.
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    • In contrast to SIP or DIP, the AIP should include all available DSpace structural and administrative metadata, and basic provenance information. AIPs also describe some basic system level information (e.g. Groups and People).
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AIP Structure / Format

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Generally speaking, an AIP is an Zip file containing a METS manifest and all related content bitstreams.

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For more specific details of AIP format / structure, along with examples, please see DSpace AIP Format

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Running the Code

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Exporting AIPs

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Export Modes & Options

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All AIP Exports are done by using the Dissemination Mode (-d option) of the packager command.

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There are two types of AIP Dissemination you can perform:

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Exporting just a single AIP

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To export in single AIP mode (default), use this 'packager' command template:

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The above code will export the object of the given handle (4321/4567) into an AIP file named "aip4567.zip". This will not include any child objects for Communities or Collections.

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Exporting AIP Hierarchy

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To export an AIP hierarchy, use the -a (or --all) package parameter.

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The above code will export the object of the given handle (4321/4567) into an AIP file named "aip4567.zip". In addition it would export all children objects to the same directory as the "aip4567.zip" file. The child AIP files are all named using the following format:

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AIPs are only generated for objects which are currently in the "in archive" state in DSpace. This means that in-progress, uncompleted submissions are not described in AIPs and cannot be restored after a disaster.

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To export an entire DSpace Site, pass the packager the Handle <site-handle-prefix>/0. For example, if your site prefix is "4321", you'd run a command similar to the following:

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Ingesting / Restoring AIPs

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Ingestion Modes & Options

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Ingestion of AIPs is a bit more complex than Dissemination, as there are several different "modes" available:

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  3. Replace Mode (-r -f option) – replace existing object(s) in DSpace based on AIP(s). This also attempts to restore all handles and relationships (parent/child objects). This is a specialized type of "restore" where the contents of existing object(s) is replaced by the contents in the AIP(s). By default, if a normal "restore" finds the object already exists, it will back out (i.e. rollback all changes) and report which object already exists.
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Again, like export, there are two types of AIP Ingestion you can perform (using any of the above modes):

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It's worth understanding the primary differences between a Submission (specified by -s parameter) and a Restore (specified by -r parameter).

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It is possible to change some of the default behaviors of both the Submission and Restore/Replace Modes. Please see the Additional Packager Options section below for a listing of command-line options that allow you to override some of the default settings described above.
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This option allows you to essentially use an AIP as a SIP (Submission Information Package). The default settings will create a new DSpace object (with a new handle and a new parent object, if specified) from your AIP.
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To ingest a single AIP and create a new DSpace object under a parent of your choice, specify the -p (or --parent) package parameter to the command. Also, note that you are running the packager in -s (submit) mode.

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By default, the restore mode (-r option) will throw an error and rollback all changes if any object is found to already exist. The user will be informed if which object already exists within their DSpace installation.

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Highly Recommended to Update Database Sequences after a Large Restore
In some cases, when you restore a large amount of content to your DSpace, the internal database counts (called "sequences") may get out of sync with the Handles of the content you just restored. As a best practice, it is highly recommended to always re-run the "update-sequences.sql" script on your DSpace database after a larger scale restore. This database script can be run while the system is online (i.e. no need to stop Tomcat or PostgreSQL). The script can be found in the following locations for PostgreSQL and Oracle, respectively:
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 [dspace]/bin/dspace packager -r -a -f -t AIP -e <eperson> <AIP-file-path>
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For example:

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 [dspace]/bin/dspace packager -r -a -f -t AIP -e admin@myu.edu aip4567.zip
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In the above example, the package "aip4567.zip" is restored to the DSpace installation with the Handle provided within the package itself (and added as a child of the parent object specified within the package itself). In addition, any child AIPs referenced by "aip4567.zip" are also recursively ingested. They are also restored with the Handles & Parent Objects provided with their package. If any object is found to already exist, its contents are replaced by the contents of the appropriate AIP.

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If any error occurs, the script attempts to rollback the entire replacement process.

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Restoring Entire Site
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In order to restore an entire Site from a set of AIPs, you must do the following:

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  1. Install a completely "fresh" version of DSpace by following the Installation instructions in the DSpace Manual +
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    • At this point, you should have a completely empty, but fully-functional DSpace installation. You will need to create an initial Administrator user in order to perform this restore (as a full-restore can only be performed by a DSpace Administrator).
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  2. Once DSpace is installed, run the following command to restore all its contents from AIPs +
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Please note the following about the above restore command:

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  • Notice that you are running this command in "Force Replace" mode (-r -f). This is necessary as your empty DSpace install will already include a few default groups (Administrators and Anonymous) and your initial administrative user. You need to replace these groups in order to restore your prior DSpace contents completely.
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  • /full/path/to/your/site-aip.zip is the full path to the AIP file which represents your DSpace SITE. This file will be named whatever you named it when you actually exported your entire site. All other AIPs are assumed to be referenced from this SITE AIP (in most cases, they should be in the same directory as that SITE AIP).
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Highly Recommended to Update Database Sequences after a Large Restore
In some cases, when you restore a large amount of content to your DSpace, the internal database counts (called "sequences") may get out of sync with the Handles of the content you just restored. As a best practice, it is highly recommended to always re-run the "update-sequences.sql" script on your DSpace database after a larger scale restore. This database script can be run while the system is online (i.e. no need to stop Tomcat or PostgreSQL). The script can be found in the following locations for PostgreSQL and Oracle, respectively:
+[dspace]/etc/postgres/update-sequences.sql
+[dspace]/etc/oracle/update-sequences.sql
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Additional Packager Options

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In additional to the various "modes" settings described under "Running the Code" above, the AIP Packager supports the following packager options. These options allow you to better tweak how your AIPs are processed (especially during ingests/restores/replaces).

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Option Ingest or Export Default Value Description
createMetadataFields ingest-only true Tells the AIP ingester to automatically create any metadata fields which are found to be missing from the DSpace Metadata Registry. When 'true', this means as each AIP is ingested, new fields may be added to the DSpace Metadata Registry if they don't already exist. When 'false', an AIP ingest will fail if it encounters a metadata field that doesn't exist in the DSpace Metadata Registry. (NOTE: This will not create missing DSpace Metadata Schemas. If a schema is found to be missing, the ingest will always fail.)
ignoreHandle ingest-only Restore/Replace Mode defaults to 'false',
+Submit Mode defaults to 'true' 		If 'true', the AIP ingester will ignore any Handle specified in the AIP itself, and instead create a new Handle during the ingest process (this is the default when running in Submit mode, using the -s flag). If 'false', the AIP ingester attempts to restore the Handles specified in the AIP (this is the default when running in Restore/replace mode, using the -r flag).
ignoreParent ingest-only Restore/Replace Mode defaults to 'false',
+Submit Mode defaults to 'true' 		If 'true', the AIP ingester will ignore any Parent object specified in the AIP itself, and instead ingest under a new Parent object (this is the default when running in Submit mode, using the -s flag). The new Parent object must be specified via the -p flag (run dspace packager -h for more help). If 'false', the AIP ingester attempts to restore the object directly under its old Parent (this is the default when running in Restore/replace mode, using the -r flag).
includeBundles export-only defaults to "all" This option can be used to limit the Bundles which are exported to AIPs for each DSpace Item. By default, all file Bundles will be exported into Item AIPs. You could use this option to limit the size of AIPs by only exporting certain Bundles. WARNING: any bundles not included in AIPs will obviously be unable to be restored. This option expects a comma separated list of bundle names (e.g. "ORIGINAL,LICENSE,CC_LICENSE,METADATA"), or "all" if all bundles should be included.
+(NOTE: If you choose to no longer export LICENSE or CC_LICENSE bundles, you will also need to disable the License Dissemination Crosswalks in the aip.disseminate.rightsMD configuration for the changes to take affect)
manifestOnly both false If 'true', the AIP Disseminator will export an AIP which only consists of the METS Manifest file (i.e. result will be a single 'mets.xml' file). This METS Manifest contains URI references to all content files, but does not contain any content files. This option is experimental, and should never be set to 'true' if you want to be able to restore content files.
passwords export-only false If 'true' (and the 'DSPACE-ROLES' crosswalk is enabled, see AIP Metadata Dissemination Configurations), then the AIP Disseminator will export user password hashes (i.e. encrypted passwords) into Site AIP's METS Manifest. This would allow you to restore user's passwords from Site AIP. If 'false', then user password hashes are not stored in Site AIP, and passwords cannot be restored at a later time.
skipIfParentMissing import-only false If 'true', ingestion will skip over any "Could not find a parent DSpaceObject" errors that are encountered during the ingestion process (Note: those errors will still be logged as "warning" messages in your DSpace log file). If you are performing a full site restore (or a restore of a larger Community/Collection hierarchy), you may encounter these errors if you have a larger number of Item mappings between Collections (i.e. Items which are mapped into several collections at once). When you are performing a recursive ingest, skipping these errors should not cause any problems. Once the missing parent object is ingested it will automatically restore the Item mapping that caused the error. For more information on this "Could not find a parent DSpaceObject" error see Common Issues or Error Messages.
unauthorized export-only unspecified If 'skip', the AIP Disseminator will skip over any unauthorized Bundle or Bitstream encountered (i.e. it will not be added to the AIP). If 'zero', the AIP Disseminator will add a Zero-length "placeholder" file to the AIP when it encounters an unauthorized Bitstream. If unspecified (the default value), the AIP Disseminator will throw an error if an unauthorized Bundle or Bitstream is encountered.
updatedAfter export-only unspecified This option works as a basic form of "incremental backup". This option requires that an ISO-8601 date is specified. When specified, the AIP Disseminator will only export Item AIPs which have a last-modified date after the specified ISO-8601 date. This option has no affect on the export of Site, Community or Collection AIPs as DSpace does not record a last-modified date for Sites, Communities or Collections. For example, when this option is specified during a full-site export, the AIP Disseminator will export the Site AIP, all Community AIPs, all Collection AIPs, and only Item AIPs modified after that date and time.
validate both Export defaults to 'true',
Ingest defaults to 'false' 		If 'true', every METS file in AIP will be validated before ingesting or exporting. By default, DSpace will validate everything on export, but will skip validation during import. Validation on export will ensure that all exported AIPs properly conform to the METS profile (and will throw errors if any do not). Validation on import will ensure every METS file in every AIP is first validated before importing into DSpace (this will cause the ingestion processing to take longer, but tips on speeding it up can be found in the "AIP Configurations To Improve Ingestion Speed while Validating" section below). DSpace recommends minimally validating AIPs on export. Ideally, you should validate both on export and import, but import validation is disabled by default in order to increase the speed of AIP restores.
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How to use these options

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These options can be passed in two main ways:

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From the Command Line

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From the command-line, you can add the option to your command by using the -o or --option parameter.

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 [dspace]/bin/dspace packager -r -a -t AIP -o [option1-value] -o [option2-value] -e admin@myu.edu aip4567.zip
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For example:

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 [dspace]/bin/dspace packager -r -a -t AIP -o ignoreParent=false -o createMetadataFields=false -e admin@myu.edu aip4567.zip
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Via the Java API call

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If you are programmatically calling the org.dspace.content.packager.DSpaceAIPIngester from your own custom script, you can specify these options via the org.dspace.content.packager.PackageParameters class.

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As a basic example:

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+PackageParameters params = new PackageParameters;
+params.addProperty("createMetadataFields", "false");
+params.addProperty("ignoreParent", "true");
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Configuration in 'dspace.cfg'

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The following new configurations relate to AIPs:

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AIP Metadata Dissemination Configurations

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The following configurations allow you to specify what metadata is stored within each METS-based AIP. In 'dspace.cfg', the general format for each of these settings is:

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AIP Metadata Recommendations
It is recommended to minimally use the default settings when generating AIPs. DSpace can only restore information that is included within an AIP. Therefore, if you choose to no longer include some information in an AIP, DSpace will no longer be able to restore that information from an AIP backup
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The default settings in 'dspace.cfg' are:

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  • aip.disseminate.techMD - Lists the DSpace Crosswalks (by name) which should be called to populate the <techMD> section of the METS file within the AIP (Default: PREMIS, DSPACE-ROLES) +
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    • The DSPACE-ROLES crosswalk exports DSpace Group / EPerson information into AIPs in a DSpace-specific XML format. Using this crosswalk means that AIPs can be used to recreated Groups & People within the system. (NOTE: The DSPACE-ROLES crosswalk should be used alongside the METSRights crosswalk if you also wish to restore the permissions that Groups/People have within the System. See below for more info on the METSRights crosswalk.)
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  • aip.disseminate.sourceMD - Lists the DSpace Crosswalks (by name) which should be called to populate the <sourceMD> section of the METS file within the AIP (Default: AIP-TECHMD) +
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  • aip.disseminate.rightsMD - Lists the DSpace Crosswalks (by name) which should be called to populate the <rightsMD> section of the METS file within the AIP (Default: DSpaceDepositLicense:DSPACE_DEPLICENSE, CreativeCommonsRDF:DSPACE_CCRDF, CreativeCommonsText:DSPACE_CCTEXT, METSRights) +
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    • The DSPACE_CCRDF crosswalk ensures any Creative Commons RDF Licenses are reference/stored in AIP
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    • The DSPACE_CCTEXT crosswalk ensures any Creative Commons Textual Licenses are referenced/stored in AIP
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    • The METSRights crosswalk ensures that Permissions/Rights on DSpace Objects (Communities, Collections, Items or Bitstreams) are referenced/stored in AIP. Using this crosswalk means that AIPs can be used to restore permissions that a particular Group or Person had on a DSpace Object. (NOTE: The METSRights crosswalk should always be used in conjunction with the DSPACE-ROLES crosswalk (see above) or a similar crosswalk. The METSRights crosswalk can only restore permissions, and cannot re-create Groups or EPeople in the system. The DSPACE-ROLES can actually re-create the Groups or EPeople as needed.)
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  • aip.disseminate.dmd - Lists the DSpace Crosswalks (by name) which should be called to populate the <dmdSec> section of the METS file within the AIP (Default: MODS, DIM) +
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AIP Ingestion Metadata Crosswalk Configurations

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The following configurations allow you to specify what DSpace Crosswalks are used during the ingestion/restoration of AIPs. These configurations also allow you to ignore areas of the METS file (in the AIP) if you do not want that area to be restored.

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In dspace.cfg, the general format for each of these settings is:

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    • <DSpace-crosswalk-name> specifies the name of the DSpace Crosswalk which should be used to ingest this metadata into DSpace. You can specify the "NULLSTREAM" crosswalk if you specifically want this metadata to be ignored (and skipped over during ingestion).
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By default, the settings in dspace.cfg are:

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+mets.dspaceAIP.ingest.crosswalk.DSpaceDepositLicense = NULLSTREAM
+mets.dspaceAIP.ingest.crosswalk.CreativeCommonsRDF = NULLSTREAM
+mets.dspaceAIP.ingest.crosswalk.CreativeCommonsText = NULLSTREAM
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The above settings tell the ingester to ignore any metadata sections which reference DSpace Deposit Licenses or Creative Commons Licenses. These metadata sections can be safely ignored as long as the "LICENSE" and "CC_LICENSE" bundles are included in AIPs (which is the default setting). As the Licenses are included in those Bundles, they will already be restored when restoring the bundle contents.

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More Info on Default Crosswalks used
If unspecified in the above settings, the AIP ingester will automatically use the Crosswalk which is named the same as the @MDTYPE or @OTHERMDTYPE attribute for the metadata section. For example, a metadata section with an @MDTYPE="PREMIS" will be processed by the DSpace Crosswalk named "PREMIS".
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AIP Ingestion EPerson Configurations

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The following setting determines whether the AIP Ingester should create an EPerson (if necessary) when attempting to restore or ingest an Item whose Submitter cannot be located in the system. By default it is set to "false", as for AIPs the creation of EPeople (and Groups) is generally handled by the DSPACE-ROLES crosswalk (see AIP Metadata Dissemination Configurations for more info on DSPACE-ROLES crosswalk.)

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AIP Configurations To Improve Ingestion Speed while Validating

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It is recommended to validate all AIPs on ingestion (when possible). But validation can be extremely slow, as each validation request first must download all referenced Schema documents from various locations on the web (sometimes as many as 10 schemas may be necessary to download in order to validate a single METS file). To make matters worse, the same schema will be re-downloaded each time it is used (i.e. it is not cached locally). So, if you are validating just 20 METS files which each reference 10 schemas, that results in 200 download requests.

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In order to perform validations in a speedy fashion, you can pull down a local copy of all schemas. Validation will then use this local cache, which can sometimes increase the speed up to 10 x.

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To use a local cache of XML schemas when validating, use the following settings in 'dspace.cfg'. The general format is:

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The default settings are all commented out. But, they provide a full listing of all schemas currently used during validation of AIPs. In order to utilize them, uncomment the settings, download the appropriate schema file, and save it to your [dspace]/config/schemas/ directory (by default this directory does not exist – you will need to create it) using the specified file name:

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+#mets.xsd.mets = http://www.loc.gov/METS/ mets.xsd
+#mets.xsd.xlink = http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink xlink.xsd
+#mets.xsd.mods = http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 mods.xsd
+#mets.xsd.xml = http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace xml.xsd
+#mets.xsd.dc = http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ dc.xsd
+#mets.xsd.dcterms = http://purl.org/dc/terms/ dcterms.xsd
+#mets.xsd.premis = http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis PREMIS.xsd
+#mets.xsd.premisObject = http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis PREMIS-Object.xsd
+#mets.xsd.premisEvent = http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis PREMIS-Event.xsd
+#mets.xsd.premisAgent = http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis PREMIS-Agent.xsd
+#mets.xsd.premisRights = http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis PREMIS-Rights.xsd
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Common Issues or Error Messages

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The below table lists common fixes to issues you may encounter when backing up or restoring objects using AIP Backup and Restore.

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Issue / Error Message How to Fix this Problem
Ingest/Restore Error: "Group Administrator already exists" If you receive this problem, you are likely attempting to Restore an Entire Site, but are not running the command in Force Replace Mode (-r -f). Please see the section on Restoring an Entire Site for more details on the flags you should be using.
Ingest/Restore Error: "Unknown Metadata Schema encountered (mycustomschema)" If you receive this problem, one or more of your Items is using a custom metadata schema which DSpace is currently not aware of (in the example, the schema is named "mycustomschema"). Because DSpace AIPs do not contain enough details to recreate the missing Metadata Schema, you must create it manually via the DSpace Admin UI. Please note that you only need to create the Schema. You do not need to manually create all the fields belonging to that schema, as DSpace will do that for you as it restores each AIP. Once the schema is created in DSpace, re-run your restore command. DSpace will automatically re-create all fields belonging to that custom metadata schema as it restores each Item that uses that schema.
Ingest Error: "Could not find a parent DSpaceObject referenced as 'xxx/xxx'" When you encounter this error message it means that an object could not be ingested/restored as it belongs to a parent object which doesn't currently exist in your DSpace instance. During a full restore process, this error can be skipped over and treated as a warning by specifying the 'skipIfParentMissing=true' option (see Additional Packager Options). If you have a larger number of Items which are mapped to multiple Collections, the AIP Ingester will sometimes attempt to restore an item mapping before the Collection itself has been restored (thus throwing this error). Luckily, this is not anything to be concerned about. As soon as the Collection is restored, the Item Mapping which caused the error will also be automatically restored. So, if you encounter this error during a full restore, it is safe to bypass this error message using the 'skipIfParentMissing=true' option. All your Item Mappings should still be restored correctly.
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Default Dublin Core Metadata Registry

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contributor   A person, organization, or service responsible for the content of the resource. Catch-all for unspecified contributors.
contributor advisor Use primarily for thesis advisor.
contributor¹ author  
contributor editor  
contributor illustrator  
contributor other  
coverage spatial Spatial characteristics of content.
coverage temporal Temporal characteristics of content.
creator   Do not use; only for harvested metadata.
date   Use qualified form if possible.
date¹ accessioned Date DSpace takes possession of item.
date¹ available Date or date range item became available to the public.
date copyright Date of copyright.
date created Date of creation or manufacture of intellectual content if different from date.issued.
date¹ issued Date of publication or distribution.
date submitted Recommend for theses/dissertations.
identifier   Catch-all for unambiguous identifiers not defined by qualified form; use identifier.other for a known identifier common to a local collection instead of unqualified form.
identifier¹ citation Human-readable, standard bibliographic citation of non-DSpace format of this item
identifier¹ govdoc A government document number
identifier¹ isbn International Standard Book Number
identifier¹ issn International Standard Serial Number
identifier sici Serial Item and Contribution Identifier
identifier¹ ismn International Standard Music Number
identifier¹ other A known identifier type common to a local collection.
identifier¹ uri Uniform Resource Identifier
description¹   Catch-all for any description not defined by qualifiers.
description¹ abstract Abstract or summary.
description¹ provenance The history of custody of the item since its creation, including any changes successive custodians made to it.
description¹ sponsorship Information about sponsoring agencies, individuals, or contractual arrangements for the item.
description statementofresponsibility To preserve statement of responsibility from MARC records.
description tableofcontents A table of contents for a given item.
description uri Uniform Resource Identifier pointing to description of this item.
format¹   Catch-all for any format information not defined by qualifiers.
format¹ extent Size or duration.
format medium Physical medium.
format¹ mimetype Registered MIME type identifiers.
language   Catch-all for non-ISO forms of the language of the item, accommodating harvested values.
language¹ iso Current ISO standard for language of intellectual content, including country codes (e.g. "en_US").
publisher¹   Entity responsible for publication, distribution, or imprint.
relation   Catch-all for references to other related items.
relation isformatof References additional physical form.
relation ispartof References physically or logically containing item.
relation¹ ispartofseries Series name and number within that series, if available.
relation haspart References physically or logically contained item.
relation isversionof References earlier version.
relation hasversion References later version.
relation isbasedon References source.
relation isreferencedby Pointed to by referenced resource.
relation requires Referenced resource is required to support function, delivery, or coherence of item.
relation replaces References preceeding item.
relation isreplacedby References succeeding item.
relation uri References Uniform Resource Identifier for related item
rights   Terms governing use and reproduction.
rights uri References terms governing use and reproduction.
source   Do not use; only for harvested metadata.
source uri Do not use; only for harvested metadata.
subject¹   Uncontrolled index term.
subject classification Catch-all for value from local classification system. Global classification systems will receive specific qualifier
subject ddc Dewey Decimal Classification Number
subject lcc Library of Congress Classification Number
subject lcsh Library of Congress Subject Headings
subject mesh MEdical Subject Headings
subject other Local controlled vocabulary; global vocabularies will receive specific qualifier.
title¹   Title statement/title proper.
title¹ alternative Varying (or substitute) form of title proper appearing in item, e.g. abbreviation or translation
type¹   Nature or genre of content.
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Default Bitstream Format Registry

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application/marc MARC Machine-Readable Cataloging records Known false  
application/mathematica Mathematica Mathematica Notebook Known false ma
application/msword Microsoft Word Microsoft Word Known false doc
application/pdf Adobe PDF Adobe Portable Document Format Known false pdf
application/postscript Postscript Postscript Files Known false ai, eps, ps
application/sgml SGML SGML application (RFC 1874) Known false sgm, sgml
application/vnd.ms-excel Microsoft Excel Microsoft Excel Known false xls
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint Microsoft Powerpoint Microsoft Powerpoint Known false ppt
application/vnd.ms-project Microsoft Project Microsoft Project Known false mpd, mpp, mpx
application/vnd.visio Microsoft Visio Microsoft Visio Known false vsd
application/wordperfect5.1 WordPerfect WordPerfect 5.1 document Known false wpd
application/x-dvi TeX dvi TeX dvi format Known false dvi
application/x-filemaker FMP3 Filemaker Pro Known false fm
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audio/x-mpeg MPEG Audio MPEG Audio Known false abs, mpa, mpega
audio/x-pn-realaudio RealAudio RealAudio file Known false ra, ram
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image/jpeg JPEG Joint Photographic Experts Group/JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF) Known false jpeg, jpg
image/png image/png Portable Network Graphics Known false png
image/tiff TIFF Tag Image File Format Known false tif, tiff
image/x-ms-bmp BMP Microsoft Windows bitmap Known false bmp
image/x-photo-cd Photo CD Kodak Photo CD image Known false pcd
text/css CSS Cascading Style Sheets Known false css
text/html HTML Hypertext Markup Language Known false htm, html
text/plain Text Plain Text Known false asc, txt
text/richtext RTF Rich Text Format Known false rtf
text/xml XML Extensible Markup Language Known false xml
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System Architecture: Application Layer

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The following explains how the application layer is built and used.

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Web User Interface

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The DSpace Web UI is the largest and most-used component in the application layer. Built on Java Servlet and JavaServer Page technology, it allows end-users to access DSpace over the Web via their Web browsers. As of Dspace 1.3.2 the UI meets both XHTML 1.0 standards and Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) level-2 standard.

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It also features an administration section, consisting of pages intended for use by central administrators. Presently, this part of the Web UI is not particularly sophisticated; users of the administration section need to know what they are doing! Selected parts of this may also be used by collection administrators.

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Web UI Files

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The Web UI-related files are located in a variety of directories in the DSpace source tree. Note that as of DSpace version 1.5, the deployment has changed. The build systems has moved to a maven-based system enabling the various projects (JSPUI, XMLUI, etc.) into separate projects. The system still uses the familar 'Ant' to deploy the webapps in later stages.

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Location Description
[dspace-source]/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/webui Web UI source files
[dspace-source]/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/filters Servlet Filters (Servlet 2.3 spec)
[dspace-source]/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/jsptag Custom JSP tag class files
[dspace-source]/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/servlet Servlets for main Web UI (controllers)
[dspace-source]/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/servlet/admin Servlets that comprise the administration part of the Web UI
[dspace-source]/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/webui/util/ Miscellaneous classes used by the servlets and filters
[dspace-source]/dspace-jspui The JSP files
[dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp This is where you place customized versions of JSPs—see 6. JSPUI Configuration and Customization
[dspace-source]/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp This is where you place customizations for the Manakin interface—see 7. Manakin [XMLUI] Configuration and Customization
[dspace-source/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/resources This is where you can place you customize version of the Messages.properties file.
[dspace-source]/dspace-jspui/dspace-jspui-webapp/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/dspace-tags.tld Custom DSpace JSP tag descriptor
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The Build Process

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The DSpace Maven build process constructs a full DSpace installation template directory structure containing a series of web applications. The results are placed in [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir/. The process works as follows:

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  • All the DSpace source code is compiled, and/or automatically downloaded from the Maven Central code/libraries repository.
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  • A full DSpace "installation template" folder is built in [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir/ + +
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In order to then install & deploy DSpace from this "installation template" folder, you must run the following from [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir/ :

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ant -D [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
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Please see the Installation instructions for more details about the Installation process.

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Servlets and JSPs (JSPUI Only)

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The JSPUI Web UI is loosely based around the MVC (model, view, controller) model. The content management API corresponds to the model, the Java Servlets are the controllers, and the JSPs are the views. Interactions take the following basic form:

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  1. An HTTP request is received from a browser
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  2. The appropriate servlet is invoked, and processes the request by invoking the DSpace business logic layer public API
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  3. Depending on the outcome of the processing, the servlet invokes the appropriate JSP
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  4. The JSP is processed and sent to the browser
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  • All of the processing is done before the JSP is invoked, so any error or problem that occurs does not occur halfway through HTML rendering
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  • The JSPs contain as little code as possible, so they can be customized without having to delve into Java code too much
    +The org.dspace.app.webui.servlet.LoadDSpaceConfig servlet is always loaded first. This is a very simple servlet that checks the dspace-config context parameter from the DSpace deployment descriptor, and uses it to locate dspace.cfg. It also loads up the Log4j configuration. It's important that this servlet is loaded first, since if another servlet is loaded up, it will cause the system to try and load DSpace and Log4j configurations, neither of which would be found.
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All DSpace servlets are subclasses of the DSpaceServlet class. The DSpaceServlet class handles some basic operations such as creating a DSpace Context object (opening a database connection etc.), authentication and error handling. Instead of overriding the doGet and doPost methods as one normally would for a servlet, DSpace servlets implement doDSGet or doDSPost which have an extra context parameter, and allow the servlet to throw various exceptions that can be handled in a standard way.

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The DSpace servlet processes the contents of the HTTP request. This might involve retrieving the results of a search with a query term, accessing the current user's eperson record, or updating a submission in progress. According to the results of this processing, the servlet must decide which JSP should be displayed. The servlet then fills out the appropriate attributes in the HttpRequest object that represents the HTTP request being processed. This is done by invoking the setAttribute method of the javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest object that is passed into the servlet from Tomcat. The servlet then forwards control of the request to the appropriate JSP using the JSPManager.showJSP method.

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The JSPManager.showJSP method uses the standard Java servlet forwarding mechanism is then used to forward the HTTP request to the JSP. The JSP is processed by Tomcat and the results sent back to the user's browser.

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There is an exception to this servlet/JSP style: index.jsp, the 'home page', receives the HTTP request directly from Tomcat without a servlet being invoked first. This is because in the servlet 2.3 specification, there is no way to map a servlet to handle only requests made to '/'; such a mapping results in every request being directed to that servlet. By default, Tomcat forwards requests to '/' to index.jsp. To try and make things as clean as possible, index.jsp contains some simple code that would normally go in a servlet, and then forwards to home.jsp using the JSPManager.showJSP method. This means localized versions of the 'home page' can be created by placing a customized home.jsp in [dspace-source]/jsp/local, in the same manner as other JSPs.

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[dspace-source]/jsp/dspace-admin/index.jsp, the administration UI index page, is invoked directly by Tomcat and not through a servlet for similar reasons.

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At the top of each JSP file, right after the license and copyright header, is documented the appropriate attributes that a servlet must fill out prior to forwarding to that JSP. No validation is performed; if the servlet does not fill out the necessary attributes, it is likely that an internal server error will occur.

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Many JSPs containing forms will include hidden parameters that tell the servlets which form has been filled out. The submission UI servlet (SubmissionController is a prime example of a servlet that deals with the input from many different JSPs. The step and page hidden parameters (written out by the SubmissionController.getSubmissionParameters() method) are used to inform the servlet which page of which step has just been filled out (i.e. which page of the submission the user has just completed).

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Below is a detailed, scary diagram depicting the flow of control during the whole process of processing and responding to an HTTP request. More information about the authentication mechanism is mostly described in the configuration section.

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Flow of Control During HTTP Request Processing

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Custom JSP Tags (JSPUI Only)

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The DSpace JSPs all use some custom tags defined in /dspace/jsp/WEB-INF/dspace-tags.tld, and the corresponding Java classes reside in org.dspace.app.webui.jsptag. The tags are listed below. The dspace-tags.tld file contains detailed comments about how to use the tags, so that information is not repeated here.

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  • layout: Just about every JSP uses this tag. It produces the standard HTML header and <BODY>_tag. Thus the content of each JSP is nested inside a _<dspace:layout> tag. The (XML-style)attributes of this tag are slightly complicated--see dspace-tags.tld. The JSPs in the source code bundle also provide plenty of examples.
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  • sidebar: Can only be used inside a layout tag, and can only be used once per JSP. The content between the start and end sidebar tags is rendered in a column on the right-hand side of the HTML page. The contents can contain further JSP tags and Java 'scriptlets'.
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  • date: Displays the date represented by an org.dspace.content.DCDate object. Just the one representation of date is rendered currently, but this could use the user's browser preferences to display a localized date in the future.
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  • include: Obsolete, simple tag, similar to jsp:include. In versions prior to DSpace 1.2, this tag would use the locally modified version of a JSP if one was installed in jsp/local. As of 1.2, the build process now performs this function, however this tag is left in for backwards compatibility.
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  • item: Displays an item record, including Dublin Core metadata and links to the bitstreams within it. Note that the displaying of the bitstream links is simplistic, and does not take into account any of the bundling structure. This is because DSpace does not have a fully-fledged dissemination architectural piece yet. Displaying an item record is done by a tag rather than a JSP for two reasons: Firstly, it happens in several places (when verifying an item record during submission or workflow review, as well as during standard item accesses), and secondly, displaying the item turns out to be mostly code-work rather than HTML anyway. Of course, the disadvantage of doing it this way is that it is slightly harder to customize exactly what is displayed from an item record; it is necessary to edit the tag code (org.dspace.app.webui.jsptag.ItemTag). Hopefully a better solution can be found in the future.
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  • itemlist, collectionlist, communitylist: These tags display ordered sequences of items, collections and communities, showing minimal information but including a link to the page containing full details. These need to be used in HTML tables.
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  • popup: This tag is used to render a link to a pop-up page (typically a help page.) If Javascript is available, the link will either open or pop to the front any existing DSpace pop-up window. If Javascript is not available, a standard HTML link is displayed that renders the link destination in a window named 'dspace.popup'. In graphical browsers, this usually opens a new window or re-uses an existing window of that name, but if a window is re-used it is not 'raised' which might confuse the user. In text browsers, following this link will simply replace the current page with the destination of the link. This obviously means that Javascript offers the best functionality, but other browsers are still supported.
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  • selecteperson: A tag which produces a widget analogous to HTML <SELECT>, that allows a user to select one or multiple e-people from a pop-up list.
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  • sfxlink: Using an item's Dublin Core metadata DSpace can display an SFX link, if an SFX server is available. This tag does so for a particular item if the sfx.server.url property is defined in dspace.cfg.
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Internationalization (JSPUI Only)

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XMLUI Internationalization
For information about XMLUI Internationalization please see: XMLUI Multilingual Support.
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The Java Standard Tag Library v1.0 is used to specify messages in the JSPs like this:

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This message can now be changed using the config/language-packs/Messages.properties file. (This must be done at build-time: Messages.properties is placed in the dspace.war Web application file.)

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Phrases may have parameters to be passed in, to make the job of translating easier, reduce the number of 'keys' and to allow translators to make the translated text flow more appropriately for the target language.

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<P>Results <%= r.getFirst() %> to <%= r.getLast() %> of <%=r.getTotal() %></P>
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+  <fmt:param><%= r.getLast() %></fmt:param>
+  <fmt:param><%= r.getTotal() %></fmt:param>
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(Note: JSTL 1.0 does not seem to allow JSP <%= %> expressions to be passed in as values of attribute in <fmt:param value=""/>)

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The above would appear in the Messages_xx.properties file as:

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Introducing number parameters that should be formatted according to the locale used makes no difference in the message key compared to string parameters:

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In the JSP using this key can be used in the way belov:

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<fmt:message key="jsp.submit.show-uploaded-file.size-in-bytes">
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(Note: JSTL offers a way to include numbers in the message keys as jsp.foo.key = {0,number} bytes. Setting the parameter as <fmt:param value="${variable}" /> workes when variable is a single variable name and doesn't work when trying to use a method's return value instead: bitstream.getSize(). Passing the number as string (or using the <%= %> expression) also does not work.)

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Multiple Messages.properties can be created for different languages. See ResourceBundle.getBundle. e.g. you can add German and Canadian French translations:

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The end user's browser settings determine which language is used. The English language file Messages.properties (or the default server locale) will be used as a default if there's no language bundle for the end user's preferred language. (Note that the English file is not called Messages_en.properties – this is so it is always available as a default, regardless of server configuration.)

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The dspace:layout tag has been updated to allow dictionary keys to be passed in for the titles. It now has two new parameters: titlekey and parenttitlekey. So where before you'd do:

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And so the layout tag itself gets the relevant stuff out of the dictionary. title and parenttitle still work as before for backwards compatibility, and the odd spot where that's preferable.

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Message Key Convention

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When translating further pages, please follow the convention for naming message keys to avoid clashes.

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For text in JSPs use the complete path + filename of the JSP, then a one-word name for the message. e.g. for the title of jsp/mydspace/main.jsp use:

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Some common words (e.g. "Help") can be brought out into keys starting jsp. for ease of translation, e.g.:

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Other common words/phrases are brought out into 'general' parameters if they relate to a set (directory) of JSPs, e.g.

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Phrases that relate strongly to a topic (eg. MyDSpace) but used in many JSPs outside the particular directory are more convenient to be cross-referenced. For example one could use the key below in jsp/submit/saved.jsp to provide a link back to the user's MyDSpace:

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(Cross-referencing of keys in general is not a good idea as it may make maintenance more difficult. But in some cases it has more advantages as the meaning is obvious.)

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For text in servlet code, in custom JSP tags or wherever applicable use the fully qualified classname + a one-word name for the message. e.g.

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Which Languages are currently supported?

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To view translations currently being developed, please refer to the i18n page of the DSpace Wiki.

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HTML Content in Items

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For the most part, the DSpace item display just gives a link that allows an end-user to download a bitstream. However, if a bundle has a primary bitstream whose format is of MIME type text/html, instead a link to the HTML servlet is given.

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So if we had an HTML document like this:

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The Bundle's primary bitstream field would point to the contents.html Bitstream, which we know is HTML (check the format MIME type) and so we know which to serve up first.

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The HTML servlet employs a trick to serve up HTML documents without actually modifying the HTML or other files themselves. Say someone is looking at contents.html from the above example, the URL in their browser will look like this:

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If there's an image called figure1.gif in that HTML page, the browser will do HTTP GET on this URL:

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The HTML document servlet can work out which item the user is looking at, and then which Bitstream in it is called figure1.gif, and serve up that bitstream. Similar for following links to other HTML pages. Of course all the links and image references have to be relative and not absolute.

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HTML documents must be "self-contained", as explained here. Provided that full path information is known by DSpace, any depth or complexity of HTML document can be served subject to those constraints. This is usually possible with some kind of batch import. If, however, the document has been uploaded one file at a time using the Web UI, the path information has been stripped. The system can cope with relative links that refer to a deeper path, e.g.

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If the item has been uploaded via the Web submit UI, in the Bitstream table in the database we have the 'name' field, which will contain the filename with no path (figure1.gif). We can still work out what images/figure1.gif is by making the HTML document servlet strip any path that comes in from the URL, e.g.

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BUT all the filenames (regardless of directory names) must be unique. For example, this wouldn't work:

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since it would just have figure.gif

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To prevent "infinite URL spaces" appearing (e.g. if a file foo.html linked to bar/foo.html, which would link to bar/bar/foo.html...) this behavior can be configured by setting the configuration property webui.html.max-depth-guess.

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For example, if we receive a request for foo/bar/index.html, and we have a bitstream called just index.html, we will serve up that bitstream for the request if webui.html.max-depth-guess is 2 or greater. If webui.html.max-depth-guess is 1 or less, we would not serve that bitstream, as the depth of the file is greater. If webui.html.max-depth-guess is zero, the request filename and path must always exactly match the bitstream name. The default value (if that property is not present in dspace.cfg) is 3.

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Thesis Blocking

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The submission UI has an optional feature that came about as a result of MIT Libraries policy. If the block.theses parameter in dspace.cfg is true, an extra checkbox is included in the first page of the submission UI. This asks the user if the submission is a thesis. If the user checks this box, the submission is halted (deleted) and an error message displayed, explaining that DSpace should not be used to submit theses. This feature can be turned off and on, and the message displayed (/dspace/jsp/submit/no-theses.jsp can be localized as necessary.

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OAI-PMH Data Provider

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The DSpace platform supports the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH) version 2.0 as a data provider. This is accomplished using the OAICat framework from OCLC.

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The DSpace build process builds a Web application archive, [dspace-source]/build/oai.war), in much the same way as the Web UI build process described above. The only differences are that the JSPs are not included, and [dspace-source]/etc/oai-web.xml is used as the deployment descriptor. This 'webapp' is deployed to receive and respond to OAI-PMH requests via HTTP. Note that typically it should not be deployed on SSL (https: protocol). In a typical configuration, this is deployed at oai, for example:

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It is this URL that should be registered with www.openarchives.org. Note that you can easily change the 'request' portion of the URL by editing [dspace-source]/etc/oai-web.xml and rebuilding and deploying oai.war.

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DSpace provides implementations of the OAICat interfaces AbstractCatalog, RecordFactory and Crosswalk that interface with the DSpace content management API and harvesting API (in the search subsystem).

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Only the basic oai_dc unqualified Dublin Core metadata set export is enabled by default; this is particularly easy since all items have qualified Dublin Core metadata. When this metadata is harvested, the qualifiers are simply stripped; for example, description.abstract is exposed as unqualified description. The description.provenance field is hidden, as this contains private information about the submitter and workflow reviewers of the item, including their e-mail addresses. Additionally, to keep in line with OAI community practices, values of contributor.author are exposed as creator values.

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Other metadata formats are supported as well, using other Crosswalk implementations; consult the oaicat.properties file described below. To enable a format, simply uncomment the lines beginning with Crosswalks.*. Multiple formats are allowed, and the current list includes, in addition to unqualified DC: MPEG DIDL, METS, MODS. There is also an incomplete, experimental qualified DC.

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Note that the current simple DC implementation (org.dspace.app.oai.OAIDCCrosswalk) does not currently strip out any invalid XML characters that may be lying around in the data. If your database contains a DC value with, for example, some ASCII control codes (form feed etc.) this may cause OAI harvesters problems. This should rarely occur, however. XML entities (such as >) are encoded (e.g. to >)

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In addition to the implementations of the OAICat interfaces, there is one main configuration file relevant to OAI-PMH support:

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  • oaicat.properties: This file resides in [dspace]/config. You probably won't need to edit this, as it is pre-configured to meet most needs. You might want to change the Identify.earliestDatestamp field to more accurately reflect the oldest datestamp in your local DSpace system. (Note that this is the value of the last_modified column in the Item database table.)
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Sets

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OAI-PMH allows repositories to expose an hierarchy of sets in which records may be placed. A record can be in zero or more sets.

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DSpace exposes collections as sets. The organization of communities is likely to change over time, and is therefore a less stable basis for selective harvesting.

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Each collection has a corresponding OAI set, discoverable by harvesters via the ListSets verb. The setSpec is the Handle of the collection, with the ':' and '/' converted to underscores so that the Handle is a legal setSpec, for example:

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Naturally enough, the collection name is also the name of the corresponding set.

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Unique Identifier

+ +

Every item in OAI-PMH data repository must have an unique identifier, which must conform to the URI syntax. As of DSpace 1.2, Handles are not used; this is because in OAI-PMH, the OAI identifier identifies the metadata record associated with the resource. The resource is the DSpace item, whose resource identifier is the Handle. In practical terms, using the Handle for the OAI identifier may cause problems in the future if DSpace instances share items with the same Handles; the OAI metadata record identifiers should be different as the different DSpace instances would need to be harvested separately and may have different metadata for the item.

+ +

The OAI identifiers that DSpace uses are of the form:

+ +
+
oai:host name:handle
+
+ +

For example:

+ +
+
oai:dspace.myu.edu:123456789/345
+
+ +

If you wish to use a different scheme, this can easily be changed by editing the value of OAI_ID_PREFIX at the top of the org.dspace.app.oai.DSpaceOAICatalog class. (You do not need to change the code if the above scheme works for you; the code picks up the host name and Handles automatically from the DSpace configuration.)

+ + +

Access control

+ +

OAI provides no authentication/authorisation details, although these could be implemented using standard HTTP methods. It is assumed that all access will be anonymous for the time being.

+ +

A question is, "is all metadata public?" Presently the answer to this is yes; all metadata is exposed via OAI-PMH, even if the item has restricted access policies. The reasoning behind this is that people who do actually have permission to read a restricted item should still be able to use OAI-based services to discover the content.

+ +

If in the future, this 'expose all metadata' approach proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it should be possible to expose only publicly readable metadata. The authorisation system has separate permissions for READing and item and READing the content (bitstreams) within it. This means the system can differentiate between an item with public metadata and hidden content, and an item with hidden metadata as well as hidden content. In this case the OAI data repository should only expose items those with anonymous READ access, so it can hide the existence of records to the outside world completely. In this scenario, one should be wary of protected items that are made public after a time. When this happens, the items are "new" from the OAI-PMH perspective.

+ + +

Modification Date (OAI Date Stamp)

+ +

OAI-PMH harvesters need to know when a record has been created, changed or deleted. DSpace keeps track of a 'last modified' date for each item in the system, and this date is used for the OAI-PMH date stamp. This means that any changes to the metadata (e.g. admins correcting a field, or a withdrawal) will be exposed to harvesters.

+ + +

'About' Information

+ +

As part of each record given out to a harvester, there is an optional, repeatable "about" section which can be filled out in any (XML-schema conformant) way. Common uses are for provenance and rights information, and there are schemas in use by OAI communities for this. Presently DSpace does not provide any of this information.

+ + +

Deletions

+ +

DSpace keeps track of deletions (withdrawals). These are exposed via OAI, which has a specific mechansim for dealing with this. Since DSpace keeps a permanent record of withdrawn items, in the OAI-PMH sense DSpace supports deletions 'persistently'. This is as opposed to 'transient' deletion support, which would mean that deleted records are forgotten after a time.

+ +

Once an item has been withdrawn, OAI-PMH harvests of the date range in which the withdrawal occurred will find the 'deleted' record header. Harvests of a date range prior to the withdrawal will not find the record, despite the fact that the record did exist at that time.

+ +

As an example of this, consider an item that was created on 2002-05-02 and withdrawn on 2002-10-06. A request to harvest the month 2002-10 will yield the 'record deleted' header. However, a harvest of the month 2002-05 will not yield the original record.

+ +

Note that presently, the deletion of 'expunged' items is not exposed through OAI.

+ + +

Flow Control (Resumption Tokens)

+ +

An OAI data provider can prevent any performance impact caused by harvesting by forcing a harvester to receive data in time-separated chunks. If the data provider receives a request for a lot of data, it can send part of the data with a resumption token. The harvester can then return later with the resumption token and continue.

+ +

DSpace supports resumption tokens for 'ListRecords' OAI-PMH requests. ListIdentifiers and ListSets requests do not produce a particularly high load on the system, so resumption tokens are not used for those requests.

+ +

Each OAI-PMH ListRecords request will return at most 100 records. This limit is set at the top of org.dspace.app.oai.DSpaceOAICatalog.java (MAX_RECORDS). A potential issue here is that if a harvest yields an exact multiple of MAX_RECORDS, the last operation will result in a harvest with no records in it. It is unclear from the OAI-PMH specification if this is acceptable.

+ +

When a resumption token is issued, the optional completeListSize and cursor attributes are not included. OAICat sets the expirationDate of the resumption token to one hour after it was issued, though in fact since DSpace resumption tokens contain all the information required to continue a request they do not actually expire.

+ +

Resumption tokens contain all the state information required to continue a request. The format is:

+
+
+from/until/setSpec/offset
+
+
+

from and until are the ISO 8601 dates passed in as part of the original request, and setSpec is also taken from the original request. offset is the number of records that have already been sent to the harvester. For example:

+
+
+2003-01-01//hdl_1721_1_1234/300
+
+
+

This means the harvest is 'from'
+2003-01-01, has no 'until' date, is for collection hdl:1721.1/1234, and 300 records have already been sent to the harvester. (Actually, if the original OAI-PMH request doesn't specify a 'from' or 'until, OAICat fills them out automatically to '0000-00-00T00:00:00Z' and '9999-12-31T23:59:59Z' respectively. This means DSpace resumption tokens will always have from and until dates in them.)

+ + + +

DSpace Command Launcher

+ +

Introduced in Release 1.6, the DSpace Command Launcher brings together the various command and scripts into a standard-practice for running CLI runtime programs.

+ +

Older Versions

+ +

Prior to Release 1.6, there were various scripts written that masked a more manual approach to running CLI programs. The user had to issue [dspace]/bin/dsrun and then java class that ran that program. With release 1.5, scripts were written to mask the [dspace]/bin/dsrun command. We have left the java class in the System Administration section since it does have value for debugging purposes and for those who wish to learn about DSpace
+programming or wish to customize the code at any time.

+ + +

Command Launcher Structure

+ +

There are two components to the command launcher: the dspace script and the launcher.xml. The DSpace command calls a java class which in turn refers to launcher.xml that is stored in the [dspace]/config directory

+ +

launcher.xml is made of several components:

+ +
    +
  • <command> begins the stanza for a command
    • +
  • <name>_name of command_</name> the name of the command that you would use.
    • +
  • <description>_the description of the command_</description>
    • +
  • <step> </step> User arguments are parsed and tested.
    • +
  • <class>_<the java class that is being used to run the CLI program>_</class>
    +Prior to release 1.5 if one wanted to regenerate the browse index, one would have to issue the following commands manually: +
    +
    [dspace]/bin/dsrun org.dspace.browse.IndexBrowse -f -r
+[dspace]/bin/dsrun org.dspace.browse.ItemCounter
+[dspace]/bin/dsrun org.dspace.search.DSIndexer
    +
    +

    In release 1.5 a script was written and in release 1.6 the command [dspace]/bin/dspace index-init replaces the script. The stanza from launcher.xml show us how one can build more commands if needed:

    +
    +
    <command>
+        <name>index-update</name>
+        <description>Update the search and browse indexes</description>
+        <step passuserargs="false">
+            <class>org.dspace.browse.IndexBrowse</class>
+            <argument>-i</argument>
+        </step>
+        <step passuserargs="false">
+            <class>org.dspace.browse.ItemCounter</class>
+        </step>
+        <step passuserargs="false">
+            <class>org.dspace.search.DSIndexer</class>
+        </step>
+</command>
    +
    +

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DSpace System Documentation: Architecture

+ +
+
+ +

Overview

+ +

The DSpace system is organized into three layers, each of which consists of a number of components.

+ +

+ +

DSpace System Architecture

+ +

The storage layer is responsible for physical storage of metadata and content. The business logic layer deals with managing the content of the archive, users of the archive (e-people), authorization, and workflow. The application layer contains components that communicate with the world outside of the individual DSpace installation, for example the Web user interface and the Open Archives Initiative protocol for metadata harvesting service.

+ +

Each layer only invokes the layer below it; the application layer may not used the storage layer directly, for example. Each component in the storage and business logic layers has a defined public API. The union of the APIs of those components are referred to as the Storage API (in the case of the storage layer) and the DSpace Public API (in the case of the business logic layer). These APIs are in-process Java classes, objects and methods.

+ +

It is important to note that each layer is trusted. Although the logic for authorising actions is in the business logic layer, the system relies on individual applications in the application layer to correctly and securely authenticate e-people. If a 'hostile' or insecure application were allowed to invoke the Public API directly, it could very easily perform actions as any e-person in the system.

+ +

The reason for this design choice is that authentication methods will vary widely between different applications, so it makes sense to leave the logic and responsibility for that in these applications.

+ +

The source code is organized to cohere very strictly to this three-layer architecture. Also, only methods in a component's public API are given the public access level. This means that the Java compiler helps ensure that the source code conforms to the architecture.

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+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Packages within Correspond to components in
org.dspace.app Application layer
org.dspace Business logic layer (except storage and app)
org.dspace.storage Storage layer
+
+ + +

The storage and business logic layer APIs are extensively documented with Javadoc-style comments. Generate the HTML version of these by entering the [dspace-source]/dspace directory and running:

+
+
+mvn javadoc:javadoc
+
+
+

The resulting documentation will be at [dspace-source]dspace-api/target/site/apidocs/index.html. The package-level documentation of each package usually contains an overview of the package and some example usage. This information is not repeated in this architecture document; this and the Javadoc APIs are intended to be used in parallel.

+ +

Each layer is described in a separate section:

+ +
    +
  • Storage Layer +
      +
    • RDBMS
      • +
    • Bitstream Store
      • +
    +
    • +
  • Business Logic Layer +
      +
    • Core Classes
      • +
    • Content Management API
      • +
    • Workflow System
      • +
    • Administration Toolkit
      • +
    • E-person/Group Manager
      • +
    • Authorisation
      • +
    • Handle Manager/Handle Plugin
      • +
    • Search
      • +
    • Browse API
      • +
    • History Recorder
      • +
    • Checksum Checker
      • +
    +
    • +
  • Application Layer +
      +
    • Web User Interface
      • +
    • OAI-PMH Data Provider
      • +
    • Item Importer and Exporter
      • +
    • Transferring Items Between DSpace Instances
      • +
    • Registration
      • +
    • METS Tools
      • +
    • Media Filters
      • +
    • Sub-Community Management
      • +
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System Architecture: Business Logic Layer

+ +
+
+ +

Core Classes

+ +

The org.dspace.core package provides some basic classes that are used throughout the DSpace code.

+ +

The Configuration Manager

+ +

The configuration manager is responsible for reading the main dspace.cfg properties file, managing the 'template' configuration files for other applications such as Apache, and for obtaining the text for e-mail messages.

+ +

The system is configured by editing the relevant files in [dspace]/config, as described in the configuration section.

+ +

When editing configuration files for applications that DSpace uses, such as Apache Tomcat, you may want to edit the copy in [dspace-source] and then run ant update or ant overwrite_configs rather than editing the 'live' version directly! This will ensure you have a backup copy of your modified configuration files, so that they are not accidentally overwritten in the future.

+ +

The ConfigurationManager class can also be invoked as a command line tool:

+ +
    +
  • [dspace]/bin/dspace dsprop property.name This writes the value of property.name from dspace.cfg to the standard output, so that shell scripts can access the DSpace configuration. If the property has no value, nothing is written.
    • +
+ + +

Constants

+ +

This class contains constants that are used to represent types of object and actions in the database. For example, authorization policies can relate to objects of different types, so the resourcepolicy table has columns resource_id, which is the internal ID of the object, and resource_type_id, which indicates whether the object is an item, collection, bitstream etc. The value of resource_type_id is taken from the Constants class, for example Constants.ITEM.

+ + +

Context

+ +

The Context class is central to the DSpace operation. Any code that wishes to use the any API in the business logic layer must first create itself a Context object. This is akin to opening a connection to a database (which is in fact one of the things that happens.)

+ +

A context object is involved in most method calls and object constructors, so that the method or object has access to information about the current operation. When the context object is constructed, the following information is automatically initialized:

+ +
    +
  • A connection to the database. This is a transaction-safe connection. i.e. the 'auto-commit' flag is set to false.
    • +
  • A cache of content management API objects. Each time a content object is created (for example Item or Bitstream) it is stored in the Context object. If the object is then requested again, the cached copy is used. Apart from reducing database use, this addresses the problem of having two copies of the same object in memory in different states.
    +The following information is also held in a context object, though it is the responsibility of the application creating the context object to fill it out correctly:
    • +
+ + +
    +
  • The current authenticated user, if any
    • +
  • Any 'special groups' the user is a member of. For example, a user might automatically be part of a particular group based on the IP address they are accessing DSpace from, even though they don't have an e-person record. Such a group is called a 'special group'.
    • +
  • Any extra information from the application layer that should be added to log messages that are written within this context. For example, the Web UI adds a session ID, so that when the logs are analyzed the actions of a particular user in a particular session can be tracked.
    • +
  • A flag indicating whether authorization should be circumvented. This should only be used in rare, specific circumstances. For example, when first installing the system, there are no authorized administrators who would be able to create an administrator account!As noted above, the public API is trusted, so it is up to applications in the application layer to use this flag responsibly.
    +Typical use of the context object will involve constructing one, and setting the current user if one is authenticated. Several operations may be performed using the context object. If all goes well, complete is called to commit the changes and free up any resources used by the context. If anything has gone wrong, abort is called to roll back any changes and free up the resources.
    • +
+ + +

You should always abort a context if any error happens during its lifespan; otherwise the data in the system may be left in an inconsistent state. You can also commit a context, which means that any changes are written to the database, and the context is kept active for further use.

+ + +

Email

+ +

Sending e-mails is pretty easy. Just use the configuration manager's getEmail method, set the arguments and recipients, and send.

+ +

The e-mail texts are stored in [dspace]/config/emails. They are processed by the standard java.text.MessageFormat. At the top of each e-mail are listed the appropriate arguments that should be filled out by the sender. Example usage is shown in the org.dspace.core.Email Javadoc API documentation.

+ + +

LogManager

+ +

The log manager consists of a method that creates a standard log header, and returns it as a string suitable for logging. Note that this class does not actually write anything to the logs; the log header returned should be logged directly by the sender using an appropriate Log4J call, so that information about where the logging is taking place is also stored.

+ +

The level of logging can be configured on a per-package or per-class basis by editing [dspace]/config/log4j.properties. You will need to stop and restart Tomcat for the changes to take effect.

+ +

A typical log entry looks like this:

+ +

2002-11-11 08:11:32,903 INFO org.dspace.app.webui.servlet.DSpaceServlet @ anonymous:session_id=BD84E7C194C2CF4BD0EC3A6CAD0142BB:view_item:handle=1721.1/1686

+ +

This is breaks down like this:

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Date and time, milliseconds 2002-11-11 08:11:32,903
Level (FATAL, WARN, INFO or DEBUG) INFO
Java class org.dspace.app.webui.servlet.DSpaceServlet
  @
User email or anonymous anonymous
  :
Extra log info from context session_id=BD84E7C194C2CF4BD0EC3A6CAD0142BB
  :
Action view_item
  :
Extra info handle=1721.1/1686
+
+ + +

The above format allows the logs to be easily parsed and analyzed. The [dspace]/bin/log-reporter script is a simple tool for analyzing logs. Try:

+ +
+
[dspace]/bin/log-reporter --help
+
+ +

It's a good idea to 'nice' this log reporter to avoid an impact on server performance.

+ + +

Utils

+ +

Utils contains miscellaneous utility method that are required in a variety of places throughout the code, and thus have no particular 'home' in a subsystem.

+ + + +

Content Management API

+ +

The content management API package org.dspace.content contains Java classes for reading and manipulating content stored in the DSpace system. This is the API that components in the application layer will probably use most.

+ +

Classes corresponding to the main elements in the DSpace data model (Community, Collection, Item, Bundle and Bitstream) are sub-classes of the abstract class DSpaceObject. The Item object handles the Dublin Core metadata record.

+ +

Each class generally has one or more static find methods, which are used to instantiate content objects. Constructors do not have public access and are just used internally. The reasons for this are:

+ +
    +
  • "Constructing" an object may be misconstrued as the action of creating an object in the DSpace system, for example one might expect something like: +
    +
    Context dsContent = new Context();
+Item myItem = new Item(context, id)
    +
    +

    to construct a brand new item in the system, rather than simply instantiating an in-memory instance of an object in the system.

    • +
  • find methods may often be called with invalid IDs, and return null in such a case. A constructor would have to throw an exception in this case. A null return value from a static method can in general be dealt with more simply in code.
    • +
  • If an instantiation representing the same underlying archival entity already exists, the find method can simply return that same instantiation to avoid multiple copies and any inconsistencies which might result.
    • +
+ + +

Collection, Bundle and Bitstream do not have create methods; rather, one has to create an object using the relevant method on the container. For example, to create a collection, one must invoke createCollection on the community that the collection is to appear in:

+ +
+
Context context = new Context();
+Community existingCommunity = Community.find(context, 123);
+Collection myNewCollection = existingCommunity.createCollection();
+
+ +

The primary reason for this is for determining authorization. In order to know whether an e-person may create an object, the system must know which container the object is to be added to. It makes no sense to create a collection outside of a community, and the authorization system does not have a policy for that.

+ +

Item_s are first created in the form of an implementation of _InProgressSubmission. An InProgressSubmission represents an item under construction; once it is complete, it is installed into the main archive and added to the relevant collection by the InstallItem class. The org.dspace.content package provides an implementation of InProgressSubmission called WorkspaceItem; this is a simple implementation that contains some fields used by the Web submission UI. The org.dspace.workflow also contains an implementation called WorkflowItem which represents a submission undergoing a workflow process.

+ +

In the previous chapter there is an overview of the item ingest process which should clarify the previous paragraph. Also see the section on the workflow system.

+ +

Community and BitstreamFormat do have static create methods; one must be a site administrator to have authorization to invoke these.

+ +

Other Classes

+ +

Classes whose name begins DC are for manipulating Dublin Core metadata, as explained below.

+ +

The FormatIdentifier class attempts to guess the bitstream format of a particular bitstream. Presently, it does this simply by looking at any file extension in the bitstream name and matching it up with the file extensions associated with bitstream formats. Hopefully this can be greatly improved in the future!

+ +

The ItemIterator class allows items to be retrieved from storage one at a time, and is returned by methods that may return a large number of items, more than would be desirable to have in memory at once.

+ +

The ItemComparator class is an implementation of the standard java.util.Comparator that can be used to compare and order items based on a particular Dublin Core metadata field.

+ + +

Modifications

+ +

When creating, modifying or for whatever reason removing data with the content management API, it is important to know when changes happen in-memory, and when they occur in the physical DSpace storage.

+ +

Primarily, one should note that no change made using a particular org.dspace.core.Context object will actually be made in the underlying storage unless complete or commit is invoked on that Context. If anything should go wrong during an operation, the context should always be aborted by invoking abort, to ensure that no inconsistent state is written to the storage.

+ +

Additionally, some changes made to objects only happen in-memory. In these cases, invoking the update method lines up the in-memory changes to occur in storage when the Context is committed or completed. In general, methods that change any [meta]data field only make the change in-memory; methods that involve relationships with other objects in the system line up the changes to be committed with the context. See individual methods in the API Javadoc.

+ +

Some examples to illustrate this are shown below:

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+
Context context = new Context();
+Bitstream b = Bitstream.find(context, 1234);
+b.setName("newfile.txt");
+b.update();
+context.complete();
+
 Will change storage
+
Context context = new Context();
+Bitstream b = Bitstream.find(context, 1234);
+b.setName("newfile.txt");
+b.update();
+context.abort();
+
 Will not change storage (context aborted)
+
Context context = new Context();
+Bitstream b = Bitstream.find(context, 1234);
+b.setName("newfile.txt");
+context.complete();
+
 The new name will not be stored since update was not invoked
+
Context context = new Context();
+Bitstream bs = Bitstream.find(context, 1234);
+Bundle bnd = Bundle.find(context, 5678);
+bnd.add(bs);
+context.complete();
+
 The bitstream will be included in the bundle, since update doesn't need to be called
+
+ + + +

What's In Memory?

+ +

Instantiating some content objects also causes other content objects to be loaded into memory.

+ +

Instantiating a Bitstream object causes the appropriate BitstreamFormat object to be instantiated. Of course the Bitstream object does not load the underlying bits from the bitstream store into memory!

+ +

Instantiating a Bundle object causes the appropriate Bitstream objects (and hence _BitstreamFormat_s) to be instantiated.

+ +

Instantiating an Item object causes the appropriate Bundle objects (etc.) and hence _BitstreamFormat_s to be instantiated. All the Dublin Core metadata associated with that item are also loaded into memory.

+ +

The reasoning behind this is that for the vast majority of cases, anyone instantiating an item object is going to need information about the bundles and bitstreams within it, and this methodology allows that to be done in the most efficient way and is simple for the caller. For example, in the Web UI, the servlet (controller) needs to pass information about an item to the viewer (JSP), which needs to have all the information in-memory to display the item without further accesses to the database which may cause errors mid-display.

+ +

You do not need to worry about multiple in-memory instantiations of the same object, or any inconsistencies that may result; the Context object keeps a cache of the instantiated objects. The find methods of classes in org.dspace.content will use a cached object if one exists.

+ +

It may be that in enough cases this automatic instantiation of contained objects reduces performance in situations where it is important; if this proves to be true the API may be changed in the future to include a loadContents method or somesuch, or perhaps a Boolean parameter indicating what to do will be added to the find methods.

+ +

When a Context object is completed, aborted or garbage-collected, any objects instantiated using that context are invalidated and should not be used (in much the same way an AWT button is invalid if the window containing it is destroyed).

+ + +

Dublin Core Metadata

+ +

The DCValue class is a simple container that represents a single Dublin Core element, optional qualifier, value and language. Note that since DSpace 1.4 the MetadataValue and associated classes are preferred (see Support for Other Metadata Schemas). The other classes starting with DC are utility classes for handling types of data in Dublin Core, such as people's names and dates. As supplied, the DSpace registry of elements and qualifiers corresponds to the Library Application Profile for Dublin Core. It should be noted that these utility classes assume that the values will be in a certain syntax, which will be true for all data generated within the DSpace system, but since Dublin Core does not always define strict syntax, this may not be true for Dublin Core originating outside DSpace.

+ +

Below is the specific syntax that DSpace expects various fields to adhere to:

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Element Qualifier Syntax Helper Class
date Any or unqualified ISO 8601 in the UTC time zone, with either year, month, day, or second precision. Examples:_2000 2002-10 2002-08-14 1999-01-01T14:35:23Z _ DCDate
contributor Any or unqualified In general last name, then a comma, then first names, then any additional information like "Jr.". If the contributor is an organization, then simply the name. Examples:_Doe, John Smith, John Jr. van Dyke, Dick Massachusetts Institute of Technology _ DCPersonName
language iso A two letter code taken ISO 639, followed optionally by a two letter country code taken from ISO 3166. Examples:_en fr en_US _ DCLanguage
relation ispartofseries The series name, following by a semicolon followed by the number in that series. Alternatively, just free text._MIT-TR; 1234 My Report Series; ABC-1234 NS1234 _ DCSeriesNumber
+
+ + + +

Support for Other Metadata Schemas

+ +

To support additional metadata schemas a new set of metadata classes have been added. These are backwards compatible with the DC classes and should be used rather than the DC specific classes wherever possible. Note that hierarchical metadata schemas are not currently supported, only flat schemas (such as DC) are able to be defined.

+ +

The MetadataField class describes a metadata field by schema, element and optional qualifier. The value of a MetadataField is described by a MetadataValue which is roughly equivalent to the older DCValue class. Finally the MetadataSchema class is used to describe supported schemas. The DC schema is supported by default. Refer to the javadoc for method details.

+ + +

Packager Plugins

+ +

The Packager plugins let you ingest a package to create a new DSpace Object, and disseminate a content Object as a package. A package is simply a data stream; its contents are defined by the packager plugin's implementation.

+ +

To ingest an object, which is currently only implemented for Items, the sequence of operations is:

+ +
    +
  1. Get an instance of the chosen PackageIngester plugin.
    2. +
  2. Locate a Collection in which to create the new Item.
    3. +
  3. Call its ingest method, and get back a WorkspaceItem.
    +The packager also takes a PackageParameters object, which is a property list of parameters specific to that packager which might be passed in from the user interface.
    4. +
+ + +

Here is an example package ingestion code fragment:

+
+
Collection collection =  find target collection
+     InputStream source = ...;
+     PackageParameters params = ...;
+     String license = null;
+
+    PackageIngester sip = (PackageIngester) PluginManager
+            .getNamedPlugin(PackageIngester.class, packageType);
+
+    WorkspaceItem wi = sip.ingest(context, collection, source, params, license);
+
+

Here is an example of a package dissemination:

+
+
     OutputStream destination = ...;
+     PackageParameters params = ...;
+     DSpaceObject dso = ...;
+
+     PackageIngester dip = (PackageDisseminator) PluginManager
+             .getNamedPlugin(PackageDisseminator.class, packageType);
+
+     dip.disseminate(context, dso, params, destination);
+
+ + +

Plugin Manager

+ +

The PluginManager is a very simple component container. It creates and organizes components (plugins), and helps select a plugin in the cases where there are many possible choices. It also gives some limited control over the life cycle of a plugin.

+ +

Concepts

+ +

The following terms are important in understanding the rest of this section:

+ +
    +
  • Plugin Interface A Java interface, the defining characteristic of a plugin. The consumer of a plugin asks for its plugin by interface.
    • +
  • Plugin a.k.a. Component, this is an instance of a class that implements a certain interface. It is interchangeable with other implementations, so that any of them may be "plugged in", hence the name. A Plugin is an instance of any class that implements the plugin interface.
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  • Implementation class The actual class of a plugin. It may implement several plugin interfaces, but must implement at least one.
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  • Name Plugin implementations can be distinguished from each other by name, a short String meant to symbolically represent the implementation class. They are called "named plugins". Plugins only need to be named when the caller has to make an active choice between them.
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  • SelfNamedPlugin class Plugins that extend the SelfNamedPlugin class can take advantage of additional features of the Plugin Manager. Any class can be managed as a plugin, so it is not necessary, just possible.
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  • Reusable Reusable plugins are only instantiated once, and the Plugin Manager returns the same (cached) instance whenever that same plugin is requested again. This behavior can be turned off if desired.
    • +
+ + +

Using the Plugin Manager

+ +

Types of Plugin

+ +

The Plugin Manager supports three different patterns of usage:

+ +
    +
  1. Singleton Plugins There is only one implementation class for the plugin. It is indicated in the configuration. This type of plugin chooses an implementation of a service, for the entire system, at configuration time. Your application just fetches the plugin for that interface and gets the configured-in choice. See the getSinglePlugin() method.
    2. +
  2. Sequence Plugins You need a sequence or series of plugins, to implement a mechanism like Stackable Authentication or a pipeline, where each plugin is called in order to contribute its implementation of a process to the whole. The Plugin Manager supports this by letting you configure a sequence of plugins for a given interface. See the getPluginSequence() method.
    3. +
  3. Named Plugins Use a named plugin when the application has to choose one plugin implementation out of many available ones. Each implementation is bound to one or more names (symbolic identifiers) in the configuration. The name is just a string to be associated with the combination of implementation class and interface. It may contain any characters except for comma (,) and equals (=). It may contain embedded spaces. Comma is a special character used to separate names in the configuration entry. Names must be unique within an interface: No plugin classes implementing the same interface may have the same name. Think of plugin names as a controlled vocabulary – for a given plugin interface, there is a set of names for which plugins can be found. The designer of a Named Plugin interface is responsible for deciding what the name means and how to derive it; for example, names of metadata crosswalk plugins may describe the target metadata format. See the getNamedPlugin() method and the getPluginNames() methods.
    4. +
+ + +

Self-Named Plugins

+ +

Named plugins can get their names either from the configuration or, for a variant called self-named plugins, from within the plugin itself.

+ +

Self-named plugins are necessary because one plugin implementation can be configured itself to take on many "personalities", each of which deserves its own plugin name. It is already managing its own configuration for each of these personalities, so it makes sense to allow it to export them to the Plugin Manager rather than expecting the plugin configuration to be kept in sync with it own configuration.

+ +

An example helps clarify the point: There is a named plugin that does crosswalks, call it CrosswalkPlugin. It has several implementations that crosswalk some kind of metadata. Now we add a new plugin which uses XSL stylesheet transformation (XSLT) to crosswalk many types of metadata – so the single plugin can act like many different plugins, depending on which stylesheet it employs.

+ +

This XSLT-crosswalk plugin has its own configuration that maps a Plugin Name to a stylesheet – it has to, since of course the Plugin Manager doesn't know anything about stylesheets. It becomes a self-named plugin, so that it reads its configuration data, gets the list of names to which it can respond, and passes those on to the Plugin Manager.

+ +

When the Plugin Manager creates an instance of the XSLT-crosswalk, it records the Plugin Name that was responsible for that instance. The plugin can look at that Name later in order to configure itself correctly for the Name that created it. This mechanism is all part of the SelfNamedPlugin class which is part of any self-named plugin.

+ + +

Obtaining a Plugin Instance

+ +

The most common thing you will do with the Plugin Manager is obtain an instance of a plugin. To request a plugin, you must always specify the plugin interface you want. You will also supply a name when asking for a named plugin.

+ +

A sequence plugin is returned as an array of _Object_s since it is actually an ordered list of plugins.

+ +

See the getSinglePlugin(), getPluginSequence(), getNamedPlugin() methods.

+ + +

Lifecycle Management

+ +

When PluginManager fulfills a request for a plugin, it checks whether the implementation class is reusable; if so, it creates one instance of that class and returns it for every subsequent request for that interface and name. If it is not reusable, a new instance is always created.

+ +

For reasons that will become clear later, the manager actually caches a separate instance of an implementation class for each name under which it can be requested.

+ +

You can ask the PluginManager to forget about (decache) a plugin instance, by releasing it. See the PluginManager.releasePlugin() method. The manager will drop its reference to the plugin so the garbage collector can reclaim it. The next time that plugin/name combination is requested, it will create a new instance.

+ + +

Getting Meta-Information

+ +

The PluginManager can list all the names of the Named Plugins which implement an interface. You may need this, for example, to implement a menu in a user interface that presents a choice among all possible plugins. See the getPluginNames() method.

+ +

Note that it only returns the plugin name, so if you need a more sophisticated or meaningful "label" (i.e. a key into the I18N message catalog) then you should add a method to the plugin itself to return that.

+ + + +

Implementation

+ +

Note: The PluginManager refers to interfaces and classes internally only by their names whenever possible, to avoid loading classes until absolutely necessary (i.e. to create an instance). As you'll see below, self-named classes still have to be loaded to query them for names, but for the most part it can avoid loading classes. This saves a lot of time at start-up and keeps the JVM memory footprint down, too. As the Plugin Manager gets used for more classes, this will become a greater concern.

+ +

The only downside of "on-demand" loading is that errors in the configuration don't get discovered right away. The solution is to call the checkConfiguration() method after making any changes to the configuration.

+ +

PluginManager Class

+ +

The PluginManager class is your main interface to the Plugin Manager. It behaves like a factory class that never gets instantiated, so its public methods are static.

+ +

Here are the public methods, followed by explanations:

+ +
    +
  • +
    static Object getSinglePlugin(Class intface)
+     throws PluginConfigurationError;
    +
    +

    Returns an instance of the singleton (single) plugin implementing the given interface. There must be exactly one single plugin configured for this interface, otherwise the PluginConfigurationError is thrown. Note that this is the only "get plugin" method which throws an exception. It is typically used at initialization time to set up a permanent part of the system so any failure is fatal. See the plugin.single configuration key for configuration details.

    • +
  • +
    static Object[] getPluginSequence(Class intface);
    +
    +

    Returns instances of all plugins that implement the interface intface, in an Array. Returns an empty array if no there are no matching plugins. The order of the plugins in the array is the same as their class names in the configuration's value field. See the plugin.sequence configuration key for configuration details.

    • +
  • +
    static Object getNamedPlugin(Class intface, String name);
    +
    +

    Returns an instance of a plugin that implements the interface intface and is bound to a name matching name. If there is no matching plugin, it returns null. The names are matched by String.equals(). See the plugin.named and plugin.selfnamed configuration keys for configuration details.

    • +
  • +
    static void releasePlugin(Object plugin);
    +
    +

    Tells the Plugin Manager to let go of any references to a reusable plugin, to prevent it from being given out again and to allow the object to be garbage-collected. Call this when a plugin instance must be taken out of circulation.

    • +
  • +
    static String[] getAllPluginNames(Class intface);
    +
    +

    Returns all of the names under which a named plugin implementing the interface intface can be requested (with getNamedPlugin()). The array is empty if there are no matches. Use this to populate a menu of plugins for interactive selection, or to document what the possible choices are. The names are NOT returned in any predictable order, so you may wish to sort them first. Note: Since a plugin may be bound to more than one name, the list of names this returns does not represent the list of plugins. To get the list of unique implementation classes corresponding to the names, you might have to eliminate duplicates (i.e. create a Set of classes).

    • +
  • +
    static void checkConfiguration();
    +
    +

    Validates the keys in the DSpace ConfigurationManager pertaining to the Plugin Manager and reports any errors by logging them. This is intended to be used interactively by a DSpace administrator, to check the configuration file after modifying it. See the section about validating configuration for details.

    • +
+ + +

SelfNamedPlugin Class

+ +

A named plugin implementation must extend this class if it wants to supply its own Plugin Name(s). See Self-Named Plugins for why this is sometimes necessary.

+
+
abstract class SelfNamedPlugin
+{
+    // Your class must override this:
+    // Return all names by which this plugin should be known.
+    public static String[] getPluginNames();
+
+    // Returns the name under which this instance was created.
+    // This is implemented by SelfNamedPlugin and should NOT be
+	overridden.
+    public String getPluginInstanceName();
+}
+
+ +

Errors and Exceptions

+
+
public class PluginConfigurationError extends Error
+{
+    public PluginConfigurationError(String message);
+}
+
+

An error of this type means the caller asked for a single plugin, but either there was no single plugin configured matching that interface, or there was more than one. Either case causes a fatal configuration error.

+
+
public class PluginInstantiationException extends RuntimeException
+{
+    public PluginInstantiationException(String msg, Throwable cause)
+}
+
+

This exception indicates a fatal error when instantiating a plugin class. It should only be thrown when something unexpected happens in the course of instantiating a plugin, e.g. an access error, class not found, etc. Simply not finding a class in the configuration is not an exception.

+ +

This is a RuntimeException so it doesn't have to be declared, and can be passed all the way up to a generalized fatal exception handler.

+ + + +

Configuring Plugins

+ +

All of the Plugin Manager's configuration comes from the DSpace Configuration Manager, which is a Java Properties map. You can configure these characteristics of each plugin:

+ +
    +
  1. Interface: Classname of the Java interface which defines the plugin, including package name. e.g. org.dspace.app.mediafilter.FormatFilter
    2. +
  2. Implementation Class: Classname of the implementation class, including package. e.g. org.dspace.app.mediafilter.PDFFilter
    3. +
  3. Names: (Named plugins only) There are two ways to bind names to plugins: listing them in the value of a plugin.named.interface key, or configuring a class in plugin.selfnamed.interface which extends the SelfNamedPlugin class.
    4. +
  4. Reusable option: (Optional) This is declared in a plugin.reusable configuration line. Plugins are reusable by default, so you only need to configure the non-reusable ones.
    5. +
+ + +

Configuring Singleton (Single) Plugins

+ +

This entry configures a Single Plugin for use with getSinglePlugin():

+ +
+
plugin.single.interface = classname
+
+ +

For example, this configures the class org.dspace.checker.SimpleDispatcher as the plugin for interface org.dspace.checker.BitstreamDispatcher:

+ +
+
plugin.single.org.dspace.checker.BitstreamDispatcher=org.dspace.checker.SimpleDispatcher
+
+ + +

Configuring Sequence of Plugins

+ +

This kind of configuration entry defines a Sequence Plugin, which is bound to a sequence of implementation classes. The key identifies the interface, and the value is a comma-separated list of classnames:
+plugin.sequence.interface = classname, ...
+The plugins are returned by getPluginSequence() in the same order as their classes are listed in the configuration value.

+ +

For example, this entry configures Stackable Authentication with three implementation classes:

+
+
plugin.sequence.org.dspace.eperson.AuthenticationMethod = \
+            org.dspace.eperson.X509Authentication, \
+            org.dspace.eperson.PasswordAuthentication, \
+            edu.mit.dspace.MITSpecialGroup
+
+ +

Configuring Named Plugins

+ +

There are two ways of configuring named plugins:

+ +
    +
  1. Plugins Named in the Configuration A named plugin which gets its name(s) from the configuration is listed in this kind of entry:_plugin.named.interface = classname = name [ , name.. ] [ classname = name.. ]_The syntax of the configuration value is: classname, followed by an equal-sign and then at least one plugin name. Bind more names to the same implementation class by adding them here, separated by commas. Names may include any character other than comma (,) and equal-sign (=).For example, this entry creates one plugin with the names GIF, JPEG, and image/png, and another with the name TeX: +
    +
    plugin.named.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.MediaFilter = \
+        org.dspace.app.mediafilter.JPEGFilter = GIF, JPEG, image/png \
+        org.dspace.app.mediafilter.TeXFilter = TeX
    +
    +

    This example shows a plugin name with an embedded whitespace character. Since comma (,) is the separator character between plugin names, spaces are legal (between words of a name; leading and trailing spaces are ignored).This plugin is bound to the names "Adobe PDF", "PDF", and "Portable Document Format".

    +
    +
    plugin.named.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.MediaFilter = \
+      org.dspace.app.mediafilter.TeXFilter = TeX \
+      org.dspace.app.mediafilter.PDFFilter =  Adobe PDF, PDF, Portable Document Format
    +
    +

    NOTE: Since there can only be one key with plugin.named. followed by the interface name in the configuration, all of the plugin implementations must be configured in that entry.

    2. +
  2. Self-Named Plugins Since a self-named plugin supplies its own names through a static method call, the configuration only has to include its interface and classname:plugin.selfnamed.interface = classname [ , classname.. ]_The following example first demonstrates how the plugin class, _XsltDisseminationCrosswalk is configured to implement its own names "MODS" and "DublinCore". These come from the keys starting with crosswalk.dissemination.stylesheet.. The value is a stylesheet file. The class is then configured as a self-named plugin: +
    +
    crosswalk.dissemination.stylesheet.DublinCore = xwalk/TESTDIM-2-DC_copy.xsl
+crosswalk.dissemination.stylesheet.MODS = xwalk/mods.xsl
+
+plugin.selfnamed.crosswalk.org.dspace.content.metadata.DisseminationCrosswalk = \
+        org.dspace.content.metadata.MODSDisseminationCrosswalk, \
+        org.dspace.content.metadata.XsltDisseminationCrosswalk
+
    +
    +

    NOTE: Since there can only be one key with plugin.selfnamed. followed by the interface name in the configuration, all of the plugin implementations must be configured in that entry. The MODSDisseminationCrosswalk class is only shown to illustrate this point.

    3. +
+ + +

Configuring the Reusable Status of a Plugin

+ +

Plugins are assumed to be reusable by default, so you only need to configure the ones which you would prefer not to be reusable. The format is as follows:

+ +
+
plugin.reusable.classname = ( true | false )
+
+ +

For example, this marks the PDF plugin from the example above as non-reusable:

+ +
+
plugin.reusable.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.PDFFilter = false
+
+ + + +

Validating the Configuration

+ +

The Plugin Manager is very sensitive to mistakes in the DSpace configuration. Subtle errors can have unexpected consequences that are hard to detect: for example, if there are two "plugin.single" entries for the same interface, one of them will be silently ignored.

+ +

To validate the Plugin Manager configuration, call the PluginManager.checkConfiguration() method. It looks for the following mistakes:

+ +
    +
  • Any duplicate keys starting with "plugin.".
    • +
  • Keys starting plugin.single, plugin.sequence, plugin.named, and plugin.selfnamed that don't include a valid interface.
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  • Classnames in the configuration values that don't exist, or don't implement the plugin interface in the key.
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  • Classes declared in plugin.selfnamed lines that don't extend the SelfNamedPlugin class.
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  • Any name collisions among named plugins for a given interface.
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  • Named plugin configuration entries without any names.
    • +
  • Classnames mentioned in plugin.reusable keys must exist and have been configured as a plugin implementation class.
    +The PluginManager class also has a main() method which simply runs checkConfiguration(), so you can invoke it from the command line to test the validity of plugin configuration changes.
    • +
+ + +

Eventually, someone should develop a general configuration-file sanity checker for DSpace, which would just call PluginManager.checkConfiguration().

+ + +

Use Cases

+ +

Here are some usage examples to illustrate how the Plugin Manager works.

+ +

Managing the MediaFilter plugins transparently

+ +

The existing DSpace 1.3 MediaFilterManager implementation has been largely replaced by the Plugin Manager. The MediaFilter classes become plugins named in the configuration. Refer to the configuration guide for further details.

+ + +

A Singleton Plugin

+ +

This shows how to configure and access a single anonymous plugin, such as the BitstreamDispatcher plugin:

+ +

Configuration:

+ +

plugin.single.org.dspace.checker.BitstreamDispatcher=org.dspace.checker.SimpleDispatcher

+ +

The following code fragment shows how dispatcher, the service object, is initialized and used:

+
+
BitstreamDispatcher dispatcher =
+
+	(BitstreamDispatcher)PluginManager.getSinglePlugin(BitstreamDispatcher
+.class);
+
+int id = dispatcher.next();
+
+while (id != BitstreamDispatcher.SENTINEL)
+{
+     /*
+        do some processing here
+     */
+
+     id = dispatcher.next();
+}
+
+ +

Plugin that Names Itself

+ +

This crosswalk plugin acts like many different plugins since it is configured with different XSL translation stylesheets. Since it already gets each of its stylesheets out of the DSpace configuration, it makes sense to have the plugin give PluginManager the names to which it answers instead of forcing someone to configure those names in two places (and try to keep them synchronized).

+ +

NOTE: Remember how getPlugin() caches a separate instance of an implementation class for every name bound to it? This is why: the instance can look at the name under which it was invoked and configure itself specifically for that name. Since the instance for each name might be different, the Plugin Manager has to cache a separate instance for each name.

+ +

Here is the configuration file listing both the plugin's own configuration and the PluginManager config line:

+
+
crosswalk.dissemination.stylesheet.DublinCore = xwalk/TESTDIM-2-DC_copy.xsl
+crosswalk.dissemination.stylesheet.MODS = xwalk/mods.xsl
+
+plugin.selfnamed.org.dspace.content.metadata.DisseminationCrosswalk = \
+  org.dspace.content.metadata.XsltDisseminationCrosswalk
+
+

This look into the implementation shows how it finds configuration entries to populate the array of plugin names returned by the getPluginNames() method. Also note, in the getStylesheet() method, how it uses the plugin name that created the current instance (returned by getPluginInstanceName()) to find the correct stylesheet.

+
+
public class XsltDisseminationCrosswalk extends SelfNamedPlugin
+{
+    ....
+    private final String prefix =
+	"crosswalk.dissemination.stylesheet.";
+    ....
+    public static String[] getPluginNames()
+    {
+        List aliasList = new ArrayList();
+        Enumeration pe = ConfigurationManager.propertyNames();
+
+        while (pe.hasMoreElements())
+        {
+            String key = (String)pe.nextElement();
+            if (key.startsWith(prefix))
+                aliasList.add(key.substring(prefix.length()));
+        }
+        return (String[])aliasList.toArray(new
+	String[aliasList.size()]);
+    }
+
+    // get the crosswalk stylesheet for an instance of the plugin:
+    private String getStylesheet()
+    {
+        return ConfigurationManager.getProperty(prefix +
+	getPluginInstanceName());
+    }
+}
+
+ +

Stackable Authentication

+ +

The Stackable Authentication mechanism needs to know all of the plugins configured for the interface, in the order of configuration, since order is significant. It gets a Sequence Plugin from the Plugin Manager. Refer to the Configuration Section on Stackable Authentication for further details.

+ + + + +

Workflow System

+ +

The primary classes are:

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
org.dspace.content.WorkspaceItem contains an Item before it enters a workflow
org.dspace.workflow.WorkflowItem contains an Item while in a workflow
org.dspace.workflow.WorkflowManager responds to events, manages the WorkflowItem states
org.dspace.content.Collection contains List of defined workflow steps
org.dspace.eperson.Group people who can perform workflow tasks are defined in EPerson Groups
org.dspace.core.Email used to email messages to Group members and submitters
+
+ + +

The workflow system models the states of an Item in a state machine with 5 states (SUBMIT, STEP_1, STEP_2, STEP_3, ARCHIVE.) These are the three optional steps where the item can be viewed and corrected by different groups of people. Actually, it's more like 8 states, with STEP_1_POOL, STEP_2_POOL, and STEP_3_POOL. These pooled states are when items are waiting to enter the primary states.

+ +

The WorkflowManager is invoked by events. While an Item is being submitted, it is held by a WorkspaceItem. Calling the start() method in the WorkflowManager converts a WorkspaceItem to a WorkflowItem, and begins processing the WorkflowItem's state. Since all three steps of the workflow are optional, if no steps are defined, then the Item is simply archived.

+ +

Workflows are set per Collection, and steps are defined by creating corresponding entries in the List named workflowGroup. If you wish the workflow to have a step 1, use the administration tools for Collections to create a workflow Group with members who you want to be able to view and approve the Item, and the workflowGroup[0] becomes set with the ID of that Group.

+ +

If a step is defined in a Collection's workflow, then the WorkflowItem's state is set to that step_POOL. This pooled state is the WorkflowItem waiting for an EPerson in that group to claim the step's task for that WorkflowItem. The WorkflowManager emails the members of that Group notifying them that there is a task to be performed (the text is defined in config/emails,) and when an EPerson goes to their 'My DSpace' page to claim the task, the WorkflowManager is invoked with a claim event, and the WorkflowItem's state advances from STEP_x_POOL to STEP_x (where x is the corresponding step.) The EPerson can also generate an 'unclaim' event, returning the WorkflowItem to the STEP_x_POOL.

+ +

Other events the WorkflowManager handles are advance(), which advances the WorkflowItem to the next state. If there are no further states, then the WorkflowItem is removed, and the Item is then archived. An EPerson performing one of the tasks can reject the Item, which stops the workflow, rebuilds the WorkspaceItem for it and sends a rejection note to the submitter. More drastically, an abort() event is generated by the admin tools to cancel a workflow outright.

+ + +

Administration Toolkit

+ +

The org.dspace.administer package contains some classes for administering a DSpace system that are not generally needed by most applications.

+ +

The CreateAdministrator class is a simple command-line tool, executed via [dspace]/bin/dspace create-administrator, that creates an administrator e-person with information entered from standard input. This is generally used only once when a DSpace system is initially installed, to create an initial administrator who can then use the Web administration UI to further set up the system. This script does not check for authorization, since it is typically run before there are any e-people to authorize! Since it must be run as a command-line tool on the server machine, generally this shouldn't cause a problem. A possibility is to have the script only operate when there are no e-people in the system already, though in general, someone with access to command-line scripts on your server is probably in a position to do what they want anyway!

+ +

The DCType class is similar to the org.dspace.content.BitstreamFormat class. It represents an entry in the Dublin Core type registry, that is, a particular element and qualifier, or unqualified element. It is in the administer package because it is only generally required when manipulating the registry itself. Elements and qualifiers are specified as literals in org.dspace.content.Item methods and the org.dspace.content.DCValue class. Only administrators may modify the Dublin Core type registry.

+ +

The org.dspace.administer.RegistryLoader class contains methods for initializing the Dublin Core type registry and bitstream format registry with entries in an XML file. Typically this is executed via the command line during the build process (see build.xml in the source.) To see examples of the XML formats, see the files in config/registries in the source directory. There is no XML schema, they aren't validated strictly when loaded in.

+ + +

E-person/Group Manager

+ +

DSpace keeps track of registered users with the org.dspace.eperson.EPerson class. The class has methods to create and manipulate an EPerson such as get and set methods for first and last names, email, and password. (Actually, there is no getPassword() method‚ an MD5 hash of the password is stored, and can only be verified with the checkPassword() method.) There are find methods to find an EPerson by email (which is assumed to be unique,) or to find all EPeople in the system.

+ +

The EPerson object should probably be reworked to allow for easy expansion; the current EPerson object tracks pretty much only what MIT was interested in tracking - first and last names, email, phone. The access methods are hardcoded and should probably be replaced with methods to access arbitrary name/value pairs for institutions that wish to customize what EPerson information is stored.

+ +

Groups are simply lists of EPerson objects. Other than membership, Group objects have only one other attribute: a name. Group names must be unique, so we have adopted naming conventions where the role of the group is its name, such as COLLECTION_100_ADD. Groups add and remove EPerson objects with addMember() and removeMember() methods. One important thing to know about groups is that they store their membership in memory until the update() method is called - so when modifying a group's membership don't forget to invoke update() or your changes will be lost! Since group membership is used heavily by the authorization system a fast isMember() method is also provided.

+ +

Another kind of Group is also implemented in DSpace‚ special Groups. The Context object for each session carries around a List of Group IDs that the user is also a member of‚ currently the MITUser Group ID is added to the list of a user's special groups if certain IP address or certificate criteria are met.

+ + +

Authorization

+ +

The primary classes are:

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
org.dspace.authorize.AuthorizeManager does all authorization, checking policies against Groups
org.dspace.authorize.ResourcePolicy defines all allowable actions for an object
org.dspace.eperson.Group all policies are defined in terms of EPerson Groups
+
+ + +

The authorization system is based on the classic 'police state' model of security; no action is allowed unless it is expressed in a policy. The policies are attached to resources (hence the name ResourcePolicy,) and detail who can perform that action. The resource can be any of the DSpace object types, listed in org.dspace.core.Constants (BITSTREAM, ITEM, COLLECTION, etc.) The 'who' is made up of EPerson groups. The actions are also in Constants.java (READ, WRITE, ADD, etc.) The only non-obvious actions are ADD and REMOVE, which are authorizations for container objects. To be able to create an Item, you must have ADD permission in a Collection, which contains Items. (Communities, Collections, Items, and Bundles are all container objects.)

+ +

Currently most of the read policy checking is done with items‚ communities and collections are assumed to be openly readable, but items and their bitstreams are checked. Separate policy checks for items and their bitstreams enables policies that allow publicly readable items, but parts of their content may be restricted to certain groups.

+ +

The AuthorizeManager class'
+authorizeAction(Context, object, action) is the primary source of all authorization in the system. It gets a list of all of the ResourcePolicies in the system that match the object and action. It then iterates through the policies, extracting the EPerson Group from each policy, and checks to see if the EPersonID from the Context is a member of any of those groups. If all of the policies are queried and no permission is found, then an AuthorizeException is thrown. An authorizeAction() method is also supplied that returns a boolean for applications that require higher performance.

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ResourcePolicies are very simple, and there are quite a lot of them. Each can only list a single group, a single action, and a single object. So each object will likely have several policies, and if multiple groups share permissions for actions on an object, each group will get its own policy. (It's a good thing they're small.)

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Special Groups

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All users are assumed to be part of the public group (ID=0.) DSpace admins (ID=1) are automatically part of all groups, much like super-users in the Unix OS. The Context object also carries around a List of special groups, which are also first checked for membership. These special groups are used at MIT to indicate membership in the MIT community, something that is very difficult to enumerate in the database! When a user logs in with an MIT certificate or with an MIT IP address, the login code adds this MIT user group to the user's Context.

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Miscellaneous Authorization Notes

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Where do items get their read policies? From the their collection's read policy. There once was a separate item read default policy in each collection, and perhaps there will be again since it appears that administrators are notoriously bad at defining collection's read policies. There is also code in place to enable policies that are timed‚ have a start and end date. However, the admin tools to enable these sorts of policies have not been written.

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Handle Manager/Handle Plugin

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The org.dspace.handle package contains two classes; HandleManager is used to create and look up Handles, and HandlePlugin is used to expose and resolve DSpace Handles for the outside world via the CNRI Handle Server code.

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Handles are stored internally in the handle database table in the form:

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1721.123/4567

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Typically when they are used outside of the system they are displayed in either URI or "URL proxy" forms:

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hdl:1721.123/4567
+http://hdl.handle.net/1721.123/4567
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It is the responsibility of the caller to extract the basic form from whichever displayed form is used.

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The handle table maps these Handles to resource type/resource ID pairs, where resource type is a value from org.dspace.core.Constants and resource ID is the internal identifier (database primary key) of the object. This allows Handles to be assigned to any type of object in the system, though as explained in the functional overview, only communities, collections and items are presently assigned Handles.

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HandleManager contains static methods for:

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  • Creating a Handle
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  • Finding the Handle for a DSpaceObject, though this is usually only invoked by the object itself, since DSpaceObject has a getHandle method
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  • Retrieving the DSpaceObject identified by a particular Handle
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  • Obtaining displayable forms of the Handle (URI or "proxy URL").
    +HandlePlugin is a simple implementation of the Handle Server's net.handle.hdllib.HandleStorage interface. It only implements the basic Handle retrieval methods, which get information from the handle database table. The CNRI Handle Server is configured to use this plug-in via its config.dct file.
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Note that since the Handle server runs as a separate JVM to the DSpace Web applications, it uses a separate 'Log4J' configuration, since Log4J does not support multiple JVMs using the same daily rolling logs. This alternative configuration is located at [dspace]/config/log4j-handle-plugin.properties. The [dspace]/bin/start-handle-server script passes in the appropriate command line parameters so that the Handle server uses this configuration.

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Search

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DSpace's search code is a simple API which currently wraps the Lucene search engine. The first half of the search task is indexing, and org.dspace.search.DSIndexer is the indexing class, which contains indexContent() which if passed an Item, Community, or Collection, will add that content's fields to the index. The methods unIndexContent() and reIndexContent() remove and update content's index information. The DSIndexer class also has a main() method which will rebuild the index completely. This can be invoked by the dspace/bin/index-init (complete rebuild) or dspace/bin/index-update (update) script. The intent was for the main() method to be invoked on a regular basis to avoid index corruption, but we have had no problem with that so far.

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Which fields are indexed by DSIndexer? These fields are defined in dspace.cfg in the section "Fields to index for search" as name-value-pairs. The name must be unique in the form search.index.i (i is an arbitrary positive number). The value on the right side has a unique value again, which can be referenced in search-form (e.g. title, author). Then comes the metadata element which is indexed. '*' is a wildcard which includes all sub elements. For example:

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search.index.4 = keyword:dc.subject.*
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tells the indexer to create a keyword index containing all dc.subject element values. Since the wildcard ('*') character was used in place of a qualifier, all subject metadata fields will be indexed (e.g. dc.subject.other, dc.subject.lcsh, etc)

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By default, the fields shown in the Indexed Fields section below are indexed. These are hardcoded in the DSIndexer class. If any search.index.i items are specified in dspace.cfg these are used rather than these hardcoded fields.

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The query class DSQuery contains the three flavors of doQuery() methods‚ one searches the DSpace site, and the other two restrict searches to Collections and Communities. The results from a query are returned as three lists of handles; each list represents a type of result. One list is a list of Items with matches, and the other two are Collections and Communities that match. This separation allows the UI to handle the types of results gracefully without resolving all of the handles first to see what kind of content the handle points to. The DSQuery class also has a main() method for debugging via command-line searches.

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Current Lucene Implementation

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Currently we have our own Analyzer and Tokenizer classes (DSAnalyzer and DSTokenizer) to customize our indexing. They invoke the stemming and stop word features within Lucene. We create an IndexReader for each query, which we now realize isn't the most efficient use of resources - we seem to run out of filehandles on really heavy loads. (A wildcard query can open many filehandles!) Since Lucene is thread-safe, a better future implementation would be to have a single Lucene IndexReader shared by all queries, and then is invalidated and re-opened when the index changes. Future API growth could include relevance scores (Lucene generates them, but we ignore them,) and abstractions for more advanced search concepts such as booleans.

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Indexed Fields

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The DSIndexer class shipped with DSpace indexes the Dublin Core metadata in the following way:

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Search Field Taken from Dublin Core Fields
Authors contributor.creator.description.statementofresponsibility
Titles title.*
Keywords subject.*
Abstracts description.abstractdescription.tableofcontents
Series relation.ispartofseries
MIME types format.mimetype
Sponsors description.sponsorship
Identifiers identifier.*
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Harvesting API

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The org.dspace.search package also provides a 'harvesting' API. This allows callers to extract information about items modified within a particular timeframe, and within a particular scope (all of DSpace, or a community or collection.) Currently this is used by the Open Archives Initiative metadata harvesting protocol application, and the e-mail subscription code.

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The Harvest.harvest is invoked with the required scope and start and end dates. Either date can be omitted. The dates should be in the ISO8601, UTC time zone format used elsewhere in the DSpace system.

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HarvestedItemInfo objects are returned. These objects are simple containers with basic information about the items falling within the given scope and date range. Depending on parameters passed to the harvest method, the containers and item fields may have been filled out with the IDs of communities and collections containing an item, and the corresponding Item object respectively. Electing not to have these fields filled out means the harvest operation executes considerable faster.

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In case it is required, Harvest also offers a method for creating a single HarvestedItemInfo object, which might make things easier for the caller.

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Browse API

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The browse API maintains indexes of dates, authors, titles and subjects, and allows callers to extract parts of these:

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  • Title: Values of the Dublin Core element title (unqualified) are indexed. These are sorted in a case-insensitive fashion, with any leading article removed. For example: "The DSpace System" would appear under 'D' rather than 'T'.
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  • Author: Values of the contributor (any qualifier or unqualified) element are indexed. Since contributor values typically are in the form 'last name, first name', a simple case-insensitive alphanumeric sort is used which orders authors in last name order. Note that this is an index of authors, and not items by author. If four items have the same author, that author will appear in the index only once. Hence, the index of authors may be greater or smaller than the index of titles; items often have more than one author, though the same author may have authored several items. The author indexing in the browse API does have limitations: +
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    • Ideally, a name that appears as an author for more than one item would appear in the author index only once. For example, 'Doe, John' may be the author of tens of items. However, in practice, author's names often appear in slightly differently forms, for example: +
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      Doe, John
+Doe, John Stewart
+Doe, John S.
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      Currently, the above three names would all appear as separate entries in the author index even though they may refer to the same author. In order for an author of several papers to be correctly appear once in the index, each item must specify exactly the same form of their name, which doesn't always happen in practice.

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    • Another issue is that two authors may have the same name, even within a single institution. If this is the case they may appear as one author in the index. These issues are typically resolved in libraries with authority control records, in which are kept a 'preferred' form of the author's name, with extra information (such as date of birth/death) in order to distinguish between authors of the same name. Maintaining such records is a huge task with many issues, particularly when metadata is received from faculty directly rather than trained library catalogers.
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  • Date of Issue: Items are indexed by date of issue. This may be different from the date that an item appeared in DSpace; many items may have been originally published elsewhere beforehand. The Dublin Core field used is date.issued. The ordering of this index may be reversed so 'earliest first' and 'most recent first' orderings are possible. Note that the index is of items by date, as opposed to an index of dates. If 30 items have the same issue date (say 2002), then those 30 items all appear in the index adjacent to each other, as opposed to a single 2002 entry. Since dates in DSpace Dublin Core are in ISO8601, all in the UTC time zone, a simple alphanumeric sort is sufficient to sort by date, including dealing with varying granularities of date reasonably. For example: +
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    2001-12-10
+2002
+2002-04
+2002-04-05
+2002-04-09T15:34:12Z
+2002-04-09T19:21:12Z
+2002-04-10
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  • Date Accessioned: In order to determine which items most recently appeared, rather than using the date of issue, an item's accession date is used. This is the Dublin Core field date.accessioned. In other aspects this index is identical to the date of issue index.
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  • Items by a Particular Author: The browse API can perform is to extract items by a particular author. They do not have to be primary author of an item for that item to be extracted. You can specify a scope, too; that is, you can ask for items by author X in collection Y, for example.This particular flavor of browse is slightly simpler than the others. You cannot presently specify a particular subset of results to be returned. The API call will simply return all of the items by a particular author within a certain scope. Note that the author of the item must exactly match the author passed in to the API; see the explanation about the caveats of the author index browsing to see why this is the case.
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  • Subject: Values of the Dublin Core element subject (both unqualified and with any qualifier) are indexed. These are sorted in a case-insensitive fashion.
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Using the API

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The API is generally invoked by creating a BrowseScope object, and setting the parameters for which particular part of an index you want to extract. This is then passed to the relevant Browse method call, which returns a BrowseInfo object which contains the results of the operation. The parameters set in the BrowseScope object are:

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  • How many entries from the index you want
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  • Which part of the index to start from (called the focus of the browse). If you don't specify this, the start of the index is used
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  • How many entries to include before the focus entry
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To illustrate, here is an example:

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  • We want entries from collection x
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  • We want the focus to be 'Really'
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  • We want 2 entries included before the focus.
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The results of invoking Browse.getItemsByTitle with the above parameters might look like this:

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        Rabble-Rousing Rabbis From Sardinia
+        Reality TV: Love It or Hate It?
+FOCUS>  The Really Exciting Research Video
+        Recreational Housework Addicts: Please Visit My House
+        Regional Television Variation Studies
+        Revenue Streams
+        Ridiculous Example Titles:  I'm Out of Ideas
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Note that in the case of title and date browses, Item objects are returned as opposed to actual titles. In these cases, you can specify the 'focus' to be a specific item, or a partial or full literal value. In the case of a literal value, if no entry in the index matches exactly, the closest match is used as the focus. It's quite reasonable to specify a focus of a single letter, for example.

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Being able to specify a specific item to start at is particularly important with dates, since many items may have the save issue date. Say 30 items in a collection have the issue date 2002. To be able to page through the index 20 items at a time, you need to be able to specify exactly which item's 2002 is the focus of the browse, otherwise each time you invoked the browse code, the results would start at the first item with the issue date 2002.

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Author browses return String objects with the actual author names. You can only specify the focus as a full or partial literal String.

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Another important point to note is that presently, the browse indexes contain metadata for all items in the main archive, regardless of authorization policies. This means that all items in the archive will appear to all users when browsing. Of course, should the user attempt to access a non-public item, the usual authorization mechanism will apply. Whether this approach is ideal is under review; implementing the browse API such that the results retrieved reflect a user's level of authorization may be possible, but rather tricky.

