From pjkobulnicky at ysu.edu Tue Nov 1 12:59:12 2005 From: pjkobulnicky at ysu.edu (Paul Kobulnicky) Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 12:59:12 -0500 Subject: [Dspace-general] DSpace Users Group Meeting Message-ID: <3887C5A9-3D53-4EC6-AB54-578F1BBE2EDD@ysu.edu> I didn't see registration information on the web site for the Sydney meeting. Is it hidden or simply forthcoming? Paul Kobulnicky From adrian.burton at apsr.edu.au Wed Nov 2 01:04:52 2005 From: adrian.burton at apsr.edu.au (Adrian Burton) Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 17:04:52 +1100 Subject: [Dspace-general] DSpace Users Group Meeting Message-ID: Woops! The link "fell off" during renovations. It's back up now (thanks!). Registrations are indeed open for the Sydney meeting. Details to follow. http://apsr.anu.edu.au/Open_Repositories_2006/index.htm Adrian -----Original Message----- From: dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu [mailto:dspace-general-bounces at mit.edu] On Behalf Of Paul Kobulnicky Sent: Wednesday, 2 November 2005 4:59 AM To: dspace-general at mit.edu Subject: [Dspace-general] DSpace Users Group Meeting I didn't see registration information on the web site for the Sydney meeting. Is it hidden or simply forthcoming? Paul Kobulnicky _______________________________________________ Dspace-general mailing list Dspace-general at mit.edu http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general From Rainer.Hochreiter at topcall.com Wed Nov 2 03:09:46 2005 From: Rainer.Hochreiter at topcall.com (Rainer Hochreiter) Date: Wed, 2 Nov 2005 09:09:46 +0100 Subject: [Dspace-general] item importer Message-ID: hello list, is there someone who is using ItemImport in an automated batch process? From sagarp_s at rediffmail.com Wed Nov 2 05:50:05 2005 From: sagarp_s at rediffmail.com (sagar ) Date: 2 Nov 2005 10:50:05 -0000 Subject: [Dspace-general] installation problem Message-ID: <20051102105005.17447.qmail@webmail53.rediffmail.com> Sir, Am a new user of the DSPACE system. I downloaded the required files for the installation viz, dspace-1.3.2-source.tar.gz apache-tomcat-5.5.12.tar.gz apache-ant-1.6.5-bin.tar.gz The problem is that when am trying to issue the ant command it is showing "command not found error. U plz tel me the detailed step to install the DSPACE.I need the step by step procedure for this Hoping your reply soon Sagar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/dspace-general/attachments/20051102/d6638b18/attachment.htm From r.davis at ulcc.ac.uk Wed Nov 2 10:56:00 2005 From: r.davis at ulcc.ac.uk (Richard Davis) Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2005 15:56:00 +0000 Subject: [Dspace-general] installation problem In-Reply-To: <20051102105005.17447.qmail@webmail53.rediffmail.com> References: <20051102105005.17447.qmail@webmail53.rediffmail.com> Message-ID: <4368E190.4040303@ulcc.ac.uk> sagar wrote: > when am trying to issue the ant command it is > showing "command not found error. Sagar Assuming you are running Linux or similar: as with any executable file in Unix, either the $ANT_HOME/bin directory needs to be in your path and "ant" set executable, or you must call it by using "sh" or specifying the directory it is in. $ pwd /usr/local/apache-ant-1.6.5/bin $ ls ant antenv.cmd antRun.pl lcp.bat runrc.cmd ant.bat antRun complete-ant-cmd.pl runant.pl ant.cmd antRun.bat envset.cmd runant.py $ ls -og ant -rwxr-xr-x 1 8837 Jun 2 14:15 ant $ ant bash: ant: command not found $ sh ant Buildfile: build.xml does not exist! Build failed $ ./ant Buildfile: build.xml does not exist! Build failed This site may be of further assistance: http://sunsite.utk.edu/diglib/dspace/ If your Unix is rusty you may find some useful links here: http://del.icio.us/search/?all=unix+commands+reference+howto Good luck Richard -- / \ Richard M Davis / Digital Archives Specialist \ University of London Computer Centre / Tel: +44 (0) 20 7692 1350 \ mailto: r.davis at ulcc.ac.uk / From quraishy at sarai.net Thu Nov 3 01:41:55 2005 From: quraishy at sarai.net (Moslem Ali Quraishy) Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:41:55 +0100 Subject: [Dspace-general] Message-ID: <260ff1e5155090abec6646607106d98d@sarai.net> Hi Everybody, I am working with dspace at LAN area. It work fine . Presently I am facing an internal error whenever I would like to submit a document into the server as an user as well as admin. System show the following message. Internal System Error Oops! The system has experienced an internal error. This is our fault, please pardon our dust during these early stages of the DSpace