DSpace System Documentation: ContentsAuthors: Robert Tansley, Mick Bass, Margret Branschofsky, Grace Carpenter, Greg McClellan, David Stuve, and othersFor DSpace Version: 1.5 (January-2008)Documentation for other versions of DSpace are included with the source code.
Introduction
Functional Overview
Data Model
Plugin Manager
Metadata
Packager Plugins
Crosswalk Plugins
E-people and Groups
Authentication
Authorization
Ingest Process and Workflow
Supervision and Collaboration
Handles
Bitstream 'Persistent' Identifiers
Storage Resource Broker (SRB) Support
Search and Browse
HTML Support
OAI Support
OpenURL Support
Creative Commons Support
Subscriptions
History
Import and Export
Registration
Statistical Reports
Checksum Checker
Usage Instrumentation
Installation
Prerequisite Software
Quick Installation Steps
Advanced Installation
Windows Installation
Known Bugs
Common Problems
Updating a DSpace Installation
Updating from 1.4.2 to 1.5
Updating From 1.4 to 1.4.1
Updating From 1.3.x to 1.4.x
Updating From 1.3.1 to 1.3.2
Updating From 1.2.x to 1.3.x
Updating From 1.2.1 to 1.2.2
Updating From 1.2 to 1.2.1
Updating From 1.1 (or 1.1.1) to 1.2
Updating From 1.1 to 1.1.1
Updating From 1.0.1 to 1.1
Configuration and Customization
General Configuration
dspace.cfg
Search Indexes
Browse Configuration
Configuring Media Filters
Email Messages
Metadata and Bitstream Format Registries
Default Submission License
Submission Configuration
Understanding the Submission Configuration File
Reordering/Removing Submission Steps
Assigning a custom Submission Process to a Collection
Customizing the Metadata-entry pages
Configuring the File Upload step
Creating new Submission Steps
XMLUI Interface Customizations (Manakin)
dspace.cfg
Configuring Themes and Aspects
Multilingual Support
Creating a New Theme
JSPUI Interface Customizations
dspace.cfg
Configuring Controlled Vocabularies
Configuring Multilingual Support
Customizing the JSP Pages
Advanced DSpace Customizations
Checksum Checker
Custom Authentication
Configuring Statistical Reports
Activating Additional OAI-PMH Crosswalks
Configuring Packager Plugins
Configuring Crosswalk Plugins
Creating new Media/Format Filters
Configuration Files for Other Applications
Browse Index Creation
Directories and Files
Source Directory Layout
Installed Directory Layout
Contents of Web Application
Log Files
Architecture
Overview
Storage Layer
RDBMS
Bitstream Store
Business Logic Layer
Core Classes
Content Management API
Plugin Manager
Workflow System
Administration Toolkit
E-person/Group Manager
Authorization
Handle Manager/Handle Plugin
Search
Browse API
History Recorder
Application Layer
Web User Interface
OAI-PMH Data Provider
Community and Collection Structure Importer
Package Importer and Exporter
Item Importer and Exporter
Transferring Items Between DSpace Instances
Registering (Not Importing) Bitstreams
METS Tools
Media Filters
Sub-Community Management
DRI Schema Reference
Introduction
DRI in Manakin
Common Design Patterns
Schema Overview
Merging of DRI Documents
Version Changes
Element Reference
Version History
Changes in DSpace 1.5
Changes in DSpace 1.4.1
Changes in DSpace 1.4
Changes in DSpace 1.3.2
Changes in DSpace 1.3.1
Changes in DSpace 1.3
Changes in DSpace 1.2.2
Changes in DSpace 1.2.1
Changes in DSpace 1.2
Changes in DSpace 1.1.1
Changes in DSpace 1.1
Appendices
Default Dublin Core Metadata Registry
Default Bitstream Format Registry