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Index Maintenance

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The browse API contains calls to add and remove items from the index, and to regenerate the indexes from scratch. In general the content management API invokes the necessary browse API calls to keep the browse indexes in sync with what is in the archive, so most applications will not need to invoke those methods.

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If the browse index becomes inconsistent for some reason, the InitializeBrowse class is a command line tool (generally invoked using the [dspace]/bin/dspace index-init command) that causes the indexes to be regenerated from scratch.

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Caveats

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Presently, the browse API is not tremendously efficient. 'Indexing' takes the form of simply extracting the relevant Dublin Core value, normalizing it (lower-casing and removing any leading article in the case of titles), and inserting that normalized value with the corresponding item ID in the appropriate browse database table. Database views of this table include collection and community IDs for browse operations with a limited scope. When a browse operation is performed, a simple SELECT query is performed, along the lines of:

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SELECT item_id FROM ItemsByTitle ORDER BY sort_title OFFSET 40 LIMIT 20
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There are two main drawbacks to this: Firstly, LIMIT and OFFSET are PostgreSQL-specific keywords. Secondly, the database is still actually performing dynamic sorting of the titles, so the browse code as it stands will not scale particularly well. The code does cache BrowseInfo objects, so that common browse operations are performed quickly, but this is not an ideal solution.

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Checksum checker

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Checksum checker is used to verify every item within DSpace. While DSpace calculates and records the checksum of every file submitted to it, the checker can determine whether the file has been changed. The idea being that the earlier you can identify a file has changed, the more likely you would be able to record it (assuming it was not a wanted change).

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org.dspace.checker.CheckerCommand class, is the class for the checksum checker tool, which calculates checksums for each bitstream whose ID is in the most_recent_checksum table, and compares it against the last calculated checksum for that bitstream.

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OpenSearch Support

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DSpace is able to support OpenSearch. For those not acquainted with the standard, a very brief introduction, with emphasis on what possibilities it holds for current use and future development.

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OpenSearch is a small set of conventions and documents for describing and using 'search engines', meaning any service that returns a set of results for a query. It is nearly ubiquitous‚ but also nearly invisible‚ in modern web sites with search capability. If you look at the page source of Wikipedia, Facebook, CNN, etc you will find buried a link element declaring OpenSearch support. It is very much a lowest-common-denominator abstraction (think Google box), but does provide a means to extend its expressive power. This first implementation for DSpace supports none of these extensions‚ many of which are of potential value‚ so it should be regarded as a foundation, not a finished solution. So the short answer is that DSpace appears as a 'search-engine' to OpenSearch-aware software.

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Another way to look at OpenSearch is as a RESTful web service for search, very much like SRW/U, but considerably simpler. This comparative loss of power is offset by the fact that it is widely supported by web tools and players: browsers understand it, as do large metasearch tools.

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How Can It Be Used

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  • Browser IntegrationMany recent browsers (IE7+, FF2+) can detect, or 'autodiscover', links to the document describing the search engine. Thus you can easily add your or other DSpace instances to the drop-down list of search engines in your browser. This list typically appears in the upper right corner of the browser, with a search box. In Firefox, for example, when you visit a site supporting OpenSearch, the color of the drop-down list widget changes color, and if you open it to show the list of search engines, you are offered an opportunity to add the site to the list. IE works nearly the same way but instead labels the web sites 'search providers'. When you select a DSpace instance as the search engine and enter a search, you are simply sent to the regular search results page of the instance.
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  • Flexible, interesting RSS FeedsBecause one of the formats that OpenSearch specifies for its results is RSS (or Atom), you can turn any search query into an RSS feed. So if there are keywords highly discriminative of content in a collection or repository, these can be turned into a URL that a feed reader can subscribe to. Taken to the extreme, one could take any search a user makes, and dynamically compose an RSS feed URL for it in the page of returned results. To see an example, if you have a DSpace with OpenSearch enabled, try: +
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    http://dspace.mysite.edu/open-search/?query=<your query>
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    The default format returned is Atom 1.0, so you should see an Atom document containing your search results.

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  • You can extend the syntax with a few other parameters, as follows: +
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    Parameter Values
    format atom, rss, html
    scope handle of a collection or community to restrict the search to
    rpp number indicating the number of results per page (i.e. per request)
    start number of page to start with (if paginating results)
    sort_by number indicating sorting criteria (same as DSpace advanced search values
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    Multiple parameters may be specified on the query string, using the "&" character as the delimiter, e.g.:

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  • Cheap metasearchSearch aggregators like A9 (Amazon) recognize OpenSearch-compliant providers, and so can be added to metasearch sets using their UIs. Then you site can be used to aggregate search results with others.
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Configuration is through the dspace.cfg file. See OpenSearch Support for more details.

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Embargo Support

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What is an Embargo?

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An embargo is a temporary access restriction placed on content, commencing at time of accession. It's scope or duration may vary, but the fact that it eventually expires is what distinguishes it from other content restrictions. For example, it is not unusual for content destined for DSpace to come with permanent restrictions on use or access based on license-driven or other IP-based requirements that limit access to institutionally affiliated users. Restrictions such as these are imposed and managed using standard administrative tools in DSpace, typically by attaching specific policies to Items or Collections, Bitstreams, etc. The embargo functionally introduced in 1.6, however, includes tools to automate the imposition and removal of restrictions in managed timeframes.

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Embargo Model and Life-Cycle

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Functionally, the embargo system allows you to attach 'terms' to an item before it is placed into the repository, which express how the embargo should be applied. What do 'we mean by terms' here? They are really any expression that the system is capable of turning into (1) the time the embargo expires, and (2) a concrete set of access restrictions. Some examples:
+"2020-09-12" - an absolute date (i.e. the date embargo will be lifted)"6 months" - a time relative to when the item is accessioned"forever" - an indefinite, or open-ended embargo"local only until 2015" - both a time and an exception (public has no access until 2015, local users OK immediately)"Nature Publishing Group standard" - look-up to a policy somewhere (typically 6 months)
+These terms are 'interpreted' by the embargo system to yield a specific date on which the embargo can be removed or 'lifted', and a specific set of access policies. Obviously, some terms are easier to interpret than others (the absolute date really requires none at all), and the 'default' embargo logic understands only the most basic terms (the first and third examples above). But as we will see below, the embargo system provides you with the ability to add in your own 'interpreters' to cope with any terms expressions you wish to have. This date that is the result of the interpretation is stored with the item and the embargo system detects when that date has passed, and removes the embargo ("lifts it"), so the item bitstreams become available. Here is a more detailed life-cycle for an embargoed item:

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  1. Terms Assignment. The first step in placing an embargo on an item is to attach (assign) 'terms' to it. If these terms are missing, no embargo will be imposed. As we will see below, terms are carried in a configurable DSpace metadata field, so assigning terms just means assigning a value to a metadata field. This can be done in a web submission user interface form, in a SWORD deposit package, a batch import, etc. - anywhere metadata is passed to DSpace. The terms are not immediately acted upon, and may be revised, corrected, removed, etc, up until the next stage of the life-cycle. Thus a submitter could enter one value, and a collection editor replace it, and only the last value will be used. Since metadata fields are multivalued, theoretically there can be multiple terms values, but in the default implementation only one is recognized.
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  2. Terms interpretation/imposition. In DSpace terminology, when an item has exited the last of any workflow steps (or if none have been defined for it), it is said to be 'installed' into the repository. At this precise time, the 'interpretation' of the terms occurs, and a computed 'lift date' is assigned, which like the terms is recorded in a configurable metadata field. It is important to understand that this interpretation happens only once, (just like the installation), and cannot be revisited later. Thus, although an administrator can assign a new value to the metadata field holding the terms after the item has been installed, this will have no effect on the embargo, whose 'force' now resides entirely in the 'lift date' value. For this reason, you cannot embargo content already in your repository (at least using standard tools). The other action taken at installation time is the actual imposition of the embargo. The default behavior here is simply to remove the read policies on all the bundles and bitstreams except for the "LICENSE" or "METADATA" bundles. See the section on Extending Embargo Functionality for how to alter this behavior. Also note that since these policy changes occur before installation, there is no time during which embargoed content is 'exposed' (accessible by non-administrators). The terms interpretation and imposition together are called 'setting' the embargo, and the component that performs them both is called the embargo 'setter'.
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  3. Embargo Period. After an embargoed item has been installed, the policy restrictions remain in effect until removed. This is not an automatic process, however: a 'lifter' must be run periodically to look for items whose 'lift date' is past. Note that this means the effective removal of an embargo is not the lift date, but the earliest date after the lift date that the lifter is run. Typically, a nightly cron-scheduled invocation of the lifter is more than adequate, given the granularity of embargo terms. Also note that during the embargo period, all metadata of the item remains visible. This default behavior can be changed. One final point to note is that the 'lift date', although it was computed and assigned during the previous stage, is in the end a regular metadata field. That means, if there are extraordinary circumstances that require an administrator (or collection editor‚ anyone with edit permissions on metadata) to change the lift date, they can do so. Thus, they can 'revise' the lift date without reference to the original terms. This date will be checked the next time the 'lifter' is run. One could immediately lift the embargo by setting the lift date to the current day, or change it to 'forever' to indefinitely postpone lifting.
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  4. Embargo Lift. When the lifter discovers an item whose lift date is in the past, it removes (lifts) the embargo. The default behavior of the lifter is to add the resource policies that would have been added had the embargo not been imposed. That is, it replicates the standard DSpace behavior, in which an item inherits it's policies from its owning collection. As with all other parts of the embargo system, you may replace or extend the default behavior of the lifter (see section V. below). You may wish, e.g. to send an email to an administrator or other interested parties, when an embargoed item becomes available.
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  5. Post Embargo. After the embargo has been lifted, the item ceases to respond to any of the embargo life-cycle events. The values of the metadata fields reflect essentially historical or provenance values. With the exception of the additional metadata fields, they are indistinguishable from items that were never subject to embargo.
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DSpace System Documentation: Configuration

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There are a numbers of ways in which DSpace may be configured and/or customized. This chapter of the documentation will discuss the configuration of the software and will also reference customizations that may be performed in the chapter following.

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For ease of use, the Configuration documentation is broken into several parts:

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The full table of contents follows:

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General Configuration

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In the following sections you will learn about the different configuration files that you will need to edit so that you may make your DSpace installation work. Of the several configuration files which you will work with, it is the dspace.cfg file you need to learn to configure first and foremost.

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In general, most of the configuration files, namely dspace.cfg and xmlui.xconf will provide a good source of information not only with configuration but also with customization (cf. Customization chapters)

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Input Conventions

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We will use the dspace.cfg as our example for input conventions used throughout the system. It is a basic Java properties file, where lines are either comments, starting with a '#', blank lines, or property/value pairs of the form:

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property.name = property value

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Some property defaults are "commented out". That is, they have a "#" preceding them, and the DSpace software ignores the config property. This may cause the feature not to be enabled, or, cause a default property to be used when the software is compiled and updated.

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The property value may contain references to other configuration properties, in the form ${property.name}. This follows the ant convention of allowing references in property files. A property may not refer to itself. Examples:

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property.name = word1 ${other.property.name} more words
+property2.name = ${dspace.dir}/rest/of/path
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Property values can include other, previously defined values, by enclosing the property name in ${...}. For example, if your dspace.cfg contains:

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dspace.dir = /dspace
+dspace.history = ${dspace.dir}/history
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Then the value of dspace.history property is expanded to be /dspace/history. This method is especially useful for handling commonly used file paths.

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Update Reminder

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Things you should know about editing dspace.cfg files.
+It is important to remember that there are * two dspace.cfg files after an installation of DSpace.*

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  1. The "source" file that is found in [dspace-source]/dspace/config/dspace.cfg
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  2. The "runtime" file that is found in [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg
    +The runtime file is supposed to be the copy of the source file, which is considered the master version. However, the DSpace server and command programs only look at the runtime configuration file, so when you are revising your configuration values, it is tempting to only edit the runtime file. DO NOT do this. Always make the same changes to the source version of dspace.cfg in addition to the runtime file. The two files should always be identical, since the source dspace.cfg will be the basis of your next upgrade.
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To keep the two files in synchronization, you can edit your files in [dspace-source]/dspace/config/ and then you would run the following commands:

+ +
+
cd [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-<version>-build.dir ant update_configs
+
+ +

This will copy the source dspace.cfg (along with other configuration files) into the runtime ([dspace]/config) directory.

+ +

You should remember that after editing your configuration file(s), and you are done and wish to implement the changes, you will need to:

+ +
    +
  • Run ant -Dconfig=[dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update if you are updating your dspace.cfg file and wish to see the changes appear. Follow the usual sequence with copying your webapps.
    • +
  • If you edit dspace.cfg in [dspace-source]/dspace/config/, you should then run 'ant init_configs' in the directory [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-1.5.2-build.dir so that any changes you may have made are reflected in the configuration files of other applications, for example Apache. You may then need to restart those applications, depending on what you changed.
    • +
+ + + +

The dspace.cfg Configuration Properties File

+ +

The primary way of configuring DSpace is to edit the dspace.cfg. You will definitely have to do this before you can run DSpace properly. dspace.cfg contains basic information about a DSpace installation, including system path information, network host information, and other like items. To assist you in this endeavor, below is a place for you to write down some of the preliminary data so that you may facilitate faster configuration.

+
    +
  • Server IP: _________________________________
    • +
  • Host Name (Server name): _________________________________
    • +
  • dspace.url: _________________________________
    • +
  • Administrator's email: _________________________________
    • +
  • handle prefix: _________________________________
    • +
  • assetstore directory: _________________________________
    • +
  • SMTP server: _________________________________
    • +
+ + +

The dspace.cfg file

+ +

Below is a brief "Properties" table for the dspace.cfg file and the documented details are referenced. Please refer to those sections for the complete details of the parameter you are working with.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property Ref. Sect.
Basic Information
+
dspace.dir
+dspace.hostname
+dspace.baseUrl
+dspace.url
+dspace.oai.url
+dspace.name
+
 6.3.2
Database Settings
+
db.name
+db.url
+db.driver
+db.username
+db.password
+
 4.2.3 or 6.3.3
Advanced Database Configuration
+
db.schema
+db.maxconnection
+db.maxwait
+db.maxidle
+db.statementpool
+db.poolname
+
 6.3.3
Email Settings
+
mail.server
+mail.server.username
+mail.server.password
+mail.server.port
+mail.from.address
+feedback.recipient
+mail.admin
+alert.recipient
+registration.notify
+mail.charset
+mail.allowed.referrers
+mail.extraproperties
+mail.server.disabled
+
 6.3.4
File Storage
+
assetstore.dir
+[assetstore.dir.1
+assetstore.dir.2
+assetstore.incoming]
+
 6.3.5
SRB File Storage
+
srb.hosts.1
+srb.port.1
+srb.mcatzone.1
+srb.mdasdomainname.1
+srb.defaultstorageresource.1
+srb.username.1
+srb.password.1
+srb.homedirectory.1
+srb.parentdir.1
+
 6.3.6
Logging Configuration
+
log.init.config
+log.dir
+useProxies
+
 6.3.7
Search Settings
+
search.dir
+search.max-clauses
+search.analyzer
+search.operator
+search.maxfieldlengthsearch.index.n
+search.index.1
+
 6.3.8
Handle Settings
+
handle.prefix
+handle.dir
+
 6.3.9
Delegation Administration : Authorization System Configuration
+
core.authorization.community-admin.create-subelement
+core.authorization.community-admin.delete-subelement
+core.authorization.community-admin.policies
+core.authorization.community-admin.admin-group
+core.authorization.community-admin.collection.policies
+core.authorization.community-admin.collection.template-item
+core.authorization.community-admin.collection.submitters
+core.authorization.community-admin.collection.workflows
+core.authorization.community-admin.collection.admin-group
+core.authorization.community-admin.item.delete
+core.authorization.community-admin.item.withdraw
+core.authorization.community-admin.item.reinstatiate
+core.authorization.community-admin.item.policies
+core.authorization.community-admin.item.create-bitstream
+core.authorization.community-admin.item.delete-bitstream
+core.authorization.community-admin.item-admin.cc-license
+core.authorization.collection-admin.policies
+core.authorization.collection-admin.template-item
+core.authorization.collection-admin.submitters
+core.authorization.collection-admin.workflows
+core.authorization.collection-admin.admin-group
+core.authorization.collection-admin.item.delete
+core.authorization.collection-admin.item.withdraw
+core.authorization.collection-admin.item.reinstatiate
+core.authorization.collection-admin.item.policies
+core.authorization.collection-admin.item.create-bitstream
+core.authorization.collection-admin.item.delete-bitstream
+core.authorization.collection-admin.item-admin.cc-license
+core.authorization.item-admin.policies
+core.authorization.item-admin.create-bitstream
+core.authorization.item-admin.delete-bitstream
+core.authorization.item-admin.cc-license
+
 6.3.10
Stackable Authentication Methods
+
plugin.sequence.org.dspace.authenticate.AuthenticationMethod
+
 6.3.11
Shibboleth Authentication Settings
+
authentication.shib.email-header
+authentication.shib.firstname-header
+authentication.shib.lastname-header
+authentication.shib.email-use-tomcat-remote-user
+authentication.shib.autoregister
+authentication.shib.role-header
+authentication.shib.default-roles
+authentication.shib.role.Senior\ Researcher
+authentication.shib.role.Librarian
+
 6.3.11.1
Password Authentication Options
+
authentication.password.domain.valid
+    password.login.specialgroup
+
 6.3.11.2
X.509 Certificate Authentication
+
authentication.x509.keystore.path
+authentication.x509.keystore.password
+authentication.x509.keystore.cert
+authentication.x509.keystore.autoregister
+authentication.x509.chooser.title.key
+authentication.x509.chooser.uri
+
 6.3.11.3
IP-based Authentication
authentication.ip.GROUPNAME 6.3.11.5
LDAP Authentication
+
ldap.enable
+ldap.provider_url
+ldap.id_field
+ldap.object_context
+ldap.search_context
+ldap.email_field
+ldap.surname_field
+ldap.givenname_field
+ldap.phone_field
+webui.ldap.autoregister
+ldap.login.specialgroup
+
 6.3.11.6
Hierarchical LDAP Settings: +
+
ldap.search_scope
+ldap.search.user
+ldap.netid_email_domain
+
+

 6.3.11.6
Restricted Item Visibility Settings
+
harvest.includerestricted.rss
+harvest.includerestricted.oai
+harvest.includerestricted.subscription
+
 6.3.12
Proxy Settings
+
http.proxy.host
+http.proxy.port
+
 6.3.13
Media Filter--Format Filter Plugin Settings
+
filter.plugins
+plugin.named.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.FormatFilter
+   filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.PDFFilter.inputFormats
+   filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.HTMLFilter.inputFormats
+   filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.WordFilter.inputFormats
+   filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.JPEGFilter.inputFormats
+   filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.BrandedPreviewJPEGFilter.inputFormats
+
 6.3.14
Custom settings for PDFFilter
+
pdffilter.largepdfsdffilter.skiponmemoryexception
+
 6.3.14
Crosswalk and Packager Plugin Settings (MODS, QDC, XSLT, etc.)
+
crosswalk.mods.properties.MODS
+crosswalk.mods.properties.mods
+crosswalk.submission.MODS.stylesheet
+
 6.3.15.1
+
crosswalk.qdc.namespace.QDC.dc
+crosswalk.qdc.namespace.QDC.dcterms
+crosswalk.qdc.schemaLocation.QDC
+crosswalk.qdc.properties.QDC
+mets.submission.crosswalk.DC
+mets.submission.preserveManifest
+mets.submission.useCollectionTemplate
+
 6.3.15
+
plugin.named.org.dspace.content.crosswalk.IngestionCrosswalk
+plugin.selfnamed.org.dspace.content.crosswalk.IngestionCrosswalk
+plugin.named.org.dspace.content.crosswalk.DisseminationCrosswalk
+plugin.selfnamed.org.dspace.content.crosswalk.DisseminationCrosswalk
+
 6.3.15.4
+
plugin.named.org.dspace.content.packager.PackageDisseminator
+plugin.named.org.dspace.content.packager.PackageIngester
+
 6.3.15.5
Event System Configuration
+
event.dispatcher.default.class
+event.dispatcher.default.consumers
+event.dispatcher.noindex.class
+event.dispatcher.noindex.consumers
+event.consumer.search.class
+event.consumer.search.filters
+event.consumer.browse.class
+event.consumer.browse.filters
+event.consumer.eperson.class
+event.consumer.eperson.filters
+event.consumer.harvester.class
+event.consumer.harvester.filters
+event.consumer.test.class
+event.consumer.test.filters
+testConsumer.verbose
+
 6.3.16
Embargo Settings
+
embargo.field.terms
+embargo.field.lift
+embargo.field.open
+plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoSetter
+plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoLifter
+
 6.3.17
Checksum Checker
+
plugin.single.org.dspace.checker.BitsreamDispatcher
+checker.retention.default
+checker.retention.CHECKSUM-MATCH
+
 6.3.18
Item Export and Download Settings
+
org.dspace.app.itemexport.work.dir
+org.dspace.app.itemexport.download.dir
+org.dspace.app.itemexport.life.span.hours
+org.dspace.app.itemexport.max.size
+
 6.3.19
Subscription Email Option
+
eperson.subscription.onlynew
+
 6.3.20
Bulk (Batch) Metadata Editing
+
bulkedit.valueseparator
+bulkedit.fieldseparator
+bulkedit.gui-item-limit
+bulkedit.ignore-on-export
+
 6.3.21
Hide Item Metadata Fields Setting
+
metadata.hide.dc.description.provenance
+
 6.3.22
Submission Process
+
webui.submit.blocktheses
+webui.submit.upload.required
+
 6.3.23
+
webui.submit.enable-cc
+webui.submit.cc-jurisdiction
+
 6.3.24
Settings for Thumbnail Creation
+
webui.browse.thumbnail.show
+webui.browse.thumbnail.max.height
+webui.browse.thumbnail.max.width
+webui.item.thumbnail.show
+webui.browse.thumbnail.linkbehaviour
+thumbnail.maxwidth
+thumbnail.maxheight
+
 6.3.25
Settings for Item Preview
+
webui.preview.enabled
+webui.preview.maxwidth
+webui.preview.maxheight
+webui.preview.brand
+webui.preview.brand.abbrev
+webui.preview.brand.height
+webui.preview.brand.font
+webui.preview.brank.fontpoint
+webui.preview.dc
+
 6.3.25
Settings for Content Count/Strength Information
+
webui.strengths.show
+webui.strengths.cache
+
 6.3.25
Browse Configuration

+webui.browse.index.n 		6.3.26
webui.itemlist.sort-option.n 6.3.26
webui.browse.medata.case-insensitive 6.3.26.3
+
webui.browse.value_columns.max
+webui.browse.sort_columns.max
+webui.browse.value_columns.omission_mark
+plugin.named.org.dspace.sort.OrderFormatDelegate
+
 6.3.26.4
Multiple Metadata Value Display
+
webui.browse.author-field
+webui.browse.author-limit
+
 6.3.27
Other Browse Contexts
webui.browse.link.n 6.3.28
Recent Submission
+
recent.submission.sort-option
+recent.submissions.count
+plugin.sequence.org.dspace.plugin.CommunityHomeProcessor
+plugin.sequence.org.dspace.plugin.CollectionHomeProcessor
+
 6.3.29
Submission License Substitution Variables
plugin.named.org.dspace.content.license.LicenseArgumentFormatter 6.3.30
Syndication Feed (RSS) Settings
+
webui.feed.enable
+webui.feed.items
+webui.feed.cache.size
+webui.cache.age
+webui.feed.formats
+webui.feed.localresolve
+webui.feed.item.title
+webui.feed.item.date
+webui.feed.item.description
+webui.feed.item.author
+webui.feed.item.dc.creator
+webui.feed.item.dc.date
+webui.feed.item.dc.description
+webui.feed.logo.url
+
 6.3.31
OpenSearch Settings
+
websvc.opensearch.enable
+websvc.opensearch.uicontext
+websvc.opensearch.svccontext
+websvc.opensearch.autolink
+websvc.opensearch.validity
+websvc.opensearch.shortname
+websvc.opensearch.longname
+websvc.opensearch.description
+websvc.opensearch.faviconurl
+websvc.opensearch.samplequery
+websvc.opensearch.tags
+websvc.opensearch.formats
+
 6.3.32
Content Inline Disposition Threshold
+
webui.content_disposition_threshold
+xmlui.content_disposition_threshold
+
 6.3.33
Multifile HTML Settings
+
webui.html.max-depth-guess
+xmlui.html.max-depth-guess
+
 6.3.34
Sitemap Settings
+
sitemap.dir
+sitemap.engineurls
+
 6.3.35
Authority Control Settings
+
plugin.named.org.dspace.content.authority.ChoiceAuthority
+plugin.selfnamed.org.dspace.content.authority.ChoiceAuthority
+lcname.url
+sherpa.romeo.url
+authority.minconfidence
+xmlui.lookup.select.size
+
 6.3.36
JSPUI Upload File Settings
+
upload.temp.dir
+upload.max
+
 6.3.37
JSP Web Interface Settings
+
webui.licence_bundle.show
+webui.itemdisplay.default
+webui.resolver.1.urn
+webui.resolver.1.baseurl
+webui.resolver.2.urn
+webui.resolver.2.baseurl
+plugin.single.org.dspace.app.webui.util.StyleSelection
+webui.itemdisplay.thesis.collections
+webui.itemdisplay.metadata-style
+webui.itemlist.columns
+webui.itemlist.widths
+webui.itemlist.browse.<<index name>.sort.<sort name>.columns
+webui.itemlist.sort<sort name>.columns
+webui.itemlist.browse.<browse name>.columns
+webui.itemlist.<sort or index name>.columns
+webui.itemlist.dateaccessioned.columns
+webui.itemlist.dateaccessioned.widths
+webui.itemlist.tablewidth
+
 6.3.38
JSPUI i18n Locales / Languages  
default.locale 6.3.39
JSPUI Additional Configuration for Item Mapper
itemmap.author.index 6.3.40
JSPUI MyDSpace Display of Group Membership  
webui.mydspace.showgroupmembership 6.3.41
JSPUI SFX Server Setting
sfx.server.url 6.3.42
JSPUI Item Recommendation Settings
+
webui.suggest.enable
+webui.suggest.loggedinusers.only
+
 6.3.43
JSPUI Controlled Vocabulary Settings
webui.controlledvocabulary.enable 6.3.44
JSPUI Session Invalidation
webui.session.invalidate 6.3.45
XMLUI Settings (Manakin)
+
xmlui.supported.locales
+xmlui.force.ssl
+xmlui.user.registration
+xmlui.user.editmetadata
+xmlui.user.assumelogin
+xmlui.user.logindirect
+xmlui.theme.allowoverrides
+xmlui.bundle.upload
+xmlui.community-list.render.full
+xmlui.community-list.cache
+xmlui.bitstream.mods
+xmlui.bitstream.mets
+xmlui.google.analytics.key
+xmlui.controlpanel.activity.max
+xmlui.controlpanel.activity.ipheader
+
 6.3.46
OAI-PMH Specific Configurations
+
oai.didl.maxresponse
+oai.mets.hide-provenance
+
 5.2.47
SWORD Specific Configurations
+
mets.submission.crosswalk.EPDCX
+crosswalk.submission.SWORD.stylesheet
+sword.deposit.url
+sword.servicedocument.url
+sword.media-link.url
+sword.generator.url
+sword.updated.field
+sword.slug.field
+sword.accept-packaging.METSDSpaceSIP.identifier
+sword.accept-packaging.METSDSpaceSIP.q
+sword.accepts
+sword.expose-items
+sword.expose-communities
+sword.max-upload-size
+sword.keep-original-package
+sword.bundle.name
+sword.identify-version
+sword.on-behalf-of.enable
+
 6.4.6
OAI-ORE Harvester Configurations
+
harvester.oai.metadataformats.dc
+harvester.oai.metadataformats.qdc
+harvester.oai.metadataformats.dim
+harvester.autoStart
+harvester.timePadding
+harvester.harvestFrequency
+harvester.minHeartbeat
+harvester.maxHeartbeat
+harvester.threadTimeout
+harvester.unknownField
+harvester.unknownSchema
+ore.authoritative.source
+harvester.acceptedHandleServer
+harvester.rejectedHandlePrefix
+
 6.3.48
SOLR Statistics Configurations
+
solr.log.server
+solr.dbfilesolr.resolver.timeout
+statistics.item.authorization.adminsolr.statistics.logBots
+solr.statistics.query.filter.spiderIP
+solr.statistics.query.filter.isBot
+solr.spiderips.urls
+
 6.3.49
+
+ + + +

Main DSpace Configurations

+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: dspace.dir
Example Value: /dspace
Informational Note: Root directory of DSpace installation. Omit the trailing '/'. Note that if you change this, there are several other parameters you will probably want to change to match, e.g. assetstore.dir .
Property: dspace.hostname
Example Value: dspace.hostname = dspace.mysu.edu
Informational Note: Fully qualified hostname; do not include port number.
Property: dspace.baseUrl
Example Value: [http://dspacetest.myu.edu:8080]
Informational Note: Main URL at which DSpace Web UI webapp is deployed. Include any port number, but do not include the trailing '/'.
Property: dspace.url
Example Value: dspace.url = ${dspace.baseUrl}/jspui
Informational note DSpace base URL. URL that determines whether JSPUI or XMLUI will be loaded by default. Include port number etc., but NOT trailing slash. Change to /xmlui if you wish to use the xmlui (Manakin) as the default, or remove "/jspui" and set webapp of your choice as the "ROOT" webapp in the servlet engine.
Property: dspace.oai.url
Example Value: dspace.oai.url = ${dspace.baseUrl}/oai
Informational note: The base URL of the OAI webapp (do not include /request).
Property: dspace.name
Example Value: dspace.name = DSpace at My University
Informational Note: Short and sweet site name, used throughout Web UI, e-mails and elsewhere (such as OAI protocol)
+
+ + + +

DSpace Database Configuration

+ +

Many of the database configurations are software-dependent. That is, it will be based on the choice of database software being used. Currently, DSpace properly supports PostgreSQL and Oracle.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: db.name
Example Value: db.name = postgres
Informational Note: Both postgres or oracle are accepted parameters.
Property: db.url
Example Value: db.url = jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/dspace_-services
Informational Note: The above value is the default value when configuring with PostgreSQL. When using Oracle, use this value: jbdc.oracle.thin:@//host:port/dspace
Property: db.username
Example Value: db.username = dspace
Informational Note: In the installation directions, the administrator is instructed to create the user "dspace" who will own the database "dspace".
Property: password
Example Value: password = dspace5
Informational Note: This is the password that was prompted during the installation process (cf. 3.2.3. Installation)
Property: db.schema
Example Value: db.schema = vra
Informational Note: If your database contains multiple schemas, you can avoid problems with retrieving the definitions of duplicate objects by specifying the schema name here that is used for DSpace by uncommenting the entry. This property is optional.
Property: db.maxconnections
Example Value: db.maxconnections = 30
Informational Note: Maximum number of Database connections in the connection pool
Property: db.maxwait
Example Value: db.maxwait = 5000
Informational Note: Maximum time to wait before giving up if all connections in pool are busy (in milliseconds).
Property: db.maxidle
Example Value: db.maxidle = -1
Informational Note: Maximum number of idle connections in pool. (-1 = unlimited)
Property: db.statementpool
Example Value: db.statementpool = true
Informational Note: Determines if prepared statement should be cached. (Default is set to true)
Property: db.poolname
Example Value: db.poolname = dspacepool
Informational Note: Specify a name for the connection pool. This is useful if you have multiple applications sharing Tomcat's database connection pool. If nothing is specified, it will default to 'dspacepool'
+
+ + + +

DSpace Email Settings

+ +

The configuration of email is simple and provides a mechanism to alert the person(s) responsible for different features of the DSpace software.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: mail.server
Example Value: mail.server = smtp.my.edu
Informational Note: The address on which your outgoing SMTP email server can be reached.
Property: mail.server.username
Example Value: mail.server.username = myusername
Informational Note: SMTP mail server authentication username, if required. This property is optional.
Property: mail.server.password
Example Value: mail.server.password = mypassword
Informational Note: SMTP mail server authentication password, if required. This property is optional/
Property: mail.server.port
Example Value: mail.server.port = 25
Informational Note: The port on which your SMTP mail server can be reached. By default, port 25 is used. Change this setting if your SMTP mailserver is running on another port. This property is optional.
Property: mail.from.address
Example Value: mail.from.address = dspace-noreply@myu.edu
Informational Note: The "From" address for email. Change the 'myu.edu' to the site's host name.
Property: feedback.recipient
Example Value: feedback.recipient = dspace-help@myu.edu
Informational Note: When a user clicks on the feedback link/feature, the information will be send to the email address of choice. This configuration is currently limited to only one recipient.
Property: mail.admin
Example Value: mail.admin = dspace-help@myu.edu
Informational Note: Email address of the general site administrator (Webmaster)
Property: alert.recipient
Example Value: alert.recipient = john.doe@myu.edu
Informational Note: Enter the recipient for server errors and alerts. This property is optional.
Property: registration.notify
Example Value: registration.notify = mike.smith@myu.edu
Informational Note: Enter the recipient that will be notified when a new user registers on DSpace. This property is optional.
Property: mail.charset
Example Value: mail.charset = UTF-8
Informational Note: Set the default mail character set. This may be over-ridden by providing a line inside the email template 'charset: <encoding>', otherwise this default is used.
Property: mail.allowed.referrers
Example Value: mail.allowed.referrers = localhost
Informational Note: A comma separated list of hostnames that are allowed to refer browsers to email forms. Default behavior is to accept referrals only from dspace.hostname. This property is optional.
Property: mail.extraproperties
Example Value:
+
mail.extraproperties = mail.smtp.socketFactory.port=465, \
+       mail.smtp.socketFactory.class=javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory, \
+       mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback=false
+
Informational Note: If you need to pass extra settings to the Java mail library. Comma separated, equals sign between the key and the value. This property is optional.
Property: mail.server.disabled
Example Value: mail.server.disabled = false
Informational Note: An option is added to disable the mailserver. By default, this property is set to 'false'. By setting value to 'true', DSpace will not send out emails. It will instead log the subject of the email which should have been sent. This is especially useful for development and test environments where production data is used when testing functionality. This property is optional.
Property: default.language
Example Value: default.language = en_US
Informational Note: If no other language is explicitly stated in the input-forms.xml, the default language will be attributed to the metadata values.
+
+ + +

Wording of E-mail Messages

+ +

Sometimes DSpace automatically sends e-mail messages to users, for example, to inform them of a new work flow task, or as a subscription e-mail alert. The wording of emails can be changed by editing the relevant file in [dspace]/config/emails . Each file is commented. Be careful to keep the right number 'placeholders' (e.g.{2}).

+ +

Note: You should replace the contact-information "dspace-help@myu.edu or call us at xxx-555-xxxx" with your own contact details in:
+config/emails/change_password +
+config/emails/register

+ + +

File Storage

+ +

DSpace supports two distinct options for storing your repository bitstreams (uploaded files). The files are not stored in the database in which Metadata, user information, ... are stored. An assetstore is a directory on your server, on which the bitstreams are stored and consulted afterwards. The usage of different assetstore directories is the default "technique" in DSpace. The parameters below define which assetstores are present, and which one should be used for newly incoming items. As an alternative, DSpace can also use SRB (Storage Resource Brokerage) as an alternative. See SRB File Storage for details regarding SRB.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: assetstore.dir
Example Value: assetstore.dir = ${dspace.dir}/assetstore
Informational Note: This is Asset (bitstream) store number 0 (Zero). You need not place your assetstore under the /dspace directory, but may want to place it on a different logical volume on the server that DSpace resides. So, you might have something like this: assetstore.dir = /storevgm/assestore .
Property:
+
assetstore.dir.1
+assetstore.dir.2
+
Example Value:
+
assetstore.dir.1 = /second/assetstore
+assetstore.dir.2 = /third/assetstore
+
Informational Note: This property specifies extra asset stores like the one above, counting from one (1) upwards. This property is commented out (#) until it is needed.
Property: assetstore.incoming
Example Value: assetstore.incoming = 1
Informational Note: Informational Note: Specify the number of the store to use for new bitstreams with this property. The default is 0 [zero] which corresponds to the 'assestore.dir' above. As the asset store number is stored in the item metadata (in the database), always keep the assetstore numbering consistent and don't change the asset store number in the item metadata.
+
+ + +
Be Careful
In the examples above, you can see that your storage does not have to be under the /dspace directory. For the default installation it needs to reside on the same server (unless you plan to configure SRB (see below)). So, if you added storage space to your server, and it has a different logical volume/name/directory, you could have the following as an example:
+

assetstore.dir = /storevgm/assetstore +
+assetstore.dir.1 = /storevgm2/assetstore +
+assetstore.incoming = 1

+ +


+Please Note: When adding additional storage configuration, you will then need to uncomment and declare assestore.incoming = 1

+ + +

SRB (Storage Resource Brokerage) File Storage

+ +

An alternate to using the default storage framework is to use Storage Resource Brokerage (SRB). This can provide a different level of storage and disaster recovery. (Storage can take place on storage that is off-site.) Refer to http://www.sdsc.edu/srb/index.php/Main_Page for complete details regarding SRB.

+ +

The same framework is used to configure SRB storage. That is, the asset store number (0..n) can reference a file system directory as above or it can reference a set of SRB account parameters. But any particular asset store number can reference one or the other but not both. This way traditional and SRB storage can both be used but with different asset store numbers. The same cautions mentioned above apply to SRB asset stores as well. The particular asset store a bitstream is stored in is held in the database, so don't move bitstreams between asset stores, and do not renumber them.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: srb.hosts.1
Example value: srb.hosts.1 = mysrbmcathost.myu.edu
Property: srb.port.1
Example value: srb.port.1 = 5544
Property: srb.mcatzone.1
Example value: srb.mcatzone.1 = mysrbzone
Informational Note: Your SRB Metadata Catalog Zone. An SRB Zone (or zone for short) is a set of SRB servers 'brokered' or administered through a single MCAT. Hence a zone consists of one or more SRB servers along with one MCAT-enabled server. Any existing SRB system (version 2.x.x and below) can be viewed as an SRB zone. For more information on zones, please check http://www.sdsc.edu/srb/index.php/Zones.
Property: srb.mdasdomainname.1
Example Value: srb.mdasdomainname.1 = mysrbdomain
Informational Note: Your SRB domain. This domain should be created under the same zone, specified in srb.mcatzone. Information on domains is included here http://www.sdsc.edu/srb/index.php/Zones.
Property: srb.defaultstorageresource.1
Example Value: srb.defaultstorageresource.1 = mydefaultsrbresource
Informational Note: Your default SRB Storage resource.
Property: srb.username.1
Example Value: srb.username.1 = mysrbuser
Informational Note: Your SRB Username.
Property: srb.password.1
Example Value: srb.password.1 = mysrbpassword
Informational Note: Your SRB Password.
Property: srb.homedirectory.1
Example Value:
+
srb.homedirectory.1 =
+   /mysrbzone/home/ mysrbuser.mysrbdomain
+
Informational Note: Your SRB Homedirectory
Property: srb.parentdir.1
Example Value: srb.parentdir.1 = mysrbdspaceassetstore
Informational Note: Several of the terms, such as mcatzone, have meaning only in the SRB context and will be familiar to SRB users. The last, srb.paratdir.n, can be used for additional (SRB) upper directory structure within an SRB account. This property value could be blank as well.
+
+ + +

The 'assetstore.incoming' property is an integer that references where new bitstreams will be stored. The default (say the starting reference) is zero. The value will be used to identify the storage where all new bitstreams will be stored until this number is changed. This number is stored in the Bitstream table (store_number column) in the DSpace database, so older bitstreams that may have been stored when 'asset.incoming' had a different value can be found.

+ +

In the simple case in which DSpace uses local (or mounted) storage the number can refer to different directories (or partitions). This gives DSpace some level of scalability. The number links to another set of properties 'assetstore.dir', 'assetstore.dir.1' (remember zero is default), assetstore.dir.2', etc., where the values are directories.

+ +

To support the use of SRB DSpace uses the same scheme but broaden to support:

+ +
    +
  • using SRB instead of the local file system
    • +
  • using the local file system (native DSpace)
    • +
  • using a mix of SRB and local file system
    +in this broadened use of the 'asset.incoming' integer will refer to one of the following storage locations:
    • +
+ + +
    +
  • a local file system directory (native DSpace)
    • +
  • a set of SRB account parameters (host, port, zone, domain, username, password, home directory, and resource
    +Should there be any conflict, like '2' referring to a local directory and to a set of SRB parameters, the program will select the local directory.
    • +
+ + +

If SRB is chosen from the first install of DSpace, it is suggested that 'assetstore.dir' (no integer appended) be retained to reference a local directory (as above under File Storage) because build.xml uses this value to do a mkdir. In this case, 'assetstore.incoming' can be set to 1 (i.e. uncomment the line in File Storage above) and the 'assetstore.dir' will not be used.

+ +

Logging Configuration

+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: log.init.config
Example Value: log.init.config = ${dspace.dir}/config/log4j.properties
Informational Note: This is where your logging configuration file is located. You may override the default log4j configuration by providing your own. Existing alternatives are: +
+
log.init.config = ${dspace.dir}/config/log4j.properties
+log.init.config = ${dspace.dir}/config/log4j-console.properties
+
+

Property: log.dir
Example value: log.dir = ${dspace.dir}/log
Informational Note: This is where to put the logs. (This is used for initial configuration only)
Property: useProxies
Example Value: useProxies = true
Informational Note: If your DSpace instance is protected by a proxy server, in order for log4j  to log the correct IP address of the user rather than of the proxy, it must be configured to look for the X-Forwarded-For header.  This feature can be enabled by ensuring this setting is set to true.  This also affects IPAuthentication, and should be enabled for that to work properly if your installation uses a proxy server.
+
+ + +

Previous releases of DSpace provided an example ${dspace.dir}/config/log4j.xml as an alternative to log4j.properties. This caused some confusion and has been removed. log4j continues to support both Properties and XML forms of configuration, and you may continue (or begin) to use any form that log4j supports.

+ + +

Configuring Lucene Search Indexes

+ +

Search indexes can be configured and customized easily in the dspace.cfg file. This allows institutions to choose which DSpace metadata fields are indexed by Lucene.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: search.dir
Example Value: search.dir = ${dspace.dir}/search
Informational Note: Where to put the search index files
Property: search.max-clauses
Example Value: search.max-clauses = 2048
Informational Note: By setting higher values of search.max-clauses will enable prefix searches to work on larger repositories.
Property: search.index.delay
Example Value: search.index.delay = 5000
Informational Note: It is possible to create a 'delayed index flusher'. If a web application pushes multiple search requests (i.e. a barrage or sword deposits, or multiple quick edits in the user interface), then this will combine them into a single index update. You set the property key to the number of milliseconds to wait for an update. The example value will hold a Lucene update in a queue for up to 5 seconds. After 5 seconds all waiting updates will be written to the Lucene index.
Property: search.analyzer
Example Value: search.analyzer = org.dspace.search.DSAnalyzer
Informational Note: Which Lucene Analyzer implementation to use. If this is omitted or commented out, the standard DSpace analyzer (designed for English) is used by default.
Property: search.analyzer
Example Value: search.analyzer = org.apache.lucene.analysis.cn.ChineseAnalyzer
Informational Note: Instead of the standard English analyzer, the Chinese analyzer is used.
Property: search.operator
Example Value: search.operator = OR
Informational Note Boolean search operator to use. The currently supported values are OR and AND. If this configuration item is missing or commented out, OR is used. AND requires all the search terms to be present. OR requires one or more search terms to be present.
Property: search.maxfieldlength
Example Value: search.maxfieldlength = 10000
Informational Note: This is the maximum number of terms indexed for a single field in Lucene. The default is 10,000 words‚ often not enough for full-text indexing. If you change this, you will need to re-index for the change to take effect on previously added items. -1 = unlimited (Integer.MAG_VALUE)
Property: search.index.n
Example Value: search.index.1 = author:dc.contributor.*
Informational Note This property determines which of the metadata fields are being indexed for search. As an example, if you do not include the title field here, searching for a word in the title will not be matched with the titles of your items..
+
+ + +

For example, the following entries appear in the default DSpace installation:
+search.index.1 = author:dc.contributor.*
+search.index.2 = author:dc.creator.*
+search.index.3 = title:dc.title.*
+search.index.4 = keyword:dc.subject.*
+search.index.5 = abstract:dc.description.abstract
+search.index.6 = author:dc.description.statementofresponsibility
+search.index.7 = series:dc.relation.ispartofseries
+search.index.8 = abstract:dc.description.tableofcontents
+search.index.9 = mime:dc.format.mimetype
+search.index.10 = sponsor:dc.description.sponsorship
+search.index.11 = id:dc.identifier.*
+search.index.11 = language:dc.language.iso

+ +

The format of each entry is search.index.<id> = <search label> : <schema> . <metadata field> where:

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
<id> is an incremental number to distinguish each search index entry
<search label> is the identifier for the search field this index will correspond to
<schema> is the schema used. Dublin Core (DC) is the default. Others are possible.
<metadata field> is the DSpace metadata field to be indexed.
+
+ + +

In the example above, search.index.1 and search.index.2 and search.index.3 are configured as the author search field. The author index is created by Lucene indexing all dc.contributor.*,dc.creator.* and description.statementofresponsibility metadata fields.

+ +

After changing the configuration run /[dspace]/bin/dspace index-init to regenerate the indexes.

+ +

While the indexes are created, this only affects the search results and has no effect on the search components of the user interface. One will need to customize the user interface to reflect the changes, for example, to add the a new search category to the Advanced Search.

+ +

In the above examples, notice the asterisk (*). The metadata field (at least for Dublin Core) is made up of the "element" and the "qualifier". The asterisk is used as the "wildcard". So, for example, keyword.dc.subject.* will index all subjects regardless if the term resides in a qualified field. (subject versus subject.lcsh). One could customize the search and only index LCSH (Library of Congress Subject Headings) with the following entry keyword:dc.subject.lcsh instead of keyword:dc.subject.*

+ +

Authority Control Note:

+ +

Although DSIndexer automatically builds a separate index for the authority keys of any index that contains authority-controlled metadata fields, the "Advanced Search" UIs does not allow direct access to it. Perhaps it will be added in the future. Fortunately, the OpenSearch API lets you submit a query directly to the Lucene search engine, and this may include the authority-controlled indexes.

+ + +

Handle Server Configuration

+ +

The CNRI Handle system is a 3rd party service for maintaining persistent URL's. For a nominal fee, you can register a handle prefix for your repository. As a result, your repository items will be also available under the links http://handle.net/<<handle prefix>>/<<item id>>. As the base url of your repository might change or evolve, the persistent handle.net URL's secure the consistency of links to your repository items. For complete information regarding the Handle server, the user should consult Section 3.4.4.. The Handle Server section of Installing DSpace.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: handle.prefix
Example Value handle.prefix = 1234.56789
Informational Note: The default installed by DSpace is 123456789 but you will replace this upon receiving a handle from CNRI.
Property: handle.dir
Example Value: handle.dir = ${dspace.dir}/handle-server
Informational Note: The default files, as shown in the Example Value is where DSpace will install the files used for the Handle Server.
+
+ + +

For complete information regarding the Handle server, the user should consult 3.3.4. The Handle Server section of Installing DSpace.

+ + +

Delegation Administration : Authorization System Configuration

+ +

(Authorization System Configuration)
+It is possible to delegate the administration of Communities and Collections. This functionality eliminates the need for an Administrator Superuser account for these purposes. An EPerson that will be attributed Delegate Admin rights for a certain community or collection will also "inherit" the rights for underlying collections and items. As a result, a community admin will also be collection admin for all underlying collections. Likewise, a collection admin will also gain admin rights for all the items owned by the collection.

+ +

Authorization to execute the functions that are allowed to user with WRITE permission on an object will be attributed to be the ADMIN of the object (e.g. community/collection/admin will be always allowed to edit metadata of the object). The default will be "true" for all the configurations.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Community Administration: Subcommunities and Collections
Property: core.authorization.community-admin.create-subelement
Example Value: core.authorization.community-admin.create-subelement = true
Informational Note: Authorization for a delegated community administrator to create subcommunities or collections.
Property: core.authorization.community-admin.delete-subelement
Example Value: core.authorization.community-admin.delete-subelement = true
Informational Note: Authorization for a delegated community administrator to delete subcommunities or collections.
Community Administration: Policies and The group of administrators
Property: core.authorization.community-admin.policies
Example Value: core.authorization.community-admin.policies = true
Informational Note: Authorization for a delegated community administrator to administrate the community policies.
Property: core.authorization.community-admin.admin-group
Example Value: core.authorization.community-admin.admin-group = true
Informational Note: Authorization for a delegated community administrator to edit the group of community admins.
Community Administration: Collections in the above Community  
Property: core.authorization.community-admin.collection.policies
Example Value: core.authorization.community-admin.collection.policies = true
Informational Note: Authorization for a delegated community administrator to administrate the policies for underlying collections.
Property: core.authorization.community-admin.collection.template-item
Example Value: core.authorization.community-admin.collection.template-item = true
Informational Note: Authorization for a delegated community administrator to administrate the item template for underlying collections.
Property: core.authorization.community-admin.collection.submitters
Example Value: core.authorization.community-admin.collection.submitters = true
Informational Note: Authorization for a delegated community administrator to administrate the group of submitters for underlying collections.
Property: core.authorization.community-admin.collection.workflows
Example Value: core.authorization.community-admin.collection.workflows = true
Informational Note: Authorization for a delegated community administrator to administrate the workflows for underlying collections.
Property: core.authorization.community-admin.collection.admin-group
Example Value: core.authorization.community-admin.collection.admin-group = true
Informational Note: Authorization for a delegated community administrator to administrate the group of administrators for underlying collections.
Community Administration: Items Owned by Collections in the Above Community
Property: core.authorization.community-admin.item.delete
Example Value: core.authorization.community-admin.item.delete = true
Informational Note: Authorization for a delegated community administrator to delete items in underlying collections.
Property: core.authorization.community-admin.item.withdraw
Example Value: core.authorization.community-admin.item.withdraw = true
Informational Note: Authorization for a delegated community administrator to withdraw items in underlying collections.
Property: core.authorization.community-admin.item.reinstate
Example Value: core.authorization.community-admin.item.reinstate = true
Informational Note: Authorization for a delegated community administrator to reinstate items in underlying collections.
Property: core.authorization.community-admin.item.policies
Example Value: core.authorization.community-admin.item.policies = true
Informational Note: Authorization for a delegated community administrator to administrate item policies in underlying collections.
Community Administration: Bundles of Bitstreams, related to items owned by collections in the above Community
Property: core.authorization.community-admin.item.create-bitstream
Example Value: core.authorization.community-admin.item.create-bitstream = true
Informational Note: Authorization for a delegated community administrator to create additional bitstreams in items in underlying collections.
Property: core.authorization.community-admin.item.delete-bitstream
Example Value: core.authorization.community-admin.item.delete-bitstream = true
Informational Note: Authorization for a delegated community administrator to delete bitstreams from items in underlying collections.
Property: core.authorization.community-admin.item.cc-license
Example Value: core.authorization.community-admin.item.cc-license = true
Informational Note: Authorization for a delegated community administrator to administer licenses from items in underlying collections.
Community Administration:
+The properties for collection administrators work similar to those
+of community administrators,
+with respect to collection administration.
+
core.authorization.collection-admin.policies
+core.authorization.collection-admin.template-item
+core.authorization.collection-admin.submitters
+core.authorization.collection-admin.workflows
+core.authorization.collection-admin.admin-group
+
Collection Administration:
+Item owned by the above CollectionThe properties for collection
+administrators work similar to those of
+community administrators,
+with respect to administration of
+items in underlying collections.
+
core.authorization.collection-admin.item.delete
+core.authorization.collection-admin.item.withdraw
+core.authorization.collection-admin.item.reinstatiate
+core.authorization.collection-admin.item.policies
+
Collection Administration:
+Bundles of bitstreams, related to items owned by collections in the
+above Community. The properties for collection administrators
+work similar to those of community administrators, with respect to
+administration of bitstreams related to items in underlying collections.
+
core.authorization.collection-admin.item.create-bitstream
+core.authorization.collection-admin.item.delete-bitstream
+core.authorization.collection-admin.item-admin.cc-license
+
Item Administration.
+The properties for item administrators work similar to those
+of community and collection administrators, with respect to administration of
+items in underlying collections. 		core.authorization.item-admin.policies
Item Administration:
+Bundles of bitstreams, related to items owned by collections in the
+above Community. The properties for item administrators work
+similar to those of community and collection administrators,
+with respect to administration of bitstreams
+related to items in underlying collections.
+
core.authorization.item-admin.create-bitstream
+core.authorization.item-admin.delete-bitstream
+core.authorization.item-admin.cc-license
+
+
+ + +

Oracle users should consult Chapter 4 Updating a DSpace Installation regarding the necessary database changes that need to take place.

+ + +

Stackable Authentication Method(s)

+ +

(formally Custom Authentication)

+ +

Since many institutions and organizations have existing authentication systems, DSpace has been designed to allow these to be easily integrated into an existing authentication infrastructure. It keeps a series, or "stack", of authentication methods, so each one can be tried in turn. This makes it easy to add new authentication methods or rearrange the order without changing any existing code. You can also share authentication code with other sites.

+ + +
+

Property:

 +

plugin.sequence.org.dspace.authenticate.AuthenticationMethod

+ + +
+

Example Value:

 +
+
plugin.sequence.org.dspace.authenticate.AuthenticationMethod = \
+ org.dspace.authenticate.PasswordAuthentication
+
+ +

The configuration property plugin.sequence.org.dspace.authenticate.AuthenticationMethod defines the authentication stack. It is a comma-separated list of class names. Each of these classes implements a different authentication method, or way of determining the identity of the user. They are invoked in the order specified until one succeeds.

+ +

An authentication method is a class that implements the interface org.dspace.authenticate.AuthenticationMethod. It authenticates a user by evaluating the credentials (e.g. username and password) he or she presents and checking that they are valid.

+ +

The basic authentication procedure in the DSpace Web UI is this:

+ +
    +
  1. A request is received from an end-user's browser that, if fulfilled, would lead to an action requiring authorization taking place.
    2. +
  2. If the end-user is already authenticated: +
      +
    • If the end-user is allowed to perform the action, the action proceeds
      • +
    • If the end-user is NOT allowed to perform the action, an authorization error is displayed.
      • +
    • If the end-user is NOT authenticated, i.e. is accessing DSpace anonymously:
      • +
    +
    3. +
  3. The parameters etc. of the request are stored.
    4. +
  4. The Web UI's startAuthentication method is invoked.
    5. +
  5. First it tries all the authentication methods which do implicit authentication (i.e. they work with just the information already in the Web request, such as an X.509 client certificate). If one of these succeeds, it proceeds from Step 2 above.
    6. +
  6. If none of the implicit methods succeed, the UI responds by putting up a "login" page to collect credentials for one of the explicit authentication methods in the stack. The servlet processing that page then gives the proffered credentials to each authentication method in turn until one succeeds, at which point it retries the original operation from Step 2 above.
    +Please see the source files AuthenticationManager.java and AuthenticationMethod.java for more details about this mechanism.
    7. +
+ + +

Shibboleth Authentication Configuration Settings

+ +

Detailed instructions for installing Shibboleth on DSpace may be found at https://mams.melcoe.mq.edu.au/zope/mams/pubs/Installation/dspace15.

+ +

DSpace requires email as the user's credentials. There are two ways of providing email to DSpace:

+ +
    +
  1. By explicitly specifying to the user which attribute (header) carries the email address.
    2. +
  2. By turning on the user-email-using-tomcat=true which means the software will attempt to acquire the user's email from Tomcat.
    +The first option takes Precedence when specified. both options can be enabled to allow for fallback. +
    + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
    Property: authentication.shib.email-header
    Example Value: authentication.shib.email-header = MAIL
    Informational Note: The option specifies that the email comes from the mentioned header. This value is CASE-Sensitive.
    Property: authentication.shib.firstname-header
    Example Value: authentication.shib.firstname-header = SHIB-EP-GIVENNAME
    Informational Note: Optional. Specify the header that carries the user's first name. This is going to be used for the creation of new-user.
    Property: authentication.shib.lastname-header
    Example Value: authentication.shib.lastname-header = SHIB-EP-SURNAME
    Informational Note: Optional. Specify the header that carries user's last name. This is used for creation of new user.
    Property: authentication.shib.email-use-tomcat-remote-user
    Example Value: authentication.shib.email-use-tomcat-remote-user = true
    Informational Note: This option forces the software to acquire the email from Tomcat.
    Property: authentication.shib.autoregister
    Example Value: authentication.shib.autoregister = true
    Informational Note: Option will allow new users to be registered automatically if the IdP provides sufficient information (and the user does not exist in DSpace).
    Property:
    +
    authentication.shib.role-header
+authentication.shib-role.header.ignore-scope
    +
    Example Value: +
    +
    authentication.shib.role-header = Shib-EP-ScopedAffiliation
+authentication.shib-role.header.ignore-scope = true
    +
    +

    or

    +
    +
    authentication.shib.role-header = Shib-EP-UnscopedAffiliation
+ authentication.shib-role.header.ignore-scope = false
    +
    +

    Informational Note: These two options specify which attribute that is responsible for providing user's roles to DSpace and unscope the attributes if needed. When not specified, it is defaulted to 'Shib-EP-UnscopedAffiliation', and ignore-scope is defaulted to 'false'. The value is specified in AAP.xml (Shib 1.3.x) or attribute-filter.xml (Shib 2.x). The value is CASE-Sensitive. The values provided in this header are separated by semi-colon or comma. If your service provider (SP) only provides scoped role header, you need to set authentication.shib.role-header.ignore-Scope as 'true'. For example if you only get Shib-EP-ScopedAffiliation instead of Shib-EP-ScopedAffiliation, you name to make your settings as in the example value above.
    Property: authentication.shib.default-roles
    Example Value: authentication.shib.default-roles = Staff, Walk-ins
    Informational Note: When user is fully authN or IdP but would not like to release his/her roles to DSpace (for privacy reasons?), what should the default roles be given to such user. The values are separated by semi-colon or comma.
    Property:
    +
    authentication.shib.role.Senior\ Researcher
+authentication.shib.role.Librarian
    +
    Example Value:
    +
    authentication.shib.role.Senior\ Researcher = Researcher, Staff
+authentication.shib.role.Librarian = Administrator
    +
    Informational Note: The following mappings specify role mapping between IdP and Dspace. The left side of the entry is IdP's role (prefixed with 'authentication.shib.role.') which will be mapped to the right entry from DSpace. DSpace's group as indicated on the right entry has to EXIST in DSpace, otherwise user will be identified as 'anonymous'. Multiple values on the right entry should be separated by comma. The values are CASE-Sensitive. Heuristic one-to-one mapping will be done when the IdP groups entry are not listed below (i.e. if 'X' group in IdP is not specified here, then it will be mapped to 'X' group in DSpace if it exists, otherwise it will be mapped to simply 'anonymous'). Given sufficient demand, future release could support regex for the mapping special characters need to be escaped by '\'
    +
    +
    3. +
+ + + +

Authentication by Password

+ +

The default method org.dspace.authenticate.PasswordAuthentication has the following properties:

+ +
    +
  • Use of inbuilt e-mail address/password-based log-in. This is achieved by forwarding a request that is attempting an action requiring authorization to the password log-in servlet, /password-login. The password log-in servlet (org.dspace.app.webui.servlet.PasswordServlet) contains code that will resume the original request if authentication is successful, as per step 3. described above.
    • +
  • Users can register themselves (i.e. add themselves as e-people without needing approval from the administrators), and can set their own passwords when they do this
    • +
  • Users are not members of any special (dynamic) e-person groups
    • +
  • You can restrict the domains from which new users are able to register. To enable this feature, uncomment the following line from dspace.cfg: authentication.password.domain.valid = example.com Example options might be '@example.com' to restrict registration to users with addresses ending in @example.com, or '@example.com, .ac.uk' to restrict registration to users with addresses ending in @example.com or with addresses in the .ac.uk domain.
    • +
+ + +

X.509 Certificate Authentication

+ +

The X.509 authentication method uses an X.509 certificate sent by the client to establish his/her identity. It requires the client to have a personal Web certificate installed on their browser (or other client software) which is issued by a Certifying Authority (CA) recognized by the web server.

+ +
    +
  1. See the HTTPS installation instructions to configure your Web server. If you are using HTTPS with Tomcat, note that the <Connector> tag must include the attribute clientAuth="true" so the server requests a personal Web certificate from the client.
    2. +
  2. Add the org.dspace.authenticate.X509Authentication plugin first to the list of stackable authentication methods in the value of the configuration key plugin.sequence.org.dspace.authenticate.AuthenticationMethod e.g.: +
    +
    plugin.sequence.org.dspace.authenticate.AuthenticationMethod = \
+     org.dspace.authenticate.X509Authentication, \
+     org.dspace.authenticate.PasswordAuthentication
    +
    3. +
+ + +
    +
  1. You must also configure DSpace with the same CA certificates as the web server, so it can accept and interpret the clients' certificates. It can share the same keystore file as the web server, or a separate one, or a CA certificate in a file by itself. Configure it by one of these methods, either the Java keystore +
    +
    authentication.x509.keystore.path =  path to Java keystore file
+ authentication.x509.keystore.password =  password to access the keystore
    +
    +

    ...or the separate CA certificate file (in PEM or DER format):

    +
    +
    authentication.x509.ca.cert =  path to certificate file for CA
+                                     whose client certs to accept.
    +
    2. +
  2. Choose whether to enable auto-registration: If you want users who authenticate successfully to be automatically registered as new E-Persons if they are not already, set the authentication.x509.autoregister configuration property to true. This lets you automatically accept all users with valid personal certificates. The default is false.
    3. +
+ + +

Example of a Custom Authentication Method

+ +

Also included in the source is an implementation of an authentication method used at MIT, edu.mit.dspace.MITSpecialGroup. This does not actually authenticate a user, it only adds the current user to a special (dynamic) group called 'MIT Users' (which must be present in the system!). This allows us to create authorization policies for MIT users without having to manually maintain membership of the MIT users group.

+ +

By keeping this code in a separate method, we can customize the authentication process for MIT by simply adding it to the stack in the DSpace configuration. None of the code has to be touched.

+ +

You can create your own custom authentication method and add it to the stack. Use the most similar existing method as a model, e.g. org.dspace.authenticate.PasswordAuthentication for an "explicit" method (with credentials entered interactively) or org.dspace.authenticate.X509Authentication for an implicit method.

+ + +

Configuring IP Authentication

+ +

You can enable IP authentication by adding its method to the stack in the DSpace configuration, e.g.:

+
+
plugin.sequence.org.dspace.authenticate.AuthenticationMethod = org.dspace.authenticate.IPAuthentication
+
+

You are then able to map DSpace groups to IP addresses in dspace.cfg by setting authentication.ip.GROUPNAME = iprange[, iprange ...], e.g:

+
+
authentication.ip.MY_UNIVERSITY = 10.1.2.3, \                  # Full IP
+                                  13.5, \                      # Partial IP
+                                  11.3.4.5/24, \               # with CIDR
+                                  12.7.8.9/255.255.128.0,      # with netmask
+                                  2001:18e8::/32               # IPv6 too
+
+

Negative matches can be set by prepending the entry with a '-'. For example if you want to include all of a class B network except for users of a contained class c network, you could use: 111.222,-111.222.333.

+ +

Notes:

+
    +
  • If the Groupname contains blanks you must escape the, e.g. Department\ of\ Statistics
    • +
  • If your DSpace installation is hidden behind a web proxy, remember to set the 'useProxies' configuration option within the 'Logging' section of dspace.cfg to use the IP address of the user rather than the IP address of the proxy server.
    • +
+ + + +

Configuring LDAP Authentication

+ +

You can enable LDAP authentication by adding its method to the stack in the DSpace configuration, e.g.

+
+
plugin.sequence.org.dspace.authenticate.AuthenticationMethod =
+                     org.dspace.authenticate.LDAPAuthentication
+
+

If LDAP is enabled in the dspace.cfg file, then new users will be able to register by entering their username and password without being sent the registration token. If users do not have a username and password, then they can still register and login with just their email address the same way they do now.

+ +

If you want to give any special privileges to LDAP users, create a stackable authentication method to automatically put people who have a netid into a special group. You might also want to give certain email addresses special privileges. Refer to the Custom Authentication Code section above for more information about how to do this.

+ +

Here is an explanation of what each of the different configuration parameters are for:

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Standard LDAP Configuration
Property: ldap.enable
Example Value: ldap.enable = false
Informational Note: This setting will enable or disable LDAP authentication in DSpace. With the setting off, users will be required to register and login with their email address. With this setting on, users will be able to login and register with their LDAP user ids and passwords.
Property: ldap.provider_url
Example Value: ldap.provider_url = ldap://ldap.myu.edu/o=myu.edu
Informational Note: This is the url to your institution's LDAP server. You may or may not need the /o=myu.edu part at the end. Your server may also require the ldaps:// protocol.
Property: ldap.id_field
Example Value: ldap.id_field = uid
Explanation: This is the unique identifier field in the LDAP directory where the username is stored.
Property: ldap.object_context
Example Value: ldap.object_context = ou=people, o=myu.edu
Informational Note: This is the object context used when authenticating the user. It is appended to the ldap.id_field and username. For example uid=username,ou=people,o=myu.edu. You will need to modify this to match your LDAP configuration.
Property: ldap.search_context
Example Value: ldap.search_context = ou=people
Informational Note: This is the search context used when looking up a user's LDAP object to retrieve their data for autoregistering. With ldap.autoregister turned on, when a user authenticates without an EPerson object we search the LDAP directory to get their name and email address so that we can create one for them. So after we have authenticated against uid=username,ou=people,o=byu.edu we now search in ou=people for filtering on [uid=username]. Often the ldap.search_context is the same as the ldap.object_context parameter. But again this depends on your LDAP server configuration.
Property: ldap.email_field
Example Value: ldap.email_field = mail
Informational Note: This is the LDAP object field where the user's email address is stored. "mail" is the default and the most common for LDAP servers. If the mail field is not found the username will be used as the email address when creating the eperson object.
Property: ldap.surname_field
Example Value: ldap.surname_field = sn
Informational Note: This is the LDAP object field where the user's last name is stored. "sn" is the default and is the most common for LDAP servers. If the field is not found the field will be left blank in the new eperson object.
Property: ldap.givenname_field
Example Value: ldap.givenname_field = givenName
Informational Note: This is the LDAP object field where the user's given names are stored. I'm not sure how common the givenName field is in different LDAP instances. If the field is not found the field will be left blank in the new eperson object.
Property: ldap.phone_field
Example Value: ldap.phone_field = telephoneNumber
Informational Note: This is the field where the user's phone number is stored in the LDAP directory. If the field is not found the field will be left blank in the new eperson object.
Property: webui.ldap.autoregister
Example Value: webui.ldap.autoregister = true
Informational Note: This will turn LDAP autoregistration on or off. With this on, a new EPerson object will be created for any user who successfully authenticates against the LDAP server when they first login. With this setting off, the user must first register to get an EPerson object by entering their ldap username and password and filling out the forms.
LDAP Users Group
Property: ldap.login.specialgroup
Example Value: ldap.login.specialgroup = group-name
Informational Note: If required, a group name can be given here, and all users who log into LDAP will automatically become members of this group. This is useful if you want a group made up of all internal authenticated users. (Remember to log on as the administrator, add this to the "Groups" with read rights).
+
+ + +

Hierarchical LDAP Settings. If your users are spread out across a hierarchical tree on your LDAP server, you will need to use the following stackable authentication class:

+
+
plugin.sequence.org.dspace.authenticate.AuthenticationMethod = \
+       org.dspace.authenticate.LDAPHierarchicalAuthentication
+
+

You can optionally specify the search scope. If anonymous access is not enabled on your LDAP server, you will need to specify the full DN and password of a user that is allowed to bind in order to search for the users.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: ldap.search_scope
Example Value: ldap.search_scope = 2
Informational Note: This is the search scope value for the LDAP search during autoregistering. This will depend on your LDAP server setup. This value must be one of the following integers corresponding to the following values:
+object scope : 0
+one level scope : 1
+subtree scope : 2
Property: ldap.search.user
+ldap.search.password
Example Value: ldap.search.user = cn=admin,ou=people,o=myu.edu
+{{ ldap.search.password = password}}
Informational Note: The full DN and password of a user allowed to connect to the LDAP server and search for the DN of the user trying to log in. If these are not specified, the initial bind will be performed anonymously.
Property: ldap.netid_email_domain
Example Value: ldap.netid_email_domain = @example.com
Informational Note: If your LDAP server does not hold an email address for a user, you can use the following field to specify your email domain. This value is appended to the netid in order to make an email address. E.g. a netid of 'user' and ldap.netid_email_domain as @example.com would set the email of the user to be user@example.com
+
+ + + + +

Restricted Item Visibility Settings

+ +

By default RSS feeds, OAI-PMH and subscription emails will include ALL items regardless of permissions set on them. If you wish to only expose items through these channels where the ANONYMOUS user is granted READ permission, then set the following options to false.

+ +

In large repositories, setting harvest.includerestricted.oai to false may cause performance problems as all items will need to have their authorization permissions checked, but because DSpace has not implemented resumption tokens in ListIdentifiers, ALL items will need checking whenever a ListIdentifers request is made.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: harvest.includerestricted.rss
Example Value: harvest.includerestricted.rss = true
Informational Note: When set to 'true' (default), items that haven't got the READ permission for the ANONYMOUS user, will be included in RSS feeds anyway.
Property: harvest.includerestricted.oai
Example Value: harvest.includerestricted.oai = true
Informational Note: When set to true (default), items that haven't got the READ permission for the ANONYMOUS user, will be included in OAI sets anyway.
Property: harvest.includerestricted.subscription
Example Value: harvest.includerestricted.subscription = true
Informational Note: When set to true (default), items that haven't got the READ permission for the ANONYMOUS user, will be included in Subscription emails anyway.
+
+ + + +

Proxy Settings

+ +

These settings for proxy are commented out by default. Uncomment and specify both properties if proxy server is required for external http requests. Use regular host name without port number.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: http.proxy.host
Example Value http.proxy.host = proxy.myu.edu
Informational Note Enter the host name without the port number.
Property: http.proxy.port
Example Value http.proxy.port = 2048
Informational Note Enter the port number for the proxy server.
+
+ + + +

Configuring Media Filters

+ +

Media or Format Filters are classes used to generate derivative or alternative versions of content or bitstreams within DSpace. For example, the PDF Media Filter will extract textual content from PDF bitstreams, the JPEG Media Filter can create thumbnails from image bitstreams.

+ +

Media Filters are configured as Named Plugins, with each filter also having a separate configuration setting (in dspace.cfg) indicating which formats it can process. The default configuration is shown below.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: filter.plugins
Example Value:
+
filter.plugins = PDF Text Extractor, Html Text Extractor, \
+                         Word Text Extractor, JPEG Thumbnail
+
Informational Note: Place the names of the enabled MediaFilter or FormatFilter plugins. To enable Branded Preview, comment out the previous one line and then uncomment the two lines in found in dspace.cfg: +
+
Word Text Extractor, JPEG Thumbnail,\
+     Branded Preview JPEG
+
+

Property: plugin.named.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.FormatFilter
Example Value:
+
plugin.named.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.FormatFilter = \
+         org.dspace.app.mediafilter.PDFFilter = PDF Text Extractor, \
+         org.dspace.app.mediafilter.HTMLFilter = HTML Text Extractor, \
+         org.dspace.app.mediafilter.WordFilter = Word Text Extractor, \
+         org.dspace.app.mediafilter.JPEGFilter = JPEG Thumbnail, \
+         org.dspace.app.mediafilter.BrandedPreviewJPEGFilter = Branded Preview JPEG
+
Informational Note: Assign "human-understandable" names to each filter
Property:
+
filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.PDFFilter.inputFormats
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.HTMLFilter.inputFormats
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.WordFilter.inputFormats
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.JPEGFilter.inputFormats
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.BrandedPreviewJPEGFilter.inputFormats
+
Example Value:
+
filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.PDFFilter.inputFormats = Adobe PDF
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.HTMLFilter.inputFormats = HTML, Text
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.WordFilter.inputFormats = Microsoft Word
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.JPEGFilter.inputFormats = BMP, GIF, JPEG, \
+                                                            image/png
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.BrandedPreviewJPEGFilter.inputFormats = BMP, \
+                                                   GIF, JPEG, image/png
+
Informational Note: Configure each filter's input format(s)
Property: pdffilter.largepdfs
Example Value: pdffilter.largepdfs = true
Informational Note: It this value is set for "true", all PDF extractions are written to temp files as they are indexed. This is slower, but helps to ensure that PDFBox software DSpace uses does not eat up all your memory.
Property: pdffilter.skiponmemoryexception
Example Value: pdffilter.skiponmemoryexception = true
Informational Note: If this value is set for "true", PDFs which still result in an "Out of Memory" error from PDFBox are skipped over. These problematic PDFs will never be indexed until memory usage can be decreased in the PDFBox software.
+
+ + +

Names are assigned to each filter using the plugin.named.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.FormatFilter field (e.g. by default the PDFilter is named "PDF Text Extractor".

+ +

Finally, the appropriate filter.<class path>.inputFormats defines the valid input formats which each filter can be applied. These format names must match the short description field of the Bitstream Format Registry.

+ +

You can also implement more dynamic or configurable Media/Format Filters which extend SelfNamedPlugin .

+ + +

Crosswalk and Packager Plugin Settings

+ +

The subsections below give configuration details based on the types of crosswalks and packager plugins you need to implement.

+ +

Configurable MODS Dissemination Crosswalk

+ +

The MODS crosswalk is a self-named plugin. To configure an instance of the MODS crosswalk, add a property to the DSpace configuration starting with "crosswalk.mods.properties."; the final word of the property name becomes the plugin's name. For example, a property name crosswalk.mods.properties.MODS defines a crosswalk plugin named "MODS".

+ +

The value of this property is a path to a separate properties file containing the configuration for this crosswalk. The pathname is relative to the DSpace configuration directory, i.e. the config subdirectory of the DSpace install directory. Example from the dspace.cfg file:

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Properties: crosswalk.mods.properties.MODS
+crosswalk.mods.properties.mods
Example Values: crosswalk.mods.properties.MODS = crosswalks/mods.properties
+crosswalk.mods.properties.mods = crosswalks/mods.properties
Informational Note: This defines a crosswalk named MODS whose configuration comes from the file [dspace]/config/crosswalks/mods.properties . (In the above example, the lower-case name was added for OAI-PMH)
+
+ + +

The MODS crosswalk properties file is a list of properties describing how DSpace metadata elements are to be turned into elements of the MODS XML output document. The property name is a concatenation of the metadata schema, element name, and optionally the qualifier. For example, the contributor.author element in the native Dublin Core schema would be: dc.contributor.author. The value of the property is a line containing two segments separated by the vertical bar ("|"_): The first part is an XML fragment which is copied into the output document. The second is an XPath expression describing where in that fragment to put the value of the metadata element. For example, in this property:

+
+
dc.contributor.author = <mods:name>
+				<mods:role>
+					<mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm>
+                        	</mods:role>
+                             		<mods:namePart>%s</mods:namePart>
+                        </mods:name>
+
+

Some of the examples include the string "%s" in the prototype XML where the text value is to be inserted, but don't pay any attention to it, it is an artifact that the crosswalk ignores. For example, given an author named Jack Florey, the crosswalk will insert

+
+
<mods:name>
+   <mods:role>
+     <mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm>
+   </mods:role>
+   <mods:namePart>Jack Florey</mods:namePart>
+</mods:name>
+
+

into the output document. Read the example configuration file for more details.

+ + +

XSLT-based Crosswalks

+ +

The XSLT crosswalks use XSL stylesheet transformation (XSLT) to transform an XML-based external metadata format to or from DSpace's internal metadata. XSLT crosswalks are much more powerful and flexible than the configurable MODS and QDC crosswalks, but they demand some esoteric knowledge (XSL stylesheets). Given that, you can create all the crosswalks you need just by adding stylesheets and configuration lines, without touching any of the Java code.

+ +

The default settings in the dspace.cfg file for submission crosswalk:

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Properties: crosswalk.submission.MODS.stylesheet
Example Value: crosswalk.submission.MODS.stylesheet = crosswalks/mods-submission.xsl
Informational Note: Configuration XSLT-driven submission crosswalk for MODS
+
+ + +

As shown above, there are three (3) parts that make up the properties "key":

+
+
   crosswalk.submissionPluginName.stylesheet =
+          1        2        3               4
+
+

crosswalk first part of the property key.
+submission second part of the property key.
+PluginName is the name of the plugin. The path value is the path to the file containing the crosswalk stylesheet (relative to /[dspace]/config).
+Here is an example that configures a crosswalk named "LOM" using a stylesheet in [dspace]/config/crosswalks/d-lom.xsl:
+crosswalk.submission.LOM.stylesheet = crosswalks/d-lom.xsl
+A dissemination crosswalk can be configured by starting with the property key crosswalk.dissemination. Example:
+crosswalk.dissemination.PluginName.stylesheet = path
+The PluginName is the name of the plugin (!) . The path value is the path to the file containing the crosswalk stylesheet (relative to /[dspace]/config).

+ +

You can make two different plugin names point to the same crosswalk, by adding two configuration entries with the same path:

+
+
     crosswalk.submission.MyFormat.stylesheet = crosswalks/myformat.xslt
+     crosswalk.submission.almost_DC.stylesheet = crosswalks/myformat.xslt
+
+

The dissemination crosswalk must also be configured with an XML Namespace (including prefix and URI) and an XML schema for its output format. This is configured on additional properties in the DSpace configuration:

+
+
     crosswalk.dissemination.PluginName.namespace.Prefix = namespace-URI
+     crosswalk.dissemination.PluginName.schemaLocation = schemaLocation value
+
+

For example:

+
+
     crosswalk.dissemination.qdc.namespace.dc = http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
+     crosswalk.dissemination.qdc.namespace.dcterms = http://purl.org/dc/terms/
+     crosswalk.dissemination.qdc.schemalocation = http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ \
+     http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/2003/04/02/qualifieddc.xsd
+
+ +
Testing XSLT Crosswalks
+ +

The XSLT crosswalks will automatically reload an XSL stylesheet that has been modified, so you can edit and test stylesheets without restarting DSpace. You can test a dissemination crosswalk by hooking it up to an OAI-PMH crosswalk and using an OAI request to get the metadata for a known item.

+ +

Testing the submission crosswalk is more difficult, so we have supplied a command-line utility to help. It calls the crosswalk plugin to translate an XML document you submit, and displays the resulting intermediate XML (DIM). Invoke it with:

+
+
[dspace]/bin/dsrun
+     org.dspace.content.crosswalk.XSLTIngestionCrosswalk [-l] plugin input-file
+
+

where plugin is the name of the crosswalk plugin to test (e.g. "LOM"), and input-file is a file containing an XML document of metadata in the appropriate format.

+ +

Add the -l option to pass the ingestion crosswalk a list of elements instead of a whole document, as if the List form of the ingest() method had been called. This is needed to test ingesters for formats like DC that get called with lists of elements instead of a root element.

+ + + +

Configurable Qualified Dublin Core (QDC) dissemination crosswalk

+ +

The QDC crosswalk is a self-named plugin. To configure an instance of the QDC crosswalk, add a property to the DSpace configuration starting with "crosswalk.qdc.properties."; the final word of the property name becomes the plugin's name. For example, a property name crosswalk.qdc.properties.QDC defines a crosswalk plugin named "QDC".

+ +

The following is from dspace.cfg file:

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Properties: crosswalk.qdc.namspace.qdc.dc
Example Value: crosswalk.qdc.namspace.qdc.dc = http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1_
Properties: crosswalk.qdc.namspace.qdc.dcterms
Example Value: crosswalk.qdc.namspace.qdc.dc = http://purl.org/dc/terms/_
Properties: crosswalk.qdc.schemaLocation.QDC
Example Value:
+
crosswalk.qdc.schemaLocation.QDC = http://www.purl.org/dc/terms \
+      http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/2006/01/06/dcterms.xsd \
+      http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1 \
+      http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/2006/01/06/dc.xsd
+
Properties: crosswalk.qdc.properties.QDC
Example Value: crosswalk.qdc.properties.QDC = crosswalks/QDC.properties
Informational Note: Configuration of the QDC Crosswalk dissemination plugin for Qualified DC. (Add lower-case name for OAI-PMH. That is, change QDC to qdc.)}}
+
+ + +

In the property key "crosswalk.qdc.properties.QDC" the value of this property is a path to a separate properties file containing the configuration for this crosswalk. The pathname is relative to the DSpace configuration directory /[dspace]/config . Referring back to the "Example Value" for this property key, one has crosswalks/qdc.properties which defines a crosswalk named QDC whose configuration comes from the file [dspace]/config/crosswalks/qdc.properties .

+ +

You will also need to configure the namespaces and schema location strings for the XML output generated by this crosswalk. The namespaces properties names are formatted:

+ +

crosswalk.qdc.namespace.prefix = uri

+ +

where prefix is the namespace prefix and uri is the namespace URI. See the above Property and Example Value keys as the default dspace.cfg has been configured.

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The QDC crosswalk properties file is a list of properties describing how DSpace metadata elements are to be turned into elements of the Qualified DC XML output document. The property name is a concatenation of the metadata schema, element name, and optionally the qualifier. For example, the contributor.author element in the native Dublin Core schema would be: dc.contributor.author . The value of the property is an XML fragment, the element whose value will be set to the value of the metadata field in the property key.

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For example, in this property:

+ +

dc.coverage.temporal = <dcterms:temporal />

+ +

the generated XML in the output document would look like, e.g.:
+<dcterms:temporal>Fall, 2005</dcterms:temporal>

+ + +

Configuring Crosswalk Plugins

+ +

Ingestion crosswalk plugins are configured as named or self-named plugins for the interface org.dspace.content.crosswalk.IngestionCrosswalk. Dissemination crosswalk plugins are configured as named or self-named plugins for the interface org.dspace.content.crosswalk.DisseminationCrosswalk.

+ +

You can add names for existing crosswalks, add new plugin classes, and add new configurations for the configurable crosswalks as noted below.

+ + +

Configuring Packager Plugins

+ +

Package ingester plugins are configured as named or self-named plugins for the interface org.dspace.content.packager.PackageIngester . Package disseminator plugins are configured as named or self-named plugins for the interface org.dspace.content.packager.PackageDisseminator .

+ +

You can add names for the existing plugins, and add new plugins, by altering these configuration properties. See the Plugin Manager architecture for more information about plugins.

+ + + +

Event System Configuration

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If you are unfamiliar with the Event System in DSpace, and require additional information with terms like "Consumer" and "Dispatcher" please refer to:http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/EventSystemPrototype

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Property: event.dispatcher.default.class
Example Value: event.dispatcher.default.class = org.dspace.event.BasicDispatcher
Informational Note: This is the default synchronous dispatcher (Same behavior as traditional DSpace).
Property: event.dispatcher.default.consumers
Example Value: event.dispatcher.default.consumers = search, browse, eperson
Informational Note: This is the default synchronous dispatcher (Same behavior as traditional DSpace).
Property: event.dispatcher.noindex.class
Example Value: event.dispatcher.noindex.class = org.dspace.event.BasicDispatcher
Informational Note: The noindex dispatcher will not create search or browse indexes (useful for batch item imports).
Property: event.dispatcher.noindex.consumers
Example Value: event.dispatcher.noindex.consumers = eperson
Informational Note: The noindex dispatcher will not create search or browse indexes (useful for batch item imports).
Property: event.consumer.search.class
Example Value: event.consumer.search.class = org.dspace.search.SearchConsumer
Informational Note: Consumer to maintain the search index.
Property: event.consumer.search.filters
Example Value: {{event.consumer.search.filters = }}
+Community | Collection | Item | Bundle+Add | Create | Modify | Modify_Metadata | Delete | Remove
Informational Note: Consumer to maintain the search index.
Property: event.consumer.browse.class
Example Value: event.consumer.browse.class = org.dspace.browse.BrowseConsumer
Informational Note: Consumer to maintain the browse index.
Property: event.consumer.browse.filters
Example Value: event.consumer.browse.filters =
+Community | Collection | Item | Bundle+Add | Create | Modify | Modify_Metadata | Delete | Remove
Informational Note: Consumer to maintain the browse index.
Property: event.consumer.eperson.class
Example Value: event.consumer.eperson.class = org.dspace.eperson.EPersonConsumer
Informational Note: Consumer related to EPerson changes
Property: event.consumer.eperson.filters
Example Value: event.consumer.eperson.filters = EPerson+Create
Informational Note: Consumer related to EPerson changes
Property: event.consumer.test.class
Example Value: event.consumer.test.class = org.dspace.event.TestConsumer
Informational Note: Test consumer for debugging and monitoring. Commented out by default.
Property: event.consumer.test.filters
Example Value: event.consumer.test.filters = All+All
Informational Note: Test consumer for debugging and monitoring. Commented out by default.
Property: testConsumer.verbose
Example Value: testConsumer.verbose = true
Informational Note: Set this to true to enable testConsumer messages to standard output. Commented out by default.
+
+ + + +

Embargo

+ +

DSpace embargoes utilize standard metadata fields to hold both the 'terms' and the 'lift date'. Which fields you use are configurable, and no specific metadata element is dedicated or predefined for use in embargo. Rather, you specify exactly what field you want the embargo system to examine when it needs to find the terms or assign the lift date.

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Property: embargo.field.terms
Example Value: embargo.field.terms = SCHEMA.ELEMENT.QUALIFIER
Informational Note: Embargo terms will be stored in the item metadata. This property determines in which metadata field these terms will be stored. An example could be dc.embargo.terms
Property: embargo.field.lift
Example Value: embargo.field.lift = SCHEMA.ELEMENT.QUALIFIER
Informational Note: The Embargo lift date will be stored in the item metadata. This property determines in which metadata field the computed embargo lift date will be stored. You may need to create a DC metadata field in your Metadata Format Registry if it does not already exist. An example could be dc.embargo.liftdate
Property: embargo.terms.open
Example Value: embargo.terms.open = forever
Informational Note: You can determine your own values for the embargo.field.terms property (see above). This property determines what the string value will be for indefinite embargos. The string in terms field to indicate indefinite embargo.
Property: plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoSetter
Example Value: plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoSetter = org.dspace.embargo.DefaultEmbargoSetter
Informational Note: To implement the business logic to set your embargos, you need to override the EmbargoSetter class. If you use the value DefaultEmbargoSetter, the default implementation will be used.
Property: plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoLifter
Example Value: plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoLifter = org.dspace.embargo.DefaultEmbargoLifter
Informational Note: To implement the business logic to lift your embargos, you need to override the EmbargoLifter class. If you use the value DefaultEmbargoLifter, the default implementation will be used.
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Key Recommendations:

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  1. If using existing metadata fields, avoid any that are automatically managed by DSpace. For example, fields like 'date.issued' or 'date.accessioned' are normally automatically assigned, and thus must not be recruited for embargo use.
    2. +
  2. Do not place the field for 'lift date' in submission screens. This can potentially confuse submitters because they may feel that they can directly assign values to it. As noted in the life-cycle above, this is erroneous: the lift date gets assigned by the embargo system based on the terms. Any pre-existing value will be over-written. But see next recommendation for an exception.
    3. +
  3. As the life-cycle discussion above makes clear, after the terms are applied, that field is no longer actionable in the embargo system. Conversely, the 'lift date' field is not actionable until the application. Thus you may want to consider configuring both the 'terms' and 'lift date' to use the same metadata field. In this way, during workflow you would see only the terms, and after item installation, only the lift date. If you wish the metadata to retain the terms for any reason, use two distinct fields instead.
    +. Detailed Operation
    4. +
+ + +

After the fields defined for terms and lift date have been assigned in dspace.cfg, and created and configured wherever they will be used, you can begin to embargo items simply by entering data (dates, if using the default setter) in the terms field. They will automatically be embargoed as they exit workflow. For the embargo to be lifted on any item, however, a new administrative procedure must be added: the 'embargo lifter' must be invoked on a regular basis. This task examines all embargoed items, and if their 'lift date' has passed, it removes the access restrictions on the item. Good practice dictates automating this procedure using cron jobs or the like, rather than manually running it. The lifter is available as a target of the 1.6 DSpace launcher: see Section 8.

+ + +

Extending Embargo Functionality

+ +

The 1.6 Embargo system supplies a default 'interpreter/imposition' class (the 'Setter') as well as a 'Lifter', but they are fairly rudimentary in several aspects.

+ +
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  1. Setter. The default setter recognizes only two expressions of terms: either a literal, non-relative date in the fixed format 'yyyy-mm-dd' (known as ISO 8601), or a special string used for open-ended embargo (the default configured value for this is 'forever', but this can be changed in dspace.cfg to 'toujours', 'unendlich', etc). It will perform a minimal sanity check that the date is not in the past. Similarly, the default setter will only remove all read policies as noted above, rather than applying more nuanced rules (e.g allow access to certain IP groups, deny the rest). Fortunately, the setter class itself is configurable and you can 'plug in' any behavior you like, provided it is written in java and conforms to the setter interface. The dspace.cfg property: +
    +
    # implementation of embargo setter plugin - replace with local implementation if applicable
+plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoSetter = org.dspace.embargo.DefaultEmbargoSetter
    +
    +

    controls which setter to use.

    2. +
  2. Lifter.The default lifter behavior as described above‚ essentially applying the collection policy rules to the item‚ might also not be sufficient for all purposes. It also can be replaced with another class: +
    +
    # implementation of embargo lifter plugin--replace with local implementation if applicable
+plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoLifter = org.dspace.embargo.DefaultEmbargoLifter
    +
    3. +
+ + +

Step-by-Step Setup Examples

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  1. Simple Dates.If you want to enter simple calendar dates for when an embargo will expire, follow these steps. +
      +
    1. Select a metadata field. Let's use dc.description.embargo. This field does not exist in in the default DSpace metadata directory, so login as an administrator, go the metadata registry page, select the 'dc' schema, then add the metadata field.
      2. +
    2. Expose the metadata field. Edit [dspace]/config/input-forms.xml . If you have only one form‚ usually 'traditional', add it there. If you have multiple forms, add it only to the forms linked to collections for which embargo applies: +
      +
      <form name="traditional">
+    <page number="1">
+      ...
+       <field>
+         <dc-schema>dc</dc-schema>
+         <dc-element>description</dc-element>
+         <dc-qualifier>embargo</dc-qualifier>
+         <repeatable>false</repeatable>
+         <label>Embargo Date</label>
+         <input-type>onebox</input-type>
+         <hint>If required, enter date 'yyyy-mm-dd' when embargo expires or 'forever'.</hint>
+         <required></required>
+       </field>
+
      +
      +

      Note: if you want to require embargo terms for every item, put a phrase in the <required> element. Example:<required>You must enter an embargo date</required>

      3. +
    3. Configure Embargo. Edit [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg. Find the Embargo properties and set these two: +
      +
      # DC metadata field to hold the user-supplied embargo terms
+embargo.field.terms = dc.description.embargo
+
+# DC metadata field to hold computed "lift date" of embargo
+embargo.field.lift = dc.description.embargo
      +
      4. +
    4. Restart DSpace application. This will pick up these changes. Now just enter future dates (if applicable) in web submission and the items will be placed under embargo. You can enter years ('2020'), years and months ('2020-12'), or also days ('2020-12-15').
      5. +
    5. Periodically run the lifter. Run the task:_[dspace]/bin/dspace embargo-lifter_You will want to run this task in a cron-scheduled or other repeating way. Item embargoes will be lifted as their dates pass.
      6. +
    +
    2. +
  2. Period Sets. If you wish to use a fixed set of time periods (e.g. 90 days, 6 months and 1 year) as embargo terms, follow these steps, which involve using a custom 'setter'. +
      +
    1. Select two metadata fields. Let's use 'dc.embargo.terms' and 'dc.embargo.lift'. These fields do not exist in the default DSpace metadata registry. Login as an administrator, go the metadata registry page, select the 'dc' schema, then add the metadata fields.
      2. +
    2. Expose the 'term' metadata field. The lift field will be assigned by the embargo system, so it should not be exposed directly. Edit [dspace]/config/input-forms.xml . If you have only one form (usually 'traditional') add it there. If you have multiple forms, add it only to the form(s) linked to collection(s) for which embargo applies. First, add the new field to the 'form definition': +
      +
      <form name="traditional">
+    <page number="1">
+      ...
+       <field>
+         <dc-schema>dc</dc-schema>
+         <dc-element>embargo</dc-element>
+         <dc-qualifier>terms</dc-qualifier>
+         <repeatable>false</repeatable>
+         <label>Embargo Terms</label>
+         <input-type value-pairs-name="embargo_terms">dropdown</input-type>
+         <hint>If required, select embargo terms.</hint>
+         <required></required>
+         </field>
      +
      +

      Note: If you want to require embargo terms for every item, put a phrase in the <required> element, e.g._<required>You must select embargo terms</required>_Observe that we have referenced a new value-pair list: "embargo_terms'. We must now define that as well (only once even if references by multiple forms):

      +
      +
      <form-value-pairs>
+   ...
+   <value-pairs value-pairs-name="embargo_terms" dc-term="embargo.terms">
+     <pair>
+       <displayed-value>90 days</displayed-value>
+       <stored-value>90 days</stored-value>
+     </pair>
+     <pair>
+       <displayed-value>6 months</displayed-value>
+       <stored-value>6 months</stored-value>
+     </pair>
+     <pair>
+       <displayed-value>1 year</displayed-value>
+       <stored-value>1 year</stored-value>
+     </pair>
+   </value-pairs>
+
      +
      +

      Note: if desired, you could localize the language of the displayed value.

      3. +
    3. Configure Embargo. Edit /dspace/config/dspace.cfg. Find the Embargo properties and set the following properties: +
      +
          # DC metadata field to hold the user-supplied embargo terms
+    embargo.field.terms = dc.embargo.terms
+
+    # DC metadata field to hold computed "lift date" of embargo
+    embargo.field.lift = dc.embargo.lift
+
+    # implementation of embargo setter plugin - replace with local implementation if applicable
+    plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoSetter = org.dspace.embargo.DayTableEmbargoSetter
      +
      4. +
    +
    3. +
+ + +

Now add a new property called 'embargo.terms.days' as follows:

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    # DC metadata field to hold computed "lift date" of embargo
+    embargo.terms.days = 90 days:90, 6 months:180, 1 year:365
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+ +
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  1. +
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    1. This step is the same as Step A.4 above, except that instead of entering a date, the submitter will select a value form a drop-down list.
      2. +
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    2. +
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  1. +
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    1. Periodically run the lifter. Run the task:
      +[dspace]/bin/dspace embargo-lifter .
      +You will want to run this task in a cron-scheduled or other repeating way. Item embargoes will be lifted as their dates pass.
      2. +
    +
    2. +
+ + + +

Checksum Checker Settings

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DSpace now comes with a Checksum Checker script ([dspace]/bin/dspace checker) which can be scheduled to verify the checksum of every item within DSpace. Since DSpace calculates and records the checksum of every file submitted to it, this script is able to determine whether or not a file has been changed (either manually or by some sort of corruption or virus). The idea being that the earlier you can identify a file has changed, the more likely you'd be able to recover it (assuming it was not a wanted change).

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Property: plugin.single.org.dspace.checker.BitstreamDispatcher
Example Value: plugin.single.org.dspace.checker.BitstreamDispatcher = org.dspace.checker.SimpleDispatcher
Informational Note: The Default dispatcher is case non is specified.
Property: checker.retention.default
Example Value: checker.retention.default = 10y
Informational Note: This option specifies the default time frame after which all checksum checks are removed from the database (defaults to 10 years). This means that after 10 years, all successful or unsuccessful matches are removed from the database.
Property: checker.retention.CHECKSUM_MATCH
Example Value: checker.retention.CHECKSUM_MATCH = 8w
Informational Note: This option specifies the time frame after which a successful match will be removed from your DSpace database (defaults to 8 weeks). This means that after 8 weeks, all successful matches are automatically deleted from your database (in order to keep that database table from growing too large).
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Item Export and Download Settings

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It is possible for an authorized user to request a complete export and download of a DSpace item in a compressed zip file. This zip file may contain the following:
+dublin_core.xml
+license.txt
+contents (listing of the contents)
+handle file itself and the extract file if available

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The configuration settings control several aspects of this feature:

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Property: org.dspace.app.itemexport.work.dir
Example Value: org.dspace.app.itemexport.work.dir = ${dspace.dir}/exports
Informational Note: The directory where the exports will be done and compressed.
Property: org.dspace.app.itemexport.download.dir
Example Value: org.dspace.app.itemexport.download.dir = ${dspace.dir}/exports/download
Informational Note The directory where the compressed files will reside and be read by the downloader.
Property: org.dspace.app.itemexport.life.span.hours
Example Value: org.dspace.app.itemexport.life.span.hours = 48
Informational Note The length of time in hours each archive should live for. When new archives are created this entry is used to delete old ones.
Property: org.dspace.app.itemexport.max.size
Example Value: org.dspace.app.itemexport.max.size = 200
Informational Note The maximum size in Megabytes (Mb) that the export should be. This is enforced before the compression. Each bitstream's size in each item being exported is added up, if their cumulative sizes are more than this entry the export is not kicked off.
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Subscription Emails

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DSpace, through some advanced installation and setup, is able to send out an email to collections that a user has subscribed. The user who is subscribed to a collection is emailed each time an item id added or modified. The following property key controls whether or not a user should be notified of a modification.

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Property: eperson.subscription.onlynew
Example Value: eperson.subscription.onlynew = true
Informational Note: For backwards compatibility, the subscription emails by default include any modified items. The property key is COMMENTED OUT by default.
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Batch Metadata Editing

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The following configurations allow the administrator extract from the DSpace database a set of records for editing by a metadata export. It provides an easier way of editing large collections.

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Property: bulkedit.valueseparator
Example Value: bulkedit.valueseparator = ||
Informational note The delimiter used to separate values within a single field. For example, this will place the double pipe between multiple authors appearing in one record (Smith, William || Johannsen, Susan). This applies to any metadata field that appears more than once in a record. The user can change this to another character.
Property: bulkedit.fieldseparator
Example Value: bulkedit.fieldseparator = ,
Informational note The delimiter used to separate fields (defaults to a comma for CSV). Again, the user could change it something like '$'. If you wish to use a tab, semicolon, or hash (#) sign as the delimiter, set the value to be tab, semicolon or hash. +
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bulkedit.fieldseparator = tab
+
+

Property: bulkedit.gui-item-limit
Example Value: bulkedit.gui-item-limit = 20
Informational note When using the WEBUI, this sets the limit of the number of items allowed to be edited in one processing. There is no limit when using the CLI.
Property: bulkedit.ignore-on-export
Example Value:
+
bulkedit.ignore-on-export = dc.date.accessioned, \
+                            dc.date.available, \
+                            dc.date.updated, dc.description.provenance
+
Informational note Metadata elements to exclude when exporting via the user interfaces, or when using the command line version and not using the -a (all) option.
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Hiding Metadata

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It is now possible to hide metadata from public consumption that is only available to the Administrator.

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Property: metadata.hide.dc.description.provenance
Example Value: metadata.hide.dc.description.provenance = true
Informational Note: Hides the metadata in the property key above except to the administrator. Fields named here are hidden in the following places UNLESS the logged-in user is an Administrator: +
    +
  1. XMLUI metadata XML view, and Item splash pages (long and short views).
    2. +
  2. JSPUI Item splash pages
    3. +
  3. OAI-PMH server, "oai_dc" format. (Note: Other formats are *not* affected.)To designate a field as hidden, add a property here in the form: metadata.hide.SCHEMA.ELEMENT.QUALIFIER = true. This default configuration hides the dc.description.provenance field, since that usually contains email addresses which ought to be kept private and is mainly of interest to administrators.
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Settings for the Submission Process

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These settings control two aspects of the submission process: thesis submission permission and whether or not a bitstream file is required when submitting to a collection.

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Property: webui.submit.blocktheses
Example Value: webui.submit.blocktheses = false
Informational Note: Controls whether or not that the submission should be marked as a thesis.
Property: webui.submit.upload.required
Example Value: webui.submit.upload.required = true
Informational Note: Whether or not a file is required to be uploaded during the "Upload" step in the submission process. The default is true. If set to "false", then the submitter (human being) has the option to skip the uploading of a file.
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+ + + +

Configuring Creative Commons License

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This enables the Creative Commons license step in the submission process of the JSP User Interface (JSPUI). Submitters are given an opportunity to select a Creative Common license to accompany the item. Creative Commons license govern the use of the content. For further details, refer to the Creative Commons website at http://creativecommons.org .

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Property: webui.submit.enable-cc
Example Value: webui.submit.enable-cc = false
Informational Note: Set key to "false" if you are not using CC License. Set key to "true" if you are using CC License.
Property: webui.submit.cc-jurisdiction
Example Value: webui.submit.cc-jurisdiction = nz
Informational Note: Should a jurisdiction be used? If so, which one? See http://creativecommons.org/international/ for a list of possible codes (e.g. nz = New Zealand, uk = England and Wales, jp = Japan)
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+ + + +

WEB User Interface Configurations

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General Web User Interface Configurations
+In this section of Configuration, we address the agnostic WEB User Interface that is used for JSP UI and XML UI. Some of the configurations will give information towards customization or refer you to the appropriate documentation.

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Property: webui.browse.thubnail.show
Example Value: webui.browse.thubnail.show = true
Informational Note: Controls whether to display thumbnails on browse and search result pages. If you have customized the Browse columnlist, then you must also include a "thumbnail" column in your configuration. _(This configuration property key is not used by XMLUI. To show thumbnails using XMLUI, you need to create a theme which displays them)._
Property: webui.browse.thumbnail.maxheight
Example Value: webui.browse.thumbnail.maxheight = 80
Informational Note: This property determines the maximum height of the browse/search thumbnails in pixels (px). This only needs to be set if the thumbnails are required to be smaller than the dimensions of thumbnails generated by MediaFilter.
Property: webui.browse.thumbnail.maxwidth
Example Value: webui.browse.thumbnail.maxwidth = 80
Informational Note: This determines the maximum width of the browse/search thumbnails in pixels (px). This only needs to be set if the thumbnails are required to be smaller than the dimensions of thumbnails generated by MediaFilter.
Property: webui.item.thumbnail.show
Example Value: webui.item.thumbnail.show = true
Informational Note: This determines whether or not to display the thumbnail against each bitstream. (This configuration property key is not used by XMLUI. To show thumbnails using XMLUI, you need to create a theme which displays them).
Property: webui.browse.thumbnail.linkbehavior
Example Value: webui.browse.thumbnail.linkbehavior = item
Informational Note: This determines where clicks on the thumbnail in browse and search screens should lead. The only values currently supported are "item" or "bitstream", which will either take the user to the item page, or directly download the bitstream.
Property: thumbnail.maxwidth
Example Value: thumbnail.maxwidth = 80
Informational Note: This property sets the maximum width of generated thumbnails that are being displayed on item pages.
Property: thumbnail.maxheight
Example Value: thumbnail.maxheight = 80
Informational Note: This property sets the maximum height of generated thumbnails that are being displayed on item pages.
Property: webui.preview.enabled
Example Value: webui.preview.enabled = false
Informational Note: Whether or not the user can "preview" the image.
Property: webui.preview.maxwidth
Example Value: webui.preview.maxwidth = 600
Informational Note: This property sets the maximum width for the preview image.
Property: webui.preview.maxheight
Example Value: webui.preview.maxheight = 600
Informational Note: This property sets the maximum height for the preview image.
Property: webui.preview.brand
Example Value: webui.preview.brand = My Institution Name
Informational Note: This is the brand text that will appear with the image.
Property: webui.preview.brand.abbrev
Example Value: webui.preview.brand.abbrev = MyOrg
Informational Note: An abbreviated form of the full Branded Name. This will be used when the preview image cannot fit the normal text.
Property: webui.preview.brand.height
Example Value: webui.preview.brand.height = 20
Informational Note: The height (in px) of the brand.
Property: webui.preview.brand.font
Example Value: webui.preview.brand.font = SansSerif
Informational Note: This property sets the font for your Brand text that appears with the image.
Property: webui.preview.brand.fontpoint
Example Value: webui.preview.brand.fontpoint = 12
Informational Note: This property sets the font point (size) for your Brand text that appears with the image.
Property: webui.preview.dc
Example Value: webui.preview.dc = rights
Informational Note: The Dublin Core field that will display along with the preview. This field is optional.
Property: webui.strengths.show
Example Value: webui.strengths.show = false
Informational Note: Determines if communities and collections should display item counts when listed. The default behavior if omitted, is true. (This configuration property key is not used by XMLUI. To show thumbnails using XMLUI, you need to create a theme which displays them).
Property: webui.strengths.cache
Example Value: webui.strengths.cache = false
Informational Note: When showing the strengths, should they be counted in real time, or fetched from the cache. Counts fetched in real time will perform an actual count of the database contents every time a page with this feature is requested, which will not scale. If you set the property key is set to cache ("true") you must run the following command periodically to update the count: /[dspace]/bin/dspace itemcounter. The default is to count in real time (set to "false").
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Browse Index Configuration

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The browse indexes for DSpace can be extensively configured. This section of the configuration allows you to take control of the indexes you wish to browse, and how you wish to present the results. The configuration is broken into several parts: defining the indexes, defining the fields upon which users can sort results, defining truncation for potentially long fields (e.g. authors), setting cross-links between different browse contexts (e.g. from an author's name to a complete list of their items), how many recent submissions to display, and configuration for item mapping browse.