system! The system has logged this error. Please try to do what you were doing again, and if the problem persists, please contact us so we can fix the problem. Thank quraishy From richard.jones at ub.uib.no Thu Nov 3 09:31:25 2005 From: richard.jones at ub.uib.no (Richard Jones) Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 15:31:25 +0100 Subject: [Dspace-general] DSpace User Group Meeting, Bergen 2006 Message-ID: <1131028285.30635.13.camel@ubbtilv067115> DSpace User Group Meeting, Bergen 2006 - "Dugnad" among the fjords ------------------------------------------------------------------ The University of Bergen is pleased to announce that it will host a two day DSpace User Group Meeting on 20 and 21 April 2006, as part of its commitment to the community. The meeting will primarily be concerned with technology and processes that have been developed to embed DSpace into institutional systems, and the different roles that DSpace has found in this environment, beyond purely that of an Institutional Repository platform. In addition important general developments will be presented, and there will be tutorials for both technical and non-technical DSpace users. Accompanying this will be a satellite Institutional Repository workshop on 19 April 2006, which will address policy, advocacy and open access concerns for institutions working on IRs. This meeting can be attended independently of the main user group meeting. A call for presentations and registration information will be made available shortly. All information regarding these meetings will be available on the conference website: http://dsug2006.uib.no/ ------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Richard ------- Richard Jones | Overingeni?r | Senior Engineer Universitetsbiblioteket i Bergen | University of Bergen Library e: richard.jones at ub.uib.no t: +47 55 58 25 37 BORA: http://bora.uib.no/ From gripley at upei.ca Thu Nov 3 14:00:38 2005 From: gripley at upei.ca (Gord Ripley) Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 15:00:38 -0400 Subject: [Dspace-general] RAD compilant? Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.1.20051103145425.02d10280@WEBMAIL.UPEI.CA> Hi: Our Special Collections Librarian has asked whether Dspace is RAD compliant. Does it allow for 'multi-level archival description'? The answer may be obvious; I haven't looked far. Gord * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Gord Ripley Interim Systems Librarian, Robertson Library, University of Prince Edward Island Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3 Voice: 902-566-0393 | E-mail: gripley at upei.ca * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * From r.davis at ulcc.ac.uk Thu Nov 3 16:51:13 2005 From: r.davis at ulcc.ac.uk (Richard Davis) Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 21:51:13 +0000 Subject: [Dspace-general] RAD compilant? In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.1.20051103145425.02d10280@WEBMAIL.UPEI.CA> References: <6.2.3.4.1.20051103145425.02d10280@WEBMAIL.UPEI.CA> Message-ID: <436A8651.9030203@ulcc.ac.uk> Gord Ripley wrote: > Our Special Collections Librarian has asked whether Dspace is RAD > compliant. Does it allow for 'multi-level archival description'? The > answer may be obvious; I haven't looked far. Can't speak for RAD specifically, but our recent deliberations suggested that the DSpace hierarchy of Community->(Sub-community*)->Collection->Item maps convincingly to ISAD(G)'s Series->(Sub-series*)->File->Item (whuch structure can also be implemented in EAD). You /may/ need to customise DSpace tables and forms considerably if you want to store extensive metadata at Community or Collection level, but you can set default metadata values for Items within Collections. N.b. though that DSpace's "Item" may comprise multiple "files" (that is, computer files, aka digital objects. It has been suggested these might map to a "piece" within an ISAD(G) "item" - if you need that level of descriptive detail. HTH Richard -- / \ Richard M Davis / Digital Archives Specialist \ University of London Computer Centre / Tel: +44 (0) 20 7692 1350 \ mailto: r.davis at ulcc.ac.uk / From scott.yeadon at anu.edu.au Thu Nov 3 16:54:46 2005 From: scott.yeadon at anu.edu.au (Scott Yeadon) Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 08:54:46 +1100 Subject: [Dspace-general] Message-ID: <436A8726.4080506@anu.edu.au> Hi Quraishy, Can you post the dspace log to the dspace tech list (dspace-tech at lists.sourceforge.net), soneone should then be able to help you. (The DSpace log is found in $YOUR_DSPACE_DIR/log directory). Scott. Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:41:55 +0100 From: "Moslem Ali Quraishy" To: Cc: Subject: [Dspace-general] Message-ID: <260ff1e5155090abec6646607106d98d at sarai.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: list Reply-To: quraishy at sarai.net Message: 1 Hi Everybody, I am working with dspace at LAN area. It work fine . Presently I am facing an internal error whenever I would like to submit a document into the server as an user as well as admin. System show the following message. Internal System Error Oops! The system has experienced an internal error. This is our fault, please pardon our dust during these early stages of the DSpace system! The system has logged this error. Please try to do what you were doing again, and if the problem persists, please contact us so we can fix the problem. Thank quraishy From scott.yeadon at anu.edu.au Thu Nov 3 18:54:53 2005 From: scott.yeadon at anu.edu.au (Scott Yeadon) Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 10:54:53 +1100 Subject: [Dspace-general] Registration Open for the Sydney 2006 DSpace User Group Meeting Message-ID: <436AA34D.2030105@anu.edu.au> ***** Registration for the Sydney 2006 DSpace User Group Meeting - Building Communities with DSpace is now open. ***** You can register by visiting http://apsr.anu.edu.au/Open_Repositories_2006/DSpace06.htm and clicking on the "Registration" link on the left-hand side of the page. Cost of the meeting is AUD$270 for registrations up to and including 15 November and AUD$290 after 15 November. A discounted price of AUD$200 is available for students and residents of developing countries. A DSpace dinner to be held at the Waterfront Restaurant, Sydney Harbour on 31 January is included. If you have any queries regarding registration please e-mail contact at apsr.edu.au Looking forward to seeing you there, The DSpace User Group Programme Committee From robert.tansley at hp.com Fri Nov 4 10:52:07 2005 From: robert.tansley at hp.com (Tansley, Robert) Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2005 10:52:07 -0500 Subject: [Dspace-general] Happy Birthday DSpace! Message-ID: <19ADCC0B9D4CAD4582BB9900BBCE357401AA0DC9@tayexc13.americas.cpqcorp.net> All, On 4 November 2002, HP Labs and MIT Libraries released DSpace 1.0 to an unsuspecting public. Back then, DSpace's team and usage were rather humble -- one deployment at one university, backed by a team of around 7. The vision was to build a simple end-to-end solution to enable institutions to starting capturing the valuable digital assets produced by their faculty, and to build a community of peers around it to start attacking the enormous technical and non-technical challenges that would doubtless prove too daunting for a single organisation to take on alone. Today, on DSpace's third birthday, I think we can comfortably say that vision is being fulfilled, and then some. The DSpace software has been downloaded 32,000 times; is used in over 30 countries spanning every continent; contains contributions from over 50 developers from a variety of organisations; is the nucleus of numerous research projects; has prompted wide debate and deliberation on fundamental ideas about how an institution thinks of its intellectual output; and has helped well over a hundred universities and other organisations capture, preserve and disseminate countless thousands of digital assets. Particularly exciting recent developments are the emergence of commercial service providers offering DSpace set-up, consultation, customisation and hosting services; and the increasing use of DSpace outside the realm of institutional repositories, such as in digital museums and government organisations, which show that DSpace has grown far beyond its roots. DSpace has come a long way in just three years; let's see where the next three take us! Happy birthday DSpace! Robert TANSLEY / Digital Media Systems Programme / HP Labs http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Robert_Tansley/ From rwolfe at MIT.EDU Sun Nov 6 17:44:05 2005 From: rwolfe at MIT.EDU (Robert Wolfe) Date: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 17:44:05 -0500 Subject: [Dspace-general] New METS SIP Profile Message-ID: The MIT Libraries Metadata Services Unit and MIT Digital Library Research Group (DLRG) seek your comments on a proposed application profile of the METS standard for use as a controlling document in the creation of Submission Information Packages (SIP). This document temporarily resides at: http://cwspace.mit.edu/docs/xsd/METS/SIP/profilev0p9p1/metssipv0p9p1.pdf It's permanent home will be