[Dspace-general] DSpace data model

[Michel Auffret]

Hi MacKenzie,

Thank you. It starts helping ;-)

Could we go on with your example : how would you proceed to submit the "1 
item / 3 bundles" you described ?

Indeed, what I don't understand well is whether a "bundle" is conceptual or 
real. Are the bundles manageable somewhere in Dspace or are they "only" an 
internal packaging level ? In the administration tool I already met the 
(sub-)communities, the collections, the files/bitstreams, but no bundle...

Michel Auffret - CINES - France

A 11:34 22/06/2004 -0400, MacKenzie Smith a écrit :
>Hi Michel,
>
>"Bundles" are groups of bitstreams (i.e. digital files) that are closely 
>related to form a complex digital object.
>For example, if you scanned a 10 page document and created 10 TIFF images, 
>then those 10 images should be in a bundle together since they're not 
>meaningful as separate objects.
>But if you also had a PDF file that was created from those 10 TIFF images 
>then that could be in a separate bundle since it can stand alone. And if 
>you also had a related dataset that
>accompanied the document then it could also go in a separate bundle, since 
>again it doesn't depend on either version of the document. But all three 
>bundles belong to that one
>"item", which is the logical work being archived.
>
>I hope that helps!
>
>MacKenzie
>
>At 03:15 PM 6/22/2004 +0200, Michel Auffret wrote:
>>Hi everybody,
>>
>>We've installed DSpace here for evaluation purpose (looking for a long 
>>term preservation software). I have a question about the data model. I 
>>(think I) understand what a community, a collection, an item and a 
>>bitstream are. But it's not clear to me what a bundle is. Could anyone 
>>explain and/or give an example ? Are there some actions in DSpace that 
>>are performed on bundles ?
>>
>>Thank you for your help,
>>
>>
>>Michel Auffret - CINES - France
>>
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