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Property: webui.browse.index.<n>
Example Value: {{webui.browse.index.1 = dateissued:metadata:dc.date.issued:date:full }}
Informational Note: This is an example of how one "Defines the Indexes". See Defining the Indexes in the next sub-section.
Property: webui.itemlist.sort-option.<n>
Example Value: webui.itemlist.sort-option.1 = title:dc.title:title
Informational Note: This is an example of how one "Defines the Sort Options". See Defining Sort Options in the following sub-section.
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Defining the Indexes.

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DSpace arrives with four default indexes already defined: author, title, date issued, and subjects. Users may also define additional indexes or re-configure the current indexes for different levels of specificity. For example, the default entries that appear in the dspace.cfg as default installation:

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webui.browse.index.1 = dateissued:metadata:dc.date.issued:date:full
+webui.browse.index.2 = author:metadata:dc.contributor.*:text
+webui.browse.index.3 = title:metadata:dc.title:title:full
+webui.browse.index.4 = subject:metadata:dc.subject.*:text
+#webui.browse.index.5 = dateaccessioned:item:dateaccessioned
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The format of each entry is webui.browse.index.<n> = <index name>:<metadata>:<schema prefix>.<element>.<qualifier>:<data-type field>:<sort option>. Please notice that the punctuation is paramount in typing this property key in the dspace.cfg file. The following table explains each element:

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Element Definition and Options (if available)
webui.browse.index.{<n> n is the index number. The index numbers must start from 1 and increment continuously by 1 thereafter. Deviation from this will cause an error during install or a configuration update. So anytime you add a new browse index, remember to increase the number. (Commented out index numbers may be used over again).
<index name> The name by which the index will be identified. You will need to update your Messages.properties file to match this field. (The form used in the Messages.properties file is: browse.type.metadata.<index name> .
<metadata> Only two options are available: "metadata" or "item"
<schema prefix> The schema used for the field to be index. The default is dc (for Dublin Core).
<element> The schema element. In Dublin Core, for example, the author element is referred to as "Contributor". The user should consult the default Dublin Core Metadata Registry table in Appendix A.
<qualifier> This is the qualifier to the <element> component. The user has two choices: an asterisk "" or a proper qualifier of the element. The asterisk is a wildcard and causes DSpace to index all types of the schema element. For example, if you have the element "contributor" and the qualifier "" then you would index all contributor data regardless of the qualifier. Another example, you have the element "subject" and the qualifier "lcsh" would cause the indexing of only those fields that have the qualifier "lcsh". (This means you would only index Library of Congress Subject Headings and not all data elements that are subjects.
<datatype field> This refers to the datatype of the field:
+date the index type will be treated as a date object
+title the index type will be treated like a title, which will include a link to the item page
+text the index type will be treated as plain text. If single mode is specified then this will link to the full mode list
<index display> Choose full or single. This refers to the way that the index will be displayed in the browse listing. "Full" will be the full item list as specified by webui.itemlist.columns ; "single" will be a single list of only the indexed term.
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If you are customizing this list beyond the default, you will need to insert the text you wish to appear in the navigation and on link and buttons. You need to edit the Messages.properties file. The form of the parameter(s) in the file:
+browse.type.<index name>

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Defining Sort Options

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Sort options will be available when browsing a list of items (i.e. only in "full" mode, not "single" mode). You can define an arbitrary number of fields to sort on, irrespective of which fields you display using web.itemlist.columns. For example, the default entries that appear in the dspace.cfg as default installation:

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webui.itemlist.sort-option.1 = title:dc.title:title
+webui.itemlist.sort-option.2 = dateissued:dc.date.issued:date
+webui.itemlist.sort-option.3 = dateaccessioned:dc.date.accessioned:date
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The format of each entry is web.browse.sort-option.<n> = <option name>:<schema prefix>.<element>.<qualifier>:<datatype>. Please notice the punctuation used between the different elements. The following table explains the each element:

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Element Definition and Options (if available)
webui.browse.index.n n is an arbitrary number you choose.
<option name> The name by which the sort option will be identified. This may be used in later configuration or to locate the message key (found in Messages.properties file) for this index.
<schema prefix> The schema used for the field to be index. The default is dc (for Dublin Core).
<element> The schema element. In Dublin Core, for example, the author element is referred to as "Contributor". The user should consult the default Dublin Core Metadata Registry table in Appendix A.
<qualifier> This is the qualifier to the <element> component. The user has two choices: an asterisk "*" or a proper qualifier of the element.
<datatype field> This refers to the datatype of the field:
+date the sort type will be treated as a date object
+text the sort type will be treated as plain text.
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Browse Index Normalization Rule Configuration

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Normalization Rules are those rules that make it possible for the indexes to intermix entries without regard to case sensitivity. By default, the display of metadata in the browse indexes are case-sensitive. In the example below, you retrieve separate entries:
+Twain, Marktwain, markTWAIN, MARK
+However, clicking through from either of these will result in the same set of items (i.e., any item that contains either representation in the correct field).

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Property: webui.browse.metadata.case-insensitive
Example Value: webui.browse.metadata.case-insensitive = true
Informational Note: This controls the normalization of the index entry. Uncommenting the option (which is commented out by default) will make the metadata items case-insensitive. This will result in a single entry in the example above. However, the value displayed may be any one of the above‚ depending on what representation was present in the first item indexed.
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At the present time, you would need to edit your metadata to clean up the index presentation.

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Other Browse Options

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We set other browse values in the following section.

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Property: webui.browse.value_columns.max
Example Value: webui.browse.value_columns.max = 500
Informational Note: This sets the options for the size (number of characters) of the fields stored in the database. The default is 0, which is unlimited size for fields holding indexed data. Some database implementations (e.g. Oracle) will enforce their own limit on this field size. Reducing the field size will decrease the potential size of your database and increase the speed of the browse, but it will also increase the chance of mis-ordering of similar fields. The values are commented out, but proposed values for reasonably performance versus result quality. This affects the size of field for the browse value (this will affect display, and value sorting )
Property: webui.browse.sort_columns.max
Example Value: webui.browse.sort_columns.max = 200
Informational Note: Size of field for hidden sort columns (this will affect only sorting, not display). Commented out as default.
Property: webui.browse.value_columns.omission_mark
Example Value: webui.browse.value_columns.omission_mark = ...
Informational Note: Omission mark to be placed after truncated strings in display. The default is "...".
Property: plugin.named.org.dspace.sort.OrderFormatDelegate
Example Value:
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+org.dspace.sort.OrderFormatTitleMarc21=title
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Informational Note: This sets the option for how the indexes are sorted. All sort normalizations are carried out by the OrderFormatDelegate. The plugin manager can be used to specify your own delegates for each datatype. The default datatypes (and delegates) are: +
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+title  = org.dspace.sort.OrderFormatTitle
+text   = org.dspace.sort.OrderFormatText
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If you redefine a default datatype here, the configuration will be used in preferences to the default. However, if you do not explicitly redefine a datatype, then the default will still be used in addition to the datatypes you do specify. As of DSpace release 1.5.2, the multi-lingual MARC21 title ordering is configured as default, as shown in the example above. To use the previous title ordering (before release 1.5.2), comment out the configuration in your dspace.cfg file.

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Browse Index Authority Control Configuration

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Property: webui.browse.index.<n>
Example Value: webui.browse.index.5 = lcAuthor:metadataAuthority:dc.contributor.author:authority
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Author (Multiple metadata value) Display

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This section actually applies to any field with multiple values, but authors are the define case and example here.

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Property: webui.browse.author-field
Example Value: webui.browse.author-field = dc.contributor.*
Informational Note: This defines which field is the author/editor, etc. listing.
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Replace dc.contributor.* with another field if appropriate. The field should be listed in the configuration for webui.itemlist.columns, otherwise you will not see its effect. It must also be defined in webui.itemlist.columns as being of the datatype text otherwise the functionality will be overridden by the specific data type feature. (This setting is not used by the XMLUI as it is controlled by your theme).

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Now that we know which field is our author or other multiple metadata value field we can provide the option to truncate the number of values displayed by default. We replace the remaining list of values with "et al" or the language pack specific alternative. Note that this is just for the default, and users will have the option of changing the number displayed when they browse the results. See the following table:

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Property: webui.browse.author-limit
Example Value: webui.browse.author-limit = <n>
Informational Note: | Where <n> is an integer number of values to be displayed. Use -1 for unlimited (the default value).
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Links to Other Browse Contexts

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We can define which fields link to other browse listings. This is useful, for example, to link an author's name to a list of just that author's items. The effect this has is to create links to browse views for the item clicked on. If it is a "single" type, it will link to a view of all the items which share that metadata element in common (i.e. all the papers by a single author). If it is a "full" type, it will link to a view of the standard full browse page, starting with the value of the link clicked on.

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Property: webui.browse.link.n
Example Value: webui.browse.link.1 = author:dc.contributor.*
Informational Note: This is used to configure which fields should link to other browse listings. This should be associated with the name of one of the browse indexes (webui.browse.index.n) with a metadata field listed in webui.itemlist.columns above. If this condition is not fulfilled, cross-linking will not work. Note also that crosslinking only works for metadata fields not tagged as title in webui.itemlist.columns.
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The format of the property key is webui.browse.link.<n> = <index name>:<display column metadata> Please notice the punctuation used between the elements.

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Element Definition and Options (if available)
webui.browse.link.n {{n is an arbitrary number you choose
<index name> This need to match your entry for the index name from webui.browse.index property key.
<display column metadata> Use the DC element (and qualifier)
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Examples of some browse links used in a real DSpace installation instance:

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webui.browse.link.1 = author:dc.contributor.*

Creates a link for all types of contributors (authors, editors, illustrators, others, etc.)

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Creates a link to subjects that are Library of Congress only. In this case, you have a browse index that contains only LC Subject Headings

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webui.browse.link.3 = series:dc.relation.ispartofseries

Creates a link for the browse index "Series". Please note this is again, a customized browse index and not part of the DSpace distributed release.

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Recent Submissions

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This allows us to define which index to base Recent Submission display on, and how many we should show at any one time. This uses the PluginManager to automatically load the relevant plugin for the Community and Collection home pages. Values given in examples are the defaults supplied in dspace.cfg

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Property: recent.submission.sort-option
Example Value: recent.submission.sort-option = dateaccessioned
Informational Note: First is to define the sort name (from webui.browse.sort-options) to use for displaying recent submissions.
Property: recent.submissions.count
Example Value: recent.submissions.count = 5
Informational Note: Defines how many recent submissions should be displayed at any one time.
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There will be the need to set up the processors that the PluginManager will load to actually perform the recent submissions query on the relevant pages. This is already configured by default dspace.cfg so there should be no need for the administrator/programmer to worry about this.

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plugin.sequence.org.dspace.plugin.CommunityHomeProcessor = \
+        org.dspace.app.webui.components.RecentCommunitySubmissions
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+        org.dspace.app.webui.components.RecentCollectionSubmissions
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Submission License Substitution Variables

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(property key broken up for display purposes only)

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+	org.dspace.content.license.SimpleDSpaceObjectLicenseFormatter = collection, \
+	org.dspace.content.license.SimpleDSpaceObjectLicenseFormatter = item, \
+	org.dspace.content.license.SimpleDSpaceObjectLicenseFormatter = eperson
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Informational Note: It is possible include contextual information in the submission license using substitution variables. The text substitution is driven by a plugin implementation.
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Syndication Feed (RSS) Settings

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This will enable syndication feeds‚ links display on community and collection home pages. This setting is not used by the XMLUI, as you enable feeds in your theme.

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Property: webui.feed.enable
Example Value: webui.feed.enable = true
Informational Note: By default, RSS feeds are set to true (on) . Change key to "false" to disable.
Property: webui.feed.items
Example Value: webui.feed.items = 4
Informational Note: Defines the number of DSpace items per feed (the most recent submissions)
Property: webui.feed.cache.size
Example Value: webui.feed.cache.size = 100
Informational Note: Defines the maximum number of feeds in memory cache. Value of "0" will disable caching.
Property: webui.feed.cache.age
Example Value: webui.feed.cache.age = 48
Informational Note: Defines the number of hours to keep cached feeds before checking currency. The value of "0" will force a check with each request.
Property: webui.feed.formats
Example Value: webui.feed.formats = rss_1.0,rss_2.0,atom_1.0
Informational Note: Defines which syndication formats to offer. You can use more than one; use a comma-separated list. The following list are the available values: rss_0.90, rss_0.91, rss_0.92, rss_0.93, rss_0.94, rss_1.0, rss_2.0, atom_1.0.
Property: webui.feed.localresolve
Example Value: webui.feed.localresolve = false
Informational Note: By default, (set to false), URLs returned by the feed will point at the global handle resolver (e.g. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1). If set to true the local server URLs are used (e.g. http://myserver.myorg/handle/123456789/1).
Property: webui.feed.item.title
Example Value: webui.feed.item.title = dc.title
Informational Note: This property customizes each single-value field displayed in the feed information for each item. Each of the fields takes a single metadata field. The form of the key is <scheme prefix>.<element>.<qualifier> In place of the qualifier, one may leave it blank to exclude any qualifiers or use the wildcard "*" to include all qualifiers for a particular element.
Property: webui.feed.item.date
Example Value: webui.feed.item.date = dc.date.issued
Informational Note: This property customizes each single-value field displayed in the feed information for each item. Each of the fields takes a single metadata field. The form of the key is <scheme prefix>.<element>.<qualifier> In place of the qualifier, one may leave it blank to exclude any qualifiers or use the wildcard "*" to include all qualifiers for a particular element.
Property: webui.feed.item.description
Example Value:
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+           dc.contributor.editor, dc.description.abstract, \
+           dc.description
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Property: webui.feed.item.author
Example Value: webui.feed.item.author = dc.contributor.author
Informational Note: The name of field to use for authors (Atom only); repeatable.
Property: webui.feed.logo.url
Example Value: webui.feed.logo.url = ${dspace.url}/themes/mysite/images/mysite-logo.png
Informational Note: Customize the image icon included with the site-wide feeds. This must be an absolute URL.
Property: webui.feed.item.dc.creator
Example Value: webui.feed.item.dc.creator = dc.contributor.author
Informational Note: This optional property adds structured DC elements as XML elements to the feed description. They are not the same thing as, for example, webui.feed.item.description. Useful when a program or stylesheet will be transforming a feed and wants separate author, description, date, etc.
Property: webui.feed.item.dc.date
Example Value: webui.feed.item.dc.date = dc.date.issued
Informational Note: This optional property adds structured DC elements as XML elements to the feed description. They are not the same thing as, for example, webui.feed.item.description. Useful when a program or stylesheet will be transforming a feed and wants separate author, description, date, etc.
Property: webui.feed.item.dc.description
Example Value: webui.feed.item.dc.description = dc.description.abstract
Informational Note: This optional property adds structured DC elements as XML elements to the feed description. They are not the same thing as, for example, webui.feed.item.description. Useful when a program or stylesheet will be transforming a feed and wants separate author, description, date, etc.
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OpenSearch Support

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OpenSearch is a small set of conventions and documents for describing and using "search engines", meaning any service that returns a set of results for a query. See extensive description in the Business Layer section of the documentation.

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Please note that for result data formatting, OpenSearch uses Syndication Feed Settings (RSS). So, even if Syndication Feeds are not enable, they must be configured to enable OpenSearch. OpenSearch uses all the configuration properties for DSpace RSS to determine the mapping of metadata fields to feed fields. Note that a new field for authors has been added (used in Atom format only).

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Property: websvc.opensearch.enable
Example Value: websvc.opensearch.enable = false
Informational Note: Whether or not OpenSearch is enabled. By default, the feature is disabled. Change the property key to 'true' to enable.
Property: websvc.opensearch.uicontext
Example Value: websvc.opensearch.uicontext = simple-search
Informational Note: Context for HTML request URLs. Change only for non-standard servlet mapping.
Property: websvc.opensearch.svccontext
Example Value: websvc.opensearch.svccontext = open-search/
Informational Note: Context for RSS/Atom request URLs. Change only for non-standard servlet mapping.
Property: websvc.opensearch.autolink
Example Value: websvc.opensearch.autolink = true
Informational Note: Present autodiscovery link in every page head.
Property: websvc.opensearch.validity
Example Value: websvc.opensearch.validity = 48
Informational Note: Number of hours to retain results before recalculating. This applies to the Manakin interface only.
Property: websvc.opensearch.shortname
Example Value: websvc.opensearch.shortname = DSpace
Informational Note: A short name used in browsers for search service. It should be sixteen (16) or fewer characters.
Property: websvc.opensearch.longname
Example Value: websvc.opensearch.longname = ${dspace.name}
Informational Note: A longer name up to 48 characters.
Property: websvc.opensearch.description
Example Value: websvc.opensearch.description = ${dspace.name} DSpace repository
Informational Note: Brief service description
Property: websvc.opensearch.faviconurl
Example Value: _websvc.opensearch.faviconurl = http://www.dspace.org/images/favicon.ico_
Informational Note: Location of favicon for service, if any. They must by 16 x 16 pixels. You can provide your own local favicon instead of the default.
Property: websvc.opensearch.samplequery
Example Value: websvc.opensearch.samplequery = photosynthesis
Informational Note: Sample query. This should return results. You can replace the sample query with search terms that should actually yield results in your repository.
Property: websvc.opensearch.tags
Example Value: websc.opensearch.tags = IR DSpace
Informational Note: Tags used to describe search service.
Property: websvc.opensearch.formats
Example Value: websvc.opensearch.formats = html,atom,rss
Informational Note: Result formats offered. Use one or more comma-separated from the list: html, atom, rss. Please note that html is required for auto discovery in browsers to function, and must be the first in the list if present.
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Content Inline Disposition Threshold

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The following configuration is used to change the disposition behavior of the browser. That is, when the browser will attempt to open the file or download it to the user-specified location. For example, the default size is 8MB. When an item being viewed is larger than 8MB, the browser will download the file to the desktop (or wherever you have it set to download) and the user will have to open it manually.

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Property: webui.content_disposition_threshold
Example value: webui.content_disposition_threshold = 8388608
Informational Note: The default value is set to 8MB. This property key applies to the JSPUI interface.
Property: xmlui.content_disposition_threshold
Example Value: xmlui.content_disposition_threshold = 8388608
Informational Note: The default value is set to 8MB. This property key applies to the XMLUI (Manakin) interface.
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Other values are possible:
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Multi-file HTML Document/Site Settings

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The setting is used to configure the "depth" of request for html documents bearing the same name.

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Property: webui.html.max-depth-guess
Example Value: webui.html.max-depth-guess = 3
Informational Note: When serving up composite HTML items in the JSP UI, how deep can the request be for us to serve up a file with the same name? For example, if one receives a request for "foo/bar/index.html" and one has a bitstream called just "index.html", DSpace will serve up the former bitstream (foo/bar/index.html) for the request if webui.html.max-depth-guess is 2 or greater. If webui.html.max-depth-guess is 1 or less, then DSpace would not serve that bitstream, as the depth of the file is greater. If webui.html.max-depth-guess is zero, the request filename and path must always exactly match the bitstream name. The default is set to 3.
Property: xmlui.html.max-depth-guess
Example Value: xmlui.html.max-depth-guess = 3
Informational Note: When serving up composite HTML items in the XMLUI, how deep can the request be for us to serve up a file with the same name? For example, if one receives a request for "foo/bar/index.html" and one has a bitstream called just "index.html", DSpace will serve up the former bitstream (foo/bar/index.html) for the request if webui.html.max-depth-guess is 2 or greater. If xmlui.html.max-depth-guess is 1 or less, then DSpace would not serve that bitstream, as the depth of the file is greater. If _webui.html.max-depth-guess _is zero, the request filename and path must always exactly match the bitstream name. The default is set to 3.
+
+ + + +

Sitemap Settings

+ +

To aid web crawlers index the content within your repository, you can make use of sitemaps.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: sitemap.dir
Example Value: sitemap.dir = ${dspace.dir}/sitemaps
Informational Note: The directory where the generate sitemaps are stored.
Property: sitemap.engineurls
Example Value: _sitemap.engineurls = http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap=_
Informational Note: Comma-separated list of search engine URLs to 'ping' when a new Sitemap has been created. Include everything except the Sitemap UL itself (which will be URL-encoded and appended to form the actual URL 'pinged').Add the following to the above parameter if you have an application ID with Yahoo: http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorererService/V1/updateNotification?appid=REPLACE_ME?url=_. (Replace the component _REPLACE_ME with your application ID). There is no known 'ping' URL for MSN/Live search.
+
+ + + +

Authority Control Settings

+ +

Two new features of DSpace 1.6 fall under the header of Authority Control: Choice Management and Authority Control of Item ("DC") metadata values. Authority control is a fully optional feature in DSpace 1.6. Implemented out of the box are the Library of Congress Names service, and the Sherpa Romeo authority plugin.

+ +

For an in-depth description of this feature, please consult: http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/Authority_Control_of_Metadata_Values

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+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: plugin.named.org.dspace.content.authority.ChoiceAuthority
Example Value:
+
plugin.named.org.dspace.content.authority.ChoiceAuthority = \
+	org.dspace.content.authority.SampleAuthority = Sample, \
+ 	org.dspace.content.authority.LCNameAuthority = LCNameAuthority, \
+ 	org.dspace.content.authority.SHERPARoMEOPublisher = SRPublisher, \
+ 	org.dspace.content.authority.SHERPARoMEOJournalTitle = SRJournalTitle
+
Informational Note: --
Property: plugin.selfnamed.org.dspace.content.authority.ChoiceAuthority
Example Value:
+
plugin.selfnamed.org.dspace.content.authority.ChoiceAuthority = \
+	org.dspace.content.authority.DCInputAuthority
+
Property: lcname.url
Example Value: lcname.url = http://alcme.oclc.org/srw/search/lcnaf_
Informational Note: Location (URL) of the Library of Congress Name Service
Property: sherpa.romeo.url
Example Value: sherpa.romeo.url = http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/api24.php_
Informational Note: Location (URL) of the SHERPA/RoMEO authority plugin
Property: authority.minconfidence
Example Value: authority.minconfidence = ambiguous
Informational Note: This sets the default lowest confidence level at which a metadata value is included in an authority-controlled browse (and search) index. It is a symbolic keyword, one of the following values (listed in descending order): accepted, uncertain, ambiguous, notfound, failed, rejected, novalue, unset. See org.dspace.content.authority.Choices source for descriptions.
Property: xmlui.lookup.select.size
Example Value: xmlui.lookup.select.size = 12
Informational Note: This property sets the number of selectable choices in the Choices lookup popup
+
+ + + +

JSPUI Upload File Settings

+ +

To alter these properties for the XMLUI, please consult the Cocoon specific configuration at /WEB-INF/cocoon/properties/core.properties.

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+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: upload.temp.dir
Example Value: upload.temp.dir = ${dspace.dir}/upload
Informational Note: This property sets where DSpace temporarily stores uploaded files.
Property: upload.max
Example Value: upload.max = 536870912
Informational Note: Maximum size of uploaded files in bytes. A negative setting will result in no limit being set. The default is set for 512Mb.
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+ + + +

JSP Web Interface (JSPUI) Settings

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The following section is limited to JSPUI. If the user wishes to use XMLUI settings, please refer to Chapter 7: XMLUI Configuration and Customization.

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Property: webui.licence_bundle.show
Example Value: webui.licence_bundle.show = false
Informational Note: Sets whether to display the contents of the license bundle (often just the deposit license in the standard DSpace installation).
Property: webui.itemdisplay.default
Example Value:
+
webui.itemdisplay.default = dc.title, dc.title.alternative, \
+           dc.contributor.*, dc.subject, dc.data.issued(date), \
+           dc.publisher, dc.identifier.citation, \
+           dc.relation.ispartofseries, dc.description.abstract, \
+           dc.description, dc.identifier.govdoc, \
+           dc.identifier.uri(link), dc.identifier.isbn, \
+           dc.identifier.issn, dc.identifier.ismn, dc.identifier
+
Informational Note: This is used to customize the DC metadata fields that display in the item display (the brief display) when pulling up a record. The format is: <schema>.<element>.<_optional_qualifier> . In place of the qualifier, one can use the wildcard "*" to include all fields of the same element, or, leave it blank for unqualified elements. Additionally, two additional options are available for behavior/rendering: (date) and (link). See the following examples:
+
+dc.title = Dublin Core element 'title' (unqualified)
+dc.title.alternative = DC element 'title', qualifier 'alternative'
+dc.title.* = All fields with Dublin Core element 'title' (any or no qualifier)
+dc.identifier.uri(link) = DC identifier.uri, rendered as a link
+dc.date.issued(date) = DC date.issued, rendered as a date
+The Messages.properties file controls how the fields defined above will display to the user. If the field is missing from the _Messages.properties_ file, it will not be displayed. Look in Messages.properties}}under {{metadata.dc.<field>. Example:
+metadata.dc.contributor.other = Authors
+metadata.dc.contributor.author = Authors
+metadata.dc.title.* = Title
+Please note: The order in which you place the values to the property key control the order in which they will display to the user on the outside world. (See the Example Value above).
Property:
+
webui.resolver.1.urn
+webui.resolver.1.baseurl
+webui.resolver.2.urn
+webui.resolver.2.baseurl
+
Example Value:
+
webui.resolver.1.urn = doi
+webui.resolver.1.baseurl = http://dx.doi.org/
+webui.resolver.2.urn = hdl
+webui.resolver.2.baseurl = http://hdl.handle.net/
+
Informational Note: When using "resolver" in webui.itemdisplay to render identifiers as resolvable links, the base URL is take from <code>webui.resolver.<n>.baseurl<code> where <code>webui.resolver.<n>.baseurl<code> matches the urn specified in the metadata value. The value is appended to the "baseurl" as is, so the baseurl needs to end with the forward slash almost in any case. If no urn is specified in the value it will be displayed as simple text. For the doi and hdl urn defaults values are provided, respectively http://dc.doi.org and http://hdl.handle.net are used. If a metadata value with style "doi", "handle" or "resolver" matches a URL already, it is simply rendered as a link with no other manipulation.
Property: plugin.single.org.dspace.app.webui.util.StyleSelection
Example Value:
+
plugin.single.org.dspace.app.webui.util.StyleSelection = \
+  org.dspace.app.web.util.CollectionStyleSelection
+  #org.dspace.app.web.util.MetadataStyleSelection
+
Informational Note: Specify which strategy to use for select the style for an item.
Property: webui.itemdisplay.thesis.collections
Example Value: webui.itemdisplay.thesis.collections = 123456789/24, 123456789/35
Informational Note: Specify which collections use which views by Handle.
Property:
+
webui.itemdisplay.metadata-style
+webui.itemdisplay.metadata-style
+
Example Value:
+
webui.itemdisplay.metadata-style = schema.element[.qualifier|.*]
+webui.itemdisplay.metadata-style = dc.type
+
Informational Note: Specify which metadata to use as name of the style
Property: webui.itemlist.columns
Example Value:
+
webui.itemlist.columns = thumbnail, dc.date.issued(date), dc.title, \
+          dc.contributor.*
+
Informational Note: Customize the DC fields to use in the item listing page. Elements will be displayed left to right in the order they are specified here. The form is <schema prefix>.<element>[.<qualifier> | .*][(date)], ...
+Although not a requirement, it would make sense to include among the listed fields at least the date and title fields as specified by the* webui.browse.index. configuration options in the next section mentioned. (cf.)
+If you have enabled thumbnails (webui.browse.thumbnail.show), you must also include a 'thumbnail' entry in your columns‚ this is where the thumbnail will be displayed.
Property: webui.itemlist.width
Example Value: webui.itemlist.width = *, 130, 60%, 40%
Informational Note: You can customize the width of each column with the following line--you can have numbers (pixels) or percentages. For the 'thumbnail' column, a setting of '*' will use the max width specified for browse thumbnails (cf. webui.browse.thumbnail.maxwidth, thumbnail.maxwidth)
Property:
+
webui.itemlist.browse.<index name>.sort.<sort name>.columns
+webui.itemlist.sort.<sort name>.columns
+webui.itemlist.browse.<browse name>.columns
+webui.itemlist.<sort or index name>.columns
+
Example Value: _}}
Informational Note: You can override the DC fields used on the listing page for a given browse index and/or sort option. As a sort option or index may be defined on a field that isn't normally included in the list, this allows you to display the fields that have been indexed/sorted on. There are a number of forms the configuration can take, and the order in which they are listed below is the priority in which they will be used (so a combination of an index name and sort name will take precedence over just the browse name).In the last case, a sort option name will always take precedence over a browse index name. Note also, that for any additional columns you list, you will need to ensure there is an itemlist.<field name> entry in the messages file.
Property: webui.itemlist.dateaccessioned.columns
Example Value: webui.itemlist.dateaccessioned.columns = thumbnail, dc.date.accessioned(date), dc.title, dc.contributor.*
Informational Note: This would display the date of the accession in place of the issue date whenever the dateaccessioned browsed index or sort option is selected. Just like webui.itemlist.columns, you will need to include a 'thumbnail' entry to display the thumbnails in the item list.
Property: webui.itemlist.dateaccessioned.widths
Example Value: webui.itemlist.dateaccessioned.widths = *, 130, 60%, 40%
Informational Note: As in the aforementioned property key, you can customize the width of the columns for each configured column list, substituting '.widths' for '.columns' in the property name. See the setting for webui.itemlist.widths for more information.
Property: webui.itemlist.tablewidth
Example Value: webui.itemlist.tablewidth = 100%
Informational Note: You can also set the overall size of the item list table with the following setting. It can lead to faster table rendering when used with the column widths above, but not generally recommended.
Property: webui.session.invalidate
Example Value: webui.session.invalidate = true
Informational Note: Enable or disable session invalidation upon login or logout. This feature is enabled by default to help prevent session hijacking but may cause problems for shibboleth, etc. If omitted, the default value is 'true'. [Only used for JSPUI authentication].
+
+ + + +

JSPUI Configuring Multilingual Support

+ +

[i18n – Locales]

+ +

Setting the Default Language for the Application

+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: default.locale
Example Value: default.locale = en
Informational Note: The default language for the application is set with this property key. This is a locale according to i18n and might consist of country, country_language or country_language_variant. If no default locale is defined, then the server default locale will be used. The format of a local specifier is described here: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/Locale.html
+
+ + + +

Supporting More Than One Language

+ +
Changes in dspace.cfg
+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: webui.supported.locale
Example Value: webui.supported.locale = en, de
or perhaps webui.supported.locals = en, en_ca, de
Informational Note: All the locales that are supported by this instance of DSpace. Comma separated list.
+
+ + +

The table above, if needed and is used will result in:

+ +
    +
  • a language switch in the default header
    • +
  • the user will be enabled to choose his/her preferred language, this will be part of his/her profile
    • +
  • wording of emails +
      +
    • mails to registered users, e.g. alerting service will use the preferred language of the user
      • +
    • mails to unregistered users, e.g. suggest an item will use the language of the session
      • +
    +
    • +
  • according to the language selected for the session, using dspace-admin Edit News will edit the news file of the language according to session
    • +
+ + +
Related Files
+ +

If you set webui.supported.locales make sure that all the related additional files for each language are available. LOCALE should correspond to the locale set in webui.supported.locales, e. g.: for webui.supported.locales = en, de, fr, there should be:

+ +
    +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/resources/Messages.properties
    • +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/resources/Messages_en.properties
    • +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/resources/Messages_de.properties
    • +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/resources/Messages_fr.properties +
    +Files to be localized:
    • +
+ + +
    +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/resources/Messages_LOCALE.properties
    • +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/config/input-forms_LOCALE.xml
    • +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/config/default_LOCALE.license - should be pure ASCII
    • +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/config/news-top_LOCALE.html
    • +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/config/news-side_LOCALE.html
    • +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/config/emails/change_password_LOCALE
    • +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/config/emails/feedback_LOCALE
    • +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/config/emails/internal_error_LOCALE
    • +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/config/emails/register_LOCALE
    • +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/config/emails/submit_archive_LOCALE
    • +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/config/emails/submit_reject_LOCALE
    • +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/config/emails/submit_task_LOCALE
    • +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/config/emails/subscription_LOCALE
    • +
  • [dspace-source]/dspace/config/emails/suggest_LOCALE
    • +
  • [dspace]/webapps/jspui/help/collection-admin_LOCALE.html - in html keep the jump link as original; must be copied to [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp/help
    • +
  • [dspace]/webapps/jspui/help/index_LOCALE.html - must be copied to [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp/help
    • +
  • [dspace]/webapps/jspui/help/site-admin_LOCALE.html - must be copied to [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp/help
    • +
+ + + + +

JSPUI Item Mapper

+ +

Because the item mapper requires a primitive implementation of the browse system to be present, we simply need to tell that system which of our indexes defines the author browse (or equivalent) so that the mapper can list authors' items for mapping

+ +

Define the index name (from webui.browse.index) to use for displaying items by author.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: itemmap.author.index
Example Value: itemmap.author.index = author
Informational Note: If you change the name of your author browse field, you will also need to update this property key.
+
+ + + +

Display of Group Membership

+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: webui.mydspace.showgroupmembership
Example Value: webui.mydspace.showgroupmembership = false
Informational Note: To display group membership set to "true". If omitted, the default behavior is false.
+
+ + + +

JSPUI / XMLUI SFX Server

+ +

SFX Server is an OpenURL Resolver.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: sfx.server.url
Example Value: sfx.server.url = http://sfx.myu.edu:8888/sfx?
  sfx.server.url = http://worldcatlibraries.org/registry/gateway?
Informational Note: SFX query is appended to this URL. If this property is commented out or omitted, SFX support is switched off.
+
+ + +

All the parameters mapping are defined in [dspace]/config/sfx.xml file. The program will check the parameters in sfx.xml and retrieve the correct metadata of the item. It will then parse the string to your resolver.

+ +

For the following example, the program will search the first query-pair which is DOI of the item. If there is a DOI for that item, your retrieval results will be, for example:
+http://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/5763

+ +

Example. For setting DOI in sfx.xml

+
+
 <query-pairs>
+          <field>
+                <querystring>rft_id=info:doi/</querystring>
+                <dc-schema>dc</dc-schema>
+                <dc-element>identifier</dc-element>
+                <dc-qualifier>doi</dc-qualifier>
+          </field>
+        </query-pairs>
+
+ +

If there is no DOI for that item, it will search next query-pair based on the [dspace]/config/sfx.xml and then so on.

+ +

Example of using ISSN, volume, issue for item without DOI
+[http://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/4947]

+ +

For parameter passing to the <querystring>

+
+
<querystring>rft_id=info:doi/</querystring>
+
+ +

Please refer to these:
+[http://ocoins.info/cobgbook.html]
+[http://ocoins.info/cobg.html]

+ +

Program assume won’t get empty string for the item, as there will at least author, title for the item to pass to the resolver.

+ +

For contributor author, program maintains original DSpace SFX function of extracting author‘s first and last name.

+
+
  <field>
+  	  <querystring>rft.aulast=</querystring>
+  	  <dc-schema>dc</dc-schema>
+  	  <dc-element>contributor</dc-element>
+  	   	<dc-qualifier>author</dc-qualifier>
+ 	</field>
+ 	<field>
+  		<querystring>rft.aufirst=</querystring>
+  	  <dc-schema>dc</dc-schema>
+          <dc-element>contributor</dc-element>
+          <dc-qualifier>author</dc-qualifier>
+ 	</field>
+
+ + +

JSPUI Item Recommendation Setting

+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: webui.suggest.enable
Example Value: webui.suggest.enable = true
Informational Note: Show a link to the item recommendation page from item display page.
Property: webui.suggest.loggedinusers.only
Example Value: webui.suggest.loggedinusers.only = true
Informational Note: Enable only if the user is logged in. If this key commented out, the default value is false.
+
+ + + +

H3. Controlled Vocabulary Settings

+ +

DSpace now supports controlled vocabularies to confine the set of keywords that users can use while describing items.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: webui.controlledvocabulary.enable
Example Value: webui.controlledvocabulary.enable = true
Informational Note: Enable or disable the controlled vocabulary add-on. WARNING: This feature is not compatible with WAI (it requires JavaScript to function).
+
+ + +

The need for a limited set of keywords is important since it eliminates the ambiguity of a free description system, consequently simplifying the task of finding specific items of information.

+ +

The controlled vocabulary add-on allows the user to choose from a defined set of keywords organized in an tree (taxonomy) and then use these keywords to describe items while they are being submitted.

+ +

We have also developed a small search engine that displays the classification tree (or taxonomy) allowing the user to select the branches that best describe the information that he/she seeks.

+ +

The taxonomies are described in XML following this (very simple) structure:

+ +
+
<node id="acmccs98" label="ACMCCS98">
+    <isComposedBy>
+        <node id="A." label="General Literature">
+            <isComposedBy>
+                <node id="A.0" label="GENERAL"/>
+                <node id="A.1" label="INTRODUCTORY AND SURVEY"/>
+            </isComposedBy>
+        </node>
+    </isComposedBy>
+</node>
+
+ +

You are free to use any application you want to create your controlled vocabularies. A simple text editor should be enough for small projects. Bigger projects will require more complex tools. You may use Protegé to create your taxonomies, save them as OWL and then use a XML Stylesheet (XSLT) to transform your documents to the appropriate format. Future enhancements to this add-on should make it compatible with standard schemas such as OWL or RDF.

+ +

In order to make DSpace compatible with WAI 2.0, the add-on is turned off by default (the add-on relies strongly on JavaScript to function). It can be activated by setting the following property in dspace.cfg:

+ +

webui.controlledvocabulary.enable = true

+ +

New vocabularies should be placed in [dspace]/config/controlled-vocabularies/ and must be according to the structure described. A validation XML Schema can be downloaded here.

+ +

Vocabularies need to be associated with the correspondent DC metadata fields. Edit the file [dspace]/config/input-forms.xml and place a "vocabulary" tag under the "field" element that you want to control. Set value of the "vocabulary" element to the name of the file that contains the vocabulary, leaving out the extension (the add-on will only load files with extension "*.xml"). For example:

+ +
+
<field>
+    <dc-schema>dc</dc-schema>
+    <dc-element>subject</dc-element>
+    <dc-qualifier></dc-qualifier>
+    <!-- An input-type of twobox MUST be marked as repeatable -->
+    <repeatable>true</repeatable>
+    <label>Subject Keywords</label>
+    <input-type>twobox</input-type>
+    <hint> Enter appropriate subject keywords or phrases below. </hint>
+    <required></required>
+    <vocabulary [closed="false"]>nsi</vocabulary>
+</field>
+
+ +

The vocabulary element has an optional boolean attribute closed that can be used to force input only with the javascript of controlled-vocabulary add-on. The default behavior (i.e. without this attribute) is as set closed="false". This allow the user also to enter the value in free way.

+ +

The following vocabularies are currently available by default:

+ +
    +
  • nsi - nsi.xml - The Norwegian Science Index
    • +
  • srsc - srsc.xml - Swedish Research Subject Categories
    • +
+ + +

3. JSPUI Session Invalidation

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+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: webui.session.invalidate
Example Value: webui.session.invalidate = true
Informational Note: Enable or disable session invalidation upon login or logout. This feature is enabled by default to help prevent session hijacking but may cause problems for shibboleth, etc. If omitted, the default value is 'true'.
+
+ + + +

XMLUI Specific Configuration

+ +

The DSpace digital repository supports two user interfaces: one based upon JSP technologies and the other based upon the Apache Cocoon framework. This section describes those configurations settings which are specific to the XMLUI interface based upon the Cocoon framework. (Prior to DSpace Release 1.5.1 XMLUI was referred to Manakin. You may still see references to "Manakin")

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Property: xmlui.supported.locales
Example Value: xmlui.supported.locales = en, de
Informational Note: A list of supported locales for Manakin. Manakin will look at a user's browser configuration for the first language that appears in this list to make available to in the interface. This parameter is a comma separated list of Locales. All types of Locales country, country_language, country_language_variant. Note that if the appropriate files are not present (i.e. Messages_XX_XX.xml) then Manakin will fall back through to a more general language.
Property: xmlui.force.ssl
Example Value: xmlui.force.ssl = true
Informational Note: Force all authenticated connections to use SSL, only non-authenticated connections are allowed over plain http. If set to true, then you need to ensure that the 'dspace.hostname' parameter is set to the correctly.
Property: xmlui.user.registration
Example Value: xmlui.user.registration = true
Informational Note: Determine if new users should be allowed to register. This parameter is useful in conjunction with Shibboleth where you want to disallow registration because Shibboleth will automatically register the user. Default value is true.
Property: xmlui.user.editmetadata
Example Value: xmlui.user.editmetadata = true
Informational Note: Determines if users should be able to edit their own metadata. This parameter is useful in conjunction with Shibboleth where you want to disable the user's ability to edit their metadata because it came from Shibboleth. Default value is true.
Property: xmlui.user.assumelogon
Example Value: xmlui.user.assumelogon = true
Informational Note: Determine if super administrators (those whom are in the Administrators group) can login as another user from the "edit eperson" page. This is useful for debugging problems in a running dspace instance, especially in the workflow process. The default value is false, i.e., no one may assume the login of another user.
Property: xmlui.user.loginredirect
Example Value: xmlui.user.loginredirect = /profile
Informational Note: After a user has logged into the system, which url should they be directed? Leave this parameter blank or undefined to direct users to the homepage, or /profile for the user's profile, or another reasonable choice is /submissions to see if the user has any tasks awaiting their attention. The default is the repository home page.
Property: xmlui.theme.allowoverrides
Example Value: xmlui.theme.allowoverrides = false
Informational Note: Allow the user to override which theme is used to display a particular page. When submitting a request add the HTTP parameter "themepath" which corresponds to a particular theme, that specified theme will be used instead of the any other configured theme. Note that this is a potential security hole allowing execution of unintended code on the server, this option is only for development and debugging it should be turned off for any production repository. The default value unless otherwise specified is "false".
Property: xmlui.bundle.upload
Example Value: xmlui.bundle.upload = ORIGINAL, METADATA, THUMBNAIL, LICENSE, CC_LICENSE
Informational Note: Determine which bundles administrators and collection administrators may upload into an existing item through the administrative interface. If the user does not have the appropriate privileges (add and write) on the bundle then that bundle will not be shown to the user as an option.
Property: xmlui.community-list.render.full
Example Value: xmlui.community-list.render.full = true
Informational Note: On the community-list page should all the metadata about a community/collection be available to the theme. This parameter defaults to true, but if you are experiencing performance problems on the community-list page you should experiment with turning this option off.
Property: xmlui.community-list.cache
Example Value: xmlui.community-list.cache = 12 hours
Informational Note: Normally, Manakin will fully verify any cache pages before using a cache copy. This means that when the community-list page is viewed the database is queried for each community/collection to see if their metadata has been modified. This can be expensive for repositories with a large community tree. To help solve this problem you can set the cache to be assumed valued for a specific set of time. The downside of this is that new or editing communities/collections may not show up the website for a period of time.
Property: xmlui.bistream.mods
Example Value: xmlui.bistream.mods = true
Informational Note: Optionally, you may configure Manakin to take advantage of metadata stored as a bitstream. The MODS metadata file must be inside the "METADATA" bundle and named MODS.xml. If this option is set to 'true' and the bitstream is present then it is made available to the theme for display.
Property: xmlui.bitstream.mets
Example Value: xmlui.bitstream.mets = true
Informational Note: Optionally, you may configure Manakin to take advantage of metadata stored as a bitstream. The METS metadata file must be inside the "METADATA" bundle and named METS.xml. If this option is set to "true" and the bitstream is present then it is made available to the theme for display.
Property: xmlui.google.analytics.key
Example Value: xmlui.google.analytics.key = UA-XXXXXX-X
Informational Note: If you would like to use Google Analytics to track general website statistics then use the following parameter to provide your analytics key. First sign up for an account at http://analytics.google.com, then create an entry for your repositories website. Google Analytics will give you a snippet of javascript code to place on your site, inside that snip it is your Google Analytics key usually found in the line: _uacct = "UA-XXXXXXX-X" Take this key (just the UA-XXXXXX-X part) and place it here in this parameter.
Property: xmlui.controlpanel.activity.max
Example Value: xmlui.controlpanel.activity.max = 250
Informational Note: Assign how many page views will be recorded and displayed in the control panel's activity viewer. The activity tab allows an administrator to debug problems in a running DSpace by understanding who and how their dspace is currently being used. The default value is 250.
Property: xmlui.controlpanel.activity.ipheader
Example Value: xmlui.controlpanel.activity.ipheader = X-Forward-For
Informational Note: Determine where the control panel's activity viewer receives an events IP address from. If your DSpace is in a load balanced environment or otherwise behind a context-switch then you will need to set the parameter to the HTTP parameter that records the original IP address.
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OAI-PMH Configuration and Activation

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In the following sections, you will learn how to configure OAI-PMH and activate additional OAI-PMH crosswalks. The user is also referred to 9.2OAI-PMH Data Provider for greater depth details of the program.

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OAI-PMH Configuration

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Property: oai.didl.maxresponse
Example Value: oai.didle.maxresponse = 0
Informational Note: Max response size for DIDL. This is the maximum size in bytes of the files you wish to enclose Base64 encoded in your responses, remember that the base64 encoding process uses a lot of memory. We recommend at most 200000 for answers of 30 records each on a 1 Gigabyte machine. Ultimately this will change to a streaming model and remove this restriction. Also please remember to allocate plenty of memory, at least 512 MB to your Tomcat. Optional: DSpace uses 100 records as the limit for the oai responses. You can alter this by changing /[dspace-source]/dspace-oai/dspace-oai-api/src/main/java/org/dspace/app/oai/DSpaceOAICatalog.java to codify the declaration: private final int MAX_RECORDS = 100 to private final int MAX_RECORDS = 30
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Activating Additional OAI-PMH Crosswalks

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DSpace comes with an unqualified DC Crosswalk used in the default OAI-PMH data provider. There are also other Crosswalks bundled with the DSpace distribution which can be activated by editing one or more configuration files. How to do this for each available Crosswalk is described below. The DSpace source includes the following crosswalk plugins available for use with OAI-PMH:

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  1. Uncomment the appropriate [dspace]/config/oaicat.properties of the form: Crosswalks.plugin_name=org.dspace.app.oai.PluginCrosswalk (where plugin_name is the actual plugin's name, e.g. "mets" or "qdc"). These lines are all near the bottom of the file. +
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  2. Restart your servlet container, e.g. Tomcat, for the change to take effect.
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DIDL
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By activating the DIDL provider, DSpace items are represented as MPEG-21 DIDL objects. These DIDL objects are XML documents that wrap both the Dublin Core metadata that describes the DSpace item and its actual bitstreams. A bitstream is provided inline in the DIDL object in a base64 encoded manner, and/or by means of a pointer to the bitstream. The data provider exposes DIDL objects via the metadataPrefix didl.

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The crosswalk does not deal with special characters and purposely skips dissemination of the license.txt file awaiting a better understanding on how to map DSpace rights information to MPEG21-DIDL.

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The DIDL Crosswalk can be activated as follows:

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  4. Verify the Crosswalk is activated by accessing a URL such as http://mydspace/oai/request?verb=ListRecords&metadataPrefix=didl
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OAI-ORE Harvester Configuration

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This section describes the parameters used in configuring the OAI-ORE harvester.

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OAI-ORE Configuration

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There are many possible configuration options for the OAI harvester. Most of them are technical and therefore omitted from the dspace.cfg file itself, using hard-coded defaults instead. However, should you wish to modify those values, including them in dspace.cfg will override the system defaults.

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Property: harvester.eperson
Example Value: harvester.eperson = admin@myu.edu
Informational Note: The EPerson under whose authorization automatic harvesting will be performed. This field does not have a default value and must be specified in order to use the harvest scheduling system. This will most likely be the DSpace admin account created during installation.
Property: dspace.oai.url
Example Value: dspace.oai.url = http://myu.edu:8080/oai_
Informational Note: The base url of the OAI-PMH disseminator webapp (i.e. do not include the /request on the end). This is necessary in order to mint URIs for ORE Resource Maps. The default value of [http://$]{dspace.hostname}:8080/oai will work for a typical installation, but should be changed if appropriate.
Property: ore.authoritative.source
Example Value: ore.authoritative.source = oai | xmlui
Informational Note: The webapp responsible for minting the URIs for ORE Resource Maps. If using oai, the dspace.oai.uri config value must be set. The URIs generated for ORE ReMs follow the following convention for both cases._baseURI/metadata/handle/theHandle/ore.xml}}
Property: harvester.autoStart
Example Value: harvester.autoStart = false
Informational Note: Determines whether the harvest scheduler process starts up automatically when the XMLUI webapp is redeployed.
Property: harvester.oai.metadataformats.PluginName
Example Value:
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harvester.oai.metadataformats.PluginName = \
+http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/, Simple Dublin Core
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Informational Note: This field can be repeated and serves as a link between the metadata formats supported by the local repository and those supported by the remote OAI-PMH provider. It follows the form harvester.oai.metadataformats.PluginName = NamespaceURI,Optional Display Name . The pluginName designates the metadata schemas that the harvester "knows" the local DSpace repository can support. Consequently, the PluginName must correspond to a previously declared ingestion crosswalk. The namespace value is used during negotiation with the remote OAI-PMH provider, matching it against a list returned by the ListMetadataFormats request, and resolving it to whatever metadataPrefix the remote provider has assigned to that namespace. Finally, the optional display name is the string that will be displayed to the user when setting up a collection for harvesting. If omitted, the PluginName:NamespaceURI combo will be displayed instead.
Property: harvester.oai.oreSerializationFormat.OREPrefix
Example Value:
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harvester.oai.oreSerializationFormat.OREPrefix = \
+http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom
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Informational Note: This field works in much the same way as harvester.oai.metadataformats.PluginName . The OREPrefix must correspond to a declared ingestion crosswalk, while the Namespace must be supported by the target OAI-PMH provider when harvesting content.
Property: harvester.timePadding
Example Value: harvester.timePadding = 120
Informational Note: Amount of time subtracted from the from argument of the PMH request to account for the time taken to negotiate a connection. Measured in seconds. Default value is 120.
Property: harvester.harvestFrequency
Example Value: harvester.harvestFrequency = 720
Informational Note: How frequently the harvest scheduler checks the remote provider for updates. Should always be longer than _timePadding _. Measured in minutes. Default value is 720.
Property: harvester.minHeartbeat
Example Value: harvester.minHeartbeat = 30
Informational Note: The heartbeat is the frequency at which the harvest scheduler queries the local database to determine if any collections are due for a harvest cycle (based on the harvestFrequency) value. The scheduler is optimized to then sleep until the next collection is actually ready to be harvested. The minHeartbeat and maxHeartbeat are the lower and upper bounds on this timeframe. Measured in seconds. Default value is 30.
Property: harvester.maxHeartbeat
Example Value: harvester.maxHeartbeat = 3600
Informational Note: The heartbeat is the frequency at which the harvest scheduler queries the local database to determine if any collections are due for a harvest cycle (based on the harvestFrequency) value. The scheduler is optimized to then sleep until the next collection is actually ready to be harvested. The minHeartbeat and maxHeartbeat are the lower and upper bounds on this timeframe. Measured in seconds. Default value is 3600 (1 hour).
Property: harvester.maxThreads
Example Value: harvester.maxThreads = 3
Informational Note: How many harvest process threads the scheduler can spool up at once. Default value is 3.
Property: harvester.threadTimeout
Example Value: harvester.threadTimeout = 24
Informational Note: How much time passes before a harvest thread is terminated. The termination process waits for the current item to complete ingest and saves progress made up to that point. Measured in hours. Default value is 24.
Property: harvester.unknownField
Example Value: harvester.unkownField = fail | add | ignore
Informational Note: You have three (3) choices. When a harvest process completes for a single item and it has been passed through ingestion crosswalks for ORE and its chosen descriptive metadata format, it might end up with DIM values that have not been defined in the local repository. This setting determines what should be done in the case where those DIM values belong to an already declared schema. Fail will terminate the harvesting task and generate an error. Ignore will quietly omit the unknown fields. Add will add the missing field to the local repository's metadata registry. Default value: fail.
Property: harvester.unknownSchema
Example Value: harvester.unknownSchema = fail | add | ignore
Informational Note: When a harvest process completes for a single item and it has been passed through ingestion crosswalks for ORE and its chosen descriptive metadata format, it might end up with DIM values that have not been defined in the local repository. This setting determines what should be done in the case where those DIM values belong to an unknown schema. Fail will terminate the harvesting task and generate an error. Ignore will quietly omit the unknown fields. Add will add the missing schema to the local repository's metadata registry, using the schema name as the prefix and "unknown" as the namespace. Default value: fail.
Property: harvester.acceptedHandleServer
Example Value:
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harvester.acceptedHandleServer = \
+hdl.handle.net, handle.test.edu
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Informational Note: A harvest process will attempt to scan the metadata of the incoming items (identifier.uri field, to be exact) to see if it looks like a handle. If so, it matches the pattern against the values of this parameter. If there is a match the new item is assigned the handle from the metadata value instead of minting a new one. Default value: hdl.handle.net.
Property: harvester.rejectedHandlePrefix
Example Value: harvester.rejectedHandlePrefix = 123456789, myeduHandle
Informational Note: Pattern to reject as an invalid handle prefix (known test string, for example) when attempting to find the handle of harvested items. If there is a match with this config parameter, a new handle will be minted instead. Default value: 123456789.
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DSpace SOLR Statistics Configuration

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Property: solr.log.server
Example Value: solr.log.server = ${dspace.baseUrl}/solr/statistics
Informational Note: Is used by the SolrLogger Client class to connect to the SOLR server over http and perform updates and queries.
Property: solr.spidersfile
Example Value: solr.spidersfile = ${dspace.dir}/config/spiders.txt
Informational Note: Spiders file is utilized by the SolrLogger, this will be populated by running the following command:dsrun org.dspace.statistics.util.SpiderDetector -i <httpd log file>
Property: solr.dbfile
Example Value: solr.dbfile = ${dspace.dir}/config/GeoLiteCity.dat
Informational Note: The following refers to the GeoLiteCity database file utilized by the LocationUtils to calculate the location of client requests based on IP address. During the Ant build process (both fresh_install and update) this file will be downloaded from http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity if a new version has been published or it is absent from your [dspace]/config directory.
Property: solr.resolver.timeout
Example Value: solr.resolver.timeout = 200
Informational Note: Timeout for the resolver in the DNS lookup time in milliseconds, defaults to 200 for backward compatibility; your system's default is usually set in /etc/resolv.conf and varies between 2 to 5 seconds, too high a value might result in solr exhausting your connection pool.
Property: statistics.item.authorization.admin
Example Value: statistics.item.authorization.admin = true
Informational Note: Enables access control restriction on DSpace Statistics pages, Restrictions are based on access rights to Community, Collection and Item Pages. This will require the user to sign on to see that statistics. Setting the statistics to "false" will make them publicly available.
Property: solr.statistics.logBots
Example Value: {{solr.statistics.logBots = true }}
Informational Note: Enable/disable logging of spiders in solr statistics. If false, and IP matches an address in solr.spiderips.urls, event is not logged. If true, event will be logged with the 'isBot' field set to true (see solr.statistics.query.filter.* for query filter options) Default value is true.
Property: solr.statistics.query.filter.spiderIp
Example Value: solr.statistics.query.filter.spiderIp = false
Informational Note: Controls solr statistics querying to filter out spider IPs. False by default.
Property: {{solr.statistics.query.filter.isBot }}
Example Value: solr.statistics.query.filter.isBot = true
Informational Note: Controls solr statistics querying to look at "isBot" field to determine if record is a bot. True by default.
Property: solr.spiderips.urls
Example Value:
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solr.spiderips.urls = http://iplists.com/google.txt, \
+                      http://iplists.com/inktomi.txt, \
+                      http://iplists.com/lycos.txt, \
+                      http://iplists.com/infoseek.txt, \
+                      http://iplists.com/altavista.txt,\
+                      http://iplists.com/excite.txt, \
+                      http://iplists.com/misc.txt, \
+                      http://iplists.com/excite.txt, \
+                      http://iplists.com/misc.txt, \
+                      http://iplists.com/non_engines.txt
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Informational Note: URLs to download IP addresses of search engine spiders from
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Optional or Advanced Configuration Settings

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The following section explains how to configure either optional features or advanced features that are not necessary to make DSpace "out-of-the-box"

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The Metadata Format and Bitstream Format Registries

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The [dspace]/config/registries directory contains three XML files. These are used to load the initial contents of the Dublin Core Metadata registry and Bitstream Format registry and SWORD metadata registry. After the initial loading (performed by ant fresh_install above), the registries reside in the database; the XML files are not updated.

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In order to change the registries, you may adjust the XML files before the first installation of DSpace. On an already running instance it is recommended to change bitstream registries via DSpace admin UI, but the metadata registries can be loaded again at any time from the XML files without difficult. The changes made via admin UI are not reflected in the XML files.

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Metadata Format Registries

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The default metadata schema is Dublin Core, so DSpace is distributed with a default Dublin Core Metadata Registry. Currently, the system requires that every item have a Dublin Core record.

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There is a set of Dublin Core Elements, which is used by the system and should not be removed or moved to another schema, see Appendix: Default Dublin Core Metadata registry.

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Note: altering a Metadata Registry has no effect on corresponding parts, e.g. item submission interface, item display, item import and vice versa. Every metadata element used in submission interface or item import must be registered before using it.

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Note also that deleting a metadata element will delete all its corresponding values.

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If you wish to add more metadata elements, you can do this in one of two ways. Via the DSpace admin UI you may define new metadata elements in the different available schemas. But you may also modify the XML file (or provide an additional one), and re-import the data as follows:

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[dspace]/bin/dsrun org.dspace.administer.MetadataImporter -f [xml file]
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The XML file should be structured as follows:

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<dspace-dc-types>
+    <dc-type>
+        <schema>dc</schema>
+        <element>contributor</element>
+        <qualifier>advisor</qualifier>
+        <scope_note>Use primarily for thesis advisor.</scope_note>
+    </dc-type>
+</dspace-dc-types>
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Bitstream Format Registry

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The bitstream formats recognized by the system and levels of support are similarly stored in the bitstream format registry. This can also be edited at install-time via [dspace]/config/registries/bitstream-formats.xml or by the administration Web UI. The contents of the bitstream format registry are entirely up to you, though the system requires that the following two formats are present:

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    +Deleting a format will cause any existing bitstreams of this format to be reverted to the unknown bitstream format.
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XPDF Filter

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This is an alternative suite of MediaFilter plugins that offers faster and more reliable text extraction from PDF Bitstreams, as well as thumbnail image generation. It replaces the built-in default PDF MediaFilter.

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If this filter is so much better, why isn't it the default? The answer is that it relies on external executable programs which must be obtained and installed for your server platform. This would add too much complexity to the installation process, so it left out as an optional "extra" step.

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Installation Overview

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You may be able to download a binary distribution for your platform, which simplifies installation. Xpdf is readily available for Linux, Solaris, MacOSX, Windows, NetBSD, HP-UX, AIX, and OpenVMS, and is reported to work on AIX, OS/2, and many other systems.

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Fetch and install jai_imageio JAR

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Fetch and install the Java Advanced Imaging Image I/O Tools.

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For AIX, Sun support has the following: "JAI has native acceleration for the above but it also works in pure Java mode. So as long as you have an appropriate JDK for AIX (1.3 or later, I believe), you should be able to use it. You can download any of them, extract just the jars, and put those in your $CLASSPATH."

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For these filters you do NOT have to worry about the native code, just the JAR, so choose a download for any platform.

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+          -Dfile=jai_imageio-1_1/lib/jai_imageio.jar  \
+          -DgroupId=com.sun.media                     \
+          -DartifactId=jai_imageio                    \
+          -Dversion=1.0_01                            \
+          -Dpackaging=jar                             \
+          -DgeneratePom=true
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First, be sure there is a value for thumbnail.maxwidth and that it corresponds to the size you want for preview images for the UI, e.g.: (NOTE: this code doesn't pay any attention to thumbnail.maxheight but it's best to set it too so the other thumbnail filters make square images.)

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        # maximum width and height of generated thumbnails
+        thumbnail.maxwidth= 80
+        thumbnail.maxheight = 80
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        xpdf.path.pdftotext = /usr/local/bin/pdftotext
+        xpdf.path.pdftoppm = /usr/local/bin/pdftoppm
+        xpdf.path.pdfinfo = /usr/local/bin/pdfinfo
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        filter.plugins = \
+        PDF Text Extractor, \
+        PDF Thumbnail, \
+        HTML Text Extractor, \
+        Word Text Extractor, \
+        JPEG Thumbnail
+         plugin.named.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.FormatFilter = \
+        org.dspace.app.mediafilter.XPDF2Text = PDF Text Extractor, \
+        org.dspace.app.mediafilter.XPDF2Thumbnail = PDF Thumbnail, \
+        org.dspace.app.mediafilter.HTMLFilter = HTML Text Extractor, \
+        org.dspace.app.mediafilter.WordFilter = Word Text Extractor, \
+        org.dspace.app.mediafilter.JPEGFilter = JPEG Thumbnail, \
+        org.dspace.app.mediafilter.BrandedPreviewJPEGFilter = Branded Preview JPEG
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filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.XPDF2Thumbnail.inputFormats = Adobe PDFfilter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.XPDF2Text.inputFormats = Adobe PDF
+
+

Finally, if you want PDF thumbnail images, don't forget to add that filter name to the filter.plugins property, e.g.:

+
+
          filter.plugins = PDF Thumbnail,  PDF Text Extractor, ...
+
+ +

Build and Install

+ +

Follow your usual DSpace installation/update procedure, only add -Pxpdf-mediafilter-support to the Maven invocation:

+
+
     mvn -Pxpdf-mediafilter-support package
+     ant -Dconfig=\[dspace\]/config/dspace.cfg update
+
+ + +

Creating a new Media/Format Filter

+ +

Creating a simple Media Filter

+ +

New Media Filters must implement the org.dspace.app.mediafilter.FormatFilter interface. More information on the methods you need to implement is provided in the FormatFilter.java source file. For example:

+ +

public class MySimpleMediaFilter implements FormatFilter

+ +

Alternatively, you could extend the org.dspace.app.mediafilter.MediaFilter class, which just defaults to performing no pre/post-processing of bitstreams before or after filtering.

+ +

public class MySimpleMediaFilter extends MediaFilter

+ +

You must give your new filter a "name", by adding it and its name to the plugin.named.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.FormatFilter field in dspace.cfg. In addition to naming your filter, make sure to specify its input formats in the filter.<class path>.inputFormats config item. Note the input formats must match the short description field in the Bitstream Format Registry (i.e. bitstreamformatregistry table).

+
+
plugin.named.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.FormatFilter = \
+        org.dspace.app.mediafilter.MySimpleMediaFilter = My Simple Text Filter, \ ...
+
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.MySimpleMediaFilter.inputFormats =
+        Text
+
+

If you neglect to define the inputFormats for a particular filter, the MediaFilterManager will never call that filter, since it will never find a bitstream which has a format matching that filter's input format(s).

+ +

If you have a complex Media Filter class, which actually performs different filtering for different formats (e.g. conversion from Word to PDF and conversion from Excel to CSV), you should define this as described in Chapter 13.3.2.2 .

+ + +

Creating a Dynamic or "Self-Named" Format Filter

+ +

If you have a more complex Media/Format Filter, which actually performs multiple filtering or conversions for different formats (e.g. conversion from Word to PDF and conversion from Excel to CSV), you should have define a class which implements the FormatFilter interface, while also extending the Chapter 13.3.2.2 SelfNamedPlugin class. For example:

+ +

public class MyComplexMediaFilter extends SelfNamedPlugin implements FormatFilter

+ +

Since SelfNamedPlugins are self-named (as stated), they must provide the various names the plugin uses by defining a getPluginNames() method. Generally speaking, each "name" the plugin uses should correspond to a different type of filter it implements (e.g. "Word2PDF" and "Excel2CSV" are two good names for a complex media filter which performs both Word to PDF and Excel to CSV conversions).

+ +

Self-Named Media/Format Filters are also configured differently in dspace.cfg. Below is a general template for a Self Named Filter (defined by an imaginary MyComplexMediaFilter class, which can perform both Word to PDF and Excel to CSV conversions):

+
+
#Add to a list of all Self Named filters
+plugin.selfnamed.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.FormatFilter = \
+        org.dspace.app.mediafilter.MyComplexMediaFilter
+#Define input formats for each "named" plugin this filter implements
+        filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.MyComplexMediaFilter.Word2PDF.inputFormats = Microsoft Word
+        filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.MyComplexMediaFilter.Excel2CSV.inputFormats = Microsoft Excel
+
+

As shown above, each Self-Named Filter class must be listed in the plugin.selfnamed.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.FormatFilter item in dspace.cfg. In addition, each Self-Named Filter must define the input formats for each named plugin defined by that filter. In the above example the MyComplexMediaFilter class is assumed to have defined two named plugins, Word2PDF and Excel2CSV. So, these two valid plugin names ("Word2PDF" and "Excel2CSV") must be returned by the getPluginNames() method of the MyComplexMediaFilter class.

+ +

These named plugins take different input formats as defined above (see the corresponding inputFormats setting).

+
If you neglect to define the inputFormats for a particular named plugin, the MediaFilterManager will never call that plugin, since it will never find a bitstream which has a format matching that plugin's input format(s).
+ +

For a particular Self-Named Filter, you are also welcome to define additional configuration settings in dspace.cfg. To continue with our current example, each of our imaginary plugins actually results in a different output format (Word2PDF creates "Adobe PDF", while Excel2CSV creates "Comma Separated Values"). To allow this complex Media Filter to be even more configurable (especially across institutions, with potential different "Bitstream Format Registries"), you may wish to allow for the output format to be customizable for each named plugin. For example:

+
+
#Define output formats for each named plugin
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.MyComplexMediaFilter.Word2PDF.output Format = Adobe PDF
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.MyComplexMediaFilter.Excel2CSV.outputFormat = Comma Separated Values
+
+

Any custom configuration fields in dspace.cfg defined by your filter are ignored by the MediaFilterManager, so it is up to your custom media filter class to read those configurations and apply them as necessary. For example, you could use the following sample Java code in your MyComplexMediaFilter class to read these custom outputFormat configurations from dspace.cfg:

+
+
#Get "outputFormat" configuration from dspace.cfg
+String outputFormat =  ConfigurationManager.getProperty(MediaFilterManager.FILTER_PREFIX + "." + MyComplexMediaFilter.class.getName() + "." + this.getPluginInstanceName() + ".outputFormat");
+
+ + +

Configuring Usage Instrumentation Plugins

+ +

A usage instrumentation plugin is configured as a singleton plugin for the abstract class org.dspace.app.statistics.AbstractUsageEvent.

+ +

The Passive Plugin

+ +

The Passive plugin is provided as the class org.dspace.app.statistics.PassiveUsageEvent. It absorbs events without effect. Use the Passive plugin when you have no use for usage event postings. This is the default if no plugin is configured.

+ + +

The Tab File Logger Plugin

+ +

The Tab File Logger plugin is provided as the class org.dspace.app.statistics.UsageEventTabFileLogger. It writes event records to a file in tab-separated column format. If left unconfigured, an error will be noted in the DSpace log and no file will be produced. To specify the file path, provide an absolute path as the value for usageEvent.tabFileLogger.file in dspace.cfg.

+ + +

The XML Logger Plugin

+ +

The XML Logger plugin is provided as the class org.dspace.app.statistics.UsageEventXMLLogger. It writes event records to a file in a simple XML-like format. If left unconfigured, an error will be noted in the DSpace log and no file will be produced. To specify the file path, provide an absolute path as the value for usageEvent.xmlLogger.file in dspace.cfg.

+ + + +

SWORD Configuration

+ +

SWORD (Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit) is a protocol that allows the remote deposit of items into repositories. DSpace implements the SWORD protocol via the 'sword' web application. The version of SWORD currently supported by DSpace is 1.3. The specification and further information can be downloaded fromhttp://swordapp.org.

+ +

SWORD is based on the Atom Publish Protocol and allows service documents to be requested which describe the structure of the repository, and packages to be deposited.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Properties: sword.mets-ingester.package-ingester
Example Value: sword.mets-ingester.package-ingester = METS
Informational Note: The property key tell the SWORD METS implementation which package ingester to use to install deposited content. This should refer to one of the classes configured for: +
+
                        plugin.named.org.dspace.content.packager.PackageIngester
+
+

The value of sword.mets-ingester.package-ingester tells the system which named plugin for this interface should be used to ingest SWORD METS packages.

Properties: mets.submission.crosswalk.EPDCX
Example Value: mets.submission.crosswalk.EPDCX = SWORD
Informational Note: Define the metadata type EPDCX (EPrints DC XML)to be handled by the SWORD crosswalk configuration.
Properties: crosswalk.submission.SWORD.stylesheet
Example Value: crosswalk.submission.SWORD.stylesheet = crosswalks/sword-swap-ingest.xsl
Informational Note: Define the stylesheet which will be used by the self-named XSLTIngestionCrosswalk class when asked to load the SWORD configuration (as specified above). This will use the specified stylesheet to crosswalk the incoming SWAP metadata to the DIM format for ingestion.
Properties: sword.deposit.url
Example Value: sword.deposit.url = http://www.myu.ac.uk/sword/deposit_
Informational Note: The base URL of the SWORD deposit. This is the URL from which DSpace will construct the deposit location URLs for collections. The default is {dspace.url}/sword/deposit. In the event that you are not deploying DSpace as the ROOT application in the servlet container, this will generate incorrect URLs, and you should override the functionality by specifying in full as shown in the example value.
Properties: {{sword.servicedocument.url }}
Example Value: {{sword.servicedocument.url = http://www.myu.ac.uk/sword/servicedocument_
Informational Note: The base URL of the SWORD service document. This is the URL from which DSpace will construct the service document location URLs for the site, and for individual collections. The default is {dspace.url}/sword/servicedocument . In the event that you are not deploying DSpace as the ROOT application in the servlet container, this will generate incorrect URLs, and you should override the functionality by specifying in full as shown in the example value.
Properties: sword.media-link.url
Example Value: sword.media-link.url = http://www.myu.ac.uk/sword/media-link_
Informational Note: The base URL of the SWORD media links. This is the URL which DSpace will use to construct the media link URLs for items which are deposited via sword. The default is {dspace.url}/sword/media-link. In the event that you are not deploying DSpace as the ROOT application in the servlet container, this will generate incorrect URLs, and you should override the functionality by specifying in full as shown in the example value.
Properties: sword.generator.url
Example Value: sword.generator.url = http://www.dspace.org/ns/sword/1.3.1_
Informational Note: The URL which identifies the sword software which provides the sword interface. This is the URL which DSpace will use to fill out the atom:generator element of its atom documents. The default is: {{[http://www.dspace.org/ns/sword/1.3.1_ [http://www.dspace.org/ns/sword/1.3.1_]]}}. If you have modified your sword software, you should change this URI to identify your own version. If you are using the standard dspace-sword module you will not, in general, need to change this setting.
Properties: sword.updated.field
Example Value: sword.updated.field = dc.date.updated
Informational Note: The metadata field in which to store the updated date for items deposited via SWORD.
Properties: sword.slug.field
Example Value: sword.slug.field = dc.identifier.slug
Informational Note: The metadata field in which to store the value of the slug header if it is supplied.
Properties:
+
sword.accept-packaging.METSDSpaceSIP.identifier
+sword.accept-packaging.METSDSpaceSIP.q
+
Example Value:
+
sword.accept-packaging.METSDSpaceSIP.identifier = http://purl.org/net/sword-types/METSDSpaceSIP
+sword.accept-packaging.METSDSpaceSIP.q = 1.0
+
Informational Note: The accept packaging properties, along with their associated quality values where appropriate. This is a Global Setting; these will be used on all DSpace collections
Properties:
+
sword.accept-packaging.[handle].METSDSpaceSIP.identifier
+sword.accept-packaging.[handle].METSDSpaceSIP.q
+
Example Value:
+
sword.accept-packaging.[handle].METSDSpaceSIP.identifier = http://purl.org/net/sword-types/METSDSpaceSIP
+sword.accept-packaging.[handle].METSDSpaceSIP.q = 1.0
+
Informational Note: Collection Specific settings: these will be used on the collections with the given handles.
Properties: sword.expose-items
Example Value: sword.expose-items = false
Informational Note: Should the server offer up items in collections as sword deposit targets. This will be effected by placing a URI in the collection description which will list all the allowed items for the depositing user in that collection on request. NOTE: this will require an implementation of deposit onto items, which will not be forthcoming for a short while.
Properties: sword.expose-communities
Example Value: sword.expose-communities = false
Informational Note: Should the server offer as the default the list of all Communities to a Service Document request. If false, the server will offer the list of all collections, which is the default and recommended behavior at this stage. NOTE: a service document for Communities will not offer any viable deposit targets, and the client will need to request the list of Collections in the target before deposit can continue.
Properties: sword.max-upload-size
Example Value: sword.max-upload-size = 0
Informational Note: The maximum upload size of a package through the sword interface, in bytes. This will be the combined size of all the files, the metadata and any manifest data. It is NOT the same as the maximum size set for an individual file upload through the user interface. If not set, or set to 0, the sword service will default to no limit.
Properties: sword.keep-original-package
Example Value: sword.keep-original-package = true
Informational Note: Whether or not DSpace should store a copy of the original sword deposit package. NOTE: this will cause the deposit process to run slightly slower, and will accelerate the rate at which the repository consumes disk space. BUT, it will also mean that the deposited packages are recoverable in their original form. It is strongly recommended, therefore, to leave this option turned on. When set to "true", this requires that the configuration option upload.temp.dir above is set to a valid location.
Properties: sword.bundle.name
Example Value: sword.bundle.name = SWORD
Informational Note: The bundle name that SWORD should store incoming packages under if sword.keep-original-package is set to true. The default is "SWORD" if not value is set
Properties: sword.identify-version
Example Value: sword.identify-version = true
Informational Note: Should the server identify the sword version in a deposit response. It is recommended to leave this unchanged.
Properties: sword.on-behalf-of.enable
Example Value: sword.on-behalf-of.enable = true
Informational Note: Should mediated deposit via sword be supported. If enabled, this will allow users to deposit content packages on behalf of other users.
Properties:
+
plugin.named.org.dspace.sword.SWORDingester
+
Example Value:
+
plugin.named.org.dspace.sword.SWORDIngester = \
+  org.dspace.sword.SWORDMETSIngester = http://purl.org/net/sword-types/METSDSpaceSIP \
+  org.dspace.sword.SimpleFileIngester = SimpleFileIngester
+
Informational Note: Configure the plugins to process incoming packages. The form of this configuration is as per the Plugin Manager's Named Plugin documentation: {{plugin.named.[interface] = [implementation] = [package format identifier] }}. Package ingesters should implement the SWORDIngester interface, and will be loaded when a package of the format specified above in: {{sword.accept-packaging.[package format].identifier = [package format identifier]}}is received. In the event that this is a simple file deposit, with no package format, then the class named by "SimpleFileIngester" will be loaded and executed where appropriate. This case will only occur when a single file is being deposited into an existing DSpace Item.
Properties: sword.accepts
Example Value: sword.accepts = application/zip, foo/bar
Informational Note: A comma separated list of MIME types that SWORD will accept.
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+ This page last changed on Feb 17, 2011 by helix84. +
+ +

Curation System

+ +

As of release 1.7, DSpace supports running curation tasks, which are described in this section. DSpace 1.7 and subsequent distributions will bundle (include) several useful tasks, but the system also is designed to allow new tasks to be added between releases, both general purpose tasks that come from the community, and locally written and deployed tasks.

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+
+ +

Tasks

+ +

The goal of the curation system ('CS') is to provide a simple, extensible way to manage routine content operations on a repository. These operations are known to CS as 'tasks', and they can operate on any DSpaceObject (i.e. subclasses of DSpaceObject) - which means Communities, Collections, and Items - viz. core data model objects. Tasks may elect to work on only one type of DSpace object - typically an Item - and in this case they may simply ignore other data types (tasks have the ability to 'skip' objects for any reason). The DSpace core distribution will provide a number of useful tasks, but the system is designed to encourage local extension - tasks can be written for any purpose, and placed in any java package. This gives DSpace sites the ability to customize the behavior of their repository without having to alter - and therefore manage synchronization with - the DSpace source code. What sorts of activities are appropriate for tasks?

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Some examples:

+ +
    +
  • apply a virus scan to item bitstreams (this will be our example below)
    • +
  • profile a collection based on format types - good for identifying format migrations
    • +
  • ensure a given set of metadata fields are present in every item, or even that they have particular values
    • +
  • call a network service to enhance/replace/normalize an item's metadata or content
    • +
  • ensure all item bitstreams are readable and their checksums agree with the ingest values
    • +
+ + +

Since tasks have access to, and can modify, DSpace content, performing tasks is considered an administrative function to be available only to knowledgeable collection editors, repository administrators, sysadmins, etc. No tasks are exposed in the public interfaces.

+ +

Activation

+ +

For CS to run a task, the code for the task must of course be included with other deployed code (to [dspace]/lib, WAR, etc) but it must also be declared and given a name. This is done via a configuration property in [dspace]/config/modules/curate.cfg as follows:

+ +
+
+plugin.named.org.dspace.curate.CurationTask = \
+org.dspace.curate.ProfileFormats = profileformats, \
+org.dspace.curate.RequiredMetadata = requiredmetadata, \
+org.dspace.curate.ClamScan = vscan
+
+
+ +

For each activated task, a key-value pair is added. The key is the fully qualified class name and the value is the taskname used elsewhere to configure the use of the task, as will be seen below. Note that the curate.cfg configuration file, while in the config directory, is located under 'modules'. The intent is that tasks, as well as any configuration they require, will be optional 'add-ons' to the basic system configuration. Adding or removing tasks has no impact on dspace.cfg.

+ +

For many tasks, this activation configuration is all that will be required to use it. But for others, the task needs specific configuration itself. A concrete example is described below, but note that these task-specific configuration property files also reside in [dspace]/config/modules

+ +

Writing your own tasks

+ +

A task is just a java class that can contain arbitrary code, but it must have 2 properties:

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First, it must provide a no argument constructor, so it can be loaded by the PluginManager. Thus, all tasks are 'named' plugins, with the taskname being the plugin name.

+ +

Second, it must implement the interface 'org.dspace.curate.CurationTask'

+ +

The CurationTask interface is almost a 'tagging' interface, and only requires a few very high-level methods be implemented. The most significant is:

+ +
+
 int perform(DSpaceObject dso);
+
+ +

The return value should be a code describing one of 4 conditions:

+ +
    +
  • 0 : SUCCESS the task completed successfully
    • +
  • 1 : FAIL the task failed (it is up to the task to decide what 'counts' as failure - an example might be that the virus scan finds an infected file)
    • +
  • 2 : SKIPPED the task could not be performed on the object, perhaps because it was not applicable
    • +
  • -1 : ERROR the task could not be completed due to an error
    • +
+ + +

If a task extends the AbstractCurationTask class, that is the only method it needs to define.

+ +

Task Invocation

+ +

Tasks are invoked using CS framework classes that manage a few details (to be described below), and this invocation can occur wherever needed, but CS offers great versatility 'out of the box':

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On the command line

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A simple tool 'CurationCli' provides access to CS via the command line. This tool bears the name 'curate' in the DSpace launcher. For example, to perform a virus check on collection '4':

+ +
+
 [dspace]/bin/dspace curate -t vscan -i 123456789/4
+
+ +

The complete list of arguments:

+ +
+
+-t taskname: name of task to perform
+-T filename: name of file containing list of tasknames
+-e epersonID: (email address) will be superuser if unspecified
+-i identifier: Id of object to curate. May be (1) a handle (2) a workflow Id or (3) 'all' to operate on the whole repository
+-q queue: name of queue to process - -i and -q are mutually exclusive
+-v emit verbose output
+-r - emit reporting to standard out
+
+
+ +

As with other command-line tools, these invocations could be placed in a cron table and run on a fixed schedule, or run on demand by an administrator.

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In the admin UI

+ +

In the XMLUI, there is a 'Curate' tab (appearing within the 'Edit Community/Collection/Item') that exposes a drop-down list of configured tasks, with a button to 'perform' the task, or queue it for later operation (see section below). Not all activated tasks need appear in the Curate tab - you filter them by means of a configuration property. This property also permits you to assign to the task a more user-friendly name than the PluginManager taskname. The property resides in [dspace]/config/modules/curate.cfg:

+ +
+
+ui.tasknames = \
+     profileformats = Profile Bitstream Formats, \
+     requiredmetadata = Check for Required Metadata
+
+
+ +

When a task is selected from the drop-down list and performed, the tab displays both a phrase interpreting the 'status code' of the task execution, and the 'result' message if any has been defined. When the task has been queued, an acknowledgement appears instead. You may configure the words used for status codes in curate.cfg (for clarity, language localization, etc):

+ +
+
+ui.statusmessages = \
+    -3 = Unknown Task, \
+    -2 = No Status Set, \
+    -1 = Error, \
+     0 = Success, \
+     1 = Fail, \
+     2 = Skip, \
+     other = Invalid Status
+
+
+ + +

In workflow

+ +

CS provides the ability to attach any number of tasks to standard DSpace workflows. Using a configuration file [dspace]/config/workflow-curation.xml, you can declaratively (without coding) wire tasks to any step in a workflow. An example:

+ +
+
+<taskset-map>
+   <mapping collection-handle="default" taskset="cautious" />
+</taskset-map>
+<tasksets>
+  <taskset name="cautious">
+    <flowstep name="step1">
+      <task name="vscan">
+        <workflow>reject</workflow>
+        <notify on="fail">$flowgroup</notify>
+        <notify on="fail">$colladmin</notify>
+        <notify on="error">$siteadmin</notify>
+      </task>
+    </flowstep>
+  </taskset>
+</tasksets>
+
+
+ +

This markup would cause a virus scan to occur during step one of workflow for any collection, and automatically reject any submissions with infected files. It would further notify (via email) both the reviewers (step 1 group), and the collection administrators, if either of these are defined. If it could not perform the scan, the site administrator would be notified.

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The notifications use the same procedures that other workflow notifications do - namely email. There is a new email template defined for curation task use: [dspace]/config/emails/flowtask_notify. This may be language-localized or otherwise modified like any other email template.

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Like configurable submission, you can assign these task rules per collection, as well as having a default for any collection.

+ +

In arbitrary user code

+ +

If these pre-defined ways are not sufficient, you can of course manage curation directly in your code. You would use the CS helper classes. For example:

+ +
+
+Collection coll = (Collection)HandleManager.resolveToObject(context, "123456789/4");
+Curator curator = new Curator();
+curator.addTask("vscan").curate(coll);
+System.out.println("Result: " + curator.getResult("vscan"));
+
+
+ +

would do approximately what the command line invocation did. the method 'curate' just performs all the tasks configured
+(you can add multiple tasks to a curator).

+ +

Asynchronous (Deferred) Operation

+ +

Because some tasks may consume a fair amount of time, it may not be desirable to run them in an interactive context. CS provides a simple API and means to defer task execution, by a queuing system. Thus, using the previous example:

+ +
+
+     Curator curator = new Curator();
+     curator.addTask("vscan").queue(context, "monthly", "123456789/4");
+
+
+ +

would place a request on a named queue "monthly" to virus scan the collection. To read (and process) the queue, we could for example:

+ +
+
 [dspace]/bin/dspace curate -q monthly
+
+ +

use the command-line tool, but we could also read the queue programmatically. Any number of queues can be defined and used as needed.
+In the administrative UI curation 'widget', there is the ability to both perform a task, but also place it on a queue for later processing.

+ +

Task Output and Reporting

+ +

Few assumptions are made by CS about what the 'outcome' of a task may be (if any) - it. could e.g. produce a report to a temporary file, it could modify DSpace content silently, etc But the CS runtime does provide a few pieces of information whenever a task is performed:

+ +

Status Code

+ +

This was mentioned above. This is returned to CS whenever a task is called. The complete list of values:

+ +
+
+      -3 NOTASK - CS could not find the requested task
+      -2 UNSET  - task did not return a status code because it has not yet run
+      -1 ERROR - task could not be performed
+       0 SUCCESS - task performed successfully
+       1 FAIL - task performed, but failed
+       2 SKIP - task not performed due to object not being eligible
+
+
+ +

In the administrative UI, this code is translated into the word or phrase configured by the ui.statusmessages property (discussed above) for display.

+ +

Result String

+ +

The task may define a string indicating details of the outcome. This result is displayed, in the 'curation widget' described above:

+ +
+
+       "Virus 12312 detected on Bitstream 4 of 1234567789/3"
+
+
+ +

CS does not interpret or assign result strings, the task does it. A task may not assign a result, but the 'best practice' for tasks is to assign one whenever possible.

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Reporting Stream

+ +

For very fine-grained information, a task may write to a reporting stream. This stream is sent to standard out, so is only available when running a task from the command line. Unlike the result string, there is no limit to the amount of data that may be pushed to this stream.

+ +

The status code, and the result string are accessed (or set) by methods on the Curation object:

+ +
+
+     Curator curator = new Curator();
+     curator.addTask("vscan").curate(coll);
+     int status = curator.getStatus("vscan");
+     String result - curator.getResult("vscan");
+
+
+ +

Task Annotations

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CS looks for, and will use, certain java annotations in the task Class definition that can help it invoke tasks more intelligently. An example may explain best. Since tasks operate on DSOs that can either be simple (Items) or containers (Collections, and Communities), there is a fundamental problem or ambiguity in how a task is invoked: if the DSO is a collection, should the CS invoke the task on each member of the collection, or does the task 'know' how to do that itself? The decision is made by looking for the @Distributive annotation: if present, CS assumes that the task will manage the details, otherwise CS will walk the collection, and invoke the task on each member. The java class would be defined:

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+@Distributive
+public class MyTask implements CurationTask
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A related issue concerns how non-distributive tasks report their status and results: the status will normally reflect only the last invocation of the task in the container, so important outcomes could be lost. If a task declares itself @Suspendable, however, the CS will cease processing when it encounters a FAIL status. When used in the UI, for example, this would mean that if our virus scan is running over a collection, it would stop and return status (and result) to the scene on the first infected item it encounters. You can even tune @Supendable tasks more precisely by annotating what invocations you want to suspend on. For example:

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+public class MyTask implements CurationTask
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would mean that the task would suspend if invoked in the UI, but would run to completion if run on the command-line.

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Only a few annotation types have been defined so far, but as the number of tasks grow, we can look for common behavior that can be signaled by annotation. For example, there is a @Mutative type: that tells CS that the task may alter (mutate) the object it is working on.

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Starter Tasks

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DSpace 1.7 bundles a few tasks and activates two (2) by default to demonstrate the use of the curation system. These may be removed (deactivated by means of configuration) if desired without affecting system integrity. Each task is briefly described here.

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Bitstream Format Profiler

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The task with the taskname 'formatprofiler' (in the admin UI it is labeled "Profile Bitstream Formats") examines all the bitstreams in an item and produces a table ("profile") which is assigned to the result string. It is activated by default, and is configured to display in the administrative UI. The result string has the layout:

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+     10 (K) Portable Network Graphics
+     5  (S) Plain Text
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where the left column is the count of bitstreams of the named format and the letter in parentheses is an abbreviation of the repository-assigned support level for that format:

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+    U  Unsupported
+    K  Known
+    S  Supported
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The profiler will operate on any DSpace object. If the object is an item, then only that item's bitstreams are profiled; if a collection, all the bitstreams of all the items; if a community, all the items of all the collections of the community.

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Required Metadata

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The 'requiredmetadata' task examines item metadata and determines whether fields that the web submission (input-forms.xml) marks as required are present. It sets the result string to indicate either that all required fields are present, or constructs a list of metadata elements that are required but missing. When the task is performed on an item, it will display the result for that item. When performed on a collection or community, the task be performed on each item, and will display the last item result. If all items in the community or collection have all required fields, that will be the last in the collection. If the task fails for any item (i.e. the item lacks all required fields), the process is halted. This way the results for the 'failed' items are not lost.

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Virus Scan

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The 'vscan' task performs a virus scan on the bitstreams of items using the ClamAV software product.
+Clam AntiVirus is an open source (GPL) anti-virus toolkit for UNIX. A port for Windows is also available. The virus scanning curation task interacts with the ClamAV virus scanning service to scan the bitstreams contained in items, reporting on infection(s). Like other curation tasks, it can be run against a container or item, in the GUI or from the command line. It should be installed according to the documentation at http://www.clamav.net. It should not be installed in the dspace installation directory. You may install it on the same machine as your dspace installation, or on another machine which has been configured properly.

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Setup the service from the ClamAV documentation.

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This plugin requires a ClamAV daemon installed and configured for TCP sockets. Instructions for installing ClamAV (http://www.clamav.net/doc/latest/clamdoc.pdf )

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NOTICE: The following directions assume there is a properly installed and configured clamav daemon. Refer to links above for more information about ClamAV.
+The Clam anti-virus database must be updated regularly to maintain the most current level of anti-virus protection. Please refer to the ClamAV documentation for instructions about maintaining the anti-virus database.

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DSpace Configuration

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In [dspace]/config/modules/curate.cfg, activate the task:

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  • Add the plugin to the comma separated list of curation tasks.
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+### Task Class implementations
+plugin.named.org.dspace.curate.CurationTask = \
+org.dspace.curate.ProfileFormats = profileformats, \
+org.dspace.curate.RequiredMetadata = requiredmetadata, \
+org.dspace.curate.ClamScan = vscan
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+ui.tasknames = \
+profileformats = Profile Bitstream Formats, \
+requiredmetadata = Check for Required Metadata, \
+vscan = Scan for Viruses
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In [dspace]/config/modules, edit configuration file clamav.cfg:

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+service.host = 127.0.0.1
+Change if not running on the same host as your DSpace installation.
+service.port = 3310
+Change if not using standard ClamAV port
+socket.timeout = 120
+Change if longer timeout needed
+scan.failfast = false
+Change only if items have large numbers of bitstreams
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Task Operation from the GUI

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Curation tasks can be run against container and item dspace objects by e-persons with administrative privileges. A curation tab will appear in the administrative ui after logging into DSpace:

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  2. Select the option configured in ui.tasknames above.
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  3. Select Perform.
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Task Operation from the curation command line client

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To output the results to the console:

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+[dspace]/bin/dspace curate -t vscan -i <handle of container or item dso> -r -
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Or capture the results in a file:

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+[dspace]/bin/dspace curate -t vscan -i <handle of container or item dso> -r - > /<path...>/<name>
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Table 1 – Virus Scan Results Table
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Container T Stop on 1st Infected Bitstream
Container F Stop on 1st Infected Item
Item T Stop on 1st Infected Bitstream
Item F Scan all bitstreams
   
Command Line   
Container T Report on 1st infected bitstream within an item/Scan all contained Items
Container F Report on all infected bitstreams/Scan all contained Items
Item   Report on 1st infected bitstream
Item   Report on all infected bitstreams
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DSpace System Documentation: DRI Schema Reference

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Digital Repository Interface (DRI) is a schema that governs the structure of a Manakin DSpace page when encoded as an XML Document. It determines what elements can be present in the Document and the relationship of those elements to each other. This reference document explains the purpose of DRI, provides a broad architectural overview, and explains common design patterns. The appendix includes a complete reference for elements used in the DRI Schema, a graphical representation of the element hierarchy, and a quick reference table of elements and attributes.

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Table of Contents:

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Introduction

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This manual describes the Digital Repository Interface (DRI) as it applies to the DSpace digital repository and XMLUI Manakin based interface. DSpace XML UI is a comprehensive user interface system. It is centralized and generic, allowing it to be applied to all DSpace pages, effectively replacing the JSP-based interface system. Its ability to apply specific styles to arbitrarily large sets of DSpace pages significantly eases the task of adapting the DSpace look and feel to that of the adopting institution. This also allows for several levels of branding, lending institutional credibility to the repository and collections.

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Manakin, the second version of DSpace XML UI, consists of several components, written using Java, XML, and XSL, and is implemented in Cocoon. Central to the interface is the XML Document, which is a semantic representation of a DSpace page. In Manakin, the XML Document adheres to a schema called the Digital Repository Interface (DRI) Schema, which was developed in conjunction with Manakin and is the subject of this guide. For the remainder of this guide, the terms XML Document, DRI Document, and Document will be used interchangeably.

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This reference document explains the purpose of DRI, provides a broad architectural overview, and explains common design patterns. The appendix includes a complete reference for elements used in the DRI Schema, a graphical representation of the element hierarchy, and a quick reference table of elements and attributes.

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The Purpose of DRI

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DRI is a schema that governs the structure of the XML Document. It determines the elements that can be present in the Document and the relationship of those elements to each other. Since all Manakin components produce XML Documents that adhere to the DRI schema, The XML Document serves as the abstraction layer. Two such components, Themes and Aspects, are essential to the workings of Manakin and are described briefly in this manual.

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The Development of DRI

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The DRI schema was developed for use in Manakin. The choice to develop our own schema rather than adapt an existing one came after a careful analysis of the schema's purpose as well as the lessons learned from earlier attempts at customizing the DSpace interface. Since every DSpace page in Manakin exists as an XML Document at some point in the process, the schema describing that Document had to be able to structurally represent all content, metadata and relationships between different parts of a DSpace page. It had to be precise enough to avoid losing any structural information, and yet generic enough to allow Themes a certain degree of freedom in expressing that information in a readable format.

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Popular schemas such as XHTML suffer from the problem of not relating elements together explicitly. For example, if a heading precedes a paragraph, the heading is related to the paragraph not because it is encoded as such but because it happens to precede it. When these structures are attempted to be translated into formats where these types of relationships are explicit, the translation becomes tedious, and potentially problematic. More structured schemas, like TEI or DocBook, are domain specific (much like DRI itself) and therefore not suitable for our purposes.

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We also decided that the schema should natively support a metadata standard for encoding artifacts. Rather than encoding artifact metadata in structural elements, like tables or lists, the schema would include artifacts as objects encoded in a particular standard. The inclusion of metadata in native format would enable the Theme to choose the best method to render the artifact for display without being tied to a particular structure.

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Ultimately, we chose to develop our own schema. We have constructed the DRI schema by incorporating other standards when appropriate, such as Cocoon's i18n schema for internationalization, DCMI's Dublin Core, and the Library of Congress's METS schema. The design of structural elements was derived primarily from TEI, with some of the design patterns borrowed from other existing standards such as DocBook and XHTML. While the structural elements were designed to be easily translated into XHTML, they preserve the semantic relationships for use in more expressive languages.

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DRI in Manakin

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The general process for handling a request in DSpace XML UI consists of two parts. The first part builds the XML Document, and the second part stylizes that Document for output. In Manakin, the two parts are not discrete and instead wrapped within two processes: Content Generation, which builds an XML representation of the page, and Style Application, which stylizes the resulting Document. Content Generation is performed by Aspect chaining, while Style Application is performed by a Theme.

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Themes

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A Theme is a collection of XSL stylesheets and supporting files like images, CSS styles, translations, and help documents. The XSL stylesheets are applied to the DRI Document to covert it into a readable format and give it structure and basic visual formatting in that format. The supporting files are used to provide the page with a specific look and feel, insert images and other media, translate the content, and perform other tasks. The currently used output format is XHTML and the supporting files are generally limited to CSS, images, and JavaScript. More output formats, like PDF or SVG, may be added in the future.

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A DSpace installation running Manakin may have several Themes associated with it. When applied to a page, a Theme determines most of the page's look and feel. Different themes can be applied to different sets of DSpace pages allowing for both variety of styles between sets of pages and consistency within those sets. The xmlui.xconf configuration file determines which Themes are applied to which DSpace pages (see the Chapter 7. Manakin [XMLUI] Configuration and Customization for more information on installing and configuring themes). Themes may be configured to apply to all pages of specific type, like browse-by-title, to all pages of a one particular community or collection or sets of communities and collections, and to any mix of the two. They can also be configured to apply to a singe arbitrary page or handle.

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Aspect Chains

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Manakin Aspects are arrangements of Cocoon components (transformers, actions, matchers, etc) that implement a new set of coupled features for the system. These Aspects are chained together to form all the features of Manakin. Five Aspects exist in the default installation of Manakin, each handling a particular set of features of DSpace, and more can be added to implement extra features. All Aspects take a DRI Document as input and generate one as output. This allows Aspects to be linked together to form an Aspect chain. Each Aspect in the chain takes a DRI Document as input, adds its own functionality, and passes the modified Document to the next Aspect in the chain.

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Common Design Patterns

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There are several design patterns used consistently within the DRI schema. This section identifies the need for and describes the implementation of these patterns. Three patterns are discussed: language and internationalization issues, standard attribute triplet (id, n, and rend), and the use of structure-oriented markup.

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Localization and Internationalization

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Internationalization is a very important component of the DRI system. It allows content to be offered in other languages based on user's locale and conditioned upon availability of translations, as well as present dates and currency in a localized manner. There are two types of translated content: content stored and displayed by DSpace itself, and content introduced by the DRI styling process in the XSL transformations. Both types are handled by Cocoon's i18n transformer without regard to their origin.

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When the Content Generation process produces a DRI Document, some of the textual content may be marked up with i18n elements to signify that translations are available for that content. During the Style Application process, the Theme can also introduce new textual content, marking it up with i18n tags. As a result, after the Theme's XSL templates are applied to the DRI Document, the final output consists of a DSpace page marked up in the chosen display format (like XHTML) with i18n elements from both DSpace and XSL content. This final document is sent through Cocoon's i18n transformer that translates the marked up text.

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Standard attribute triplet

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Many elements in the DRI system (all top-level containers, character classes, and many others) contain one or several of the three standard attributes: id, n, and rend. The id and n attributes can be required or optional based on the element's purpose, while the rend attribute is always optional. The first two are used for identification purposes, while the third is used as a display hint issued to the styling step.

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Identification is important because it allows elements to be separated from their peers for sorting, special case rendering, and other tasks. The first attribute, id, is the global identifier and it is unique to the entire document. Any element that contains an id attribute can thus be uniquely referenced by it. The id attribute of an element can be either assigned explicitly, or generated from the Java Class Path of the originating object if no name is given. While all elements that can be uniquely identified can carry the id attribute, only those that are independent on their context are required to do so. For example, tables are required to have an id since they retain meaning regardless of their location in the document, while table rows and cells can omit the attribute since their meaning depends on the parent element.

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The name attribute n is simply the name assigned to the element, and it is used to distinguish an element from its immediate peers. In the example of a particular list, all items in that list will have different names to distinguish them from each other. Other lists in the document, however, can also contain items whose names will be different from each other, but identical to those in the first list. The n attribute of an element is therefore unique only in the scope of that element's parent and is used mostly for sorting purposes and special rendering of a certain class of elements, like, for example, all first items in lists, or all items named "browse". The n attribute follows the same rules as id when determining whether or not it is required for a given element.

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The last attribute in the standard triplet is rend. Unlike id and n, the rend attribute can consist of several space delimited values and is optional for all elements that can contain it. Its purpose is to provide a rendering hint from the middle layer component to the styling theme. How that hint is interpreted and whether it is used at all when provided, is completely up the theme. There are several cases, however, where the content of the rend attribute is outlined in detail and its use is encouraged. Those cases are the emphasis element hi, the division element div, and the list element. Please refer to the Element Reference for more detail on these elements.

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Structure-oriented markup

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The final design pattern is the use of structure-oriented markup for content carried by the XML Document. Once generated by Cocoon, the Document contains two major types of information: metadata about the repository and its contents, and the actual content of the page to be displayed. A complete overview of metadata and content markup and their relationship to each other is given in the next section. An important thing to note here, however, is that the markup of the content is oriented towards explicitly stating structural relationships between the elements rather than focusing on the presentational aspects. This makes the markup used by the Document more similar to TEI or Docbook rather than HTML. For this reason, XSL templates are used by the themes to convert structural DRI markup to XHTML. Even then, an attempt is made to create XHTML as structural as possible, leaving presentation entirely to CSS. This allows the XML Document to be generic enough to represent any DSpace page without dictating how it should be rendered.

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Schema Overview

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The DRI XML Document consists of the root element document and three top-level elements that contain two major types of elements. The three top-level containers are meta, body, and options. The two types of elements they contain are metadata and content, carrying metadata about the page and the contents of the page, respectively. Figure 1 depicts the relationship between these six components.

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Figure 1: The two content types across three major divisions of a DRI page.

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The document element is the root for all DRI pages and contains all other elements. It bears only one attribute, version, that contains the version number of the DRI system and the schema used to validate the produced document. At the time of writing the working version number is "1.1".

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The meta element is a the top-level element under document and contains all metadata information about the page, the user that requested it, and the repository it is used with. It contains no structural elements, instead being the only container of metadata elements in a DRI Document. The metadata stored by the meta element is broken up into three major groups: userMeta, pageMeta, and objectMeta, each storing metadata information about their respective component. Please refer to the reference entries for more information about these elements.

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The options element is another top-level element that contains all navigation and action options available to the user. The options are stored as items in list elements, broken up by the type of action they perform. The five types of actions are: browsing, search, language selection, actions that are always available, and actions that are context dependent. The two action types also contain sub-lists that contain actions available to users of varying degrees of access to the system. The options element contains no metadata elements and can only make use of a small set of structural elements, namely the list element and its children.

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The last major top-level element is the body element. It contains all structural elements in a DRI Document, including the lists used by the options element. Structural elements are used to build a generic representation of a DSpace page. Any DSpace page can be represented with a combination of the structural elements, which will in turn be transformed by the XSL templates into another format. This is the core mechanism that allows DSpace XML UI to apply uniform templates and styling rules to all DSpace pages and is the fundamental difference from the JSP approach currently used by DSpace.

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The body element directly contains only one type of element: div. The div element serves as a major division of content and any number of them can be contained by the body. Additionally, divisions are recursive, allowing divs to contain other divs. It is within these elements that all other structural elements are contained. Those elements include tables, paragraph elements p, and lists, as well as their various children elements. At the lower levels of this hierarchy lie the character container elements. These elements, namely paragraphs p, table cells, lists items, and the emphasis element hi, contain the textual content of a DSpace page, optionally modified with links, figures, and emphasis. If the division within which the character class is contained is tagged as interactive (via the interactive attribute), those elements can also contain interactive form fields. Divisions tagged as interactive must also provide method and action attributes for its fields to use.

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Figure 2: All the elements in the DRI schema (version 1.1).

