[Dspace-general] Newbie: Dspace as a basis for style asset management

[Marc Schipperheyn]

Hi,

 

I'm completely new to DSpace, so I have a few questions about the
possibilities of using DSpace for style asset management at a large
organization. 

 

Basically, I want to see if my understanding of the DSpace concepts relates
to what I need and if what I need is available in DSpace. I'm perfectly
willing to write additional software to DSpace.

In the concept of DAM I use, I have:

 

Role

Users have varying rights in the system. There are several roles defined
like: 

*	System administrator
*	End user: able to download assets 
*	Contributor: able to upload assets
*	Project manager: able to manage users within a Project
*	Order items: user able to order a print version of an asset (I'm
fairly sure this is not available in DSpace)

 

 

Usergroups

Usergroups contain users with group specific roles and access to specific
Projects

In Dspace: Community?

 

Project

A collection of Assets that relate to a single logical grouping of
information. Any type of asset can be part of a project and an asset is
always part of a project but can be accessed separately through categories.

Projects can be restricted to user groups. Per project users can be assigned
with project specific roles and access rights. Projects can be made to
require authorization to access the information but can also be made
publicly viewable to registered users.

In Dspace: Collection or does Collection represent types of assets?

 

Categories

A hierarchical structure of subjects. This offers a navigatable way to
locate assets. Users only see the assets they have access to.

 

Asset

A physical file including several types of metadata information. Assets
should ideally be selectable through a shopping basket in order to
facilitate downloading a batch of items as a ZIP file.

In Dspace: Item + DC Record

 

Version

An older version a particular asset. Directly related to a single asset

In Dspace: Version

 

Sub-asset

An asset that is a child of another asset. Usually something the parent
assets relies on. E.g. the font needed to display a Quark express document.

In Dspace: Bundle?

 

Related asset

An asset that has a relation to another asset. Even though metadata can be
used to relate assets, sometimes you want to directly link to a particular
related asset.

Can relations to other assets be stored?

 

Thumbnail

A small image of an asset that is, when possible, automatically generated
from the original. 

 

Notification

Users can store their interest to a Project or Asset and receive
notification when an asset is changed or added to a Project.

 

I would be thankful if anyone could give me feedback on my understanding of
DSpace.

 

On a side note: why is there a reliance on the Unix operating system when
the software is written in Java?

Thanks,

Kind regards,

Marc Schipperheyn

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