[Dspace-general] Version Control

[Gherman, Paul M]

MacKenzie,

I am not deeply into this issue, but I know it has been an issue 
that has been address before. It probably does not make much 
difference if DSpace is primarily an archive, but if it is an 
access medium, then knowing what version one has could be a 
concern.

Paul

--On Monday, April 05, 2004 3:35 PM -0400 MacKenzie Smith 
<kenzie at MIT.EDU> wrote:

> This is certainly a potential problem in IRs (as it always was in
> print for unpublished material). Within the context of the DSpace
> Federation it might be possible, over time, to build in
> duplicate-detection routines that work across DSpace instances
> using agreed upon Web Services or the like. Of course, that will
> only work as well as the metadata available, which might vary
> considerably from one institution to the next. Given the archival
> nature of IRs, can you say a bit more about why you think
> duplicate copies of material would be a big problem? Is it for
> forward refencing in the case where a new version is deposited at
> one institution but not the others?
>
> MacKenzie
>
> At 11:13 AM 4/2/2004 -0600, Gherman, Paul M wrote:
>> Another question. Has anyone thought about how we can maintain
>> version  control between IR's, if faculty, as co-authors from
>> different  institutions each contribute their papers to their
>> own campus IR. I can  see the same paper having multiple
>> permanent URLs. Or even worse that  different versions of the
>> same paper are posted to different IRs with  different permanent
>> URLs.
>>
>> Paul
>>
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Gherman, Paul M
University Librarian
Vanderbilt University
611 General Library Building
419 21 st. Ave South
Nashville, TN 37215
615-322-7120 voice
615-343-8279 fax
Email: paul.gherman at Vanderbilt.Edu