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Merging of DRI Documents

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Having described the structure of the DRI Document, as well as its function in Manakin's Aspect chains, we now turn our attention to the one last detail of their use: merging two Documents into one. There are several situations where the need to merge two documents arises. In Manakin, for example, every Aspect is responsible for adding different functionality to a DSpace page. Since every instance of a page has to be a complete DRI Document, each Aspect is faced with the task of merging the Document it generated with the ones generated (and merged into one Document) by previously executed Aspects. For this reason rules exist that describe which elements can be merged together and what happens to their data and child elements in the process.

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When merging two DRI Documents, one is considered to be the main document, and the other a feeder document that is added in. The three top level containers (meta, body and options) of both documents are then individually analyzed and merged. In the case of the options and meta elements, the children tags are taken individually as well and treated differently from their siblings.

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The body elements are the easiest to merge: their respective div children are preserved along with their ordering and are grouped together under one element. Thus, the new body tag will contain all the divs of the main document followed by all the divs of the feeder. However, if two divs have the same n and rend attributes (and in case of an interactive div the same action and method attributes as well), those divs will be merged into one. The resulting div will bear the id, n, and rend attributes of the main document's div and contain all the divs of the main document followed by all the divs of the feeder. This process continues recursively until all the divs have been merged. It should be noted that two divisions with separate pagination rules cannot be merged together.

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Merging the options elements is somewhat different. First, list elements under options of both documents are compared with each other. Those unique to either document are simply added under the new options element, just like divs under body. In case of duplicates, that is list elements that belong to both documents and have the same n attribute, the two lists will be merged into one. The new list element will consist of the main document's head element, followed label-item pairs from the main document, and then finally the label-item pairs of the feeder, provided they are different from those of the main.

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Finally, the meta elements are merged much like the elements under body. The three children of meta - userMeta, pageMeta, and objectMeta - are individually merged, adding the contents of the feeder after the contents of the main.

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Version Changes

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The DRI schema will continue to evolve overtime as the needs of interface design require. The version attribute on the document will indicate which version of the schema the document conforms to. At the time Manakin was incorporated into the standard distribution of DSpac the current version was "1.1", however earlier versions of the Manakin interface may use "1.0".

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Changes from 1.0 to 1.1

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There were major structural changes between these two version numbers. Several elements were removed from the schema:includeSet, include, objectMeta, and object. Originally all metadata for objects were included in-line with the DRI document, this proved to have several problems and has been removed in version 1.1 of the DRI schema. Instead of including metadata in-line, external references to the metadata is included. Thus, a reference element has been added along with referenceSet. These new elements operate like their counterparts in the previous version except refrencing metadata contained on the objectMeta element they reference metadata in external files. The repository and repositoryMeta elements were alse modified in a similar manner removing in-line metadata and refrencing external metadata documents.

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Element Reference

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BODY   
cell   
  cols  
  id  
  n  
  rend  
  role  
  rows  
div   
  action required for interactive behavior
  behaviorSensitivFields  
  currentPage  
  firstItemIndex  
  id required
  interactive  
  itemsTotal  
  lastItemIndex  
  method required for interactive
  n required
  nextPage  
  pagesTotal  
  pageURLMask  
  pagination  
  previousPage  
  rend  
DOCUMENT version required
field   
  disabled  
  id required
  n required
  rend  
  required  
  type required
figure   
  rend  
  source  
  target  
head   
  id  
  n  
  rend  
help   
hi rend required
instance   
item   
  id  
  n  
  rend  
label   
  id  
  n  
  rend  
list   
  id required
  n required
  rend  
  type  
META   
metadata   
  element required
  language  
  qualifier  
OPTIONS   
p   
  id  
  n  
  rend  
pageMeta   
params   
  cols  
  maxlength  
  multiple  
  operations  
  rows  
  size  
reference   
  url required
  repositoryID required
  type  
referenceSet  
  id required
  n required
  orderBy  
  rend  
  type required
repository   
  repositoryID required
  url required
repositoryMeta   
row   
  id  
  n  
  rend  
  role required
table   
  cols required
  id required
  n required
  rend  
  rows required
trail   
  rend  
  target  
userMeta authenticated required
value   
  optionSelected  
  optionValue  
  type required
xref target required
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BODY

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Top-Level Container

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The body element is the main container for all content displayed to the user. It contains any number of div elements that group content into interactive and display blocks.

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Parent

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Children

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Attributes

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+<document version=1.0>
+  <meta> ... </meta>
+   <body>
+    <div n="division-example1"
+	id="XMLExample.div.division-example1">
+     ...
+    </div>
+    <div n="division-example2" id="XMLExample.div.division-example2"
+	interactive="yes" action="www.DRItest.com"
+	method="post">
+     ...
+    </div>
+     ...
+   </body>
+  <options> ... </options>
+</document>
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cell

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Rich Text Container

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Structural Element

+ +

The cell element contained in a row of a table carries content for that table. It is a character container, just like p, item, and hi, and its primary purpose is to display textual data, possibly enhanced with hyperlinks, emphasized blocks of text, images and form fields. Every cell can be annotated with a role (the most common being "header" and "data") and can stretch across any number of rows and columns. Since cells cannot exist outside their container, row, their id attribute is optional.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • row
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • hi (any)
    • +
  • xref (any)
    • +
  • figure (any)
    • +
  • field (any)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+
    +
  • cols: (optional) The number of columns the cell spans.
    • +
  • id: (optional) A unique identifier of the element.
    • +
  • n: (optional) A local identifier used to differentiate the element from its siblings.
    • +
  • rend: (optional) A rendering hint used to override the default display of the element.
    • +
  • role: (optional) An optional attribute to override the containing row's role settings.
    • +
  • rows: (optional) The number of rows the cell spans.
    • +
+ + +
+
+<table n="table-example" id="XMLExample.table.table-example" rows="2"
+	cols="3">
+    <row role="head">
+       <cell cols="2">Data Label One and Two</cell> <cell>Data Label
+	Three</cell>
+      ...
+    </row>
+    <row>
+       <cell> Value One </cell> <cell> Value Two </cell> <cell> Value
+	Three </cell>
+      ...
+    </row>
+    ...
+</table>
+
+
+ +

div

+ +

Structural Element

+ +

The div element represents a major section of content and can contain a wide variety of structural elements to present that content to the user. It can contain paragraphs, tables, and lists, as well as references to artifact information stored in artifactMeta, repositoryMeta, collections, and communities. The div element is also recursive, allowing it to be further divided into other divs. Divs can be of two types: interactive and static. The two types are set by the use of the interactive attribute and differ in their ability to contain interactive content. Children elements of divs tagged as interactive can contain form fields, with the action and method attributes of the div serving to resolve those fields.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • body
    • +
  • div
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • head (zero or one)
    • +
  • pagination (zero or one)
    • +
  • table (any)
    • +
  • p (any)
    • +
  • referenceSet (any)
    • +
  • list (any)
    • +
  • div (any)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+
    +
  • action: (required for interactive) The form action attribute determines where the form information should be sent for processing.
    • +
  • behavior: (optional for interactive) The acceptable behavior options that may be used on this form. The only possible value defined at this time is "ajax" which means that the form may be submitted multiple times for each individual field in this form. Note that if the form is submitted multiple times it is best for the behaviorSensitiveFields to be updated as well.
    • +
  • behaviorSensitiveFields: (optional for interactive) A space separated list of field names that are sensitive to behavior. These fields must be updated each time a form is submitted with out a complete refresh of the page (i.e. ajax).
    • +
  • currentPage: (optional) For paginated divs, the currentPage attribute indicates the index of the page currently displayed for this div.
    • +
  • firstItemIndex: (optional) For paginated divs, the firstItemIndex attribute indicates the index of the first item included in this div.
    • +
  • id: (required) A unique identifier of the element.
    • +
  • interactive: (optional) Accepted values are "yes", "no". This attribute determines whether the div is interactive or static. Interactive divs must provide action and method and can contain field elements.
    • +
  • itemsTotal: (optional) For paginated divs, the itemsTotal attribute indicates how many items exit across all paginated divs.
    • +
  • lastItemIndex: (optional) For paginated divs, the lastItemIndex attribute indicates the index of the last item included in this div.
    • +
  • method: (required for interactive) Accepted values are "get", "post", and "multipart". Determines the method used to pass gathered field values to the handler specified by the action attribute. The multipart method should be used for uploading files.
    • +
  • n: (required) A local identifier used to differentiate the element from its siblings.
    • +
  • nextPage: (optional) For paginated divs the nextPage attribute points to the URL of the next page of the div, if it exists.
    • +
  • pagesTotal: (optional) For paginated divs, the pagesTotal attribute indicates how many pages the paginated divs spans.
    • +
  • pageURLMask: (optional) For paginated divs, the pageURLMask attribute contains the mask of a url to a particular page within the paginated set. The destination page's number should replace the {pageNum} string in the URL mask to generate a full URL to that page.
    • +
  • pagination: (optional) Accepted values are "simple", "masked". This attribute determines whether the div is spread over several pages. Simple paginated divs must provide previousPage, nextPage, itemsTotal, firstItemIndex, lastItemIndex attributes. Masked paginated divs must provide currentPage, pagesTotal, pageURLMask, itemsTotal, firstItemIndex, lastItemIndex attributes.
    • +
  • previousPage: (optional) For paginated divs the previousPage attribute points to the URL of the previous page of the div, if it exists.
    • +
  • rend: (optional) A rendering hint used to override the default display of the element. In the case of the div tag, it is also encouraged to label it as either "primary" or "secondary". Divs marked as primary contain content, while secondary divs contain auxiliary information or supporting fields.
    • +
+ + +
+
+<body>
+     <div n="division-example"
+	id="XMLExample.div.division-example">
+      <head> Example Division </head>
+      <p> This example shows the use of divisions. </p>
+      <table ...>
+        ...
+      </table>
+      <referenceSet ...>
+        ...
+      </referenceSet>
+      <list ...>
+        ...
+      </list>
+       <div n="sub-division-example"
+	id="XMLExample.div.sub-division-example">
+        <p> Divisions may be nested </p>
+        ...
+       </div>
+      ...
+     </div>
+    ...
+</body>
+
+
+ +

DOCUMENT

+ +

Document Root

+ +

The document element is the root container of an XML UI document. All other elements are contained within it either directly or indirectly. The only attribute it carries is the version of the Schema to which it conforms.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • none
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • meta (one)
    • +
  • body (one)
    • +
  • options (one)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+ +
    +
  • version: (required) Version number of the schema this document adheres to. At the time of writing the only valid version numbers are "1.0" or "1.1". Future iterations of this schema may increment the version number.
    • +
+ + +
+
 <document
+	version="1.1">
+    <meta>
+      ...
+    </meta>
+    <body>
+      ...
+    </body>
+    <options>
+      ...
+    </options>
+ </document>
+
+ +

field

+ +

Text Container

+ +

Structural Element

+ +

The field element is a container for all information necessary to create a form field. The required type attribute determines the type of the field, while the children tags carry the information on how to build it. Fields can only occur in divisions tagged as "interactive".

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • cell
    • +
  • p
    • +
  • hi
    • +
  • item
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • params (one)
    • +
  • help (zero or one)
    • +
  • error (any)
    • +
  • option (any - only with the select type)
    • +
  • value (any - only available on fields of type: select, checkbox, or radio)
    • +
  • field (one or more - only with the composite type)
    • +
  • valueSet (any)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+ +
    +
  • disabled: (optional) Accepted values are "yes", "no". Determines whether the field allows user input. Rendering of disabled fields may vary with implementation and display media.
    • +
  • id: (required) A unique identifier for a field element.
    • +
  • n: (required) A non-unique local identifier used to differentiate the element from its siblings within an interactive division. This is the name of the field use when data is submitted back to the server.
    • +
  • rend: (optional) A rendering hint used to override the default display of the element.
    • +
  • required: (optional) Accepted values are "yes", "no". Determines whether the field is a required component of the form and thus cannot be left blank.
    • +
  • type: (required) A required attribute to specify the type of value. Accepted types are: +
      +
    • button: A button input control that when activated by the user will submit the form, including all the fields, back to the server for processing.
      • +
    • checkbox: A boolean input control which may be toggled by the user. A checkbox may have several fields which share the same name and each of those fields may be toggled independently. This is distinct from a radio button where only one field may be toggled.
      • +
    • file: An input control that allows the user to select files to be submitted with the form. Note that a form which uses a file field must use the multipart method.
      • +
    • hidden: An input control that is not rendered on the screen and hidden from the user.
      • +
    • password: A single-line text input control where the input text is rendered in such a way as to hide the characters from the user.
      • +
    • radio: A boolean input control which may be toggled by the user. Multiple radio button fields may share the same name. When this occurs only one field may be selected to be true. This is distinct from a checkbox where multiple fields may be toggled.
      • +
    • select: A menu input control which allows the user to select from a list of available options.
      • +
    • text: A single-line text input control.
      • +
    • textarea: A multi-line text input control.
      • +
    • composite: A composite input control combines several input controls into a single field. The only fields that may be combined together are: checkbox, password, select, text, and textarea. When fields are combined together they can posses multiple combined values.
      • +
    +
    • +
+ + +
+
+<p>
+  <hi> ... </hi>
+  <xref> ... </xref>
+  <figure> ... </figure>
+  ...
+   <field id="XMLExample.field.name" n="name" type="text"
+	required="yes">
+    <params size="16" maxlength="32"/>
+    <help>Some help text with <i18n>localized
+	content</i18n>.</help>
+    <value type="raw">Default value goes
+	here</value>
+   </field>
+</p>
+
+
+
+ +

figure

+ +

Text Container

+ +

Structural Element

+ +

The figure element is used to embed a reference to an image or a graphic element. It can be mixed freely with text, and any text within the tag itself will be used as an alternative descriptor or a caption.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • cell
    • +
  • p
    • +
  • hi
    • +
  • item
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • none
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+ +
    +
  • rend: (optional) A rendering hint used to override the default display of the element.
    • +
  • source: (optional) The source for the image, using either a URL or a pre-defined XML entity.
    • +
  • target: (optional) A target for an image used as a link, using either a URL or an id of an existing element as a destination.
    • +
+ + +
+
+<p>
+    <hi> ... </hi>
+    ...
+    <xref> ... </xref>
+    ...
+    <field> ... </field>
+    ...
+     <figure source="www.example.com/fig1"> This is a static image.
+	</figure> <figure source="www.example.com/fig1"
+	target="www.example.net">
+      This image is also a link.
+     </figure>
+    ...
+</p>
+
+
+ +

head

+ +

Text Container

+ +

Structural Element

+ +

The head element is primarily used as a label associated with its parent element. The rendering is determined by its parent tag, but can be overridden by the rend attribute. Since there can only be one head element associated with a particular tag, the n attribute is not needed, and the id attribute is optional.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • div
    • +
  • table
    • +
  • list
    • +
  • referenceSet
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • none
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+ +
    +
  • id: (optional) A unique identifier of the element
    • +
  • n: (optional) A local identifier used to differentiate the element from its siblings
    • +
  • rend: (optional) A rendering hint used to override the default display of the element.
    • +
+ + +
+
+<div ...>
+     <head> This is a simple header associated with its div element.
+	</head>
+    <div ...>
+       <head rend="green"> This header will be green.
+	</head>
+      <p>
+         <head> A header with <i18n>localized content</i18n>.
+	</head>
+        ...
+      </p>
+    </div>
+    <table ...>
+       <head> ...
+	</head>
+      ...
+    </table>
+    <list ...>
+       <head> ...
+	</head>
+      ...
+    </list>
+    ...
+</body>
+
+
+ +

help

+ +

Text Container

+ +

Structural Element

+ +

The optional help element is used to supply help instructions in plain text and is normally contained by the field element. The method used to render the help text in the target markup is up to the theme.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • field
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • none
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+
    +
  • None
    • +
+ + +
+
+<p>
+    <hi> ... </hi>
+    ...
+    <xref> ... </xref>
+    ...
+    <figure> ... </figure>
+    ...
+    <field id="XMLExample.field.name" n="name" type="text"
+	required="yes">
+      <params size="16" maxlength="32" />
+       <help>Some help text with <i18n>localized
+	content</i18n>.</help>
+    </field>
+    ...
+</p>
+
+
+ +

hi

+ +

Rich Text Container

+ +

Structural Element

+ +

The hi element is used for emphasis of text and occurs inside character containers like p and list item. It can be mixed freely with text, and any text within the tag itself will be emphasized in a manner specified by the required rend attribute. Additionally, hi element is the only text container component that is a rich text container itself, meaning it can contain other tags in addition to plain text. This allows it to contain other text containers, including other hi tags.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • cell
    • +
  • p
    • +
  • item
    • +
  • hi
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • hi (any)
    • +
  • xref (any)
    • +
  • figure (any)
    • +
  • field (any)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+ +
    +
  • rend: (required) A required attribute used to specify the exact type of emphasis to apply to the contained text. Common values include but are not limited to "bold", "italic", "underline", and "emph".
    • +
+ + +
+
+<p>
+    This text is normal, while  <hi rend="bold">this text is bold and
+	this text is <hi rend="italic">bold and
+	italic.</hi></hi>
+</p>
+
+
+ +

instance

+ + +

Structural Element

+ +

The instance element contains the value associated with a form field's multiple instances. Fields encoded as an instance should also include the values of each instance as a hidden field. The hidden field should be appended with the index number for the instance. Thus if the field is "firstName" each instance would be named "firstName_1", "firstName_2", "firstName_3", etc...

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • field
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • value
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+
    +
  • None listed yet.
    • +
+ + +
+
+Example needed.
+
+
+ +

item

+ +

Rich Text Container

+ +

Structural Element

+ +

The item element is a rich text container used to display textual data in a list. As a rich text container it can contain hyperlinks, emphasized blocks of text, images and form fields in addition to plain text.

+ +

The item element can be associated with a label that directly precedes it. The Schema requires that if one item in a list has an associated label, then all other items must have one as well. This mitigates the problem of loose connections between elements that is commonly encountered in XHTML, since every item in particular list has the same structure.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • list
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • hi (any)
    • +
  • xref (any)
    • +
  • figure (any)
    • +
  • field (any)
    • +
  • list (any)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+ +
    +
  • id: (optional) A unique identifier of the element
    • +
  • n: (optional) A non-unique local identifier used to differentiate the element from its siblings
    • +
  • rend: (optional) A rendering hint used to override the default display of the element.
    • +
+ + +
+
+<list n="list-example"
+	id="XMLExample.list.list-example">
+  <head> Example List </head>
+   <item> This is the first item
+	</item> <item> This is the second item with <hi ...>highlighted text</hi>,
+	<xref ...> a link</xref> and an <figure
+	...>image</figure>.</item>
+  ...
+  <list n="list-example2"
+	id="XMLExample.list.list-example2">
+    <head> Example List </head>
+    <label>ITEM ONE:</label>
+     <item> This is the first item
+	</item>
+    <label>ITEM TWO:</label>
+     <item> This is the second item with <hi ...>highlighted
+	text</hi>, <xref ...> a link</xref> and an <figure
+	...>image</figure>.</item>
+    <label>ITEM THREE:</label>
+     <item> This is the third item with a <field ...> ... </field>
+	</item>
+    ...
+  </list>
+   <item> This is the third item in the list
+	</item>
+  ...
+</list>
+
+
+ +

label

+ +

Text Container

+ +

Structural Element

+ +

The label element is associated with an item and annotates that item with a number, a textual description of some sort, or a simple bullet.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • item
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • none
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+ +
    +
  • id: (optional) A unique identifier of the element
    • +
  • n: (optional) A local identifier used to differentiate the element from its siblings
    • +
  • rend: (optional) An optional rend attribute provides a hint on how the label should be rendered, independent of its type.
    • +
+ + +
+
+<list n="list-example"
+	id="XMLExample.list.list-example">
+  <head>Example List</head>
+   <label>1</label>
+  <item> This is the first item  </item>
+   <label>2</label>
+  <item> This is the second item with <hi ...>highlighted text</hi>,
+	<xref ...> a link</xref> and an <figure
+	...>image</figure>.</item>
+  ...
+  <list n="list-example2"
+	id="XMLExample.list.list-example2">
+    <head>Example Sublist</head>
+     <label>ITEM
+	ONE:</label>
+    <item> This is the first item  </item>
+     <label>ITEM
+	TWO:</label>
+    <item> This is the second item with <hi ...>highlighted
+	text</hi>, <xref ...> a link</xref> and an <figure
+	...>image</figure>.</item>
+     <label>ITEM
+	THREE:</label>
+    <item> This is the third item with a <field ...> ... </field>
+	</item>
+    ...
+  </list>
+  <item> This is the third item in the list </item>
+  ...
+</list>
+
+
+ +

list

+ +

Structural Element

+ +

The list element is used to display sets of sequential data. It contains an optional head element, as well as any number of item and list elements. Items contain textual information, while sublists contain other item or list elements. An item can also be associated with a label element that annotates an item with a number, a textual description of some sort, or a simple bullet. The list type (ordered, bulleted, gloss, etc.) is then determined either by the content of labels on items or by an explicit value of the type attribute. Note that if labels are used in conjunction with any items in a list, all of the items in that list must have a label. It is also recommended to avoid mixing label styles unless an explicit type is specified.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • div
    • +
  • list
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • head (zero or one)
    • +
  • label (any)
    • +
  • item (any)
    • +
  • list (any)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+ +
    +
  • id: (required) A unique identifier of the element
    • +
  • n: (required) A local identifier used to differentiate the element from its siblings
    • +
  • rend: (optional) An optional rend attribute provides a hint on how the list should be rendered, independent of its type. Common values are but not limited to: +
      +
    • alphabet: The list should be rendered as an alphabetical index
      • +
    • columns: The list should be rendered in equal length columns as determined by the theme.
      • +
    • columns2: The list should be rendered in two equal columns.
      • +
    • columns3: The list should be rendered in three equal columns.
      • +
    • horizontal: The list should be rendered horizontally.
      • +
    • numeric: The list should be rendered as a numeric index.
      • +
    • vertical: The list should be rendered vertically.
      • +
    +
    • +
  • type: (optional) An optional attribute to explicitly specify the type of list. In the absence of this attribute, the type of a list will be inferred from the presence and content of labels on its items. Accepted values are: +
      +
    • form: Used for form lists that consist of a series of fields.
      • +
    • bulleted: Used for lists with bullet-marked items.
      • +
    • gloss: Used for lists consisting of a set of technical terms, each marked with a label element and accompanied by the definition marked as an item element.
      • +
    • ordered: Used for lists with numbered or lettered items.
      • +
    • progress: Used for lists consisting of a set of steps currently being performed to accomplish a task. For this type to apply, each item in the list should represent a step and be accompanied by a label that contains the displayable name for the step. The item contains an xref that references the step. Also the rend attribute on the item element should be: "available" (meaning the user may jump to the step using the provided xref), "unavailable" (the user has not meet the requirements to jump to the step), or "current" (the user is currently on the step)
      • +
    • simple: Used for lists with items not marked with numbers or bullets.
      • +
    +
    • +
+ + +
+
+<div ...>
+  ...
+   <list n="list-example"
+	id="XMLExample.list.list-example">
+    <head>Example List</head>
+    <item> ... </item>
+    <item> ... </item>
+    ...
+     <list n="list-example2"
+	id="XMLExample.list.list-example2">
+      <head>Example Sublist</head>
+      <label> ... </label>
+      <item> ... </item>
+      <label> ... </label>
+      <item> ... </item>
+      <label> ... </label>
+      <item> ... </item>
+      ...
+     </list>
+    <label> ... </label>
+    <item> ... </item>
+    ...
+   </list>
+</div>
+
+
+ +

META

+ +

Top-Level Container

+ +

The meta element is a top level element and exists directly inside the document element. It serves as a container element for all metadata associated with a document broken up into categories according to the type of metadata they carry.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • document
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • userMeta (one)
    • +
  • pageMeta (one)
    • +
  • repositoryMeta (one)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+
    +
  • None
    • +
+ + +
+
+<document version=1.0>
+   <meta>
+    <userMeta> ... </userMeta>
+    <pageMeta> ... </pageMeta>
+    <repositoryMeta> ... </repositoryMeta>
+   </meta>
+  <body> ... </body>
+  <options> ... </options>
+</document>
+
+
+ +

metadata

+ +

Text Container

+ +

Structural Element

+ +

The metadata element carries generic metadata information in the form on an attribute-value pair. The type of information it contains is determined by two attributes: element, which specifies the general type of metadata stored, and an optional qualifier attribute that narrows the type down. The standard representation for this pairing is element.qualifier. The actual metadata is contained in the text of the tag itself. Additionally, a language attribute can be used to specify the language used for the metadata entry.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • userMeta
    • +
  • pageMeta
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • none
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+
    +
  • element: (required) The name of a metadata field.
    • +
  • language: (optional) An optional attribute to specify the language used in the metadata tag.
    • +
  • qualifier: (optional) An optional postfix to the field name used to further differentiate the names.
    • +
+ + +
+
+<meta>
+  <userMeta>
+     <metadata element="identifier" qualifier="firstName"> Bob
+	</metadata> <metadata element="identifier" qualifier="lastName"> Jones
+	</metadata> <metadata ...> ...
+	</metadata>
+    ...
+  </userMeta>
+  <pageMeta>
+     <metadata element="rights"
+	qualifier="accessRights">user</metadata> <metadata ...> ...
+	</metadata>
+    ...
+  </pageMeta>
+</meta>
+
+
+ +

OPTIONS

+

Top-Level Container

+ +

The options element is the main container for all actions and navigation options available to the user. It consists of any number of list elements whose items contain navigation information and actions. While any list of navigational options may be contained in this element, it is suggested that at least the following 5 lists be included.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • document
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • list (any)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+
    +
  • None
    • +
+ + +
+
+<document version=1.0>
+
+    <meta> ... </meta>
+
+    <body> ... </body>
+
+    <options>
+
+        <list n="navigation-example1"
+	id="XMLExample.list.navigation-example1">
+
+            <head>Example Navigation List 1</head>
+
+            <item><xref target="/link/to/option">Option
+	One</xref></item>
+
+            <item><xref target="/link/to/option">Option
+	two</xref></item>
+
+                ...
+
+        </list>
+
+        <list n="navigation-example2"
+	id="XMLExample.list.navigation-example2">
+
+            <head>Example Navigation List 2</head>
+
+            <item><xref target="/link/to/option">Option
+	One</xref></item>
+
+            <item><xref target="/link/to/option">Option
+	two</xref></item>
+
+            ...
+
+        </list>
+
+        ...
+
+    </options>
+
+</document>
+
+
+ +

p

+ +

Rich Text Container

+ +

Structural Element

+ +

The p element is a rich text container used by divs to display textual data in a paragraph format. As a rich text container it can contain hyperlinks, emphasized blocks of text, images and form fields in addition to plain text.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • div
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • hi (any)
    • +
  • xref (any)
    • +
  • figure (any)
    • +
  • field (any)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+ +
    +
  • id: (optional) A unique identifier of the element.
    • +
  • n: (optional) A local identifier used to differentiate the element from its siblings.
    • +
  • rend: (optional) A rendering hint used to override the default display of the element.
    • +
+ + +
+
+<div n="division-example"
+	id="XMLExample.div.division-example">
+
+     <p> This is a regular paragraph.
+	</p> <p> This text is normal, while <hi rend="bold">this text is bold
+	and this text is <hi rend="italic">bold and italic.</hi></hi>
+	</p> <p> This paragraph contains a <xref
+	target="/link/target">link</xref>, a static <figure
+	source="/image.jpg">image</figure>, and a <figure target=
+	"/link/target" source="/image.jpg">image link.</figure>
+	</p>
+
+</div>
+
+
+ +

pageMeta

+ +

Metadata Element

+ +

The pageMeta element contains metadata associated with the document itself. It contains generic metadata elements to carry the content, and any number of trail elements to provide information on the user's current location in the system. Required and suggested values for metadata elements contained in pageMeta include but are not limited to:

+ +
    +
  • browser (suggested): The user's browsing agent as reported to server in the HTTP request.
    • +
  • browser.type (suggested): The general browser family as derived form the browser metadata field. Possible values may include "MSIE" (for Microsoft Internet Explorer), "Opera" (for the Opera browser), "Apple" (for Apple web kit based browsers), "Gecko" (for Netscape, Mozilla, and Firefox based browsers), or "Lynx" (for text based browsers).
    • +
  • browser.version (suggested): The browser version as reported by HTTP Request.
    • +
  • contextPath (required): The base URL of the Digital Repository system.
    • +
  • redirect.time (suggested): The time that must elapse before the page is redirected to an address specified by the redirect.url metadata element.
    • +
  • redirect.url (suggested): The URL destination of a redirect page
    • +
  • title (required): The title of the document/page that the user currently browsing.
    • +
+ + +

See the metadata and trail tag entries for more information on their structure.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • meta
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • metadata (any)
    • +
  • trail (any)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+
    +
  • None
    • +
+ + +
+
+<meta>
+
+    <userMeta> ... </userMeta>
+
+     <pageMeta>
+
+        <metadata element="title">Example DRI
+	page</metadata>
+
+        <metadata
+	element="contextPath">/xmlui/</metadata>
+
+        <metadata ...> ... </metadata>
+
+        ...
+
+        <trail source="123456789/6"> A bread crumb item
+	</trail>
+
+        <trail ...> ... </trail>
+
+        ...
+
+     </pageMeta>
+
+</meta>
+
+
+ + +

params

+ +

Structural Component

+ +

The params element identifies extra parameters used to build a form field. There are several attributes that may be available for this element depending on the field type.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • field
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • none
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+ +
    +
  • cols: (optional) The default number of columns that the text area should span. This applies only to textarea field types.
    • +
  • maxlength: (optional) The maximum length that the theme should accept for form input. This applies to text and password field types.
    • +
  • multiple: (optional) yes/no value. Determine if the field can accept multiple values for the field. This applies only to select lists.
    • +
  • operations: (optional) The possible operations that may be preformed on this field. The possible values are "add" and/or "delete". If both operations are possible then they should be provided as a space separated list. The "add" operations indicates that there may be multiple values for this field and the user may add to the set one at a time. The front-end should render a button that enables the user to add more fields to the set. The button must be named the field name appended with the string "_add", thus if the field's name is "firstName" the button must be called "firstName_add".The "delete" operation indicates that there may be multiple values for this field each of which may be removed from the set. The front-end should render a checkbox by each field value, except for the first, The checkbox must be named the field name appended with the string "_selected", thus if the field's name is "firstName" the checkbox must be called "firstName_selected" and the value of each successive checkbox should be the field name. The front-end must also render a delete button. The delete button name must be the field's name appended with the string "_delete".
    • +
  • rows: (optional) The default number of rows that the text area should span. This applies only to textarea field types.
    • +
  • size: (optional) The default size for a field. This applies to text, password, and select field types.
    • +
+ + +
+
+<p>
+
+    <field id="XMLExample.field.name" n="name" type="text"
+	required="yes">
+
+         <params size="16"
+	maxlength="32"/>
+
+        <help>Some help text with <i18n>localized
+	content</i18n>.</help>
+
+        <default>Default value goes here</default>
+
+    </field>
+
+</p>
+
+
+ +

reference

+ +

Metadata Reference Element

+ +

reference is a reference element used to access information stored in an external metadata file. The url attribute is used to locate the external metadata file. The type attribute provides a short limited description of the referenced object's type.

+ +

reference elements can be both contained by includeSet elements and contain includeSets themselves, making the structure recursive.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • referenceSet
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • referenceSet (zero or more)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+
    +
  • url: (required) A url to the external metadata file.
    • +
  • repositoryIdentifier: (required) A reference to the repositoryIdentifier of the repository.
    • +
  • type: (optional) Description of the reference object's type.
    • +
+ + +
+
+            <includeSet n="browse-list"
+	id="XMLTest.includeSet.browse-list">
+             <reference url="/metadata/handle/123/4/mets.xml"
+	repositoryID="123" type="DSpace
+	Item"/> <reference url="/metadata/handle/123/5/mets.xml"
+	repositoryID="123" />
+            ...
+            </includeSet>
+
+
+
+ +

referenceSet

+ +

Metadata Reference Element

+ +

The referenceSet element is a container of artifact or repository references.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • div
    • +
  • reference
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • head (zero or one)
    • +
  • reference (any)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+ +
    +
  • id: (required) A unique identifier of the element
    • +
  • n: (required) Local identifier used to differentiate the element from its siblings
    • +
  • orderBy: (optional) A reference to the metadata field that determines the ordering of artifacts or repository objects within the set. When the Dublin Core metadata scheme is used this attribute should be the element.qualifier value that the set is sorted by. As an example, for a browse by title list, the value should be sortedBy=title, while for browse by date list it should be sortedBy=date.created
    • +
  • rend: (optional) A rendering hint used to override the default display of the element.
    • +
  • type: (required) Determines the level of detail for the given metadata. Accepted values are: +
      +
    • summaryList: Indicates that the metadata from referenced artifacts or repository objects should be used to build a list representation that is suitable for quick scanning.
      • +
    • summaryView: Indicates that the metadata from referenced artifacts or repository objects should be used to build a partial view of the referenced object or objects.
      • +
    • detailList: Indicates that the metadata from referenced artifacts or repository objects should be used to build a list representation that provides a complete, or near complete, view of the referenced objects. Whether such a view is possible or different from summaryView depends largely on the repository at hand and the implementing theme.
      • +
    • detailView: Indicates that the metadata from referenced artifacts or repository objects should be used to display complete information about the referenced object. Rendering of several references included under this type is up to the theme.
      • +
    +
    • +
+ + +
+
+            <div ...>
+            <head> Example Division </head>
+            <p> ... </p>
+            <table> ... </table>
+            <list>
+            ...
+            </list>
+             <referenceSet n="browse-list"
+	id="XMLTest.referenceSet.browse-list" type="summaryView"
+	informationModel="DSpace">
+            <head>A header for the includeset</head>
+            <reference
+	url="/metadata/handle/123/34/mets.xml"/>
+            <reference
+	url=""metadata/handle/123/34/mets.xml/>
+             </referenceSet>
+            ...
+            </p>
+
+
+ +

repository

+ +

Metadata Element

+ +

The repository element is used to describe the repository. Its principal component is a set of structural metadata that carrier information on how the repository's objects under objectMeta are related to each other. The principal method of encoding these relationships at the time of this writing is a METS document, although other formats, like RDF, may be employed in the future.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • repositoryMeta
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • none
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+
    +
  • repositoryID: requiredA unique identifier assigned to a repository. It is referenced by the object element to signify the repository that assigned its identifier.
    • +
  • url: requiredA url to the external METS metadata file for the repository.
    • +
+ + +
+
+<repositoryMeta>
+
+     <repository repositoryID="123456789"
+	url="/metadata/handle/1234/4/mets.xml" />
+
+</repositoryMeta>
+
+
+ +

repositoryMeta

+ +

Metadata Element

+ +

The repositoryMeta element contains metadata references about the repositories used in the used or referenced in the document. It can contain any number of repository elements.

+ +

See the repository tag entry for more information on the structure of repository elements.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • Meta
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • repository (any)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+
    +
  • None
    • +
+ + +
+
+<meta>
+
+  <userMeta> ... </usermeta>
+
+  <pageMeta> ... </pageMeta>
+
+     <repositoryMeta>
+
+        <repository repositoryIID="..." url="..."
+	/>
+
+     </repositoryMeta>
+
+</meta>
+
+
+ +

row

+ +

Structural Element

+ +

The row element is contained inside a table and serves as a container of cell elements. A required role attribute determines how the row and its cells are rendered.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • table
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • cell (any)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+
    +
  • id: (optional) A unique identifier of the element
    • +
  • n: (optional) A local identifier used to differentiate the element from its siblings
    • +
  • rend: (optional) A rendering hint used to override the default display of the element.
    • +
  • role: (required) Indicates what kind of information the row carries. Possible values include "header" and "data".
    • +
+ + +
+
+<table n="table-example" id="XMLExample.table.table-example" rows="2"
+	cols="3">
+
+     <row
+	role="head">
+
+      <cell cols="2">Data Label One and
+	Two</cell>
+
+        <cell>Data Label Three</cell>
+
+        ...
+
+     </row> <row>
+
+      <cell> Value One </cell>
+
+      <cell> Value Two </cell>
+
+      <cell> Value Three </cell>
+
+      ...
+
+     </row>
+
+    ...
+
+</table>
+
+
+ +

table

+ +

Structural Element

+ +

The table element is a container for information presented in tabular format. It consists of a set of row elements and an optional header.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • div
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • head (zero or one)
    • +
  • row (any)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+
    +
  • cols: (required) The number of columns in the table.
    • +
  • id: (required) A unique identifier of the element
    • +
  • n: (required) A local identifier used to differentiate the element from its siblings
    • +
  • rend: (optional) A rendering hint used to override the default display of the element.
    • +
  • rows: (required) The number of rows in the table.
    • +
+ + +
+
+<div n="division-example"
+	id="XMLExample.div.division-example">
+
+     <table n="table1" id="XMLExample.table.table1" rows="2"
+	cols="3">
+
+        <row role="head">
+
+          <cell cols="2">Data Label One and
+	Two</cell>
+
+            <cell>Data Label Three</cell>
+
+            ...
+
+        </row>
+
+        <row>
+
+          <cell> Value One </cell>
+
+          <cell> Value Two </cell>
+
+          <cell> Value Three </cell>
+
+          ...
+
+        </row>
+
+        ...
+
+     </table>
+    ...
+</div>
+
+
+ +

trail

+ +

Text Container

+ +

Metadata Element

+ +

The trail element carries information about the user's current location in the system relative of the repository's root page. Each instance of the element serves as one link in the path from the root to the current page.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • pageMeta
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • none
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+
    +
  • rend: (optional) A rendering hint used to override the default display of the element.
    • +
  • target: (optional) An optional attribute to specify a target URL for a trail element serving as a hyperlink. The text inside the element will be used as the text of the link.
    • +
+ + +
+
+<pageMeta>
+
+    <metadata element="title">Example DRI
+	page</metadata>
+
+    <metadata
+	element="contextPath">/xmlui/</metadata>
+
+    <metadata ...> ... </metadata>
+
+    ...
+
+     <trail target="/myDSpace"> A bread crumb item pointing to a
+	page. </trail> <trail ...> ... </trail>
+
+    ...
+
+</pageMeta>
+
+
+ +

userMeta

+ +

Metadata Element

+ +

The userMeta element contains metadata associated with the user that requested the document. It contains generic metadata elements, which in turn carry the information. Required and suggested values for metadata elements contained in userMeta include but not limited to:

+ +
    +
  • identifier (suggested): A unique identifier associated with the user.
    • +
  • identifier.email (suggested): The requesting user's email address.
    • +
  • identifier.firstName (suggested): The requesting user's first name.
    • +
  • identifier.lastName (suggested): The requesting user's last name.
    • +
  • identifier.logoutURL (suggested): The URL that a user will be taken to when logging out.
    • +
  • identifier.url (suggested): A url reference to the user's page within the repository.
    • +
  • language.RFC3066 (suggested): The requesting user's preferred language selection code as describe by RFC3066
    • +
  • rights.accessRights (required): Determines the scope of actions that a user can perform in the system. Accepted values are: +
      +
    • none: The user is either not authenticated or does not have a valid account on the system
      • +
    • user: The user is authenticated and has a valid account on the system
      • +
    • admin: The user is authenticated and belongs to the system's administrative group
      • +
    +
    • +
+ + +

See the metadata tag entry for more information on the structure of metadata elements.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • meta
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • metadata (any)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+
    +
  • authenticated: (required) Accepted values are "yes", "no". Determines whether the user has been authenticated by the system.
    • +
+ + +
+
+<meta>
+
+     <userMeta>
+
+        <metadata element="identifier" qualifier="email">bobJones@tamu.edu</metadata>
+
+        <metadata element="identifier" qualifier="firstName">Bob</metadata>
+
+        <metadata element="identifier" qualifier="lastName">Jones</metadata>
+
+        <metadata element="rights" qualifier="accessRights">user</metadata>
+
+        <metadata ...> ... </metadata>
+
+        ...
+
+        <trail source="123456789/6">A bread crumb item</trail>
+
+        <trail ...> ... </trail>
+
+        ...
+
+     </userMeta>
+
+    <pageMeta> ... </pageMeta>
+
+</meta>
+
+
+ + +

value

+ +

Rich Text Container

+ +

Structural Element

+ +

The value element contains the value associated with a form field and can serve a different purpose for various field types. The value element is comprised of two subelements: the raw element which stores the unprocessed value directly from the user of other source, and the interpreted element which stores the value in a format appropriate for display to the user, possibly including rich text markup.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • field
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • hi (any)
    • +
  • xref (any)
    • +
  • figure (any)
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+ +
    +
  • optionSelected: (optional) An optional attribute for select, checkbox, and radio fields to determine if the value is to be selected or not.
    • +
  • optionValue: (optional) An optional attribute for select, checkbox, and radio fields to determine the value that should be returned when this value is selected.
    • +
  • type: (required) A required attribute to specify the type of value. Accepted types are: +
      +
    • raw: The raw type stores the unprocessed value directly from the user of other source.
      • +
    • interpreted: The interpreted type stores the value in a format appropriate for display to the user, possibly including rich text markup.
      • +
    • default: The default type stores a value supplied by the system, used when no other values are provided.
      • +
    +
    • +
+ + +
+
+<p>
+  <hi> ... </hi>
+  <xref> ... </xref>
+  <figure> ... </figure>
+  <field id="XMLExample.field.name" n="name" type="text"
+	required="yes">
+    <params size="16" maxlength="32"/>
+    <help>Some help text with <i18n>localized
+	content</i18n>.</help>
+     <value type="default">Author,
+	John</value>
+  </field>
+</p>
+
+
+
+ +

xref

+ +

Text Container

+ +

Structural Element

+ +

The xref element is a reference to an external document. It can be mixed freely with text, and any text within the tag itself will be used as part of the link's visual body.

+ +

Parent

+
    +
  • cell
    • +
  • p
    • +
  • item
    • +
  • hi
    • +
+ + +

Children

+
    +
  • none
    • +
+ + +

Attributes

+
    +
  • target: (required) A target for the reference, using either a URL or an id of an existing element as a destination for the xref.
    • +
+ + +
+
+<p>
+     <xref target="/url/link/target">This text is shown as a link.</xref>
+</p>
+
+
+ +
+
+ Attachments: +
+ +
+ + DRISchemaOverview.png (image/png) +
+ + DRISchema.png (image/png) +
+
+ +
+ + + + + + + +
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+ This page last changed on Dec 13, 2010 by tdonohue. +
+ +

The DSpace AIP Format

+ +
+
+ +

Makeup and Definition of AIPs

+ +

AIPs are Archival Information Packages.

+ +
    +
  • AIP is a package describing one archival object in DSpace. +
      +
    • The archival object may be a single Item, Collection, Community, or Site (Site AIPs contain site-wide information). Bitstreams are included in an Item's AIP.
      • +
    • Each AIP is logically self-contained, can be restored without rest of the archive. (So you could restore a single Item, Collection or Community)
      • +
    • Collection or Community AIPs do not include all child objects (e.g. Items in those Collections or Communities), as each AIP only describes one object. However, these container AIPs do contain references (links) to all child objects. These references can be used by DSpace to automatically restore all referenced AIPs when restoring a Collection or Community.
      • +
    • AIPs are only generated for objects which are currently in the "in archive" state in DSpace. This means that in-progress, uncompleted submissions are not described in AIPs and cannot be restored after a disaster. Permanently removed objects will also no longer be exported as AIPs after their removal. However, withdrawn objects will continue to be exported as AIPs, since they are still considered under the "in archive" status.
      • +
    • AIPs with identical contents will always have identical checksums. This provides a basic means of validating whether the contents within an AIP have changed. For example, if a Collection's AIP has the same checksum at two different points in time, it means that Collection has not changed during that time period.
      • +
    • AIP profile favors completeness and accuracy rather than presenting the semantics of an object in a standard format. It conforms to the quirks of DSpace's internal object model rather than attempting to produce a universally understandable representation of the object. When possible, an AIP tries to use common standards to express objects.
      • +
    • An AIP can serve as a DIP (Dissemination Information Package) or SIP (Submission Information Package), especially when transferring custody of objects to another DSpace implementation.
      • +
    • In contrast to SIP or DIP, the AIP should include all available DSpace structural and administrative metadata, and basic provenance information. AIPs also describe some basic system level information (e.g. Groups and People).
      • +
    +
    • +
+ + +

General AIP Structure / Examples

+ +

Generally speaking, an AIP is an Zip file containing a METS manifest and all related content bitstreams, license files and any other associated files.

+ +

Some examples include:

+
    +
  • Site AIP (Sample: SITE-example.zip) +
      +
    • METS contains basic metadata about DSpace Site and persistent IDs referencing all Top Level Communities
      • +
    • METS also contains a list of all Groups and EPeople information defined in the DSpace system. (NOTE: By default, user passwords are not stored in AIPs, unless you specify the 'passwords' flag. See Additional Packager Options.)
      • +
    +
    • +
  • Community AIP (Sample: COMMUNITY@123456789-1.zip) +
      +
    • METS contains all metadata for Community and persistent IDs referencing all members (SubCommunities or Collections). Package may also include a Logo file, if one exists.
      • +
    • METS contains any Group information for Commmunity-specific groups (e.g. COMMUNITY_<ID>_ADMIN group).
      • +
    • METS contains all Community permissions/policies (translated into METSRights schema)
      • +
    +
    • +
  • Collection AIP (Sample: COLLECTION@123456789-2.zip) +
      +
    • METS contains all metadata for Collection and persistent IDs referencing all members (Items). Package may also include a Logo file, if one exists.
      • +
    • METS contains any Group information for Collection-specific groups (e.g. COLLECTION_<ID>_ADMIN, COLLECTION_<ID>_SUBMIT, etc.).
      • +
    • METS contains all Collection permissions/policies (translated into METSRights schema)
      • +
    • If the Collection has an Item Template, the METS will also contain all the metadata for that Item Template.
      • +
    +
    • +
  • Item AIP (Sample: ITEM@123456789-8.zip) +
      +
    • METS contains all metadata for Item and references to all Bundles and Bitstreams. Package also includes all Bitstream files.
      • +
    • METS contains all Item/Bundle/Bitstream permissions/policies (translated into METSRights schema)
      • +
    +
    • +
+ + +

Notes:

+
    +
  • Bitstreams and Bundles are second-class archival objects; they are recorded in the context of an Item.
    • +
  • BitstreamFormats are not even second-class; they are described implicitly within Item technical metadata, and reconstructed from that during restoration
    • +
  • EPeople are only defined in Site AIP, but may be referenced from Community or Collection AIPs
    • +
  • Groups may be defined in Site AIP, Community AIP or Collection AIP. Where they are defined depends on whether the Group relates specifically to a single Community or Collection, or is just a general site-wide group.
    • +
+ + +

What is NOT in AIPs

+
    +
  • DSpace Site configurations ([dspace]/config/ directory) or customizations (themes, stylesheets, etc) are not described in AIPs
    • +
  • DSpace Database model (or customizations therein) is not described in AIPs
    • +
  • Any objects which are not currently in the "In Archive" state are not described in AIPs. This means that in-progress, unfinished submissions are never included in AIPs.
    • +
+ + +

Customizing What Is Stored in Your AIPs

+ +

If you choose, you can customize exactly what information is stored in your AIPs. However, you should be aware that you can only restore information which is stored within your AIPs. If you choose to remove information from your AIPs, you will be unable to restore it later on (unless you are also backing up your entire DSpace database and assetstore folder).

+ +
AIP Recommendations
It is recommended to minimally use the default settings when generating AIPs. DSpace can only restore information that is included within an AIP. Therefore, if you choose to no longer include some information in an AIP, DSpace will no longer be able to restore that information from an AIP backup
+ +

There are two ways to go about customizing your AIP format:

+
    +
  1. You can customize your dspace.cfg settings pertaining to AIP generation. These configurations will allow you to specify exactly which DSpace Crosswalks will be called when generating the AIP METS manifest.
    2. +
  2. You can export your AIPs using one of the special options/flags.
    3. +
+ + + +

AIP Details: METS Structure

+ +
This METS Structure is based on the structure decided for the original AipPrototype, developed as part of the MIT & UCSD PLEDGE project.
+ + +
    +
  • mets element +
      +
    • @PROFILE fixed value="http://www.dspace.org/schema/aip/1.0/mets.xsd" (this is how we identify an AIP manifest)
      • +
    • @OBJID URN-format persistent identifier (i.e. Handle) if available, or else a unique identifier. (e.g. "hdl:123456789/1")
      • +
    • @LABEL title if available
      • +
    • @TYPE DSpace object type, one of "DSpace ITEM", "DSpace COLLECTION", "DSpace COMMUNITY" or "DSpace SITE".
      • +
    • @ID is a globally unique identifier, built using the Handle and the Object type (e.g. dspace-COLLECTION-hdl:123456789/3).
      • +
    +
    • +
  • mets/metsHdr element +
      +
    • @LASTMODDATE last-modified date for a DSpace Item, or nothing for other objects.
      • +
    • agent element: +
        +
      • @ROLE = "CUSTODIAN",
        • +
      • @TYPE = "OTHER",
        • +
      • @OTHERTYPE = "DSpace Archive",
        • +
      • name = Site handle. (Note: The Site Handle is of the format [handle_prefix]/0, e.g. "123456789/0")
        • +
      +
      • +
    • agent element: +
        +
      • @ROLE = "CREATOR",
        • +
      • @TYPE = "OTHER",
        • +
      • @OTHERTYPE = "DSpace Software",
        • +
      • name = "DSpace [version]" (Where "[version]" is the specific version of DSpace software which created this AIP, e.g. "1.7.0")
        • +
      +
      • +
    +
    • +
  • mets/dmdSec element(s) +
      +
    • By default, two dmdSec elements are included for all AIPs: +
        +
      1. object's descriptive metadata crosswalked to MODS (specified by mets/dmdSec/mdWrap@MDTYPE="MODS"). See MODS Schema section below for more information.
        2. +
      2. object's descriptive metadata in DSpace native DIM intermediate format, to serve as a complete and precise record for restoration or ingestion into another DSpace. Specified by mets/dmdSec/mdWrap@MDTYPE="OTHER",@OTHERMDTYPE="DIM". See DIM (DSpace Intermediate Metadata) Schema section below for more information.
        3. +
      +
      • +
    • For Collection AIPs, additional dmdSec elements may exist which describe the Item Template for that Collection. Since an Item template is not an actual Item (i.e. it only includes metadata), it is stored within the Collection AIP. The Item Template's dmdSec elements will be referenced by a div @TYPE="DSpace ITEM Template" in the METS structMap.
      • +
    • When the mdWrap @TYPE value is OTHER, the element MUST include a value for the @OTHERTYPE attribute which names the crosswalk that produced (or interprets) that metadata, e.g. DIM.
      • +
    +
    • +
  • mets/amdSec element(s) +
      +
    • One or more amdSec elements are include for all AIPs. The first amdSec element contains administrative metadata (technical, source, rights, and provenance) for the entire archival object. Additional amdSec elements may exist to describe parts of the archival object (e.g. Bitstreams or Bundles in an Item). +
        +
      • techMD elements. By default, two types of techMD elements may be included: +
          +
        • PREMIS metadata about an object may be included here (currently only specified for Bitstreams (files)). Specified by mdWrap@MDTYPE="PREMIS". See PREMIS Schema section below for more information.
          • +
        • DSPACE-ROLES metadata may appear here to describe the Groups or EPeople related to this object (_currently only specified for Site, Community and Collection). Specified by mdWrap@MDTYPE="OTHER",@OTHERMDTYPE="DSPACE-ROLES". See DSPACE-ROLES Schema section below for more information.
          • +
        +
        • +
      • rightsMD elements. By default, there are four possible types of rightsMD elements which may be included: +
          +
        • METSRights metadata may appear here to describe the permissions on this object. Specified by mdWrap@MDTYPE="OTHER",@OTHERMDTYPE="METSRIGHTS". See METSRights Schema section below for more information.
          • +
        • DSpaceDepositLicense if the object is an Item and it has a deposit license, it is contained here. Specified by mdWrap@MDTYPE="OTHER",@OTHERMDTYPE="DSpaceDepositLicense".
          • +
        • CreativeCommonsRDF If the object is an Item with a Creative Commons license expressed in RDF, it is included here. Specified by mdWrap@MDTYPE="OTHER",@OTHERMDTYPE="CreativeCommonsRDF".
          • +
        • CreativeCommonsText If the object is an Item with a Creative Commons license in plain text, it is included here. Specified by mdWrap@MDTYPE="OTHER",@OTHERMDTYPE="CreativeCommonsText".
          • +
        +
        • +
      • sourceMD element. By default, there is only one type of sourceMD element which may appear: +
          +
        • AIP-TECHMD metadata may appear here. This stores basic technical/source metadata about in object in a DSpace native format. Specified by mdWrap@MDTYPE="OTHER",@OTHERMDTYPE="AIP-TECHMD". See AIP Technical Metadata Schema (AIP-TECHMD) section below for more information.
          • +
        +
        • +
      • digiprovMD element. +
          +
        • Not used at this time.
          • +
        +
        • +
      +
      • +
    +
    • +
  • mets/fileSec element +
      +
    • For ITEM objects: +
        +
      • Each distinct Bundle in an Item goes into a fileGrp. The fileGrp has a @USE attribute which corresponds to the Bundle name.
        • +
      • Bitstreams in bundles become file elements under fileGrp.
        • +
      • mets/fileSec/fileGrp/file elements +
          +
        • Set @SIZE to length of the bitstream. There is a redundant value in the <techMD> but it is more accessible here.
          • +
        • Set @MIMETYPE, @CHECKSUM, @CHECKSUMTYPE to corresponding bitstream values. There is redundant info in the <techMD>. (For DSpace, the @CHECKSUMTYPE="MD5" at all times)
          • +
        • SET @SEQ to bitstream's SequenceID if it has one.
          • +
        • SET @ADMID to the list of <amdSec> element(s) which describe this bitstream.
          • +
        +
        • +
      +
      • +
    • For COLLECTION and COMMUNITY objects: +
        +
      • Only if the object has a logo bitstream, there is a fileSec with one fileGrp child of @USE="LOGO".
        • +
      • The fileGrp contains one file element, representing the logo Bitstream. It has the same @MIMETYPE, @CHECKSUM, @CHECKSUMTYPE attributes as the Item content bitstreams, but does NOT include metadata section references (e.g. @ADMID) or a @SEQ attribute.
        • +
      • See the main structMap for the fptr reference to this logo file.
        • +
      +
      • +
    +
    • +
  • mets/structMap - Primary structure map, @LABEL="DSpace Object", @TYPE="LOGICAL" +
      +
    • For ITEM objects: +
        +
      1. Top-Level div with @TYPE="DSpace Object Contents". +
          +
        • For every Bitstream in Item it contains a div with @TYPE="DSpace BITSTREAM". Each Bitstream div has a single fptr element which references the bitstream location.
          • +
        +
        2. +
      +
        +
      • If Item has primary bitstream, put it in structMap/div/fptr (i.e. directly under the div with @TYPE="DSpace Object Contents")
        • +
      +
      • +
    • For COLLECTION objects: +
        +
      1. Top-Level div with @TYPE="DSpace Object Contents". +
          +
        • For every Item in the Collection, it contains a div with @TYPE="DSpace ITEM". Each Item div has up to two child mptr elements: +
            +
          1. One linking to the Handle of that Item. Its @LOCTYPE="HANDLE", and @xlink:href value is the raw Handle.
            2. +
          2. (Optional) one linking to the location of the local AIP for that Item (if known). Its @LOCTYPE="URL", and @xlink:href value is a relative link to the AIP file on the local filesystem.
            3. +
          +
          • +
        +
        2. +
      +
        +
      • If Collection has a Logo bitstream, there is an fptr reference to it in the very first div.
        • +
      • If the Collection includes an Item Template, there will be a div with @TYPE="DSpace ITEM Template" within the very first div. This div @TYPE="DSpace ITEM Template" must have a @DMDID specified, which links to the dmdSec element(s) that contain the metadata for the Item Template.
        • +
      +
      • +
    • For COMMUNITY objects: +
        +
      1. Top-Level div with @TYPE="DSpace Object Contents". +
          +
        • For every Sub-Community in the Community it contains a div with @TYPE="DSpace COMMUNITY". Each Community div has up to two mptr elements: +
            +
          1. One linking to the Handle of that Community. Its @LOCTYPE="HANDLE", and @xlink:href value is the raw Handle.
            2. +
          2. (Optional) one linking to the location of the local AIP file for that Community (if known). Its @LOCTYPE="URL", and @xlink:href value is a relative link to the AIP file on the local filesystem.
            3. +
          +
          • +
        • For every Collection in the Community there is a div with @TYPE="DSpace COLLECTION". Each Collection div has up to two mptr elements: +
            +
          1. One linking to the Handle of that Collection. Its @LOCTYPE="HANDLE", and @xlink:href value is the raw Handle.
            2. +
          2. (Optional) one linking to the location of the local AIP file for that Collection (if known). Its @LOCTYPE="URL", and @xlink:href value is a relative link to the AIP file on the local filesystem.
            3. +
          +
          • +
        +
        2. +
      +
        +
      • If Community has a Logo bitstream, there is an fptr reference to it in the very first div.
        • +
      +
      • +
    • For SITE objects: +
        +
      1. Top-Level div with @TYPE="DSpace Object Contents". +
          +
        • For every Top-level Community in Site, it contains a div with @TYPE="DSpace COMMUNITY". Each Item div has up to two child mptr elements: +
            +
          1. One linking to the Handle of that Community. Its @LOCTYPE="HANDLE", and @xlink:href value is the raw Handle.
            2. +
          2. (Optional) one linking to the location of the local AIP for that Community (if known). Its @LOCTYPE="URL", and @xlink:href value is a relative link to the AIP file on the local filesystem.
            3. +
          +
          • +
        +
        2. +
      +
      • +
    +
    • +
  • mets/structMap - Structure Map to indicate object's Parent, @LABEL="Parent", @TYPE="LOGICAL" +
      +
    • Contains one div element which has the unique attribute value TYPE="AIP Parent Link" to identify it as the older of the parent pointer. +
        +
      • It contains a mptr element whose xlink:href attribute value is the raw Handle of the parent object, e.g. 1721.1/4321.
        • +
      +
      • +
    +
    • +
+ + +

Metadata in METS

+ +

The following tables describe how various metadata schemas are populated (via DSpace Crosswalks) in the METS file for an AIP.

+ +

DIM (DSpace Intermediate Metadata) Schema

+ +

DIM Schema is essentially a way of representing DSpace internal metadata structure in XML. DSpace's internal metadata is very similar to a Qualified Dublin Core in its structure, and is primarily meant for descriptive metadata. However, DSpace's metadata allows for custom elements, qualifiers or schemas to be created (so it is extendable to any number of schemas, elements, qualifiers). These custom fields/schemas may or may not be able to be translated into normal Qualified Dublin Core. So, the DIM Schema must be able to express metadata schemas, elements or qualifiers which may or may not exist within Qualified Dublin Core.

+ +

In the METS structure, DIM metadata always appears within a dmdSec inside an <mdWrap MDTYPE="OTHER" OTHERMDTYPE="DIM"> element. For example:

+
+
+  <dmdSec ID="dmdSec_2190"> 
+     <mdWrap MDTYPE="OTHER" OTHERMDTYPE="DIM">
+      ...
+     </mdWrap>
+  </dmdSec>
+
+
+ +

By default, DIM metadata is always included in AIPs. It is controlled by the following configuration in your dspace.cfg:

+
+
+aip.disseminate.dmd = MODS, DIM
+
+
+ + +

DIM Descriptive Elements for Item objects

+ +

As all DSpace Items already have user-assigned DIM (essentially Qualified Dublin Core) metadata fields, those fields are just exported into the DIM Schema within the METS file.

+ +

DIM Descriptive Elements for Collection objects

+ +

For Collections, the following fields are translated to the DIM schema:

+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
DIM Metadata Field Database field or value
dc.description 'introductory_text' field
dc.description.abstract 'short_description' field
dc.description.tableofcontents 'side_bar_text' field
dc.identifier.uri Collection's handle
dc.provenance 'provenance_description' field
dc.rights 'copyright_text' field
dc.rights.license 'license' field
dc.title 'name' field
+
+ + + +

DIM Descriptive Elements for Community objects

+ +

For Communities, the following fields are translated to the DIM schema:

+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
DIM Metadata Field Database field or value
dc.description 'introductory_text' field
dc.description.abstract 'short_description' field
dc.description.tableofcontents 'side_bar_text' field
dc.identifier.uri Handle of Community
dc.rights 'copyright_text' field
dc.title 'name' field
+
+ + + +

DIM Descriptive Elements for Site objects

+ +

For the Site Object, the following fields are translated to the DIM schema:

+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Metadata Field Value
dc.identifier.uri Handle of Site (format: [handle_prefix]/0)
dc.title Name of Site (from dspace.cfg 'dspace.name' config)
+
+ + +

MODS Schema

+ +

By default, all DSpace descriptive metadata (DIM) is also translated into the MODS Schema by utilizing DSpace's MODSDisseminationCrosswalk. DSpace's DIM to MODS crosswalk is defined within your [dspace]/config/crosswalks/mods.properties configuration file. This file allows you to customize the MODS that is included within your AIPs.

+ +

For more information on the MODS Schema, see http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-schemas.html

+ +

In the METS structure, MODS metadata always appears within a dmdSec inside an <mdWrap MDTYPE="MODS"> element. For example:

+
+
+  <dmdSec ID="dmdSec_2189"> 
+     <mdWrap MDTYPE="MODS">
+      ...
+     </mdWrap>
+  </dmdSec>
+
+
+ +

By default, MODS metadata is always included in AIPs. It is controlled by the following configuration in your dspace.cfg:

+
+
+aip.disseminate.dmd = MODS, DIM
+
+
+ +

The MODS metadata is included within your AIP to support interoperability. It provides a way for other systems to interact with or ingest the AIP without needing to understand the DIM Schema. You may choose to disable MODS if you wish, however this may decrease the likelihood that you'd be able to easily ingest your AIPs into a non-DSpace system (unless that non-DSpace system is able to understand the DIM schema). When restoring/ingesting AIPs, DSpace will always first attempt to restore DIM descriptive metadata. Only if no DIM metadata is found, will the MODS metadata be used during a restore.

+ +

AIP Technical Metadata Schema (AIP-TECHMD)

+ +

The AIP Technical Metadata Schema is a way to translate technical metadata about a DSpace object into the DIM Schema. It is kept separate from DIM as it is considered technical metadata rather than descriptive metadata.

+ +

In the METS structure, AIP-TECHMD metadata always appears within a sourceMD inside an <mdWrap MDTYPE="OTHER" OTHERMDTYPE="AIP-TECHMD"> element. For example:

+
+
+  <amdSec ID="amd_2191"> 
+      ...
+      <sourceMD ID="sourceMD_2198">
+         <mdWrap MDTYPE="OTHER" OTHERMDTYPE="AIP-TECHMD">
+         ...
+         </mdWrap>
+      </sourceMD>
+      ...
+  </amdSec>
+
+
+ +

By default, AIP-TECHMD metadata is always included in AIPs. It is controlled by the following configuration in your dspace.cfg:

+
+
+aip.disseminate.sourceMD = AIP-TECHMD
+
+
+ +

AIP Technical Metadata for Item

+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Metadata Field Value
dc.contributor Submitter's email address
dc.identifier.uri Handle of Item
dc.relation.isPartOf Owning Collection's Handle (as a URN)
dc.relation.isReferencedBy All other Collection's this item is linked to (Handle URN of each non-owner)
dc.rights.accessRights "WITHDRAWN" if item is withdrawn
+
+ + + +

AIP Technical Metadata for Bitstream

+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Metadata Field Value
dc.title Bitstream's name/title
dc.title.alternative Bitstream's source
dc.description Bitstream's description
dc.format Bitstream Format Description
dc.format.medium Short Name of Format
dc.format.mimetype MIMEType of Format
dc.format.supportlevel System Support Level for Format (necessary to recreate Format during restore, if the format isn't know to DSpace by default)
dc.format.internal Whether Format is internal (necessary to recreate Format during restore, if the format isn't know to DSpace by default)
+
+ + + +
    +
  • Outstanding Question: Why are we recording the file format support status? That's a DSpace property, rather than an Item property. Do DSpace instances rely on objects to tell them their support status? +
      +
    • Possible answer (from Larry Stone): Format support and other properties of the BitstreamFormat are recorded here in case the Item is restored in an empty DSpace that doesn't have that format yet, and the relevant bits of the format entry have to be reconstructed from the AIP. --lcs
      • +
    +
    • +
+ + +

AIP Technical Metadata for Collection

+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Metadata Field Value
dc.identifier.uri Handle of Collection
dc.relation.isPartOf Owning Community's Handle (as a URN)
dc.relation.isReferencedBy All other Communities this Collection is linked to (Handle URN of each non-owner)
+
+ + + +

AIP Technical Metadata for Community

+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Metadata Field Value
dc.identifier.uri Handle of Community
dc.relation.isPartOf Handle of Parent Community (as a URN)
+
+ + + +

AIP Technical Metadata for Site

+ +
+ + + + + + + + + +
Metadata Field Value
dc.identifier.uri Site Handle (format: [handle_prefix]/0)
+
+ + + +

PREMIS Schema

+ +

At this point in time, the PREMIS Schema is only used to represent technical metadata about DSpace Bitstreams (i.e. Files). The PREMIS metadata is generated by DSpace's PREMISCrosswalk. Only the PREMIS Object Entity Schema is used.

+ +

In the METS structure, PREMIS metadata always appears within a techMD inside an <mdWrap MDTYPE="PREMIS"> element. PREMIS metadata is always wrapped withn a <premis:premis> element. For example:

+
+
+  <amdSec ID="amd_2209"> 
+      ...
+      <techMD ID="techMD_2210">
+         <mdWrap MDTYPE="PREMIS">
+            <premis:premis>
+              ...
+            </premis:premis>
+         </mdWrap>
+      </techMD>
+      ...
+  </amdSec>
+
+
+

Each Bitstream (file) has its own amdSec within a METS manifest. So, there will be a separate PREMIS techMD for each Bitstream within a single Item.

+ +

By default, PREMIS metadata is always included in AIPs. It is controlled by the following configuration in your dspace.cfg:

+
+
+aip.disseminate.techMD = PREMIS, DSPACE-ROLES
+
+
+ +

PREMIS Metadata for Bitstream

+ +

The following Bitstream information is translated into PREMIS for each DSpace Bitstream (file):

+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Metadata Field Value
<premis:objectIdentifier> Contains Bitstream direct URL
<premis:objectCategory> Always set to "File"
<premis:fixity> Contains MD5 Checksum of Bitstream
<premis:format> Contains File Format information of Bistream
<premis:originalName> Contains original name of file
+
+ + + +

DSPACE-ROLES Schema

+ +

All DSpace Groups and EPeople objects are translated into a custom DSPACE-ROLES XML Schema. This XML Schema is a very simple representation of the underlying DSpace database model for Groups and EPeople. The DSPACE-ROLES Schemas is generated by DSpace's RoleCrosswalk.

+ +

Only the following DSpace Objects utilize the DSPACE-ROLES Schema in their AIPs:

+
    +
  • Site AIP – all Groups and EPeople are represented in DSPACE-ROLES Schema
    • +
  • Community AIP – only Community-based groups (e.g. COMMUNITY_1_ADMIN) are represented in DSPACE-ROLES Schema
    • +
  • Collection AIP – only Collection-based groups (e.g. COLLECTION_2_ADMIN, COLLECTION_2_SUBMIT, etc.) are represented in DSPACE-ROLES Schema
    • +
+ + +

In the METS structure, DSPACE-ROLES metadata always appears within a techMD inside an <mdWrap MDTYPE="OTHER" OTHERMDTYPE="DSPACE-ROLES"> element. For example:

+
+
+  <amdSec ID="amd_2068"> 
+      ...
+      <techMD ID="techMD_2070">
+         <mdWrap MDTYPE="OTHER" OTHERMDTYPE="DSPACE-ROLES">
+              ...
+         </mdWrap>
+      </techMD>
+      ...
+  </amdSec>
+
+
+ +

By default, DSPACE-ROLES metadata is always included in AIPs. It is controlled by the following configuration in your dspace.cfg:

+
+
+aip.disseminate.techMD = PREMIS, DSPACE-ROLES
+
+
+ + +

Example of DSPACE-ROLES Schema for a SITE AIP

+ +

Below is a general example of the structure of a DSPACE-ROLES XML file, as it would appear in a SITE AIP.

+ +
+
+<DSpaceRoles>
+  <Groups>
+    <Group ID="1" Name="Administrator">
+      <Members>
+        <Member ID="1" Name="bsmith@myu.edu" />
+      </Members>
+    </Group>
+    <Group ID="0" Name="Anonymous" />
+    <Group ID="70" Name="COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/57_ADMIN">
+      <Members>
+        <Member ID="1" Name="bsmith@myu.edu" />
+      </Members>
+    </Group>
+    <Group ID="75" Name="COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/57_DEFAULT_READ">
+      <MemberGroups>
+        <MemberGroup ID="0" Name="Anonymous" />
+      </MemberGroups>
+    </Group>
+    <Group ID="71" Name="COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/57_SUBMIT">
+      <Members>
+        <Member ID="1" Name="bsmith@myu.edu" />
+      </Members>
+    </Group>
+    <Group ID="72" Name="COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/57_WORKFLOW_STEP_1">
+      <MemberGroups>
+        <MemberGroup ID="1" Name="Administrator" />
+      </MemberGroups>
+    </Group>
+    <Group ID="73" Name="COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/57_WORKFLOW_STEP_2">
+      <MemberGroups>
+        <MemberGroup ID="1" Name="Administrator" />
+      </MemberGroups>
+    </Group>
+    <Group ID="8" Name="COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/6703_DEFAULT_READ" />
+    <Group ID="9" Name="COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/2_ADMIN">
+      <Members>
+        <Member ID="1" Name="bsmith@myu.edu" />
+      </Members>
+    </Group>
+  </Groups>
+  <People>
+    <Person ID="1">
+      <Email>bsmith@myu.edu</Email>
+      <Netid>bsmith</Netid>
+      <FirstName>Bob</FirstName>
+      <LastName>Smith</LastName>
+      <Language>en</Language>
+      <CanLogin />
+    </Person>
+    <Person ID="2">
+      <Email>jjones@myu.edu</Email>
+      <FirstName>Jane</FirstName>
+      <LastName>Jones</LastName>
+      <Language>en</Language>
+      <CanLogin />
+      <SelfRegistered />
+    </Person>
+  </People>
+</DSpaceRoles>
+
+
+ +
Why are there Group Names with Handles?
You may have noticed several odd looking group names in the above example, where a Handle is embedded in the name (e.g. "COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/57_SUBMIT"). This is a translation of a Group name which included a Community or Collection Internal ID (e.g. "COLLECTION_45_SUBMIT"). Since you are exporting these Groups outside of DSpace, the Internal ID may no longer be valid or be understandable. Therefore, before export, these Group names are all translated to include an externally understandable identifier, in the form of a Handle. If you use this AIP to restore your groups later, they will be translated back to the normal DSpace format (i.e. the handle will be translated back to the new Internal ID).
+ +
Other Groups May Be Renamed On Export
If a Group name includes a Community or Collection Internal ID (e.g. "COLLECTION_45_SUBMIT"), and that Community or Collection no longer exists, then the Group will be renamed to a more generic, random name of the format: "GROUP_[random-hex-key]_[object-type]_[group-type]" (e.g. "GROUP_123eb3a_COLLECTION_ADMIN"). The reasoning is that we were unable to translate an Internal ID into an External ID (i.e. Handle). If we are unable to do that translation, re-importing or restoring a group with an old internal ID could cause conflicts or instability in your DSpace system. In order to avoid such conflicts, these groups are renamed using a random, unique key.
+ +

Example of DSPACE-ROLES Schema for a Community or Collection

+ +

Below is a general example of the structure of a DSPACE-ROLES XML file, as it would appear in a Community or Collection AIP.

+ +

This specific example is for a Collection, which has associated Administrator, Submitter, and Workflow approver groups. In this very simple example, each group only has one Person as a member of it. Please notice that the Person's information (Name, NetID, etc) is NOT contained in this content (however they are available in the DSPACE-ROLES example for a SITE, as shown above)

+ +
+
+<DSpaceRoles>
+  <Groups>
+    <Group ID="9" Name="COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/2_ADMIN" Type="ADMIN">
+      <Members>
+        <Member ID="1" Name="bsmith@myu.edu" />
+      </Members>
+    </Group>
+    <Group ID="13" Name="COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/2_SUBMIT" Type="SUBMIT">
+      <Members>
+        <Member ID="2" Name="jjones@myu.edu" />
+      </Members>
+    </Group>
+    <Group ID="10" Name="COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/2_WORKFLOW_STEP_1" Type="WORKFLOW_STEP_1">
+      <Members>
+        <Member ID="1" Name="bsmith@myu.edu" />
+      </Members>
+    </Group>
+    <Group ID="11" Name="COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/2_WORKFLOW_STEP_2" Type="WORKFLOW_STEP_2">
+      <Members>
+        <Member ID="2" Name="jjones@myu.edu" />
+      </Members>
+    </Group>
+    <Group ID="12" Name="COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/2_WORKFLOW_STEP_3" Type="WORKFLOW_STEP_3">
+      <Members>
+        <Member ID="1" Name="bsmith@myu.edu" />
+      </Members>
+    </Group>
+  </Groups>
+</DSpaceRoles>
+
+
+ + + +

METSRights Schema

+ +

All DSpace Policies (permissions on objects) are translated into the METSRights schema. This is different than the above DSPACE-ROLES schema, which only represents Groups and People objects. Instead, the METSRights schema is used to translate the permission statements (e.g. a group named "Library Admins" has Administrative permissions on a Community named "University Library"). But the METSRights schema doesn't represent who is a member of a particular group (that is defined in the DSPACE-ROLES schema, as described above).

+ +
METSRights should always be used with DSPACE-ROLES
The METSRights Schema must be used in conjunction with the DSPACE-ROLES Schema for Groups, People and Permissions to all be restored properly. As mentioned above, the METSRights metadata can only be used to restore permissions (i.e. DSpace policies). The DSPACE-ROLES metadata must also exist if you wish to restore the actual Group or EPeople objects to which those permissions apply.
+ +

All DSpace Object's AIPs (except for the SITE AIP) utilize the METSRights Schema in order to define what permissions people and groups have on that object. Although there are several sections to the METSRights Schema, DSpace AIPs only use the <RightsDeclarationMD> section, as this is what is used to describe rights on an object.

+ +

In the METS structure, METSRights metadata always appears within a rightsMD inside an <mdWrap MDTYPE="OTHER" OTHERMDTYPE="METSRIGHTS"> element. For example:

+
+
+  <amdSec ID="amd_2068"> 
+      ...
+      <rightsMD ID="rightsMD_2074">
+         <mdWrap MDTYPE="OTHER" OTHERMDTYPE="METSRIGHTS">
+              ...
+         </mdWrap>
+      </rightsMD>
+      ...
+  </amdSec>
+
+
+ +

By default, METSRights metadata is always included in AIPs. It is controlled by the following configuration in your dspace.cfg:

+
+
+aip.disseminate.rightsMD = DSpaceDepositLicense:DSPACE_DEPLICENSE, \
+    CreativeCommonsRDF:DSPACE_CCRDF, CreativeCommonsText:DSPACE_CCTEXT, METSRIGHTS
+
+
+ + +

Example of METSRights Schema for an Item

+ +

An Item AIP will almost always contain several METSRights metadata sections within its METS Manifest. A separate METSRights metadata section is used to describe the permissions on:

+
    +
  • the Item itself
    • +
  • each Bundle (group of files) in the Item
    • +
  • each Bitstream (file) within an Item's bundle
    • +
+ + +

Below is an example of a METSRights sections for a publicly visible Bitstream, Bundle or Item. Notice it specifies that the "GENERAL PUBLIC" has the permission to DISCOVER or DISPLAY this object.

+
+
+<rights:RightsDeclarationMD xmlns:rights="http://cosimo.stanford.edu/sdr/metsrights/" RIGHTSCATEGORY="LICENSED">
+  <rights:Context CONTEXTCLASS="GENERAL PUBLIC">
+    <rights:Permissions DISCOVER="true" DISPLAY="true" MODIFY="false" DELETE="false" />
+  </rights:Context>
+</rights:RightsDeclarationMD>
+
+
+ + +

Example of METSRights Schema for a Collection

+ +

A Collection AIP contains one METSRights section, which describes the permissions different Groups or People have within the Collection

+ +

Below is an example of a METSRights sections for a publicly visible Collection, which also has an Administrator group, a Submitter group, and a group for each of the three DSpace workflow approval steps. You'll notice that each of the groups is provided with very specific permissions within the Collection. Submitters & Workflow approvers can "ADD CONTENTS" to a collection (but cannot delete the collection). Administrators have full rights.

+
+
+<rights:RightsDeclarationMD xmlns:rights="http://cosimo.stanford.edu/sdr/metsrights/" RIGHTSCATEGORY="LICENSED">
+  <rights:Context CONTEXTCLASS="MANAGED_GRP">
+    <rights:UserName USERTYPE="GROUP">COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/2_SUBMIT</rights:UserName>
+    <rights:Permissions DISCOVER="true" DISPLAY="true" MODIFY="true" DELETE="false" OTHER="true" OTHERPERMITTYPE="ADD CONTENTS" />
+  </rights:Context>
+  <rights:Context CONTEXTCLASS="MANAGED_GRP">
+    <rights:UserName USERTYPE="GROUP">COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/2_WORKFLOW_STEP_3</rights:UserName>
+    <rights:Permissions DISCOVER="true" DISPLAY="true" MODIFY="true" DELETE="false" OTHER="true" OTHERPERMITTYPE="ADD CONTENTS" />
+  </rights:Context>
+  <rights:Context CONTEXTCLASS="MANAGED_GRP">
+    <rights:UserName USERTYPE="GROUP">COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/2_WORKFLOW_STEP_2</rights:UserName>
+    <rights:Permissions DISCOVER="true" DISPLAY="true" MODIFY="true" DELETE="false" OTHER="true" OTHERPERMITTYPE="ADD CONTENTS" />
+  </rights:Context>
+  <rights:Context CONTEXTCLASS="MANAGED_GRP">
+    <rights:UserName USERTYPE="GROUP">COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/2_WORKFLOW_STEP_1</rights:UserName>
+    <rights:Permissions DISCOVER="true" DISPLAY="true" MODIFY="true" DELETE="false" OTHER="true" OTHERPERMITTYPE="ADD CONTENTS" />
+  </rights:Context>
+  <rights:Context CONTEXTCLASS="MANAGED_GRP">
+    <rights:UserName USERTYPE="GROUP">COLLECTION_hdl:123456789/2_ADMIN</rights:UserName>
+    <rights:Permissions DISCOVER="true" DISPLAY="true" COPY="true" DUPLICATE="true" MODIFY="true" DELETE="true" PRINT="true" OTHER="true" OTHERPERMITTYPE="ADMIN" />
+  </rights:Context>
+  <rights:Context CONTEXTCLASS="GENERAL PUBLIC">
+    <rights:Permissions DISCOVER="true" DISPLAY="true" MODIFY="false" DELETE="false" />
+  </rights:Context>
+</rights:RightsDeclarationMD>
+
+
+ +

Example of METSRights Schema for a Community

+ +

A Community AIP contains one METSRights section, which describes the permissions different Groups or People have within that Community.

+ +

Below is an example of a METSRights sections for a publicly visible Community, which also has an Administrator group. As you'll notice, this content looks very similar to the Collection METSRights section (as described above)

+ +
+
+<rights:RightsDeclarationMD xmlns:rights="http://cosimo.stanford.edu/sdr/metsrights/" RIGHTSCATEGORY="LICENSED">
+  <rights:Context CONTEXTCLASS="MANAGED_GRP">
+    <rights:UserName USERTYPE="GROUP">COMMUNITY_hdl:123456789/10_ADMIN</rights:UserName>
+    <rights:Permissions DISCOVER="true" DISPLAY="true" COPY="true" DUPLICATE="true" MODIFY="true" DELETE="true" PRINT="true" OTHER="true" OTHERPERMITTYPE="ADMIN" />
+  </rights:Context>
+  <rights:Context CONTEXTCLASS="GENERAL PUBLIC">
+    <rights:Permissions DISCOVER="true" DISPLAY="true" MODIFY="false" DELETE="false" />
+  </rights:Context>
+</rights:RightsDeclarationMD>
+
+
+ +
+
+ Attachments: +
+ +
+ + SITE-example.zip (application/octet-stream) +
+ + ITEM-123456789-8.zip (application/octet-stream) +
+ + COLLECTION-123456789-2.zip (application/octet-stream) +
+ + COMMUNITY-123456789-1.zip (application/octet-stream) +
+
+ +
+ + + + + + + +
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+
+ + DSpace Documentation : DSpace Services Framework + +
+
+ This page last changed on Mar 07, 2011 by awoods. +
+ +

DSpace Services Framework

+ +
+
+ +

The DSpace Services Framework is a backporting of the DSpace 2.0 Development Group's work in creating a reasonable and abstractable "Core Services" layer for DSpace components to operate within. The Services Framework represents a "best practice" for new DSpace architecture and implementation of extensions to the DSpace application. DSpace Services are best described as a "Simple Registry" where plugins FIXME. The DS2 (DSpace 2.0) core services are the main services that make up a DS2 system. These includes services for things like user and permissions management and storage and caching. These services can be used by any developer writing DS2 plugins (e.g. statistics), providers (e.g. authentication), or user interfaces (e.g. JSPUI).

+ +

Architectural Overview

+ +

DSpace Kernel

+ +

The DSpace Kernel manages the start up and access services in the DSpace Services framework. It is meant to allow for a simple way to control the core parts of DSpace and allow for flexible ways to startup the kernel. For example, the kernel can be run inside a single webapp along with a frontend piece (like JSPUI) or it can be started as part of the servlet container so that multiple webapps can use a single kernel (this increases speed and efficiency). The kernel is also designed to happily allow multiple kernels to run in a single servlet container using identifier keys.

+ +

Kernel registration

+ +

The kernel will automatically register itself as an MBean when it starts up so that it can be managed via JMX. It allows startup and shutdown and provides direct access to the ServiceManager and the ConfigurationService. All the other core services can be retrieved from the ServiceManager by their APIs.

+ +

Service Manager

+ + +

The ServiceManager abstracts the concepts of service lookups and lifecycle control. It also manages the configuration of services by allowing properties to be pushed into the services as they start up (mostly from the ConfigurationService). The ServiceManagerSystem abstraction allows the DSpace ServiceManager to use different systems to manage its services. The current implementations include Spring and Guice. This allows DSpace 2 to have very little service management code but still be flexible and not tied to specific technology. Developers who are comfortable with those technologies can consume the services from a parent Spring ApplicationContext or a parent Guice Module. The abstraction also means that we can replace Spring/Guice or add other dependency injection systems later without requiring developers to change their code. The interface provides simple methods for looking up services by interface type for developers who do not want to have to use or learn a dependency injection system or are using one which is not currently supported.

+ + +

+ +

The DS2 kernel is compact so it can be completely started up in a unit test (technically integration test) environment. (This is how we test the kernel and core services currently). This allows developers to execute code against a fully functional kernel while developing and then deploy their code with high confidence.

+ +

Basic Usage

+ +

To use the Framework you must begin by instantiating and starting a DSpaceKernel. The kernel will give you references to the ServiceManager and the ConfigurationService. The ServiceManager can be used to get references to other services and to register services which are not part of the core set.

+ +

Access to the kernel is provided via the Kernel Manager through the DSpace object, which will locate the kernel object and allow it to be used.

+ +

Standalone Applications

+ +

For standalone applications, access to the kernel is provided via the Kernel Manager and the DSpace object which will locate the kernel object and allow it to be used.

+
+
+/* Instantiate the Utility Class */
+DSpace dspace = new DSpace();
+
+
+/* Access get the Service Manager by convenience method */
+ServiceManager manager = dspace.getServiceManager();
+
+
+/* Or access by convenience method for core services */
+EventService service = dspace.getEventService();
+
+
+ +

The DSpace launcher (

+
+
bin/dspace
+
+

) initializes a kernel before dispatching to the selected command.

+ +

Application Frameworks (Spring, Guice, etc.)

+ +

Similar to Standalone Applications, but you can use your framework to instantiate an org.dspace.utils.DSpace object.

+
+
+    <bean id="dspace" class="org.dspace.utils.DSpace"/>
+
+
+ +

Web Applications

+ +

In web applications, the kernel can be started and accessed through the use of Servlet Filter/ContextListeners which are provided as part of the DSpace 2 utilities. Developers don't need to understand what is going on behind the scenes and can simply write their applications and package them as webapps and take advantage of the services which are offered by DSpace 2.

+ + +

Providers and Plugins

+ +

For developers (how we are trying to make your lives easier): The DS2 ServiceManager supports a plugin/provider system which is runtime hot-swappable. The implementor can register any service/provider bean or class with the DS2 kernel ServiceManager. The ServiceManager will manage the lifecycle of beans (if desired) and will instantiate and manage the lifecycle of any classes it is given. This can be done at any time and does not have to be done during Kernel startup. This allows providers to be swapped out at runtime without disrupting the service if desired. The goal of this system is to allow DS2 to be extended without requiring any changes to the core codebase or a rebuild of the code code.

+ +

Activators

+ +

Developers can provide an activator to allow the system to startup their service or provider. It is a simple interface with 2 methods which are called by the ServiceManager to startup the provider(s) and later to shut them down. These simply allow a developer to run some arbitrary code in order to create and register services if desired. It is the method provided to add plugins directly to the system via configuration as the activators are just listed in the configuration file and the system starts them up in the order it finds them.

+ +

Provider Stacks

+ +

Utilities are provided to assist with stacking and ordering providers. Ordering is handled via a priority number such that 1 is the highest priority and something like 10 would be lower. 0 indicates that priority is not important for this service and can be used to ensure the provider is placed at or near the end without having to set some arbitrarily high number.

+ + +

Core Services

+ +

The core services are all behind APIs so that they can be reimplemented without affecting developers who are using the services. Most of the services have plugin/provider points so that customizations can be added into the system without touching the core services code. For example, let's say a deployer has a specialized authentication system and wants to manage the authentication calls which come into the system. The implementor can simply implement an AuthenticationProvider and then register it with the DS2 kernel's ServiceManager. This can be done at any time and does not have to be done during Kernel startup. This allows providers to be swapped out at runtime without disrupting the DS2 service if desired. It can also speed up development by allowing quick hot redeploys of code during development.

+ +

Caching Service

+ +

Provides for a centralized way to handle caching in the system and thus a single point for configuration and control over all caches in the system. Provider and plugin developers are strongly encouraged to use this rather than implementing their own caching. The caching service has the concept of scopes so even storing data in maps or lists is discouraged unless there are good reasons to do so.

+ +

Configuration Service

+ +

The ConfigurationService controls the external and internal configuration of DSpace 2. It reads Properties files when the kernel starts up and merges them with any dynamic configuration data which is available from the services. This service allows settings to be updated as the system is running, and also defines listeners which allow services to know when their configuration settings have changed and take action if desired. It is the central point to access and manage all the configuration settings in DSpace 2.

+ +

Manages the configuration of the DSpace 2 system. Can be used to manage configuration for providers and plugins also.

+ +

EventService

+ +

Handles events and provides access to listeners for consumption of events.

+ + +

RequestService

+ +

In DS2 a request is an atomic transaction in the system. It is likely to be an HTTP request in many cases but it does not have to be. This service provides the core services with a way to manage atomic transactions so that when a request comes in which requires multiple things to happen they can either all succeed or all fail without each service attempting to manage this independently. In a nutshell this simply allows identification of the current request and the ability to discover if it succeeded or failed when it ends. Nothing in the system will enforce usage of the service, but we encourage developers who are interacting with the system to make use of this service so they know if the request they are participating in with has succeeded or failed and can take appropriate actions.

+ + +

SessionService

+ +

In DS2 a session is like an HttpSession (and generally is actually one) so this service is here to allow developers to find information about the current session and to access information in it. The session identifies the current user (if authenticated) so it also serves as a way to track user sessions. Since we use HttpSession directly it is easy to mirror sessions across multiple servers in order to allow for no-interruption failover for users when servers go offline.

+ +

Examples

+ +

Configuring Event Listeners

+ +

Event Listeners can be created by overriding the the EventListener interface:

+ +

In Spring:

+ +
+
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans>
+
+    <bean id="dspace" class="org.dspace.utils.DSpace"/>
+
+    <bean id="dspace.eventService"
+          factory-bean="dspace"
+          factory-method="getEventService"/>
+
+    <bean class="org.my.EventListener">
+         <property name="eventService" >
+    		<ref bean="dspace.eventService"/>
+    	</property>
+    </bean>
+</beans>
+
+
+ +

(org.my.EventListener will need to register itself with the EventService, for which it is passed a reference to that service via the eventService property.)

+ +

or in Java:

+ +
+
+DSpace dspace = new DSpace();
+
+EventService eventService = dspace.getEventService();
+
+EventListener listener = new org.my.EventListener();
+eventService.registerEventListener(listener);
+
+
+ +

(This registers the listener externally – the listener code assumes it is registered.)

+ + +

TODO: examples in Guice

+ +

TODO: examples of implementing and registering configurations in Spring and Guice

+ +

TBS: how we did X before : how we do it using the Framework

+ +
+
+ Attachments: +
+ +
+ + DS2-kernel-diagram.png (image/png) +
+ + Kernel Overview.gif (image/gif) +
+ + Kernel Overview.png (image/png) +
+ + dspace-services-kernel.png (image/png) +
+
+ +
+ + + + + + + +
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+
+ + DSpace Documentation : DSpace Statistics + +
+
+ This page last changed on Jan 14, 2011 by benbosman. +
+ +

DSpace Statistics

+ +

DSpace 1.6 and newer versions uses the Apache SOLR application underlying the statistics. SOLR enables performant searching and adding to vast amounts of (usage) data.
+Unlike previous versions, enabling statistics in DSpace does not require additional installation or customization. All the necessary software is included.

+ +
+
+ +

What is exactly being logged ?

+ +

Each time a page or file gets requested, this request is being logged. The logging happens at the server side, and doesn't require a javascript like Google Analytics does, to provide usage data.

+ +

Definition of which fields are to be stored happens in the file dspace/solr/statistics/conf/schema.xml.
+Some example fields, that can be stored per usage event, include:

+ +
+
<field name="type" type="integer" indexed="true" stored="true" required="true" />
+<field name="id" type="integer" indexed="true" stored="true" required="true" />
+<field name="ip" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" required="false" />
+<field name="time" type="date" indexed="true" stored="true" required="true" />
+<field name="epersonid" type="integer" indexed="true" stored="true" required="false" />
+<field name="country" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" required="false" />
+<field name="city" type="string" indexed="true" stored="true" required="false"/>
+<field name="owningComm" type="integer" indexed="true" stored="true" required="false" multiValued="true" />
+
+
+ +

The combination of type and id determine which resource (either community, collection, item page or file download) has been requested.

+ +

Web user interface for DSpace statistics

+ +

In the XMLUI, statistics can be accessed from the lower end of the navigation menu. In the JSPUI, a view statistics button appears on the bottom of pages for which statistics are available.

+ +

If you are not seeing these links or buttons, it's likely that they are only enabled for administrators in your installation. Change the configuration parameter "statistics.item.authorization.admin" to false in order to make statistics visible for all repository visitors.

+ +

Home page

+ +

Starting from the repository homepage, the statistics page displays the top 10 most popular items of the entire repository.

+ +

Community home page

+ +

The following statistics are available for the community home pages:

+
    +
  • Total visits of the current community home page
    • +
  • Visits of the community home page over a timespan of the last 7 months
    • +
  • Top 10 country from where the visits originate
    • +
  • Top 10 cities from where the visits originate
    • +
+ + +

Collection home page

+ +

The following statistics are available for the collection home pages:

+
    +
  • Total visits of the current collection home page
    • +
  • Visits of the collection home over a timespan of the last 7 months
    • +
  • Top 10 country from where the visits originate
    • +
  • Top 10 cities from where the visits originate
    • +
+ + +

Item home page

+ +

The following statistics are available for the item home pages:

+
    +
  • Total visits of the item
    • +
  • Total visits for the bitstreams attached to the item
    • +
  • Visits of the item over a timespan of the last 7 months
    • +
  • Top 10 country views from where the visits originate
    • +
  • Top 10 cities from where the visits originate
    • +
+ + +

Usage Event Logging and Usage Statistics Gathering

+ +

The DSpace Statistics Implementation is a Client/Server architecture based on Solr for collecting usage events in the JSPUI and XMLUI user interface applications of DSpace.  Solr runs as a separate webapplication and an instance of Apache Http Client is utilized to allow parallel requests to log statistics events into this Solr instance. 

+ +

Configuration settings for Statistics

+ +

In the dspace.cfg file review the following fields to make sure they are uncommented:

+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: solr.log.server
Example Value: solr.log.server = http://127.0.0.1/solr/statistics
Informational Note: Is used by the SolrLogger Client class to connect to the Solr server over http and perform updates and queries. In most cases, this can (and should) be set to localhost (or 127.0.0.1).
+
+To determine the correct path, you can use a tool like wget to see where Solr is responding on your server. For example, you'd want to send a query to Solr like the following:
+
+
wget http://127.0.0.1/solr/statistics/select?q=*:*
+
+

Assuming you get an HTTP 200 OK response, then you should set solr.log.server to the '/statistics' URL of 'http://127.0.0.1/solr/statistics' (essentially removing the "/select?q=:" query off the end of the responding URL.)

Property: solr.spiderips.urls
Example Value: solr.spiderips.urls = +
+
http://iplists.com/google.txt, \
+http://iplists.com/inktomi.txt, \
+http://iplists.com/lycos.txt, \
+http://iplists.com/infoseek.txt, \
+http://iplists.com/altavista.txt, \
+http://iplists.com/excite.txt, \
+http://iplists.com/misc.txt, \
+http://iplists.com/non_engines.txt
+
+
+


Informational Note: List of URLs to download spiders files into [dspace]/config/spiders. These files contain lists of known spider IPs and are utilized by the SolrLogger to flag usage events with an "isBot" field, or ignore them entirely.
+
+The "stats-util" command can be used to force an update of spider files, regenerate "isBot" fields on indexed events, and delete spiders from the index. For usage, run:
+
+
+
+
dspace stats-util -h
+
+
+

from your [dspace]/bin directory

Property: solr.dbfile
Example Value: solr.dbfile = ${dspace.dir}/config/GeoLiteCity.dat
Informational Note: The following referes to the GeoLiteCity database file utilized by the LocationUtils to calculate the location of client requests based on IP address. During the Ant build process (both fresh_install and update) this file will be downloaded from http://www.maxmind.com/app/geolitecity if a new version has been published or it is absent from your [dspace]/config directory.
Property: solr.resolver.timeout
Example Value: solr.resolver.timeout = 200
Informational Note: Timeout in milliseconds for DNS resolution of origin hosts/IPs. Setting this value too high may result in solr exhausting your connection pool.
Property: useProxies
Example Value: useProxies = true
Informational Note: Will cause Statistics logging to look for X-Forward URI to detect clients IP that have accessed it through a Proxy service (e.g. the Apache mod_proxy).  Allows detection of client IP when accessing DSpace. [Note: This setting is found in the DSpace Logging section of dspace.cfg]
Property: statistics.item.authorization.admin
Example Value: statistics.item.authorization.admin = true
Informational Note: When set to true, only general administrators, collection and community administrators are able to access the statistics from the web user interface. As a result, the links to access statistics are hidden for non logged-in admin users. Setting this property to "false" will display the links to access statistics to anyone, making them publicly available.
Property: solr.statistics.logBots
Example Value: solr.statistics.logBots = true
Informational Note: When this property is set to false, and IP is detected as a spider, the event is not logged.
+When this property is set to true, the event will be logged with the "isBot" field set to true.
+(see solr.statistics.query.filter.* for query filter options)
Property: solr.statistics.query.filter.spiderIp
Example Value: solr.statistics.query.filter.spiderIp = false
Informational Note: If true, statistics queries will filter out spider IPs -- use with caution, as this often results in extremely long query strings.
Property: solr.statistics.query.filter.isBot
Example Value: solr.statistics.query.filter.isBot = true
Informational Note: If true, statistics queries will filter out events flagged with the "isBot" field. This is the recommended method of filtering spiders from statistics.
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Upgrade Process for Statistics.

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Example of rebuild and redeploy DSpace (only if you have configured your distribution in this manner)

+ +

First approach the traditional DSpace build process for updating

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+
 cd [dspace-source]/dspace
+ mvn package
+ cd [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-<version>-build.dir
+ ant -Dconfig=[dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
+ cp -R [dspace]/webapps/* [TOMCAT]/webapps
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The last step is only used if you are not mounting [dspace]/webapps directly into your Tomcat, Resin or Jetty host (the recommended practice)If you only need to build the statistics, and don't make any changes to other web applications, you can replace the copy step above with:

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+
 cp -R dspace/webapps/solr TOMCAT/webapps
+
+
+

Again, only if you are not mounting [dspace]/webapps directly into your Tomcat, Resin or Jetty host (the recommended practice)

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Restart your webapps (Tomcat/Jetty/Resin)

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Older setting that are not related to the new 1.6 Statistics

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The following Dspace.cfg fields are only applicable to the older statistics solution.

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+
 ###### Statistical Report Configuration Settings ######
+
+ # should the stats be publicly available?  should be set to false if you only
+ # want administrators to access the stats, or you do not intend to generate
+ # any
+ report.public = false
+
+ # directory where live reports are stored
+ report.dir = ${dspace.dir}/reports/
+
+
+ +

These fields are not used by the new 1.6 Statistics, but are only related to the Statistics from previous DSpace releases

+ +

Statistics Administration

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Converting older DSpace logs into SOLR usage data

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If you have upgraded from a previous version of DSpace, converting older log files ensures that you carry over older usage stats from before the upgrade.

+ +

Statistics Client Utility

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The command line interface (CLI) scripts can be used to clean the usage database from additional spider traffic and other maintenance tasks.

+ +

Statistics differences between DSpace 1.6.x and 1.7.0

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SOLR optimization added

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If required, the solr server can be optimized by running

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{dspace.dir}/bin/stats-util -o
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+
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. More information on how these solr server optimizations work can be found here: http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrPerformanceFactors#Optimization_Considerations.

+ +

SOLR Autocommit

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In DSpace 1.6.x, each solr event was committed to the solr server individually. For high load DSpace installations, this would result in a huge load of small solr commits resulting in a very high load on the solr server.
+This has been resolved in dspace 1.7 by only committing usage events to the solr server every 15 minutes. This will result in a delay of the storage of a usage event of maximum 15 minutes. If required, this value can be altered by changing the maxTime property in the

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The DSpace System Documentation

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DSpace System Documentation: Directories and Files

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+ +

Overview

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A complete DSpace installation consists of three separate directory trees:

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  • The source directory:: This is where (surprise!) the source code lives. Note that the config files here are used only during the initial install process. After the install, config files should be changed in the install directory. It is referred to in this document as [dspace-source].
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  • The install directory:: This directory is populated during the install process and also by DSpace as it runs. It contains config files, command-line tools (and the libraries necessary to run them), and usually -- although not necessarily -- the contents of the DSpace archive (depending on how DSpace is configured). After the initial build and install, changes to config files should be made in this directory. It is referred to in this document as [dspace].
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  • The web deployment directory:: This directory is generated by the web server the first time it finds a dspace.war file in its webapps directory. It contains the unpacked contents of dspace.war, i.e. the JSPs and java classes and libraries necessary to run DSpace. Files in this directory should never be edited directly; if you wish to modify your DSpace installation, you should edit files in the source directory and then rebuild. The contents of this directory aren't listed here since its creation is completely automatic. It is usually referred to in this document as [tomcat]/webapps/dspace.
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Source Directory Layout

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  • [dspace-source] +
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    • dspace/ - Directory which contains all build and configuration information for DSpace +
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      • CHANGES - Detailed list of code changes between versions.
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      • KNOWN_BUGS - Known bugs in the current version.
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      • LICENSE - DSpace source code license.
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      • README - Obligatory basic information file.
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      • bin/ - Some shell and Perl scripts for running DSpace command-line tasks.
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      • config/ - Configuration files: +
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        • controlled-vocabularies/ - Fixed, limited vocabularies used in metadata entry
          • +
        • crosswalks/ - Metadata crosswalks - property files or XSL stylesheets
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        • dspace.cfg - The Main DSpace configuration file (You will need to edit this).
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        • dc2mods.cfg - Mappings from Dublin Core metadata to MODS for the METS export.
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        • default.license - The default license that users must grant when submitting items.
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        • dstat.cfg , dstat.map - Configuration for statistical reports.
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        • input-forms.xml - Submission UI metadata field configuration.
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        • news-side.html - Text of the front-page news in the sidebar, only used in JSPUI.
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        • news-top.html - Text of the front-page news in the top box, only used in teh JSPUI.
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        • emails/ - Text and layout templates for emails sent out by the system.
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        • registries/ - Initial contents of the bitstream format registry and Dublin Core element/qualifier registry. These are only used on initial system setup, after which they are maintained in the database.
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        +
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      • docs/ - DSpace system documentation. The technical documentation for functionality, installation, configuration, etc.
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      • etc/ -
        +This directory contains administrative files needed for the install process and by developers, mostly database initialization and upgrade scripts. Any .xml files in etc/ are common to all supported database systems. +
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        • postgres/ - Versions of the database schema and updater SQL scripts for PostgreSQL.
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        • oracle/ - Versions of the database schema and updater SQL scripts for Oracle.
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        +
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      • modules/ - The Web UI modules "overlay" directory. DSpace uses Maven to automatically look here for any customizations you wish to make to DSpace Web interfaces. +
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        • jspui - Contains all customizations for the JSP User Interface. +
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          • src/main/resources/ - The overlay for JSPUI Resources. This is the location to place any custom Messages.properties files. (Previously this file had been stored at: _[dspace-source]/config/language-packs/Messages.properties_
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          • src/main/webapp/ - The overlay for JSPUI Web Application. This is the location to place any custom JSPs to be used by DSpace.
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          +
          • +
        • lni - Contains all customizations for the Lightweight Network Interface.
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        • oai - Contains all customizations for the OAI-PMH Interface.
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        • sword - Contains all customizations for the SWORD (Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit) Interface.
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        • xmlui - Contains all customizations for the XML User Interface (aka Manakin). +
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          • src/main/webapp/ - The overlay for XMLUI Web Application. This is the location to place custom Themes or Configurations. +
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            • i18n/ - The location to place a custom version of the XMLUI's messages.xml (You have to manually create this folder)
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            • themes/ - The location to place custom Themes for the XMLUI (You have to manually create this folder).
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      • src/ - Maven configurations for DSpace System. This directory contains the Maven and Ant build files for DSpace.
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      • target/ - (Only exists after building DSpace) This is the location Maven uses to build your DSpace installation package. +
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        • dspace-[version].dir - The location of the DSpace Installation Package (which can then be installed by running ant update)
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Installed Directory Layout

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Below is the basic layout of a DSpace installation using the default configuration. These paths can be configured if necessary.

