[Dspace-general] Re: Dspace-general Digest, Vol 15, Issue 10

[Scott Yeadon]

It's certainly possible, I expect you'll need a Java programmer maybe 
some db experience depending on how you implement it. If you determine 
what parts of the submission process are the same and which are 
different, you could design a mechanism for associating particular 
submission JSPs with communities/collections (e.g. additional db info, 
external config (XML/properties) file, etc). You're likely to have to 
write/modify servlets as well. I suspect you'll be able to retain much 
of the submission code as is (depends how dratsically you want to change 
the submission process), just changing the route of metadata entry 
through specific JSPs (but that's pure speculation!)

The only thing to be wary of during design is to try and avoid many 
changes in existing Java classes as you will need to reapply them when 
new versions are released.

Scott.


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>Date: Mon, 25 Oct 2004 10:13:00 -0500
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>Is it possible to create custom user submission screens for specific
>Communities or Collections?
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>I'm brand new to DSpace, and just started working with our Grad School
>last week on a 5 dissertation pilot project.  We had some problems with
>my login, and I haven't even had a chance to fully explore the
>submission and admin screens.
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>I can see, tho, that we'd like to make changes to some of the screens
>users will see as they submit their dissertation.  One change, for
>example, would be to remove the "Series/Report" field from the 2nd
>"Describe" screen.  Another change would be to add a pull-down menu of
>UMI subject categories to the 3rd "Describe" screen.  We'd like for
>these changes to apply only to an ETD Community/Collection and may have
>different changes to apply to other Communities/Collections.
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>My background is documentation and user training, although we do have a
>programmer/developer on our team.  At this point, I just need to get a
>general idea if this sort of thing is possible or if the submission
>screens need to be consisent across all Communities and Collections.
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>Thanks for your help,
>
>Marty Courtois
>Instructional Technology Assistance Center
>Kansas State University
>Manhattan KS 66502
>Phone: 785-532-4918
>E-mail: courtois at ksu.edu
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