in a similar directory in the www.dspace.org domain. This METS profile for SIP documents is intended to provide guidance to DSpace partners who are depositing content via the DSpace Content Package Importer, currently under construction. These content providers may be other CMS, IRs, VLEs and even other DSpace instances, in which case this SIP profile may also function as a Dissemination Information Package (DIP) profile. Please send your comments to the list. If you would prefer to send comments directly to me, my address is rwolfe at mit.edu. I will ensure your comments make it to the list and into consideration for future versions of the document. -- Rob Wolfe Metadata Specialist MIT Libraries/OpenCourseWare From sagarp_s at rediffmail.com Mon Nov 7 02:10:02 2005 From: sagarp_s at rediffmail.com (sagar ) Date: 7 Nov 2005 07:10:02 -0000 Subject: [Dspace-general] build failed error(build.xml) Message-ID: <20051107071002.469.qmail@webmail50.rediffmail.com> Hello All, When am trying to install DSPACE, the following error is occuring, please help me to solve this problem. Am copying the error as such [dspace at pc4 dspace-1.3.2-source]$ sh ant Buildfile: build.xml compile: BUILD FAILED /home/dspace/dspace-1.3.2-source/build.xml:106: Directory /home/dspace/dspace-1.3.2-source/build/classes creation was not successful for an unknown reason Total time: 0 seconds Thanking you Sagar -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/dspace-general/attachments/20051107/2b9584d7/attachment.htm From gabriela.mircea at utoronto.ca Mon Nov 7 12:24:10 2005 From: gabriela.mircea at utoronto.ca (Gabriela Mircea) Date: Mon, 07 Nov 2005 12:24:10 -0500 Subject: [Dspace-general] Instance available for testing Message-ID: <436F8DBA.4050104@utoronto.ca> Hello all, I set up a DSpace instance using a CVS checkout from Friday, November 04, 2005 for anyone who would like to help test and preview DSpace-1.4. The test instance is available at http://tspacetest.library.utoronto.ca:14080. I will try to update/rebuild it often so you always test at the latest code. Please use this instance as much as you like, provide feedback to the community using the mailing lists, and don't forget report bugs at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=19984&atid=119984 . Feel free to email me for privileged accounts. Please note that this is not a permanent instance and it will be taken down once DSpace 1.4 is released. Cheers, Gabriela -- Gabriela Mircea Digital Image/Text Application Administrator University of Toronto Libraries Information Technology Services 7th floor, Robarts Library 130 St. George St. Toronto, ON, Canada, M5S 1A5 416 946 0114 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Registration is now open for the DSpace User Group Meeting and can be accessed at http://www.apsr.edu.au/Open_Repositories_2006/DSpace06.htm using the "Registration" link. Background ========= The University of Sydney in collaboration with the University of Technology, Sydney will host a two day DSpace Users Group meeting over 31 January - 1 February 2006 as part of the APSR-sponsored Open Repositories 2006 conference next year. The theme of the meeting is "Building Communities with DSpace". It will address issues with implementing an institutional repository based around DSpace and will focus on recent DSpace technical developments from institutions around the world. Further information on the User Group Meeting and the Open Repositories 2006 conference can be found at http://www.apsr.edu.au/Open_Repositories_2006/index.htm From scott.yeadon at anu.edu.au Mon Nov 7 23:32:12 2005 From: scott.yeadon at anu.edu.au (Scott Yeadon) Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 15:32:12 +1100 Subject: [Dspace-general] New METS SIP Profile Message-ID: <43702A4C.2030000@anu.edu.au> Hi Robert, dmdSec - what is the DSpace Dublin Core Metadata Application Profile (where's the schema)? NOTE: in the profile metsiprule05 states that "at least one descriptive metadata record for the DSpace Item that conforms to the DSpace MODS Application Profile..." so one of these statements may be out of sync? I got an error page when I tried to access the MODS pdf link in the profile. Is this a necessary restriction given that in an unpcoming version DSpace will be able to support several multiple metadata schemas? If the metadata is indicated by schema, is it necessary to have a restriction on schema in this instance? If so would it be better to support a range of which one must be present (DC I guess being the most obvious default)? file - CHECKSUMTYPE should be mandatory in