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  • [dspace] +
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    • assetstore/ - asset store files
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    • bin/ - shell and Perl scripts
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    • config/ - configuration, with sub-directories as above
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    • handle-server/ - Handles server files
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    • history/ - stored history files (generally RDF/XML)
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    • lib/ - JARs, including dspace.jar, containing the DSpace classes
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    • log/ - Log files
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    • reports/ - Reports generated by statistical report generator
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    • search/ - Lucene search index files
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    • upload/ - temporary directory used during file uploads etc.
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    • webapps/ - location where DSpace installs all Web Applications
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Contents of JSPUI Web Application

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DSpace's Ant build file creates a dspace-jspui-webapp/ directory with the following structure:

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  • (top level dir) +
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    • The JSPs
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    • WEB-INF/ +
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      • web.xml - DSpace JSPUI Web Application configuration and Servlet mappings
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      • dspace-tags.tld - DSpace custom tag descriptor
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      • fmt.tld - JSTL message format tag descriptor, for internationalization
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      • lib/ - All the third-party JARs and pre-compiled DSpace API JARs needed to run JSPUI
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      • classes/ - Any additional necessary class files
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Contents of XMLUI Web Application (aka Manakin)

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DSpace's Ant build file creates a dspace-xmlui-webapp/ directory with the following structure:

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  • (top level dir) +
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    • aspects/ - Contains overarching Aspect Generator config and Prototype DRI (Digital Repository Interface) document for Manakin.
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    • i18n/ - Internationalization / Multilingual support. Contains the messages.xml English language pack by default.
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    • themes/ - Contains all out-of-the-box Manakin themes +
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      • Classic/ - The classic theme, which makes the XMLUI look like classic DSpace
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      • Kubrick/ - The Kubrick theme
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      • Mirage/ - The Mirage theme (see Mirage Configuration and Customization)
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      • Reference/ - The default reference theme for XMLUI
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      • dri2xhtml/ - The base theme template, which converts XMLUI DRI (Digital Repository Interface) format into XHTML for display. See XMLUI Base Theme Templates (dri2xhtml) for more details.
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      • dri2xhtml-alt/ - The alternative theme template (used by Mirage Theme), which also converts XMLUI DRI (Digital Repository Interface) format into XHTML for display. See XMLUI Base Theme Templates (dri2xhtml) for more details.
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      • template/ - An empty theme template...useful as a starting point for your own custom theme(s)
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      • dri2xhtml.xsl - The DRI-to-XHTML XSL Stylesheet. Uses the above 'dri2xhtml' theme to generate XHTML
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      • themes.xmap - The Theme configuration file. It determines which theme(s) are used by XMLUI
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      +
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    • WEB-INF/ +
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      • lib/ - All the third-party JARs and pre-compiled DSpace JARs needed to run XMLUI
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      • classes/ - Any additional necessary class files
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      • cocoon.xconf - XMLUI's Apache Cocoon configuration
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      • logkit.xconf - XMLUI's Apache Cocoon Logging configuration
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      • web.xml - XMLUI Web Application configuration and Servlet mappings
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Log Files

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The first source of potential confusion is the log files. Since DSpace uses a number of third-party tools, problems can occur in a variety of places. Below is a table listing the main log files used in a typical DSpace setup. The locations given are defaults, and might be different for your system depending on where you installed DSpace and the third-party tools. The ordering of the list is roughly the recommended order for searching them for the details about a particular problem or error.

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[dspace]/log/dspace.log.yyyy-mm-dd Main DSpace log file. This is where the DSpace code writes a simple log of events and errors that occur within the DSpace code. You can control the verbosity of this by editing the [dspace-source]/config/templates/log4j.properties file and then running "ant init_configs".
[dspace]/log/cocoon.log.yyyy-mm-dd Apache Cocoon log file for the XMLUI. This is where the DSpace XMLUI logs all of its events and errors.
[tomcat]/logs/catalina.out This is where Tomcat's standard output is written. Many errors that occur within the Tomcat code are logged here. For example, if Tomcat can't find the DSpace code (dspace.jar), it would be logged in catalina.out.
[tomcat]/logs/hostname_log.yyyy-mm-dd.txt If you're running Tomcat stand-alone (without Apache), it logs some information and errors for specific Web applications to this log file. hostname will be your host name (e.g. dspace.myu.edu) and yyyy-mm-dd will be the date.
[tomcat]/logs/apache_log.yyyy-mm-dd.txt If you're using Apache, Tomcat logs information about Web applications running through Apache (mod_webapp) in this log file (yyyy-mm-dd being the date.)
[apache]/error_log Apache logs to this file. If there is a problem with getting mod_webapp working, this is a good place to look for clues. Apache also writes to several other log files, though error_log tends to contain the most useful information for tracking down problems.
[dspace]/log/handle-plug.log The Handle server runs as a separate process from the DSpace Web UI (which runs under Tomcat's JVM). Due to a limitation of log4j's 'rolling file appenders', the DSpace code running in the Handle server's JVM must use a separate log file. The DSpace code that is run as part of a Handle resolution request writes log information to this file. You can control the verbosity of this by editing [dspace-source]/config/templates/log4j-handle-plugin.properties.
[dspace]/log/handle-server.log This is the log file for CNRI's Handle server code. If a problem occurs within the Handle server code, before DSpace's plug-in is invoked, this is where it may be logged.
[dspace]/handle-server/error.log On the other hand, a problem with CNRI's Handle server code might be logged here.
PostgreSQL log PostgreSQL also writes a log file. This one doesn't seem to have a default location, you probably had to specify it yourself at some point during installation. In general, this log file rarely contains pertinent information--PostgreSQL is pretty stable, you're more likely to encounter problems with connecting via JDBC, and these problems will be logged in dspace.log.
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log4j.properties File.

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the file [dspace]/config/log4j.properties controls how and where log files are created. There are three sets of configurations in that file, called A1, A2, and A3. These are used to control the logs for DSpace, the checksum checker, and the XMLUI respectively. The important settings in this file are:

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log4j.rootCategory=INFO,A
+log4j.logger.org.dspace=INFO,A1
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 These lines control what level of logging takes place. Normally they should be set to INFO, but if you need to see more information in the logs, set them to DEBUG and restart your web server
log4j.appender.A1=org.dspace.app.util.DailyFileAppender This is the name of the log file creation method used. The DailyFileAppender creates a new date-stamped file every day or month.
log4j.appender.A1.File=${log.dir}/dspace.log This sets the filename and location of where the log file will be stored. It iwll have a date stamp appended to the file name.
log4j.appender.A1.DatePattern=yyy-MM-DD This defines the format for the date stamp that is appended to the log file names. If you wish to have log files created monthly instead of daily, change this to yyyy-MM
log4j.appender.A1.MaxLogs=0 This defines how many log files will be created. You may wish to define a retention period for log files. If you set this to 365, logs older than a year will be deleted. By default this is set to 0 so that no logs are ever deleted. Ensure that you monitor the disk space used by the logs to make sure that you have enough space for them. It is often important to keep the log files for a long time in case you want to rebuild your statistics.
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DSpace Discovery

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Introduction Video

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Usage Guidelines

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The Discovery Module enables faceted searching for your repository.

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In a faceted search, a user can filter what they are looking for by grouping entries into a facet, and drill down to find the content they are interested in. 
+So instead of user searching: [ wetland + "dc.author=Mitsch, William J" + dc.subject="water quality" ], they can instead do their initial search, [ wetland ], and then filter the results by attributes.

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Although these techniques are new in DSpace, they might feel familiar from other platforms like Aquabroser or Amazon, where facets help you to select the right product according to facets like price and brand. DSpace Discovery offers very powerful browse and search configurations that were only possible with code customization in the past.

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Instructions for enabling Discovery in DSpace 1.7.0

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As with any upgrade procedure, it is highly recommend that you backup your existing data thoroughly.  This includes cases where upgrading DSpace from 1.6.2 to 1.7.0.  Although upgrades in versions of Solr/Lucene do tend to be forwards compatible for the data stored in the Lucene index, it is always a best practice to backup your dspace.dir/solr/statistics cores to assure no data is lost.

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  1. Enable the Discovery Aspects in the XMLUI by changing the following settings in config/xmlui.xconf +
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    1. Comment out: SearchArtifacts
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    2. Uncomment: Discovery +
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      <xmlui>
+    <aspects>
+        <aspect name="Artifact Browser" path="resource://aspects/ArtifactBrowser/" />
+        <aspect name="Browsing Artifacts" path="resource://aspects/BrowseArtifacts/" />
+        <!--<aspect name="Searching Artifacts" path="resource://aspects/SearchArtifacts/" />-->
+        <aspect name="Administration" path="resource://aspects/Administrative/" />
+        <aspect name="E-Person" path="resource://aspects/EPerson/" />
+        <aspect name="Submission and Workflow" path="resource://aspects/Submission/" />
+	<aspect name="Statistics" path="resource://aspects/Statistics/" />
+
+        <!--
+            To enable Discovery, uncomment this Aspect that will enable it
+            within your existing XMLUI
+            Also make sure to comment the SearchArtifacts aspect
+            as leaving it on together with discovery will cause UI overlap issues-->
+        <aspect name="Discovery" path="resource://aspects/Discovery/" />
+
+
+        <!--
+            This aspect tests the various possible DRI features,
+            it helps a theme developer create themes
+        -->
+        <!-- <aspect name="XML Tests" path="resource://aspects/XMLTest/"/> -->
+    </aspects>
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  2. Enable the Discovery Indexing Consumer that will update Discovery Indexes on changes to content in XMLUI, JSPUI, SWORD, and LNI in config/dspace.cfg +
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    1. Add discovery to the list of event.dispatcher.default.consumers
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    2. Change recent.submissions.count to zero +
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      #### Event System Configuration ####
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+# default synchronous dispatcher (same behavior as traditional DSpace)
+event.dispatcher.default.class = org.dspace.event.BasicDispatcher
+#event.dispatcher.default.consumers = search, browse, eperson, harvester
+event.dispatcher.default.consumers = search, browse, discovery, eperson, harvester
+
+#Put the recent submissions count to 0 so that discovery can use it's recent submissions,
+# not doing this when discovery is enabled will cause UI overlap issues
+#How many recent submissions should be displayed at any one time
+#recent.submissions.count = 5
+recent.submissions.count = 0
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  3. Check that the port is correct for solr.search.server in config/dspace-solr-search.cfg +
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    1. If all of your traffic runs over port 80, then you need to remove the port from the URL +
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      ##### Search Indexing #####
+solr.search.server = http://localhost/solr/search
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  4. From the command line, navigate to the dspace directory and run the command below to index the content of your DSpace instance into Discovery. +
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    ./bin/dspace update-discovery-index
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    NOTE: This step may take some time if you have a large number of items in your repository.

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Instructions for Configuring Discovery

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Discovery can be configured at multiple levels of the application. Outlined below will be where in Discovery changes can be made that will alter the presentation. The primary place that the user experience is altered in XMLUi is through the dspace-solr-search.cfg file

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Configuring Facets that are Exposed for Search Results

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Property: solr.search.server
Example Value: http://localhost:8080/solr/search
Informational Note: Discovery relies on a SOLR index. This parameter determines the location of the SOLR index.
Property: solr.facets.search
Example Value: solr.facets.search=dc.contributor.author,dc.subject,dc.date.issued_dt
Informational Note: The Discovery search facets, offered in the navigation bar, can be customized for each specific page in DSpace. When no specification is given for a page, this default configuration is used. Every SOLR facet field which ends with _dt will be handled as a date. Handeling as date implies that (field.name).year will be used for faceting
Property: solr.facets.site
Example Value: solr.facets.site=dc.contributor.author,dc.subject,dc.date.issued_dt
Informational Note: Defines the facet fields, offered on the DSpace homepage
Property: solr.facets.community
Example Value: solr.facets.community=dc.contributor.author,dc.subject,dc.date.issued_dt
Informational Note: Defines the facet fields, offered on community homepages
Property: solr.facets.collection
Example Value: solr.facets.collection=dc.contributor.author,dc.subject,dc.date.issued_dt
Informational Note: Defines the facet fields, offered on collection homepages
Property: solr.facets.item
Example Value: solr.facets.item=dc.contributor.author,dc.subject,dc.date.issued_dt
Informational Note: Defines the facet fields, offered on item pages
Property: solr.default.filterQuery
Example Value: solr.default.filterQuery=location:l2
Informational Note: Aside from filters that are applied when users are searching, filters can also be applied by default. This property allos to define default filters that are used for every search in Discovery. The syntax is metadatafieldname:value. location is a special example, used to restrict a search to certain communities and collections. l stands for collection, while m is used to restrict the search to a community. The numbers, written after l or m is the internal database ID of the collection or community
Property: solr.site.default.filterQuery
Example Value: solr.site.default.filterQuery=dc.contributor.author:Kevin*
Informational Note: This parameter applies additional filters on the Recently Added list, shown on the DSpace homepage. As these filters are strict matches, the star in the example is used to filter on all dc.contributor.author values that start with Kevin
Property: solr.community.default.filterQuery
Example Value: solr.community.default.filterQuery=dc.contributor.author:Kevin*
Informational Note: This parameter applies additional filters on the Recently Added list, shown on Community Homepages. As these filters are strict matches, the star in the example is used to filter on all dc.contributor.author values that start with Kevin
Property: solr.collection.default.filterQuery
Example Value: solr.collection.default.filterQuery=dc.contributor.author:Kevin*
Informational Note: This parameter applies additional filters on the Recently Added list, shown on Collection Homepages. As these filters are strict matches, the star in the example is used to filter on all dc.contributor.author values that start with Kevin
Property: solr.search.default.filterQuery
Example Value: solr.search.default.filterQuery=dc.embargo:lifted
Informational Note: This parameter applies additional filters on all Discovery searches. In this example, only items who have the value lifted in the embargo field, are being shown as search results.
Property: solr.search.filters
Example Value: dc.title, dc.contributor.author, dc.subject, dc.date.issued.year
Informational Note: Defines which fields are shown in the (advanced) search form.
Property: solr.search.sort
Example Value: solr.search.sort=dc.title, dc.date.issued_dt
Informational Note: Defines which indexed fields can be sorted on in the search results. With this parameter it's possible to make any field available for sorting.
Property: solr.index.type.date
Example Value: solr.index.type.date=dc.date,dc.date.*
Informational Note: Defines whichs fields are indexed as dates. Please be aware that for each date field an _dt will be suffixed so that dc.date.issued will become dc.date.issued_dt. For each date indexed the year will also be stored separately in a (field.name).year so it can be used for date faceting
Property: solr.recent-submissions.size
Example Value: solr.recent-submissions.size=5
Informational Note: Defines the number of items that are shown in the Recently Added lists.
Property: recent.submissions.sort-option
Example Value: recent.submissions.sort-option=dc.date.accessioned_dt
Informational Note: The indexed metadata field on which Discovery sorts to determine which items were recently submitted
Property: search.facet.max
Example Value: search.facet.max=10
Informational Note: Use the property below to limit the number of facet filters in the side of the search page
+
+ + +

Advanced Configuration in Solr

+ +

Solr itself now runs two cores.  One for collection DSpace Solr based "statistics", the other for Discovery Solr based "search"

+ +
+
solr
+├── search
+│   ├── conf
+│   │   ├── admin-extra.html
+│   │   ├── elevate.xml
+│   │   ├── protwords.txt
+│   │   ├── schema.xml
+│   │   ├── scripts.conf
+│   │   ├── solrconfig.xml
+│   │   ├── spellings.txt
+│   │   ├── stopwords.txt
+│   │   ├── synonyms.txt
+│   │   └── xslt
+│   │       ├── DRI.xsl
+│   │       ├── example.xsl
+│   │       ├── example_atom.xsl
+│   │       ├── example_rss.xsl
+│   │       └── luke.xsl
+│   └── conf2
+├── solr.xml
+└── statistics
+    └── conf
+        ├── admin-extra.html
+        ├── elevate.xml
+        ├── protwords.txt
+        ├── schema.xml
+        ├── scripts.conf
+        ├── solrconfig.xml
+        ├── spellings.txt
+        ├── stopwords.txt
+        ├── synonyms.txt
+        └── xslt
+            ├── example.xsl
+            ├── example_atom.xsl
+            ├── example_rss.xsl
+            └── luke.xsl
+
+
+ + +
+ + + + + + + +
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+ + DSpace Documentation : Embargo + +
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+ This page last changed on Dec 14, 2010 by tdonohue. +
+ +

Embargo Support in DSpace 1.6

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+
+ +

What is an embargo?

+ +

An embargo is a temporary access restriction placed on content, commencing at time of accession. It's scope or duration may vary, but the fact that it eventually expires is what distinguishes it from other content restrictions. For example, it is not unusual for content destined for DSpace to come with permanent restrictions on use or access based on license-driven or other IP-based requirements that limit access to institutionally affiliated users. Restrictions such as these are imposed and managed using standard administrative tools in DSpace, typically by attaching specific policies to Items or Collections, Bitstreams, etc. The embargo functionally introduced in 1.6, however, includes tools to automate the imposition and removal of restrictions in managed timeframes.

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Embargo model and life-cycle

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Functionally, the embargo system allows you to attach 'terms' to an item before it is placed into the repository, which express how the embargo should be applied. What do 'we mean by terms' here? They are really any expression that the system is capable of turning into (1) the time the embargo expires, and (2) a concrete set of access restrictions. Some examples:

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"2020-09-12" - an absolute date (i.e. the date embargo will be lifted)
+"6 months" - a time relative to when the item is accessioned
+"forever" - an indefinite, or open-ended embargo
+"local only until 2015" - both a time and an exception (public has no access until 2015, local users OK immediately)
+"Nature Publishing Group standard" - look-up to a policy somewhere (typically 6 months)

+ +

These terms are 'interpreted' by the embargo system to yield a specific date on which the embargo can be removed or 'lifted'., and a specific set of access policies. Obviously, some terms are easier to interpret than others (the absolute date really requires none at all), and the 'default' embargo logic understands only the most basic terms (the first and third examples above). But as we will see below, the embargo system provides you with the ability to add in your own 'interpreters' to cope with any terms expressions you wish to have. This date that is the result of the interpretation is stored with the item and the embargo system detects when that date has passed, and removes the embargo ("lifts it"), so the item bitstreams become available. Here is a more detailed life-cycle for an embargoed item:

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Terms assignment

+ +

The first step in placing an embargo on an item is to attach (assign) 'terms' to it.
+If these terms are missing, no embargo will be imposed. As we will see below, terms are carried in a configurable DSpace metadata field, so assigning terms just means assigning a value to a metadata field. This can be done in a web submission user interface form, in a SWORD deposit package, a batch import, etc. - anywhere metadata is passed to DSpace. The terms are not immediately acted upon, and may be revised, corrected, removed, etc, up until the next stage of the life-cycle. Thus a submitter could enter one value, and a collection editor replace it, and only the last value will be used. Since metadata fields are multivalued, theoretically there can be multiple terms values, but in the default implementation only one is recognized.

+ +

Terms interpretation/imposition

+ +

In DSpace terminology, when an Item has exited the last of any workflow steps (or if none have been defined for it), it is said to be 'installed' into the repository. At this precise time, the 'interpretation' of the terms occurs, and a computed 'lift date' is assigned, which like the terms is recorded in a configurable metadata field. It is important to understand that this interpretation happens only once, (just like the installation), and cannot be revisited later. Thus, although an administrator can assign a new value to the metadata field holding the terms after the item has been installed, this will have no effect on the embargo, whose 'force' now resides entirely in the 'lift date' value. For this reason, you cannot embargo content already in your repository (at least using standard tools). The other action taken at installation time is the actual imposition of the embargo. The default behavior here is simply to remove the read policies on all the bundles and bitstreams except for the "LICENSE" or "METADATA" bundles. See section V. below for how to alter this behavior. Also note that since these policy changes occur before installation, there is no time during which embargoed content is 'exposed' (accessible by non-administrators). The terms interpretation and imposition together are called 'setting' the embargo, and the component that performs them both is called the embargo 'setter'.

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Embargo period

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After an embargoed item has been installed, the policy restrictions remain in effect until removed. This is not an automatic process, however: a 'lifter' must be run periodically to look for items whose 'lift date' is past. Note that this means the effective removal of an embargo is not the lift date, but the earliest date after the lift date that the lifter is run. Typically, a nightly cron-scheduled invocation of the lifter is more than adequate, given the granularity of embargo terms. Also note that during the embargo period, all metadata of the item remains visible.This default behavior can be changed. One final point to note is that the 'lift date', although it was computed and assigned during the previous stage, is in the end a regular metadata field. That means, if there are extraordinary circumstances that require an administrator (or collection editor - anyone with edit permissions on metadata) to change the lift date, they can do so. Thus, they can 'revise' the lift date without reference to the original terms. This date will be checked the next
+time the 'lifter' is run. One could immediately lift the embargo by setting the lift date to the current day, or change it to 'forever' to indefinitely postpone lifting.

+ +

Embargo lift

+ +

When the lifter discovers an item whose lift date is in the past, it removes (lifts) the embargo. The default behavior of the lifter is to add the resource policies
+that would have been added had the embargo not been imposed. That is, it replicates the standard DSpace behavior, in which an item inherits it's policies from its owning collection. As with all other parts of the embargo system, you may replace or extend the default behavior of the lifter (see section V. below). You may wish, e.g. to send an email to an administrator or other interested parties, when an embargoed item becomes available.

+ +

Post embargo

+ +

After the embargo has been lifted, the item ceases to respond to any of the embargo life-cycle events. The values of the metadata fields reflect essentially historical or provenance values. With the exception of the additional metadata fields, they are indistinguishable from items that were never subject to embargo.

+ +

Configuration

+ +

DSpace embargoes utilize standard metadata fields to hold both the 'terms' and the 'lift date'. Which fields you use are configurable, and no specific metadata element is dedicated or pre-defined for use in embargo. Rather, you specify exactly what field you want the embargo system to examine when it needs to find the terms or assign the lift date.

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The properties that specify these assignments live in dspace.cfg:

+
+
+# DC metadata field to hold the user-supplied embargo terms
+embargo.field.terms = SCHEMA.ELEMENT.QUALIFIER
+
+# DC metadata field to hold computed "lift date" of embargo
+embargo.field.lift = SCHEMA.ELEMENT.QUALIFIER
+
+
+ +

You replace the placeholder values with real metadata field names. If you only need the 'default' embargo behavior - which essentially accepts only absolute dates as 'terms' ,
+this is the only configuration required, except as noted below.

+ +

There is also a property for the special date of 'forever':

+
+
+# string in terms field to indicate indefinite embargo
+embargo.terms.open = forever
+
+
+

which you may change to suit linguistic or other preference.

+ +

You are free to use existing metadata fields, or create new fields. If you choose the latter, you must understand that the embargo system does not create or configure these fields: i.e. you must follow all the standard documented procedures for actually creating them (i.e. adding them to the metadata registry, or to display templates, etc) - this does not happen automatically. Likewise, if you want the field for 'terms' to appear in submission screens and workflows, you must follow the documented procedure for configurable submission (basically, this means adding the field to input-forms.xml). The flexibility of metadata configuration makes if easy for you to restrict embargoes to specific collections, since configurable submission can be defined per collection.

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Key recommendations:

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    +
  1. If using existing metadata fields, avoid any that are automatically managed by DSpace. For example, fields like 'date.issued' or 'date.accessioned' are normally automatically assigned, and thus must not be recruited for embargo use.
    2. +
  2. Do not place the field for 'lift date' in submission screens. This can potentially confuse submitters because they may feel that they can directly assign values to it. As noted in the life-cycle above, this is erroneous: the lift date gets assigned by the embargo system based on the terms. Any pre-existing value will be over-written. But see next recommendation for an exception.
    3. +
  3. As the life-cycle discussion above makes clear, after the terms are applied, that field is no longer actionable in the embargo system. Conversely, the 'lift date' field is not actionable until the application. Thus you may want to consider configuring both the 'terms' and 'lift date' to use the same metadata field. In this way,
    +during workflow you would see only the terms, and after item installation, only the lift date. If you wish the metadata to retain the terms for any resaon, use 2 distinct fields instead.
    4. +
+ + +

Operation

+ +

After the fields defined for terms and lift date have been assigned in dspace.cfg, and created and configured wherever they will be used, you can begin to embargo items simply by entering data (dates, if using the default setter) in the terms field. They will automatically be embargoed as they exit workflow. For the embargo to be lifted on any item, however, a new administrative procedure must be added: the 'embargo lifter' must be invoked on a regular basis. This task examines all embargoed items, and if their 'lift date' has passed, it removes the access restrictions on the item. Good practice dictates automating this procedure using cron jobs or the like, rather than manually running it.
+The lifter is available as a target of the 1.6 DSpace launcher - see launcher documentation for details.

+ +

Extending embargo functionality

+ +

The 1.6 embargo system supplies a default 'interpreter/imposition' class (the 'Setter') as well as a 'Lifter', but they are fairly rudimentary in several respects.

+ +

Setter

+ +

The default setter recognizes only two expressions of terms: either a literal, non-relative date in the fixed format 'yyyy-mm-dd' (known as ISO 8601), or a special string used for open-ended embargo (the default configured value for this is 'forever', but this can be changed in dspace.cfg to 'toujours', 'unendlich', etc). It will perform a minimal sanity check that the date is not in the past. Similarly, the default setter will only remove all read policies as noted above, rather than applying more nuanced rules (e.g allow access to certain IP groups, deny the rest). Fortunately, the setter class itself is configurable and you can 'plug in' any behavior you like, provided it is written in java and conforms to the setter interface. The dspace.cfg property:

+ +
+
+# implementation of embargo setter plugin - replace with local implementation if applicable
+plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoSetter = org.dspace.embargo.DefaultEmbargoSetter
+
+
+ +

controls which setter to use.

+ +

Lifter

+ +

The default lifter behavior as described above - essentially applying the collection policy rules to the item - might also not be sufficient for all purposes. It also can be replaced with another class:

+ +
+
+# implementation of embargo lifter plugin - - replace with local implementation if applicable
+plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoLifter = org.dspace.embargo.DefaultEmbargoLifter
+
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+ This page last changed on Jan 07, 2011 by tdonohue. +
+ +

DSpace System Documentation: Functional Overview

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The following sections describe the various functional aspects of the DSpace system.

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+
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Data Model

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+ +

Data Model Diagram

+ +

The way data is organized in DSpace is intended to reflect the structure of the organization using the DSpace system. Each DSpace site is divided into communities, which can be further divided into sub-communities reflecting the typical university structure of college, department, research center, or laboratory.

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Communities contain collections, which are groupings of related content. A collection may appear in more than one community.

+ +

Each collection is composed of items, which are the basic archival elements of the archive. Each item is owned by one collection. Additionally, an item may appear in additional collections; however every item has one and only one owning collection.

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Items are further subdivided into named bundles of bitstreams. Bitstreams are, as the name suggests, streams of bits, usually ordinary computer files. Bitstreams that are somehow closely related, for example HTML files and images that compose a single HTML document, are organized into bundles.

+ +

In practice, most items tend to have these named bundles:

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    +
  • ORIGINAL – the bundle with the original, deposited bitstreams
    • +
  • THUMBNAILS – thumbnails of any image bitstreams
    • +
  • TEXT – extracted full-text from bitstreams in ORIGINAL, for indexing
    • +
  • LICENSE – contains the deposit license that the submitter granted the host organization; in other words, specifies the rights that the hosting organization have
    • +
  • CC_LICENSE – contains the distribution license, if any (a Creative Commons license) associated with the item. This license specifies what end users downloading the content can do with the content
    • +
+ + +

Each bitstream is associated with one Bitstream Format. Because preservation services may be an important aspect of the DSpace service, it is important to capture the specific formats of files that users submit. In DSpace, a bitstream format is a unique and consistent way to refer to a particular file format. An integral part of a bitstream format is an either implicit or explicit notion of how material in that format can be interpreted. For example, the interpretation for bitstreams encoded in the JPEG standard for still image compression is defined explicitly in the Standard ISO/IEC 10918-1. The interpretation of bitstreams in Microsoft Word 2000 format is defined implicitly, through reference to the Microsoft Word 2000 application. Bitstream formats can be more specific than MIME types or file suffixes. For example, application/ms-word and .doc span multiple versions of the Microsoft Word application, each of which produces bitstreams with presumably different characteristics.

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Each bitstream format additionally has a support level, indicating how well the hosting institution is likely to be able to preserve content in the format in the future. There are three possible support levels that bitstream formats may be assigned by the hosting institution. The host institution should determine the exact meaning of each support level, after careful consideration of costs and requirements. MIT Libraries' interpretation is shown below:

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Supported The format is recognized, and the hosting institution is confident it can make bitstreams of this format usable in the future, using whatever combination of techniques (such as migration, emulation, etc.) is appropriate given the context of need.
Known The format is recognized, and the hosting institution will promise to preserve the bitstream as-is, and allow it to be retrieved. The hosting institution will attempt to obtain enough information to enable the format to be upgraded to the 'supported' level.
Unsupported The format is unrecognized, but the hosting institution will undertake to preserve the bitstream as-is and allow it to be retrieved.
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+ + +

Each item has one qualified Dublin Core metadata record. Other metadata might be stored in an item as a serialized bitstream, but we store Dublin Core for every item for interoperability and ease of discovery. The Dublin Core may be entered by end-users as they submit content, or it might be derived from other metadata as part of an ingest process.

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Items can be removed from DSpace in one of two ways: They may be 'withdrawn', which means they remain in the archive but are completely hidden from view. In this case, if an end-user attempts to access the withdrawn item, they are presented with a 'tombstone,' that indicates the item has been removed. For whatever reason, an item may also be 'expunged' if necessary, in which case all traces of it are removed from the archive.

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Object Example
Community Laboratory of Computer Science; Oceanographic Research Center
Collection LCS Technical Reports; ORC Statistical Data Sets
Item A technical report; a data set with accompanying description; a video recording of a lecture
Bundle A group of HTML and image bitstreams making up an HTML document
Bitstream A single HTML file; a single image file; a source code file
Bitstream Format Microsoft Word version 6.0; JPEG encoded image format
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Plugin Manager

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The PluginManager is a very simple component container. It creates and organizes components (plugins), and helps select a plugin in the cases where there are many possible choices. It also gives some limited control over the lifecycle of a plugin.

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A plugin is defined by a Java interface. The consumer of a plugin asks for its plugin by interface. A Plugin is an instance of any class that implements the plugin interface. It is interchangeable with other implementations, so that any of them may be "plugged in".

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The mediafilter is a simple example of a plugin implementation. Refer to the Business Logic Layer for more details on Plugins.

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Metadata

+ +

Broadly speaking, DSpace holds three sorts of metadata about archived content:

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    +
  • Descriptive Metadata: DSpace can support multiple flat metadata schemas for describing an item. A qualified Dublin Core metadata schema loosely based on the Library Application Profile set of elements and qualifiers is provided by default. The set of elements and qualifiers used by MIT Libraries comes pre-configured with the DSpace source code. However, you can configure multiple schemas and select metadata fields from a mix of configured schemas to describe your items. Other descriptive metadata about items (e.g. metadata described in a hierarchical schema) may be held in serialized bitstreams. Communities and collections have some simple descriptive metadata (a name, and some descriptive prose), held in the DBMS.
    • +
  • Administrative Metadata: This includes preservation metadata, provenance and authorization policy data. Most of this is held within DSpace's relational DBMS schema. Provenance metadata (prose) is stored in Dublin Core records. Additionally, some other administrative metadata (for example, bitstream byte sizes and MIME types) is replicated in Dublin Core records so that it is easily accessible outside of DSpace.
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  • Structural Metadata: This includes information about how to present an item, or bitstreams within an item, to an end-user, and the relationships between constituent parts of the item. As an example, consider a thesis consisting of a number of TIFF images, each depicting a single page of the thesis. Structural metadata would include the fact that each image is a single page, and the ordering of the TIFF images/pages. Structural metadata in DSpace is currently fairly basic; within an item, bitstreams can be arranged into separate bundles as described above. A bundle may also optionally have a primary bitstream. This is currently used by the HTML support to indicate which bitstream in the bundle is the first HTML file to send to a browser. In addition to some basic technical metadata, a bitstream also has a 'sequence ID' that uniquely identifies it within an item. This is used to produce a 'persistent' bitstream identifier for each bitstream. Additional structural metadata can be stored in serialized bitstreams, but DSpace does not currently understand this natively.
    • +
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Packager Plugins

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Packagers are software modules that translate between DSpace Item objects and a self-contained external representation, or "package". A Package Ingester interprets, or ingests, the package and creates an Item. A Package Disseminator writes out the contents of an Item in the package format.

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A package is typically an archive file such as a Zip or "tar" file, including a manifest document which contains metadata and a description of the package contents. The IMS Content Package is a typical packaging standard. A package might also be a single document or media file that contains its own metadata, such as a PDF document with embedded descriptive metadata.

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Package ingesters and package disseminators are each a type of named plugin (see Plugin Manager), so it is easy to add new packagers specific to the needs of your site. You do not have to supply both an ingester and disseminator for each format; it is perfectly acceptable to just implement one of them.

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Most packager plugins call upon Crosswalk Plugins to translate the metadata between DSpace's object model and the package format.

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More information about calling Packagers to ingest or disseminate content can be found in the Package Importer and Exporter section of the System Administration documentation.

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Crosswalk Plugins

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Crosswalks are software modules that translate between DSpace object metadata and a specific external representation. An Ingestion Crosswalk interprets the external format and crosswalks it to DSpace's internal data structure, while a Dissemination Crosswalk does the opposite.

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For example, a MODS ingestion crosswalk translates descriptive metadata from the MODS format to the metadata fields on a DSpace Item. A MODS dissemination crosswalk generates a MODS document from the metadata on a DSpace Item.

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Crosswalk plugins are named plugins (see Plugin Manager), so it is easy to add new crosswalks. You do not have to supply both an ingester and disseminator for each format; it is perfectly acceptable to just implement one of them.

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There is also a special pair of crosswalk plugins which use XSL stylesheets to translate the external metadata to or from an internal DSpace format. You can add and modify XSLT crosswalks simply by editing the DSpace configuration and the stylesheets, which are stored in files in the DSpace installation directory.

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The Packager plugins and OAH-PMH server make use of crosswalk plugins.

+ + +

E-People and Groups

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Although many of DSpace's functions such as document discovery and retrieval can be used anonymously, some features (and perhaps some documents) are only available to certain "privileged" users. E-People and Groups are the way DSpace identifies application users for the purpose of granting privileges. This identity is bound to a session of a DSpace application such as the Web UI or one of the command-line batch programs. Both E-People and Groups are granted privileges by the authorization system described below.

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E-Person

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DSpace holds the following information about each e-person:

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  • E-mail address
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  • First and last names
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  • Whether the user is able to log in to the system via the Web UI, and whether they must use an X509 certificate to do so;
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  • A password (encrypted), if appropriate
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  • A list of collections for which the e-person wishes to be notified of new items
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  • Whether the e-person 'self-registered' with the system; that is, whether the system created the e-person record automatically as a result of the end-user independently registering with the system, as opposed to the e-person record being generated from the institution's personnel database, for example.
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  • The network ID for the corresponding LDAP record, if LDAP authentication is used for this E-Person.
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Groups

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Groups are another kind of entity that can be granted permissions in the authorization system. A group is usually an explicit list of E-People; anyone identified as one of those E-People also gains the privileges granted to the group.

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However, an application session can be assigned membership in a group without being identified as an E-Person. For example, some sites use this feature to identify users of a local network so they can read restricted materials not open to the whole world. Sessions originating from the local network are given membership in the "LocalUsers" group and gain the corresponding privileges.

+ +

Administrators can also use groups as "roles" to manage the granting of privileges more efficiently.

+ + + +

Authentication

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Authentication is when an application session positively identifies itself as belonging to an E-Person and/or Group. In DSpace 1.4 and later, it is implemented by a mechanism called Stackable Authentication: the DSpace configuration declares a "stack" of authentication methods. An application (like the Web UI) calls on the Authentication Manager, which tries each of these methods in turn to identify the E-Person to which the session belongs, as well as any extra Groups. The E-Person authentication methods are tried in turn until one succeeds. Every authenticator in the stack is given a chance to assign extra Groups. This mechanism offers the following advantages:

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  • Separates authentication from the Web user interface so the same authentication methods are used for other applications such as non-interactive Web Services
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  • Improved modularity: The authentication methods are all independent of each other. Custom authentication methods can be "stacked" on top of the default DSpace username/password method.
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  • Cleaner support for "implicit" authentication where username is found in the environment of a Web request, e.g. in an X.509 client certificate.
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+ + +

Authorization

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DSpace's authorization system is based on associating actions with objects and the lists of EPeople who can perform them. The associations are called Resource Policies, and the lists of EPeople are called Groups. There are two built-in groups: 'Administrators', who can do anything in a site, and 'Anonymous', which is a list that contains all users. Assigning a policy for an action on an object to anonymous means giving everyone permission to do that action. (For example, most objects in DSpace sites have a policy of 'anonymous' READ.) Permissions must be explicit - lack of an explicit permission results in the default policy of 'deny'. Permissions also do not 'commute'; for example, if an e-person has READ permission on an item, they might not necessarily have READ permission on the bundles and bitstreams in that item. Currently Collections, Communities and Items are discoverable in the browse and search systems regardless of READ authorization.

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The following actions are possible:

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Collection

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ADD/REMOVE add or remove items (ADD = permission to submit items)
DEFAULT_ITEM_READ inherited as READ by all submitted items
DEFAULT_BITSTREAM_READ inherited as READ by Bitstreams of all submitted items. Note: only affects Bitstreams of an item at the time it is initially submitted. If a Bitstream is added later, it does not get the same default read policy.
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Note that there is no 'DELETE' action. In order to 'delete' an object (e.g. an item) from the archive, one must have REMOVE permission on all objects (in this case, collection) that contain it. The 'orphaned' item is automatically deleted.

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Policies can apply to individual e-people or groups of e-people.

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Rather than being a single subsystem, ingesting is a process that spans several. Below is a simple illustration of the current ingesting process in DSpace.

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DSpace Ingest Process

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The batch item importer is an application, which turns an external SIP (an XML metadata document with some content files) into an "in progress submission" object. The Web submission UI is similarly used by an end-user to assemble an "in progress submission" object.

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Depending on the policy of the collection to which the submission in targeted, a workflow process may be started. This typically allows one or more human reviewers or 'gatekeepers' to check over the submission and ensure it is suitable for inclusion in the collection.

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When the Batch Ingester or Web Submit UI completes the InProgressSubmission object, and invokes the next stage of ingest (be that workflow or item installation), a provenance message is added to the Dublin Core which includes the filenames and checksums of the content of the submission. Likewise, each time a workflow changes state (e.g. a reviewer accepts the submission), a similar provenance statement is added. This allows us to track how the item has changed since a user submitted it.

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Once any workflow process is successfully and positively completed, the InProgressSubmission object is consumed by an "item installer", that converts the InProgressSubmission into a fully blown archived item in DSpace. The item installer:

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A collection's workflow can have up to three steps. Each collection may have an associated e-person group for performing each step; if no group is associated with a certain step, that step is skipped. If a collection has no e-person groups associated with any step, submissions to that collection are installed straight into the main archive.

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In other words, the sequence is this: The collection receives a submission. If the collection has a group assigned for workflow step 1, that step is invoked, and the group is notified. Otherwise, workflow step 1 is skipped. Likewise, workflow steps 2 and 3 are performed if and only if the collection has a group assigned to those steps.

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When a step is invoked, the submission is put into the 'task pool' of the step's associated group. One member of that group takes the task from the pool, and it is then removed from the task pool, to avoid the situation where several people in the group may be performing the same task without realizing it.

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If a submission is rejected, the reason (entered by the workflow participant) is e-mailed to the submitter, and it is returned to the submitter's 'My DSpace' page. The submitter can then make any necessary modifications and re-submit, whereupon the process starts again.

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If a submission is 'accepted', it is passed to the next step in the workflow. If there are no more workflow steps with associated groups, the submission is installed in the main archive.

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One last possibility is that a workflow can be 'aborted' by a DSpace site administrator. This is accomplished using the administration UI.

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The reason for this apparently arbitrary design is that is was the simplest case that covered the needs of the early adopter communities at MIT. The functionality of the workflow system will no doubt be extended in the future.

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In order to facilitate, as a primary objective, the opportunity for thesis authors to be supervised in the preparation of their e-theses, a supervision order system exists to bind groups of other users (thesis supervisors) to an item in someone's pre-submission workspace. The bound group can have system policies associated with it that allow different levels of interaction with the student's item; a small set of default policy groups are provided:

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This functionality could also be used in situations where researchers wish to collaborate on a particular submission, although there is no particular collaborative workspace functionality.

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Handles

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Researchers require a stable point of reference for their works. The simple evolution from sharing of citations to emailing of URLs broke when Web users learned that sites can disappear or be reconfigured without notice, and that their bookmark files containing critical links to research results couldn't be trusted in the long term. To help solve this problem, a core DSpace feature is the creation of a persistent identifier for every item, collection and community stored in DSpace. To persist identifiers, DSpace requires a storage- and location- independent mechanism for creating and maintaining identifiers. DSpace uses the CNRI Handle System for creating these identifiers. The rest of this section assumes a basic familiarity with the Handle system.

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DSpace uses Handles primarily as a means of assigning globally unique identifiers to objects. Each site running DSpace needs to obtain a unique Handle 'prefix' from CNRI, so we know that if we create identifiers with that prefix, they won't clash with identifiers created elsewhere.

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Presently, Handles are assigned to communities, collections, and items. Bundles and bitstreams are not assigned Handles, since over time, the way in which an item is encoded as bits may change, in order to allow access with future technologies and devices. Older versions may be moved to off-line storage as a new standard becomes de facto. Since it's usually the item that is being preserved, rather than the particular bit encoding, it only makes sense to persistently identify and allow access to the item, and allow users to access the appropriate bit encoding from there.

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Of course, it may be that a particular bit encoding of a file is explicitly being preserved; in this case, the bitstream could be the only one in the item, and the item's Handle would then essentially refer just to that bitstream. The same bitstream can also be included in other items, and thus would be citable as part of a greater item, or individually.

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The Handle system also features a global resolution infrastructure; that is, an end-user can enter a Handle into any service (e.g. Web page) that can resolve Handles, and the end-user will be directed to the object (in the case of DSpace, community, collection or item) identified by that Handle. In order to take advantage of this feature of the Handle system, a DSpace site must also run a 'Handle server' that can accept and resolve incoming resolution requests. All the code for this is included in the DSpace source code bundle.

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The above represent the same Handle. The first is possibly more convenient to use only as an identifier; however, by using the second form, any Web browser becomes capable of resolving Handles. An end-user need only access this form of the Handle as they would any other URL. It is possible to enable some browsers to resolve the first form of Handle as if they were standard URLs using CNRI's Handle Resolver plug-in, but since the first form can always be simply derived from the second, DSpace displays Handles in the second form, so that it is more useful for end-users.

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It is important to note that DSpace uses the CNRI Handle infrastructure only at the 'site' level. For example, in the above example, the DSpace site has been assigned the prefix '1721.123'. It is still the responsibility of the DSpace site to maintain the association between a full Handle (including the '4567' local part) and the community, collection or item in question.

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Similar to handles for DSpace items, bitstreams also have 'Persistent' identifiers. They are more volatile than Handles, since if the content is moved to a different server or organization, they will no longer work (hence the quotes around 'persistent'). However, they are more easily persisted than the simple URLs based on database primary key previously used. This means that external systems can more reliably refer to specific bitstreams stored in a DSpace instance.

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Each bitstream has a sequence ID, unique within an item. This sequence ID is used to create a persistent ID, of the form:

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DSpace offers two means for storing bitstreams. The first is in the file system on the server. The second is using SRB (Storage Resource Broker). Both are achieved using a simple, lightweight API.

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SRB is purely an option but may be used in lieu of the server's file system or in addition to the file system. Without going into a full description, SRB is a very robust, sophisticated storage manager that offers essentially unlimited storage and straightforward means to replicate (in simple terms, backup) the content on other local or remote storage resources.

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Another important mechanism for discovery in DSpace is the browse. This is the process whereby the user views a particular index, such as the title index, and navigates around it in search of interesting items. The browse subsystem provides a simple API for achieving this by allowing a caller to specify an index, and a subsection of that index. The browse subsystem then discloses the portion of the index of interest. Indices that may be browsed are item title, item issue date, item author, and subject terms. Additionally, the browse can be limited to items within a particular collection or community.

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For the most part, at present DSpace simply supports uploading and downloading of bitstreams as-is. This is fine for the majority of commonly-used file formats – for example PDFs, Microsoft Word documents, spreadsheets and so forth. HTML documents (Web sites and Web pages) are far more complicated, and this has important ramifications when it comes to digital preservation:

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The Open Archives Initiative has developed a protocol for metadata harvesting. This allows sites to programmatically retrieve or 'harvest' the metadata from several sources, and offer services using that metadata, such as indexing or linking services. Such a service could allow users to access information from a large number of sites from one place.

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DSpace exposes the Dublin Core metadata for items that are publicly (anonymously) accessible. Additionally, the collection structure is also exposed via the OAI protocol's 'sets' mechanism. OCLC's open source OAICat framework is used to provide this functionality.

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DSpace provides support for Creative Commons licenses to be attached to items in the repository. They represent an alternative to traditional copyright. To learn more about Creative Commons, visit their website. Support for the licenses is controlled by a site-wide configuration option, and since license selection involves redirection to the Creative Commons website, additional parameters may be configured to work with a proxy server. If the option is enabled, users may select a Creative Commons license during the submission process, or elect to skip Creative Commons licensing. If a selection is made a copy of the license text and RDF metadata is stored along with the item in the repository. There is also an indication - text and a Creative Commons icon - in the item display page of the web user interface when an item is licensed under Creative Commons.

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As noted above, end-users (e-people) may 'subscribe' to collections in order to be alerted when new items appear in those collections. Each day, end-users who are subscribed to one or more collections will receive an e-mail giving brief details of all new items that appeared in any of those collections the previous day. If no new items appeared in any of the subscribed collections, no e-mail is sent. Users can unsubscribe themselves at any time. RSS feeds of new items are also available for collections and communities.

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Registration is an alternate means of incorporating items, their metadata, and their bitstreams into DSpace by taking advantage of the bitstreams already being in accessible computer storage. An example might be that there is a repository for existing digital assets. Rather than using the normal interactive ingest process or the batch import to furnish DSpace the metadata and to upload bitstreams, registration provides DSpace the metadata and the location of the bitstreams. DSpace uses a variation of the import tool to accomplish registration.

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DSpace offers system statistics for administrator usage, as well as usage statistics on the level of items, communities and collections.

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Various statistical reports about the contents and use of your system can be automatically generated by the system. These are generated by analyzing DSpace's log files. Statistics can be broken down monthly.

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Authority An authority is a source of fixed values for a given domain, each unique value identified by a key.
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Authority Record The information associated with one of the values in an authority; may include alternate spellings and equivalent forms of the value, etc.
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Google Scholar, in crawling sites, prefers a meta-tag schema of its own devising.  This schema contains names which are all prefixed by the string "citation_", and provide various metadata about the article/item being indexed.  

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DSpace System Documentation: Version History

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Changes in DSpace 1.7.1

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General Improvements

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+ Improvements in 1.7.1 (9 issues) +
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+ + DS-720 + + + Solr statistics documentation in DSpace manual and DSDOC is out-of-date, wrong, and inconsistent with dspace.cfg + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-798 + + + Czech localization of 1.7.0 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Ivan Masár +
+ + DS-801 + + + Bulgarian Translation for DSpace 1.7.0 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Vladislav Zhivkov +
+ + DS-828 + + + Enable "restore mode" ingestion via sword + + + Scott Phillips + + + Scott Phillips +
+ + DS-837 + + + Translate file to spanish + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Álvaro López +
+ + DS-839 + + + Adding Field to Choice Authority to allow Authorities to be able to know field being required + + + Mark Diggory + + + Fabio Bolognesi +
+ + DS-840 + + + Add Ability to create Top Level Community in at the home page. + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-856 + + + Release DSpace Services version 2.0.3 + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
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KeySummaryAssigneeReporter
+ + DS-215 + + + Single-argument Item.getMetadata does not work with mixed-case metadata + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Nicholas Riley +
+ + DS-435 + + + UI cosmetics, "My Exports" displayed in navigation bar, when no user is logged in + + + Robin Taylor + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-620 + + + Exceed maximum while uploading files got the user stuck should lead to a friendly error page + + + Peter Dietz + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-641 + + + Page does not exist + + + Peter Dietz + + + Hardik Mishra +
+ + DS-758 + + + Mirage theme - lists of unifished submission/workflow task wron link in collection column + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-761 + + + MetadataSchema: cache out of sync after calling delete() + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Janne Pietarila +
+ + DS-776 + + + Collection admin cannot add bitstreams unless there is at least one bundle + + + Peter Dietz + + + Eija Airio +
+ + DS-785 + + + SWORD deposits fail when ingest events are fired if Discovery event consumer is configured + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-789 + + + HTTPS renders with errors due to a hardcoded HTTP link + + + Peter Dietz + + + Bram Luyten (@mire) +
+ + DS-793 + + + missing # in Update Configuration Files + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Jason Stirnaman +
+ + DS-806 + + + Item.match() incorrect logic for schema testing + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-808 + + + jqueryUI javascript gets imported without corresponding CSS + + + Ben Bosman + + + Bram Luyten (@mire) +
+ + DS-809 + + + Empty dc.abstract dim field (in mets XML) creates an empty span tag, causing page display errors in all Internet Explorer version + + + Ben Bosman + + + Bram Luyten (@mire) +
+ + DS-821 + + + AbstractMETSIngester creates an item before adding descriptive metadata + + + Tim Donohue + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-823 + + + DatabaseManager is no longer Oracle compliant + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-843 + + + Autocomplete in authority control contains small errors in Mirage + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-853 + + + MetadataExposure settings for dc.description.provenance are ignored/overridden by XMLUI templates + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-858 + + + Multicore SOLR needs prevent remote access to solr cores + + + Mark Diggory + + + Kim Shepherd +
+

+ + +

Changes in DSpace 1.7.0

+ +

New Features

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ New Features in 1.7.0 (12 issues) +
KeySummaryAssigneeReporter
+ + DS-396 + + + Provide metatags used by Google Scholar for enhanced indexing + + + Sands Fish + + + Sarah Shreeves +
+ + DS-466 + + + Add ability to export/import entire Community/Collection/Item structure (for easier backups, migrations, etc.) + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-525 + + + Move item - inherit default policies of destination collection + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-603 + + + Having a most used item list similar to the recent submissions + + + Ben Bosman + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-643 + + + New testing framework (GSoC 2010) + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-710 + + + New Base Theme For DSpace 1.7.0 + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-711 + + + Discovery release for XMLUI + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-714 + + + PowerPoint Text Extraction for DSpace Media Filter + + + Keith Gilbertson + + + Keith Gilbertson +
+ + DS-726 + + + Modular Configuration (Curation) + + + Richard Rodgers + + + Richard Rodgers +
+ + DS-728 + + + Curation System (Core Elements) + + + Richard Rodgers + + + Richard Rodgers +
+ + DS-730 + + + Administrative UI for Curation (XMLUI) + + + Richard Rodgers + + + Richard Rodgers +
+ + DS-733 + + + Tools for (load) testing + + + Graham Triggs + + + Graham Triggs +
+

+ + +

General Improvements

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ Improvements in 1.7.0 (48 issues) +
KeySummaryAssigneeReporter
+ + DS-192 + + + Bitstreams should be returned ordered + + + Peter Dietz + + + Flávio Botelho +
+ + DS-387 + + + Add ability for various Packager plugins to report their custom "options" via command line + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-467 + + + Consider making the JSPUI styles.css.jsp a static file + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-550 + + + Upgrade to latest Google Analytics tracking code + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-557 + + + LC Authority Names - Lookup Feature - names w/o dates + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-561 + + + On login screen, keyboard input focus should be set to the first field (E-mail Address) so you don't have to use the mouse (JSPUI) + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Oleksandr Sytnyk +
+ + DS-571 + + + Upgrade DSpace Services to next release + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-577 + + + Use modified Cocoon Servlet Service Impl in place of existing to support proper Cocoon Block addition. + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-588 + + + Patch for SFX (OpenURL resolver) + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Yin Yin Latt +
+ + DS-590 + + + New INSTALL event when an Item is approved + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Mark H. Wood +
+ + DS-613 + + + Error Handling in the XMLUI interface after section expired + + + Tim Donohue + + + Antero Neto +
+ + DS-618 + + + Recommended versions of prerequisites becoming outdated + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Mark H. Wood +
+ + DS-621 + + + Export cleanup + + + Robin Taylor + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-625 + + + Bulgarian for DSpace 1.6.0 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Vladislav Zhivkov +
+ + DS-628 + + + Make the timeout for the extended resolver dnslookup configurable + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-646 + + + Remove /bin scripts (replaced by 'dspace' commmand) + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-647 + + + Need Help Testing LNI refactoring changes in AIP Backup/Restore Work + + + Unassigned + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-648 + + + Modern Browsers are not identified in XMLUI main sitemap.xmap + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-650 + + + Bulgarian Localizatoin for DSpace 1.6.2 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Vladislav Zhivkov +
+ + DS-653 + + + Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR) translation for XML-UI 1.6.2 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Erick Rocha Fonseca +
+ + DS-660 + + + Tidy up DCDate and DCDateTest. + + + Robin Taylor + + + Robin Taylor +
+ + DS-662 + + + DSpace import does not use a predictable ordering when running an import. + + + Scott Phillips + + + Scott Phillips +
+ + DS-664 + + + The registery loader command does not load schemas. + + + Scott Phillips + + + Scott Phillips +
+ + DS-670 + + + Relax performance tests in org.dspace.content.CommunityCollectionIntegrationTest. + + + Robin Taylor + + + Robin Taylor +
+ + DS-694 + + + Add inner class for metadata to Item, delay metadata loading until required, reduce impact of changes + + + Graham Triggs + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-695 + + + Separate DatabaseManager from registering / creating database pool, allow datasource to be retrieved from JNDI + + + Graham Triggs + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-696 + + + Reduce browse prune cost + + + Graham Triggs + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-697 + + + Extend supported input formats for thumbnail generation in MediaFilter + + + Graham Triggs + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-699 + + + ChoiceAuthority plugin for old-style controlled vocabularies + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Michael B. Klein +
+ + DS-703 + + + Making the OAI max amount of records configurable + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-704 + + + Update pdfbox library to improve performance and out-of-box support for pdf extraction + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-706 + + + Alternative to dri2xhtml, with the goal to be more developer-friendly + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-707 + + + Fix/improve DSpace through static code inspections + + + Unassigned + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-713 + + + dspace.log only logs remoteAddr, needs extending to include X-Forwarded-For + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-718 + + + JSPUI redirect users to requested page after authentication + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-719 + + + solr.statistics.logBots isn't documented in dspace.cfg + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-732 + + + Improve performance of browse + + + Graham Triggs + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-734 + + + Improve database efficiency + + + Graham Triggs + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-735 + + + Allow IPAuthentcation to work with proxies (examine X-Forwarded-For header) + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-736 + + + ItemImport - nicer handling of no contents file, and more efficient handling of no handle file + + + Graham Triggs + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-738 + + + sword.cfg seems no longer used after 1.5 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Bill Hays +
+ + DS-739 + + + Improve performance of Lucene indexing + + + Graham Triggs + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-741 + + + Ability to store an incoming package as a file in the event that the ingest fails + + + Sands Fish + + + Sands Fish +
+ + DS-750 + + + Cleanup display of Curation Admin UI to make more human readable/understandable + + + Richard Rodgers + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-773 + + + Reduce pressure on memory by ensuring that classes with a finalize method make their fields available for garbage collection at earliest possible opportunity + + + Graham Triggs + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-779 + + + Upgrade steps (1.5->1.6) need reordering + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-783 + + + Typos and confusing text in OpenSearch Support section + + + Tim Donohue + + + Jason Stirnaman +
+ + DS-784 + + + Incorrect DSpace Statistics section references throughout documentation + + + Tim Donohue + + + Jason Stirnaman +
+

+ + +

Bug Fixes

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ Bugs Fixed in 1.7.0 (87 issues) +
KeySummaryAssigneeReporter
+ + DS-63 + + + xmlui hardcoded string in AuthenticationUtil.java - ID: 2088360 + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-123 + + + xmlui browse in empty collection displays "Now showing items 1-0" of 0 - incorrect numbering + + + Scott Phillips + + + Keith Gilbertson +
+ + DS-242 + + + Special groups shown for logged in user rather than for user being examined + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-268 + + + XMLUI Item Mapper cannot handle multiple words in search box + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-426 + + + Item's submission license accessible without beiing configured to be public + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-431 + + + Restricted Bitstream prompts for login, then forwards user to MyDSpace + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-469 + + + DCDate.displayDate(false,*) displays only year + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Mark H. Wood +
+ + DS-471 + + + Accessing site-level 'mets.xml' in XMLUI doesn't work properly for handle prefixes with periods (e.g. 2010.1) + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-493 + + + Url in browser is incorrect after login + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-494 + + + DatabaseManager.process() unnecessarily limits range of DECIMAL or NUMERIC + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Mark H. Wood +
+ + DS-495 + + + Broken link in the documentation section 8.2.3. + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Robin Taylor +
+ + DS-497 + + + Date month and day get default values when user returns to describe form + + + Robin Taylor + + + Gabriela Mircea +
+ + DS-501 + + + Kubrick Theme - NaN in Item Browse + + + Robin Taylor + + + Keith Gilbertson +
+ + DS-509 + + + Retrieving country names in SOLR can return ArrayIndexOutOfBounds when country code is unchecked + + + Peter Dietz + + + Peter Dietz +
+ + DS-518 + + + Duplicate listing of dependencies in dspace-sword/pom.xml + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Caryn N. +
+ + DS-527 + + + Withdrawn items not shown as deleted in OAI + + + Kim Shepherd + + + John +
+ + DS-537 + + + Malformed Japanese option values in the authority lookup window + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Keiji Suzuki +
+ + DS-538 + + + restricted items are being returned in OAI GetRecord method while using harvest.includerestricted.oai + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-539 + + + Misspelled attribute in MODS/METS output + + + Keith Gilbertson + + + Andrew Hankinson +
+ + DS-543 + + + Harvest not internationalized + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-544 + + + Removal of mapped items can lead to NPE + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-545 + + + Item Mapper List of Mapped Items Usability + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-546 + + + XMLUI 'Notice's are always added by the Administrative aspect even if the content was generated by another aspect. + + + Robin Taylor + + + Robin Taylor +
+ + DS-547 + + + Value for Recent Submissions is not workin in the XMLUI + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Marvin Pollard +
+ + DS-548 + + + Removing repeatable values in DescribeStep does not properly test for authority control + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-551 + + + Export directories dspace.cfg and build.xml out of sync + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-553 + + + Display date generation only works on dates without time granularity + + + Robin Taylor + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-556 + + + Add Xalan to Solr pom.xml as dependency + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-562 + + + Community admin or user with WRITE, ADD and ADMIN policy on collection cannot delete that collection due to bug in AuthorizeUtil.authorizeManageTemplateItem(context,collection) + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrew Taylor +
+ + DS-563 + + + Multiple spaces in between words in advanced search will make the search return nothing + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Flávio Botelho +
+ + DS-565 + + + Fixed for Empty description column in Itemview Page - General-Handler.xsl + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Yin Yin Latt +
+ + DS-566 + + + Fixed for side bar menu dropping when there is license text in collection - DIM-Handler.xsl + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Yin Yin Latt +
+ + DS-569 + + + Trailing white spaces lead to wrong order of texts in browse + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-573 + + + NPE resuming submission for item with an empty bundle original + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-574 + + + DSpaceMETSIngester creates empty original bundle + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-579 + + + Required fields in submissions display wrong error message + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-580 + + + DIDL format include HTML element if the item has no files + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-581 + + + DIDL doesn't respect the hidden fields and the oai_dc metadata section is different than the simple oai_dc implementation + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-583 + + + typo in messages.xml + + + Unassigned + + + Ivan Masár +
+ + DS-584 + + + start-handle-server script broken - Error in launcher.xml: Invalid class name + + + Unassigned + + + Keith Gilbertson +
+ + DS-585 + + + The Content Disposition configuration is ignored by unpublished items + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-594 + + + DCDate parsing thread synchronization issue + + + Robin Taylor + + + Andrew Taylor +
+ + DS-596 + + + Cannot Delete Community which has two or more levels of SubCommunities + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-604 + + + Errors in 1.5.x -> 1.6.x and 1.6.0 - 1.6.1 upgrade steps + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-605 + + + Blank screen on XMLUI Dspace 1.6.0 + + + Sands Fish + + + Antero Neto +
+ + DS-607 + + + Invalid identifiers not escaped + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-608 + + + Batch metadata import missing item headers + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-614 + + + [XMLUI] Multi-page forms error + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Pere Villega +
+ + DS-617 + + + [XMLUI] Breadcrumbs dissapear in submission + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Pere Villega +
+ + DS-619 + + + Item exports not deleted on deletion of eperson + + + Robin Taylor + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-627 + + + Documentation refers to install-configs script + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Nick Nicholas +
+ + DS-629 + + + ItemImporter stops with "Too many open files" error + + + Keith Gilbertson + + + Keith Gilbertson +
+ + DS-632 + + + Batch Metadata Import needs to validate metadata fields specified in CSVs + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-633 + + + NPE when deleting object returned by EPerson.findAll() + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Mark H. Wood +
+ + DS-636 + + + Error Check Needed for handle.prefix in Dspace.cfg + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-637 + + + Browse index bug/fix ONLY for authority index: first "too low" confidence value stop current item metadata to be indexed in the autority index + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Reinhard Engels +
+ + DS-639 + + + sword swap ingest crosswalk: attribute test for dc.identifier.uri incorrect + + + Robin Taylor + + + Bill Hays +
+ + DS-644 + + + Broken link in Shibboleth settings in 1.6.2 Documentation + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-649 + + + SWORD deposits do not remove temporary package files in the upload directory + + + Tim Donohue + + + Bill Hays +
+ + DS-654 + + + "Name collision" error in logs for QDCCrosswalk + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-656 + + + Minor fix for CommunityTest. + + + Tim Donohue + + + Robin Taylor +
+ + DS-663 + + + Some OAI-PMH providers will wrap their metadata inside a wrapper element. + + + Scott Phillips + + + Scott Phillips +
+ + DS-665 + + + SImple search loses it's scope (community or collection) when navigating between search pagination pages. + + + Scott Phillips + + + Scott Phillips +
+ + DS-666 + + + NPE exception possible when adding a null i18n parameter as content + + + Scott Phillips + + + Scott Phillips +
+ + DS-677 + + + xmlui BitstreamReader holds database connections open while large files download, exhausting connection pool + + + Keith Gilbertson + + + Keith Gilbertson +
+ + DS-686 + + + Incorrect use of UTF8 in DSpaceCSV + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-688 + + + AuthorizeManager.isAdmin(Context, DSpaceObject) throws exception when EPerson is null + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-689 + + + DisplayStatisticsServlet throws NPE if requested handle is null, should throw 404 + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-691 + + + file size math in the mets:file template in General-Handler.xsl (XMLUI) is incorrect + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Hardy Pottinger +
+ + DS-698 + + + BitstreamStorageManager fails when deleting primary bitstream (constraint violation) + + + Graham Triggs + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-709 + + + ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException when editing group roles + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Andreas Schwander +
+ + DS-712 + + + DSpace Fails to Check if a Handle is already assigned before assigning a new handle + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-721 + + + RecentSubmissions missing from Collection view (XMLUI trunk @ r5578) + + + Unassigned + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-727 + + + JSPUI-style Community and Collection logo URLs do not work in XMLUI + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-729 + + + update-sequences.sql script errors out, as it refers to an old, obsolete 'dctyperegistry' table + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-743 + + + ItemImport fails on large batches with OutOfMemory exception + + + Unassigned + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-748 + + + COinS in XMLUI has invalid referrer Id and dc metadata; spans are not properly constructed + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Bill Hays +
+ + DS-751 + + + Item marked NOT in_archive yields inconsistent METS packages + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Mark H. Wood +
+ + DS-752 + + + Invalid METS generated for Items with no Bundles + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-753 + + + Fix CSV parsing that got broken by refactoring + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-755 + + + BitstreamReader file descriptor leak + + + Robin Taylor + + + Gareth Waller +
+ + DS-760 + + + Broken authority-control icons in Mirage theme + + + Peter Dietz + + + Peter Dietz +
+ + DS-763 + + + StringIndexOutOfBoundsException occurred in DCDate.java + + + Robin Taylor + + + Keiji Suzuki +
+ + DS-769 + + + Mirage theme: Repeatable oneboxes in submission do not show "Add more" buttons + + + Ben Bosman + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-772 + + + AIP Restore process fails to consistently restore Item Mappings + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-774 + + + NoClassDefFoundError when running filter media on an item that contains a PDF file + + + Ben Bosman + + + Kevin Van de Velde +
+ + DS-786 + + + need to increase version of ojdbc in prerequisites + + + Tim Donohue + + + Hardy Pottinger +
+

+ + + +

Changes in DSpace 1.6.2

+ +

General Improvements

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ Improvements in 1.6.2 (1 issues) +
KeySummaryAssigneeReporter
+ + DS-595 + + + Czech localization of 1.6.1 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Ivan Masár +
+

+ + +

Bug Fixes

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ Bugs Fixed in 1.6.2 (7 issues) +
KeySummaryAssigneeReporter
+ + DS-516 + + + DSRUN does not start Service Manager + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-584 + + + start-handle-server script broken - Error in launcher.xml: Invalid class name + + + Unassigned + + + Keith Gilbertson +
+ + DS-604 + + + Errors in 1.5.x -> 1.6.x and 1.6.0 - 1.6.1 upgrade steps + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-607 + + + Invalid identifiers not escaped + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-608 + + + Batch metadata import missing item headers + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-609 + + + update-handle-prefix wrong in docs + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-610 + + + SyndicationFeed expects dc.date.issued to be available as a java.util.Date + + + Robin Taylor + + + Robin Taylor +
+

+ + +

Changes in DSpace 1.6.1

+ +

General Improvements

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ Improvements in 1.6.1 (7 issues) +
KeySummaryAssigneeReporter
+ + DS-430 + + + Embargo + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Jim Ottaviani +
+ + DS-500 + + + Ukrainian for DSpace 1.6.0 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Serhij Dubyk +
+ + DS-508 + + + Attachment spelled as attachement in DailyReportEmailer + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Keith Gilbertson +
+ + DS-534 + + + Documentation for "schema" attribute in metadata xml files + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Keith Gilbertson +
+ + DS-557 + + + LC Authority Names - Lookup Feature - names w/o dates + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-571 + + + Upgrade DSpace Services to next release + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-577 + + + Use modified Cocoon Servlet Service Impl in place of existing to support proper Cocoon Block addition. + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+

+ + +

Bug Fixes

+ +

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+ Bugs Fixed in 1.6.1 (36 issues) +
KeySummaryAssigneeReporter
+ + DS-239 + + + java.net.MalformedURLException: unknown protocol: resource + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-242 + + + Special groups shown for logged in user rather than for user being examined + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-295 + + + CC License being assigned incorrect Mime Type during submission. + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Steven Williams +
+ + DS-471 + + + Accessing site-level 'mets.xml' in XMLUI doesn't work properly for handle prefixes with periods (e.g. 2010.1) + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-493 + + + Url in browser is incorrect after login + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-497 + + + Date month and day get default values when user returns to describe form + + + Robin Taylor + + + Gabriela Mircea +
+ + DS-501 + + + Kubrick Theme - NaN in Item Browse + + + Robin Taylor + + + Keith Gilbertson +
+ + DS-506 + + + embargo-lifter command missing from launcher.xml + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-507 + + + Log Converter difference between docs (log-converter) and launcher (stats-log-converter) + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Peter Dietz +
+ + DS-509 + + + Retrieving country names in SOLR can return ArrayIndexOutOfBounds when country code is unchecked + + + Peter Dietz + + + Peter Dietz +
+ + DS-513 + + + Connection leak in SWORD authentication process + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-516 + + + DSRUN does not start Service Manager + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-518 + + + Duplicate listing of dependencies in dspace-sword/pom.xml + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Caryn N. +
+ + DS-523 + + + Reordering of 1.5 -> 1.6 upgrade steps in DSpace manual + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-526 + + + ItemUpdate - script and manual updates + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-527 + + + Withdrawn items not shown as deleted in OAI + + + Kim Shepherd + + + John +
+ + DS-537 + + + Malformed Japanese option values in the authority lookup window + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Keiji Suzuki +
+ + DS-538 + + + restricted items are being returned in OAI GetRecord method while using harvest.includerestricted.oai + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-539 + + + Misspelled attribute in MODS/METS output + + + Keith Gilbertson + + + Andrew Hankinson +
+ + DS-542 + + + verbose output for stats-log-importer displays spurious city/country from previous committed entry + + + Peter Dietz + + + Peter Dietz +
+ + DS-543 + + + Harvest not internationalized + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-544 + + + Removal of mapped items can lead to NPE + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-547 + + + Value for Recent Submissions is not workin in the XMLUI + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Marvin Pollard +
+ + DS-548 + + + Removing repeatable values in DescribeStep does not properly test for authority control + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-551 + + + Export directories dspace.cfg and build.xml out of sync + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-556 + + + Add Xalan to Solr pom.xml as dependency + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-558 + + + Error in update sequence script 1.5 to 1.6 Oracle + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-565 + + + Fixed for Empty description column in Itemview Page - General-Handler.xsl + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Yin Yin Latt +
+ + DS-566 + + + Fixed for side bar menu dropping when there is license text in collection - DIM-Handler.xsl + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Yin Yin Latt +
+ + DS-572 + + + Batch metadata editor fails to notice change of item's owning collection + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-573 + + + NPE resuming submission for item with an empty bundle original + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-574 + + + DSpaceMETSIngester creates empty original bundle + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-579 + + + Required fields in submissions display wrong error message + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-580 + + + DIDL format include HTML element if the item has no files + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-581 + + + DIDL doesn't respect the hidden fields and the oai_dc metadata section is different than the simple oai_dc implementation + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-610 + + + SyndicationFeed expects dc.date.issued to be available as a java.util.Date + + + Robin Taylor + + + Robin Taylor +
+

+ + + +

Changes in DSpace 1.6.0

+ +

New Features

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ New Features in 1.6.0 (20 issues) +
KeySummaryAssigneeReporter
+ + DS-161 + + + Bulk Metadata Editing + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-194 + + + Give METS ingester configuration option to make use of collection templates + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-195 + + + Allow the primary bitstream to be set in the item importer / exporter + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-204 + + + New -zip option for item exporter and importer + + + Unassigned + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-205 + + + Creative Commons - option to set legal jurisdiction + + + Unassigned + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-228 + + + Community Admin XMLUI: Delegated Admins Patch + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-236 + + + Authority Control, and plug-in choice control for Metadata Fields + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-247 + + + Contribution of @MIRE Solr Based Statistics Engine to DSpace. + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-288 + + + Hide metadata from full item view + + + Larry Stone + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-289 + + + OAI-PMH + OAI-ORE harvesting support + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Scott Phillips +
+ + DS-317 + + + Embargo feature + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-321 + + + DSpace command launcher + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-323 + + + ItemUpdate - new feature to batch update metadata and bitstreams + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Richard Rodgers +
+ + DS-324 + + + Add support for OpenSearch syndicated search conventions + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Richard Rodgers +
+ + DS-330 + + + Create new session on login / invalidate sessions on logout + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-359 + + + Add alternate file appender for log4j + + + Graham Triggs + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-363 + + + JSPUI tags/views for @mire Solr statistics module + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-377 + + + Add META tags identifying DSpace source version to Web UIs + + + Larry Stone + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-388 + + + Item importer - new option to enable workflow notification emails + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-447 + + + Email test script + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+

+ + +

General Improvements

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+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ Improvements in 1.6.0 (46 issues) +
KeySummaryAssigneeReporter
+ + DS-52 + + + Factor out common webapp installation - ID: 2042160 + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-196 + + + METS exposed via OAI-PMH includes descritpion.provenance information + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-201 + + + handle.jar 6.2 needs adding to DSpace Maven repository + + + Mark Diggory + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-213 + + + IPAuthentication extended to allow negative matching + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-219 + + + Internal Server error - include login details of user + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Vanessa Newton-Wade +
+ + DS-221 + + + XMLUI 'current activity' recognises Google Chrome as Safari + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-234 + + + Configurable passing of Javamail parameter settings + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-238 + + + Move item function in xmlui + + + Unassigned + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-241 + + + DSpace Assembly Improvement + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-251 + + + Bulk Metadata Editing: XMLUI aspect and forms + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-252 + + + Interpolate variables in the Subject: line of email templates as well + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-261 + + + Community Admin JSPUI: porting of the DS-228 patch + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-270 + + + Make delegate admin permissions configurable + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-271 + + + Make the OAI DC crosswalk configurable + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-291 + + + README update for top level of dspace 1.6.0 package directory + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Van Ly +
+ + DS-297 + + + Refactor SQL source and Ant script to avoid copying Oracle versions over PostgreSQL + + + Larry Stone + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-299 + + + Allow long values to be specified for the max upload request (for uploading files greater than 2Gb) + + + Graham Triggs + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-306 + + + Option to disable mailserver + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-307 + + + Offer access in AbstractSearch to QueryResults for subclasses + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-308 + + + documentation on an added optional configuration parameter + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-315 + + + Enhance readability of embedded metadata in html head + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-316 + + + Make SWORD app:accepts configurable + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-319 + + + Replace '/dspace/bin/dsrun org.dspace.browse.ItemCounter' with /dspace/bin/itemcounter + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-333 + + + Adjust SWORD ingest crosswalk to store bibliographic citation + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-335 + + + Minho Statistics Database Manager additions. + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-336 + + + DSpace Services 2.0 Support + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-347 + + + Add --quiet option to MediaFilterManager to disable debug/monitoring output + + + Larry Stone + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-356 + + + Antispam for suggest item feature + + + Unassigned + + + Toni Prieto +
+ + DS-361 + + + Merge + Improve Generation of Syndication Feeds + + + Larry Stone + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-364 + + + Script to convert legacy dspace.log stats into solr stats records + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-369 + + + Implement harvest.includerestricted.rss in xmlui + + + Unassigned + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-372 + + + New verbose option for [dspace]/bin/dspace cleanup script + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-382 + + + Proposal: Add 'dc.creator' to Author browse index by default + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-386 + + + Allow user to specify which <dmdSec> is used by the METS Ingester when importing METS from Packager script + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-389 + + + Misleading label: "Submit to This Collection" + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-407 + + + Install or Upgrade on existing server throws errors for "mvn package" + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-410 + + + Updates to Upgrade Instructions necessary + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-412 + + + Xpdf MediaFilter: generate UTF-8 text, and improve error reporting + + + Larry Stone + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-425 + + + JSP UI cosmetics: horizontal scroll bar + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Bram Luyten (@mire) +
+ + DS-442 + + + Enable RSS feeds by default + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-445 + + + New Bitstream.findAll() method + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-446 + + + New ant step - test_database + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-455 + + + Remove dspace/config/log4j.xml + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-460 + + + Change logging from RollingFileAppender to DailyFileAppender + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-461 + + + Add information about setting web proxies for maven to install docs + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-567 + + + Czech localization of 1.6.0 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Ivan Masár +
+

+ + +

Bug Fixes

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ Bugs Fixed in 1.6.0 (102 issues) +
KeySummaryAssigneeReporter
+ + DS-44 + + + Monthly statistics skip first and last of month - ID: 2541435 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-114 + + + Links not working due to trailing white space in dspace.url + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-118 + + + File preview link during submission leeds to page not found + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-121 + + + XMLUI Feedback form breaks with multiple hostnames + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Keith Gilbertson +
+ + DS-123 + + + xmlui browse in empty collection displays "Now showing items 1-0" of 0 - incorrect numbering + + + Scott Phillips + + + Keith Gilbertson +
+ + DS-128 + + + Anchor in submission doesn't work + + + Larry Stone + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-156 + + + File description not available in XMLUI + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Samuel Ottenhoff +
+ + DS-191 + + + metadataschemaregistry_seq is not initialized correctly under Oracle + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-193 + + + OAI RDF crosswalk fails when DC value is null + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-197 + + + Deleting a primary bitstream does not clear the primary_bitstream_id on the bundle table + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-198 + + + File descriptions can not be removed/cleared in XMLUI + + + Unassigned + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-199 + + + SWORD module doesn't accept X-No-Op header (dry run) + + + Unassigned + + + Claudio Venturini +
+ + DS-200 + + + SWORD module requires the X-Packaging header + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Claudio Venturini +
+ + DS-206 + + + Input form visibility restriction doesn't work properly + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-209 + + + Context.java turnOffAuthorisationSystem() can throw a NPE + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-212 + + + NPE thrown during Harvest of non-items when visibility restriction is enabled + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-216 + + + Migrating items that use additional metadata schemas causes an NPE + + + Unassigned + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-217 + + + Hardcoded String in the license bitstream + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-218 + + + Cannot add/remove email subscriptions from Profile page in XMLUI + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-222 + + + Email alerts due to internal errors are not sent, if context is missing + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-223 + + + Submission process show previous button in JSPUI also if the step is the first "visible" step + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-225 + + + dc.description.provenance - public display + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Janice Silveira +
+ + DS-226 + + + confirmation page of edit profile has an invalid link + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-227 + + + Values with double apos doesn't work in dropdown and list input type + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-231 + + + Missig file + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Fred Dubiel +
+ + DS-232 + + + DCPersonName parses name incorrectly (fix included) + + + Larry Stone + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-240 + + + Item validityKey not complete + + + Unassigned + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-246 + + + Fix configurable browse parameter encoding (XMLUI) + + + Unassigned + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-248 + + + Missing admin column in community table in database-schema.sql - community admin patch + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-249 + + + sub-daily utility script does not pass arguments to Java (fix included) + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-250 + + + Invalid identifers are not escaped + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-253 + + + NullPointerException in HttpServletResponseBufferingWrapper (Cocoon bug?) + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark H. Wood +
+ + DS-254 + + + Bitstream (and item-export) download service does not correctly sense authenticated user + + + Larry Stone + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-255 + + + CompleteStep in submission LOSES SUBMISSION if an exception is thrown + + + Larry Stone + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-256 + + + Item Export ignores metadata language qualifier + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-258 + + + Item View Thumbnails not displaying in XMLUI + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Steven Williams +
+ + DS-260 + + + Template item some times has owningCollection filled and some times not + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-262 + + + Bug in DS-118, new patch included + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-264 + + + XMLUI misses logging UsageEvent on requests fulfilled from the cache (with proposed fix) + + + Mark Diggory + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-265 + + + IndexBrowse dies fatally when confronting badly-formatted date + + + Graham Triggs + + + Samuel Ottenhoff +
+ + DS-269 + + + Oracle JDBC connection string wrong in dspace.cfg - ID: 2722093 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-274 + + + Typo in XSL breaks rendering of dri:xref with class + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-275 + + + License files not listed on Item Summary page; XSL bug with patch + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-276 + + + Patch to fix spelling error in Exception page + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-280 + + + build.xml fails for ant versions below 1.7 (patch included) + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-281 + + + Invalid Link to "Go to DSpace Home" on Page Not Found + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-282 + + + "Starts with" navigation block should not display when browsing by specific value + + + Unassigned + + + Samuel Ottenhoff +
+ + DS-284 + + + Some rows if presented in the item summary will be wrongly considered odd or even. + + + Larry Stone + + + Flávio Botelho +
+ + DS-285 + + + Item and Bitstream pages do not provide Last-Modified HTTP header, nor recognize If-Modified-Since + + + Larry Stone + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-290 + + + [dspace]/exports is not created during fresh install + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-303 + + + Export migrate option incorrectly removes non-handle identifier.uris + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-309 + + + Shiboleth default roles are applied also to anonymous user and user logged-in with other methods + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-310 + + + UTF-8 encoding in community and collection text + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-318 + + + JSPUI: Left over text in edit item about format + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-320 + + + java.util.NoSuchElementException: Timeout waiting for idle objec + + + Unassigned + + + Flávio Botelho +
+ + DS-327 + + + SWORD temp upload directory missing trailing slash + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-328 + + + SWORD service documents do not include atom:generator element + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-337 + + + A bug related with adding new -EPersons + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Eija Airio +
+ + DS-338 + + + Bitstream download allows caching of content that requires authorization to read + + + Larry Stone + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-340 + + + DSpace services log to the command line + + + Mark Diggory + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-344 + + + Apostrophe in email address prevents EPerson from being selected + + + Graham Triggs + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-349 + + + Edit Item in admin UI does not allow setting Bitstream to an Internal BitstreamFormat + + + Larry Stone + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-353 + + + Missing commits in XMLUI server-side javascript code. + + + Unassigned + + + Flávio Botelho +
+ + DS-354 + + + Make-handle-server configuration fails. Using manual commands instead of script is successful. + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Jeffrey Trimble +
+ + DS-365 + + + New DSpace OAI-PMH Harvester doesn't support OAI gateways that do not use "sets" + + + Ben Bosman + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-370 + + + E Mail Sent On Item Export Error Message + + + Unassigned + + + Hardik Mishra +
+ + DS-373 + + + "Letter" links have broken URLs in 2nd-stage Browse + + + Larry Stone + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-378 + + + XMLUI Submission Interface messes up in IE7 after an empty <hint> in input_forms.xml + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-379 + + + open-search in jspui won't return description.xml + + + Richard Rodgers + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-381 + + + community and collection homepage + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-385 + + + Packager script is unable to import the same METS + DIM package that was exported + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-392 + + + Error messages in the submission do not disappear if e.g. one of the two errors are solved + + + Ben Bosman + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-393 + + + The issue date in the submission lowers each time the describe page is being displayed + + + Larry Stone + + + Ben Bosman +
+ + DS-395 + + + DSpace Objects (communities, collections, items, bitstreams) only accessible to logged in users + + + Tim Donohue + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-398 + + + Submission license displayed on collection and item homepage + + + Tim Donohue + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-399 + + + Special characters in collection license lead to parse error + + + Tim Donohue + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-400 + + + Webui item browse (date, title or similar) reduces displayed issue date by one day + + + Larry Stone + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-406 + + + View Statistics button does not work in item page + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Dan Ishimitsu +
+ + DS-409 + + + JSPUI Statistics Display ignores "statistics.item.authorization.admin" + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Kim Shepherd +
+ + DS-414 + + + solr statistics file downloads listed in statistics display of communites and collections + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-415 + + + Create groups via admin UI authorization denied + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-418 + + + i18n broken in jspui + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-419 + + + Setting embargo.field.terms to an unqualified field throws uncaught exception on item submission + + + Larry Stone + + + Scott Hanrath +
+ + DS-421 + + + Setting solr.metadata.item.X property to an unqualified field generates exception in SolrLogger.post on item view and prevents Solr from logging the event + + + Mark Diggory + + + Scott Hanrath +
+ + DS-422 + + + Directory 'etc' missing from Ant target 'init_installation'. + + + Richard Rodgers + + + Robin Taylor +
+ + DS-423 + + + Ant target 'clean_database' doesn't drop all tables'. + + + Tim Donohue + + + Robin Taylor +
+ + DS-424 + + + Export metadata button displayed in JSPUI Administration List of withdrawn items + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-427 + + + Item license per default displayed in item display of the xmlui + + + Richard Rodgers + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-428 + + + Wrong link for bitstreams during submission + + + Unassigned + + + Flávio Botelho +
+ + DS-432 + + + No mention of config/news-xmlui.xml in manual + + + Jeffrey Trimble + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-436 + + + SWORD Authenticator doesn't support the special groups infrastructure + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-437 + + + Oracle DB Schema has artifacts from past releases + + + Larry Stone + + + Larry Stone +
+ + DS-438 + + + JSPUI stats - filename incorrect on second and subsequent files + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-440 + + + spiders.txt empty + + + Mark Diggory + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-459 + + + OAI PMH is not delivering continuation tokens + + + Unassigned + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-468 + + + CLONE - Foreign characters broken in group names. + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Flávio Botelho +
+ + DS-472 + + + 'fresh_install' broken on a completely clean system + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-474 + + + handle.canonical.prefix undocumented + + + Kim Shepherd + + + Fabien COMBERNOUS +
+ + DS-477 + + + LDAPHierarchicalAuthentication fails when the LDAP returns mixed case email address + + + Graham Triggs + + + Graham Triggs +
+ + DS-480 + + + Exception is thrown when removing the last file after the item is rejected during review. + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Flávio Botelho +
+ + DS-597 + + + Once added, the description of a bitstream can not be removed + + + Unassigned + + + Eija Airio +
+ + DS-610 + + + SyndicationFeed expects dc.date.issued to be available as a java.util.Date + + + Robin Taylor + + + Robin Taylor +
+

+ + + + +

Changes in DSpace 1.5.2

+ +

New Features

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ New Features in 1.5.2 (2 issues) +
KeySummaryAssigneeReporter
+ + DS-48 + + + shibboleth+dspace1.5.1 patch - ID: 2412723 + + + Mark Diggory + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-108 + + + Usage event (statistics) Plugin hook for 1.5 (SF 2025998) + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Bradley McLean +
+

+ + +

General Improvements

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ Improvements in 1.5.2 (38 issues) +
KeySummaryAssigneeReporter
+ + DS-4 + + + Refactor LDAPServlet to use Stackable Authentication - ID: 2057231 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-11 + + + 'My Account' disappears following exports - ID: 2495728 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-13 + + + Fix for bug [1774958] Nested folders do not export correctly - ID: 2513300 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-16 + + + Hierarchical LDAP support - ID: 2057378 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-19 + + + Feature Request #1896717 Registration notification missin - ID: 2041754 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-21 + + + Fix for hardcoded metadata language qualifiers - ID: 2433387 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-30 + + + Hardcoded String in jspui browse - ID: 2526153 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-31 + + + Bug 2512868 Double quote problem in some fields of JSPUI - ID: 2525942 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-34 + + + Add File Format Descriptions to XMLUI 1.5.x - ID: 2433852 + + + Unassigned + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-35 + + + Enable Google Sitemaps for XMLUI - ID: 2462293 + + + Unassigned + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-36 + + + DSpace 1.5 XMLUI - Enable METS <amdSec> using crosswalks - ID: 2477820 + + + Unassigned + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-39 + + + Fix for toDate method in DCDate - ID: 2385187 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-45 + + + Messages_th.properties for DSpace 1.5.1 JSPUI - ID: 2540683 + + + Unassigned + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-46 + + + Bug 1617889 Years < 1000 do not display in simple item view - ID: 2524083 + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-47 + + + Add support for rendering DOI links in JSPUI (1.4, 1.5) - ID: 2521493 + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-78 + + + Italian translation xmlui - ID: 1984513 + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-85 + + + XMLUI Cocoon logs should not be stored under [xmlui-webapp]/WEB-INF/logs/ + + + Unassigned + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-87 + + + XMLUI file download links break in Google search results if file 'sequence' number changes. + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-93 + + + Upgrade XMLUI to Cocoon 2.2 + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-94 + + + Verify Configuration Options are still applicable with the Cocoon User community. + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-95 + + + Visiting an item page with a trailing slash returns a 404 message + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-97 + + + XMLUI does not come with a robots.txt out-of-the-box. It also does not provide suggestions for loading global static content. + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-100 + + + XMLUI OpenURL support + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-109 + + + Consistent treatment to users in special groups + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Bruc Liong +
+ + DS-127 + + + Item exporter does not export bitsteam descriptions + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-144 + + + Patch for Feature Request 2609564 group delete confirm - ID: 2612341 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-145 + + + messages_el.xml for DSpace 1.5.1 XMLUI - ID: 2615647 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-146 + + + Feature Request 2560839 Make sitemap directory configurable - ID: 2560974 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-147 + + + Messages_th.properties for DSpace 1.5.1 JSPUI - ID: 2540683 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-148 + + + Updated Messages_th.properties for DSpace 1.4.2 - ID: 2537799 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-150 + + + Usage event (statistics) plugin hook for 1.5 - ID: 2025998 + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-154 + + + Make a backup of the config dir on Ant update + + + Mark Diggory + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-174 + + + LDAP_Support for hierarchical LDAP servers + + + Unassigned + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-182 + + + Speed up SWORD deposits + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-183 + + + XPDF support for filtering PDFs for text extraction/search. + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-375 + + + [Dspace 1.5.2] Russian translation + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Roman +
+ + DS-515 + + + Czech localization of 1.5.2 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-582 + + + Basque translation + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Javier Garrido +
+

+ + +

Bug Fixes

+ +

+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
+ Bugs Fixed in 1.5.2 (75 issues) +
KeySummaryAssigneeReporter
+ + DS-1 + + + Controlled vocab:he URL http://localhost:8080/jspui/subject-search gives internal error and a stack trace in dspace.log + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrew Peter Marlow +
+ + DS-2 + + + "Not found" page returns 200 OK instead of 404 Not Found - ID: 2002866 + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-5 + + + DSpace1.5.1(XML) problem with Login to restricted bitstreams - ID: 2164955 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-6 + + + XHTML Head Dissimination Crosswalk exposes provenance info - ID: 2343281 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-7 + + + HTML tags not stripped in statistics display - ID: 1896225 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-8 + + + DSpace Home link style in breadcrumb trail - ID: 1951859 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-9 + + + Restricted Items metadata exposed via OAI - ID: 1730606 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-10 + + + Implicit group for all registered users - ID: 1587270 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-12 + + + Exception handling for deleting a metadata field - ID: 1606439 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-14 + + + xmlui Administrative log in as another eperson - ID: 2086481 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-15 + + + Submission verify page handles dc.identifier.* incorrectly - ID: 2155479 + + + Unassigned + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-17 + + + DSpace 1.5 Controlled Vocab (edit-metadata.jsp) - ID: 1931796 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-18 + + + DSpace 1.5.1(XMLUI) Wrong dir usage of StatisticsLoader - ID: 2137425 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-20 + + + 2 Authentications with LoginPage cause connection exhaust - ID: 2352146 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-22 + + + News stored not language dependend - ID: 2125833 + + + Unassigned + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-23 + + + DSQuery invalid check for empty query string - ID: 2343849 + + + Unassigned + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-24 + + + Error in authorization to submit when you add collection. - ID: 1725817 + + + Unassigned + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-25 + + + SWORD Service Document fails if Collection is untitled - ID: 1968082 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-26 + + + Hardcoded Strings in DSQuery - ID: 2493794 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-27 + + + NullPointerException possible in review.jsp - ID: 1571645 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-28 + + + Itemmap-browse.jsp throws Exception on items without date - ID: 1745573 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-29 + + + Imporper display of Umlauts / Encoding of messages_de.xml - ID: 2413800 + + + Unassigned + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-32 + + + Export Item email hardcoded strings in sources - ID: 2411653 + + + Claudia Jürgen + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-33 + + + checksum checker can not retrieve very large bitstream - ID: 2016130 + + + Unassigned + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-37 + + + Submission Forms don't preserve order of values - ID: 2541285 + + + Unassigned + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-38 + + + XMLUI Submission forms display errors during add/remove - ID: 2543413 + + + Unassigned + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-40 + + + SubmissionController is not thread safe + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-41 + + + Small JSP cleanups + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Mark H. Wood +
+ + DS-43 + + + Manakin RSS feed generator cache timeout can't be adjusted - ID: 2593393 + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-58 + + + Double quote problem in some fields of JSPUI (continued) - ID: 2528065 + + + Unassigned + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-59 + + + Item Export via UI leads to malformed request - ID: 2520279 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-60 + + + netid.toLowerCase() in different classes and methods - ID: 2458187 + + + Unassigned + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-61 + + + IP Authentication only works on logged in users - ID: 2088431 + + + Unassigned + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-62 + + + Not right encoding for license and extracted texts - ID: 2234532 + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-64 + + + xmlui selection of authentication method - ID: 2086673 + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-66 + + + bitstream format registry, setting bitstream internal - ID: 1896055 + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-67 + + + Impossible retry/resume after upload a file with internal format + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-81 + + + Subscription not sent correctly - ID: 2667590 + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-83 + + + Hardcoded behaviour of Initial question step in the submission + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-84 + + + Improve API for "IgnoreAuthorization" blocks - ID: 1687783 + + + Unassigned + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-86 + + + XMLUI Feedback form does not include any protection from spamming + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-88 + + + Anonymous group don't works as subgroup - ID: 1688445 + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-90 + + + Workflow doesn't skipped if the wf group contains empty subgroups + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-92 + + + Bitstream access rights inheritenc, editing in_archive items - ID: 1993036 + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-96 + + + XMLUI Wing-Framework 'Radio' class doesn't support adding radio buttons which are unselected by default. + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-98 + + + Key jsp.mydspace.request.export.community not set in Messages.properties + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-99 + + + Non-admin user and admin menu options (1.5.1 XMUI only) - ID: 2353606 + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Stuart Lewis +
+ + DS-101 + + + Impossible to complete Registration in JSPUI + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-102 + + + Submission without file possible with the skip upload functionality disabled + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-103 + + + Use of the Progress bar button don't save the current page modification + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-104 + + + Cancel/save button during edit of a workflow item doesn't work + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-105 + + + Initial Questions button in the progress bar doesn't work in workflow + + + Unassigned + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-106 + + + Save & exit button doesn't properly work in workflow + + + Unassigned + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-107 + + + DIDL Crosswalk thrown NPE + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-112 + + + Scandinavian caharacters mess up Front page full text search + + + Tim Donohue + + + Mika Stenberg +
+ + DS-113 + + + Export item buttons + + + Unassigned + + + Nilde De Paoli +
+ + DS-115 + + + metadata not showed in verify step + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Nilde De Paoli +
+ + DS-116 + + + File description not correct + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Nilde De Paoli +
+ + DS-117 + + + File uploads >=100KB lead to an error in the xmlui + + + Unassigned + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-120 + + + Cocoon 2.2 "hijacks" the dspace.log file + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-122 + + + Problems with repeatable metadata + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Nilde De Paoli +
+ + DS-126 + + + Request to [dspace-base-url]/bitstream throw NPE + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-129 + + + OpenURL support exposes dc.description.provenance information + + + Mark Diggory + + + Claudia Jürgen +
+ + DS-130 + + + XMLUI Browse by Author doesn't work for names with special characters (for example: é, è, ö, etc.) + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-131 + + + Browse By Title displays all titles beginning with punctuation at the top of the list + + + Unassigned + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-132 + + + XMLUI overall UTF-8 encoding is inconsistent and forms do not use UTF-8 + + + Tim Donohue + + + Tim Donohue +
+ + DS-138 + + + Authors re-ordered when item edited - ID: 2655052 + + + Stuart Lewis + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-143 + + + 'ant init_configs' copies wrong dspace.cfg - ID: 2620307 + + + Mark H. Wood + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-149 + + + Search with "%" causes NullPointer in XMLUI - ID: 2557654 + + + Tim Donohue + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-151 + + + XMLUI Submission forms display errors during add/remove - ID: 2543413 + + + Tim Donohue + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-152 + + + Submission verify page handles dc.identifier.* incorrectly - ID: 2155479 + + + Tim Donohue + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-153 + + + Submission Forms don't preserve order of values - ID: 2541285 + + + Tim Donohue + + + Charles Kiplagat +
+ + DS-155 + + + Maven war plugin changes cause war to include libraries as well + + + Mark Diggory + + + Mark Diggory +
+ + DS-185 + + + bin files in DOS format + + + Unassigned + + + Andrea Bollini +
+ + DS-186 + + + NPE during edit of eperson in XMLUI + + + Andrea Bollini + + + Andrea Bollini +
+

+ + +

Changes in DSpace 1.5.1

+ +

General Improvements and Bug Fixes

+ +

(Scott Philips)

+
    +
  • (Scott Phillips) Fixed bug where users could not finish registering nor reset
    + their password because the authentication method signatures were changed.
    • +
  • Jay Paz (SF#1898241) Additional fixes to patch to enable reuse of methods.
    • +
  • Added the ability to manage sessions with site wide alerts to prevent users from authenticating.
    • +
  • Fixes a bug where the ability to edit an item durring workflow step 2 is not displayed.
    • +
  • Jay Paz (SF#1898241) Add item Export from jspui and xmlui.
    • +
  • Added easy support for google analytics statistics
    • +
  • Added the ability for super admins to login as other users.
    • +
  • Added an activity viewer to the Control Panel
    • +
+ + +

(Mark Diggory)

+
    +
  • Fix for SF Bug #2082236 Subscription notification (sub-daily) no emails sent
    • +
  • #2102580 William Hays: Duplicate Handle exception when replacing bitstreams
    • +
  • #2102617 Sands Fish: X509Authentication fails to assign appropriate specialgroups
    • +
  • (Sands Fish) Add "Select Primary Bitstream" functionality to submission workflow
    • +
  • Guard against Community/Collection metadata having only whitespace characters
    + and eliminate cases where null pointer exceptions would be thrown
    • +
  • Improve DSIndexer logic in both branches to support removal of items from index
    + when withdrawn from repository.
    • +
  • (Sands Fish) Provides fix for AuthenticationUtil where users ID's are not properly compared.
    • +
  • Fix NullPointerException cause by nullified Context object in LNI map item to new collection.
    • +
  • Block Basic Authentication "details" from being exposed in dspace logs.
    • +
  • (Bill Hays) Close InputStreamReaders explicitly to release any file handles back to OS.
    • +
  • correct linking on pages when xmlui is the ROOT webapplication
    • +
  • correct issue with sitemap redirection of mydspace uri.
    • +
  • Add serlet-api to overlay wars to reduce compile time errors when adding classes
    • +
  • Correct issues in feed generation
    • +
  • XMLUI Adjust Advanced Search to use search properties from dspace.cfg.
    • +
  • Correct bug in Body.toSAX where startElement is called instead of end element.
    • +
  • Correct issue with libraries being excluded from wars
    • +
+ + +

(Claudia Juergen)

+
    +
  • Fix for SF bug #2090761 Statistics wrong use of dspace.dir for log location
    • +
  • Fix for SF bug #2081930 xmlui hardcoded strings in EditGroupForm.java
    • +
  • Fix for SF bug #2080319 jspui hardcoded strings in browse
    • +
  • Fix for SF bug #2078305 xmlui hardcoded strings used in UI in xmlui-api
    • +
  • Fix for SF bug #2078324 xmlui hardcoded strings used in UI in General-Handler.xsl
    • +
  • SF patch #2076066 Review in jspui submission non-dc metadata
    • +
  • SF Bug #1983859 added Foreign Lucene Analyzers to poms
    • +
  • SF Bug #1989916 - missing LDAP authentication key
    • +
+ + +

(Stuart Lewis)

+
    +
  • #1947036 Patch for SF Bug1896960 SWORD authentication and LDAP + 1989874 LDAPAuthentication
    + pluggable method broken for current users
    • +
  • Added copying of registration email template to 1.4 to 1.5 upgrade instructions
    • +
  • Fix for SF bug #2055941 LDAP authentication fails for new users in SWORD and Manakin
    • +
+ + +

(Zuki Ebetsu / Stuart Lewis)

+
    +
  • #1990660 SWORD Service Document are malformed / Corrected Atom publishing MIME types
    • +
+ + +

(Stuart Lewis / Claudia Juergen)

+
    +
  • Updated installation and configuration documents for new statistics script, and removed references to Perl
    • +
+ + +

(Tim Donohue)

+
    +
  • Fix for SF bug #2095402 - Non-interactive Submission Steps don't work in JSPUI 1.5
    • +
  • Fix for SF bug #2013921 - Movement in Submission Workflow Causes Skipped Steps
    • +
  • Fix for SF bug #2015988 - Configurable Submission bug in SubmissionController
    • +
  • Fix for SF bug #2034372 - Resorting Search Results in JSPUI always gives no results
    • +
  • Updates to Community/Collection Item Counts (i.e. strengths) for XMLUI.
    • +
  • 1.5 upgrade instructions were missing Metadata Registry updates necessary to support SWORD.
    • +
+ + +

(Graham Triggs)

+
    +
  • Fix various problems with resources potentially not being freed, and other minor fixes suggested by FindBugs
    • +
  • Replace URLEncoder with StringEscapeUtils for better fix of escaping the hidden query field
    • +
  • Fix #2034372 - Resorting in JSPUI gives no results
    • +
  • Fix #1714851 - set eperson.subscription.onlynew in dspace.cfg to only include items that are new to the repository
    • +
  • Fix issue where the browse and search indexes will not be updated correctly if you move an Item
    • +
  • Fix problem with SWORD not accepting multiple concurrent submissions
    • +
  • Fix #1963060 Authors listed in reverse order
    • +
  • Fix #1970852 - XMLUI: Browse by Issue Date "Type in Year" doesn't work
    • +
  • Statistics viewer for XMLUI, based on existing DStat. Note that this generates
    + the view from the analysis files (.dat), does not require HTML report generation.
    • +
  • Fixed incorrect downloading of bitstream on withdrawn item
    • +
  • Add JSPUI compatible log messages to XMLUI transformers
    • +
  • Clean up use of ThreadLocal
    • +
  • Improved cleanup of database resources when web
    + application is unloaded
    • +
  • Fix bug #1931799 - duplicate "FROM metadatavalue&quot
    • +
  • Fixed Oracle bugs with ILIKE operators and LIMIT/OFFSET clauses
    • +
+ + +

Changes in DSpace 1.5

+ +

General Improvements

+ +
    +
  • Highly configurable and theme-able new user interface (Manakin).
    • +
  • Apache Maven-based modular build system.
    • +
  • LNI (Lightweight Network Interface) service. Allows programmatic ingest of content via WebDAV or SOAP.
    • +
  • SWORD (Simple Web-service Offering Repository Deposit): repository-standard ingest service using Atom Publishing Protocol.
    • +
  • Highly configurable item web submission system. All submission steps are configurable not just metadata pages.
    • +
  • Browse functionality allowing customisation of the available indexes via dspace.cfg and pluggable normalisation of the sort strings. Integration with both JSP-UI and XML-UI included.
    • +
  • Extensible content event notification service.
    • +
  • Generation of Google and HTML sitemaps
    • +
+ + +

Bug fixes and smaller patches

+ +
    +
  • New options for ItemImporter to support bitstream permissions and descriptions.
    • +
  • 1824710 Fix - Change in Creative Commons RDF.
    • +
  • 1794700 Fix - Stat-monthly and stat-report-monthly
    • +
  • 1566820 Patch - Authentication code moved to new org.dspace.authenticate package, add IP AUth
    • +
  • 1670093 Patch - More stable metadata and schema registry import Option to generate community and collection "strength" as a batch job
    • +
  • 1659868 Patch - Improved database level debugging
    • +
  • 1620700 Patch - Add Community and Sub-Community to OAI Sets
    • +
  • 1679972 Fix - OAIDCCrosswalk NPE and invalid character fix, also invalid output prevented
    • +
  • 1549290 Fix - Suggest Features uses hard coded strings
    • +
  • 1727034 Fix - Method MetadataField.unique() is incorrect for null values
    • +
  • 1614546 Fix - Get rid of unused mets_bitstream_id column
    • +
  • 1450491 Patch - i18n configurable multilingualism support
    • +
  • 1764069 Patch - Replace "String" with "Integer" in PreparedStatement where needed
    • +
  • 1743188 Patch - for Request #1145499 - Move Items
    • +
  • 179196 Patch - Oracle SQL in Bitstream Checker
    • +
  • 1751638 Patch - Set http disposition header to force download of large bitstreams
    • +
  • 1799575 Patch - New EPersonConsumer event consumer
    • +
  • 1566572 Patch - Item metadata in XHTML head elements
    • +
  • 1589429 Patch - "Self-Named" Media Filters (i.e. MediaFilter Plugins) (updated version of this patch)
    • +
  • 1888652 Patch - Statistics Rewritten In Java
    • +
  • 1444364 Request - Metadata registry exporter
    • +
  • 1221957 Request - Admin browser for withdrawn items
    • +
  • 1740454 Fix - Concurrency
    • +
  • 1552760 Fix - Submit interface looks bad in Safari
    • +
  • 1642563 Patch - bin/update-handle-prefix rewritten in Java
    • +
  • 1724330 Fix - Removes "null" being displayed in community-home.jsp
    • +
  • 1763535 Patch - Alert DSpace administrator of new user registration
    • +
  • 1759438 Patch - Multilingualism Language Switch - DSpace Header
    • +
+ + + +

Changes in DSpace 1.4.1

+ +

General Improvements

+ +
    +
  • Error pages now return appropriate HTTP status codes (e.g. 404 not found)
    • +
  • Bad filenames in /bitstream/ URLs now result in 404 error – prevents infinite URL spaces confusing crawlers and bad "persistent" bitstream IDs circulating
    • +
  • Prevent infinite URL spaces in HTMLServlet
    • +
  • InstallItem no longer sets dc.format.extent, dc.format.mimetype; no longer sets default value for dc.language.iso if one is not present
    • +
  • Empty values in drop-down submit fields are not added as empty metadata values
    • +
  • API methods for searching epeople and groups
    • +
  • Support stats from both 1.3 and 1.4
    • +
  • [dspace]/bin/update-handle-prefix now runs index-all
    • +
  • Remove cases of System.out from code executed in webapp
    • +
  • Change "View Licence" to "View License" in Messages.properties
    • +
  • dspace.cfg comments changed to indicate what default.language actually means
    • +
  • HandleServlet and BitstreamServlet support If-Modified-Since requests
    • +
  • Improved sanity-checking of XSL-based ingest crosswalks
    • +
  • Remove thumbnail filename from alt-text
    • +
  • Include item title in HTML title element
    • +
  • Improvements to help prevent spammers and sploggers
    • +
  • Make cleanup() commit outstanding work every 100 iterations
    • +
  • Better handling where email send failed due to wrong address for new user
    • +
  • Include robots.txt to limit bots navigating author, date and browse by subject pages
    • +
  • Add css styles for print media
    • +
  • RSS made more configurable and provide system-wide RSS feed, also moves text to Messages.properties
    • +
  • Jar file updates (includes required code changes for DSIndexer and DSQuery and new jars fontbox.jar and serializer.jar)
    • +
  • Various documentation additions and cleanups
    • +
  • XHTML compliance improvements
    • +
  • Move w3c valid xhtml boiler image into local repository
    • +
  • Remove uncessary Log4j Configuration in CheckerCommand
    • +
  • Include Windows CLASSPATH in dsrun.bat
    • +
+ + +

Bug fixes

+ +
    +
  • 1604037 - UIUtil.encodeBitstream() now correctly encodes URLs (no longer incorrectly substitutes '+' for spaces in non-query segment
    • +
  • 1592984 - Date comparisons strip time in org.dspace.harvest.Harvest
    • +
  • 1589902 - Duplicate [field] checking error [on input-forms.xml]
    • +
  • 1596952 - Collection Wizard create Template missing schema
    • +
  • 1596978 - View unfinished submissions - collection empty
    • +
  • 1588625 - Incorrect text on item mapper screen
    • +
  • 1597805 - DIDL Crosswalk: wrong resource management
    • +
  • 1605635 - NPE in Utils.java
    • +
  • 1597504 - Search result page shows shortened query string
    • +
  • 1532389 - Item Templates do not work for non-dc fields
    • +
  • 1066771 - Metadata edit form dropping DC qualifier
    • +
  • 1548738 - Multiple Metadata Schema, schema not shown on edit item page
    • +
  • 1589895 - Not possible to add unqualified Metadata Field
    • +
  • 1543853 - Statistics do not work in 1.4
    • +
  • 1541381 - Browse-by-date and browse-by-title not working
    • +
  • 1556947 - NullPointerException when no user selected to del/edit
    • +
  • 1554064 - Fix exception handling for ClassCastException in BitstreamServlet
    • +
  • 1548865 - Browse errors on withdrawn item
    • +
  • 1554056 - Community/collection handle URL with / redirects to homepage
    • +
  • 1571490 - UTF-8 encoded characters in licence
    • +
  • 1571519 - UTF-8 in statistics
    • +
  • 1544807 - Browse-by-Subject/Author paging mechanism broken
    • +
  • 1543966 - "Special" groups inside groups bug
    • +
  • 1480496 - Cannot turn off "ignore authorization" flag!
    • +
  • 1515148 - Community policies not deleting correctly
    • +
  • 1556829 - Docs mention old SiteAuthenticator class
    • +
  • 1606435 - Workflow text out of context
    • +
  • Fix for bitstream authorization timeout
    • +
  • Fix to make sure cleanup() doesn't fail with NullPointerException
    • +
  • Fix for removeBitstream() failing to update primary bitstream
    • +
  • Fix for Advanced Search ignoring conjunctions for arbitrary number of queries
    • +
  • Fix minor bug in Harvest.java for Oracle users
    • +
  • Fix missing title for news editor page
    • +
  • Small Messages.properties modification (change of DSpace copyright text)
    • +
  • fix PDFBox tmp file issue
    • +
  • Fix HttpServletRequest encoding issues
    • +
  • Fix bug in TableRow toString() method where NPE is thrown if tablename not set
    • +
  • Update DIDL license and change coding style to DSpace standard
    • +
+ + + +

Changes in DSpace 1.4

+ +

General Improvements

+ +
    +
  • Content verification through periodic checksum checking
    • +
  • Support for branded preview image
    • +
  • Add/replace Creative Commons in 'edit item' tool
    • +
  • Customisable item listing columns and browse indices
    • +
  • Script for updating handle prefixes (e.g. for moving from development to production)
    • +
  • Configurable boolean search operator
    • +
  • Controlled vocabulary patch to provide search on classification terms, and addition of terms during submission.
    • +
  • Add 'visibility' element to input-forms.xml
    • +
  • Browse by subject feature
    • +
  • Log4J enhancement to use XML configuration
    • +
  • QueryArgs class can support any number of fields in advanced search.
    • +
  • Community names no longer have to be unique
    • +
  • Enhanced Windows support
    • +
  • Support for multiple (flat) metadata schemas
    • +
  • Suggest an item page
    • +
  • RSS Feeds
    • +
  • Performance enhancements
    • +
  • Stackable authentication methods
    • +
  • Plug-in manager
    • +
  • Pluggable SIP/DIP support and metadata crosswalks
    • +
  • Nested groups of e-people
    • +
  • Expose METS and MPEG-21 DIDL DIPs via OAI-PMH
    • +
  • Configurable Lucene search analyzer (e.g. for Chinese metadata)
    • +
  • Support for SMTP servers requiring authentication
    • +
+ + +

Bug fixes

+ +
    +
  • 1358197 - Edit Item, empty DC fields not removable
    • +
  • 1363633 - Submission step 1 fails when there are no collections
    • +
  • 1255264 - Resource policy eperson value was set to wrong column
    • +
  • 1380494 - Error deleting an item with multiple metadata schema support
    • +
  • 1443649 - Cannot configure unqualified elements for advanced search index
    • +
  • 1333687 - Browse-(title|date) fails on withdrawn item
    • +
  • 1066713 - Two (sub)communities cannot have one name
    • +
  • 1284055 - Two Communities of same name throws error
    • +
  • 1035366 - Bitstream size column should be bigint
    • +
  • 1352257 - Selecting a Group for GroupToGroup while Creating Collection
    • +
  • 1352226 - Navigation and Sorting in Group List (Select Groups) fails
    • +
  • 1348276 - Null in collection name causes OAI ListSets to fail
    • +
  • 1160898 - dspace_migrate removes Date.Issued from prev published items
    • +
  • 1261191 - Malformed METS metadata exported
    • +
+ + + +

Changes in DSpace 1.3.2

+ +

General Improvements

+ +
    +
  • DSpace UI XHTML/WAI compliant
    • +
  • Configure metadata fields shown on simple item display
    • +
  • Supervisor/workspace help documentation
    • +
+ + +

Bug fixes

+ +
    +
  • Oracle compatibility fixes
    • +
  • Item exporter now correctly exports metadata in UTF-8
    • +
  • fixed to handle 'null' values passed in
    • +
+ + + +

Changes in DSpace 1.3.1

+ +

Bug fixes

+ +
    +
  • 1252153 - Error on fresh install
    • +
+ + + +

Changes in DSpace 1.3

+ +

General Improvements

+ +
    +
  • Initial i18n Support for JSPs - Note: the implementation of this feature required changes to almost all JSP pages
    • +
  • LDAP authentication support
    • +
  • Log file analysis and report generation
    • +
  • Configurable item licence viewing
    • +
  • Supervision order/collaborative workspace administrative tools
    • +
  • Basic workspace for submissions in progress, with support for supervision
    • +
  • SRB storage system option
    • +
  • Updated handle server system
    • +
  • Database optimisations
    • +
  • Latest versions of Xerces, Xalan and OAICAT jars
    • +
  • Various documentation additions and cleanups
    • +
+ + +

Bug fixes

+ +
    +
  • 1161459 - ItemExporter fails with Too many open files
    • +
  • 1167373 - Email date field not populated
    • +
  • 1193948 - New item submit problem
    • +
  • 1188132 - NullPointerException when Adding EPerson
    • +
  • 1188016 - Cannot Edit an Eperson
    • +
  • 1219701 - Unable to open unfinished submission
    • +
  • 1206836 - community strengths not reflecting sub-community
    • +
  • 1238262 - Submit UI nav/progress buttons no longer show progress
    • +
  • 1238276 - Double quote problem in some fields in submit UI
    • +
  • 1238277 - format support level not shown in "uploaded file" page
    • +
  • 1242548 - Uploading non-existing files
    • +
  • 1244743 - Bad lookup key for special case of DC Title in ItemTag.java
    • +
  • 1245223 - Subscription Emailer fails
    • +
  • 1247508 - Error when browsing item with no content/bitstream collections
    • +
  • Set the content type in the HTTP header
    • +
  • Fix issue where EPerson edit would not work due to form indexing (partial fix)
    • +
  • POST handling in HTMLServlet
    • +
  • Missing ContentType directives added to some JSPs
    • +
  • Name dependency on Collection Admin and Submitter groups fixed
    • +
  • Fixed OAI-PMH XML encoding
    • +
+ + + +

Changes in DSpace 1.2.2

+ +

General Improvements

+ +
    +
  • Customisable submission forms added
    • +
  • Configurable number of index terms in Lucene for full-text indexing
    • +
  • Improved scalability in media filter
    • +
  • Submit button on collection pages only appears if user has authorisation
    • +
  • PostgreSQL 8.0 compatibility
    • +
  • Search scope retention to improve browsing
    • +
  • Community and collection strengths displayed
    • +
  • Upgraded OAICat software
    • +
+ + +

Bug fixes

+ +
    +
  • Fix for Oracle too many cursors problem.
    • +
  • Fix for UTF-8 encoded searches in advanced search.
    • +
  • Fix for handling "\" in bitstream names.
    • +
  • Fix to prevent delete of "unknown" bitstream format
    • +
  • Fix for ItemImport creating new handles for replaced items
    • +
+ + +

Changes in JSPs

+ +
    +
  • collection-home.jspchanged
    • +
  • community-home.jspchanged
    • +
  • community-list.jspchanged
    • +
  • home.jspchanged
    • +
  • dspace-admin/list-formats.jspchanged
    • +
  • dspace-admin/wizard-questions.jspchanged
    • +
  • search/results.jspchanged
    • +
  • submit/cancel.jspchanged
    • +
  • submit/change-file-description.jspchanged
    • +
  • submit/choose-file.jspchanged
    • +
  • submit/complete.jspchanged
    • +
  • submit/creative-commons.jspchanged
    • +
  • submit/edit-metadata.jspnew
    • +
  • submit/get-file-format.jspchanged
    • +
  • submit/initial-questions.jspchanged
    • +
  • submit/progressbar.jspchanged
    • +
  • submit/review.jspchanged
    • +
  • submit/select-collection.jspchanged
    • +
  • submit/show-license.jspchanged
    • +
  • submit/show-uploaded-file.jspchanged
    • +
  • submit/upload-error.jspchanged
    • +
  • submit/upload-file-list.jspchanged
    • +
+ + + +

Changes in DSpace 1.2.1

+ +

General Improvements

+ +
    +
  • Oracle support added
    • +
  • Thumbnails in item view can now be switched off/on
    • +
  • Browse and search thumbnail options
    • +
  • Improved item importer +
      +
    • can now import to multiple collections
      • +
    • added --test flag to simulate an import, without actually making any changes
      • +
    • added --resume flag to try to resume the import in case the import is aborted
      • +
    +
    • +
  • Configurable fields for the search index
    • +
  • Script for transferring items between DSpace instances
    • +
  • Sun library JARs (JavaMail, Java Activation Framework and Servlet) now included in DSpace source code bundle
    • +
+ + +

Bug fixes

+ +
    +
  • A logo to existing collection can now be added. Fixes SF bug #1065933
    • +
  • The community logo can now be edited. Fixes SF bug #1035692
    • +
  • MediaFilterManager doesn't 'touch' every item every time. Fixes SF bug #1015296
    • +
  • Supported formats help page, set the format support level to "known" as default
    • +
  • Fixed various database connection pool leaks
    • +
+ + +

Changed JSPs

+ +
    +
  • collection-homechanged
    • +
  • community-homechanged
    • +
  • display-itemchanged
    • +
  • dspace-admin/confirm-delete-collectionmoved to tools/ and changed
    • +
  • dspace-admin/confirm-delete-communitymoved to tools/ and changed
    • +
  • dspace-admin/edit-collectionmoved to tools/ and changed
    • +
  • dspace-admin/edit-communitymoved to tools/ and changed
    • +
  • dspace-admin/indexchanged
    • +
  • dspace-admin/upload-logochanged
    • +
  • dspace-admin/wizard-basicinfochanged
    • +
  • dspace-admin/wizard-default-itemchanged
    • +
  • dspace-admin/wizard-permissionschanged
    • +
  • dspace-admin/wizard-questionschanged
    • +
  • help/formats.htmlremoved
    • +
  • help/formatschanged
    • +
  • indexchanged
    • +
  • layout/navbar-adminchanged
    • +
+ + + +

Changes in DSpace 1.2

+ +

General Improvments

+ +
    +
  • Communities can now contain sub-communities
    • +
  • Items may be included in more than one collection
    • +
  • Full text extraction and searching for MS Word, PDF, HTML, text documents
    • +
  • Thumbnails displayed in item view for items that contain images
    • +
  • Configurable MediaFilter tool creates both extracted text and thumbnails
    • +
  • Bitstream IDs are now persistent - generated from item's handle and a sequence number
    • +
  • Creative Commons licenses can optionally be added to items during web submission process
    • +
+ + +

Administration

+ +
    +
  • If you are logged in as administrator, you see admin buttons on item, collection, and community pages
    • +
  • New collection administration wizard
    • +
  • Can now administer collection's submitters from collection admin tool
    • +
  • Delegated administration - new 'collection editor' role - edits item metadata, manages submitters list, edits collection metadata, links to items from other collections, and can withdraw items
    • +
  • Admin UI moved from /admin to /dspace-admin to avoid conflict with Tomcat /admin JSPs
    • +
  • New EPerson selector popup makes Group editing much easier
    • +
  • 'News' section is now editable using admin UI (no more mucking with JSPs)
    • +
+ + +

Import/Export/OAI

+ +
    +
  • New tool that exports DSpace content in AIPs that use METS XML for metadata (incomplete)
    • +
  • OAI - sets are now collections, identified by Handles ('safe' with /, : converted to _)
    • +
  • OAI - contributor.author now mapped to oai_dc:creator
    • +
+ + +

Miscellaneous

+ +
    +
  • Build process streamlined with use of WAR files, symbolic links no longer used, friendlier to later versions of Tomcat
    • +
  • MIT-specific aspects of UI removed to avoid confusion
    • +
  • Item metadata now rendered to avoid interpreting as HTML (displays as entered)
    • +
  • Forms now have no-cache directive to avoid trouble with browser 'back' button
    • +
  • Bundles now have 'names' for more structure in item's content
    • +
+ + +

JSP file changes between 1.1 and 1.2

+ +

This list generated with cvs -Q rdiff -s -r dspace-1_1 dspace and a sprinkling of perl.

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  • Changed: dspace/jsp/collection-home.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/community-home.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/community-list.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/display-item.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/index.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/home.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/styles.css.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/authorize-advanced.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/authorize-collection-edit.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/authorize-community-edit.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/authorize-item-edit.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/authorize-main.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/authorize-policy-edit.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin: dspace/jsp/admin/collection-select.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin: dspace/jsp/admin/community-select.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin: dspace/jsp/admin/confirm-delete-collection.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin: dspace/jsp/admin/confirm-delete-community.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin: dspace/jsp/admin/confirm-delete-dctype.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin: dspace/jsp/admin/confirm-delete-eperson.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin: dspace/jsp/admin/confirm-delete-format.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace/jsp/tools: dspace/jsp/admin/confirm-delete-item.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace/jsp/tools: dspace/jsp/admin/confirm-withdraw-item.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/edit-collection.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/edit-community.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace/jsp/tools and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/edit-item-form.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/eperson-browse.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin: dspace/jsp/admin/eperson-confirm-delete.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/eperson-edit.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/eperson-main.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace/jsp/tools and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/get-item-id.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace/jsp/tools and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/group-edit.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/group-eperson-select.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace/jsp/tools and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/group-list.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin: dspace/jsp/admin/index.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/item-select.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/list-communities.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/list-dc-types.jsp
    • +
  • Removed: dspace/jsp/admin/list-epeople.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/list-formats.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace/jsp/tools: dspace/jsp/admin/upload-bitstream.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/upload-logo.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin: dspace/jsp/admin/workflow-abort-confirm.jsp
    • +
  • Moved to dspace-admin and changed: dspace/jsp/admin/workflow-list.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/browse/authors.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/browse/items-by-author.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/browse/items-by-date.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/browse/no-results.jsp
    • +
  • New: dspace-admin/eperson-deletion-error.jsp
    • +
  • New: dspace/jsp/dspace-admin/news-edit.jsp
    • +
  • New: dspace/jsp/dspace-admin/news-main.jsp
    • +
  • New: dspace/jsp/dspace-admin/wizard-basicinfo.jsp
    • +
  • New: dspace/jsp/dspace-admin/wizard-default-item.jsp
    • +
  • New: dspace/jsp/dspace-admin/wizard-permissions.jsp
    • +
  • New: dspace/jsp/dspace-admin/wizard-questions.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/components/contact-info.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/error/internal.jsp
    • +
  • New: dspace/jsp/help/formats.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/layout/footer-default.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/layout/header-default.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/layout/navbar-admin.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/layout/navbar-default.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/login/password.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/mydspace/main.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/mydspace/perform-task.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/mydspace/preview-task.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/mydspace/reject-reason.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/mydspace/remove-item.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/register/edit-profile.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/register/inactive-account.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/register/new-password.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/register/registration-form.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/search/advanced.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/search/results.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/submit/cancel.jsp
    • +
  • New: dspace/jsp/submit/cc-license.jsp
    • +
  • Changed: dspace/jsp/submit/choose-file.jsp
    • +
  • New: dspace/jsp/submit/creative-commons.css
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  • New: dspace/jsp/submit/creative-commons.jsp
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  • Changed: dspace/jsp/submit/edit-metadata-1.jsp
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  • Changed: dspace/jsp/submit/edit-metadata-2.jsp
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  • Changed: dspace/jsp/submit/get-file-format.jsp
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  • Changed: dspace/jsp/submit/initial-questions.jsp
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  • Changed: dspace/jsp/submit/progressbar.jsp
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  • Changed: dspace/jsp/submit/select-collection.jsp
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  • Changed: dspace/jsp/submit/show-license.jsp
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  • Changed: dspace/jsp/submit/upload-error.jsp
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  • Changed: dspace/jsp/submit/upload-file-list.jsp
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  • Changed: dspace/jsp/submit/verify-prune.jsp
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  • New: dspace/jsp/tools/edit-item-form.jsp
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  • New: dspace/jsp/tools/eperson-list.jsp
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  • New: dspace/jsp/tools/itemmap-browse.jsp
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  • New: dspace/jsp/tools/itemmap-info.jsp
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  • New: dspace/jsp/tools/itemmap-main.jsp
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Changes in DSpace 1.1.1

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Bug fixes

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  • non-administrators can now submit again
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  • installations now preserve file creation dates, eliminating confusion with upgrades
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  • authorization editing pages no longer create null entries in database, and no longer handles them poorly (no longer gives blank page instead of displaying policies.)
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  • registration page Invalid token error page now displayed when an invalid token is received (as opposed to internal server error.) Fixes SF bug #739999
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  • eperson admin 'recent submission' links fixed for DSpaces deployed somewhere other than at / (e.g. /dspace).
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  • help pages Link to help pages now includes servlet context (e.g. '/dspace'). Fixes SF bug #738399.
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Improvements

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  • bin/dspace-info.pl now checks jsp and asset store files for zero-length files
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  • make-release-package now works with SourceForge CVS
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  • eperson editor now doesn't display the spurious text 'null'
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  • item exporter now uses Jakarta's cli command line arg parser (much cleaner)
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  • item importer improvements: +
      +
    • now uses Jakarta's cli command line arg parser (much cleaner)
      • +
    • imported items can now be routed through a workflow
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    • more validation and error messages before import
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    • can now use email addresses and handles instead of just database IDs
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    • can import an item to a collection with the workflow suppressed
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    +
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Changes in DSpace 1.1

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  • Fixed various OAI-related bugs; DSpace's OAI support should now be correct. Note that harvesting is now based on the new Item 'last modified' date (as opposed to the Dublin Core date.available date.)
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  • Fixed Handle support--DSpace now responds to naming authority requests correctly.
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  • Multiple bitstream stores can now be specified; this allows DSpace storage to span several disks, and so there is no longer a hard limit on storage.
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  • Search improvements: +
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    • New fielded searching UI
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    • Search results are now paged
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    • Abstracts are indexed
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    • Better use of Lucene API; should stop the number of open file handles getting large
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  • Submission UI improvements: +
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    • now insists on a title being specified
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    • fixed navigation on file upload page
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    • citation & identifier fields for previously published submissions now fixed
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  • Many Unicode fixes to the database and Web user interface
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  • Collections can now be deleted
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  • Bitstream descriptions (if available) displayed on item display page
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  • Modified a couple of servlets to handle invalid parameters better (i.e. to report a suitable error message instead of an internal server error)
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  • Item templates now work
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  • Fixed registration token expiration problem (they no longer expire.)
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DSpace System Documentation: Installation

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For the Impatient

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Since some users might want to get their test version up and running as fast as possible, offered below is an unsupported outline of getting DSpace to run quickly in a Unix-based environment.

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Only experienced unix admins should even attempt the following without going to the detailed Installation Instructions
+ +
+
useradd -m dspace
+gunzip -c dspace-1.x-src-release.tar.gz | tar -xf -
+createuser -U postgres -d -A -P dspace
+createdb -U dspace -E UNICODE dspace
+cd [dspace-source]/dspace/config
+vi dspace.cfg
+mkdir [dspace]
+chown dspace [dspace]
+su - dspace
+cd [dspace-source]/dspace
+mvn package
+cd [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-<version>-build.dir
+ant fresh_install
+cp -r [dspace]/webapps/* [tomcat]/webapps
+/etc/init.d/tomcat start
+[dspace]/bin/dspace create-administrator
+
+ +

Prerequisite Software

+ +

The list below describes the third-party components and tools you'll need to run a DSpace server. These are just guidelines. Since DSpace is built on open source, standards-based tools, there are numerous other possibilities and setups.

+ +

Also, please note that the configuration and installation guidelines relating to a particular tool below are here for convenience. You should refer to the documentation for each individual component for complete and up-to-date details. Many of the tools are updated on a frequent basis, and the guidelines below may become out of date.

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UNIX-like OS or Microsoft Windows

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    +
  • UNIX-like OS (Linux, HP/UX, Mac OSX, etc.) : Many distributions of Linux/Unix come with some of the dependencies below pre-installed or easily installed via updates, you should consult your particular distributions documentation or local system administrators to determine what is already available.
    • +
  • Microsoft Windows: After verifying all prerequisites below, see the Windows Installation section for Windows tailored instructions
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Oracle Java JDK 6 or later (standard SDK is fine, you don't need J2EE)

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DSpace now requires Oracle Java 6 or greater because of usage of new language capabilities introduced in 5 and 6 that make coding easier and cleaner.

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Java can be downloaded from the following location: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

+ + +

Only Oracle's Java has been tested with each release and is known to work correctly. Other flavors of Java may pose problems.

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Apache Maven 2.2.x (Java build tool)

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Known issue with Maven 2.0.x and Maven 3.x and DSpace 1.7.0
DSpace 1.7.0 does not build properly when using Maven 2.0.x or Maven 3.x. This is a known issue. The quick fix is to use Maven 2.2.x. More information on this issue can be found in the following JIRA issue: DS-788.
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Maven is necessary in the first stage of the build process to assemble the installation package for your DSpace instance. It gives you the flexibility to customize DSpace using the existing Maven projects found in the [dspace-source]/dspace/modules directory or by adding in your own Maven project to build the installation package for DSpace, and apply any custom interface "overlay" changes.

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Maven can be downloaded from the following location: http://maven.apache.org/download.html

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Configuring a Proxy

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You can configure a proxy to use for some or all of your HTTP requests in Maven 2.0. The username and password are only required if your proxy requires basic authentication (note that later releases may support storing your passwords in a secured keystore‚ in the mean time, please ensure your settings.xml file (usually ${user.home}/.m2/settings.xml) is secured with permissions appropriate for your operating system).

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Example:

+
+
<settings>
+  .
+  .
+  <proxies>
+   <proxy>
+      <active>true</active>
+      <protocol>http</protocol>
+      <host>proxy.somewhere.com</host>
+      <port>8080</port>
+      <username>proxyuser</username>
+      <password>somepassword</password>
+      <nonProxyHosts>www.google.com|*.somewhere.com</nonProxyHosts>
+    </proxy>
+  </proxies>
+  .
+  .
+</settings>
+
+ + +

Apache Ant 1.7 or later (Java build tool)

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Apache Ant is still required for the second stage of the build process. It is used once the installation package has been constructed in [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-<version>-build.dir and still uses some of the familiar ant build targets found in the 1.4.x build process.

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Ant can be downloaded from the following location: http://ant.apache.org

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Relational Database: (PostgreSQL or Oracle).

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  • PostgreSQL 8.2 to 8.4 PostgreSQL can be downloaded from the following location: http://www.postgresql.org/ . It is highly recommended that you try to work with Postgres 8.4 or greater, however, 8.2 or greater should still work. Unicode (specifically UTF-8) support must be enabled. This is enabled by default in 8.0+. Once installed, you need to enable TCP/IP connections (DSpace uses JDBC). In postgresql.conf: uncomment the line starting: listen_addresses = 'localhost'. Then tighten up security a bit by editing pg_hba.conf and adding this line: host dspace dspace 127.0.0.1 255.255.255.255 md5. Then restart PostgreSQL.
    • +
  • Oracle 10g or greater Details on acquiring Oracle can be downloaded from the following location: http://www.oracle.com/database/. You will need to create a database for DSpace. Make sure that the character set is one of the Unicode character sets. DSpace uses UTF-8 natively, and it is suggested that the Oracle database use the same character set. You will also need to create a user account for DSpace (e.g. dspace) and ensure that it has permissions to add and remove tables in the database. Refer to the Quick Installation for more details. +
      +
    • NOTE: DSpace uses sequences to generate unique object IDs — beware Oracle sequences, which are said to lose their values when doing a database export/import, say restoring from a backup. Be sure to run the script etc/update-sequences.sql.
      • +
    • For people interested in switching from Postgres to Oracle, I know of no tools that would do this automatically. You will need to recreate the community, collection, and eperson structure in the Oracle system, and then use the item export and import tools to move your content over.
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    +
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Servlet Engine: (Apache Tomcat 5.5 or 6, Jetty, Caucho Resin or equivalent).

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  • Apache Tomcat 5.5 or later. Tomcat can be downloaded from the following location: http://tomcat.apache.org. +
      +
    • Note that DSpace will need to run as the same user as Tomcat, so you might want to install and run Tomcat as a user called 'dspace'. Set the environment variable TOMCAT_USER appropriately.
      • +
    • You need to ensure that Tomcat has a) enough memory to run DSpace and b) uses UTF-8 as its default file encoding for international character support. So ensure in your startup scripts (etc) that the following environment variable is set: JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx512M -Xms64M -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
      • +
    • Modifications in [tomcat]/conf/server.xml: You also need to alter Tomcat's default configuration to support searching and browsing of multi-byte UTF-8 correctly. You need to add a configuration option to the <Connector> element in [tomcat]/config/server.xml: URIEncoding="UTF-8" e.g. if you're using the default Tomcat config, it should read: +
      +
      <!-- Define a non-SSL HTTP/1.1 Connector on port 8080 -->
+<Connector port="8080"
+              maxThreads="150"
+              minSpareThreads="25"
+	      maxSpareThreads="75"
+              enableLookups="false"
+              redirectPort="8443"
+	      acceptCount="100"
+              connectionTimeout="20000"
+	      disableUploadTimeout="true"
+              URIEncoding="UTF-8"/>
+
      +
      +

      You may change the port from 8080 by editing it in the file above, and by setting the variable CONNECTOR_PORT in server.xml. +

      • +
    +
    • +
  • Jetty or Caucho Resin DSpace will also run on an equivalent servlet Engine, such as Jetty (http://www.mortbay.org/jetty/index.html) or Caucho Resin (http://www.caucho.com/). Jetty and Resin are configured for correct handling of UTF-8 by default.
    • +
+ + +

Perl (only required for [dspace]/bin/dspace-info.pl)

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Installation Instructions

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Overview of Install Options

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With the advent of a new Apache Maven 2 based build architecture (first introduced inDSpace 1.5.x), you now have two options in how you may wish to install and manage your local installation of DSpace. If you've used DSpace 1.4.x, please recognize that the initial build procedure has changed to allow for more customization. You will find the later 'Ant based' stages of the installation procedure familiar. Maven is used to resolve the dependencies of DSpace online from the 'Maven Central Repository' server.

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It is important to note that the strategies are identical in terms of the list of procedures required to complete the build process, the only difference being that the Source Release includes "more modules" that will be built given their presence in the distribution package.

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  • Default Release (dspace-<version>-release.zip) +
      +
    • This distribution will be adequate for most cases of running a DSpace instance. It is intended to be the quickest way to get DSpace installed and running while still allowing for customization of the themes and branding of your DSpace instance.
      • +
    • This method allows you to customize DSpace configurations (in dspace.cfg) or user interfaces, using basic pre-built interface "overlays".
      • +
    • It downloads "precompiled" libraries for the core dspace-api, supporting servlets, taglibraries, aspects and themes for the dspace-xmlui, dspace-xmlui and other webservice/applications.
      • +
    • This approach exposes the parts of the application that the DSpace committers would prefer to see customized. All other modules are downloaded from the 'Maven Central Repository' The directory structure for this release is the following: +
        +
      • [dspace-source] +
          +
        • dspace/ - DSpace 'build' and configuration module
          • +
        • pom.xml - DSpace Parent Project definition
          • +
        +
        • +
      +
      • +
    +
    • +
  • Source Release (dspace-<version>-src-release.zip) +
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    • This method is recommended for those who wish to develop DSpace further or alter its underlying capabilities to a greater degree.
      • +
    • It contains all dspace code for the core dspace-api, supporting servlets, taglibraries, aspects and themes for Manakin (dspace-xmlui), and other webservice/applications.
      • +
    • Provides all the same capabilities as the normal release. The directory structure for this release is more detailed: +
        +
      • [dspace-source] +
          +
        • dspace/ - DSpace 'build' and configuration module
          • +
        • dspace-api/ - Java API source module
          • +
        • dspace-jspui/ - JSP-UI source module
          • +
        • dspace-oai - OAI-PMH source module
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        • dspace-xmlui - XML-UI (Manakin) source module
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        • dspace-lni - Lightweight Network Interface source module
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        • dspace-sword – SWORD (Simple Web-serve Offering Repository Deposit) deposit service source module
          • +
        • dspace-test – DSpace Tests (Unit and Integration Tests)
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        • pom.xml - DSpace Parent Project definition
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        +
        • +
      +
      • +
    +
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+ + +

Overview of DSpace Directories

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Before beginning an installation, it is important to get a general understanding of the DSpace directories and the names by which they are generally referred. (Please attempt to use these below directory names when asking for help on the DSpace Mailing Lists, as it will help everyone better understand what directory you may be referring to.)

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DSpace uses three separate directory trees. Although you don't need to know all the details of them in order to install DSpace, you do need to know they exist and also know how they're referred to in this document:

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    +
  1. The installation directory, referred to as [dspace]. This is the location where DSpace is installed and running off of it is the location that gets defined in the dspace.cfg as "dspace.dir". It is where all the DSpace configuration files, command line scripts, documentation and webapps will be installed to.
    2. +
  2. The source directory, referred to as [dspace-source] . This is the location where the DSpace release distribution has been unzipped into. It usually has the name of the archive that you expanded such as dspace-<version>-release or dspace-<version>-src-release. It is the directory where all of your "build" commands will be run.
    3. +
  3. The web deployment directory. This is the directory that contains your DSpace web application(s). In DSpace 1.5.x and above, this corresponds to [dspace]/webapps by default. However, if you are using Tomcat, you may decide to copy your DSpace web applications from [dspace]/webapps/ to [tomcat]/webapps/ (with [tomcat] being wherever you installed Tomcat‚ also known as $CATALINA_HOME).
    +For details on the contents of these separate directory trees, refer to directories.html. Note that the [dspace-source] and [dspace] directories are always separate!
    4. +
+ + + +

Installation

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This method gets you up and running with DSpace quickly and easily. It is identical in both the Default Release and Source Release distributions.

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    +
  1. Create the DSpace user. This needs to be the same user that Tomcat (or Jetty etc.) will run as. e.g. as root run: +
    +
    useradd -m dspace
    +
    2. +
  2. Download the latest DSpace release There are two version available with each release of DSpace: (dspace-1.x-release. and dspace-1.x-src-release.xxx); you only need to choose one. If you want a copy of all underlying Java source code, you should download the dspace-1.x-src-release.xxx Within each version, you have a choice of compressed file format. Choose the one that best fits your environment.
    3. +
  3. Unpack the DSpace software. After downloading the software, based on the compression file format, choose one of the following methods to unpack your software: +
      +
    1. Zip file. If you downloaded dspace-1.6-release.zip do the following: +
      +
      unzip dspace-1.7-release.zip
      +
      2. +
    2. .gz file. If you downloaded dspace-1.6-release.tar.gz do the following: +
      +
      gunzip -c dspace-1.7-release.tar.gz | tar -xf -
      +
      3. +
    3. .bz2 file. If you downloaded _dspace-1.6-release.tar.bz2_do the following: +
      +
      bunzip2 dspace-1.7-release.tar.bz | tar -xf -
      +
      +

      For ease of reference, we will refer to the location of this unzipped version of the DSpace release as [dspace-source] in the remainder of these instructions. After unpacking the file, the user may which to change the ownership of the dspace-1.6-release to the 'dspace' user. (And you may need to change the group).

      4. +
    +
    4. +
  4. Database Setup +
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    • PostgreSQL: +
        +
      • A PostgreSQL JDBC driver is configured as part of the default DSpace build. You no longer need to copy any PostgreSQL jars to get PostgreSQL installed.
        • +
      • Create a dspace}}database, owned by the {{dspace PostgreSQL user (you are still logged in at 'root'): +
        +
        createuser -U postgres -d -A -P dspace 
+createdb -U dspace -E UNICODE dspace
        +
        +

        You will be prompted for a password for the DSpace database. (This isn't the same as the dspace user's UNIX password.)

        • +
      +
      • +
    • Oracle: +
        +
      • Setting up oracle is a bit different now. You will need still need to get a Copy of the oracle JDBC driver, but instead of copying it into a lib directory you will need to install it into your local Maven repository. (You'll need to download it first from this location: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/enterprise-edition/jdbc-112010-090769.html) Run the following command (all on one line) +
        +
        mvn install:install-file -Dfile=ojdbc6.jar -DgroupId=com.oracle
+    -DartifactId=ojdbc6 -Dversion=11.2.0.2.0 -Dpackaging=jar -DgeneratePom=true
        +
        • +
      • Create a database for DSpace. Make sure that the character set is one of the Unicode character sets. DSpace uses UTF-8 natively, and it is required that the Oracle database use the same character set. Create a user account for DSpace (e.g. dspace,) and ensure that it has permissions to add and remove tables in the database.
        • +
      • Edit the [dspace-source]/dspace/config/dspace.cfg database settings: +
        +
        db.name   = oracle
+db.url    = jdbc:oracle:thin:@//host:port/dspace
+db.driver = oracle.jdbc.OracleDriver
+
        +
        • +
      +
      • +
    +
    5. +
  5. Initial Configuration: Edit [dspace-source]/dspace/config/dspace.cfg, in particular you'll need to set these properties: +
      +
    • dspace.dir - must be set to the [dspace] (installation) directory.
      • +
    • dspace.url - complete URL of this server's DSpace home page.
      • +
    • dspace.hostname - fully-qualified domain name of web server.
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    • dspace.name - "Proper" name of your server, e.g. "My Digital Library".
      • +
    • db.password - the database password you entered in the previous step.
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    • mail.server - fully-qualified domain name of your outgoing mail server.
      • +
    • mail.from.address - the "From:" address to put on email sent by DSpace.
      • +
    • feedback.recipient - mailbox for feedback mail.
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    • mail.admin - mailbox for DSpace site administrator.
      • +
    • alert.recipient - mailbox for server errors/alerts (not essential but very useful!)
      • +
    • registration.notify - mailbox for emails when new users register (optional) +
      You can interpolate the value of one configuration variable in the value of another one. For example, to set feedback.recipient to the same value as mail.admin, the line would look like: +
      feedback.recipient = ${mail.admin} +
      +Refer to the General Configuration section for details and examples of the above.
      • +
    +
    6. +
  6. DSpace Directory: Create the directory for the DSpace installation (i.e. [dspace]). As root (or a user with appropriate permissions), run: +
    +
    mkdir [dspace]
+chown dspace [dspace]
    +
    +

    (Assuming the dspace UNIX username.)

    7. +
  7. Installation Package: As the dspace UNIX user, generate the DSpace installation package in the [dspace-source]/dspace directory: +
    +
    cd [dspace-source]/dspace/
+mvn package
    +
    +
    Defaults to PostgreSQL settings
    Without any extra arguments, the DSpace installation package is initialized for PostgreSQL. _If you want to use Oracle instead, you should build the DSpace installation package as follows: +
    mvn -Ddb.name=oracle package
    8. +
  8. Build DSpace and Initialize Database: As the dspace UNIX user, initialize the DSpace database and install DSpace to [dspace]_: +
    +
    cd [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir
+ant fresh_install
    +
    +
    To see a complete list of build targets, run: ant help The most likely thing to go wrong here is the database connection. See the Common Problems Section.
    9. +
  9. Deploy Web Applications. You have two choices or techniques for having Tomcat/Jetty/Resin serve up your web applications: +
      +
    • Technique A. Simple and complete. You copy only (or all) of the DSpace Web application(s) you wish to use from the [dspace]/webapps directory to the appropriate directory in your Tomcat/Jetty/Resin installation. For example: +
      cp -R [dspace]/webapps/* [tomcat]/webapps* (This will copy all the web applications to Tomcat). +
      cp -R [dspace]/webapps/jspui [tomcat]/webapps* (This will copy only the jspui web application to Tomcat.)
      • +
    • Technique B. Tell your Tomcat/Jetty/Resin installation where to find your DSpace web application(s). As an example, in the \<Host> section of your [tomcat]/conf/server.xml you could add lines similar to the following (but replace [dspace] with your installation location: +
      +
      <!-- Define the default virtual host
+	Note:  XML Schema validation will not work with Xerces 2.2.
+	-->
+	<Host name="localhost"  appBase="[dspace]/webapps"
+	....
      +
      • +
    +
    10. +
  10. Administrator Account: Create an initial administrator account: +
    +
    [dspace]/bin/dspace create-administrator
    +
    11. +
  11. Initial Startup! Now the moment of truth! Start up (or restart) Tomcat/Jetty/Resin. Visit the base URL(s) of your server, depending on which DSpace web applications you want to use. You should see the DSpace home page. Congratulations! Base URLs of DSpace Web Applications: + +
    12. +
+ + +

In order to set up some communities and collections, you'll need to login as your DSpace Administrator (which you created with create-administrator above) and access the administration UI in either the JSP or XML user interface.

+ + + +

Advanced Installation

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The above installation steps are sufficient to set up a test server to play around with, but there are a few other steps and options you should probably consider before deploying a DSpace production site.

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'cron' Jobs

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A couple of DSpace features require that a script is run regularly – the e-mail subscription feature that alerts users of new items being deposited, and the new 'media filter' tool, that generates thumbnails of images and extracts the full-text of documents for indexing.

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To set these up, you just need to run the following command as the dspace UNIX user:

+
+
crontab -e
+
+

Then add the following lines:

+
+
# Send out subscription e-mails at 01:00 every day
+0 1 * * *  [dspace]/bin/dspace sub-daily
+# Run the media filter at 02:00 every day
+0 2 * * *  [dspace]/bin/dspace filter-media
+# Run the checksum checker at 03:00
+0 3 * * *  [dspace]/bin/dspace checker -lp
+# Mail the results to the sysadmin at 04:00
+0 4 * * *  [dspace]/bin/dspace checker-emailer -c
+
+
+

Naturally you should change the frequencies to suit your environment.

+ +

PostgreSQL also benefits from regular 'vacuuming', which optimizes the indexes and clears out any deleted data. Become the postgres UNIX user, run crontab -e and add (for example):

+
+
# Clean up the database nightly at 4.20am
+20 4 * * * vacuumdb --analyze dspace > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+

In order that statistical reports are generated regularly and thus kept up to date you should set up the following cron jobs:

+
+
# Run stat analysis
+0 1 * * * [dspace]/bin/dspace stat-general
+0 1 * * * [dspace]/bin/dspace stat-monthly
+0 2 * * * [dspace]/bin/dspace stat-report-general
+0 2 * * * [dspace]/bin/dspace stat-report-monthly
+
+

Obviously, you should choose execution times which are most useful to you, and you should ensure that the report scripts run a short while after the analysis scripts to give them time to complete (a run of around 8 months worth of logs can take around 25 seconds to complete); the resulting reports will let you know how long analysis took and you can adjust your cron times accordingly.

+ + +

Multilingual Installation

+ +

In order to deploy a multilingual version of DSpace you have to configure two parameters in [dspace-source]/config/dspace.cfg:

+ +
    +
  • default.locale, e.g. default.locale = en
    • +
  • webui.supported locales, e.g. webui.supported.locales = en, de
    • +
+ + +

The Locales might have the form country, country_language, country_language_variant.

+ +

According to the languages you wish to support, you have to make sure, that all the i18n related files are available see the Multilingual User Interface Configuring MultiLingual Support section for the JSPUI or the Multilingual Support for XMLUI in the configuration documentation.

+ + +

DSpace over HTTPS

+ +

If your DSpace is configured to have users login with a username and password (as opposed to, say, client Web certificates), then you should consider using HTTPS. Whenever a user logs in with the Web form (e.g. dspace.myuni.edu/dspace/password-login) their DSpace password is exposed in plain text on the network. This is a very serious security risk since network traffic monitoring is very common, especially at universities. If the risk seems minor, then consider that your DSpace administrators also login this way and they have ultimate control over the archive.

+ +

The solution is to use HTTPS (HTTP over SSL, i.e. Secure Socket Layer, an encrypted transport), which protects your passwords against being captured. You can configure DSpace to require SSL on all "authenticated" transactions so it only accepts passwords on SSL connections.

+ +

The following sections show how to set up the most commonly-used Java Servlet containers to support HTTP over SSL.

+ +

To enable the HTTPS support in Tomcat 5.0:

+ +
    +
  1. For Production use: Follow this procedure to set up SSL on your server. Using a "real" server certificate ensures your users' browsers will accept it without complaints. In the examples below, $CATALINA_BASE is the directory under which your Tomcat is installed. +
      +
    1. Create a Java keystore for your server with the password changeit, and install your server certificate under the alias "tomcat". This assumes the certificate was put in the file server.pem: +
      +
      $JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -import -noprompt -v -storepass changeit
+	-keystore $CATALINA_BASE/conf/keystore -alias tomcat -file
+	myserver.pem
      +
      2. +
    2. Install the CA (Certifying Authority) certificate for the CA that granted your server cert, if necessary. This assumes the server CA certificate is in ca.pem: +
      +
       $JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -import -noprompt -storepass changeit
+	-trustcacerts -keystore $CATALINA_BASE/conf/keystore -alias ServerCA
+	-file ca.pem
+
      +
      3. +
    3. Optional – ONLY if you need to accept client certificates for the X.509 certificate stackable authentication module See the configuration section for instructions on enabling the X.509 authentication method. Load the keystore with the CA (certifying authority) certificates for the authorities of any clients whose certificates you wish to accept. For example, assuming the client CA certificate is in client1.pem: +
      +
      $JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -import -noprompt -storepass changeit
+	-trustcacerts -keystore $CATALINA_BASE/conf/keystore  -alias client1
+	-file client1.pem
+
      +
      4. +
    4. Now add another Connector tag to your server.xml Tomcat configuration file, like the example below. The parts affecting or specific to SSL are shown in bold. (You may wish to change some details such as the port, pathnames, and keystore password) +
      +
           <Connector port="8443"
+               maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25"
+	           maxSpareThreads="75"
+               enableLookups="false"
+	           disableUploadTimeout="true"
+               acceptCount="100" debug="0"
+              scheme="https" secure="true" sslProtocol="TLS"
+	keystoreFile="conf/keystore" keystorePass="changeit" clientAuth="true" - ONLY if using client X.509 certs for authentication!
+	truststoreFile="conf/keystore" trustedstorePass="changeit" />
+
      +
      +

      Also, check that the default Connector is set up to redirect "secure" requests to the same port as your SSL connector, e.g.:

      +
      +
      <Connector port="8080"
+                 maxThreads="150" minSpareThreads="25"
+	             maxSpareThreads="75"
+                 enableLookups="false"
+	             redirectPort="8443"
+                 acceptCount="100" debug="0"  	/>
+
      +
      5. +
    +
    2. +
  2. Quick-and-dirty Procedure for Testing: If you are just setting up a DSpace server for testing, or to experiment with HTTPS, then you don't need to get a real server certificate. You can create a "self-signed" certificate for testing; web browsers will issue warnings before accepting it but they will function exactly the same after that as with a "real" certificate. In the examples below, $CATALINA_BASE is the directory under which your Tomcat is installed. +
      +
    1. Optional – ONLY if you don't already have a server certificate. Follow this sub-procedure to request a new, signed server certificate from your Certifying Authority (CA): +
        +
      • Create a new key pair under the alias name "tomcat". When generating your key, give the Distinguished Name fields the appropriate values for your server and institution. CN should be the fully-qualified domain name of your server host. Here is an example: +
        +
        $JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA -keysize
+	1024 \
+  -keystore $CATALINA_BASE/conf/keystore -storepass changeit
+	-validity 365 \
+  -dname 'CN=dspace.myuni.edu, OU=MIT Libraries, O=Massachusetts
+	Institute of Technology, L=Cambridge, S=MA, C=US'
+
+
        +
        • +
      • Then, create a CSR (Certificate Signing Request) and send it to your Certifying Authority. They will send you back a signed Server Certificate. This example command creates a CSR in the file tomcat.csr +
        +
         $JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -keystore $CATALINA_BASE/conf/keystore
+	-storepass changeit \
+   -certreq -alias tomcat -v -file tomcat.csr
+
        +
        • +
      • Before importing the signed certificate, you must have the CA's certificate in your keystore as a trusted certificate. Get their certificate, and import it with a command like this (for the example mitCA.pem): +
        +
         $JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -keystore $CATALINA_BASE/conf/keystore
+	-storepass changeit \
+     -import -alias mitCA -trustcacerts -file mitCA.pem
+
        +
        • +
      • Finally, when you get the signed certificate from your CA, import it into the keystore with a command like the following example: (cert is in the file signed-cert.pem) +
        +
         $JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -keystore $CATALINA_BASE/conf/keystore
+	-storepass changeit \
+     -import -alias tomcat -trustcacerts -file signed-cert.pem
+
        +
        +

        Since you now have a signed server certificate in your keystore, you can, obviously, skip the next steps of installing a signed server certificate and the server CA's certificate.

        • +
      +
      2. +
    2. Create a Java keystore for your server with the password changeit, and install your server certificate under the alias "tomcat". This assumes the certificate was put in the file server.pem: +
      +
       $JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -genkey -alias tomcat -keyalg RSA -keystore
+	$CATALINA_BASE/conf/keystore -storepass changeit
+
      +
      +

      When answering the questions to identify the certificate, be sure to respond to "First and last name" with the fully-qualified domain name of your server (e.g. test-dspace.myuni.edu). The other questions are not important.

      3. +
    3. Optional – ONLY if you need to accept client certificates for the X.509 certificate stackable authentication module See the configuration section for instructions on enabling the X.509 authentication method. Load the keystore with the CA (certifying authority) certificates for the authorities of any clients whose certificates you wish to accept. For example, assuming the client CA certificate is in client1.pem: +
      +
       $JAVA_HOME/bin/keytool -import -noprompt -storepass changeit
+	-trustcacerts -keystore $CATALINA_BASE/conf/keystore  -alias client1
+	-file client1.pem
+
      +
      4. +
    4. Follow the procedure in the section above to add another Connector tag, for the HTTPS port, to your server.xml file.
      5. +
    +
    3. +
+ + +

To use SSL on Apache HTTPD with mod_jk:

+ +

If you choose Apache HTTPD as your primary HTTP server, you can have it forward requests to the Tomcat servlet container via Apache Jakarta Tomcat Connector. This can be configured to work over SSL as well. First, you must configure Apache for SSL; for Apache 2.0 see Apache SSL/TLS Encryption for information about using mod_ssl.

+ +

If you are using X.509 Client Certificates for authentication: add these configuration options to the appropriate httpd configuration file, e.g. ssl.conf, and be sure they are in force for the virtual host and namespace locations dedicated to DSpace:

+
+
        ##  SSLVerifyClient can be "optional" or
+	"require"
+        SSLVerifyClient optional
+        SSLVerifyDepth  10
+        SSLCACertificateFile
+	path-to-your-client-CA-certificate
+        SSLOptions StdEnvVars ExportCertData
+
+
+
+

Now consult the Apache Jakarta Tomcat Connector documentation to configure the mod_jk (note: NOTmod_jk2) module. Select the AJP 1.3 connector protocol. Also follow the instructions there to configure your Tomcat server to respond to AJP.

+ +

To use SSL on Apache HTTPD with mod_webapp consult the DSpace 1.3.2 documentation. Apache have deprecated the mod_webapp connector and recommend using mod_jk.

+ +

To use Jetty's HTTPS support consult the documentation for the relevant tool.

+ + + +

The Handle Server

+ +

First a few facts to clear up some common misconceptions:

+ +
    +
  • You don't have to use CNRI's Handle system. At the moment, you need to change the code a little to use something else (e.g PURLs) but that should change soon.
    • +
  • You'll notice that while you've been playing around with a test server, DSpace has apparently been creating handles for you looking like hdl:123456789/24 and so forth. These aren't really Handles, since the global Handle system doesn't actually know about them, and lots of other DSpace test installs will have created the same IDs. They're only really Handles once you've registered a prefix with CNRI (see below) and have correctly set up the Handle server included in the DSpace distribution. This Handle server communicates with the rest of the global Handle infrastructure so that anyone that understands Handles can find the Handles your DSpace has created.
    +If you want to use the Handle system, you'll need to set up a Handle server. This is included with DSpace. Note that this is not required in order to evaluate DSpace; you only need one if you are running a production service. You'll need to obtain a Handle prefix from the central CNRI Handle site.
    • +
+ + +

A Handle server runs as a separate process that receives TCP requests from other Handle servers, and issues resolution requests to a global server or servers if a Handle entered locally does not correspond to some local content. The Handle protocol is based on TCP, so it will need to be installed on a server that can broadcast and receive TCP on port 2641.

+ +
    +
  1. To configure your DSpace installation to run the handle server, run the following command: +
    +
    [dspace]/bin/dspace make-handle-config [dspace]/handle-server
    +
    +

    Ensure that [dspace]/handle-server matches whatever you have in dspace.cfg for the handle.dir property.

    2. +
  2. Edit the resulting [dspace]/handle-server/config.dct file to include the following lines in the "server_config" clause: +
    +
    "storage_type" = "CUSTOM"
+"storage_class" = "org.dspace.handle.HandlePlugin"
+
    +
    +

    This tells the Handle server to get information about individual Handles from the DSpace code.

    3. +
  3. Once the configuration file has been generated, you will need to go to http://hdl.handle.net/4263537/5014 to upload the generated sitebndl.zip file. The upload page will ask you for your contact information. An administrator will then create the naming authority/prefix on the root service (known as the Global Handle Registry), and notify you when this has been completed. You will not be able to continue the handle server installation until you receive further information concerning your naming authority.
    4. +
  4. When CNRI has sent you your naming authority prefix, you will need to edit the config.dct file. The file will be found in /[dspace]/handle-server. Look for "300:0.NA/YOUR_NAMING_AUTHORITY". Replace YOUR_NAMING_AUTHORITY with the assigned naming authority prefix sent to you.
    5. +
  5. Now start your handle server (as the dspace user): +
    +
    [dspace]/bin/start-handle-server
    +
    +

    Note that since the DSpace code manages individual Handles, administrative operations such as Handle creation and modification aren't supported by DSpace's Handle server.

    6. +
+ + +

Updating Existing Handle Prefixes

+ +

If you need to update the handle prefix on items created before the CNRI registration process you can run the [dspace]/bin/dspace update-handle-prefix script. You may need to do this if you loaded items prior to CNRI registration (e.g. setting up a demonstration system prior to migrating it to production). The script takes the current and new prefix as parameters. For example:

+
+
[dspace]/bin/dspace update-handle-prefix 123456789 1303
+
+
+

This script will change any handles currently assigned prefix 123456789 to prefix 1303, so for example handle 123456789/23 will be updated to 1303/23 in the database.

+ + + +

Google and HTML sitemaps

+ +

To aid web crawlers index the content within your repository, you can make use of sitemaps. There are currently two forms of sitemaps included in DSpace; Google sitemaps and HTML sitemaps.

+ +

Sitemaps allow DSpace to expose it's content without the crawlers having to index every page. HTML sitemaps provide a list of all items, collections and communities in HTML format, whilst Google sitemaps provide the same information in gzipped XML format.

+ +

To generate the sitemaps, you need to run [dspace]/bin/generate-sitemaps This creates the sitemaps in [dspace]/sitemaps/

+ +

The sitemaps can be accessed from the following URLs:

+ + + + +

When running [dspace]/bin/generate-sitemaps the script informs Google that the sitemaps have been updated. For this update to register correctly, you must first register your Google sitemap index page (/dspace/sitemap) with Google at http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/. If your DSpace server requires the use of a HTTP proxy to connect to the Internet, ensure that you have set http.proxy.host and http.proxy.port in [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg

+ +

The URL for pinging Google, and in future, other search engines, is configured in [dspace-space]/config/dspace.cfg using the sitemap.engineurls setting where you can provide a comma-separated list of URLs to 'ping'.

+ +

You can generate the sitemaps automatically every day using an additional cron job:

+
+
# Generate sitemaps
+
+
+0 6 * * * [dspace]/bin/generate-sitemaps
+
+
+
+ +

DSpace Statistics

+ +

DSpace uses the Apache Solr application underlaying the statistics. There is no need to download any separate software. All the necessary software is included. To understand all of the configuration property keys, the user should refer to 5.2.35 DSpace Statistic Configuration for detailed information.

+ +
    +
  1. DSpace Configuration for Accessing Solr. In the dspace.cfg file review the following fields to make sure they are uncommented: +
    +
    solr.log.server = ${dspace.baseUrl}/solr/statistics
+solr.dbfile = ${dspace.dir}/config/GeoLiteCity.dat
+solr.spiderips.urls = http://iplists.com/google.txt, \
+                      http://iplists.com/inktomi.txt, \
+                      http://iplists.com/lycos.txt, \
+                      http://iplists.com/infoseek.txt, \
+                      http://iplists.com/altavista.txt, \
+                      http://iplists.com/excite.txt, \
+                      http://iplists.com/misc.txt, \
+                      http://iplists.com/non_engines.txt
    +
    2. +
  2. DSpace logging configuration for Solr. If your DSpace instance is protected by a proxy server, in order for Solr to log the correct IP address of the user rather than of the proxy, it must be configured to look for the X-Forwarded-For header.  This feature can be enabled by ensuring the following setting is uncommented in the logging section of dspace.cfg: +
    +
    useProxies = true
    +
    3. +
  3. Configuration Control. In the dspace.cfg set the following property key:_statistics.item.authorization.admin=true_This will require the user to sign on to see that statistics. Setting the statistics to "false" will make them publicly available.
    4. +
  4. Final steps. +
      +
    • Perform the following step: +
      +
      cd [dspace-source]/dspace
+mvn package
+cd [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-<version>-build.dir
+ant -Dconfig=[dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
+cp -R [dspace]/webapps/* [TOMCAT]/webapps
+
      +
      +

      If you only need to build the statistics, and don't make any changes to other web applications, you can replace the copy step above with: cp -R [dspace]/webapps/solr [TOMCAT]/webapps

      • +
    • Restart your webapps (Tomcat/Jetty/Resin)
      • +
    +
    5. +
+ + + +

Windows Installation

+ +

Pre-requisite Software

+ +

If you are installing DSpace on Windows, you will still need to install all the same Prerequisite Software, as listed above.

+ +
    +
  • If you install PostgreSQL, it's recommended to select to install the pgAdmin III tool. It provides a nice User Interface for interacting with PostgreSQL databases.
    • +
+ + +

Installation Steps

+ +
    +
  1. Download the DSpace source from SourceForge and unzip it (WinZip will do this)
    2. +
  2. Ensure the PostgreSQL service is running, and then run pgAdmin III (Start -> PostgreSQL 8.0 -> pgAdmin III). Connect to the local database as the postgres user and: +
      +
    • Create a 'Login Role' (user) called dspace with the password dspace
      • +
    • Create a database called dspace owned by the user dspace, with UTF-8 encoding
      • +
    +
    3. +
  3. Update paths in [dspace-source]\dspace\config\dspace.cfg. Note: Use forward slashes / for path separators, though you can still use drive letters, e.g.:_dspace.dir = C:/DSpace_Make sure you change all of the parameters with file paths to suit, specifically: +
    +
            dspace.dir
+        config.template.log4j.properties
+        config.template.log4j-handle-plugin.properties
+        config.template.oaicat.properties
+        assetstore.dir
+        log.dir
+        upload.temp.dir
+        report.dir
+        handle.dir
+
    +
    4. +
  4. Create the directory for the DSpace installation (e.g. C:\DSpace)
    5. +
  5. Generate the DSpace installation package by running the following from command line (cmd) from your [dspace-source]/dspace/ directory: +
    +
    mvn package
+
    +
    +
      +
    • Note #1: This will generate the DSpace installation package in your [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir/ directory.
      • +
    • Note #2: Without any extra arguments, the DSpace installation package is initialized for PostgreSQL. If you want to use Oracle instead, you should build the DSpace installation package as follows: +
      +
      mvn -Ddb.name=oracle package
      +
      • +
    +
    6. +
  6. Initialize the DSpace database and install DSpace to [dspace] (e.g. C:\DSpace) by running the following from command line from your [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir/ directory: +
    +
    ant fresh_install
    +
    +
      +
    • Note: to see a complete list of build targets, run: ant help
      • +
    +
    7. +
  7. Create an administrator account, by running the following from your [dspace] (e.g. C:\DSpace) directory: +
    +
    [dspace]\bin\dspace create-administrator
    +
    8. +
  8. Copy the Web application directories from [dspace]\webapps to Tomcat's webapps dir, which should be somewhere like C:\Program Files\Apache Software Foundation\Tomcat\webapps +
      +
    • Alternatively, Tell your Tomcat installation where to find your DSpace web application(s). As an example, in the <Host> section of your [tomcat]/conf/server.xml you could add lines similar to the following (but replace [dspace] with your installation location): +
      +
      <!-- DEFINE A CONTEXT PATH FOR DSpace JSP User Interface  -->
+<Context path="/jspui" docBase="[dspace]\webapps\jspui" debug="0"
+	reloadable="true" cachingAllowed="false"
+	allowLinking="true"/>
+
+<!-- DEFINE A CONTEXT PATH FOR DSpace OAI User Interface  -->
+<Context path="/oai" docBase="[dspace]\webapps\oai" debug="0"
+	reloadable="true" cachingAllowed="false"
+	allowLinking="true"/>
+
      +
      • +
    +
    9. +
  9. Start the Tomcat service
    10. +
  10. Browse to either http://localhost:8080/jspui or http://localhost:8080/xmlui. You should see the DSpace home page for either the JSPUI or XMLUI, respectively.
    11. +
+ + + +

Checking Your Installation

+ +

The administrator needs to check the installation to make sure all components are working. Here is list of checks to be performed. In brackets after each item, it the associated component or components that might be the issue needing resolution.

+ +
    +
  • System is up and running. User can see the DSpace home page. [Tomcat/Jetty, firewall, IP assignment, DNS]
    • +
  • Database is running and working correctly. Attempt to create a user, community or collection [PostgreSQL, Oracle]Run the test database command to see if other issues are being report:[dspace]/bin/dspace test-database
    • +
  • Email subsystem is running. The user can issue the following command to test the email system. t attempts to send a test email to the email address that is set in dspace.cfg (mail.admin). If it fails, you will get messages informing you as to why, will refer you to the DSpace documentation. [dspace]/bin/test-email
    • +
+ + +

Known Bugs

+ +

In any software project of the scale of DSpace, there will be bugs. Sometimes, a stable version of DSpace includes known bugs. We do not always wait until every known bug is fixed before a release. If the software is sufficiently stable and an improvement on the previous release, and the bugs are minor and have known workarounds, we release it to enable the community to take advantage of those improvements.

+ +

The known bugs in a release are documented in the KNOWN_BUGS file in the source package.

+ +

Please see the DSpace bug tracker for further information on current bugs, and to find out if the bug has subsequently been fixed. This is also where you can report any further bugs you find.

+ + +

Common Problems

+ +

In an ideal world everyone would follow the above steps and have a fully functioning DSpace. Of course, in the real world it doesn't always seem to work out that way. This section lists common problems that people encounter when installing DSpace, and likely causes and fixes. This is likely to grow over time as we learn about users' experiences.

+ +
    +
  • Database errors occur when you run ant fresh_install: There are two common errors that occur. +
      +
    • If your error looks like this: +
      +
      [java] 2004-03-25 15:17:07,730 INFO
+	    org.dspace.storage.rdbms.InitializeDatabase @ Initializing Database
+[java] 2004-03-25 15:17:08,816 FATAL
+	    org.dspace.storage.rdbms.InitializeDatabase @ Caught exception:
+[java] org.postgresql.util.PSQLException: Connection refused. Check
+	    that the hostname and port are correct and that the postmaster is
+	    accepting TCP/IP connections.
+[java]     at
+	    org.postgresql.jdbc1.AbstractJdbc1Connection.openConnection(AbstractJd
+bc1Connection.java:204)
+[java]     at org.postgresql.Driver.connect(Driver.java:139)
      +
      +

      it usually means you haven't yet added the relevant configuration parameter to your PostgreSQL configuration (see above), or perhaps you haven't restarted PostgreSQL after making the change. Also, make sure that the db.username and db.password properties are correctly set in [dspace-source]/config/dspace.cfg. An easy way to check that your DB is working OK over TCP/IP is to try this on the command line:

      +
      +
      psql -U dspace -W -h localhost
      +
      +

      Enter the dspace database password, and you should be dropped into the psql tool with a dspace=> prompt.

      • +
    • Another common error looks like this: +
      +
      [java] 2004-03-25 16:37:16,757 INFO
+	    org.dspace.storage.rdbms.InitializeDatabase @ Initializing Database
+[java] 2004-03-25 16:37:17,139 WARN
+	    org.dspace.storage.rdbms.DatabaseManager @ Exception initializing DB
+	    pool
+[java] java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.postgresql.Driver
+[java]     at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:198)
+[java]     at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native
+	   Method)
+[java]     at
+	   java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:186)
      +
      +

      This means that the PostgreSQL JDBC driver is not present in [dspace-source]/lib. See above.

      • +
    +
    • +
  • Tomcat doesn't shut down: If you're trying to tweak Tomcat's configuration but nothing seems to make a difference to the error you're seeing, you might find that Tomcat hasn't been shutting down properly, perhaps because it's waiting for a stale connection to close gracefully which won't happen. +
      +
    • To see if this is the case, try running: ps -ef | grep java and look for Tomcat's Java processes. If they stay around after running Tomcat's shutdown.sh script, trying running kill on them (or kill -9 if necessary), then starting Tomcat again.
      • +
    +
    • +
  • Database connections don't work, or accessing DSpace takes forever: If you find that when you try to access a DSpace Web page and your browser sits there connecting, or if the database connections fail, you might find that a 'zombie' database connection is hanging around preventing normal operation. +
      +
    • To see if this is the case, try running: ps -ef | grep postgres
      • +
    • You might see some processes like this: +
      +
      dspace 16325  1997  0  Feb 14  ?         0:00 postgres: dspace dspace    127.0.0.1 idle in transaction
      +
      +

      This is normal. DSpace maintains a 'pool' of open database connections, which are re-used to avoid the overhead of constantly opening and closing connections. If they're 'idle' it's OK; they're waiting to be used.

      • +
    • However sometimes, if something went wrong, they might be stuck in the middle of a query, which seems to prevent other connections from operating, e.g.: +
      +
      dspace 16325  1997  0  Feb 14  ?         0:00 postgres: dspace dspace    127.0.0.1 SELECT
      +
      +

      This means the connection is in the middle of a SELECT operation, and if you're not using DSpace right that instant, it's probably a 'zombie' connection. If this is the case, try running kill on the process, and stopping and restarting Tomcat.

      • +
    +
    • +
+ + +
+
+ Attachments: +
+ +
+ + warning.png (image/png) +
+
+ +
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DSpace System Documentation: Introduction

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DSpace is an open source software platform that enables organisations to:

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  • capture and describe digital material using a submission workflow module, or a variety of programmatic ingest options
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  • distribute an organisation's digital assets over the web through a search and retrieval system
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This system documentation includes a functional overview of the system, which is a good introduction to the capabilities of the system, and should be readable by non-technical folk. Everyone should read this section first because it introduces some terminology used throughout the rest of the documentation.

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For people actually running a DSpace service, there is an installation guide, and sections on configuration and the directory structure.

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Finally, for those interested in the details of how DSpace works, and those potentially interested in modifying the code for their own purposes, there is a detailed architecture and design section.

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Other good sources of information are:

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  • The DSpace Wiki contains stacks of useful information about the DSpace platform and the work people are doing with it. You are strongly encouraged to visit this site and add information about your own work. Useful Wiki areas are: + +
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  • www.dspace.org has announcements and contains useful information about bringing up an instance of DSpace at your organization.
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  • The DSpace General List. Join DSpace-General to ask questions or join discussions about non-technical aspects of building and running a DSpace service. It is open to all DSpace users. Ask questions, share news, and spark discussion about DSpace with people managing other DSpace sites. Watch DSpace-General for news of software releases, user conferences, and announcements from the DSpace Federation.
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  • The DSpace Technical List. DSpace developers help answer installation and technology questions, share information and help each other solve technical problems through the DSpace-Tech mailing list. Post questions or contribute your expertise to other developers working with the system.
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  • The DSpace Development List. Join Discussions among DSpace Developers. The DSpace-Devel listserv is for DSpace developers working on the DSpace platform to share ideas and discuss code changes to the open source platform. Join other developers to shape the evolution of the DSpace software. The DSpace community depends on its members to frame functional requirements and high-level architecture, and to facilitate programming, testing, documentation and to the project.
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DSpace System Documentation: JPSUI Configuration and Customization

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The DSpace digital repository supports two user interfaces: one based on JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies and one based upon the Apache Cocoon framework (XMLUI). This chapter describes those parameters which are specific to the JPSUI interface.

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Configuration

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The user will need to refer to the extensive WebUI/JSPUI configurations that are contained in JSP Web Interface Settings.

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Customizing the JSP pages

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The JSPUI interface is implemented using Java Servlets which handle the business logic, and JavaServer Pages (JSPs) which produce the HTML pages sent to an end-user. Since the JSPs are much closer to HTML than Java code, altering the look and feel of DSpace is relatively easy.

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To make it even easier, DSpace allows you to 'override' the JSPs included in the source distribution with modified versions, that are stored in a separate place, so when it comes to updating your site with a new DSpace release, your modified versions will not be overwritten. It should be possible to dramatically change the look of DSpace to suit your organization by just changing the CSS style file and the site 'skin' or 'layout' JSPs in jsp/layout; if possible, it is recommended you limit local customizations to these files to make future upgrades easier.

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You can also easily edit the text that appears on each JSP page by editing the Messages.properties file. However, note that unless you change the entry in all of the different language message files, users of other languages will still see the default text for their language. See Internationalization in Application Layer.

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Note that the data (attributes) passed from an underlying Servlet to the JSP may change between versions, so you may have to modify your customized JSP to deal with the new data.

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Thus, if possible, it is recommended you limit your changes to the 'layout' JSPs and the stylesheet.

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The JSPs are available in one of two places:

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If you wish to modify a particular JSP, place your edited version in the [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp/ directory (this is the replacement for the pre-1.5 /jsp/local directory), with the same path as the original. If they exist, these will be used in preference to the default JSPs. For example:

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DSpace default Locally-modified version
[jsp.dir]/community-list.jsp [jsp.custom-dir]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp/community-list.jsp
[jsp.dir]/mydspace/main.jsp [jsp.custom-dir]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp/mydspace/main.jsp
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Heavy use is made of a style sheet, styles.css. If you make edits, copy the local version to [jsp.custom-dir]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp/styles.css, and it will be used automatically in preference to the default, as described above.

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Fonts and colors can be easily changed using the stylesheet. The stylesheet is a JSP so that the user's browser version can be detected and the stylesheet tweaked accordingly.

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The 'layout' of each page, that is, the top and bottom banners and the navigation bar, are determined by the JSPs /layout/header-*.jsp and /layout/footer-*.jsp. You can provide modified versions of these (in [jsp.custom-dir]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp/layout), or define more styles and apply them to pages by using the "style" attribute of the dspace:layout tag.

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  2. Update all DSpace webapps to [dspace]/webapps by running the following command from your [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir directory: +
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  4. Restart Tomcat
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Mirage Theme Configuration and Customization

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Introduction

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Mirage is a new XMLUI theme, added in DSpace 1.7 by @mire. The code was mainly developed by Art Lowel. The main benefits of Mirage are:

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Property: xmlui.theme.mirage.item-list.emphasis
Example Value: xmlui.theme.mirage.item-list.emphasis = metadata
Informational Note: Determines which style should be used to display item lists. Allowed values: 
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  • file: immediately shows you whether files are attached to the items, by displaying a large thumbnail icon for each of the items.
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Property: xmlui.theme.enableConcatenation
Example Value: xmlui.theme.enableConcatenation = false
Informational Note: Allows to enable concatenation for .js and .css files. Enhances performance when enabled by lowering the number of files that needs to be sent to the client per page request (as multiple files will be concatenated together and sent as one file).  Value can be true or false.  False by default.
Property: xmlui.theme.enableMinification
Example Value: xmlui.theme.enableMinification = false
Informational Note: Allows to enable minification for .js and .css files. Enhances performance when enabled by removing unnecessary whitespaces and other characters, thus reducing the size of files to be sent.  Value can be true or false.  False by default.
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Technical Features

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Look & Feel

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Structural enhancements for easier customization.

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      • Maintaining these different CSS files is a maintenance nightmare for developers, especially when using features from newer browsers.
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  • CSS files are now split up according to function instead of browser. style.css will now fit most needs for customization. Following additional CSS files are included, but will rarely need to be changed: +
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  • jQuery and jQueryUI are included by default. To avoid conflicts the authority control javascript has been rewritten to use jQuery instead of Prototype and Script.aculo.us.
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Enhanced Performance

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    • Once js and css files have been minified and concatenated, they are being properly cached. As a result, the minification and concatenation operations only need to happen once, and do not include performance overhead.
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    • Caution: when minification is enabled, all code-comments will be removed. This could be a problem for comments containing copyright notices, so for files with those comments you should disable minification by adding '?nominify' after the url e.g. +
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Troubleshooting

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Errors using HTTPS

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DSpace 1.7.0 ships with a hardcoded http:// link for JQuery, causing problems for users running 1.7.0 Mirage on HTTPS. While awaiting the implementation of this fix in an upcoming release, you can solve in the following file: lib/core/page-structure.xsl, addJavascript template. In this file, you will need to replace

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<script type="text/javascript" src="http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js">&#160;</script>
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+            document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + JsHost + "ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js' type='text/javascript'%3E%3C/script%3E"));</xsl:text>
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Thanks Peter Dietz for providing this fix. Note: This issue is resolved in 1.7.1

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Preface

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Welcome to Release 1.7.1! The committers have volunteered many hours to fix, re-write and contribute new software code for this release. Documentation has also been updated. The 1.7.1 bug fix release includes all the new features of 1.7.0 but fixes many known issues discovered since the release of 1.7.0.

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Bug Fixes in 1.7.1 include (but not exhaustive):

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  • DS-785 SWORD deposits fail when ingest events are fired if Discovery event consumer is configured
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  • DS-821 AbstractMETSIngester creates an item before adding descriptive metadata
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  • DS-776 Collection admin cannot add bitstreams unless there is at least one bundle
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  • DS-853 MetadataExposure settings for dc.description.provenance are ignored/overridden by XMLUI templates
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  • DS-435 "My Exports" displayed in navigation bar, when no user is logged in
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  • DS-620 Exceeding maximum file size limit while uploading files to lead to friendly error page
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Improvements in 1.7.1 include (but not exhaustive):

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  • DS-839 Adding Field to Choice Authority to allow Authorities to be able to know field being required
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  • DS-828 Enable "restore mode" ingestion via sword
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The following is a list of the new features included for release 1.7.0 (not an exhaustive list):

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  • Mirage: a new clean, professional looking theme for XMLUI that eases theme development
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  • DSpace Discovery: a faceted browse/search interface for XMLUI that gives a deeper and more intuitive look at repository content
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  • Archival Information Package (AIP) Backup & Restore process: allows for a backup of DSpace into a generic METS-based structure, that can be used to migrate DSpace content to another system that supports AIP's (DSpace or non-DSpace)
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  • Curation System User Interface: allows for a series of curation tasks (profile bitstream formats, virus scan, check for required metadata) to be performed on objects in DSpace
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  • PowerPoint text extraction, for searching within PowerPoint slides
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  • Improved Google Scholar indexing on metadata and PDF content
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  • Improved performance and scalability of DSpace: the code has been thoroughly analyzed to provide major performance gains with regard to item ingestion and indexing speed to support larger repositories
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  • Automated Unit Testing of core code: helps the developers ensure the core code of DSpace is as bug free and stable as possible
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A full list of all changes / bug fixes in 1.7.0 is available in the History section.

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The following people have contributed directly to this release of DSpace: @mire, Andrea Bollini, Andrea Schweer, Andreas Schwander, Andrew Hankinson, Andrew Taylor, Antero Neto, Ben Bosman, Bill Hays, BioMed Central, Bram Luyten, Caryn Neiswender, Christophe Dupriez, Claudia Jürgen, Enovation Solutions, Erick Rocha Fonseca, Flávio Botelho, Gabriela Mircea, Gareth Waller, Graham Triggs, Hardy Pottinger, Ivan Masár, Jason Stirnaman, Jeffrey Trimble, Keiji Suzuki, Keith Gilbertson, Kevin Van de Velde, Kim Shepherd, Mark Diggory, Mark H. Wood, Marvin Pollard, Michael B. Klein, Nicholas Riley, Nick Nicholas, OhioLINK, Oleksandr Sytnyk, Pere Villega, Peter Dietz, Reinhard Engels, Richard Rodgers, Robin Taylor, Sands Fish, Sarah Shreeves, Scott Phillips, Simon Brown, Stuart Lewis, Tim Donohue, Vladislav Zhivkov, Yin Yin Latt. Many of them could not do this work without the support (release time and financial) of their associated institutions. We offer thanks to those institutions for supporting their staff to take time to contribute to the DSpace project.

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We apologize to any contributor accidentally left off this list. DSpace has such a large, active development community that we sometimes lose track of all our contributors. Our ongoing list of all known people/institutions that have contributed to DSpace software can be found on our DSpace Contributors page. Acknowledgements to those left off will be made in future releases. Want to make sure you make it on the short list of contributors? All you have to do is report an issue, fix a bug or help us determine the necessary requirements for a new feature! Visit our Issue Tracker to take part and get your name on the list of DSpace Contributors!

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The Documentation Gardener for this release was Jeffrey Trimble with input from everyone.  All typos are his fault.

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Peter Dietz is the Release Coordinator of this release. Tim Donohue helped out with coordinating the final days of the release.

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Additional thanks to Tim Donohue from DuraSpace on keeping all of us focused on the work at hand, and calming us when we got excited and for the general support for the DSpace project.

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System Architecture: Storage Layer

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In this section, we explain the storage layer: the database structure, maintenance, and the bistream store and configurations.

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RDBMS / Database Structure

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DSpace uses a relational database to store all information about the organization of content, metadata about the content, information about e-people and authorization, and the state of currently-running workflows. The DSpace system also uses the relational database in order to maintain indices that users can browse.

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Most of the functionality that DSpace uses can be offered by any standard SQL database that supports transactions. Presently, the browse indices use some features specific to PostgreSQL and Oracle, so some modification to the code would be needed before DSpace would function fully with an alternative database back-end.

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The org.dspace.storage.rdbms package provides access to an SQL database in a somewhat simpler form than using JDBC directly. The main class is DatabaseManager, which executes SQL queries and returns TableRow or TableRowIterator objects. The InitializeDatabase class is used to load SQL into the database via JDBC, for example to set up the schema.

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All calls to the Database Manager require a DSpace Context object. Example use of the database manager API is given in the org.dspace.storage.rdbms package Javadoc.

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The database schema used by DSpace is created by SQL statements stored in a directory specific to each supported RDBMS platform:

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  • Oracle schemas are in [dspace-source]/dspace/etc/oracle/
    +The SQL (DDL) statements to create the tables for the current release, starting with an empty database, aer in database_schema.sql. The schema SQL file also creates the two required e-person groups (Anonymous and Administrator) that are required for the system to function properly.
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Also in [dspace-source]/dspace/etc/[database] are various SQL files called database_schema_1x_1y. These contain the necessary SQL commands to update a live DSpace database from version 1.x to 1.y. Note that this might not be the only part of an upgrade process: see Updating a DSpace Installation for details.

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The DSpace database code uses an SQL function getnextid to assign primary keys to newly created rows. This SQL function must be safe to use if several JVMs are accessing the database at once; for example, the Web UI might be creating new rows in the database at the same time as the batch item importer. The PostgreSQL-specific implementation of the method uses SEQUENCES for each table in order to create new IDs. If an alternative database backend were to be used, the implementation of getnextid could be updated to operate with that specific DBMS.

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The etc directory in the source distribution contains two further SQL files. clean-database.sql contains the SQL necessary to completely clean out the database, so use with caution! The Ant target clean_database can be used to execute this. update-sequences.sql contains SQL to reset the primary key generation sequences to appropriate values. You'd need to do this if, for example, you're restoring a backup database dump which creates rows with specific primary keys already defined. In such a case, the sequences would allocate primary keys that were already used.

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Versions of the .sql files for Oracle are stored in [dspace-source]/dspace/etc/oracle. These need to be copied over their PostgreSQL counterparts in [dspace-source]/dspace/etc prior to installation.

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Maintenance and Backup

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When using PostgreSQL, it's a good idea to perform regular 'vacuuming' of the database to optimize performance. This is performed by the vacuumdb command which can be executed via a 'cron' job, for example by putting this in the system crontab:

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+40 2 * * * /usr/local/pgsql/bin/vacuumdb --analyze dspace > /dev/null 2>&1
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The DSpace database can be backed up and restored using usual methods, for example with pg_dump and psql. However when restoring a database, you will need to perform these additional steps:

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+DELETE FROM bitstreamformatregistry;
+DELETE FROM epersongroup;
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  • After restoring a backup, you will need to reset the primary key generation sequences so that they do not produce already-used primary keys. Do this by executing the SQL in [dspace-source]/dspace/etc/update-sequences.sql, for example with: +
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    Future updates of DSpace may involve minor changes to the database schema. Specific instructions on how to update the schema whilst keeping live data will be included. The current schema also contains a few currently unused database columns, to be used for extra functionality in future releases. These unused columns have been added in advance to minimize the effort required to upgrade.

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Configuring the RDBMS Component

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db.url The JDBC URL to use for accessing the database. This should not point to a connection pool, since DSpace already implements a connection pool.
db.driver JDBC driver class name. Since presently, DSpace uses PostgreSQL-specific features, this should be org.postgresql.Driver.
db.username Username to use when accessing the database.
db.password Corresponding password ot use when accessing the database.
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Bitstream Store

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DSpace offers two means for storing content. The first is in the file system on the server. The second is using SRB (Storage Resource Broker). Both are achieved using a simple, lightweight API.

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SRB is purely an option but may be used in lieu of the server's file system or in addition to the file system. Without going into a full description, SRB is a very robust, sophisticated storage manager that offers essentially unlimited storage and straightforward means to replicate (in simple terms, backup) the content on other local or remote storage resources.

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The terms "store", "retrieve", "in the system", "storage", and so forth, used below can refer to storage in the file system on the server ("traditional") or in SRB.

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The BitstreamStorageManager provides low-level access to bitstreams stored in the system. In general, it should not be used directly; instead, use the Bitstream object in the content management API since that encapsulated authorization and other metadata to do with a bitstream that are not maintained by the BitstreamStorageManager.

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The bitstream storage manager provides three methods that store, retrieve and delete bitstreams. Bitstreams are referred to by their 'ID'; that is the primary key bitstream_id column of the corresponding row in the database.

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As of DSpace version 1.1, there can be multiple bitstream stores. Each of these bitstream stores can be traditional storage or SRB storage. This means that the potential storage of a DSpace system is not bound by the maximum size of a single disk or file system and also that traditional and SRB storage can be combined in one DSpace installation. Both traditional and SRB storage are specified by configuration parameters. Also see Configuring the Bitstream Store below.

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Stores are numbered, starting with zero, then counting upwards. Each bitstream entry in the database has a store number, used to retrieve the bitstream when required.

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At the moment, the store in which new bitstreams are placed is decided using a configuration parameter, and there is no provision for moving bitstreams between stores. Administrative tools for manipulating bitstreams and stores will be provided in future releases. Right now you can move a whole store (e.g. you could move store number 1 from /localdisk/store to /fs/anotherdisk/store but it would still have to be store number 1 and have the exact same contents.

+ +

Bitstreams also have an 38-digit internal ID, different from the primary key ID of the bitstream table row. This is not visible or used outside of the bitstream storage manager. It is used to determine the exact location (relative to the relevant store directory) that the bitstream is stored in traditional or SRB storage. The first three pairs of digits are the directory path that the bitstream is stored under. The bitstream is stored in a file with the internal ID as the filename.

+ +

For example, a bitstream with the internal ID 12345678901234567890123456789012345678 is stored in the directory:

+
+
+(assetstore dir)/12/34/56/12345678901234567890123456789012345678
+
+
+

The reasons for storing files this way are:

+ +
    +
  • Using a randomly-generated 38-digit number means that the 'number space' is less cluttered than simply using the primary keys, which are allocated sequentially and are thus close together. This means that the bitstreams in the store are distributed around the directory structure, improving access efficiency.
    • +
  • The internal ID is used as the filename partly to avoid requiring an extra lookup of the filename of the bitstream, and partly because bitstreams may be received from a variety of operating systems. The original name of a bitstream may be an illegal UNIX filename.
    +When storing a bitstream, the BitstreamStorageManager DOES set the following fields in the corresponding database table row:
    • +
+ + +
    +
  • bitstream_id
    • +
  • size
    • +
  • checksum
    • +
  • checksum_algorithm
    • +
  • internal_id
    • +
  • deleted
    • +
  • store_number
    +The remaining fields are the responsibility of the Bitstream content management API class.
    • +
+ + +

The bitstream storage manager is fully transaction-safe. In order to implement transaction-safety, the following algorithm is used to store bitstreams:

+ +
    +
  1. A database connection is created, separately from the currently active connection in the current DSpace context.
    2. +
  2. An unique internal identifier (separate from the database primary key) is generated.
    3. +
  3. The bitstream DB table row is created using this new connection, with the deleted column set to true.
    4. +
  4. The new connection is _commit_ted, so the 'deleted' bitstream row is written to the database
    5. +
  5. The bitstream itself is stored in a file in the configured 'asset store directory', with a directory path and filename derived from the internal ID
    6. +
  6. The deleted flag in the bitstream row is set to false. This will occur (or not) as part of the current DSpace Context.
    +This means that should anything go wrong before, during or after the bitstream storage, only one of the following can be true:
    7. +
+ + +
    +
  • No bitstream table row was created, and no file was stored
    • +
  • A bitstream table row with deleted=true was created, no file was stored
    • +
  • A bitstream table row with deleted=true was created, and a file was stored
    +None of these affect the integrity of the data in the database or bitstream store.
    • +
+ + +

Similarly, when a bitstream is deleted for some reason, its deleted flag is set to true as part of the overall transaction, and the corresponding file in storage is not deleted.

+ +

The above techniques mean that the bitstream storage manager is transaction-safe. Over time, the bitstream database table and file store may contain a number of 'deleted' bitstreams. The cleanup method of BitstreamStorageManager goes through these deleted rows, and actually deletes them along with any corresponding files left in the storage. It only removes 'deleted' bitstreams that are more than one hour old, just in case cleanup is happening in the middle of a storage operation.

+ +

This cleanup can be invoked from the command line via the Cleanup class, which can in turn be easily executed from a shell on the server machine using /dspace/bin/cleanup. You might like to have this run regularly by cron, though since DSpace is read-lots, write-not-so-much it doesn't need to be run very often.

+ +

Backup

+ +

The bitstreams (files) in traditional storage may be backed up very easily by simply 'tarring' or 'zipping' the assetstore directory (or whichever directory is configured in dspace.cfg). Restoring is as simple as extracting the backed-up compressed file in the appropriate location.

+ +

Similar means could be used for SRB, but SRB offers many more options for managing backup.

+ +

It is important to note that since the bitstream storage manager holds the bitstreams in storage, and information about them in the database, that a database backup and a backup of the files in the bitstream store must be made at the same time; the bitstream data in the database must correspond to the stored files.

+ +

Of course, it isn't really ideal to 'freeze' the system while backing up to ensure that the database and files match up. Since DSpace uses the bitstream data in the database as the authoritative record, it's best to back up the database before the files. This is because it's better to have a bitstream in storage but not the database (effectively non-existent to DSpace) than a bitstream record in the database but not storage, since people would be able to find the bitstream but not actually get the contents.

+ +

With DSpace 1.7 and above, there is also the option to backup both files and metadata via the AIP Backup and Restore feature.

+ +

Configuring the Bitstream Store

+ +

Both traditional and SRB bitstream stores are configured in dspace.cfg.

+ +

Configuring Traditional Storage

+ +

Bitstream stores in the file system on the server are configured like this:

+
+
+assetstore.dir =  [dspace]/assetstore
+
+
+

(Remember that [dspace] is a placeholder for the actual name of your DSpace install directory).

+ +

The above example specifies a single asset store.

+
+
+assetstore.dir =  [dspace]/assetstore_0
+assetstore.dir.1 = /mnt/other_filesystem/assetstore_1
+
+
+

The above example specifies two asset stores. assetstore.dir specifies the asset store number 0 (zero); after that use assetstore.dir.1, assetstore.dir.2 and so on. The particular asset store a bitstream is stored in is held in the database, so don't move bitstreams between asset stores, and don't renumber them.

+ +

By default, newly created bitstreams are put in asset store 0 (i.e. the one specified by the assetstore.dir property.) This allows backwards compatibility with pre-DSpace 1.1 configurations. To change this, for example when asset store 0 is getting full, add a line to dspace.cfg like:

+
+
+assetstore.incoming = 1
+
+
+

Then restart DSpace (Tomcat). New bitstreams will be written to the asset store specified by assetstore.dir.1, which is /mnt/other_filesystem/assetstore_1 in the above example.

+ + +

Configuring SRB Storage

+ +

The same framework is used to configure SRB storage. That is, the asset store number (0..n) can reference a file system directory as above or it can reference a set of SRB account parameters. But any particular asset store number can reference one or the other but not both. This way traditional and SRB storage can both be used but with different asset store numbers. The same cautions mentioned above apply to SRB asset stores as well: The particular asset store a bitstream is stored in is held in the database, so don't move bitstreams between asset stores, and don't renumber them.

+ +

For example, let's say asset store number 1 will refer to SRB. The there will be a set of SRB account parameters like this:

+
+
+srb.host.1 = mysrbmcathost.myu.edu
+srb.port.1 = 5544
+srb.mcatzone.1 = mysrbzone
+srb.mdasdomainname.1 = mysrbdomain
+srb.defaultstorageresource.1 = mydefaultsrbresource
+srb.username.1 = mysrbuser
+srb.password.1 = mysrbpassword
+srb.homedirectory.1 = /mysrbzone/home/mysrbuser.mysrbdomain
+srb.parentdir.1 = mysrbdspaceassetstore
+
+
+

Several of the terms, such as mcatzone, have meaning only in the SRB context and will be familiar to SRB users. The last, srb.parentdir.n, can be used to used for addition (SRB) upper directory structure within an SRB account. This property value could be blank as well.

+ +

(If asset store 0 would refer to SRB it would be srb.host = ..., srb.port = ..., and so on (.0 omitted) to be consistent with the traditional storage configuration above.)

+ +

The similar use of assetstore.incoming to reference asset store 0 (default) or 1..n (explicit property) means that new bitstreams will be written to traditional or SRB storage determined by whether a file system directory on the server is referenced or a set of SRB account parameters are referenced.

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There are comments in dspace.cfg that further elaborate the configuration of traditional and SRB storage.

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DSpace System Documentation: Customizing and Configuring Submission User Interface

+ +

This page explains various customization and configuration options that are available within DSpace for the Item Submission user interface.

+ +
+
+ +

Understanding the Submission Configuration File

+ +

The [dspace]/config/item-submission.xml contains the submission configurations for both the DSpace JSP user interface (JSPUI) or the DSpace XML user interface (XMLUI or Manakin). This configuration file contains detailed documentation within the file itself, which should help you better understand how to best utilize it.

+ +

The Structure of item-submission.xml

+
+
<item-submission>
+	<!-- Where submission processes are mapped to specific Collections -->
+	<submission-map>
+	<name-map collection-handle="default" submission-name="traditional" /> ...
+	</submission-map>
+	<!-- Where "steps" which are used across many submission processes can be defined in a
+	   single place. They can then be referred to by ID later. -->
+	<step-definitions>
+	<step id="collection">
+	<processing-class>org.dspace.submit.step.SelectCollectionStep</process;/processing-class>
+	<workflow-editable>false</workflow-editable>
+	</step>
+		...
+	</step-definitions>
+	<!-- Where actual submission processes are defined and given names. Each <submission-process> has
+	   many <step> nodes which are in the order that the steps should be in.-->
+	<submission-definitions> <submission-process name="traditional">
+	    ...
+	<!-- Step definitions appear here! -->
+	</submission-process>
+	    ...
+	</submission-definitions>
+	</item-submission>
+
+

Because this file is in XML format, you should be familiar with XML before editing this file. By default, this file contains the "traditional" Item Submission Process for DSpace, which consists of the following Steps (in this order):

+ +

Select Collection -> Initial Questions -> Describe -> Upload -> Verify -> License -> Complete

+ +

If you would like to customize the steps used or the ordering of the steps, you can do so within the <submission-definition> section of the item-submission.xml .

+ +

In addition, you may also specify different Submission Processes for different DSpace Collections. This can be done in the <submission-map> section. The item-submission.xml file itself documents the syntax required to perform these configuration changes.

+ + +

Defining Steps (<step>) within the item-submission.xml

+ +

This section describes how Steps of the Submission Process are defined within the item-submission.xml.

+ +

Where to place your <step> definitions

+ +

<step> definitions can appear in one of two places within the item-submission.xml configuration file.

+ +
    +
  1. Within the <step-definitions> section +
      +
    • This is for globally defined <step> definitions (i.e. steps which are used in multiple <submission-process> definitions). Steps defined in this section must define a unique id which can be used to reference this step.
      • +
    • For example: +
      +
      <step-definitions>
+	<step id="custom-step">
+	   ...
+	</step>
+	  ...
+</step-definitions>
      +
      • +
    • The above step definition could then be referenced from within a <submission-process> as simply <step id="custom-step"/>
      • +
    +
    2. +
  2. Within a specific <submission-process> definition +
      +
    • This is for steps which are specific to a single <submission-process> definition.
      • +
    • For example: +
      +
      <submission-process>
+	<step>
+	   ...
+	</step>
+</submission-process>
      +
      • +
    +
    3. +
+ + +

The ordering of <step> definitions matters!

+ +

The ordering of the <step> tags within a <submission-process> definition directly corresponds to the order in which those steps will appear!

+ +

For example, the following defines a Submission Process where the License step directly precedes the Initial Questions step (more information about the structure of the information under each <step> tag can be found in the section on Structure of the <step> Definition below):

+
+
<submission-process>
+	<!--Step 1 will be to Sign off on the License-->
+	   <step>
+	     <heading>submit.progressbar.license</heading>
+	     <processing-class>org.dspace.submit.step.LicenseStep</processing-classing-class>
+	     <jspui-binding>org.dspace.app.webui.submit.step.JSPLicenseStep</jspui-binding>
+	     <xmlui-binding>org.dspace.app.xmlui.aspect.submission.submit.LicenseStenseStep</xmlui-binding>
+	     <workflow-editable>false</workflow-editable>
+	   </step>
+	<!--Step 2 will be to Ask Initial Questions-->
+	<step>
+	   <heading>submit.progressbar.initial-questions</heading>
+	      <processing-class>org.dspace.submit.step.InitialQuestionsStep</process;/processing-class>
+	      <jspui-binding>org.dspace.app.webui.submit.step.JSPInitialQuestionsSteonsStep</jspui-binding>
+	      <xmlui-binding>org.dspace.app.xmlui.aspect.submission.submit.InitialQutialQuestionsStep</xmlui-binding>
+	      <workflow-editable>true</workflow-editable>
+	   </step>
+	      ...[other steps]...
+</submission-process>
+
+ +

Structure of the <step> Definition

+ +

The same <step> definition is used by both the DSpace JSP user interface (JSPUI) an the DSpace XML user interface (XMLUI or Manakin). Therefore, you will notice each <step> definition contains information specific to each of these two interfaces.

+ +

The structure of the <step> Definition is as follows:

+
+
<step>
+	<heading>submit.progressbar.describe</heading>
+	<processing-class>org.dspace.submit.step.DescribeStep</processing-classing-class>
+	<jspui-binding>org.dspace.app.webui.submit.step.JSPDescribeStep</jspuilt;/jspui-binding>
+	<xmlui-binding>org.dspace.app.xmlui.aspect.submission.submit.DescribeScribeStep</xmlui-binding>
+	<workflow-editable>true</workflow-editable>
+</step>
+
+

Each step contains the following elements. The required elements are so marked:

+ +
    +
  • heading: Partial I18N key (defined in Messages.properties for JSPUI or messages.xml for XMLUI) which corresponds to the text that should be displayed in the submission Progress Bar for this step. This partial I18N key is prefixed within either the Messages.properties or messages.xml file, depending on the interface you are using. Therefore, to find the actual key, you will need to search for the partial key with the following prefix: +
      +
    • XMLUI: prefix is xmlui.Submission. (e.g. "xmlui.Submission.submit.progressbar.describe" for 'Describe' step)
      • +
    • JSPUI: prefix is jsp. (e.g. "jsp.submit.progressbar.describe" for 'Describe' step)The 'heading' need not be defined if the step should not appear in the progress bar (e.g. steps which perform automated processing, i.e. non-interactive, should not appear in the progress bar).
      • +
    +
    • +
  • processing-class (Required): Full Java path to the Processing Class for this Step. This Processing Class must perform the primary processing of any information gathered in this step, for both the XMLUI and JSPUI. All valid step processing classes must extend the abstract org.dspace.submit.AbstractProcessingStep class (or alternatively, extend one of the pre-existing step processing classes in org.dspace.submit.step.*)
    • +
  • jspui-binding: Full Java path of the JSPUI "binding" class for this Step. This "binding" class should initialize and call the appropriate JSPs to display the step's user interface. A valid JSPUI "binding" class must extend the abstract org.dspace.app.webui.submit.JSPStep class. This property need not be defined if you are using the XMLUI interface, or for steps which only perform automated processing, i.e. non-interactive steps.
    • +
  • xmlui-binding: Full Java path of the XMLUI "binding" class for this Step. This "binding" class should generate the Manakin XML (DRI document) necessary to generate the step's user interface. A valid XMLUI "binding" class must extend the abstract org.dspace.app.xmlui.submission.AbstractSubmissionStep class. This property need not be defined if you are using the JSPUI interface, or for steps which only perform automated processing, i.e. non-interactive steps.
    • +
  • workflow-editable: Defines whether or not this step can be edited during the Edit Metadata process with the DSpace approval/rejection workflow process. Possible values include true and false. If undefined, defaults to true (which means that workflow reviewers would be allowed to edit information gathered during that step).
    • +
+ + + +

Reordering/Removing Submission Steps

+ +

The removal of existing steps and reordering of existing steps is a relatively easy process!

+ +

Reordering steps

+ +
    +
  1. Locate the <submission-process> tag which defines the Submission Process that you are using. If you are unsure which Submission Process you are using, it's likely the one with name="traditional", since this is the traditional DSpace submission process.
    2. +
  2. Reorder the <step> tags within that <submission-process> tag. Be sure to move the entire<step> tag (i.e. everything between and including the opening <step> and closing </step> tags). +
      +
    • Hint #1: The <step> defining the Review/Verify step only allows the user to review information from steps which appear before it. So, it's likely you'd want this to appear as one of your last few steps
      • +
    • Hint #2: If you are using it, the <step> defining the Initial Questions step should always appear before the Upload or Describe steps since it asks questions which help to set up those later steps.
      • +
    +
    3. +
+ + +

Removing one or more steps

+ +
    +
  1. Locate the <submission-process> tag which defines the Submission Process that you are using. If you are unsure which Submission Process you are using, it's likely the one with name="traditional", since this is the traditional DSpace submission process.
    2. +
  2. Comment out (i.e. surround with <!-- and -->) the <step> tags which you want to remove from that <submission-process> tag. Be sure to comment out the entire {{<step>}}tag (i.e. everything between and including the opening _<step> and closing </step> tags). +
      +
    • Hint #1: You cannot remove the Select a Collection step, as an DSpace Item cannot exist without belonging to a Collection.
      • +
    • Hint #2: If you decide to remove the <step> defining the Initial Questions step, you should be aware that this may affect your Describe and Upload steps! The Initial Questions step asks questions which help to initialize these later steps. If you decide to remove the Initial Questions step you may wish to create a custom, automated step which will provide default answers for the questions asked!
      • +
    +
    3. +
+ + +

Assigning a custom Submission Process to a Collection

+ +

Assigning a custom submission process to a Collection in DSpace involves working with the submission-map section of the item-submission.xml. For a review of the structure of the item-submission.xml see the section above on Understanding the Submission Configuration File.

+ +

Each name-map element within submission-map associates a collection with the name of a submission definition. Its collection-handle attribute is the Handle of the collection. Its submission-name attribute is the submission definition name, which must match the name attribute of a submission-process element (in the submission-definitions section of item-submission.xml.

+ +

For example, the following fragment shows how the collection with handle "12345.6789/42" is assigned the "custom" submission process:

+ +
+
<submission-map>
+    <name-map collection-handle=" 12345.6789/42" submission-name="
+	custom" />
+    ...
+  </submission-map>
+
+  <submission-definitions>
+    <submission-process name="
+	custom">
+    ...
+  </submission-definitions>
+
+
+ +

It's a good idea to keep the definition of the default name-map from the example input-forms.xml so there is always a default for collections which do not have a custom form set.

+ +

Getting A Collection's Handle

+ +

You will need the handle of a collection in order to assign it a custom form set. To discover the handle, go to the "Communities & Collections" page under "Browse" in the left-hand menu on your DSpace home page. Then, find the link to your collection. It should look something like:

+ +
+
http://myhost.my.edu/dspace/handle/12345.6789/42
+
+ +

The underlined part of the URL is the handle. It should look familiar to any DSpace administrator. That is what goes in the collection-handle attribute of your name-map element.

+ + +

Custom Metadata-entry Pages for Submission

+ +

Introduction

+ +

This section explains how to customize the Web forms used by submitters and editors to enter and modify the metadata for a new item. These metadata web forms are controlled by the Describe step within the Submission Process. However, they are also configurable via their own XML configuration file (input-forms.xml).

+ +

You can customize the "default" metadata forms used by all collections, and also create alternate sets of metadata forms and assign them to specific collections. In creating custom metadata forms, you can choose:

+ +
    +
  • The number of metadata-entry pages.
    • +
  • Which fields appear on each page, and their sequence.
    • +
  • Labels, prompts, and other text associated with each field.
    • +
  • List of available choices for each menu-driven field.
    • +
+ + +

NOTE: The cosmetic and ergonomic details of metadata entry fields remain the same as the fixed metadata pages in previous DSpace releases, and can only be altered by modifying the appropriate stylesheet and JSP pages.

+ +

All of the custom metadata-entry forms for a DSpace instance are controlled by a single XML file, input-forms.xml, in the config subdirectory under the DSpace home. DSpace comes with a sample configuration that implements the traditional metadata-entry forms, which also serves as a well-documented example. The rest of this section explains how to create your own sets of custom forms.

+ + +

Describing Custom Metadata Forms

+ +

The description of a set of pages through which submitters enter their metadata is called a form (although it is actually a set of forms, in the HTML sense of the term). A form is identified by a unique symbolic name. In the XML structure, the form is broken down into a series of pages: each of these represents a separate Web page for collecting metadata elements.

+ +

To set up one of your DSpace collections with customized submission forms, first you make an entry in the form-map. This is effectively a table that relates a collection to a form set, by connecting the collection's Handle to the form name. Collections are identified by handle because their names are mutable and not necessarily unique, while handles are unique and persistent.

+ +

A special map entry, for the collection handle "default", defines the default form set. It applies to all collections which are not explicitly mentioned in the map. In the example XML this form set is named traditional (for the "traditional" DSpace user interface) but it could be named anything.

+ + +

The Structure of input-forms.xml

+ +

The XML configuration file has a single top-level element, input-forms, which contains three elements in a specific order. The outline is as follows:

+ +
+
+<input-forms>
+
+  <--  Map of Collections to Form Sets -->
+  <form-map>
+    <name-map collection-handle="default" form-name="traditional"
+	/>
+    ...
+  </form-map>
+
+  <--  Form Set Definitions -->
+  <form-definitions>
+    <form name="traditional">
+    ...
+  </form-definitions>
+
+  <--  Name/Value Pairs used within Multiple Choice Widgets
+	-->
+  <form-value-pairs>
+    <value-pairs value-pairs-name="common_iso_languages"
+	dc-term="language_iso">
+    ...
+  </form-value-pairs>
+</input-forms>
+
+
+ +

Adding a Collection Map

+ +

Each name-map element within form-map associates a collection with the name of a form set. Its collection-handle attribute is the Handle of the collection, and its form-name attribute is the form set name, which must match the name attribute of a form element.

+ +

For example, the following fragment shows how the collection with handle "12345.6789/42" is attached to the "TechRpt" form set:

+ +
+
+  <form-map>
+    <name-map collection-handle=" 12345.6789/42" form-name=" TechRpt"/>
+    ...
+  </form-map>
+
+  <form-definitions>
+    <form name="TechRept">
+    ...
+  </form-definitions>
+
+
+ +

It's a good idea to keep the definition of the default name-map from the example input-forms.xml so there is always a default for collections which do not have a custom form set.