cases where CHECKSUM is used Are there any thoughts on exchange of more complex objects such as entire communities, selected collections, items somehow related (e.g. comprise a learning object)? Currently these aren't included but will probably need to be supported in some form in the future (probably moreso in the DIP I guess). Scott. From sdl at aber.ac.uk Tue Nov 8 04:31:48 2005 From: sdl at aber.ac.uk (Stuart David Lewis [sdl]) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 09:31:48 -0000 Subject: [Dspace-general] Community owners Message-ID: <2E32E4049258DA42B884AB8EA753F64C1568D4@issvexch1.staff.aber.ac.uk> Hi, We've been pondering how to run and administrate our DSpace installation. What we would like to be able to do it to create a [sub]community per academic department, create a group of users who can administrate that community, and let them get on with it. Because DSpace permissions do not commute, if an administrator (ADD permissions on the community) tries to create a sub-community or collection, they can, but don't then have permissions to add to that sub-community or collection. How do other people manage this? Thanks, Stuart _________________________________________________________________ Gwasanaethau Gwybodaeth Information Services Prifysgol Cymru Aberystwyth University of Wales Aberystwyth E-bost / E-mail: Stuart.Lewis at aber.ac.uk Ffon / Tel: (01970) 622860 _________________________________________________________________ From scott.yeadon at anu.edu.au Tue Nov 8 16:35:19 2005 From: scott.yeadon at anu.edu.au (Scott Yeadon) Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 08:35:19 +1100 Subject: [Dspace-general] Re: error: unable to find config.dct and siteinfo.bin In-Reply-To: <4370567B.8010703@sarai.net> References: <436A8726.4080506@anu.edu.au> <4370567B.8010703@sarai.net> Message-ID: <43711A17.3010007@anu.edu.au> Hi Vivek, Check your collection authorisation policies, it looks like you don't have a DEFAULT_ITEM_READ policy set so the application can't apply authorisations to the item you're submitting. Item policies are assigned based on the collection authorisations (you can change individual item policies as well, but by a separate process). The handle server messages just mean that you haven't configured the handle server so don't have any relation to your submit issue. Scott. V Vivek wrote: > Hi all, > I'm attaching parts of the logs here > here is the messages on handle-server.log > Error reading configuration: java.io.FileNotFoundException: > /srv/archive/dspace/handle-server/config.dct (No such file or directory) > Error reading configuration: java.io.FileNotFoundException: > /srv/archive/dspace/handle-server/config.dct (No such file or directory) > Error reading configuration: java.io.FileNotFoundException: > /srv/archive/dspace/handle-server/config.dct (No such file or directory) > Error reading configuration: java.io.FileNotFoundException: > /srv/archive/dspace/handle-server/config.dct (No such file or directory) > Error reading configuration: java.io.FileNotFoundException: > /srv/archive/dspace/handle-server/config.dct (No such file or directory) > Error reading configuration: java.io.FileNotFoundException: > /srv/archive/dspace/handle-server/config.dct (No such file or directory) > Error reading configuration: java.io.FileNotFoundException: > /srv/archive/dspace/handle-server/config.dct (No such file or directory) > Error: Missing or inaccessible site info file: > /srv/archive/dspace/handle-server/siteinfo.bin > (see the error log for details.) > > Shutting down... > > This to me seems the culprit. > > What does siteinfo.bin consist of ? I am not able to figure out why > is it suddently missing :( . > I have also attached dspace.log. > cheers > Vivek > Scott Yeadon wrote: > >> Hi Quraishy, >> >> Can you post the dspace log to the dspace tech list >> (dspace-tech at lists.sourceforge.net), soneone should then be able to >> help you. (The DSpace log is found in $YOUR_DSPACE_DIR/log directory). >> >> Scott. >> >> Date: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 07:41:55 +0100 >> From: "Moslem Ali Quraishy" >> To: >> Cc: >> Subject: [Dspace-general] Message-ID: >> <260ff1e5155090abec6646607106d98d at sarai.net> >> Precedence: list >> Reply-To: quraishy at sarai.net >> Message: 1 >> >> Hi Everybody, >> I am working with dspace at LAN area. It work fine . >> Presently I am facing an internal error whenever I would like to >> submit a document into the server as an user as well as admin. >> System show the following message. >> >> Internal System Error >> >> Oops! The system has experienced an internal error. This is our fault, >> please pardon our dust during these early stages of the DSpace system! >> >> The system has logged this error. Please try to do what you were doing >> again, and if the problem persists, please contact us so we can fix the >> problem. >> >> Thank >> >> quraishy >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Dspace-general mailing list >> Dspace-general at mit.edu >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general > > > From harp at msmary.edu Tue Nov 8 16:50:06 2005 From: harp at msmary.edu (Harp, Jennifer L.) Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 16:50:06 -0500 Subject: [Dspace-general] DSpace and ENCompass Message-ID: <34994788B02FD24BB0808A90B9B3B29F01B09352@msmexbe.domain.msmary.edu> I'm wondering if anyone has used ENCompass and DSpace together? I've just started at a new university which is seeking to build digital collections, however, the consortium has already subscribed to the ENCompass software and each library must use the same preferences at each location. I've worked with DSpace before, and would like to begin using DSpace for faculty papers and such. Our system admin was curious as to how DSpace and ENCompass might work together-i.e. could ENCompass search the items found in a DSpace repository? Has anyone done this or something similar that would have some suggestions for me? Thanks, Jennifer Jennifer Harp Archivist & Records Manager Mount St. Mary's Archives & Dept. of Special Collections 16300 Old Emmitsburg Pike Mount St. Mary's University Emmitsburg, MD 21727 301-447-5397 301-447-6868 (fax) harp at msmary.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/dspace-general/attachments/20051108/cae2d4de/attachment.htm From fgjohnson at upei.ca Wed Nov 9 08:21:49 2005 From: fgjohnson at upei.ca (Grant Johnson) Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 08:21:49 -0500 Subject: [Dspace-general] Can't subscribe new e-People Message-ID: <4371F7ED.8040908@upei.ca> Hi all, Just spent a week on a new Debian Sarge install of DSpace. (I consider myself a *nix a newbie) Sun Java 1.4.2_10 Postgresql 8.0.4 pgadmin 1.3 (?) Tomcat 5.5 I have Dspace working and I seem to be able to modify the default layout and add collections but I can't use the "subscribe" feature. I can get in via the admin I created during install but the creation of or requested subscriptions return an "unknown error" Any idea's about what might be happening? I assume it's a config issue and I may have to rebuild but I don't know where to look. Thanks in advance. Grant Johnson Systems/Web Coordinator Robertson Library University of Prince Edward Island *********************** Attitude is IT From kenzie at MIT.EDU Wed Nov 9 09:32:53 2005 From: kenzie at MIT.EDU (MacKenzie Smith) Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 09:32:53 -0500 Subject: [Dspace-general] Can't subscribe new e-People In-Reply-To: <4371F7ED.8040908@upei.ca> Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20051109093126.028400e8@hesiod> Hi Grant -- I am forwarding your email to the dspace-tech mailing list since that is the correct forum for this type of question. Please use that list for any follow-up questions. Thanks, MacKenzie At 08:21 AM 11/9/2005 -0500, Grant Johnson wrote: >Hi all, >Just spent a week on a new Debian Sarge install of DSpace. >(I consider myself a *nix a newbie) > >Sun Java 1.4.2_10 >Postgresql 8.0.4 >pgadmin 1.3 (?) >Tomcat 5.5 > >I have Dspace working and I seem to be able to modify the default layout >and add collections but I can't use the "subscribe" feature. > >I can get in via the admin I created during install but the creation of or >requested subscriptions return an "unknown error" > >Any idea's about what might be happening? I assume it's a config issue >and I may have to rebuild but I don't know where to look. > > >Thanks in advance. > >Grant Johnson >Systems/Web Coordinator >Robertson Library >University of Prince Edward Island > >*********************** >Attitude is IT > >_______________________________________________ >Dspace-general mailing list >Dspace-general at mit.edu >http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general MacKenzie Smith Associate Director for Technology MIT Libraries Building E25-131d 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 (617)253-8184 kenzie at mit.edu From brycebenton at gmail.com Mon Nov 14 15:37:54 2005 From: brycebenton at gmail.com (bryce benton) Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:37:54 -0600 Subject: [Dspace-general] Multiple instances of DSpace? Message-ID: I'm