+ +
Getting A Collection's Handle
+ +

You will need the handle of a collection in order to assign it a custom form set. To discover the handle, go to the "Communities & Collections" page under "Browse" in the left-hand menu on your DSpace home page. Then, find the link to your collection. It should look something like:

+ +
+
http://myhost.my.edu/dspace/handle/12345.6789/42
+
+ +

The underlined part of the URL is the handle. It should look familiar to any DSpace administrator. That is what goes in the collection-handle attribute of your name-map element.

+ + + +

Adding a Form Set

+ +

You can add a new form set by creating a new form element within the form-definitions element. It has one attribute, name, which as seen above must match the value of the name-map for the collections it is to be used for.

+ +
Forms and Pages
+ +

The content of the form is a sequence of page elements. Each of these corresponds to a Web page of forms for entering metadata elements, presented in sequence between the initial "Describe" page and the final "Verify" page (which presents a summary of all the metadata collected).

+ +

A form must contain at least one and at most six pages. They are presented in the order they appear in the XML. Each page element must include a number attribute, that should be its sequence number, e.g.

+
+
+<page number="1">
+
+
+ +

The page element, in turn, contains a sequence of field elements. Each field defines an interactive dialog where the submitter enters one of the Dublin Core metadata items.

+ + +
Composition of a Field
+ +

Each field contains the following elements, in the order indicated. The required sub-elements are so marked:

+ +
    +
  • dc-schema (Required) : Name of metadata schema employed, e.g. dc for Dublin Core. This value must match the value of the schema element defined in dublin-core-types.xml
    • +
  • dc-element (Required) : Name of the Dublin Core element entered in this field, e.g. contributor.
    • +
  • dc-qualifier: Qualifier of the Dublin Core element entered in this field, e.g. when the field is contributor.advisor the value of this element would be advisor. Leaving this out means the input is for an unqualified DC element.
    • +
  • repeatable: Value is true when multiple values of this field are allowed, false otherwise. When you mark a field repeatable, the UI servlet will add a control to let the user ask for more fields to enter additional values. Intended to be used for arbitrarily-repeating fields such as subject keywords, when it is impossible to know in advance how many input boxes to provide.
    • +
  • label (Required): Text to display as the label of this field, describing what to enter, e.g. "Your Advisor's Name".
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  • input-type (Required): Defines the kind of interactive widget to put in the form to collect the Dublin Core value. Content must be one of the following keywords: +
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    • onebox – A single text-entry box.
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    • twobox – A pair of simple text-entry boxes, used for repeatable values such as the DC subject item. Note: The 'twobox' input type is rendered the same as a 'onebox' in the XML-UI, but both allow for ease of adding multiple values.
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    • textarea – Large block of text that can be entered on multiple lines, e.g. for an abstract.
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    • name – Personal name, with separate fields for family name and first name. When saved they are appended in the format 'LastName, FirstName'
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    • date – Calendar date. When required, demands that at least the year be entered.
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    • series – Series/Report name and number. Separate fields are provided for series name and series number, but they are appended (with a semicolon between) when saved.
      • +
    • dropdown – Choose value(s) from a "drop-down" menu list. Note: You must also include a value for the value-pairs-name attribute to specify a list of menu entries from which to choose. Use this to make a choice from a restricted set of options, such as for the language item.
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    • qualdrop_value – Enter a "qualified value", which includes both a qualifier from a drop-down menu and a free-text value. Used to enter items like alternate identifiers and codes for a submitted item, e.g. the DC identifier field. Note: As for the dropdown type, you must include the value-pairs-name attribute to specify a menu choice list.
      • +
    • list – Choose value(s) from a checkbox or radio button list. If the repeatable attribute is set to true, a list of checkboxes is displayed. If the repeatable attribute is set to false, a list of radio buttons is displayed. Note: You must also include a value for the value-pairs-name attribute to specify a list of values from which to choose.
      • +
    +
    • +
  • hint (Required): Content is the text that will appear as a "hint", or instructions, next to the input fields. Can be left empty, but it must be present.
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  • required: When this element is included with any content, it marks the field as a required input. If the user tries to leave the page without entering a value for this field, that text is displayed as a warning message. For example, <required>You must enter a title.</required> Note that leaving the required element empty will not mark a field as required, e.g.:<required></required>
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  • visibility: When this optional element is included with a value, it restricts the visibility of the field to the scope defined by that value. If the element is missing or empty, the field is visible in all scopes. Currently supported scopes are: +
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    • workflow : the field will only be visible in the workflow stages of submission. This is good for hiding difficult fields for users, such as subject classifications, thereby easing the use of the submission system.
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    • submit : the field will only be visible in the initial submission, and not in the workflow stages. In addition, you can decide which type of restriction apply: read-only or full hidden the field (default behaviour) using the otherwise attribute of the visibility XML element. For example:<visibility otherwise="readonly">workflow</visibility> Note that it is considered a configuration error to limit a field's scope while also requiring it - an exception will be generated when this combination is detected.
      +Look at the example input-forms.xml and experiment with a a trial custom form to learn this specification language thoroughly. It is a very simple way to express the layout of data-entry forms, but the only way to learn all its subtleties is to use it.
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    +
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For the use of controlled vocabularies see the Configuring Controlled Vocabularies section.

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Automatically Elided Fields
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You may notice that some fields are automatically skipped when a custom form page is displayed, depending on the kind of item being submitted. This is because the DSpace user-interface engine skips Dublin Core fields which are not needed, according to the initial description of the item. For example, if the user indicates there are no alternate titles on the first "Describe" page (the one with a few checkboxes), the input for the title.alternative DC element is automatically elided, even on custom submission pages.

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When a user initiates a submission, DSpace first displays what we'll call the "initial-questions page". By default, it contains three questions with check-boxes:

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  1. The item has more than one title, e.g. a translated title Controls title.alternative field.
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  2. The item has been published or publicly distributed before Controls DC fields: +
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    • date.issued
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    • publisher
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    • identifier.citation
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    3. +
  3. The item consists of more than one file Does not affect any metadata input fields.
    4. +
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The answers to the first two questions control whether inputs for certain of the DC metadata fields will displayed, even if they are defined as fields in a custom page. Conversely, if the metadata fields controlled by a checkbox are not mentioned in the custom form, the checkbox is elided from the initial page to avoid confusing or misleading the user.

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The two relevant checkbox entries are "The item has more than one title, e.g. a translated title", and "The item has been published or publicly distributed before". The checkbox for multiple titles trigger the display of the field with dc-element equal to 'title' and dc-qualifier equal to 'alternative'. If the controlling collection's form set does not contain this field, then the multiple titles question will not appear on the initial questions page.

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Adding Value-Pairs

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Finally, your custom form description needs to define the "value pairs" for any fields with input types that refer to them. Do this by adding a value-pairs element to the contents of form-value-pairs. It has the following required attributes:

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  • value-pairs-name – Name by which an input-type refers to this list.
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  • dc-term – Qualified Dublin Core field for which this choice list is selecting a value. Each value-pairs element contains a sequence of pair sub-elements, each of which in turn contains two elements:
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  • displayed-value – Name shown (on the web page) for the menu entry.
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  • stored-value – Value stored in the DC element when this entry is chosen. Unlike the HTML select tag, there is no way to indicate one of the entries should be the default, so the first entry is always the default choice.
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Example
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Here is a menu of types of common identifiers:

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+
+   <value-pairs value-pairs-name="common_identifiers" dc-term="identifier">
+     <pair>
+       <displayed-value>Gov't Doc #</displayed-value>
+       <stored-value>govdoc</stored-value>
+     </pair>
+     <pair>
+       <displayed-value>URI</displayed-value>
+       <stored-value>uri</stored-value>
+     </pair>
+     <pair>
+       <displayed-value>ISBN</displayed-value>
+       <stored-value>isbn</stored-value>
+     </pair>
+   </value-pairs>
+
+
+ +

It generates the following HTML, which results in the menu widget below. (Note that there is no way to indicate a default choice in the custom input XML, so it cannot generate the HTML SELECTED attribute to mark one of the options as a pre-selected default.)

+ +
+
+<select name="identifier_qualifier_0">
+    <option VALUE="govdoc">Gov't Doc #</option>
+    <option VALUE="uri">URI</option>
+    <option VALUE="isbn">ISBN</option>
+</select>
+
+
+ + +

Deploying Your Custom Forms

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The DSpace web application only reads your custom form definitions when it starts up, so it is important to remember:

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  • You must always restart Tomcat (or whatever servlet container you are using) for changes made to the input-forms.xml file take effect.
    • +
+ + +

Any mistake in the syntax or semantics of the form definitions, such as poorly formed XML or a reference to a nonexistent field name, will cause a fatal error in the DSpace UI. The exception message (at the top of the stack trace in the dspace.log file) usually has a concise and helpful explanation of what went wrong. Don't forget to stop and restart the servlet container before testing your fix to a bug.

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Configuring the File Upload step

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The Upload step in the DSpace submission process has two configuration options which can be set with your [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg configuration file. They are as follows:

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  • upload.max - The maximum size of a file (in bytes) that can be uploaded from the JSPUI (not applicable for the XMLUI). It defaults to 536870912 bytes (512MB). You may set this to -1 to disable any file size limitation. +
      +
    • Note: Increasing this value or setting to -1 does not guarantee that DSpace will be able to successfully upload larger files via the web, as large uploads depend on many other factors including bandwidth, web server settings, internet connection speed, etc.
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  • webui.submit.upload.required - Whether or not all users are required to upload a file when they submit an item to DSpace. It defaults to 'true'. When set to 'false' users will see an option to skip the upload step when they submit a new item.
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Creating new Submission Steps

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First, a brief warning: Creating a new Submission Step requires some Java knowledge, and is therefore recommended to be undertaken by a Java programmer whenever possible

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That being said, at a higher level, creating a new Submission Step requires the following (in this relative order):

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  1. (Required) Create a new Step Processing class +
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    • This class must extend the abstract org.dspace.submit.AbstractProcessingStep class and implement all methods defined by that abstract class.
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    • This class should be built in such a way that it can process the input gathered from either the XMLUI or JSPUI interface.
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    +
    2. +
  2. (For steps using JSPUI) Create the JSPs to display the user interface. Create a new JSPUI "binding" class to initialize and call these JSPs. +
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    • Your JSPUI "binding" class must extend the abstract class org.dspace.app.webui.submit.JSPStep and implement all methods defined there. It's recommended to use one of the classes in org.dspace.app.webui.submit.step.* as a reference.
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    • Any JSPs created should be loaded by calling the showJSP() method of the org.dspace.app.webui.submit.JSPStepManager class
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    • If this step gathers information to be reviewed, you must also create a Review JSP which will display a read-only view of all data gathered during this step. The path to this JSP must be returned by your getReviewJSP() method. You will find examples of Review JSPs (named similar to review-[step].jsp) in the JSP submit/ directory.
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    +
    3. +
  3. (For steps using XMLUI) Create an XMLUI "binding" Step Transformer which will generate the DRI XML which Manakin requires. +
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    • The Step Transformer must extend and implement all necessary methods within the abstract class org.dspace.app.xmlui.submission.AbstractSubmissionStep
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    • It is useful to use the existing classes in org.dspace.app.xmlui.submission.submit.* as references
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    +
    4. +
  4. (Required) Add a valid Step Definition to the item-submission.xml configuration file. + +
    5. +
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Creating a Non-Interactive Step

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Non-interactive steps are ones that have no user interface and only perform backend processing. You may find a need to create non-interactive steps which perform further processing of previously entered information.

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To create a non-interactive step, do the following:

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  1. Create the required Step Processing class, which extends the abstract org.dspace.submit.AbstractProcessingStep class. In this class add any processing which this step will perform.
    2. +
  2. Add your non-interactive step to your item-submission.xml at the place where you wish this step to be called during the submission process. For example, if you want it to be called immediately after the existing 'Upload File' step, then place its configuration immediately after the configuration for that 'Upload File' step. The configuration should look similar to the following:
    3. +
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+
<step>
+   <processing-class>org.dspace.submit.step.MyNonInteractiveStep</processing-class> 
+   <workflow-editable>false</workflow-editable>
+</step>
+
+ +

Note: Non-interactive steps will not appear in the Progress Bar! Therefore, your submitters will not even know they are there. However, because they are not visible to your users, you should make sure that your non-interactive step does not take a large amount of time to finish its processing and return control to the next step (otherwise there will be a visible time delay in the user interface).

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DSpace System Documentation: System Administration

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DSpace operates on several levels: as a Tomcat servlet, cron jobs, and on-demand operations. This section explains many of the on-demand operations. Some of the command operations may be also set up as cron jobs. Many of these operations are performed at the Command Line Interface (CLI) also known as the Unix prompt ($:). Future reference will use the term CLI when the use needs to be at the command line.

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Below is the "Command Help Table". This table explains what data is contained in the individual command/help tables in the sections that follow.

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Command used: The directory and where the command is to be found.
Java class: The actual java program doing the work.
Arguments: The required/mandatory or optional arguments available to the user.
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DSpace Command Launcher
With DSpace Release 1.6, the many commands and scripts have been replaced with a simple [dspace]/bin/dspace <command> command. See Application Layer chapter for the details of the DSpace Command Launcher.
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Table of Contents:

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Community and Collection Structure Importer

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This CLI tool gives you the ability to import a community and collection structure directory from a source XML file.

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Command used: [dspace]/bin/dspace structure-builder
Java class: org.dspace.administer.StructBuilder
Argument: short and long (if available) forms: Description of the argument
-f Source xml file.
-o Output xml file.
-e Email of DSpace Administrator.
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+ + +

The administrator need to build the source xml document in the following format:

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+
<import_structure>
+        <community>
+                <name>Community Name</name>
+                <description>Descriptive text</description>
+                <intro>Introductory text</intro>
+                <copyright>Special copyright notice</copyright>
+                <sidebar>Sidebar text</sidebar>
+                <community>
+                   <name>Sub Community Name</name>
+                   <community> ...[ad infinitum]...
+                   </community>
+                </community>
+                <collection>
+                   <name>Collection Name</name>
+                   <description>Descriptive text</description>
+                   <intro>Introductory text</intro>
+                   <copyright>Special copyright notice</copyright>
+                   <sidebar>Sidebar text</sidebar>
+                   <license>Special licence</license>
+                   <provenance>Provenance information</provenance>
+                </collection>
+         </community>
+</import_structure>
+
+
+

The resulting output document will be as follows:

+
+
<import_structure>
+     <community identifier="123456789/1">
+                <name>Community Name</name>
+                <description>Descriptive text</description>
+                <intro>Introductory text</intro>
+                <copyright>Special copyright notice</copyright>
+                <sidebar>Sidebar text</sidebar>
+                <community identifier="123456789/2">
+                        <name>Sub Community Name</name>
+                        <community identifier="123456789/3"> ...[ad infinitum]...
+                        </community>
+                </community>
+                <collection identifier="123456789/4">
+                        <name>Collection Name</name>
+                        <description>Descriptive text</description>
+                        <intro>Introductory text</intro>
+                        <copyright>Special copyright notice</copyright>
+                        <sidebar>Sidebar text</sidebar>
+                        <license>Special licence</license>
+                        <provenance>Provenance information</provenance>
+                </collection>
+        </community>
+</import_structure>
+
+
+

This command-line tool gives you the ability to import a community and collection structure directly from a source XML file. It is executed as follows:

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+
[dspace]/bin/dspace structure-builder -f /path/to/source.xml -o path/to/output.xml -e admin@user.com
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This will examine the contents of source.xml, import the structure into DSpace while logged in as the supplied administrator, and then output the same structure to the output file, but including the handle for each imported community and collection as an attribute.

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Limitation

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  • Currently this does not export community and collection structures, although it should only be a small modification to make it do so
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+ + + +

Package Importer and Exporter

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This command-line tool gives you access to the Packager plugins. It can ingest a package to create a new DSpace Object (Community, Collection or Item), or disseminate a DSpace Object as a package.

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To see all the options, invoke it as:

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+
[dspace]/bin/dspace packager --help
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+ +

This mode also displays a list of the names of package ingestion and dissemination plugins that are currently installed in your DSpace. Each Packager plugin also may allow for custom options, which may provide you more control over how a package is imported or exported. You can see a listing of all specific packager options by invoking --help (or -h) with the --type (or -t) option:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace packager --help --type METS
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The above example will display the normal help message, while also listing any additional options available to the "METS" packager plugin.

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Ingesting

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Ingestion Modes & Options

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When ingesting packages DSpace supports several different "modes". (Please note that not all packager plugins may support all modes of ingestion)

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  1. Submit/Ingest Mode (-s option, default) – submit package to DSpace in order to create a new object(s)
    2. +
  2. Restore Mode (-r option) – restore pre-existing object(s) in DSpace based on package(s). This also attempts to restore all handles and relationships (parent/child objects). This is a specialized type of "submit", where the object is created with a known Handle and known relationships.
    3. +
  3. Replace Mode (-r -f option) – replace existing object(s) in DSpace based on package(s). This also attempts to restore all handles and relationships (parent/child objects). This is a specialized type of "restore" where the contents of existing object(s) is replaced by the contents in the AIP(s). By default, if a normal "restore" finds the object already exists, it will back out (i.e. rollback all changes) and report which object already exists.
    4. +
+ + +
Ingesting a Single Package
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To ingest a single package from a file, give the command:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace packager -e [user-email] -p [parent-handle] -t [packager-name] /full/path/to/package
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Where [user-email] is the e-mail address of the E-Person under whose authority this runs; [parent-handle] is the Handle of the Parent Object into which the package is ingested, [packager-name] is the plugin name of the package ingester to use, and /full/path/to/package is the path to the file to ingest (or "-" to read from the standard input).

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Here is an example that loads a PDF file with internal metadata as a package:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace packager -e admin@myu.edu -p 4321/10 -t PDF thesis.pdf
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This example takes the result of retrieving a URL and ingests it:

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wget -O - http://alum.mit.edu/jarandom/my-thesis.pdf | [dspace]/bin/dspace packager -e admin@myu.edu -p 4321/10  -t PDF -
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Ingesting Multiple Packages at Once
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Some Packager plugins support bulk ingest functionality using the --all (or -a) flag. When --all is used, the packager will attempt to ingest all child packages referenced by the initial package (and continue on recursively). Some examples follow:

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  • For a Site-based package - this would ingest all Communities, Collections & Items based on the located package files
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  • For a Community-based package - this would ingest that Community and all SubCommunities, Collections and Items based on the located package files
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  • For a Collection - this would ingest that Collection and all contained Items based on the located package files
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  • For an Item – this just ingest the Item (including all Bitstreams & Bundles) based on the package file.
    • +
+ + +

Here is a basic example of a bulk ingest 'packager' command template:

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+
 [dspace]/bin/dspace packager -s -a -t AIP -e <eperson> -p <parent-handle> <file-path>
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+
+

for example:

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 [dspace]/bin/dspace packager -s -a -t AIP -e admin@myu.edu -p 4321/12 collection-aip.zip
+
+
+

The above command will ingest the package named "collection-aip.zip" as a child of the specified Parent Object (handle="4321/12"). The resulting object is assigned a new Handle (since -s is specified). In addition, any child packages directly referenced by "collection-aip.zip" are also recursively ingested (a new Handle is also assigned for each child AIP).

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Not All Packagers Support Bulk Ingest
Because the packager plugin must know how to locate all child packages from an initial package file, not all plugins can support bulk ingest. Currently, in DSpace the following Packager Plugins support bulk ingest capabilities: + +
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Restoring/Replacing using Packages

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Restoring is slightly different than just ingesting. When restoring, the packager makes every attempt to restore the object as it used to be (including its handle, parent object, etc.).

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There are currently three restore modes:

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  1. Default Restore Mode (-r) = Attempt to restore object (and optionally children). Rollback all changes if any object is found to already exist.
    2. +
  2. Restore, Keep Existing Mode (-r -k) = Attempt to restore object (and optionally children). If an object is found to already exist, skip over it (and all children objects), and continue to restore all other non-existing objects.
    3. +
  3. Force Replace Mode (-r -f) = Restore an object (and optionally children) and overwrite any existing objects in DSpace. Therefore, if an object is found to already exist in DSpace, its contents are replaced by the contents of the package. WARNING: This mode is potentially dangerous as it will permanently destroy any object contents that do not currently exist in the package. You may want to first perform a backup, unless you are sure you know what you are doing!
    4. +
+ + +
Default Restore Mode
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By default, the restore mode (-r option) will rollback all changes if any object is found to already exist. The user will be informed if which object already exists within their DSpace installation.

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Use this 'packager' command template:

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 [dspace]/bin/dspace packager -r -t AIP -e <eperson> <file-path>
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For example:

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 [dspace]/bin/dspace packager -r -t AIP -e admin@myu.edu aip4567.zip
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Notice that unlike -s option (for submission/ingesting), the -r option does not require the Parent Object (-p option) to be specified if it can be determined from the package itself.

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In the above example, the package "aip4567.zip" is restored to the DSpace installation with the Handle provided within the package itself (and added as a child of the parent object specified within the package itself). If the object is found to already exist, all changes are rolled back (i.e. nothing is restored to DSpace)

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Restore, Keep Existing Mode
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When the "Keep Existing" flag (-k option) is specified, the restore will attempt to skip over any objects found to already exist. It will report to the user that the object was found to exist (and was not modified or changed). It will then continue to restore all objects which do not already exist. This flag is most useful when attempting a bulk restore (using the --all (or -a) option.

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One special case to note: If a Collection or Community is found to already exist, its child objects are also skipped over. So, this mode will not auto-restore items to an existing Collection.

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Here's an example of how to use this 'packager' command:

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 [dspace]/bin/dspace packager -r -a -k -t AIP -e <eperson> <file-path>
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For example:

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 [dspace]/bin/dspace packager -r -a -k -t AIP -e admin@myu.edu aip4567.zip
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+
+ +

In the above example, the package "aip4567.zip" is restored to the DSpace installation with the Handle provided within the package itself (and added as a child of the parent object specified within the package itself). In addition, any child packages referenced by "aip4567.zip" are also recursively restored (the -a option specifies to also restore all child pacakges). They are also restored with the Handles & Parent Objects provided with their package. If any object is found to already exist, it is skipped over (child objects are also skipped). All non-existing objects are restored.

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Force Replace Mode
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When the "Force Replace" flag (-f option) is specified, the restore will overwrite any objects found to already exist in DSpace. In other words, existing content is deleted and then replaced by the contents of the package(s).

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Potential for Data Loss
Because this mode actually destroys existing content in DSpace, it is potentially dangerous and may result in data loss! It is recommended to always perform a full backup (assetstore files & database) before attempting to replace any existing object(s) in DSpace.
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Here's an example of how to use this 'packager' command:

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 [dspace]/bin/dspace packager -r -f -t AIP -e <eperson> <file-path>
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For example:

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 [dspace]/bin/dspace packager -r -f -t AIP -e admin@myu.edu aip4567.zip
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In the above example, the package "aip4567.zip" is restored to the DSpace installation with the Handle provided within the package itself (and added as a child of the parent object specified within the package itself). In addition, any child packages referenced by "aip4567.zip" are also recursively ingested. They are also restored with the Handles & Parent Objects provided with their package. If any object is found to already exist, its contents are replaced by the contents of the appropriate package.

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If any error occurs, the script attempts to rollback the entire replacement process.

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Disseminating

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Disseminating a Single Object

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To disseminate a single object as a package, give the command:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace packager -d -e [user-email] -i [handle] -t [packager-name] [file-path]
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Where [user-email] is the e-mail address of the E-Person under whose authority this runs; [handle] is the Handle of the Object to disseminate; [packager-name] is the plugin name of the package disseminator to use; and [file-path] is the path to the file to create (or "-" to write to the standard output). For example:

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 [dspace]/bin/dspace packager -d -t METS -e admin@myu.edu -i 4321/4567 4567.zip
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The above code will export the object of the given handle (4321/4567) into a METS file named "4567.zip".

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Disseminating Multiple Objects at Once

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To export an object hierarchy, use the -a (or --all) package parameter.

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For example, use this 'packager' command template:

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 [dspace]/bin/dspace packager -d -a -e [user-email] -i [handle] -t [packager-name][file-path]
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for example:

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 [dspace]/bin/dspace packager -d -a -t METS -e admin@myu.edu -i 4321/4567 4567.zip
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The above code will export the object of the given handle (4321/4567) into a METS file named "4567.zip". In addition it would export all children objects to the same directory as the "4567.zip" file.

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Archival Information Packages (AIPs)

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As of DSpace 1.7, DSpace now can backup and restore all of its contents as a set of AIP Files. This includes all Communities, Collections, Items, Groups and People in the system.

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This feature came out of a requirement for DSpace to better integrate with DuraCloud (http://www.duracloud.org), and other backup storage systems. One of these requirements is to be able to essentially "backup" local DSpace contents into the cloud (as a type of offsite backup), and "restore" those contents at a later time.

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Essentially, this means DSpace can export the entire hierarchy (i.e. bitstreams, metadata and relationships between Communities/Collections/Items) into a relatively standard format (a METS-based, AIP format). This entire hierarchy can also be re-imported into DSpace in the same format (essentially a restore of that content in the same or different DSpace installation).

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For more information, see the section on AIP backup & Restore for DSpace.

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METS packages

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Since DSpace 1.4 release, the software includes a package disseminator and matching ingester for the DSpace METS SIP (Submission Information Package) format. They were created to help end users prepare sets of digital resources and metadata for submission to the archive using well-defined standards such as METS, MODS, and PREMIS. The plugin name is METS by default, and it uses MODS for descriptive metadata.

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The DSpace METS SIP profile is available at: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpaceMETSSIPProfile

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Item Importer and Exporter

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DSpace has a set of command line tools for importing and exporting items in batches, using the DSpace simple archive format. The tools are not terribly robust, but are useful and are easily modified. They also give a good demonstration of how to implement your own item importer if desired.

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DSpace Simple Archive Format

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The basic concept behind the DSpace's simple archive format is to create an archive, which is directory full of items, with a subdirectory per item. Each item directory contains a file for the item's descriptive metadata, and the files that make up the item.

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+
+archive_directory/
+    item_000/
+        dublin_core.xml         -- qualified Dublin Core metadata for metadata fields belonging to the dc schema
+        metadata_[prefix].xml   -- metadata in another schema, the prefix is the name of the schema as registered with the metadata registry
+        contents                -- text file containing one line per filename
+        file_1.doc              -- files to be added as bitstreams to the item
+        file_2.pdf
+    item_001/
+        dublin_core.xml
+        contents
+        file_1.png
+        ...
+
+
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The dublin_core.xml or metadata[prefix].xml_file has the following format, where each metadata element has it's own entry within a <dcvalue> tagset. There are currently three tag attributes available in the <dcvalue> tagset:

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  • <element> - the Dublin Core element
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  • <qualifier> - the element's qualifier
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  • <language> - (optional)ISO language code for element +
    +
    +<dublin_core>
+    <dcvalue element="title" qualifier="none">A Tale of Two Cities</dcvalue>
+    <dcvalue element="date" qualifier="issued">1990</dcvalue>
+    <dcvalue element="title" qualifier="alternate" language="fr">J'aime les Printemps</dcvalue>
+</dublin_core>
+
+
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    (Note the optional language tag attribute which notifies the system that the optional title is in French.)

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Every metadata field used, must be registered via the metadata registry of the DSpace instance first.

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The contents file simply enumerates, one file per line, the bitstream file names. See the following example:

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+
+        file_1.doc
+        file_2.pdf
+        license
+
+
+

Please notice that the license is optional, and if you wish to have one included, you can place the file in the .../item_001/ directory, for example.

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The bitstream name may optionally be followed by the sequence:

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\tbundle:bundlename

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where '\t' is the tab character and 'bundlename' is replaced by the name of the bundle to which the bitstream should be added. If no bundle is specified, the bitstream will be added to the 'ORIGINAL' bundle.

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Configuring metadata-[prefix].xml for Different Schema

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It is possible to use other Schema such as EAD, VRA Core, etc. Make sure you have defined the new scheme in the DSpace Metada Schema Registry.

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  1. Create a separate file for the other schema named "metadata-[prefix].xml", where the {prefix} is replaced with the schema's prefix.
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  2. Inside the xml file use the dame Dublin Core syntax, but on the <dublin_core> element include the attribute "schema={prefix}".
    3. +
  3. Here is an example for ETD metadata, which would be in the file "metadata_etd.xml": +
    +
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<dublin_core schema="etd">
+     <dcvalue element="degree" qualifier="department">Computer Science</dcvalue>
+     <dcvalue element="degree" qualifier="level">Masters</dcvalue>
+     <dcvalue element="degree" qualifier="grantor">Texas A & M</dcvalue>
+</dublin_core>
    +
    4. +
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Importing Items

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Before running the item importer over items previously exported from a DSpace instance, please first refer to Transferring Items Between DSpace Instances.

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Command used: [dspace]/bin/dspace import
Java class: org.dspace.app.itemimport.ItemImport
Arguments short and (long) forms: Description
-a or --add Add items to DSpace ‡
-r or --replace Replace items listed in mapfile ‡
-d or --delete Delete items listed in mapfile ‡
-s or --source Source of the items (directory)
-c or --collection Destination Collection by their Handle or database ID
-m or --mapfile Where the mapfile for items can be found (name and directory)
-e or --eperson Email of eperson doing the importing
-w or --workflow Send submission through collection's workflow
-n or --notify Kicks off the email alerting of the item(s) has(have) been imported
-t or --test Test run‚ do not actually import items
-p or --template Apply the collection template
-R or --resume Resume a failed import (Used on Add only)
-h or --help Command help
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‡ These are mutually exclusive.

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The item importer is able to batch import unlimited numbers of items for a particular collection using a very simple CLI command and 'arguments'

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Adding Items to a Collection

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To add items to a collection, you gather the following information:

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  • eperson
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  • Collection ID (either Handle (e.g. 123456789/14) or Database ID (e.g. 2)
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  • Source directory where the items reside
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  • Mapfile. Since you don't have one, you need to determine where it will be (e.g. /Import/Col_14/mapfile)
    +At the command line:
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+
[dspace]/bin/dspace import --add --eperson=joe@user.com --collection=CollectionID --source=items_dir --mapfile=mapfile
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or by using the short form:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace import -a -e joe@user.com -c CollectionID -s items_dir -m mapfile
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The above command would cycle through the archive directory's items, import them, and then generate a map file which stores the mapping of item directories to item handles. SAVE THIS MAP FILE. Using the map file you can use it for replacing or deleting (unimporting) the file.

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Testing. You can add --test (or -t) to the command to simulate the entire import process without actually doing the import. This is extremely useful for verifying your import files before doing the actual import.

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Replacing Items in Collection

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Replacing existing items is relatively easy. Remember that mapfile you were supposed to save? Now you will use it. The command (in short form):

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[dspace]/bin/dspace import -r -e joe@user.com -c collectionID -s items_dir -m mapfile
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Long form:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace import --replace --eperson=joe@user.com --collection=collectionID --source=items_dire --mapfile=mapfile
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Deleting or Unimporting Items in a Collection

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You are able to unimport or delete items provided you have the mapfile. Remember that mapfile you were supposed to save? The command is (in short form):

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[dspace]/bin/dspace import -d -m mapfile
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In long form:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace import --delete --mapfile mapfile
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Other Options

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  • Workflow. The importer usually bypasses any workflow assigned to a collection. But add the --workflow (-w) argument will route the imported items through the workflow system.
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  • Templates. If you have templates that have constant data and you wish to apply that data during batch importing, add the --template (-p) argument.
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  • Resume. If, during importing, you have an error and the import is aborted, you can use the --resume (-R) flag that you can try to resume the import where you left off after you fix the error.
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Exporting Items

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The item exporter can export a single item or a collection of items, and creates a DSpace simple archive for each item to be exported.

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Command used: [dspace]/bin/dspace export
Java class: org.dspace.app.itemexport.ItemExport
Arguments short and (long) forms: Description
-t or --type Type of export. COLLECTION will inform the program you want the whole collection. ITEM will be only the specific item. (You will actually key in the keywords in all caps. See examples below.)
-i or --id The ID or Handle of the Collection or Item to export.
-d or --dest The destination of where you want the file of items to be placed. You place the path if necessary.
-n or --number Sequence number to begin export the items with. Whatever number you give, this will be the name of the first directory created for your export. The layout of the export is the same as you would set your layout for an Import.
-m or --migrate Export the item/collection for migration. This will remove the handle and metadata that will be re-created in the new instance of DSpace.
-h or --help Brief Help.
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Exporting a Collection

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To export a collection's items you type at the CLI:

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+
[dspace]/bin/dspace export --type=COLLECTION --id=collID --dest=dest_dir --number=seq_num
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Short form:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace export -t COLLECTION -d CollID or Handle -d /path/to/destination -n Some_number
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Exporting a Single Item

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The keyword COLLECTION means that you intend to export an entire collection. The ID can either be the database ID or the handle. The exporter will begin numbering the simple archives with the sequence number that you supply. To export a single item use the keyword ITEM and give the item ID as an argument:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace export --type=ITEM --id=itemID --dest=dest_dir --number=seq_num
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Short form:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace export -t ITEM -i itemID or Handle -d /path/to/destination -n some_number
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Each exported item will have an additional file in its directory, named 'handle'. This will contain the handle that was assigned to the item, and this file will be read by the importer so that items exported and then imported to another machine will retain the item's original handle.

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The -m Argument

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Using the -m argument will export the item/collection and also perform the migration step. It will perform the same process that the next section Transferring Items Between DSpace Instances performs. We recommend that the next section be read in conjunction with this flag being used.

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Transferring Items Between DSpace Instances

+ +

Migration of Data
+Where items are to be moved between DSpace instances (for example from a test DSpace into a production DSpace) the item exporter and item importer can be used in conjunction with a script to assist in this process.

+ +

After running the item exporter each dublin_core.xml file will contain metadata that was automatically added by DSpace. These fields are as follows:

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  • date.accessioned
    • +
  • date.available
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  • date.issued
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  • description.provenance
    • +
  • format.extent
    • +
  • format.mimetype
    • +
  • identifier.uri
    +In order to avoid duplication of this metadata, run
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+
[dspace]/bin/dspace_migrate </path/to/exported item directory>
+
+ +

prior to running the item importer. This will remove the above metadata items, except for date.issued - if the item has been published or publicly distributed before and identifier.uri - if it is not the handle, from the dublin_core.xml file and remove all handle files. It will then be safe to run the item exporter.

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Item Update

+ +

ItemUpdate is a batch-mode command-line tool for altering the metadata and bitstream content of existing items in a DSpace instance. It is a companion tool to ItemImport and uses the DSpace simple archive format to specify changes in metadata and bitstream contents. Those familiar with generating the source trees for ItemImporter will find a similar environment in the use of this batch processing tool.

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For metadata, ItemUpdate can perform 'add' and 'delete' actions on specified metadata elements. For bitstreams, 'add' and 'delete' are similarly available. All these actions can be combined in a single batch run.

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ItemUpdate supports an undo feature for all actions except bitstream deletion. There is also a test mode, as with ItemImport. However, unlike ItemImport, there is no resume feature for incomplete processing. There is more extensive logging with a summary statement at the end with counts of successful and unsuccessful items processed.

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One probable scenario for using this tool is where there is an external primary data source for which the DSpace instance is a secondary or down-stream system. Metadata and/or bitstream content changes in the primary system can be exported to the simple archive format to be used by ItemUpdate to synchronize the changes.

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A note on terminology: item refers to a DSpace item. metadata element refers generally to a qualified or unqualified element in a schema in the form [schema].[element].[qualifier] or [schema].[element] and occasionally in a more specific way to the second part of that form. metadata field refers to a specific instance pairing a metadata element to a value.

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DSpace simple Archive Format

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As with ItemImporter, the idea behind the DSpace's simple archive format is to create an archive directory with a subdirectory per item. There are a few additional features added to this format specifically for ItemUpdate. Note that in the simple archive format, the item directories are merely local references and only used by ItemUpdate in the log output.

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The user is referred to the previous section DSpace Simple Archive Format.

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Additionally, the use of a delete_contents is now available. This file lists the bitstreams to be deleted, one bitstream ID per line. Currently, no other identifiers for bitstreams are usable for this function. This file is an addition to the Archive format specifically for ItemUpdate.

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The optional suppress_undo file is a flag to indicate that the 'undo archive' should not be written to disk. This file is usually written by the application in an undo archive to prevent a recursive undo. This file is an addition to the Archive format specifically for ItemUpdate.

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ItemUpdate Commands

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Command used: [dspace]/bin/dspace itemupdate
Java class: org.dspace.app.itemimport.ItemUpdate
Arguments short and (long) forms: Description
-a or --addmetadata [metadata element] Repeatable for multiple elements. The metadata element should be in the form dc.x or dc.x.y. The mandatory argument indicates the metadata fields in the dublin_core.xml file to be added unless already present. However, duplicate fields will not be added to the item metadata without warning or error.
-d or --deletemetadata [metadata element] Repeatable for multiple elements. All metadata fields matching the element will be deleted.
-A or --addbitstream Adds bitstreams listed in the contents file with the bitstream metadata cited there.
-D or --deletebitstream [filter plug classname or alias] Not repeatable. With no argument, this operation deletes bitstreams listed in the deletes_contents file. Only bitstream ids are recognized identifiers for this operatiotn. The optional filter argument is the classname of an implementation of org.dspace.app.itemdupate.BitstreamFilter class to identify files for deletion or one of the aliases (ORIGINAL, ORIGINAL_AND_DERIVATIVES, TEXT, THUMBNAIL) which reference existing filters based on membership in a bundle of that name. IN this case, the delete_contents file is not required for any item. The filter properties file will contains properties pertinent to the particular filer used. Multiple filters are not allowed.
-h or --help Displays brief command line help.
-e or --eperson Email address of the person or the user's database ID (Required)
-s or --source Directory archive to process (Required)
-i or --itemidentifier Specifies an alternate metadata field (not a handle) used to hold an identifier used to match the DSpace item with that in the archive. If omitted, the item handle is expected to be located in the dc.identifier.uri field. (Optional)
-t or --test Runs the process in test mode with logging but no changes applied to the DSpace instance. (Optional)
-P or --alterprovenance Prevents any changes to the provenance field to represent changes in the bitstream content resulting from an Add or Delete. No provenance statements are written for thumbnails or text derivative bitstreams, in keeping with the practice of MediaFilterManager. (Optional)
-F or --filterproperties The filter properties files to be used by the delete bitstreams action (Optional)
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CLI Examples

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Adding Metadata:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace itemupdate -e joe@user.com -s [path/to/archive] -a dc.description
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This will add from your archive the dc element description based on the handle from the URI (since the -i argument wasn't used).

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Registering (Not Importing) Bitstreams

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Registration is an alternate means of incorporating items, their metadata, and their bitstreams into DSpace by taking advantage of the bitstreams already being in storage accessible to DSpace. An example might be that there is a repository for existing digital assets. Rather than using the normal interactive ingest process or the batch import to furnish DSpace the metadata and to upload bitstreams, registration provides DSpace the metadata and the location of the bitstreams. DSpace uses a variation of the import tool to accomplish registration.

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Accessible Storage

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To register an item its bitstreams must reside on storage accessible to DSpace and therefore referenced by an asset store number in dspace.cfg. The configuration file dspace.cfg establishes one or more asset stores through the use of an integer asset store number. This number relates to a directory in the DSpace host's file system or a set of SRB account parameters. This asset store number is described in The dspace.cfg Configuration Properties File section and in the dspace.cfg file itself. The asset store number(s) used for registered items should generally not be the value of the assetstore.incoming property since it is unlikely that you will want to mix the bitstreams of normally ingested and imported items and registered items.

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Registering Items Using the Item Importer

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DSpace uses the same import tool that is used for batch import except that several variations are employed to support registration. The discussion that follows assumes familiarity with the import tool.

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The archive format for registration does not include the actual content files (bitstreams) being registered. The format is however a directory full of items to be registered, with a subdirectory per item. Each item directory contains a file for the item's descriptive metadata (dublin_core.xml) and a file listing the item's content files (contents), but not the actual content files themselves.

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The dublin_core.xml file for item registration is exactly the same as for regular item import.

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The contents file, like that for regular item import, lists the item's content files, one content file per line, but each line has the one of the following formats:

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-r -s n -f filepath
+-r -s n -f filepath\tbundle:bundlename
+-r -s n -f filepath\tbundle:bundlename\tpermissions: -[r|w] 'group name'
+-r -s n -f filepath\tbundle:bundlename\tpermissions: -[r|w] 'group	name'\tdescription: some text
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where

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  • -r indicates this is a file to be registered
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  • -s n indicates the asset store number (n)
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  • -f filepath indicates the path and name of the content file to be registered (filepath)
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  • \t is a tab character
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  • bundle:bundlename is an optional bundle name
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  • permissions: -[r|w] 'group name' is an optional read or write permission that can be attached to the bitstream
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  • description: some text is an optional description field to add to the file
    +The bundle, that is everything after the filepath, is optional and is normally not used.
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The command line for registration is just like the one for regular import:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace import -a -e joe@user.com -c collectionID -s items_dir -m mapfile
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(or by using the long form)

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[dspace]/bin/dspace import --add --eperson=joe@user.com --collection=collectionID --source=items_dir --map=mapfile
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The --workflow and --test flags will function as described in Importing Items.

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The --delete flag will function as described in Importing Items but the registered content files will not be removed from storage. See Deleting Registered Items.

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The --replace flag will function as described in Importing Items but care should be taken to consider different cases and implications. With old items and new items being registered or ingested normally, there are four combinations or cases to consider. Foremost, an old registered item deleted from DSpace using --replace will not be removed from the storage. See Deleting Registered Items. where is resides. A new item added to DSpace using --replace will be ingested normally or will be registered depending on whether or not it is marked in the contents files with the -r.

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Internal Identification and Retrieval of Registered Items

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Once an item has been registered, superficially it is indistinguishable from items ingested interactively or by batch import. But internally there are some differences:

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First, the randomly generated internal ID is not used because DSpace does not control the file path and name of the bitstream. Instead, the file path and name are that specified in the contents file.

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Second, the store_number column of the bitstream database row contains the asset store number specified in the contents file.

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Third, the internal_id column of the bitstream database row contains a leading flag (-R) followed by the registered file path and name. For example, -Rfilepath where filepath is the file path and name relative to the asset store corresponding to the asset store number. The asset store could be traditional storage in the DSpace server's file system or an SRB account.

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Fourth, an MD5 checksum is calculated by reading the registered file if it is in local storage. If the registerd file is in remote storage (say, SRB) a checksum is calculated on just the file name! This is an efficiency choice since registering a large number of large files that are in SRB would consume substantial network resources and time. A future option could be to have an SRB proxy process calculate MD5s and store them in SRB's metadata catalog (MCAT) for rapid retrieval. SRB offers such an option but it's not yet in production release.

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Registered items and their bitstreams can be retrieved transparently just like normally ingested items.

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Exporting Registered Items

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Registered items may be exported as described in Exporting Items. If so, the export directory will contain actual copies of the files being exported but the lines in the contents file will flag the files as registered. This means that if DSpace items are "round tripped" (see Transferring Items Between DSpace Instances) using the exporter and importer, the registered files in the export directory will again registered in DSpace instead of being uploaded and ingested normally.

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METS Export of Registered Items

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The METS Export Tool can also be used but note the cautions described in that section and note that MD5 values for items in remote storage are actually MD5 values on just the file name.

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Deleting Registered Items

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If a registered item is deleted from DSpace, either interactively or by using the -delete or -replace flags described in Importing Items, the item will disappear from DSpace but it's registered content files will remain in place just as they were prior to registration. Bitstreams not registered but added by DSpace as part of registration, such as license.txt files, will be deleted.

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METS Tools

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These Tools are Obsolete
These METS Export Tools are now Obsolete. They have been replaced by the METS Packager Plugin tools, which are able to both export and import METS files. See the Package Importer and Exporter section for more details.
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The experimental (incomplete) METS export tool writes DSpace items to a filesystem with the metadata held in a more standard format based on METS.

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The Export Tool

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This tool is obsolete. Its use is strongly discouraged. Please use the Package Importer and Exporter instead.

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The following are examples of the types of process the METS tool can provide.

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Exporting an individual item. From the CLI:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace org.dspace.app.mets.METSExport -i [handle] -d /path/to/destination
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Exporting a collection. From the CLI:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace org.dspace.app.mets.METSExport -c [handle] -d /path/to/destination
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Exporting all the items in DSpace. From the CLI:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace org.dspace.app.mets.METSExport -a -d /path/to/destination
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Limitations

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  • No structmap section
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  • Only the MIME type is stored, not the (finer grained) bitstream format.
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MediaFilters: Transforming DSpace Content

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DSpace can apply filters to content/bitstreams, creating new content. Filters are included that extract text for full-text searching, and create thumbnails for items that contain images. The media filters are controlled by the MediaFilterManager which traverses the asset store, invoking the MediaFilter or FormatFilter classes on bitstreams. The media filter plugin configuration filter.plugins in dspace.cfg contains a list of all enabled media/format filter plugins (see Configuring Media Filters for more information). The media filter system is intended to be run from the command line (or regularly as a cron task):

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[dspace]/bin/dspace filter-media
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With no options, this traverses the asset store, applying media filters to bitstreams, and skipping bitstreams that have already been filtered.

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  • Help : [dspace]/bin/dspace filter-media -h +
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    • Display help message describing all command-line options.
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    • Restrict processing to the community, collection, or item named by the identifier - by default, all bitstreams of all items in the repository are processed. The identifier must be a Handle, not a DB key. This option may be combined with any other option.
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  • Maximum mode : [dspace]/bin/dspace filter-media -m 1000 +
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  • No-Index mode : [dspace]/bin/dspace filter-media -n +
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  • Plugin mode : [dspace]/bin/dspace filter-media -p "PDF Text Extractor","Word Text Extractor" +
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    • Apply ONLY the filter plugin(s) listed (separated by commas). By default all named filters listed in the filter.plugins field of dspace.cfg are applied. This option may be combined with any other option. WARNING: multiple plugin names must be separated by a comma (i.e. ',') and NOT a comma followed by a space (i.e. ', ').
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    • NOTE: If you have a large number of identifiers to skip, you may maintain this comma-separated list within a separate file (e.g. filter-skiplist.txt). Use the following format to call the program. Please note the use of the "grave" or "tick" (`_) symbol and do not use the single quotation. _ +
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Sub-Community Management

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DSpace provides an administrative tool‚ 'CommunityFiliator'‚ for managing community sub-structure. Normally this structure seldom changes, but prior to the 1.2 release sub-communities were not supported, so this tool could be used to place existing pre-1.2 communities into a hierarchy. It has two operations, either establishing a community to sub-community relationship, or dis-establishing an existing relationship.

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The familiar parent/child metaphor can be used to explain how it works. Every community in DSpace can be either a 'parent' community‚ meaning it has at least one sub-community, or a 'child' community‚ meaning it is a sub-community of another community, or both or neither. In these terms, an 'orphan' is a community that lacks a parent (although it can be a parent); 'orphans' are referred to as 'top-level' communities in the DSpace user-interface, since there is no parent community 'above' them. The first operation‚ establishing a parent/child relationship - can take place between any community and an orphan. The second operation - removing a parent/child relationship‚ will make the child an orphan.

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Command used: [dspace]/bin/dspace community-filiator
Java class: org.dspace.administer.CommunityFiliator
Arguments short and (long) forms: Description
-s or --set Set a parent/child relationship
-r or --remove Remove a parent/child relationship
-c or --child Child community (Handle or database ID)
-p or --parent Parent community (Handle or database ID
-h or --help Online help.
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Set a parent/child relationship, issue the following at the CLI:

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dspace community-filiator --set --parent=parentID --child=childID
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[dspace]/bin/dspace community-filiator -s -p parentID -c childID
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where 's' or '-set' means establish a relationship whereby the community identified by the '-p' parameter becomes the parent of the community identified by the '-c' parameter. Both the 'parentID' and 'childID' values may be handles or database IDs.

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The reverse operation looks like this:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace community-filiator --remove --parent=parentID --child=childID
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[dspace]/bin/dspace community-filiator -r -p parentID -c childID
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where 'r' or '-remove' means dis-establish the current relationship in which the community identified by 'parentID' is the parent of the community identified by 'childID'. The outcome will be that the 'childID' community will become an orphan, i.e. a top-level community.

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If the required constraints of operation are violated, an error message will appear explaining the problem, and no change will be made. An example in a removal operation, where the stated child community does not have the stated parent community as its parent: "Error, child community not a child of parent community".

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It is possible to effect arbitrary changes to the community hierarchy by chaining the basic operations together. For example, to move a child community from one parent to another, simply perform a 'remove' from its current parent (which will leave it an orphan), followed by a 'set' to its new parent.

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It is important to understand that when any operation is performed, all the sub-structure of the child community follows it. Thus, if a child has itself children (sub-communities), or collections, they will all move with it to its new 'location' in the community tree.

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Batch Metadata Editing

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DSpace provides a batch metadata editing tool. The batch editing tool is able to produce a comma delimited file in the CVS format. The batch editing tool facilitates the user to perform the following:

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    Export Function

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The following table summarizes the basics.

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Command used: [dspace]/bin/dspace metadata-export
Java class: org.dspace.app.bulkedit.MetadataExport
Arguments short and (long) forms): Description
-f or --file Required. The filename of the resulting CSV.
-i or --id The Item, Collection, or Community handle or Database ID to export. If not specified, all items will be exported.
-a or --all Include all the metadata fields that are not normally changed (e.g. provenance) or those fields you configured in the dspace.cfg to be ignored on export.
-h or --help Display the help page.
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Exporting Process

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To run the batch editing exporter, at the command line:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace metadata-export -f name_of_file.csv -i 1023/24
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Example:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace metadata-export -f /batch_export/col_14.csv -i /1989.1/24
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In the above example we have requested that a collection, assigned handle '1989.1/24' export the entire collection to the file 'col_14.cvs' found in the '/batch_export' directory.

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Import Function

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The following table summarizes the basics.

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Command used: [dspace]/bin/dspace metadata-import
Java class: org.dspace.app.bulkedit.MetadataImport
Arguments short and (long) forms: Description
-f or --file Required. The filename of the CSV file to load.
-s or --silent Silent mode. The import function does not prompt you to make sure you wish to make the changes.
-e or --email The email address of the user. This is only required when adding new items.
-w or --workflow When adding new items, the program will queue the items up to use the Collection Workflow processes.
-n or --notify when adding new items using a workflow, send notification emails.
-t or --template When adding new items, use the Collection template, if it exists.
-h or --help Display the brief help page.
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Silent Mode should be used carefully. It is possible (and probable) that you can overlay the wrong data and cause irreparable damage to the database.

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Importing Process

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To run the batch importer, at the command line:

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Example

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If you are wishing to upload new metadata without bitstreams, at the command line:

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In the above example we threw in all the arguments. This would add the metadata and engage the workflow, notification, and templates to all be applied to the items that are being added.

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Importing large CSV files
It is not recommended to import CSV files of more than 1,000 lines.  When importing files larger than this, it is hard to accurately verify the changes that the import tool states it will make, and large files may cause 'Out Of Memory' errors part way through the process.
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The CSV Files

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The csv files that this tool can import and export abide by the RFC4180 CSV format http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4180.txt. This means that new lines, and embedded commas can be included by wrapping elements in double quotes. Double quotes can be included by using two double quotes. The code does all this for you, and any good csv editor such as Excel or OpenOffice will comply with this convention.

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File Structure. The first row of the csv must define the metadata values that the rest of the csv represents. The first column must always be "id" which refers to the item's id. All other columns are optional. The other columns contain the dublin core metadata fields that the data is to reside.

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A typical heading row looks like:

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Subsequent rows in the csv file relate to items. A typical row might look like:

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If you want to store multiple values for a given metadata element, they can be separated with the double-pipe '||' (or another character that you defined in your _dspace.cfg _file. For example:

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Horses||Dogs||Cats
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Elements are stored in the database in the order that they appear in the csv file. You can use this to order elements where order may matter, such as authors, or controlled vocabulary such as Library of Congress Subject Headings.

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When importing a csv file, the importer will overlay the data onto what is already in the repository to determine the differences. It only acts on the contents of the csv file, rather than on the complete item metadata. This means that the CSV file that is exported can be manipulated quite substantially before being re-imported. Rows (items) or Columns (metadata elements) can be removed and will be ignored. For example, if you only want to edit item abstracts, you can remove all of the other columns and just leave the abstract column. (You do need to leave the ID column intact. This is mandatory).

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Editing collection membership. Items can be moved between collections by editing the collection handles in the 'collection' column. Multiple collections can be included. The first collection is the 'owning collection'. The owning collection is the primary collection that the item appears in. Subsequent collections (separated by the field separator) are treated as mapped collections. These are the same as using the map item functionality in the DSpace user interface. To move items between collections, or to edit which other collections they are mapped to, change the data in the collection column.

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Adding items. New metadata-only items can be added to DSpace using the batch metadata importer. To do this, enter a plus sign '+' in the first 'id' column. The importer will then treat this as a new item. If you are using the command line importer, you will need to use the -e flag to specify the user email address or id of the user that is registered as submitting the items.

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Deleting Data. It is possible to perform deletes across the board of certain metadata fields from an exported file. For example, let's say you have used keywords (dc.subject) that need to be removed en masse. You would leave the column (dc.subject) intact, but remove the data in the corresponding rows.

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Migrating Data or Exchanging data. It is possible that you have data in one Dublin Core (DC) element and you wish to really have it in another. An example would be that your staff have input Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Subject field (dc.subject) instead of the LCSH field (dc.subject.lcsh). Follow these steps and your data is migrated upon import:

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Checksum Checker

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Checksum Checker is program that can run to verify the checksum of every item within DSpace. Checksum Checker was designed with the idea that most System Administrators will run it from the cron. Depending on the size of the repository choose the options wisely.

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Command used: [dspace]/bin/dspace checker
Java class: org.dspace.app.checker.ChecksumChecker
Arguments short and (long) forms): Description
-L or --continuous Loop continuously through the bitstreams
-a or --handle Specify a handle to check
-b <bitstream-ids> Space separated list of bitstream IDs
-c or --count Check count
-d or --duration Checking duration
-h or --help Calls online help
-l or --looping Loop once through bitstreams
-p <prune> Prune old results (optionally using specified properties file for configuration
-v or --verbose Report all processing
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There are three aspects of the Checksum Checker's operation that can be configured:

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Checker Execution Mode

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Execution mode can be configured using command line options. Information on the options are found in the previous table above. The different modes are described below.

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Unless a particular bitstream or handle is specified, the Checksum Checker will always check bitstreams in order of the least recently checked bitstream. (Note that this means that the most recently ingested bitstreams will be the last ones checked by the Checksum Checker.)

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Available command line options

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  • Limited-count mode: [dspace]/bin/dspace checker -c To check a specific number of bitstreams. The -c option if followed by an integer, the number of bitstreams to check. Example: [dspace/bin/dspace checker -c 10 This is particularly useful for checking that the checker is executing properly. The Checksum Checker's default execution mode is to check a single bitstream, as if the option was -c 1
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  • Duration mode: [dspace]/bin/dspace checker -d To run the Check for a specific period of time with a time argument. You may use any of the time arguments below: Example: [dspace/bin/dspace checker -d 2h (Checker will run for 2 hours) +
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    The checker will keep starting new bitstream checks for the specific durations, so actual execution duration will be slightly longer than the specified duration. Bear this in mind when scheduling checks.

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  • Specific Bitstream mode: [dspace]/bin/dspace checker -b Checker will only look at the internal bitstream IDs. Example: [dspace]/bin/dspace checker -b 112 113 4567 Checker will only check bitstream IDs 112, 113 and 4567.
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  • Specific Handle mode: [dspace]/bin/dspace checker -a Checker will only check bitstreams within the Community, Community or the item itself. Example: [dspace]/bin/dspace checker -a 123456/999 Checker will only check this handle. If it is a Collection or Community, it will run through the entire Collection or Community.
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  • Looping mode: [dspace]/bin/dspace checker -l or [dspace]/bin/dspace checker -L There are two modes. The lowercase 'el' (-l) specifies to check every bitstream in the repository once. This is recommended for smaller repositories who are able to loop through all their content in just a few hours maximum. An uppercase 'L' (-L) specifies to continuously loops through the repository. This is not recommended for most repository systems. Cron Jobs. For large repositories that cannot be completely checked in a couple of hours, we recommend the -d option in cron.
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  • Pruning mode: [dspace]/bin/dspace checker -p The Checksum Checker will store the result of every check in the checksum_history table. By default, successful checksum matches that are eight weeks old or older will be deleted when the -p option is used. (Unsuccessful ones will be retained indefinitely). Without this option, the retention settings are ignored and the database table may grow rather large!
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Checker Results Pruning

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As stated above in "Pruning mode", the checksum_history table can get rather large, and that running the checker with the -p assists in the size of the checksum_history being kept manageable. The amount of time for which results are retained in the checksum_history table can be modified by one of two methods:

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  1. Editing the retention policies in [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg See Chapter 5 Configuration for the property keys. OR
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    You can use the table above for your time units. At the command line: [dspace]/bin/dspace checker -p retention_file_name <ENTER>

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Checker Reporting

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Checksum Checker uses log4j to report its results. By default it will report to a log called [dspace]/log/checker.log, and it will report only on bitstreams for which the newly calculated checksum does not match the stored checksum. To report on all bitstreams checked regardless of outcome, use the -v (verbose) command line option:

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[dspace]/bin/dspace checker -l -v (This will loop through the repository once and report in detail about every bitstream checked.

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To change the location of the log, or to modify the prefix used on each line of output, edit the [dspace]/config/templates/log4j.properties file and run [dspace]/bin/install_configs.

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Cron or Automatic Execution of Checksum Checker

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You should schedule the Checksum Checker to run automatically, based on how frequently you backup your DSpace instance (and how long you keep those backups). The size of your repository is also a factor. For very large repositories, you may need to schedule it to run for an hour (e.g. -d 1h option) each evening to ensure it makes it through your entire repository within a week or so. Smaller repositories can likely get by with just running it weekly.

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Unix, Linux, or MAC OS. You can schedule it by adding a cron entry similar to the following to the crontab for the user who installed DSpace:

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The above cron entry would schedule the checker to run the checker every Sunday at 400 (4:00 a.m.) for 2 hours. It also specifies to 'prune' the database based on the retention settings in dspace.cfg.

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Windows OS. You will be unable to use the checker shell script. Instead, you should use Windows Schedule Tasks to schedule the following command to run at the appropriate times:

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(This command should appear on a single line).

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Automated Checksum Checkers' Results

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Optionally, you may choose to receive automated emails listing the Checksum Checkers' results. Schedule it to run after the Checksum Checker has completed its processing (otherwise the email may not contain all the results).

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Command used: [dspace]/bin/dspace checker-emailer
Java class: org.dspace.checker.DailyReportEmailer
Arguments short and (long) forms): Description
-a or --All Send all the results (everything specified below)
-d or --Deleted Send E-mail report for all bitstreams set as deleted for today.
-m or --Missing Send E-mail report for all bitstreams not found in assetstore for today.
-c or --Changed Send E-mail report for all bitstreams where checksum has been changed for today.
-u or --Unchanged Send the Unchecked bitstream report.
-n or --Not Processed Send E-mail report for all bitstreams set to longer be processed for today.
-h or --help Help
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You can also combine options (e.g. -m -c) for combined reports.

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Cron. Follow the same steps above as you would running checker in cron. Change the time but match the regularity. Remember to schedule this after Checksum Checker has run.

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Embargo

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If you have implemented the Embargo feature, you will need to run it periodically to check for Items with expired embargoes and lift them.

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Command used: [dspace]/bin/dspace embargo-lifter
Java class: org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoManager
Arguments short and (long) forms): Description
-c or --check ONLY check the state of embargoed Items, do NOT lift any embargoes
-i or --identifier Process ONLY this handle identifier(s), which must be an Item. Can be repeated.
-l or --lift Only lift embargoes, do NOT check the state of any embargoed items.
-n or --dryrun Do no change anything in the data model, print message instead.
-v or --verbose Print a line describing the action taken for each embargoed item found.
-q or --quiet No output except upon error.
-h or --help Display brief help screen.
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You must run the Embargo Lifter task periodically to check for items with expired embargoes and lift them from being embargoed. For example, to check the status, at the CLI:

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Browse Index Creation

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To create all the various browse indexes that you define in the Configuration Section (Chapter 5) there are a variety of options available to you. You can see these options below in the command table.

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Command used: _[dspace]_/bin/dspace index-init
Java class: org.dspace.browse.IndexBrowse
Arguments short and long forms): Description
-r or -rebuild Should we rebuild all the indexes, which removes old tables and creates new ones. For use with -f. Mutually exclusive with -d
-s or -start [-s <int>] start from this index number and work upwards (mostly only useful for debugging). For use with {{-t and -f
-x or -execute Execute all the remove and create SQL against the database. For use with -t and -f
-i or -index Actually do the indexing. Mutually exclusive with -t and -f.
-o or -out [-o<filename>] write the remove and create SQL to the given file. For use with -t and -f
-p or -print Write the remove and create SQL to the stdout. For use with -t and -f.
-t or -tables Create the tables only, do no attempt to index. Mutually exclusive with -f and -i
-f or -full Make the tables, and do the indexing. This forces -x. Mutually exclusive with -f and -i.
-v or -verbose Print extra information to the stdout. If used in conjunction with -p, you cannot use the stdout to generate your database structure.
-d or -delete Delete all the indexes, but do not create new ones. For use with -f. This is mutually exclusive with -r.
-h or -help Show this help documentation. Overrides all other arguments.
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Running the Indexing Programs

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Complete Index Regeneration. By running [dspace]/bin/dspace index-init you will completely regenerate your indexes, tearing down all old tables and reconstructing with the new configuration.

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Destroy and rebuild. You can destroy and rebuild the database, but do not do the indexing. Output the SQL to do this to the screen and a file, as well as executing it against the database, while being verbose. At the CLI screen:

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Indexing Customization

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DSpace provides robust browse indexing. It is possible to expand upon the default indexes delivered at the time of the installation. The System Administrator should review "Defining the Indexes" from the Chapter 5. Configuration to become familiar with the property keys and the definitions used therein before attempting heavy customizations.

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  • Add a Series Browse. You want to add a new browse using a previously unused metadata element. webui.browse.index.6 = series:metadata:dc.relation.ispartofseries:text:single_Note: the index # need to be adjusted to your browse stanza in the _dspace.cfg file. Also, you will need to update your Messages.properties file.
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  • Combine more than one metadata field into a browse. You may have other title fields used in your repository. You may only want one or two of them added, not all title fields. And/or you may want your series to file in there. webui.browse.index.3 = title:metadata:dc.title,dc:title.uniform,dc:relation.ispartofseries:title:full
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  • Separate subject browse. You may want to have a separate subject browse limited to only one type of subject. webui.browse.index.7 = lcsubject.metdata:dc.subject.lcsh.text:single
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DSpace Log Converter

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With the release of DSpace 1.6, new statistics software component was added. DSpace's use of SOLR for statics makes it possible to have a database of statistics. This in mind, there is the issue of the older log files and how a site can use them. The following command process is able to convert the existing log files and then import them for SOLR use. The user will need to perform this only once.

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The Log Converter program converts log files from dspace.log into an intermediate format that can be inserted into SOLR.

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Command used: [dspace]/bin/dspace stats-log-converter
Java class: org.dspace.statistics.util.ClassicDSpaceLogConverter
Arguments short and long forms): Description
-i or -in Input file
-o or -out Output file
-m or -multiple Adds a wildcard at the end of input and output, so it would mean dspace.log* would be converted. (For example, the following files would be included because of this argument: dspace.log, dspace.log.1, dspace.log.2, dspace.log.3, etc.)
-n or -newformat If the log files have been created with DSpace 1.6
-v or -verbose Display verbose output (helpful for debugging)
-h or -help Help
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+ + +

The command loads the intermediate log files that have been created by the aforementioned script into SOLR.

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+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Command used: [dspace]/bin/dspace stats-log-importer
Java class: org.dspace.statistics.util.StatisticsImporter
Arguments (short and long forms): Description
-i or -- input file
-m or -- Adds a wildcard at the end of the input, so it would mean dspace.log* would be imported
-s or -- To skip the reverse DNS lookups that work out where a user is from. (The DNS lookup finds the information about the host from its IP address, such as geographical location, etc. This can be slow, and wouldn't work on a server not connected to the internet.)
-v or -- Display verbose ouput (helpful for debugging)
-l or -- For developers: allows you to import a log file from another system, so because the handles won't exist, it looks up random items in your local system to add hits to instead.
-h or -- Help
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+ + +

Although the DSpace Log Convertor applies basic spider filtering (googlebot, yahoo slurp, msnbot), it is far from complete. Please refer to Statistics Client (8.15) for spider removal operations, after converting your old logs.

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Client Statistics

+ +
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Command used: [dspace]/bin/dspace stats-util
Java class: org.dspace.statistics.util.StatisticsClient
Arguments (short and long forms): Description
-u or -update-spider-files Update Spider IP Files from internet into /dspace/config/spiders. Downloads Spider files identified in dspace.cfg under property
-f or -delete-spiders-by-flag Delete Spiders in Solr By isBot Flag. Will prune out all records that have isBot:true
-i or -delete-spiders-by-ip Delete Spiders in Solr By IP Address. Will prune out all records that have IP's that match spider IPs.
-m or -mark-spiders Update isBog Flag in Solr. Marks any records currently stored in statistics that have IP addresses matched in spiders files
-h or -help Calls up this brief help table at CLI.
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+ + +

Notes:

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The usage of these options is open for the user to choose, If they want to keep spider entires in their repository, they can just mark them using "-m" and they will be excluded from statistics queries when "solr.statistics.query.filter.isBot = true" in the dspace.cfg.

+ +

If they want to keep the spiders out of the solr repository, they can run just use the "-i" option and they will be removed immediately.

+ +

There are guards in place to control what can be defined as an IP range for a bot, in [dspace]/config/spiders, spider IP address ranges have to be at least 3 subnet sections in length 123.123.123 and IP Ranges can only be on the smallest subnet [123.123.123.0 - 123.123.123.255]. If not, loading that row will cause exceptions in the dspace logs and exclude that IP entry.

+ + +

Test Database

+ +

This command can be used at any time to test for Database connectivity. It will assist in troubleshooting PostgreSQL and Oracle connection issues with the database.

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+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Command used: [dspace]/bin/dspace test-database
Java class: org.dspace.storage.rdbms.DatabaseManager
Arguments (short and long forms): Description
- or -- There are no arguments used at this time.
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+ + +

Moving items

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It is possible for administrators to move items one at a time using either the JSPUI or the XMLUI.  When editing an item, on the 'Edit item' screen select the 'Move Item' option.  To move the item, select the new collection for the item to appear in.  When the item is moved, it will take its authorizations (who can READ / WRITE it) with it.

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If you wish for the item to take on the default authorizations of the destination collection, tick the 'Inherit default policies of destination collection' checkbox.  This is useful if you are moving an item from a private collection to a public collection, or from a public collection to a private collection.

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  • Note: When selecting the 'Inherit default policies of destination collection' option, ensure that this will not override system-managed authorizations such as those imposed by the embargo system.
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Items may also be moved in bulk by using the CSV batch metadata editor (see above).

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+ This page last changed on Mar 25, 2011 by mwood. +
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DSpace System Documentation: Upgrading a DSpace Installation

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This section describes how to upgrade a DSpace installation from one version to the next. Details of the differences between the functionality of each version are given in the Version History section.

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Test Your Upgrade Process
In order to minimize downtime, it is always recommended to first perform a DSpace upgrade using a Development or Test server. You should note any problems you may have encountered (and also how to resolve them) before attempting to upgrade your Production server. It also gives you a chance to "practice" at the upgrade. Practice makes perfect, and minimizes problems and downtime. Additionally, if you are using a version control system, such as subversion or git, to manage your locally developed features or modifications, then you can do all of your upgrades in your local version control system on your Development server and commit the changes. That way your Production server can just checkout your well tested and upgraded code.
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If you are upgrading across multiple versions
You should perform all of the steps of each upgrade between the version from which you are starting and the version to which you are upgrading. You do not need to install each intervening version, but you do need to carry out all of the configuration changes and additions, and all of the database updates, for each one. For example, when upgrading from 1.5.x to 1.7.x, you need to perform the configuration & database upgrade steps detailed in Upgrading from 1.5.x to 1.6.x followed by those detailed in Upgrading from 1.6.x to 1.7.x.
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Upgrading from 1.7 to 1.7.x

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In the notes below [dspace] refers to the install directory for your existing DSpace installation, and [dspace-source] to the source directory for DSpace 1.7.1. Whenever you see these path references, be sure to replace them with the actual path names on your local system. Additionally, be sure to backup your configs, source code modifications, and database before doing a step that could destroy your instance.

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    +
  1. Download DSpace 1.7.1 Either download the new DSpace 1.7.1 source code from DSpace.org or check it out directly from the SVN code repository. If you downloaded DSpace do not unpack it on top of your existing installation. Refer to Installation Instructions, Step 3 for unpacking directives.
    2. +
  2. Apply any customizations. If you have made any local customizations to your DSpace installation they will need to be migrated over to the new DSpace. These are housed in one of the following places: +
      +
    • JSPUI modifications: [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp/
      • +
    • XMLUI modifications: [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/
      • +
    • Config modifications: [dspace]/config
      • +
    +
    3. +
  3. Build DSpace. Run the following commands to compile DSpace: +
    +
    cd [dspace-source]/dspace/
+mvn -U clean package
    +
    +

    You will find the result in [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir . Inside this directory is the compiled binary distribution of DSpace. Before rebuilding DSpace ('package'), the above command will clean out any previously compiled code ('clean') and ensure that your local DSpace JAR files are updated from the remote maven repository.

    4. +
  4. Stop Tomcat. Take down your servlet container. For Tomcat, use the  $CATALINA/shutdown.sh  script. (Many Unix-based installations will have a startup/shutdown script in the /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d directories.)
    5. +
  5. Backup Your DSpace. Make a complete backup of your system, including: +
      +
    • A snapshot of the database. To have a "snapshot" of the PostgreSQL database use Postgres' pg_dump command.
      • +
    • The asset store ([dspace]/assetstore by default, and any other assetstores configured in the [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg "assetstore.dir" and "assetstore.dir.#" settings)
      • +
    • Your configuration files and customizations to DSpace (including any customized scripts).
      • +
    +
    6. +
  6. Update DSpace. Update the DSpace installed directory with the new code and libraries. Issue the following commands: +
    +
    cd [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir
+ant -Dconfig=[dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
    +
    7. +
  7. Generate Browse and Search Indexes. Though there are not any database changes between 1.7 and 1.7.1 release, it makes good policy to rebuild your search and browse indexes when upgrading to a new release. To do this, run the following command from your DSpace install directory (as the dspace user): +
    +
    [dspace]/bin/dspace index-init
    +
    8. +
  8. Deploy Web Applications. Copy the web applications files from your [dspace]/webapps directory to the subdirectory of your servlet container (e.g. tomcat): +
    +
    cp -R [dspace]/webapps/* [tomcat]/webapps/
    +
    9. +
  9. Restart servlet container. Now restart your Tomcat/Jetty/Resin server program and test out the upgrade.
    10. +
+ + +

Upgrading from 1.6.x to 1.7.x

+ +

In the notes below [dspace] refers to the install directory for your existing DSpace installation, and [dspace-source] to the source directory for DSpace 1.7.x. Whenever you see these path references, be sure to replace them with the actual path names on your local system.

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Before upgrading you need to check you are using the current recommended minimum versions of Java (1.6), Maven (2.0.8 or above) and ant (1.7 or above). For more details, see the current listing of Prerequisite Software
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    +
  1. Backup Your DSpace. First, and foremost, make a complete backup of your system, including: +
      +
    • A snapshot of the database. To have a "snapshot" of the PostgreSQL database, you need to shut it down during the backup. You should also have your regular PostgreSQL Backup output (using Postgres' pg_dump command).
      • +
    • The asset store ([dspace]/assetstore by default)
      • +
    • Your configuration files and customizations to DSpace (including any customized scripts).
      • +
    +
    2. +
  2. Download DSpace 1.7.x Retrieve the new DSpace 1.7.x source code either as a download from DSpace.org or check it out directly from the SVN code repository. If you downloaded DSpace do not unpack it on top of your existing installation. Refer to Installation Instructions, Step 3 for unpacking directives.
    3. +
  3. Stop Tomcat. Take down your servlet container. For Tomcat, use the $CATALINA_HOME/bin/shutdown.sh script. (Many Unix-based installations will have a startup/shutdown script in the /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d directories).
    4. +
  4. Apply any customizations. If you have made any local customizations to your DSpace installation they will need to be migrated over to the new DSpace. These are normally housed in one of the following places: +
      +
    • JSPUI modifications: [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp/
      • +
    • XMLUI modifications: [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/
      • +
    +
    5. +
  5. Update Configuration Files. Some parameters have changed and some are new. You can either attempt to make these changes in your current 1.6.x dspace.cfg file, or you can start with a new 1.7 dspace.cfg and re-modify it as needed. Configuration changes are noted below: +
      +
    • *CORRECTION*  There was a missing hyphen "-" in the property key for mail character set: +
      +
      # Set the default mail character set. This may be over ridden by providing a line
+# inside the email template "charset: <encoding>", otherwise this default is used.
+#mail.charset = UTF-8
      +
      • +
    • *CORRECTION* This was moved from the end of the solr configuration section to just under Logging Configurations: +
      +
      # If enabled, the logging and the solr statistics system will look for
+# an X-Forward header. If it finds it, it will use this for the user IP Address
+# useProxies = true
      +
      • +
    • *CHANGE* The MediaFilter is now able to process Power Point Text Extracter +
      +
      #Names of the enabled MediaFilter or FormatFilter plugins
+filter.plugins = PDF Text Extractor, HTML Text Extractor, \
+                                 PowerPoint Text Extractor, \
+                                 Word Text Extractor, JPEG Thumbnail
+# [To enable Branded Preview]: remove last line above, and uncomment 2 lines below
+#                        Word Text Extractor, JPEG Thumbnail, \
+#                        Branded Preview JPEG
+
+#Assign 'human-understandable' names to each filter
+plugin.named.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.FormatFilter = \
+  org.dspace.app.mediafilter.PDFFilter = PDF Text Extractor, \
+  org.dspace.app.mediafilter.HTMLFilter = HTML Text Extractor, \
+  org.dspace.app.mediafilter.WordFilter = Word Text Extractor, \
+  org.dspace.app.mediafilter.PowerPointFilter = PowerPoint Text Extractor, \
+  org.dspace.app.mediafilter.JPEGFilter = JPEG Thumbnail, \
+  org.dspace.app.mediafilter.BrandedPreviewJPEGFilter = Branded Preview JPEG
+
+#Configure each filter's input format(s)
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.PDFFilter.inputFormats = Adobe PDF
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.HTMLFilter.inputFormats = HTML, Text
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.WordFilter.inputFormats = Microsoft Word
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.PowerPointFilter.inputFormats = Microsoft Powerpoint, Microsoft Powerpoint XML
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.JPEGFilter.inputFormats = BMP, GIF, JPEG, image/png
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.BrandedPreviewJPEGFilter.inputFormats = BMP, GIF, JPEG, image/png
      +
      • +
    • *CHANGE* The Crosswalk Plugin Configuration has changed with additional lines. Edit your file accordingly: +
      +
      # Crosswalk Plugin Configuration:
+#   The purpose of Crosswalks is to translate an external metadata format to/from
+#   the DSpace Internal Metadata format (DIM) or the DSpace Database.
+#   Crosswalks are often used by one or more Packager plugins (see below).
+plugin.named.org.dspace.content.crosswalk.IngestionCrosswalk = \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.AIPDIMCrosswalk = DIM, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.AIPTechMDCrosswalk = AIP-TECHMD, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.PREMISCrosswalk = PREMIS, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.OREIngestionCrosswalk = ore, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.NullIngestionCrosswalk = NIL, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.OAIDCIngestionCrosswalk = dc, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.DIMIngestionCrosswalk = dim, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.METSRightsCrosswalk = METSRIGHTS, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.RoleCrosswalk = DSPACE-ROLES
+
+plugin.selfnamed.org.dspace.content.crosswalk.IngestionCrosswalk = \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.XSLTIngestionCrosswalk, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.QDCCrosswalk
+
+plugin.named.org.dspace.content.crosswalk.StreamIngestionCrosswalk = \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.NullStreamIngestionCrosswalk = NULLSTREAM, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.CreativeCommonsRDFStreamIngestionCrosswalk = DSPACE_CCRDF, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.LicenseStreamIngestionCrosswalk = DSPACE_DEPLICENSE
+
+plugin.named.org.dspace.content.crosswalk.DisseminationCrosswalk = \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.AIPDIMCrosswalk = DIM, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.AIPTechMDCrosswalk = AIP-TECHMD, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.SimpleDCDisseminationCrosswalk = DC, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.SimpleDCDisseminationCrosswalk = dc, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.PREMISCrosswalk = PREMIS, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.METSDisseminationCrosswalk = METS, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.METSDisseminationCrosswalk = mets, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.METSRightsCrosswalk = METSRIGHTS, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.OREDisseminationCrosswalk = ore, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.DIMDisseminationCrosswalk = dim, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.RoleCrosswalk = DSPACE-ROLES
+
      +
      • +
    • *NEW* +
      +
      plugin.named.org.dspace.content.crosswalk.StreamDisseminationCrosswalk = \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.CreativeCommonsRDFStreamDisseminationCrosswalk = DSPACE_CCRDF, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.CreativeCommonsTextStreamDisseminationCrosswalk = DSPACE_CCTEXT, \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.LicenseStreamDisseminationCrosswalk = DSPACE_DEPLICENSE
      +
      • +
    • *CHANGE* The Packager Plugin Configuration has changed considerably. Carefully revise your configuration file: +
      +
       Packager Plugin Configuration:
+#   Configures the ingest and dissemination packages that DSpace supports.
+#   These Ingester and Disseminator classes support a specific package file format
+#   (e.g. METS) which DSpace understands how to import/export.  Each Packager
+#   plugin often will use one (or more) Crosswalk plugins to translate metadata (see above).
+plugin.named.org.dspace.content.packager.PackageDisseminator = \
+  org.dspace.content.packager.DSpaceAIPDisseminator = AIP, \
+  org.dspace.content.packager.DSpaceMETSDisseminator = METS, \
+  org.dspace.content.packager.RoleDisseminator = DSPACE-ROLES
+
+plugin.named.org.dspace.content.packager.PackageIngester = \
+  org.dspace.content.packager.DSpaceAIPIngester = AIP, \
+  org.dspace.content.packager.PDFPackager  = Adobe PDF, PDF, \
+  org.dspace.content.packager.DSpaceMETSIngester = METS, \
+  org.dspace.content.packager.RoleIngester = DSPACE-ROLES
+
      +
      • +
    • *CHANGE* The Mets Ingester configuration has change and been updated. Carefully edit: +
      +
      #### METS ingester configuration:
+# These settings configure how DSpace will ingest a METS-based package
+
+# Configures the METS-specific package ingesters (defined above)
+# 'default' settings are specified by 'default' key
+
+# Default Option to save METS manifest in the item: (default is false)
+mets.default.ingest.preserveManifest = false
+
+# Default Option to make use of collection templates when using the METS ingester (default is false)
+mets.default.ingest.useCollectionTemplate = false
+
+# Default crosswalk mappings
+# Maps a METS 'mdtype' value to a DSpace crosswalk for processing.
+# When the 'mdtype' value is same as the name of a crosswalk, that crosswalk
+# will be called automatically (e.g. mdtype='PREMIS' calls the crosswalk named
+# 'PREMIS', unless specified differently in below mapping)
+# Format is 'mets.default.ingest.crosswalk.<mdType> = <DSpace-crosswalk-name>'
+mets.default.ingest.crosswalk.DC = QDC
+mets.default.ingest.crosswalk.DSpaceDepositLicense = DSPACE_DEPLICENSE
+mets.default.ingest.crosswalk.Creative\ Commons = DSPACE_CCRDF
+mets.default.ingest.crosswalk.CreativeCommonsRDF = DSPACE_CCRDF
+mets.default.ingest.crosswalk.CreativeCommonsText = NULLSTREAM
+
+# Locally cached copies of METS schema documents to save time on ingest.  This
+# will often speed up validation & ingest significantly.  Before enabling
+# these settings, you must manually cache all METS schemas in
+# [dspace]/config/schemas/ (does not exist by default).  Most schema documents
+# can be found on the http://www.loc.gov/ website.
+# Enable the below settings to pull these *.xsd files from your local cache.
+# (Setting format: mets.xsd.<abbreviation> = <namespace> <local-file-name>)
+#mets.xsd.mets = http://www.loc.gov/METS/ mets.xsd
+#mets.xsd.xlink = http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink xlink.xsd
+#mets.xsd.mods = http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 mods.xsd
+#mets.xsd.xml = http://www.w3.org/XML/1998/namespace xml.xsd
+#mets.xsd.dc = http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ dc.xsd
+#mets.xsd.dcterms = http://purl.org/dc/terms/ dcterms.xsd
+#mets.xsd.premis = http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis PREMIS.xsd
+#mets.xsd.premisObject = http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis PREMIS-Object.xsd
+#mets.xsd.premisEvent = http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis PREMIS-Event.xsd
+#mets.xsd.premisAgent = http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis PREMIS-Agent.xsd
+#mets.xsd.premisRights = http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis PREMIS-Rights.xsd
+
+#### AIP Ingester & Disseminator Configuration
+# These settings configure how DSpace will ingest/export its own
+# AIP (Archival Information Package) format for backups and restores
+# (Please note, as the DSpace AIP format is also METS based, it will also
+# use many of the 'METS ingester configuration' settings directly above)
+
+# AIP-specific ingestion crosswalk mappings
+# (overrides 'mets.default.ingest.crosswalk' settings)
+# Format is 'mets.dspaceAIP.ingest.crosswalk.<mdType> = <DSpace-crosswalk-name>'
+mets.dspaceAIP.ingest.crosswalk.DSpaceDepositLicense = NULLSTREAM
+mets.dspaceAIP.ingest.crosswalk.CreativeCommonsRDF = NULLSTREAM
+mets.dspaceAIP.ingest.crosswalk.CreativeCommonsText = NULLSTREAM
+
+# Create EPerson if necessary for Submitter when ingesting AIP (default=false)
+# (by default, EPerson creation is already handled by 'DSPACE-ROLES' Crosswalk)
+#mets.dspaceAIP.ingest.createSubmitter = false
+
+## AIP-specific Disseminator settings
+# These settings allow you to customize which metadata formats are exported in AIPs
+
+# Technical metadata in AIP (exported to METS <techMD> section)
+# Format is <label-for-METS>:<DSpace-crosswalk-name> [, ...] (label is optional)
+# If unspecfied, defaults to "PREMIS"
+aip.disseminate.techMD = PREMIS, DSPACE-ROLES
+
+# Source metadata in AIP (exported to METS <sourceMD> section)
+# Format is <label-for-METS>:<DSpace-crosswalk-name> [, ...] (label is optional)
+# If unspecfied, defaults to "AIP-TECHMD"
+aip.disseminate.sourceMD = AIP-TECHMD
+
+# Preservation metadata in AIP (exported to METS <digipovMD> section)
+# Format is <label-for-METS>:<DSpace-crosswalk-name> [, ...] (label is optional)
+# If unspecified, defaults to nothing in <digiprovMD> section
+#aip.disseminate.digiprovMD =
+
+# Rights metadata in AIP (exported to METS <rightsMD> section)
+# Format is <label-for-METS>:<DSpace-crosswalk-name> [, ...] (label is optional)
+# If unspecified, default to adding all Licenses (CC and Deposit licenses),
+# as well as METSRights information
+aip.disseminate.rightsMD = DSpaceDepositLicense:DSPACE_DEPLICENSE, \
+    CreativeCommonsRDF:DSPACE_CCRDF, CreativeCommonsText:DSPACE_CCTEXT, METSRIGHTS
+
+# Descriptive metadata in AIP (exported to METS <dmdSec> section)
+# Format is <label-for-METS>:<DSpace-crosswalk-name> [, ...] (label is optional)
+# If unspecfied, defaults to "MODS, DIM"
+aip.disseminate.dmd = MODS, DIM
      +
      • +
    • *NEW* A new property has been added to control the discovery index for the Event System Configuration: +
      +
      # consumer to maintain the discovery index
+event.consumer.discovery.class = org.dspace.discovery.IndexEventConsumer
+event.consumer.discovery.filters = Community|Collection|Item|Bundle+Add|Create|Modify|Modify_Metadata|Delete|Remove
      +
      • +
    • *NEW* License bundle display is now configurable. You are able to either display or suppress. +
      +
      # whether to display the contents of the licence bundle (often just the deposit
+# licence in standard DSpace installation
+webui.licence_bundle.show = false
      +
      • +
    • *CORRECTION* Thumbnail generation. The width and height of generated thumbnails had a missing equal sign. +
      +
      # maximum width and height of generated thumbnails
+thumbnail.maxwidth  = 80
+thumbnail.maxheight = 80
      +
      • +
    • *CORRECTION and ADDITION* Authority Control Settings have changed. Formerly called ChoiceAuthority, it is now referred to as DCInputAuthority. +
      +
      ## The DCInputAuthority plugin is automatically configured with every
+## value-pairs element in input-forms.xml, namely:
+##   common_identifiers, common_types, common_iso_languages
+##
+## The DSpaceControlledVocabulary plugin is automatically configured
+## with every *.xml file in [dspace]/config/controlled-vocabularies,
+## and creates a plugin instance for each, using base filename as the name.
+## eg: nsi, srsc.
+## Each DSpaceControlledVocabulary plugin comes with three configuration options:
+# vocabulary.plugin._plugin_.hierarchy.store = <true|false>    # default: true
+# vocabulary.plugin._plugin_.hierarchy.suggest = <true|false>  # default: true
+# vocabulary.plugin._plugin_.delimiter = "<string>"            # default: "::"
+##
+## An example using "srsc" can be found later in this section
+
+#plugin.selfnamed.org.dspace.content.authority.ChoiceAuthority = \
+# org.dspace.content.authority.DCInputAuthority, \
+# org.dspace.content.authority.DSpaceControlledVocabulary
+
      +
      • +
    • *NEW* Controls autocomplete for authority control +
      +
      ## demo: subject code autocomplete, using srsc as authority
+## (DSpaceControlledVocabulary plugin must be enabled)
+#choices.plugin.dc.subject = srsc
+#choices.presentation.dc.subject = select
+#vocabulary.plugin.srsc.hierarchy.store = true
+#vocabulary.plugin.srsc.hierarchy.suggest = true
+#vocabulary.plugin.srsc.delimiter = "::"
+
      +
      • +
    • *NEW* You are now able to order your bitstreams by sequence id or file name. +
      +
      #### Ordering of bitstreams ####
+
+## Specify the ordering that bitstreams are listed.
+##
+## Bitstream field to sort on.  Values: sequence_id or name. Default: sequence_id
+#webui.bitstream.order.field = "sequence_id"
+
+## Direction of sorting order. Values: DESC or ASC. Default: ASC
+#webui.bitstream.order.direction = ASC
+
      +
      • +
    • *NEW* DSpace now includes a metadata mapping feature that makes repository content discoverable by Google Scholar: +
      +
      +##### Google Scholar Metadata Configuration #####
+google-metadata.config = ${dspace.dir}/config/crosswalks/google-metadata.properties
+google-metadata.enable = true
+
      +
      • +
    • *NEW* XMLUI is now able to concatenate CSS, JS and JSON files: +
      +
      +# Enabling this property will concatenate CSS, JS and JSON files where possible.
+# CSS files can be concatenated if multiple CSS files with the same media attribute
+# are used in the same page. Links to the CSS files are automatically referring to the
+# concatenated resulting CSS file.
+# The theme sitemap should be updated to use the ConcatenationReader for all js, css and json
+# files before enabling this property.
+#xmlui.theme.enableConcatenation = false
+
+# Enabling this property will minify CSS, JS and JSON files where possible.
+# The theme sitemap should be updated to use the ConcatenationReader for all js, css and json
+# files before enabling this property.
+#xmlui.theme.enableMinification = false
+
      +
      • +
    • *NEW* XMLUI Mirage Theme. This is a new theme with it's own configuration: +
      +
      +### Setings for Item lists in Mirage theme ###
+# What should the emphasis be in the display of item lists?
+# Possible values : 'file', 'metadata'. If your repository is
+# used mainly for scientific papers 'metadata' is probably the
+# best way. If you have a lot of images and other files 'file'
+# will be the best starting point
+# (metdata is the default value if this option is not specified)
+#xmlui.theme.mirage.item-list.emphasis = file
      +
      • +
    • *NEW* OAI Response default change. +
      +
      # DSpace by default uses 100 records as the limit for the oai responses.
+# This can be altered by enabling the oai.response.max-records parameter
+# and setting the desired amount of results.
+oai.response.max-records = 100
      +
      • +
    • *CHANGE* EPDCX property key has been renamed. +
      +
      # Define the metadata type EPDCX (EPrints DC XML)
+# to be handled by the SWORD crosswalk configuration
+#
+mets.default.ingest.crosswalk.EPDCX = SWORD
+
      +
      • +
    • *NEW* New SOLR Statistic Property keys: +
      +
      +# Timeout for the resolver in the dns lookup
+# Time in milliseconds, defaults to 200 for backward compatibility
+# Your systems default is usually set in /etc/resolv.conf and varies
+# between 2 to 5 seconds, to high a value might result in solr exhausting
+# your connection pool
+solr.resolver.timeout = 200
+
+----
+
+# Enable/disable logging of spiders in solr statistics.
+# If false, and IP matches an address in solr.spiderips.urls, event is not logged.
+# If true, event will be logged with the 'isBot' field set to true
+# (see solr.statistics.query.filter.* for query filter options)
+# Default value is true.
+#solr.statistics.logBots = true
      +
      • +
    +
    6. +
  6. Build DSpace. Run the following commands to compile DSpace.: +
    +
    cd [dspace-source]/dspace/
+mvn -U clean package
    +
    +

    You will find the result in [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir . Inside this directory is the compiled binary distribution of DSpace. Before rebuilding DSpace, the above command will clean out any previously compiled code ('clean') and ensure that your local DSpace JAR files are updated from the remote maven code repository.

    7. +
  7. Update DSpace. Update the DSpace installed directory with the new code and libraries. Issue the following commands: +
    +
    cd [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir
+ant -Dconfig=[dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
    +
    8. +
  8. Update the Database. You will need to run the 1.6.x to 1.7.x database upgrade script. +
      +
    • For PostgreSQL: +
      +
      psql -U [dspace-user] -f [dspace-source]/dspace/etc/postgres/database_schema_16_17.sql [database name]
      +
      +

      (Your database name is by default 'dspace'). Example:

      +
      +
      psql -U dspace -f [dspace-source]/dspace/etc/postgres/database_schema_16_17.sql dspace
      +
      • +
    • For Oracle: Execute the upgrade script, e.g. with sqlplus, recording the output: +
        +
      1. Start SQL*Plus with sqlplus [connect args]
        2. +
      2. Record the output: SQL> spool 'upgrade.lst'
        3. +
      3. Run the upgrade script SQL> @[dspace-source]/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema_16-17.sql
        4. +
      4. Turn off recording of output: SQL> spool off
        5. +
      +
      • +
    +
    9. +
  9. Generate Browse and Search Indexes. It's always good policy to rebuild your search and browse indexes when upgrading to a new release. To do this, run the following command from your DSpace install directory (as the 'dspace' user): +
    +
    [dspace]/bin/dspace index-init
    +
    10. +
  10. Deploy Web Applications. If your servlet container (e.g. Tomcat) is not configured to look for new web applications in your [dspace]/webapps directory, then you will need to copy the web applications files into the appropriate subdirectory of your servlet container. For example: +
    +
    cp -R [dspace]/webapps/* [tomcat]/webapps/
    +
    11. +
  11. Restart servlet container. Now restart your Tomcat/Jetty/Resin server program and test out the upgrade.
    12. +
+ + + +

Upgrading from 1.6 to 1.6.x

+ +

In the notes below [dspace] refers to the install directory for your existing DSpace installation, and [dspace-source] to the source directory for DSpace 1.6.1. Whenever you see these path references, be sure to replace them with the actual path names on your local system.

+ +
    +
  1. Backup Your DSpace. First, and foremost, make a complete backup of your system, including: +
      +
    • A snapshot of the database. To have a "snapshot" of the PostgreSQL database, you need to shut it down during the backup. You should also have your regular PostgreSQL Backup output (using pg_dump commands).
      • +
    • The asset store ([dspace]/assetstore by default)
      • +
    • Your configuration files and customizations to DSpace (including any customized scripts).
      • +
    +
    2. +
  2. Download DSpace 1.6.2 Retrieve the new DSpace 1.6.2 source code either as a download from DSpace.org or check it out directly from the SVN code repository. If you downloaded DSpace do not unpack it on top of your existing installation. Refer to Installation Instructions, Step 3 for unpacking directives.
    3. +
  3. Stop Tomcat. Take down your servlet container. For Tomcat, use the $CATALINA/shutdown.sh script. (Many installations will have a startup/shutdown script in the /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d directories.
    4. +
  4. Apply any customizations. If you have made any local customizations to your DSpace installation they will need to be migrated over to the new DSpace. These are housed in one of the following places: +
      +
    • JSPUI modifications: [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp/
      • +
    • XMLUI modifications: [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/
      • +
    +
    5. +
  5. Update Configuration Files. There are no additions to this release. So you do not have to update the configuration files.
    6. +
  6. Build DSpace. Run the following commands to compile DSpace.: +
    +
    cd /[dspace-source]/dspace/
+mvn -U clean package
    +
    +

    You will find the result in [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir . Inside this directory is the compiled binary distribution of DSpace. Before rebuilding DSpace, the above command will clean out any previously compiled code ('clean') and ensure that your local DSpace JAR files are updated from the remote maven repository.

    7. +
  7. Update DSpace. Update the DSpace installed directory with the new code and libraries. Issue the following commands: +
    +
    cd [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir
+ant -Dconfig=[dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
    +
    8. +
  8. Run Registry Format Update for CC License. Creative Commons licenses have been assigned the wrong mime-type in past versions of DSpace. Even if you are not currently using CC Licenses, you should update your Bitstream Format Registry to include a new entry with the proper mime-type. To update your registry, run the following command: dspace]/bin/dspace registry-loader -bitstream [dspace]/etc/upgrades/15-16/new-bitstream-formats.xml
    9. +
  9. Update the Database. If you are using Creative Commons Licenses in your DSpace submission process, you will need to run the 1.5.x to 1.6.x database upgrade script again. In 1.6.0 the improper mime-type was being assigned to all CC Licenses. This has now been resolved, and rerunning the upgrade script will now assign the proper mime-type to all existing CC Licenses in your DSpace installation. NOTE: You will receive messages that most of the script additions already exist. This is normal, and nothing to be worried about. +
      +
    • For PostgreSQL: psql -U [dspace-user] -f [dspace-source]/dspace/etc/postgres/database_schema_15-16.sql [database name] (Your database name is by default 'dspace'). Example: +
      +
      psql -U dspace -f
+   /dspace-1.6-1-src-release/dspace/etc/postgres/database_schema_15-16.sql dspace
      +
      +

      (The line break above is cosmetic. Please place your command in one line.

      • +
    • For Oracle: Execute the upgrade script, e.g. with sqlplus, recording the output: +
        +
      1. Start SQL*Plus with sqlplus [connect args]
        2. +
      2. Record the output: SQL> spool 'upgrade.lst'
        3. +
      3. Run the upgrade script SQL> @[dspace-source]/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema_15-16.sql
        4. +
      4. Turn off recording of output: SQL> spool off
        5. +
      5. Please note: The final few statements WILL FAIL. That is because you have run some queries and use the results to construct the statements to remove the constraints, manually‚ Oracle doesn't have any easy way to automate this (unless you know PL/SQL). So, look for the comment line beginning: +
        +
        "--You need to remove the already in place constraints"
+and follow the instructions in the actual SQL file.
+Refer to the contents of the spool file "upgrade.lst" for
+the output of the queries you'll need.
        +
        6. +
      +
      • +
    +
    10. +
  10. Generate Browse and Search Indexes. Though there are not any database changes in the 1.6 to 1.6.1 release, it makes good policy to rebuild your search and browse indexes when upgrading to a new release. To do this, run the following command from your DSpace install directory (as the dspace user):[dspace]/bin/dspace index-init
    11. +
  11. Deploy Web Applications. Copy the web applications files from your [dspace]/webapps directory to the subdirectory of your servlet container (e.g. tomcat):cp -R [dspace]/webapps/* [tomcat]/webapps/
    12. +
  12. Restart servlet. Now restart your Tomcat/Jetty/Resin server program and test out the upgrade.
    13. +
+ + +

Upgrading from 1.5.x to 1.6.x

+ +

In the notes below [dspace] refers to the install directory for your existing DSpace installation, and [dspace-source] to the source directory for DSpace 1.6. Whenever you see these path references, be sure to replace them with the actual path names on your local system.

+ +
    +
  1. Backup Your DSpace. First, and foremost, make a complete backup of your system, including: +
      +
    • A snapshot of the database. _To have a "snapshot" of the PostgreSQL database, you need to shut it down during the backup. You should also have your regular PostgreSQL Backup output (using pg_dump commands). _
      • +
    • The asset store ([dspace]/assetstore by default)
      • +
    • Your configuration files and customizations to DSpace (including any customized scripts).
      • +
    +
    2. +
  2. Download DSpace 1.6.x Retrieve the new DSpace 1.6.x source code either as a download from DSpace.org or check it out directly from the SVN code repository. If you downloaded DSpace do not unpack it on top of your existing installation. Refer to Installation Instructions, Step 3 for unpacking directives.
    3. +
  3. Stop Tomcat. Take down your servlet container. For Tomcat, use the $CATALINA/shutdown.sh script. (Many installations will have a startup/shutdown script in the /etc/init.d or /etc/rc.d directories.
    4. +
  4. Apply any customizations. If you have made any local customizations to your DSpace installation they will need to be migrated over to the new DSpace. These are housed in one of the following places: +
      +
    • JSPUI modifications: [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp/
      • +
    • XMLUI modifications: [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/
      • +
    +
    5. +
  5. Update Configuration Files. Some of the parameters have change and some are new. Changes will be noted below: +
      +
    • **CHANGE** The base url and oai urls property keys are set differently +
      +
      # DSpace host name - should match base URL.  Do not include port number
+dspace.hostname = localhost
+
+# DSpace base host URL.  Include port number etc.
+dspace.baseUrl = http://localhost:8080
+
+# DSpace base URL.  Include port number etc., but NOT trailing slash
+# Change to xmlui if you wish to use the xmlui as the default, or remove
+# "/jspui" and set webapp of your choice as the "ROOT" webapp in
+# the servlet engine.
+dspace.url = ${dspace.baseUrl}/xmlui
+
+# The base URL of the OAI webapp (do not include /request).
+dspace.oai.url = ${dspace.baseUrl}/oai
      +
      • +
    • **NEW** New email options (Add these at the end of the "Email Settings" sub-section): +
      +
      # A comma separated list of hostnames that are allowed to refer browsers to
+# email forms. Default behavior is to accept referrals only from
+# dspace.hostname
+#mail.allowed.referrers = localhost
+
+# Pass extra settings to the Java mail library. Comma separated, equals sign
+# between the key and the value.
+#mail.extraproperties = mail.smtp.socketFactory.port=465, \
+#                mail.smtp.socketFactory.class=javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory, \
+#                mail.smtp.socketFactory.fallback=false
+
+# An option is added to disable the mailserver. By default, this property is
+# set to false. By setting mail.server.disabled = true, DSpace will not send
+# out emails. It will instead log the subject of the email which should have
+# been sent. This is especially useful for development and test environments
+# where production data is used when testing functionality.
+#mail.server.disabled = false
+
      +
      • +
    • **NEW**New Authorization levels and parameters. See the Configuration documentation, "Delegation Administration" section for further information. +
      +
      ##### Authorization system configuration - Delegate ADMIN #####
+
+# COMMUNITY ADMIN configuration
+# subcommunities and collections
+#core.authorization.community-admin.create-subelement = true
+#core.authorization.community-admin.delete-subelement = true
+# his community
+#core.authorization.community-admin.policies = true
+#core.authorization.community-admin.admin-group = true
+# collections in his community
+#core.authorization.community-admin.collection.policies = true
+#core.authorization.community-admin.collection.template-item = true
+#core.authorization.community-admin.collection.submitters = true
+#core.authorization.community-admin.collection.workflows = true
+#core.authorization.community-admin.collection.admin-group = true
+# item owned by collections in his community
+#core.authorization.community-admin.item.delete = true
+#core.authorization.community-admin.item.withdraw = true
+#core.authorization.community-admin.item.reinstatiate = true
+#core.authorization.community-admin.item.policies = true
+# also bundle...
+#core.authorization.community-admin.item.create-bitstream = true
+#core.authorization.community-admin.item.delete-bitstream = true
+#core.authorization.community-admin.item-admin.cc-license = true
+
+# COLLECTION ADMIN
+#core.authorization.collection-admin.policies = true
+#core.authorization.collection-admin.template-item = true
+#core.authorization.collection-admin.submitters = true
+#core.authorization.collection-admin.workflows = true
+#core.authorization.collection-admin.admin-group = true
+# item owned by his collection
+#core.authorization.collection-admin.item.delete = true
+#core.authorization.collection-admin.item.withdraw = true
+#core.authorization.collection-admin.item.reinstatiate = true
+#core.authorization.collection-admin.item.policies = true
+# also bundle...
+#core.authorization.collection-admin.item.create-bitstream = true
+#core.authorization.collection-admin.item.delete-bitstream = true
+#core.authorization.collection-admin.item-admin.cc-license = true
+
+# ITEM ADMIN
+#core.authorization.item-admin.policies = true
+# also bundle...
+#core.authorization.item-admin.create-bitstream = true
+#core.authorization.item-admin.delete-bitstream = true
+#core.authorization.item-admin.cc-license = true
      +
      • +
    • **CHANGE** METS ingester has been revised. (Modify In "Crosswalk and Packager Plugin Settings") +
      +
      # Option to make use of collection templates when using the METS ingester (default is false)
+mets.submission.useCollectionTemplate = false
+
+# Crosswalk Plugins:
+plugin.named.org.dspace.content.crosswalk.IngestionCrosswalk = \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.PREMISCrosswalk = PREMIS \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.OREIngestionCrosswalk = ore \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.NullIngestionCrosswalk = NIL \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.QDCCrosswalk = qdc \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.OAIDCIngestionCrosswalk = dc \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.DIMIngestionCrosswalk = dim
+
+plugin.selfnamed.org.dspace.content.crosswalk.IngestionCrosswalk = \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.XSLTIngestionCrosswalk
+
+plugin.named.org.dspace.content.crosswalk.DisseminationCrosswalk = \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.SimpleDCDisseminationCrosswalk = DC \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.SimpleDCDisseminationCrosswalk = dc \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.PREMISCrosswalk = PREMIS \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.METSDisseminationCrosswalk = METS \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.METSDisseminationCrosswalk = mets \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.OREDisseminationCrosswalk = ore \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.QDCCrosswalk = qdc \
+  org.dspace.content.crosswalk.DIMDisseminationCrosswalk = dim
      +
      • +
    • **CHANGE** Event Settings have had the following revision with the addition of 'harvester' (modify in "Event System Configuration"): +
      +
      #### Event System Configuration ####
+
+# default synchronous dispatcher (same behavior as traditional DSpace)
+event.dispatcher.default.class = org.dspace.event.BasicDispatcher
+event.dispatcher.default.consumers = search, browse, eperson, harvester
      +
      +

      also:

      +
      +
      # consumer to clean up harvesting data
+event.consumer.harvester.class = org.dspace.harvest.HarvestConsumer
+event.consumer.harvester.filters = Item+Delete
+
      +
      • +
    • **NEW** New option for the Embargo of Thesis and Dissertations. +
      +
      #### Embargo Settings ####
+# DC metadata field to hold the user-supplied embargo terms
+embargo.field.terms = SCHEMA.ELEMENT.QUALIFIER
+
+# DC metadata field to hold computed "lift date" of embargo
+embargo.field.lift = SCHEMA.ELEMENT.QUALIFIER
+
+# string in terms field to indicate indefinite embargo
+embargo.terms.open = forever
+
+# implementation of embargo setter plugin--replace with local implementation if
+# applicable
+plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoSetter = \
+				org.dspace.embargo.DefaultEmbargoSetter
+
+# implementation of embargo lifter plugin--replace with local implementation if
+# applicable
+plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoLifter = \
+				org.dspace.embargo.DefaultEmbargoLifter
      +
      • +
    • **NEW** New option for using the Batch Editing capabilities. See Batch Metadata Editing Configuration and also System Administration : Batch Metadata Editing +
      +
      ### Bulk metadata editor settings ###
+# The delimiter used to separate values within a single field (defaults to a double pipe ||)
+# bulkedit.valueseparator = ||
+
+# The delimiter used to separate fields (defaults to a comma for CSV)
+# bulkedit.fieldseparator = ,
+
+# A hard limit of the number of items allowed to be edited in one go in the UI
+# (does not apply to the command line version)
+# bulkedit.gui-item-limit = 20
+
+# Metadata elements to exclude when exporting via the user interfaces, or when
+# using the command line version and not using the -a (all) option.
+# bulkedit.ignore-on-export = dc.date.accessioned, dc.date.available, \
+#                             dc.date.updated, dc.description.provenance
      +
      • +
    • **NEW** Ability to hide metadata fields is now available. (Look for "JSPUI & XMLUI Configurations" Section) +
      +
      ##### Hide Item Metadata Fields  #####
+# Fields named here are hidden in the following places UNLESS the
+# logged-in user is an Administrator:
+#  1. XMLUI metadata XML view, and Item splash pages (long and short views).
+#  2. JSPUI Item splash pages
+#  3. OAI-PMH server, "oai_dc" format.
+#     (NOTE: Other formats are _not_ affected.)
+# To designate a field as hidden, add a property here in the form:
+#    metadata.hide.SCHEMA.ELEMENT.QUALIFIER = true
+#
+# This default configuration hides the dc.description.provenance field,
+# since that usually contains email addresses which ought to be kept
+# private and is mainly of interest to administrators:
+metadata.hide.dc.description.provenance = true
+
      +
      • +
    • **NEW**Choice Control and Authority Control options are available (Look for "JSPUI & XMLUI Configurations" Section): +
      +
      ## example of authority-controlled browse category--see authority control config
+#webui.browse.index.5 = lcAuthor:metadataAuthority:dc.contributor.author:authority
+
      +
      +

      And also:

      +
      +
      #####  Authority Control Settings  #####
+
+#plugin.named.org.dspace.content.authority.ChoiceAuthority = \
+# org.dspace.content.authority.SampleAuthority = Sample, \
+# org.dspace.content.authority.LCNameAuthority = LCNameAuthority, \
+# org.dspace.content.authority.SHERPARoMEOPublisher = SRPublisher, \
+# org.dspace.content.authority.SHERPARoMEOJournalTitle = SRJournalTitle
+
+## This ChoiceAuthority plugin is automatically configured with every
+## value-pairs element in input-forms.xml, namely:
+##   common_identifiers, common_types, common_iso_languages
+#plugin.selfnamed.org.dspace.content.authority.ChoiceAuthority = \
+# org.dspace.content.authority.DCInputAuthority
+
+## configure LC Names plugin
+#lcname.url = http://alcme.oclc.org/srw/search/lcnaf
+
+## configure SHERPA/RoMEO authority plugin
+#sherpa.romeo.url = http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/api24.php
+
+##
+## This sets the default lowest confidence level at which a metadata value is included
+## in an authority-controlled browse (and search) index.  It is a symbolic
+## keyword, one of the following values (listed in descending order):
+##   accepted
+##   uncertain
+##   ambiguous
+##   notfound
+##   failed
+##   rejected
+##   novalue
+##   unset
+## See manual or org.dspace.content.authority.Choices source for descriptions.
+authority.minconfidence = ambiguous
+
+## demo: use LC plugin for author
+#choices.plugin.dc.contributor.author =  LCNameAuthority
+#choices.presentation.dc.contributor.author = lookup
+#authority.controlled.dc.contributor.author = true
+##
+## This sets the lowest confidence level at which a metadata value is included
+## in an authority-controlled browse (and search) index.  It is a symbolic
+## keyword from the same set as for the default "authority.minconfidence"
+#authority.minconfidence.dc.contributor.author = accepted
+
+
+## Demo: publisher name lookup through SHERPA/RoMEO:
+#choices.plugin.dc.publisher = SRPublisher
+#choices.presentation.dc.publisher = suggest
+
+## demo: journal title lookup, with ISSN as authority
+#choices.plugin.dc.title.alternative = SRJournalTitle
+#choices.presentation.dc.title.alternative = suggest
+#authority.controlled.dc.title.alternative = true
+
+## demo: use choice authority (without authority-control) to restrict dc.type on EditItemMetadata page
+# choices.plugin.dc.type = common_types
+# choices.presentation.dc.type = select
+
+## demo: same idea for dc.language.iso
+# choices.plugin.dc.language.iso = common_iso_languages
+# choices.presentation.dc.language.iso = select
+
+# Change number of choices shown in the select in Choices lookup popup
+#xmlui.lookup.select.size = 12
      +
      • +
    • **REPLACE** RSS Feeds now support Atom 1.0. Replace its previous configuration with the one below: +
      +
      #### Syndication Feed (RSS) Settings ######
+
+# enable syndication feeds - links display on community and collection home pages
+# (This setting is not used by XMLUI, as you enable feeds in your theme)
+webui.feed.enable = false
+# number of DSpace items per feed (the most recent submissions)
+webui.feed.items = 4
+# maximum number of feeds in memory cache
+# value of 0 will disable caching
+webui.feed.cache.size = 100
+# number of hours to keep cached feeds before checking currency
+# value of 0 will force a check with each request
+webui.feed.cache.age = 48
+# which syndication formats to offer
+# use one or more (comma-separated) values from list:
+# rss_0.90, rss_0.91, rss_0.92, rss_0.93, rss_0.94, rss_1.0, rss_2.0
+webui.feed.formats = rss_1.0,rss_2.0,atom_1.0
+# URLs returned by the feed will point at the global handle server (e.g. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1)
+# Set to true to use local server URLs (i.e. http://myserver.myorg/handle/123456789/1)
+webui.feed.localresolve = false
+
+# Customize each single-value field displayed in the
+# feed information for each item.  Each of
+# the below fields takes a *single* metadata field
+#
+# The form is <schema prefix>.<element>[.<qualifier>|.*]
+webui.feed.item.title = dc.title
+webui.feed.item.date = dc.date.issued
+
+# Customize the metadata fields to show in the feed for each item's description.
+# Elements will be displayed in the order that they are specified here.
+#
+# The form is <schema prefix>.<element>[.<qualifier>|.*][(date)], ...
+#
+# Similar to the item display UI, the name of the field for display
+# in the feed will be drawn from the current UI dictionary,
+# using the key:
+# "metadata.<field>"
+#
+# e.g.   "metadata.dc.title"
+#        "metadata.dc.contributor.author"
+#        "metadata.dc.date.issued"
+webui.feed.item.description = dc.title, dc.contributor.author, \
+               dc.contributor.editor, dc.description.abstract, \
+               dc.description
+# name of field to use for authors (Atom only) - repeatable
+webui.feed.item.author = dc.contributor.author
+
+# Customize the extra namespaced DC elements added to the item (RSS) or entry
+# (Atom) element.  These let you include individual metadata values in a
+# structured format for easy extraction by the recipient, instead of (or in
+# addition to) appending these values to the Description field.
+## dc:creator value(s)
+#webui.feed.item.dc.creator = dc.contributor.author
+## dc:date value (may be contradicted by webui.feed.item.date)
+#webui.feed.item.dc.date = dc.date.issued
+## dc:description (e.g. for a distinct field that is ONLY the abstract)
+#webui.feed.item.dc.description = dc.description.abstract
+
+# Customize the image icon included with the site-wide feeds:
+# Must be an absolute URL, e.g.
+## webui.feed.logo.url = ${dspace.url}/themes/mysite/images/mysite-logo.png
      +
      • +
    • **NEW** Opensearch Feature is new to DSpace +
      +
      #### OpenSearch Settings ####
+# NB: for result data formatting, OpenSearch uses Syndication Feed Settings
+# so even if Syndication Feeds are not enabled, they must be configured
+# enable open search
+websvc.opensearch.enable = false
+# context for html request URLs - change only for non-standard servlet mapping
+websvc.opensearch.uicontext = simple-search
+# context for RSS/Atom request URLs - change only for non-standard servlet mapping
+websvc.opensearch.svccontext = open-search/
+# present autodiscovery link in every page head
+websvc.opensearch.autolink = true
+# number of hours to retain results before recalculating
+websvc.opensearch.validity = 48
+# short name used in browsers for search service
+# should be 16 or fewer characters
+websvc.opensearch.shortname = DSpace
+# longer (up to 48 characters) name
+websvc.opensearch.longname = ${dspace.name}
+# brief service description
+websvc.opensearch.description = ${dspace.name} DSpace repository
+# location of favicon for service, if any must be 16X16 pixels
+websvc.opensearch.faviconurl = http://www.dspace.org/images/favicon.ico
+# sample query - should return results
+websvc.opensearch.samplequery = photosynthesis
+# tags used to describe search service
+websvc.opensearch.tags = IR DSpace
+# result formats offered - use 1 or more comma-separated from: html,atom,rss
+# NB: html is required for autodiscovery in browsers to function,
+# and must be the first in the list if present
+websvc.opensearch.formats = html,atom,rss
      +
      • +
    • **NEW* *Exposure of METS metadata can be now hidden. (See "OAI-PMH SPECIFIC CONFIGURATIONS" in the dspace.cfg file) +
      +
      # When exposing METS/MODS via OAI-PMH all metadata that can be mapped to MODS
+# is exported. This includes description.provenance which can contain personal
+# email addresses and other information not intended for public consumption. To
+# hide this information set the following property to true
+oai.mets.hide-provenance = true
+
      +
      • +
    • **NEW* *SWORD has added the following to accept MIME/types. (See "SWORD Specific Configurations" Section) +
      +
      # A comma separated list of MIME types that SWORD will accept
+sword.accepts = application/zip
+
      +
      • +
    • **NEW* *New OAI Harvesting Configuration settings are now available. (See "OAI Harvesting Configurations" +
      +
      #---------------------------------------------------------------#
+#--------------OAI HARVESTING CONFIGURATIONS--------------------#
+#---------------------------------------------------------------#
+# These configs are only used by the OAI-ORE related functions  #
+#---------------------------------------------------------------#
+
+### Harvester settings
+
+# Crosswalk settings; the {name} value must correspond to a declared ingestion crosswalk
+# harvester.oai.metadataformats.{name} = {namespace},{optional display name}
+harvester.oai.metadataformats.dc = http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/, Simple Dublin Core
+harvester.oai.metadataformats.qdc = http://purl.org/dc/terms/, Qualified Dublin Core
+harvester.oai.metadataformats.dim = http://www.dspace.org/xmlns/dspace/dim, DSpace Intermediate Metadata
+
+# This field works in much the same way as harvester.oai.metadataformats.PluginName
+# The {name} must correspond to a declared ingestion crosswalk, while the
+# {namespace} must be supported by the target OAI-PMH provider when harvesting content.
+# harvester.oai.oreSerializationFormat.{name} = {namespace}
+
+# Determines whether the harvester scheduling process should be started
+# automatically when the DSpace webapp is deployed.
+# default: false
+harvester.autoStart=false
+
+# Amount of time subtracted from the from argument of the PMH request to account
+# for the time taken to negotiate a connection. Measured in seconds. Default value is 120.
+#harvester.timePadding = 120
+
+# How frequently the harvest scheduler checks the remote provider for updates,
+# measured in minutes. The default value is 12 hours (or 720 minutes)
+#harvester.harvestFrequency = 720
+
+# The heartbeat is the frequency at which the harvest scheduler queries the local
+# database to determine if any collections are due for a harvest cycle (based on
+# the harvestFrequency) value. The scheduler is optimized to then sleep until the
+# next collection is actually ready to be harvested. The minHeartbeat and
+# maxHeartbeat are the lower and upper bounds on this timeframe. Measured in seconds.
+# Default minHeartbeat is 30.  Default maxHeartbeat is 3600.
+#harvester.minHeartbeat = 30
+#harvester.maxHeartbeat = 3600
+
+# How many harvest process threads the scheduler can spool up at once. Default value is 3.
+#harvester.maxThreads = 3
+
+# How much time passes before a harvest thread is terminated. The termination process
+# waits for the current item to complete ingest and saves progress made up to that point.
+# Measured in hours. Default value is 24.
+#harvester.threadTimeout = 24
+
+# When harvesting an item that contains an unknown schema or field within a schema what
+# should the harvester do? Either add a new registry item for the field or schema, ignore
+# the specific field or schema (importing everything else about the item), or fail with
+# an error. The default value if undefined is: fail.
+# Possible values: 'fail', 'add', or 'ignore'
+harvester.unknownField  = add
+harvester.unknownSchema = fail
+
+# The webapp responsible for minting the URIs for ORE Resource Maps.
+# If using oai, the dspace.oai.uri config value must be set.
+# The URIs generated for ORE ReMs follow the following convention for both cases.
+# format: [baseURI]/metadata/handle/[theHandle]/ore.xml
+# Default value is oai
+#ore.authoritative.source = oai
+
+# A harvest process will attempt to scan the metadata of the incoming items
+# (dc.identifier.uri field, to be exact) to see if it looks like a handle.
+# If so, it matches the pattern against the values of this parameter.
+# If there is a match the new item is assigned the handle from the metadata value
+# instead of minting a new one. Default value: hdl.handle.net
+#harvester.acceptedHandleServer = hdl.handle.net, handle.myu.edu
+
+# Pattern to reject as an invalid handle prefix (known test string, for example)
+# when attempting to find the handle of harvested items. If there is a match with
+# this config parameter, a new handle will be minted instead. Default value: 123456789.
+#harvester.rejectedHandlePrefix = 123456789, myTestHandle
+
      +
      • +
    • **NEW** SOLR Statistics Configurations. For a little more detailed information regarding the configuration, please refer to DSpace SOLR Statistics Configuration ; or, for installation procedures, refer to Advanced Installation: Dspace Statistics. +
      +
      +#---------------------------------------------------------------#
+#--------------SOLR STATISTICS CONFIGURATIONS-------------------#
+#---------------------------------------------------------------#
+# These configs are only used by the SOLR interface/webapp to   #
+# track usage statistics.                                       #
+#---------------------------------------------------------------#
+
+##### Usage Logging #####
+solr.log.server = ${dspace.baseUrl}/solr/statistics
+solr.spidersfile = ${dspace.dir}/config/spiders.txt
+solr.dbfile = ${dspace.dir}/config/GeoLiteCity.dat
+useProxies = true
+
+statistics.item.authorization.admin=true
      +
      • +
    +
    6. +
  6. Build DSpace. Run the following commands to compile DSpace.: +
    +
    cd /[dspace-source]/dspace/
+mvn -U clean package
    +
    +

    You will find the result in [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir . Inside this directory is the compiled binary distribution of DSpace.Before rebuilding DSpace, the above command will clean out any previously compiled code ('clean') and ensure that your local DSpace JAR files are updated from the remote maven repository.

    7. +
  7. Update the database. The database schema needs to be updated to accommodate changes to the database. SQL files contain the relevant updates are provided. Please note that if you have made any local customizations to the database schema, you should consult these updates and make sure they will work for you. +
      +
    • For PostgreSQL: psql -U [dspace-user] -f [dspace-source]/dspace/etc/postgres/database_schema_15-16.sql [database name] (Your database name is by default 'dspace'). Example: psql -U dspace -f /dspace-1.6-1-src-release/dspace/etc/postgres/database_schema_15-16.sql dspace
      • +
    • For Oracle: Execute the upgrade script, e.g. with sqlplus, recording the output: +
        +
      1. Start SQL*Plus with sqlplus [connect args]
        2. +
      2. Record the output: SQL> spool 'upgrade.lst'
        3. +
      3. Run the upgrade script SQL> @[dspace-source]/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema_15-16.sql
        4. +
      4. Turn off recording of output: SQL> spool off
        5. +
      5. Please note: The final few statements WILL FAIL. That is because you have run some queries and use the results to construct the statements to remove the constraints, manually‚ Oracle doesn't have any easy way to automate this (unless you know PL/SQL). So, look for the comment line beginning: +
        +
        "--You need to remove the already in place constraints"
+and follow the instructions in the actual SQL file.
+Refer to the contents of the spool file "upgrade.lst" for
+the output of the queries you'll need.
        +
        6. +
      +
      • +
    +
    8. +
  8. Update DSpace. Update the DSpace installed directory with the new code and libraries. Issue the following commands: +
    +
    cd [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir
+ant -Dconfig=[dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
    +
    9. +
  9. Update Registry for the CC License. If you use the CC License, an incorrect mime-type type is being assigned. You will need to run the following step: _dspace]/bin/dspace registry-loader -bitstream [dspace]/etc/upgrades/15-16/new-bitstream-formats.xml _
    10. +
  10. Generate Browse and Search Indexes. It makes good policy to rebuild your search and browse indexes when upgrading to a new release. Almost every release has database changes and indexes can be affected by this. In the DSpace 1.6 release there is Authority Control features and those will need the indexes to be regenerated. To do this, run the following command from your DSpace install directory (as the dspace user):[dspace]/bin/dspace index-init
    11. +
  11. Deploy Web Applications. Copy the web applications files from your [dspace]/webapps directory to the subdirectory of your servlet container (e.g. tomcat):cp -R [dspace]/webapps/* [tomcat]/webapps/
    12. +
  12. Restart servlet. Now restart your Tomcat/Jetty/Resin server program and test out the upgrade.
    13. +
  13. Rolling Log Appender Upgrade. You will want to upgrade your logs to the new format to use the SOLR Statistics now included with DSpace. While the commands for this are found in Chapter 8, here is the steps needed to be performed. +
    +
    [dspace]/bin/dspace stats-log-converter -i input file name -o output file name -m (if you have more than one dspace.log file)
+[dspace]/bin/dspace stats-log-importer -i input file name (probably the output name from above) -m
+
    +
    +

    The user is highly recommend to see the System Administration : DSpace Log Converter documentation.

    14. +
+ + +

Upgrading From 1.5 or 1.5.1 to 1.5.2

+ +

The changes in DSpace 1.5.2 do not include any database schema upgrades, and the upgrade should be straightforward.

+ +

In the notes below [dspace] refers to the install directory for your existing DSpace installation, and [dspace-source] to the source directory for DSpace 1.5. Whenever you see these path references, be sure to replace them with the actual path names on your local system.

+ +
    +
  1. Backup your DSpace First and foremost, make a complete backup of your system, including: +
      +
    • A snapshot of the database
      • +
    • The asset store ([dspace]/assetstore by default)
      • +
    • Your configuration files and customizations to DSpace
      • +
    • Your statistics scripts ([dspace]/bin/stat*) which contain customizable dates
      • +
    +
    2. +
  2. Download DSpace 1.5.2 Get the new DSpace 1.5.2 source code either as a download from DSpace.org or check it out directly from the SVN code repository. If you downloaded DSpace do not unpack it on top of your existing installation.
    3. +
  3. Build DSpace Run the following commands to compile DSpace. +
    +
    +  cd [dspace-source]/dspace/
+  mvn package
+
    +
    +

    You will find the result in [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-1.5.2-build.dir/; inside this directory is the compiled binary distribution of DSpace.

    4. +
  4. Stop Tomcat Take down your servlet container, for Tomcat use the bin/shutdown.sh script.
    5. +
  5. Apply any customizations If you have made any local customizations to your DSpace installation they will need to be migrated over to the new DSpace. Commonly these modifications are made to "JSP" pages located inside the [dspace 1.4.2]/jsp/local directory. These should be moved [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp/ in the new build structure. See Customizing the JSP Pages for more information.
    6. +
  6. Update DSpace Update the DSpace installed directory with new code and libraries. Inside the [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-1.5-build.dir/ directory run: +
    +
    +cd [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-1.5-build.dir/
+ant -Dconfig=[dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
+
    +
    7. +
  7. Update configuration files This ant target preserves existing files in [dspace]/config _ and will copy any new configuration files in place. If an existing file prevents copying the new file in place, the new file will have the suffix _.new, for example [dspace]/local/dspace.cfg.new. Note: there is also a configuration option -Doverwrite=true which will instead copy the conflicting target files to *.old suffixes and overwrite target file then with the new file (essentially the opposite) this is beneficial for developers and those who use the [dspace-source]/dspace/config to maintain their changes. +
    +
    +cd [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-1.5-build.dir/
+ant -Dconfig=[dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update_configs
+
    +
    +

    You must then verify that you've merged and differenced in the [dspace]/config/*/.new files into your configuration.Some of the new parameters you should look out for in dspace.cfg include:

    +
      +
    • New option to restrict the expose of private items. The following needs to be added to dspace.cfg: +
      +
      +#### Restricted item visibility settings ###
+# By default RSS feeds, OAI-PMH and subscription emails will include ALL items
+# regardless of permissions set on them.
+#
+# If you wish to only expose items through these channels where the ANONYMOUS
+# user is granted READ permission, then set the following options to false
+#harvest.includerestricted.rss = true
+#harvest.includerestricted.oai = true
+#harvest.includerestricted.subscription = true
+
      +
      • +
    • Special groups for LDAP and password authentication. +
      +
      +##### Password users group #####
+
+# If required, a group name can be given here, and all users who log in
+# using the DSpace password system will automatically become members of
+# this group. This is useful if you want a group made up of all internal
+# authenticated users.
+#password.login.specialgroup = group-name
+
+##### LDAP users group #####
+
+# If required, a group name can be given here, and all users who log in
+# to LDAP will automatically become members of this group. This is useful
+# if you want a group made up of all internal authenticated users.
+#ldap.login.specialgroup = group-name
+
      +
      • +
    • new option for case insensitivity in browse tables. +
      +
      +# By default, the display of metadata in the browse indexes is case sensitive
+# So, you will get separate entries for the terms
+#
+#   Olive oil
+#   olive oil
+#
+# However, clicking through from either of these will result in the same set of items
+# (ie. any item that contains either representation in the correct field).
+#
+# Uncommenting the option below will make the metadata items case-insensitive. This will
+# result in a single entry in the example above. However the value displayed may be either 'Olive oil'
+# or 'olive oil' - depending on what representation was present in the first item indexed.
+#
+# If you care about the display of the metadata in the browse index - well, you'll have to go and
+# fix the metadata in your items.
+#
+# webui.browse.metadata.case-insensitive = true
+
      +
      • +
    • New usage event handler for collecting statistics: +
      +
      +### Usage event settings ###
+# The usage event handler to call.  The default is the "passive" handler, which ignores events.
+# plugin.single.org.dspace.app.statistics.AbstractUsageEvent = \
+#   org.dspace.app.statistics.PassiveUsageEvent
+
      +
      • +
    • The location where sitemaps are stored is now configurable. +
      +
      +#### Sitemap settings #####
+# the directory where the generated sitemaps are stored
+sitemap.dir = ${dspace.dir}/sitemaps
+
      +
      • +
    • MARC 21 ordering should now be used as default. Unless you have it set already, or you have it set to a different value, the following should be set: +
      +
      +plugin.named.org.dspace.sort.OrderFormatDelegate = org.dspace.sort.OrderFormatTitleMarc21=title
+
      +
      • +
    • Hierarchical LDAP support. +
      +
      +##### Hierarchical LDAP Settings #####
+# If your users are spread out across a hierarchical tree on your
+# LDAP server, you will need to use the following stackable authentication
+# class:
+#  plugin.sequence.org.dspace.authenticate.AuthenticationMethod = \
+#        org.dspace.authenticate.LDAPHierarchicalAuthentication
+#
+# You can optionally specify the search scope. If anonymous access is not
+# enabled on your LDAP server, you will need to specify the full DN and
+# password of a user that is allowed to bind in order to search for the
+# users.
+
+# This is the search scope value for the LDAP search during
+# autoregistering. This will depend on your LDAP server setup.
+# This value must be one of the following integers corresponding
+# to the following values:
+# object scope : 0
+# one level scope : 1
+# subtree scope : 2
+#ldap.search_scope = 2
+
+# The full DN and password of a user allowed to connect to the LDAP server
+# and search for the DN of the user trying to log in.  If these are not specified,
+# the initial bind will be performed anonymously.
+#ldap.search.user = cn=admin,ou=people,o=myu.edu
+#ldap.search.password = password
+
+# If your LDAP server does not hold an email address for a user, you can use
+# the following field to specify your email domain. This value is appended
+# to the netid in order to make an email address. E.g. a netid of 'user' and
+# ldap.netid_email_domain as '@example.com' would set the email of the user
+# to be 'user@example.com
+#ldap.netid_email_domain = @example.com
+
      +
      • +
    • Shibboleth authentication support. +
      +
      +#### Shibboleth Authentication Configuration Settings ####
+# Check https://mams.melcoe.mq.edu.au/zope/mams/pubs/Installation/dspace15/view
+# for installation detail.
+#
+#	org.dspace.authenticate.ShibAuthentication
+#
+# DSpace requires email as user's credential. There are 2 ways of providing
+# email to DSpace:
+# 1) by explicitly specifying to the user which attribute (header)
+#    carries the email address.
+# 2) by turning on the user-email-using-tomcat=true which means
+#    the software will try to acquire the user's email from Tomcat
+# The first option takes PRECEDENCE when specified. Both options can
+# be enabled to allow fallback.
+
+# this option below specifies that the email comes from the mentioned header.
+# The value is CASE-Sensitive.
+authentication.shib.email-header = MAIL
+
+# optional. Specify the header that carries user's first name
+# this is going to be used for creation of new-user
+authentication.shib.firstname-header = SHIB-EP-GIVENNAME
+
+# optional. Specify the header that carries user's last name
+# this is used for creation of new user
+authentication.shib.lastname-header = SHIB-EP-SURNAME
+
+# this option below forces the software to acquire the email from Tomcat.
+authentication.shib.email-use-tomcat-remote-user = true
+
+# should we allow new users to be registered automatically
+# if the IdP provides sufficient info (and user not exists in DSpace)
+authentication.shib.autoregister = true
+
+# this header here specifies which attribute that is responsible
+# for providing user's roles to DSpace. When not specified, it is
+# defaulted to 'Shib-EP-UnscopedAffiliation'. The value is specified
+# in AAP.xml (Shib 1.3.x) or attribute-filter.xml (Shib 2.x).
+# The value is CASE-Sensitive. The values provided in this
+# header are separated by semi-colon or comma.
+# authentication.shib.role-header = Shib-EP-UnscopedAffiliation
+
+# when user is fully authN on IdP but would not like to release
+# his/her roles to DSpace (for privacy reason?), what should be
+# the default roles be given to such users?
+# The values are separated by semi-colon or comma
+# authentication.shib.default-roles = Staff, Walk-ins
+
+# The following mappings specify role mapping between IdP and Dspace.
+# the left side of the entry is IdP's role (prefixed with
+# "authentication.shib.role.") which will be mapped to
+# the right entry from DSpace. DSpace's group as indicated on the
+# right entry has to EXIST in DSpace, otherwise user will be identified
+# as 'anonymous'. Multiple values on the right entry should be separated
+# by comma. The values are CASE-Sensitive. Heuristic one-to-one mapping
+# will be done when the IdP groups entry are not listed below (i.e.
+# if "X" group in IdP is not specified here, then it will be mapped
+# to "X" group in DSpace if it exists, otherwise it will be mapped
+# to simply 'anonymous')
+#
+# Given sufficient demand, future release could support regex for the mapping
+# special characters need to be escaped by \
+authentication.shib.role.Senior\ Researcher = Researcher, Staff
+authentication.shib.role.Librarian = Administrator
+
      +
      • +
    • DOI and handle identifiers can now be rendered in the JSPUI. +
      +
      +# When using "resolver" in webui.itemdisplay to render identifiers as resolvable
+# links, the base URL is taken from <code>webui.resolver.<n>.baseurl</code>
+# where <code>webui.resolver.<n>.baseurl</code> matches the urn specified in the metadata value.
+# The value is appended to the "baseurl" as is, so the baseurl need to end with slash almost in any case.
+# If no urn is specified in the value it will be displayed as simple text.
+#
+#webui.resolver.1.urn = doi
+#webui.resolver.1.baseurl = http://dx.doi.org/
+#webui.resolver.2.urn = hdl
+#webui.resolver.2.baseurl = http://hdl.handle.net/
+#
+# For the doi and hdl urn defaults values are provided, respectively http://dx.doi.org and
+# http://hdl.handle.net are used.
+#
+# If a metadata value with style: "doi", "handle" or "resolver" matches a URL
+# already, it is simply rendered as a link with no other manipulation.
+
      +
      +

      In configuration sections such as webui.itemdisplay.default, values can be changed from (e.g.) metadata.dc.identifier.doi to metadata.doi.dc.identifier.doi

      • +
    • The whole of the SWORD configuration has changed. The SWORD section must be removed and replaced with +
      +
      +#---------------------------------------------------------------#
+#--------------SWORD SPECIFIC CONFIGURATIONS--------------------#
+#---------------------------------------------------------------#
+# These configs are only used by the SWORD interface            #
+#---------------------------------------------------------------#
+
+# tell the SWORD METS implementation which package ingester to use
+# to install deposited content.  This should refer to one of the
+# classes configured for:
+#
+# plugin.named.org.dspace.content.packager.PackageIngester
+#
+# The value of sword.mets-ingester.package-ingester tells the
+# system which named plugin for this interface should be used
+# to ingest SWORD METS packages
+#
+# The default is METS
+#
+# sword.mets-ingester.package-ingester = METS
+
+# Define the metadata type EPDCX (EPrints DC XML)
+# to be handled by the SWORD crosswalk configuration
+#
+mets.submission.crosswalk.EPDCX = SWORD
+
+# define the stylesheet which will be used by the self-named
+# XSLTIngestionCrosswalk class when asked to load the SWORD
+# configuration (as specified above).  This will use the
+# specified stylesheet to crosswalk the incoming SWAP metadata
+# to the DIM format for ingestion
+#
+crosswalk.submission.SWORD.stylesheet = crosswalks/sword-swap-ingest.xsl
+
+# The base URL of the SWORD deposit.  This is the URL from
+# which DSpace will construct the deposit location urls for
+# collections.
+#
+# The default is {dspace.url}/sword/deposit
+#
+# In the event that you are not deploying DSpace as the ROOT
+# application in the servlet container, this will generate
+# incorrect URLs, and you should override the functionality
+# by specifying in full as below:
+#
+# sword.deposit.url = http://www.myu.ac.uk/sword/deposit
+
+# The base URL of the SWORD service document.  This is the
+# URL from which DSpace will construct the service document
+# location urls for the site, and for individual collections
+#
+# The default is {dspace.url}/sword/servicedocument
+#
+# In the event that you are not deploying DSpace as the ROOT
+# application in the servlet container, this will generate
+# incorrect URLs, and you should override the functionality
+# by specifying in full as below:
+#
+# sword.servicedocument.url = http://www.myu.ac.uk/sword/servicedocument
+
+# The base URL of the SWORD media links.  This is the URL
+# which DSpace will use to construct the media link urls
+# for items which are deposited via sword
+#
+# The default is {dspace.url}/sword/media-link
+#
+# In the event that you are not deploying DSpace as the ROOT
+# application in the servlet container, this will generate
+# incorrect URLs, and you should override the functionality
+# by specifying in full as below:
+#
+# sword.media-link.url = http://www.myu.ac.uk/sword/media-link
+
+# The URL which identifies the sword software which provides
+# the sword interface.  This is the URL which DSpace will use
+# to fill out the atom:generator element of its atom documents.
+#
+# The default is:
+#
+# http://www.dspace.org/ns/sword/1.3.1
+#
+# If you have modified your sword software, you should change
+# this URI to identify your own version.  If you are using the
+# standard dspace-sword module you will not, in general, need
+# to change this setting
+#
+# sword.generator.url = http://www.dspace.org/ns/sword/1.3.1
+
+# The metadata field in which to store the updated date for
+# items deposited via SWORD.
+#
+sword.updated.field = dc.date.updated
+
+# The metadata field in which to store the value of the slug
+# header if it is supplied
+#
+sword.slug.field = dc.identifier.slug
+
+# the accept packaging properties, along with their associated
+# quality values where appropriate.
+#
+# Global settings; these will be used on all DSpace collections
+#
+sword.accept-packaging.METSDSpaceSIP.identifier =
+http://purl.org/net/sword-types/METSDSpaceSIP
+sword.accept-packaging.METSDSpaceSIP.q = 1.0
+
+# Collection Specific settings: these will be used on the collections
+# with the given handles
+#
+# sword.accept-packaging.[handle].METSDSpaceSIP.identifier =
+http://purl.org/net/sword-types/METSDSpaceSIP
+# sword.accept-packaging.[handle].METSDSpaceSIP.q = 1.0
+
+# Should the server offer up items in collections as sword deposit
+# targets.  This will be effected by placing a URI in the collection
+# description which will list all the allowed items for the depositing
+# user in that collection on request
+#
+# NOTE: this will require an implementation of deposit onto items, which
+# will not be forthcoming for a short while
+#
+sword.expose-items = false
+
+# Should the server offer as the default the list of all Communities
+# to a Service Document request.  If false, the server will offer
+# the list of all collections, which is the default and recommended
+# behavior at this stage.
+#
+# NOTE: a service document for Communities will not offer any viable
+# deposit targets, and the client will need to request the list of
+# Collections in the target before deposit can continue
+#
+sword.expose-communities = false
+
+# The maximum upload size of a package through the sword interface,
+# in bytes
+#
+# This will be the combined size of all the files, the metadata and
+# any manifest data.  It is NOT the same as the maximum size set
+# for an individual file upload through the user interface.  If not
+# set, or set to 0, the sword service will default to no limit.
+#
+sword.max-upload-size = 0
+
+# Should DSpace store a copy of the original sword deposit package?
+#
+# NOTE: this will cause the deposit process to run slightly slower,
+# and will accelerate the rate at which the repository consumes disk
+# space.  BUT, it will also mean that the deposited packages are
+# recoverable in their original form.  It is strongly recommended,
+# therefore, to leave this option turned on
+#
+# When set to "true", this requires that the configuration option
+# "upload.temp.dir" above is set to a valid location
+#
+sword.keep-original-package = true
+
+# The bundle name that SWORD should store incoming packages under if
+# sword.keep-original-package is set to true.  The default is "SWORD"
+# if not value is set
+#
+# sword.bundle.name = SWORD
+
+# Should the server identify the sword version in deposit response?
+#
+# It is recommended to leave this enabled.
+#
+sword.identify-version = true
+
+# Should we support mediated deposit via sword?  Enabled, this will
+# allow users to deposit content packages on behalf of other users.
+#
+# See the SWORD specification for a detailed explanation of deposit
+# On-Behalf-Of another user
+#
+sword.on-behalf-of.enable = true
+
+# Configure the plugins to process incoming packages.  The form of this
+# configuration is as per the Plugin Manager's Named Plugin documentation:
+#
+# plugin.named.[interface] = [implementation] = [package format identifier] \
+#
+# Package ingesters should implement the SWORDIngester interface, and
+# will be loaded when a package of the format specified above in:
+#
+# sword.accept-packaging.[package format].identifier = [package format identifier]
+#
+# is received.
+#
+# In the event that this is a simple file deposit, with no package
+# format, then the class named by "SimpleFileIngester" will be loaded
+# and executed where appropriate.  This case will only occur when a single
+# file is being deposited into an existing DSpace Item
+#
+plugin.named.org.dspace.sword.SWORDIngester = \
+  org.dspace.sword.SWORDMETSIngester =
+http://purl.org/net/sword-types/METSDSpaceSIP \
+  org.dspace.sword.SimpleFileIngester = SimpleFileIngester
+
      +
      • +
    +
    8. +
  8. Restart Tomcat Restart your servlet container, for Tomcat use the bin/startup.sh script.
    9. +
+ + +

Upgrading From 1.4.2 to 1.5

+ +

The changes in DSpace 1.5 are significant and wide spread involving database schema upgrades, code restructuring, completely new user and programmatic interfaces, and new build system.

+ +

In the notes below [dspace] refers to the install directory for your existing DSpace installation, and [dspace-source] to the source directory for DSpace 1.5. Whenever you see these path references, be sure to replace them with the actual path names on your local system.

+ +
    +
  1. Backup your DSpace First and foremost, make a complete backup of your system, including: +
      +
    • A snapshot of the database
      • +
    • The asset store ([dspace]/assetstore by default)
      • +
    • Your configuration files and customizations to DSpace
      • +
    • Your statistics scripts ([dspace]/bin/stat*) which contain customizable dates
      • +
    +
    2. +
  2. Download DSpace 1.5.x Get the new DSpace 1.5 source code either as a download from SourceForge or check it out directly from the SVN code repository. If you downloaded DSpace do not unpack it on top of your existing installation.
    3. +
  3. Build DSpace The build process has radically changed for DSpace 1.5. With this new release the build system has moved to a maven-based system enabling the various projects (JSPUI, XMLUI, OAI, and Core API) into separate projects. See the Installation section for more information on building DSpace using the new maven-based build system. Run the following commands to compile DSpace. +
    +
    +  cd [dspace-source]/dspace/;
+  mvn package
+
    +
    +

    You will find the result in [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-1.5-build.dir/; inside this directory is the compiled binary distribution of DSpace.

    4. +
  4. Stop Tomcat Take down your servlet container, for Tomcat use the bin/shutdown.sh script.
    5. +
  5. Update dspace.cfg Several new parameters need to be added to your [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg. While it is advisable to start with a fresh DSpace 1.5 _dspace.cfg configuration file_ here are the minimum set of parameters that need to be added to an old DSpace 1.4.2 configuration. +
    +
    +#### Stackable Authentication Methods #####
+#
+# Stack of authentication methods
+#  (See org.dspace.authenticate.AuthenticationManager)
+# Note when upgrading you should remove the parameter:
+#  plugin.sequence.org.dspace.eperson.AuthenticationMethod
+plugin.sequence.org.dspace.authenticate.AuthenticationMethod = \
+        org.dspace.authenticate.PasswordAuthentication
+
+###### JSPUI item style plugin #####
+#
+# Specify which strategy use for select the style for an item
+plugin.single.org.dspace.app.webui.util.StyleSelection = \
+
+	org.dspace.app.webui.util.CollectionStyleSelection
+
+
+###### Browse Configuration ######
+#
+# The following configuration will mimic the previous
+# behavior exhibited  by DSpace 1.4.2. For alternative
+# configurations see the manual.
+
+# Browse indexes
+webui.browse.index.1 = dateissued:item:dateissued
+webui.browse.index.2 = author:metadata:dc.contributor.*:text
+webui.browse.index.3 = title:item:title
+webui.browse.index.4 = subject:metadata:dc.subject.*:text
+
+# Sorting options
+webui.itemlist.sort-option.1 = title:dc.title:title
+webui.itemlist.sort-option.2 = dateissued:dc.date.issued:date
+webui.itemlist.sort-option.3 =
+	dateaccessioned:dc.date.accessioned:date
+
+# Recent submissions
+recent.submissions.count = 5
+
+# Itemmapper browse index
+itemmap.author.index = author
+
+# Recent submission processor plugins
+plugin.sequence.org.dspace.plugin.CommunityHomeProcessor = \
+        org.dspace.app.webui.components.RecentCommunitySubmissions
+plugin.sequence.org.dspace.plugin.CollectionHomeProcessor = \
+        org.dspace.app.webui.components.RecentCollectionSubmissions
+
+#### Content Inline Disposition Threshold ####
+#
+# Set the max size of a bitstream that can be served inline
+# Use -1 to force all bitstream to be served inline
+# webui.content_disposition_threshold = -1
+webui.content_disposition_threshold = 8388608
+
+#### Event System Configuration ####
+#
+# default synchronous dispatcher (same behavior as traditional
+	DSpace)
+event.dispatcher.default.class = org.dspace.event.BasicDispatcher
+event.dispatcher.default.consumers = search, browse, eperson
+
+# consumer to maintain the search index
+event.consumer.search.class = org.dspace.search.SearchConsumer
+event.consumer.search.filters =
+	Item|Collection|Community|Bundle+Create|Modify|Modify_Metadata|Delete:
+Bundle+Add|Remove
+
+# consumer to maintain the browse index
+event.consumer.browse.class = org.dspace.browse.BrowseConsumer
+event.consumer.browse.filters =
+	Item+Create|Modify|Modify_Metadata:Collection+Add|Remove
+
+# consumer related to EPerson changes
+event.consumer.eperson.class = org.dspace.eperson.EPersonConsumer
+event.consumer.eperson.filters = EPerson+Create
+
    +
    6. +
  6. Add 'xmlui.xconf' Manakin configuration The new Manakin user interface available with DSpace 1.5 requires an extra configuration file that you will need to manually copy it over to your configuration directory. +
    +
    +cp [dspace-source]/dspace/config/xmlui.xconf
+	[dspace]/config/xmlui.xconf
+
    +
    7. +
  7. Add 'item-submission.xml' and 'item-submission.dtd' configurable submission configuration The new configurable submission system that enables an administrator to re-arrange, or add/remove item submission steps requires this configuration file. You need to manually copy it over to your configuration directory. +
    +
    +cp [dspace-source]/dspace/config/item-submission.xml
+	[dspace]/config/item-submission.xml
+
+cp [dspace-source]/dspace/config/item-submission.dtd
+	[dspace]/config/item-submission.dtd
+
    +
    8. +
  8. Add new 'input-forms.xml' and 'input-forms.dtd' configurable submission configuration The input-forms.xml now has an included dtd reference to support validation. You'll need to merge in your changes to both file/and or copy them into place. +
    +
    +cp [dspace-source]/dspace/config/input-forms.xml
+	[dspace]/config/input-forms.xml
+
+cp [dspace-source]/dspace/config/input-forms.dtd
+	[dspace]/config/inputforms.dtd
+
    +
    9. +
  9. Add 'sword-swap-ingest.xsl' and 'xhtml-head-item.properties' crosswalk files New crosswalk files are required to support SWORD and the inclusion of metadata into the head of items. +
    +
    +cp [dspace-source]/dspace/config/crosswalks/sword-swap-ingest.xsl
+	[dspace]/config/crosswalks/sword-swap-ingest.xsl
+
+
+cp
+	[dspace-source]/dspace/config/crosswalks/xhtml-head-item.properties
+	[dspace]/config/crosswalks/xhtml-head-item.properties
+
    +
    10. +
  10. Add 'registration_notify' email files A new configuration option (registration.notify = you@your-email.com) can be set to send a notification email whenever a new user registers to use your DSpace. The email template for this email needs to be copied. +
    +
    +cp [dspace-source]/dspace/config/emails/registration_notify
+	[dspace]/config/emails/registration_notify
+
+
    +
    11. +
  11. Update the database The database schema needs updating. SQL files contain the relevant updates are provided, note if you have made any local customizations to the database schema you should consult these updates and make sure they will work for you. +
      +
    • For PostgreSQL psql -U [dspace-user] -f [dspace-source]/dspace/etc/database_schema_14-15.sql [database-name]
      • +
    • For Oracle [dspace-source]/dspace/etc/oracle/database_schema_142-15.sql contains the commands necessary to upgrade your database schema on oracle.
      • +
    +
    12. +
  12. Apply any customizations If you have made any local customizations to your DSpace installation they will need to be migrated over to the new DSpace. Commonly these modifications are made to "JSP" pages located inside the [dspace 1.4.2]/jsp/local directory. These should be moved [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/jspui/src/main/webapp/ in the new build structure. See Customizing the JSP Pages for more information.
    13. +
  13. Update DSpace Update the DSpace installed directory with new code and libraries. Inside the [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-1.5-build.dir/ directory run: +
    +
    +cd [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-1.5-build.dir/;
+ant -Dconfig=[dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
+
    +
    14. +
  14. Update the Metadata Registry New Metadata Registry updates are required to support SWORD. +
    +
    +cp [dspace-source]/dspace/config/registries/sword-metadata.xml
+	[dspace]/config/registries/sword-metadata.xml;
+
+[dspace]/bin/dsrun org.dspace.administer.MetadataImporter -f
+	[dspace]/config/registries/sword-metadata.xml
+
    +
    15. +
  15. Rebuild browse and search indexes One of the major new features of DSpace 1.5 is the browse system which necessitates that the indexes be recreated. To do this run the following command from your DSpace installed directory: +
    +
    +[dspace]/bin/index-init
+
    +
    16. +
  16. Update statistics scripts The statistics scripts have been rewritten for DSpace 1.5. Prior to 1.5 they were written in Perl, but have been rewritten in Java to avoid having to install Perl. First, make a note of the dates you have specified in your statistics scripts for the statistics to run from. You will find these in [dspace]/bin/stat-initial, as $start_year and $start_month. Note down these values.Copy the new stats scripts: +
    +
    +    cp [dspace-source]/dspace/bin/stat* [dspace]/bin/
+
    +
    +

    Then edit your statistics configuration file with the start details. Add the following to [dspace]/conf/dstat.cfg# the year and month to start creating reports from# - year as four digits (e.g. 2005)# - month as a number (e.g. January is 1, December is 12)start.year = 2005start.month = 1 Replace '2005' and '1' as with the values you noted down. dstat.cfg also used to contain the hostname and service name as displayed at the top of the statistics. These values are now taken from dspace.cfg so you can remove host.name and host.url from dstat.cfg if you wish. The values now used are dspace.hostname and dspace.name from dspace.cfg

    17. +
  17. Deploy web applications Copy the web applications files from your [dspace]/webapps directory to the subdirectory of your servlet container (e.g. Tomcat): +
    +
    +cp [dspace]/webapps/* [tomcat]/webapps/
+
    +
    18. +
  18. Restart Tomcat Restart your servlet container, for Tomcat use the bin/startup.sh script.
    19. +
+ + +

Upgrading From 1.4.1 to 1.4.2

+ +

See Upgrading From 1.4 to 1.4.x; the same instructions apply.

+ + +

Upgrading From 1.4 to 1.4.x

+ +

The changes in 1.4.x releases are only code and configuration changes so the update is simply a matter of rebuilding the wars and slight changes to your config file.

+ +

In the notes below [dspace] refers to the install directory for your existing DSpace installation, and [dspace-1.4.x-source] to the source directory for DSpace 1.4.x. Whenever you see these path references, be sure to replace them with the actual path names on your local system.

+ +
    +
  1. Get the new DSpace 1.4.x source code from the DSpace page on SourceForge and unpack it somewhere. Do not unpack it on top of your existing installation!!
    2. +
  2. Copy the PostgreSQL driver JAR to the source tree. For example: +
    +
    +cd  [dspace]/lib
+cp postgresql.jar  [dspace-1.4.x-source]/lib
+
    +
    3. +
  3. Note: Licensing conditions for the handle.jar file have changed. As a result, the latest version of the handle.jar file is not included in this distribution. It is recommended you read the new license conditions and decide whether you wish to update your installation's handle.jar. If you decide to update, you should replace the existing handle.jar in [dspace-1.4.x-source]/lib with the new version.
    4. +
  4. Take down Tomcat (or whichever servlet container you're using).
    5. +
  5. A new configuration item webui.html.max-depth-guess has been added to avoid infinite URL spaces. Add the following to the dspace.cfg file: +
    +
    +#### Multi-file HTML document/site settings #####
+#
+# When serving up composite HTML items, how deep can the request be
+	for us to
+# serve up a file with the same name?
+#
+# e.g. if we receive a request for "foo/bar/index.html"
+# and we have a bitstream called just "index.html"
+# we will serve up that bitstream for the request if
+	webui.html.max-depth-guess
+# is 2 or greater.  If webui.html.max-depth-guess is 1 or less, we
+	would not
+# serve that bitstream, as the depth of the file is greater.
+#
+# If webui.html.max-depth-guess is zero, the request filename and
+	path must
+# always exactly match the bitstream name.  Default value is 3.
+#
+webui.html.max-depth-guess = 3
+
    +
    +

    If webui.html.max-depth-guess is not present in dspace.cfg the default value is used. If archiving entire web sites or deeply nested HTML documents it is advisable to change the default to a higher value more suitable for these types of materials.

    6. +
  6. Your 'localized' JSPs (those in jsp/local) now need to be maintained in the source directory. If you have locally modified JSPs in your [dspace]/jsp/local directory, you will need to merge the changes in the new 1.4.x versions into your locally modified ones. You can use the diff command to compare your JSPs against the 1.4.x versions to do this. You can also check against the DSpace CVS.
    7. +
  7. In [dspace-1.4.x-source] run: +
    +
    +ant -Dconfig= [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
+
    +
    8. +
  8. Copy the .war Web application files in [dspace-1.4.x-source]/build to the webapps sub-directory of your servlet container (e.g. Tomcat). e.g.: +
    +
    +cp  [dspace-1.4.x-source]/build/*.war
+	[tomcat]/webapps
+
    +
    +

    If you're using Tomcat, you need to delete the directories corresponding to the old .war files. For example, if dspace.war is installed in [tomcat]/webapps/dspace.war, you should delete the [tomcat]/webapps/dspace directory. Otherwise, Tomcat will continue to use the old code in that directory.

    9. +
  9. Restart Tomcat.
    10. +
+ + +

Upgrading From 1.3.2 to 1.4.x

+ +
    +
  1. First and foremost, make a complete backup of your system, including: +
      +
    • A snapshot of the database
      • +
    • The asset store ([dspace]/assetstore by default)
      • +
    • Your configuration files and localized JSPs
      • +
    +
    2. +
  2. Download the latest DSpace 1.4.x source bundle and unpack it in a suitable location (not over your existing DSpace installation or source tree!)
    3. +
  3. Copy the PostgreSQL driver JAR to the source tree. For example: +
    +
    +cd  [dspace]/lib
+cp postgresql.jar  [dspace-1.4.x-source]/lib
+
    +
    4. +
  4. Note: Licensing conditions for the handle.jar file have changed. As a result, the latest version of the handle.jar file is not included in this distribution. It is recommended you read the new license conditions and decide whether you wish to update your installation's handle.jar. If you decide to update, you should replace the existing handle.jar in [dspace-1.4.x-source]/lib with the new version.
    5. +
  5. Take down Tomcat (or whichever servlet container you're using).
    6. +
  6. Your DSpace configuration will need some updating: +
      +
    • In dspace.cfg, paste in the following lines for the new stackable authentication feature, the new method for managing Media Filters, and the Checksum Checker. +
      +
      +#### Stackable Authentication Methods #####
+# Stack of authentication methods
+#  (See org.dspace.eperson.AuthenticationManager)
+plugin.sequence.org.dspace.eperson.AuthenticationMethod = \
+          org.dspace.eperson.PasswordAuthentication
+
+#### Example of configuring X.509 authentication
+#### (to use it, add org.dspace.eperson.X509Authentication to stack)
+
+## method 1, using keystore
+#authentication.x509.keystore.path = /var/local/tomcat/conf/keystore
+#authentication.x509.keystore.password = changeit
+
+## method 2, using CA certificate
+#authentication.x509.ca.cert = ${dspace.dir}/config/mitClientCA.der
+
+## Create e-persons for unknown names in valid certificates?
+#authentication.x509.autoregister = true
+
+
+#### Media Filter plugins (through PluginManager) ####
+
+plugin.sequence.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.MediaFilter = \
+    org.dspace.app.mediafilter.PDFFilter,
+	org.dspace.app.mediafilter.HTMLFilter, \
+    org.dspace.app.mediafilter.WordFilter,
+	org.dspace.app.mediafilter.JPEGFilter
+# to enable branded preview: remove last line above, and uncomment 2
+	lines below
+#   org.dspace.app.mediafilter.WordFilter,
+	org.dspace.app.mediafilter.JPEGFilter, \
+#   org.dspace.app.mediafilter.BrandedPreviewJPEGFilter
+
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.PDFFilter.inputFormats = Adobe PDF
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.HTMLFilter.inputFormats = HTML,
+	Text
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.WordFilter.inputFormats = Microsoft
+	Word
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.JPEGFilter.inputFormats = GIF,
+	JPEG, image/png
+filter.org.dspace.app.mediafilter.BrandedPreviewJPEGFilter.inputFormat
+s = GIF, JPEG, image/png
+
+
+#### Settings for Item Preview ####
+webui.preview.enabled = false
+# max dimensions of the preview image
+webui.preview.maxwidth = 600
+webui.preview.maxheight = 600
+# the brand text
+webui.preview.brand = My Institution Name
+# an abbreviated form of the above text, this will be used
+# when the preview image cannot fit the normal text
+webui.preview.brand.abbrev = MyOrg
+# the height of the brand
+webui.preview.brand.height = 20
+# font settings for the brand text
+webui.preview.brand.font = SansSerif
+webui.preview.brand.fontpoint = 12
+#webui.preview.dc = rights
+
+
+#### Checksum Checker Settings ####
+# Default dispatcher in case none specified
+plugin.single.org.dspace.checker.BitstreamDispatcher=org.dspace.checke
+r.SimpleDispatcher
+# Standard interface implementations. You shouldn't need to tinker
+	with these.
+plugin.single.org.dspace.checker.ReporterDAO=org.dspace.checker.Report
+erDAOImpl
+
+# check history retention
+checker.retention.default=10y
+checker.retention.CHECKSUM_MATCH=8w
+
      +
      • +
    • If you have customized advanced search fields (search.index.n fields, note that you now need to include the schema in the values. Dublin Core is specified as dc. So for example, if in 1.3.2 you had: +
      +
      +search.index.1 = title:title.alternative
+
      +
      +

      That needs to be changed to:

      +
      +
      +search.index.1 = title:dc.title.alternative
+
      +
      • +
    • If you use LDAP or X509 authentication, you'll need to add org.dspace.eperson.LDAPAuthentication or org.dspace.eperson.X509Authentication respectively. See also configuring custom authentication code.
      • +
    • If you have custom Media Filters, note that these are now configured through dspace.cfg (instead of mediafilter.cfg which is obsolete.)
      • +
    • Also, take a look through the default dspace.cfg file supplied with DSpace 1.4.x, as this contains configuration options for various new features you might like to use. In general, these new features default to 'off' and you'll need to add configuration properties as described in the default 1.4.x dspace.cfg to activate them.
      • +
    +
    7. +
  7. Your 'localized' JSPs (those in jsp/local) now need to be maintained in the source directory. If you have locally modified JSPs in your [dspace]/jsp/local directory, you will need to merge the changes in the new 1.4.x versions into your locally modified ones. You can use the diff command to compare your JSPs against the 1.4.x versions to do this. You can also check against the DSpace CVS.
    8. +
  8. In [dspace-1.4.x-source] run: +
    +
    +ant -Dconfig= [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
+
    +
    9. +
  9. The database schema needs updating. SQL files containing the relevant file are provided. If you've modified the schema locally, you may need to check over this and make alterations. +
      +
    • For PostgreSQL: [dspace-1.4.x-source]/etc/database_schema_13-14.sql contains the SQL commands to achieve this for PostgreSQL. To apply the changes, go to the source directory, and run:psql -f etc/database_schema_13-14.sql [DSpace database name] -h localhost
      • +
    • For Oracle: [dspace-1.4.x-source]/etc/oracle/database_schema_13-14.sql should be run on the DSpace database to update the schema.
      • +
    +
    10. +
  10. Rebuild the search indexes: [dspace]/bin/index-all
    11. +
  11. Copy the .war Web application files in [dspace-1.4-source]/build to the webapps sub-directory of your servlet container (e.g. Tomcat). e.g.: +
    +
    +cp  [dspace-1.4-source]/build/*.war
+	[tomcat]/webapps
+
    +
    +

    If you're using Tomcat, you need to delete the directories corresponding to the old .war files. For example, if dspace.war is installed in [tomcat]/webapps/dspace.war, you should delete the [tomcat]/webapps/dspace directory. Otherwise, Tomcat will continue to use the old code in that directory.

    12. +
  12. Restart Tomcat.
    13. +
+ + +

Upgrading From 1.3.1 to 1.3.2

+ +

The changes in 1.3.2 are only code changes so the update is simply a matter of rebuilding the wars.

+ +

In the notes below [dspace] refers to the install directory for your existing DSpace installation, and [dspace-1.3.2-source] to the source directory for DSpace 1.3.2. Whenever you see these path references, be sure to replace them with the actual path names on your local system.

+ +
    +
  1. Get the new DSpace 1.3.2 source code from the DSpace page on SourceForge and unpack it somewhere. Do not unpack it on top of your existing installation!!
    2. +
  2. Copy the PostgreSQL driver JAR to the source tree. For example: +
    +
    +cd  [dspace]/lib
+cp postgresql.jar  [dspace-1.3.2-source]/lib
+
    +
    3. +
  3. Take down Tomcat (or whichever servlet container you're using).
    4. +
  4. Your 'localized' JSPs (those in jsp/local) now need to be maintained in the source directory. If you have locally modified JSPs in your [dspace]/jsp/local directory, you will need to merge the changes in the new 1.3.2 versions into your locally modified ones. You can use the diff command to compare the 1.3.1 and 1.3.2 versions to do this.
    5. +
  5. In [dspace-1.3.2-source] run: +
    +
    +ant -Dconfig= [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
+
    +
    6. +
  6. Copy the .war Web application files in [dspace-1.3.2-source]/build to the webapps sub-directory of your servlet container (e.g. Tomcat). e.g.: +
    +
    +cp  [dspace-1.3.2-source]/build/*.war
+	[tomcat]/webapps
+
    +
    +

    If you're using Tomcat, you need to delete the directories corresponding to the old .war files. For example, if dspace.war is installed in [tomcat]/webapps/dspace.war, you should delete the [tomcat]/webapps/dspace directory. Otherwise, Tomcat will continue to use the old code in that directory.

    7. +
  7. Restart Tomcat.
    8. +
+ + +

Upgrading From 1.2.x to 1.3.x

+ +

In the notes below [dspace] refers to the install directory for your existing DSpace installation, and [dspace-1.3.x-source] to the source directory for DSpace 1.3.x. Whenever you see these path references, be sure to replace them with the actual path names on your local system.

+ +
    +
  1. Step one is, of course, to back up all your data before proceeding!! Include all of the contents of [dspace] and the PostgreSQL database in your backup.
    2. +
  2. Get the new DSpace 1.3.x source code from the DSpace page on SourceForge and unpack it somewhere. Do not unpack it on top of your existing installation!!
    3. +
  3. Copy the PostgreSQL driver JAR to the source tree. For example: cd [dspace]/libcp postgresql.jar [dspace-1.2.2-source]/lib
    4. +
  4. Take down Tomcat (or whichever servlet container you're using).
    5. +
  5. Remove the old version of xerces.jar from your installation, so it is not inadvertently later used:rm [dspace]/lib/xerces.jar
    6. +
  6. Install the new config files by moving dstat.cfg and dstat.map from [dspace-1.3.x-source]/config/ to [dspace]/config
    7. +
  7. You need to add new parameters to your [dspace]/dspace.cfg: +
    +
    +###### Statistical Report Configuration Settings ######
+
+# should the stats be publicly available?  should be set to false if
+	you only
+# want administrators to access the stats, or you do not intend to
+	generate
+# any
+report.public = false
+
+# directory where live reports are stored
+report.dir = /dspace/reports/
+
+
    +
    8. +
  8. Build and install the updated DSpace 1.3.x code. Go to the [dspace-1.3.x-source] directory, and run:ant -Dconfig=[dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
    9. +
  9. You'll need to make some changes to the database schema in your PostgreSQL database. [dspace-1.3.x-source]/etc/database_schema_12-13.sql contains the SQL commands to achieve this. If you've modified the schema locally, you may need to check over this and make alterations. To apply the changes, go to the source directory, and run: psql -f etc/database_schema_12-13.sql [DSpace database name] -h localhost
    10. +
  10. Customize the stat generating statistics as per the instructions in System Statistical Reports
    11. +
  11. Initialize the statistics using: [dspace]/bin/stat-initial[dspace]/bin/stat-general[dspace]/bin/stat-report-initial[dspace]/bin/stat-report-general
    12. +
  12. Rebuild the search indexes: [dspace]/bin/index-all
    13. +
  13. Copy the .war Web application files in [dspace-1.3.x-source]/build to the webapps sub-directory of your servlet container (e.g. Tomcat). e.g.:cp [dspace-1.3.x-source]/build/*.war [tomcat]/webapps
    14. +
  14. Restart Tomcat.
    15. +
+ + +

Upgrading From 1.2.1 to 1.2.2

+ +

The changes in 1.2.2 are only code and config changes so the update should be fairly simple.

+ +

In the notes below [dspace] refers to the install directory for your existing DSpace installation, and [dspace-1.2.2-source] to the source directory for DSpace 1.2.2. Whenever you see these path references, be sure to replace them with the actual path names on your local system.

+ +
    +
  1. Get the new DSpace 1.2.2 source code from the DSpace page on SourceForge and unpack it somewhere. Do not unpack it on top of your existing installation!!
    2. +
  2. Copy the PostgreSQL driver JAR to the source tree. For example: +
    +
    +cd  [dspace]/lib
+cp postgresql.jar  [dspace-1.2.2-source]/lib
+
    +
    3. +
  3. Take down Tomcat (or whichever servlet container you're using).
    4. +
  4. Your 'localized' JSPs (those in jsp/local) now need to be maintained in the source directory. If you have locally modified JSPs in your [dspace]/jsp/local directory, you might like to merge the changes in the new 1.2.2 versions into your locally modified ones. You can use the diff command to compare the 1.2.1 and 1.2.2 versions to do this. Also see the version history for a list of modified JSPs.
    5. +
  5. You need to add a new parameter to your [dspace]/dspace.cfg for configurable fulltext indexing +
    +
    +##### Fulltext Indexing settings #####
+# Maximum number of terms indexed for a single field in Lucene.
+# Default is 10,000 words - often not enough for full-text indexing.
+# If you change this, you'll need to re-index for the change
+# to take effect on previously added items.
+# -1 = unlimited (Integer.MAX_VALUE)
+search.maxfieldlength = 10000
+
    +
    6. +
  6. In [dspace-1.2.2-source] run: +
    +
    +ant -Dconfig= [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
+
    +
    7. +
  7. Copy the .war Web application files in [dspace-1.2.2-source]/build to the webapps sub-directory of your servlet container (e.g. Tomcat). e.g.: +
    +
    +cp  [dspace-1.2.2-source]/build/*.war
+	[tomcat]/webapps
+
    +
    +

    If you're using Tomcat, you need to delete the directories corresponding to the old .war files. For example, if dspace.war is installed in [tomcat]/webapps/dspace.war, you should delete the [tomcat]/webapps/dspace directory. Otherwise, Tomcat will continue to use the old code in that directory.

    8. +
  8. To finalize the install of the new configurable submission forms you need to copy the file [dspace-1.2.2-source]/config/input-forms.xml into [dspace]/config.
    9. +
  9. Restart Tomcat.
    10. +
+ + +

Upgrading From 1.2 to 1.2.1

+ +

The changes in 1.2.1 are only code changes so the update should be fairly simple.

+ +

In the notes below [dspace] refers to the install directory for your existing DSpace installation, and [dspace-1.2.1-source] to the source directory for DSpace 1.2.1. Whenever you see these path references, be sure to replace them with the actual path names on your local system.

+ +
    +
  1. Get the new DSpace 1.2.1 source code from the DSpace page on SourceForge and unpack it somewhere. Do not unpack it on top of your existing installation!!
    2. +
  2. Copy the PostgreSQL driver JAR to the source tree. For example: +
    +
    +cd  [dspace]/lib
+cp postgresql.jar  [dspace-1.2.1-source]/lib
+
    +
    3. +
  3. Take down Tomcat (or whichever servlet container you're using).
    4. +
  4. Your 'localized' JSPs (those in jsp/local) now need to be maintained in the source directory. If you have locally modified JSPs in your [dspace]/jsp/local directory, you might like to merge the changes in the new 1.2.1 versions into your locally modified ones. You can use the diff command to compare the 1.2 and 1.2.1 versions to do this. Also see the version history for a list of modified JSPs.
    5. +
  5. You need to add a few new parameters to your [dspace]/dspace.cfg for browse/search and item thumbnails display, and for configurable DC metadata fields to be indexed. +
    +
    +# whether to display thumbnails on browse and search results pages
+	(1.2+)
+webui.browse.thumbnail.show = false
+
+# max dimensions of the browse/search thumbs. Must be <=
+	thumbnail.maxwidth
+# and thumbnail.maxheight. Only need to be set if required to be
+	smaller than
+# dimension of thumbnails generated by mediafilter (1.2+)
+#webui.browse.thumbnail.maxheight = 80
+#webui.browse.thumbnail.maxwidth = 80
+
+# whether to display the thumb against each bitstream (1.2+)
+webui.item.thumbnail.show = true
+
+# where should clicking on a thumbnail from browse/search take the
+	user
+# Only values currently supported are "item" and
+	"bitstream"
+#webui.browse.thumbnail.linkbehaviour = item
+
+
+ ##### Fields to Index for Search #####
+
+# DC metadata elements.qualifiers to be indexed for search
+# format: - search.index.[number] = [search field]:element.qualifier
+#         - * used as wildcard
+
+###      changing these will change your search results,     ###
+###  but will NOT automatically change your search displays  ###
+
+search.index.1 = author:contributor.*
+search.index.2 = author:creator.*
+search.index.3 = title:title.*
+search.index.4 = keyword:subject.*
+search.index.5 = abstract:description.abstract
+search.index.6 = author:description.statementofresponsibility
+search.index.7 = series:relation.ispartofseries
+search.index.8 = abstract:description.tableofcontents
+search.index.9 = mime:format.mimetype
+search.index.10 = sponsor:description.sponsorship
+search.index.11 = id:identifier.*
+
    +
    6. +
  6. In [dspace-1.2.1-source] run: +
    +
    +ant -Dconfig= [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
+
    +
    7. +
  7. Copy the .war Web application files in [dspace-1.2.1-source]/build to the webapps sub-directory of your servlet container (e.g. Tomcat). e.g.: +
    +
    +cp  [dspace-1.2.1-source]/build/*.war
+	[tomcat]/webapps
+
    +
    +

    If you're using Tomcat, you need to delete the directories corresponding to the old .war files. For example, if dspace.war is installed in [tomcat]/webapps/dspace.war, you should delete the [tomcat]/webapps/dspace directory. Otherwise, Tomcat will continue to use the old code in that directory.

    8. +
  8. Restart Tomcat.
    9. +
+ + +

Upgrading From 1.1 (or 1.1.1) to 1.2

+ +

The process for upgrading to 1.2 from either 1.1 or 1.1.1 is the same. If you are running DSpace 1.0 or 1.0.1, you need to follow the instructions for upgrading from 1.0.1 to 1.1 to before following these instructions.

+ +

Note also that if you've substantially modified DSpace, these instructions apply to an unmodified 1.1.1 DSpace instance, and you'll need to adapt the process to any modifications you've made.

+ +

This document refers to the install directory for your existing DSpace installation as [dspace], and to the source directory for DSpace 1.2 as [dspace-1.2-source]. Whenever you see these path references below, be sure to replace them with the actual path names on your local system.

+ +
    +
  1. Step one is, of course, to back up all your data before proceeding!! Include all of the contents of [dspace] and the PostgreSQL database in your backup.
    2. +
  2. Get the new DSpace 1.2 source code from the DSpace page on SourceForge and unpack it somewhere. Do not unpack it on top of your existing installation!!
    3. +
  3. Copy the required Java libraries that we couldn't include in the bundle to the source tree. For example: +
    +
    +cd  [dspace]/lib
+cp activation.jar servlet.jar mail.jar
+	[dspace-1.2-source]/lib
+
    +
    4. +
  4. Stop Tomcat (or other servlet container.)
    5. +
  5. It's a good idea to upgrade all of the various third-party tools that DSpace uses to their latest versions: +
      +
    • Java (note that now version 1.4.0 or later is required)
      • +
    • Tomcat (Any version after 4.0 will work; symbolic links are no longer an issue)
      • +
    • PostgreSQL (don't forget to build/download an updated JDBC driver .jar file! Also, back up the database first.)
      • +
    • Ant
      • +
    +
    6. +
  6. You need to add the following new parameters to your [dspace]/dspace.cfg: +
    +
    +##### Media Filter settings #####
+# maximum width and height of generated thumbnails
+thumbnail.maxwidth = 80
+thumbnail.maxheight = 80
+
    +
    +

    There are one or two other, optional extra parameters (for controlling the pool of database connections). See the version history for details. If you leave them out, defaults will be used.Also, to avoid future confusion, you might like to remove the following property, which is no longer required:

    +
    +
    +config.template.oai-web.xml =
+	[dspace]/oai/WEB-INF/web.xml
+
    +
    7. +
  7. The layout of the installation directory (i.e. the structure of the contents of [dspace]) has changed somewhat since 1.1.1. First up, your 'localized' JSPs (those in jsp/local) now need to be maintained in the source directory. So make a copy of them now!Once you've done that, you can remove [dspace]/jsp and [dspace]/oai, these are no longer used. (.war Web application archive files are used instead).Also, if you're using the same version of Tomcat as before, you need to remove the lines from Tomcat's conf/server.xml file that enable symbolic links for DSpace. These are the <Context> elements you added to get DSpace 1.1.1 working, looking something like this: +
    +
    +<Context path="/dspace" docBase="dspace" debug="0" reloadable="true"
+	crossContext="true">
+  <Resources className="org.apache.naming.resources.FileDirContext"
+	allowLinking="true" />
+</Context>
+
    +
    +

    Be sure to remove the <Context> elements for both the Web UI and the OAI Web applications.

    8. +
  8. Build and install the updated DSpace 1.2 code. Go to the DSpace 1.2 source directory, and run: +
    +
    +ant -Dconfig= [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
+
    +
    9. +
  9. Copy the new config files in config to your installation, e.g.: +
    +
    +cp  [dspace-1.2-source]/config/news-*
+	[dspace-1.2-source]/config/mediafilter.cfg
+	[dspace-1.2-source]/config/dc2mods.cfg
+	[dspace]/config
+
    +
    10. +
  10. You'll need to make some changes to the database schema in your PostgreSQL database. [dspace-1.2-source]/etc/database_schema_11-12.sql contains the SQL commands to achieve this. If you've modified the schema locally, you may need to check over this and make alterations.To apply the changes, go to the source directory, and run: +
    +
    +psql -f etc/database_schema_11-12.sql [DSpace database name] -h
+	localhost
+
    +
    11. +
  11. A tool supplied with the DSpace 1.2 codebase will then update the actual data in the relational database. Run it using: +
    +
     [dspace]/bin/dsrun
+	org.dspace.administer.Upgrade11To12
+
    +
    12. +
  12. Then rebuild the search indexes: +
    +
     [dspace]/bin/index-all
+
    +
    13. +
  13. Delete the existing symlinks from your servlet container's (e.g. Tomcat's) webapp sub-directory.Copy the .war Web application files in [dspace-1.2-source]/build to the webapps sub-directory of your servlet container (e.g. Tomcat). e.g.: +
    +
    +cp  [dspace-1.2-source]/build/*.war
+	[tomcat]/webapps
+
    +
    14. +
  14. Restart Tomcat.
    15. +
  15. To get image thumbnails generated and full-text extracted for indexing automatically, you need to set up a 'cron' job, for example one like this: +
    +
    +# Run the media filter at 02:00 every day
+0 2 * * *  [dspace]/bin/filter-media
+
    +
    +

    You might also wish to run it now to generate thumbnails and index full text for the content already in your system.

    16. +
  16. Note 1: This update process has effectively 'touched' all of your items. Although the dates in the Dublin Core metadata won't have changed (accession date and so forth), the 'last modified' date in the database for each will have been changed. This means the e-mail subscription tool may be confused, thinking that all items in the archive have been deposited that day, and could thus send a rather long email to lots of subscribers. So, it is recommended that you turn off the e-mail subscription feature for the next day, by commenting out the relevant line in DSpace's cron job, and then re-activating it the next day. Say you performed the update on 08-June-2004 (UTC), and your e-mail subscription cron job runs at 4am (UTC). When the subscription tool runs at 4am on 09-June-2004, it will find that everything in the system has a modification date in 08-June-2004, and accordingly send out huge emails. So, immediately after the update, you would edit DSpace's 'crontab' and comment out the /dspace/bin/subs-daily line. Then, after 4am on 09-June-2004 you'd 'un-comment' it out, so that things proceed normally. Of course this means, any real new deposits on 08-June-2004 won't get e-mailed, however if you're updating the system it's likely to be down for some time so this shouldn't be a big problem.
    17. +
  17. Note 2: After consultation with the OAI community, various OAI-PMH changes have occurred: +
      +
    • The OAI-PMH identifiers have changed (they're now of the form oai:hostname:handle as opposed to just Handles)
      • +
    • The set structure has changed, due to the new sub-communities feature.
      • +
    • The default base URL has changed
      • +
    • As noted in note 1, every item has been 'touched' and will need re-harvesting. The above means that, if already registered and harvested, you will need to re-register your repository, effectively as a 'new' OAI-PMH data provider. You should also consider posting an announcement to the OAI implementers e-mail list so that harvesters know to update their systems. Also note that your site may, over the next few days, take quite a big hit from OAI-PMH harvesters. The resumption token support should alleviate this a little, but you might want to temporarily whack up the database connection pool parameters in [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg. See the dspace.cfg distributed with the source code to see what these parameters are and how to use them. (You need to stop and restart Tomcat after changing them.)I realize this is not ideal; for discussion as to the reasons behind this please see relevant posts to the OAI community: post one, post two, as well as this post to the dspace-tech mailing list\.If you really can't live with updating the base URL like this, you can fairly easily have thing proceed more-or-less as they are, by doing the following:
      • +
    • Change the value of OAI_ID_PREFIX at the top of the org.dspace.app.oai.DSpaceOAICatalog class to hdl:
      • +
    • Change the servlet mapping for the OAIHandler servlet back to / (from /request)
      • +
    • Rebuild and deploy _oai.war_However, note that in this case, all the records will be re-harvested by harvesters anyway, so you still need to brace for the associated DB activity; also note that the set spec changes may not be picked up by some harvesters. It's recommended you read the above-linked mailing list posts to understand why the change was made.
      +Now, you should be finished!
      • +
    +
    18. +
+ + + +

Upgrading From 1.1 to 1.1.1

+ +

Fortunately the changes in 1.1.1 are only code changes so the update is fairly simple.

+ +

In the notes below [dspace] refers to the install directory for your existing DSpace installation, and [dspace-1.1.1-source] to the source directory for DSpace 1.1.1. Whenever you see these path references, be sure to replace them with the actual path names on your local system.

+ +
    +
  1. Take down Tomcat.
    2. +
  2. It would be a good idea to update any of the third-party tools used by DSpace at this point (e.g. PostgreSQL), following the instructions provided with the relevant tools.
    3. +
  3. In [dspace-1.1.1-source] run: +
    +
    +ant -Dconfig= [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
+
    +
    4. +
  4. If you have locally modified JSPs of the following JSPs in your [dspace]/jsp/local directory, you might like to merge the changes in the new 1.1.1 versions into your locally modified ones. You can use the diff command to compare the 1.1 and 1.1.1 versions to do this. The changes are quite minor. +
    +
    +collection-home.jsp
+admin/authorize-collection-edit.jsp
+admin/authorize-community-edit.jsp
+admin/authorize-item-edit.jsp
+admin/eperson-edit.jsp
+
    +
    5. +
  5. Restart Tomcat.
    6. +
+ + +

Upgrading From 1.0.1 to 1.1

+ +

To upgrade from DSpace 1.0.1 to 1.1, follow the steps below. Your dspace.cfg does not need to be changed. In the notes below [dspace] refers to the install directory for your existing DSpace installation, and [dspace-1.1-source] to the source directory for DSpace 1.1. Whenever you see these path references, be sure to replace them with the actual path names on your local system.

+ +
    +
  1. Take down Tomcat (or whichever servlet container you're using).
    2. +
  2. We recommend that you upgrade to the latest version of PostgreSQL (7.3.2). Included are some notes to help you do this. Note you will also have to upgrade Ant to version 1.5 if you do this.
    3. +
  3. Make the necessary changes to the DSpace database. These include a couple of minor schema changes, and some new indexes which should improve performance. Also, the names of a couple of database views have been changed since the old names were so long they were causing problems. First run psql to access your database (e.g. psql -U dspace -W and then enter the password), and enter these SQL commands: +
    +
    +ALTER TABLE bitstream ADD store_number INTEGER;
+UPDATE bitstream SET store_number = 0;
+
+ALTER TABLE item ADD last_modified TIMESTAMP;
+CREATE INDEX last_modified_idx ON Item(last_modified);
+
+CREATE INDEX eperson_email_idx ON EPerson(email);
+CREATE INDEX item2bundle_item_idx on Item2Bundle(item_id);
+CREATE INDEX bundle2bitstream_bundle_idx ON
+	Bundle2Bitstream(bundle_id);
+CREATE INDEX dcvalue_item_idx on DCValue(item_id);
+CREATE INDEX collection2item_collection_idx ON
+	Collection2Item(collection_id);
+CREATE INDEX resourcepolicy_type_id_idx ON ResourcePolicy
+	(resource_type_id,resource_id);
+CREATE INDEX epersongroup2eperson_group_idx on
+	EPersonGroup2EPerson(eperson_group_id);
+CREATE INDEX handle_handle_idx ON Handle(handle);
+CREATE INDEX sort_author_idx on ItemsByAuthor(sort_author);
+CREATE INDEX sort_title_idx on ItemsByTitle(sort_title);
+CREATE INDEX date_issued_idx on ItemsByDate(date_issued);
+
+DROP VIEW CollectionItemsByDateAccessioned;
+
+DROP VIEW CommunityItemsByDateAccessioned;
+CREATE VIEW CommunityItemsByDateAccession as SELECT
+	Community2Item.community_id, ItemsByDateAccessioned.*  FROM
+	ItemsByDateAccessioned, Community2Item WHERE
+	ItemsByDateAccessioned.item_id = Community2Item.item_id;
+CREATE VIEW CollectionItemsByDateAccession AS SELECT
+	collection2item.collection_id,
+	itemsbydateaccessioned.items_by_date_accessioned_id,
+	itemsbydateaccessioned.item_id,
+	itemsbydateaccessioned.date_accessioned FROM itemsbydateaccessioned,
+	collection2item WHERE (itemsbydateaccessioned.item_id =
+	collection2item.item_id);
+
    +
    4. +
  4. Fix your JSPs for Unicode. If you've modified the site 'skin' (jsp/local/layout/header-default.jsp) you'll need to add the Unicode header, i.e.: +
    +
    +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
+	charset=UTF-8">
+
    +
    +

    to the <HEAD> element. If you have any locally-edited JSPs, you need to add this page directive to the top of all of them:

    +
    +
    +<%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" %>
+
    +
    +

    (If you haven't modified any JSPs, you don't have to do anything.)

    5. +
  5. Copy the required Java libraries that we couldn't include in the bundle to the source tree. For example: +
    +
    +cd  [dspace]/lib
+cp *.policy activation.jar servlet.jar mail.jar
+	[dspace-1.1-source]/lib
+
    +
    6. +
  6. Compile up the new DSpace code, replacing [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg with the path to your current, LIVE configuration. (The second line, touch `find .`, is a precaution, which ensures that the new code has a current datestamp and will overwrite the old code. Note that those are back quotes.) +
    +
    +cd  [dspace-1.1-source]
+touch `find .`
+ant
+ant -Dconfig= [dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
+
    +
    7. +
  7. Update the database tables using the upgrader tool, which sets up the new >last_modified date in the item table: +
    +
    +Run  [dspace]/bin/dsrun
+	org.dspace.administer.Upgrade101To11
+
    +
    8. +
  8. Run the collection default authorization policy tool: +
    +
     [dspace]/bin/dsrun
+	org.dspace.authorize.FixDefaultPolicies
+
    +
    9. +
  9. Fix the OAICat properties file. Edit [dspace]/config/templates/oaicat.properties. Change the line that says +
    +
    +Identify.deletedRecord=yes
+
    +
    +

    To:

    +
    +
    +Identify.deletedRecord=persistent
+
    +
    +

    This is needed to fix the OAI-PMH 'Identity' verb response. Then run [dspace]/bin/install-configs.

    10. +
  10. Re-run the indexing to index abstracts and fill out the renamed database views: +
    +
     [dspace]/bin/index-all
+
    +
    11. +
  11. Restart Tomcat. Tomcat should be run with the following environment variable set, to ensure that Unicode is handled properly. Also, the default JVM memory heap sizes are rather small. Adjust -Xmx512M (512Mb maximum heap size) and -Xms64M (64Mb Java thread stack size) to suit your hardware. +
    +
    +JAVA_OPTS="-Xmx512M -Xms64M -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8"
+
    +
    12. +
+ + + +
+ + + + + + + +
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+ + DSpace Documentation : XMLUI Base Theme Templates (dri2xhtml) + +
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+ This page last changed on Dec 15, 2010 by tdonohue. +
+ +

Base Templates for Creating XMLUI Themes

+ +
+
+ +
Two options for base templates to use
There are two main base templates you can use when creating an XMLUI Theme: +
    +
  • dri2xhtml - used in the generation of default Reference, Classic and Kubrick themes
    • +
  • dri2xhtml-alt - used in the generation of default Mirage theme
    • +
+ + +

You only should use one of these two templates, based on which seems easier to you.

+ + +

dri2xhtml

+ +

The dri2xhtml base template is the original template for creating XMLUI themes. It attempts to provide generic XSLT templates which are then applied across the entire DSpace site, thus making it easier to make site-wide changes.

+ +

The dri2xhtml base template is used in the following Themes:

+
    +
  • Reference - the default XMLUI theme
    • +
  • Classic - an XMLUI theme which looks similar to JSPUI
    • +
  • Kubrick
    • +
+ + + +

Template Structure

+ +

The dri2xhtml base template consists of five main XSLTs:

+
    +
  • dri2xhtml/structural.xsl - this XSLT is in charge of creating the main layout/page structure of every page within DSpace
    • +
  • dri2xhtml/General-Handler.xsl - this XSLT is in charge of displaying File download links throughout DSpace (it matches the METS <fileSec> element).
    • +
  • dri2xhtml/DIM-Handler.xsl - this XSLT is in charge of displaying all DIM (DSpace Intermediate Metadata) metadata throughout DSpace (it matches any DIM metadata in the METS). By default, this is the template used to display all metadata.
    • +
  • dri2xhtml/MODS-Handler.xsl - this XSLT is in charge of displaying all MODS metadata throughout DSpace (it matches any MODS metadata in the METS). By default, this template is not used, as MODS metadata is not generated by XMLUI by default.
    • +
  • dri2xhtml/QDC-Handler.xsl - this XSLT is in charge of displaying all Qualified Dublin Core (QDC) metadata throughout DSpace (it matches any QDC metadata in the METS). By default, this template is not used, as QDC metadata is not generated by XMLUI by default.
    • +
+ + + + +

dri2xhtml-alt

+ +

The dri2xhtml-alt base template is an alternative template for creating XMLUI themes. It contains the same XSLT templates from dri2xhtml, but they are divided into multiple files and folders. Each file attempts to group XSLT templates together based on their function, in order to make it easier to find the templates related to the feature you're trying to modify.

+ +

The dri2xhtml-alt base template is used in the following Themes:

+ + + +

Configuration and Installation

+ +

The alternative basic templates is called "dri2xhtml-alt".
+Any of the existing themes can be updated to reference this new set of templates by replacing in your theme.xsl:

+ +
+
+<xsl:stylesheet xmlns:i18n="http://apache.org/cocoon/i18n/2.1"
+	xmlns:dri="http://di.tamu.edu/DRI/1.0/"
+	xmlns:mets="http://www.loc.gov/METS/"
+	xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/TR/xlink/"
+	xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform" version="1.0"
+	xmlns:dim="http://www.dspace.org/xmlns/dspace/dim"
+	xmlns:xhtml="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
+	xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3"
+	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
+	xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"
+	exclude-result-prefixes="i18n dri mets xlink xsl dim xhtml mods dc">
+
+    <!--
+        comment out original dri2xhtml
+        <xsl:import href="../dri2xhtml.xsl"/>
+        and enable dri2xhtml-alt
+    -->
+
+    <xsl:import href="../dri2xhtml-alt/dri2xhtml.xsl"/>
+
+    <xsl:output indent="yes"/>
+
+
+
+ + +

Because the contents of dri2xhtml-alt is identical to the current dri2xhtml.xsl and its derivatives, updating any of the existing themes to reference the new dri2xhtml-alt should not impose any changes in the rendering of the pages.

+ + +

Features

+ +
    +
  • No changes to existing templates found in legacy dri2xhtml
    • +
  • Drops inclusion of Handlers other than DIM and Default
    • +
  • Templates divided out into files so they can be more easily located, divided by Aspect, Page and Functionality
    • +
+ + +

Template Structure

+ +
+
+/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webapp/src/main/webapp/themes/dri2xhtml-alt/
+
+├── aspect
+│   ├── administrative
+│   │   └── harvesting.xsl
+│   ├── artifactbrowser
+│   │   ├── COinS.xsl
+│   │   ├── ORE.xsl
+│   │   ├── artifactbrowser.xsl
+│   │   ├── collection-list.xsl
+│   │   ├── collection-view.xsl
+│   │   ├── common.xsl
+│   │   ├── community-list.xsl
+│   │   ├── community-view.xsl
+│   │   ├── item-list.xsl
+│   │   └── item-view.xsl
+│   └── general
+│       └── choice-authority-control.xsl
+├── core
+│   ├── attribute-handlers.xsl
+│   ├── elements.xsl
+│   ├── forms.xsl
+│   ├── global-variables.xsl
+│   ├── navigation.xsl
+│   ├── page-structure.xsl
+│   └── utils.xsl
+└── dri2xhtml.xsl
+
+
+ + +
+ + + + + + + +
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+ This page last changed on Feb 17, 2011 by helix84. +
+ +

DSpace System Documentation: Manakin [XMLUI] Configuration and Customization

+ +

The DSpace digital repository supports two user interfaces: one based on JavaServer Pages (JSP) technologies and one based upon the Apache Cocoon framework (XMLUI). This chapter describes those parameters which are specific to the Manakin (XMLUI) interface based upon the Cocoon framework.

+ +
+
+ +

Manakin Configuration Property Keys

+ +

In an effort to save the programmer/administrator some time, the configuration table below is taken from 5.3.43. XMLUI Specific Configuration.

+
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
Property: xmlui.supportedLocales
Example Value: xmlui.supportedLocales = en, de
Informational Note: A list of supported locales for Manakin. Manakin will look at a user's browser configuration for the first language that appears in this list to make available to in the interface. This parameter is a comma separated list of Locales. All types of Locales country, country_language, country_language_variant. Note that if the appropriate files are not present (i.e. Messages_XX_XX.xml) then Manakin will fall back through to a more general language.
Property: xmlui.force.ssl
Example Value: xmlui.force.ssl = true
Informational Note: Force all authenticated connections to use SSL, only non-authenticated connections are allowed over plain http. If set to true, then you need to ensure that the 'dspace.hostname' parameter is set to the correctly.
Property: xmlui.user.registration
Example Value: xmlui.user.registration = true
Informational Note: Determine if new users should be allowed to register. This parameter is useful in conjunction with Shibboleth where you want to disallow registration because Shibboleth will automatically register the user. Default value is true.
Property: xmlui.user.editmetadata
Example Value: xmlui.user.editmetadata = true
Informational Note: Determines if users should be able to edit their own metadata. This parameter is useful in conjunction with Shibboleth where you want to disable the user's ability to edit their metadata because it came from Shibboleth. Default value is true.
Property: xmlui.user.assumelogon
Example Value: xmlui.user.assumelogon = true
Informational Note: Determine if super administrators (those whom are in the Administrators group) can login as another user from the "edit eperson" page. This is useful for debugging problems in a running dspace instance, especially in the workflow process. The default value is false, i.e., no one may assume the login of another user.
Property: xmlui.user.loginredirect
Example Value: xmlui.user.loginredirect = /profile
Informational Note: After a user has logged into the system, which url should they be directed? Leave this parameter blank or undefined to direct users to the homepage, or /profile for the user's profile, or another reasonable choice is /submissions to see if the user has any tasks awaiting their attention. The default is the repository home page.
Property: xmlui.theme.allowoverrides
Example Value: xmlui.theme.allowoverrides = false
Informational Note: Allow the user to override which theme is used to display a particular page. When submitting a request add the HTTP parameter "themepath" which corresponds to a particular theme, that specified theme will be used instead of the any other configured theme. Note that this is a potential security hole allowing execution of unintended code on the server, this option is only for development and debugging it should be turned off for any production repository. The default value unless otherwise specified is "false".
Property: xmlui.bundle.upload
Example Value: xmlui.bundle.upload = ORIGINAL, METADATA, THUMBNAIL, LICENSE, CC_LICENSE
Informational Note: Determine which bundles administrators and collection administrators may upload into an existing item through the administrative interface. If the user does not have the appropriate privileges (add and write) on the bundle then that bundle will not be shown to the user as an option.
Property: xmlui.community-list.render.full
Example Value: xmlui.community-list.render.full = true
Informational Note: On the community-list page should all the metadata about a community/collection be available to the theme. This parameter defaults to true, but if you are experiencing performance problems on the community-list page you should experiment with turning this option off.
Property: xmlui.community-list.cache
Example Value: xmlui.community-list.cache = 12 hours
Informational Note: Normally, Manakin will fully verify any cache pages before using a cache copy. This means that when the community-list page is viewed the database is queried for each community/collection to see if their metadata has been modified. This can be expensive for repositories with a large community tree. To help solve this problem you can set the cache to be assumed valued for a specific set of time. The downside of this is that new or editing communities/collections may not show up the website for a period of time.
Property: xmlui.bistream.mods
Example Value: xmlui.bistream.mods = true
Informational Note: Optionally, you may configure Manakin to take advantage of metadata stored as a bitstream. The MODS metadata file must be inside the "METADATA" bundle and named MODS.xml. If this option is set to 'true' and the bitstream is present then it is made available to the theme for display.
Property: xmlui.bitstream.mets
Example Value: xmlui.bitstream.mets = true
Informational Note: Optionally, you may configure Manakin to take advantage of metadata stored as a bitstream. The METS metadata file must be inside the "METADATA" bundle and named METS.xml. If this option is set to "true" and the bitstream is present then it is made available to the theme for display.
Property: xmlui.google.analytics.key
Example Value: xmlui.google.analytics.key = UA-XXXXXX-X
Informational Note: If you would like to use google analytics to track general website statistics then use the following parameter to provide your analytics key. First sign up for an account at http://analytics.google.com, then create an entry for your repositories website. Google Analytics will give you a snipit of javascript code to place on your site, inside that snip it is your Google Analytics key usually found in the line: _uacct = "UA-XXXXXXX-X" Take this key (just the UA-XXXXXX-X part) and place it here in this parameter.
Property: xmlui.controlpanel.activity.max
Example Value: xmlui.controlpanel.activity.max = 250
Informational Note: Assign how many page views will be recorded and displayed in the control panel's activity viewer. The activity tab allows an administrator to debug problems in a running DSpace by understanding who and how their DSpace is currently being used. The default value is 250.
Property: xmlui.controlpanel.activity.ipheader
Example Value: xmlui.controlpanel.activity.ipheader = X-Forward-For
Informational Note: Determine where the control panel's activity viewer receives an events IP address from. If your DSpace is in a load balanced environment or otherwise behind a context-switch then you will need to set the parameter to the HTTP parameter that records the original IP address.
+
+ + + +

Configuring Themes and Aspects

+ +

The Manakin user interface is composed of two distinct components: aspects and themes. Manakin aspects are like extensions or plugins for Manakin; they are interactive components that modify existing features or provide new features for the digital repository. Manakin themes stylize the look-and-feel of the repository, community, or collection.

+ +

The repository administrator is able to define which aspects and themes are installed for the particular repository by editing the [dspace]/config/xmlui.xconf configuration file. The xmlui.xconf file consists of two major sections: Aspects and Themes.

+ +

Aspects

+ +

The <aspects> section defines the "Aspect Chain", or the linear set of aspects that are installed in the repository. For each aspect that is installed in the repository, the aspect makes available new features to the interface. For example, if the "submission" aspect were to be commented out or removed from the xmlui.xconf, then users would not be able to submit new items into the repository (even the links and language prompting users to submit items are removed). Each <aspect> element has two attributes, name and path. The name is used to identify the Aspect, while the path determines the directory where the aspect's code is located. Here is the default aspect configuration:

+
+
+    <aspects>
+        <aspect name="Artifact Browser" path="resource://aspects/ArtifactBrowser/" />
+        <aspect name="Administration"	path="resource://aspects/Administrative/" />
+        <aspect name="E-Person" path="resource://aspects/EPerson/"	/>
+        <aspect name="Submission and Workflow" path="resource://aspects/Submission/" />
+    </aspects>
+
+

A standard distribution of Manakin/DSpace includes four "core" aspects:

+
    +
  • Artifact Browser The Artifact Browser Aspect is responsible for browsing communities, collections, items and bitstreams, viewing an individual item and searching the repository.
    • +
  • E-Person The E-Person Aspect is responsible for logging in, logging out, registering new users, dealing with forgotten passwords, editing profiles and changing passwords.
    • +
  • Submission The Submission Aspect is responsible for submitting new items to DSpace, determining the workflow process and ingesting the new items into the DSpace repository.
    • +
  • Administrative The Administrative Aspect is responsible for administrating DSpace, such as creating, modifying and removing all communities, collections, e-persons, groups, registries and authorizations.
    • +
+ + + +

Themes

+ +

The <themes> section defines a set of "rules" that determine where themes are installed in the repository. Each rule is processed in the order that it appears, and the first rule that matches determines the theme that is applied (so order is important). Each rule consists of a <theme> element with several possible attributes:

+ +
    +
  • name (always required)The name attribute is used to document the theme's name.
    • +
  • path (always required)The path attribute determines where the theme is located relative to the themes/ directory and must either contain a trailing slash or point directly to the theme's sitemap.xmap file.
    • +
  • regex (either regex and/or handle is required)The regex attribute determines which URLs the theme should apply to.
    • +
  • handle (either regex and/or handle is required)The handle attribute determines which community, collection, or item the theme should apply to.
    +If you use the "handle" attribute, the effect is cascading, meaning if a rule is established for a community then all collections and items within that community will also have this theme apply to them as well. Here is an example configuration: +
    +
    +    <themes>
+        <theme name="Theme 1" handle="123456789/23" path="theme1/"/>
+        <theme name="Theme 2" regex="community-list"	path="theme2/"/>
+        <theme name="Reference Theme" regex=".*" path="Reference/"/>
+    </themes>
    +
    +

    In the example above three themes are configured: "Theme 1", "Theme 2", and the "Reference Theme". The first rule specifies that "Theme 1" will apply to all communities, collections, or items that are contained under the parent community "123456789/23". The next rule specifies any URL containing the string "community-list" will get "Theme 2". The final rule, using the regular expression ".", will match *anything, so all pages which have not matched one of the preceding rules will be matched to the Reference Theme.

    • +
+ + + + +

Multilingual Support

+ +

The XMLUI user interface supports multiple languages through the use of internationalization catalogues as defined by the Cocoon Internationalization Transformer. Each catalog contains the translation of all user-displayed strings into a particular language or variant. Each catalog is a single xml file whose name is based upon the language it is designated for, thus:

+ +

messages_language_country_variant.xml

+ +

messages_language_country.xml

+ +

messages_language.xml

+ +

messages.xml

+ +

The interface will automatically determine which file to select based upon the user's browser and system configuration. For example, if the user's browser is set to Australian English then first the system will check if messages_en_au.xml is available. If this translation is not available it will fall back to messages_en.xml, and finally if that is not available, messages.xml.

+ +

Manakin supplies an English only translation of the interface. In order to add other translations to the system, locate the [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/i18n/ directory. By default this directory will be empty; to add additional translations add alternative versions of the messages.xml file in specific language and country variants as needed for your installation.

+ +

To set a language other than English as the default language for the repository's interface, simply name the translation catalogue for the new default language "messages.xml"

+ + +

Creating a New Theme

+ +

Manakin themes stylize the look-and-feel of the repository, community, or collection and are distributed as self-contained packages. A Manakin/DSpace installation may have multiple themes installed and available to be used in different parts of the repository. The central component of a theme is the sitemap.xmap, which defines what resources are available to the theme such as XSL stylesheets, CSS stylesheets, images, or multimedia files.
+1) Create theme skeleton
+Most theme developers do not create a new theme from scratch; instead they start from the standard theme template, which defines a skeleton structure for a theme. The template is located at: [dspace-source]/dspace-xmlui/dspace-xmlui-webbapp/src/main/webbapp/themes/template. To start your new theme simply copy the theme template into your locally defined modules directory, [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webbapp/themes/[your theme's directory]/.
+2) Modify theme variables
+The next step is to modify the theme's parameters so that the theme knows where it is located. Open the [your theme's directory]/sitemap.xmap and look for <global-variables>

+
+
+    <global-variables>
+        <theme-path>[your theme's 	directory]</theme-path>
+        <theme-name>[your theme's name]</theme-name>
+    </global-variables>
+
+

Update both the theme's path to the directory name you created in step one. The theme's name is used only for documentation.
+3) Add your CSS stylesheets
+The base theme template will produce a repository interface without any style - just plain XHTML with no color or formatting. To make your theme useful you will need to supply a CSS Stylesheet that creates your desired look-and-feel. Add your new CSS stylesheets:

+ +

[your theme's directory]/lib/style.css (The base style sheet used for all browsers)

+ +

[your theme's directory]/lib/style-ie.css (Specific stylesheet used for internet explorer)
+4) Install theme and rebuild DSpace
+Next rebuild and deploy DSpace (replace <version> with the your current release):

+ +
    +
  1. Rebuild the DSpace installation package by running the following command from your [dspace-source]/dspace/ directory: +
    +
    mvn package
    +
    2. +
  2. Update all DSpace webapps to [dspace]/webapps by running the following command from your [dspace-source]/dspace/target/dspace-[version]-build.dir directory: +
    +
    ant -Dconfig=[dspace]/config/dspace.cfg update
    +
    3. +
  3. Deploy the the new webapps: +
    +
    cp -R /[dspace]/webapps/* /[tomcat]/webapps
    +
    4. +
  4. Restart Tomcat
    +This will ensure the theme has been installed as described in the previous section "Configuring Themes and Aspects".
    5. +
+ + + +

Customizing the News Document

+ +

The XMLUI "news" document is only shown on the root page of your repository. It was intended to provide the title and introductory message, but you may use it for anything.

+ +

The news document is located at [dspace]/dspace/config/news-xmlui.xml. There is only one version; it is localized by inserting "i18n" callouts into the text areas. It must be a complete and valid XML DRI document (see Chapter 15).

+ +

Its (the News document) exact rendering in the XHTML UI depends, of course, on the theme. The default content is designed to operate with the reference themes, so when you modify it, be sure to preserve the tag structure and e.g. the exact attributes of the first DIV tag. Also note that the text is DRI, not HTML, so you must use only DRI tags, such as the XREF tag to construct a link.

+ +

Example 1: a single language:

+
+
<document>
+      <body>
+        <div id="file.news.div.news" n="news" rend="primary">
+          <head> TITLE OF YOUR REPOSITORY HERE </head>
+          <p>
+            INTRO MESSAGE HERE
+            Welcome to my wonderful repository etc etc ...
+            A service of <xref target="http://myuni.edu/">My University</xref>
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      </body>
+      <options/>
+      <meta>
+        <userMeta/>
+        <pageMeta/>
+        <repositoryMeta/>
+      </meta>
+   </document>
+
+

Example 2: all text replaced by references to localizable message keys:

+
+
+<document>
+      <body>
+        <div id="file.news.div.news" n="news" rend="primary">
+          <head><i18n:text>myuni.repo.title</i18n:text></head>
+          <p>
+            <i18n:text>myuni.repo.intro</i18n:text>
+            <i18n:text>myuni.repo.a.service.of</i18n:text>
+            <xref target="http://myuni.edu/"><i18n:text>myuni.name</i18n:text></xref>
+          </p>
+        </div>
+      </body>
+      <options/>
+      <meta>
+        <userMeta/>
+        <pageMeta/>
+        <repositoryMeta/>
+      </meta>
+    </document>
+
+
+ +

Adding Static Content

+ +

The XMLUI user interface supports the addition of globally static content (as well as static content within individual themes).

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Globally static content can be placed in the [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/static/ directory. By default this directory only contains the default robots.txt file, which provides helpful site information to web spiders/crawlers. However, you may also add static HTML (*.html) content to this directory, as needed for your installation.

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Any static HTML content you add to this directory may also reference static content (e.g. CSS, Javascript, Images, etc.) from the same [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/xmlui/src/main/webapp/static/ directory. You may reference other static content from your static HTML files similar to the following:

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Enabling OAI-ORE Harvester using XMLUI

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This section will give the necessary steps to set up the OAI-ORE Harvester usig Manakin.

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Setting up a collection (Collection Edit Screen):

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  1. Login and create a new collection.
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  2. Go to the tab named "Content Source" that now appears next to "Edit Metadata" and "Assign Roles " in the collection edit screens.
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  3. The two counter source options are standards (selected by default) and harvested. Select "harvests from external source" and click Save.
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  4. A new set of menus appear to configure the harvesting settings: +
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    • "OAI Provide" is in the URL of the OAI-PMH provider that the content from this collection should be harvested from. The PMH provider deployed with DSpace typically has the form:"http://dspace.url/oai/reuqest". For this example use "http://web01.library.tamu.edu/oai-h151/request"
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    • "OAI Set id" is the setSpec of the collection you wish to harvest from.Use "hdl_1969.1_5671" for this example.
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    • "Metadata format" determines the format that the descriptive metdata will be harvested. Since DSpace stores metadata in its own internal format, not all metadata values might bet harvested if a specific format is specified. Select "DSpace Intermediate Metadata" if available and "Simple Dublin Core" otherwise.
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    • Click the Test Settings button will verify the settings supplied in the previous steps and will usually let you know what, if anything is missing or does not match up.
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  5. The list of radio buttons labeled "Content being harvested" allows you to select the harvest level. The first one requires no OAI-ORE support on the part of the provider and can be used to harvest metadata from any provider compliant with the OAI-PMH 2.0 specifications. The middle options will harvest the metadata and generate links to bitstreams stored remotely, while the last one will perform full local replication. Select the middle option and click Save
    +At this point the settings are saved and the menu changes to provide three options:
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  • "Change Settings" takes you back to the edit screen.
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  • "Import Now" performs a single harvest from the remote collection into the local one. Success, notes, and errors encountered in the process will be reflected in the "Last Harvest Result" entry. More detailed information is available in the DSpace log. Note that the whole harvest cycle is executed within a single HTTP request and will time out for large collections. For this reason, it is advisable to use the automatic harvest scheduler set up
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  • "Reset and Reimport Collection" will perform the same function as "Import Now", but will clear the collection of all existing items before doing so.
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Automatic Harvesting (Scheduler)

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Setting up automatic harvesting in the Control Panel Screen.

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  • A new table, Harvesting, has been added under Administrative > Control Panel.
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  • The panel offers the following information: +
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    • Available actions: +
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      • Start Harvester: starts the scheduler. From this point on, all properly configured collections (listed on the next line) will be harvested at regular intervals. This interval can be changed in the dspace.cfg using the "harvester.harvestFrequency" parameter.
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      • Pause: the "nice" stop; waits for the active harvests to finish, saves the state/progress and pauses execution. Can be either resumed or stopped.
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      • Stop: the "full stop"; waits for the current item to finish harvesting, and aborts further execution.
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      • Reset Harvest Status: since stopping in the middle of a harvest is likely to result in collections getting "stuck" in the queue, the button is available to clear all states.
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Additional XMLUI Learning Resources

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Useful links with further information into XMLUI Development

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