attempting to install multiple instances of DSpace on the same machine. I've followed the instructions for setting up dspace, but I've used the user dspace2, dspace3 and created databases named similarly. Everything works fine in the build process, but when I visit the URL, I see that the new DSpace instance is reading from the original DSpace database. Additionally, it seems that the new DSpace instances are getting their configuration data from the original dspace.cfg file. Doing /dspace/bin/install-configs updates all 3 installations, whereas /dspace2/bin/install-configs has no effect. Is it possible to run more than one instance of DSpace on the same machine? If so, how do I connect the new installations to the proper databases and configuration files? It seems there's a crucial step that I'm missing. Thanks, Bryce From rwolfe at MIT.EDU Tue Nov 15 09:55:32 2005 From: rwolfe at MIT.EDU (Robert Wolfe) Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 09:55:32 -0500 Subject: [Dspace-general] New METS SIP Profile In-Reply-To: <43702A4C.2030000@anu.edu.au> References: <43702A4C.2030000@anu.edu.au> Message-ID: Hi Scott, I'm sorry it has taken me some time to get back to you. I was at the DLF Forum last week and am just now catching up with my mail. Here are my responses to your questions. Thanks for giving the profile the once over. The reference to the DSpace Dublin Core Metadata Application Profile is inaccurate. We have chosen MODS as the transfer schema for descriptive metadata. The profile documentation is correct, the introductory material will be changed. The links to the governing docs for the MODS profile and the Technical Metadata Element Set will not work because those docs have not yet been written. The links are intended to be placeholders for future work related to the METS SIP profile. My word processing software made those links active and I will go back and disable the links and add more explicit language that the documents are "To Be Written" to avoid confusion. I will add language to the effect that while optional, if the CHECKSUM attribute is used it must be accompanied by the CHECKSUMTYPE attribute. We considered the use of the element to allow for the submission of multiple DSpace Items in one METS document. In the end we decided against transfering anything but ONE DSpace Item per METS document. We couldn't envision a scenario where it would be vitally important to submit an entire collection or community (or even a part of a collection or community larger than one Item) in one METS document. We have encountered the scenario where we would like to archive an Item in DSpace that contains other candidate items within itself. We are planning to archive whole course websites in DSpace, but have not yet prepared a mechanism whereby the learning objects within the course can be identified and given Item status in DSpace. At 3:32 PM +1100 11/8/05, Scott Yeadon wrote: >Hi Robert, > >dmdSec - what is the DSpace Dublin Core Metadata Application Profile >(where's the schema)? NOTE: in the profile metsiprule05 states that >"at least one descriptive metadata record for the DSpace Item that >conforms to the DSpace MODS Application Profile..." so one of these >statements may be out of sync? I got an error page when I tried to >access the MODS pdf link in the profile. > >Is this a necessary restriction given that in an unpcoming version >DSpace will be able to support several multiple metadata schemas? If >the metadata is indicated by schema, is it necessary to have a >restriction on schema in this instance? If so would it be better to >support a range of which one must be present (DC I guess being the >most obvious default)? > >file - CHECKSUMTYPE should be mandatory in cases where CHECKSUM is used > >Are there any thoughts on exchange of more complex objects such as >entire communities, selected collections, items somehow related >(e.g. comprise a learning object)? Currently these aren't included >but will probably need to be supported in some form in the future >(probably moreso in the DIP I guess). > >Scott. -- Rob Wolfe Metadata Specialist MIT Libraries/OpenCourseWare From emorgan at nd.edu Wed Nov 16 16:35:01 2005 From: emorgan at nd.edu (Eric Lease Morgan) Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:35:01 -0500 Subject: [Dspace-general] dspace at notre dame Message-ID: We have just *barely* begun to implement an institutional repository using DSpace here at Notre Dame. Here is our initial plan: 1. Install software. 2. Fill DSpace with sample data from librarians in order to practice and answer meta-data questions. 3. Build relationships with University departments who already do some sort of open access publishing. 4. Fill Dspace with content from these departments. 5. Build enhanced services against the collection such as: * Allow the author to enter their name, click a button, and be given a bibliography they can paste into their personal Web page. * Allow the author to enter their name, click a button, and have a list of their content sent to Notre Dame Report for inclusion in the next issue. (Notre Dame Report is list of faculty publications and activities.) * Allow the author to select their name, click a button, and get a list of websites linking to their content. * Allow Notre Dame Report editors to enter a beginning date and an ending date, click a button, and generate parts of Notre Dame Report. * Allow author to enter their name, click a button, and get a list of people (IP addresses) who have looked at their content. * Allow author to enter their name, click a button, and get a Google Rank of their content. * Identify subject-specific areas in our DSpace, identify other similar subject-specific content accessible via OAI, and create subject-specific indexes to the content. 6. Demonstrate to other departments what can be done, and go to step #4. Wish us luck. :-) -- Eric Lease Morgan Head, Digital Access and Information Architecture Department University Libraries of Notre Dame (574) 631-8604 From harnad at ecs.soton.ac.uk Tue Nov 15 16:34:51 2005 From: harnad at ecs.soton.ac.uk (Stevan Harnad) Date: Tue, 15 Nov 2005 21:34:51 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Dspace-general] Please Register Your Institutional Repository/Archive Message-ID: ** apologies for cross-posting ** If your institution has any OAI-compliant Open Access Archives or Repositories, please register them at: http://archives.eprints.org/ (check first whether it is one of the 516 that are already registered) Also, please make sure your archive is picked up by http://celestial.eprints.org/ so its growth in contents can be tracked, tallied and displayed across time. Also, if your institution has a self-archiving policy, please register it (to inspire emulation by others) at: http://www.eprints.org/openaccess/policysignup/sign.php Here are the current counts, but I am sure there are more archives out there! It will encourage others to create and fill archives to see how many there are already, and how they are growing: ARCHIVE TYPES: Research Institutional or Departmental 246 Research Cross-Institution 65 e-Theses 58 e-Journal/Publication 45 Demonstration 22 Database 11 Other 69 ARCHIVE-CREATING SOFTWARE USED: GNU EPrints 191 DSpace 99 ETD-db 22 OPUS (Open Publications System) 16 Bepress 13 CDSWare 8 HAL 5 ARNO 3 Fedora 1 MyCoRe 1 EDOC 1 Other softwares (various) 156 Stevan Harnad AMERICAN SCIENTIST OPEN ACCESS FORUM: A complete Hypermail archive of the ongoing discussion of providing open access to the peer-reviewed research literature online (1998-2005) is available at: http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/~harnad/Hypermail/Amsci/ To join or leave the Forum or change your subscription address: http://amsci-forum.amsci.org/archives/American-Scientist-Open-Access-Forum.html Post discussion to: american-scientist-open-access-forum at amsci.org UNIVERSITIES: If you have adopted or plan to adopt an institutional policy of providing Open Access to your own research article output, please describe your policy at: http://www.eprints.org/signup/sign.php UNIFIED DUAL OPEN-ACCESS-PROVISION POLICY: BOAI-1 ("green"): Publish your article in a suitable toll-access journal http://romeo.eprints.org/ OR BOAI-2 ("gold"): Publish your article in a open-access journal if/when a suitable one exists. http://www.doaj.org/ AND in BOTH cases self-archive a supplementary version of your article in your institutional repository. http://www.eprints.org/self-faq/ http://archives.eprints.org/ http://openaccess.eprints.org/ From cody at codygreen.com Thu Nov 17 10:21:28 2005 From: cody at codygreen.com (Cody Green) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 09:21:28 -0600 Subject: [Dspace-general] Multiple instances of DSpace? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <76c045130511170721o4afbe0ddmcac3a8ed527cdb5@mail.gmail.com> Bryce, The only way I know to pull this off is to run a new instance of Tomcat for each dspace you need. If you using modjk with Apache to talk to Tomcat then you can just assign each instance of modjk to a new port. You then can use one URL and just map each instance like so: my.dspace.edu/dspace1 my.dspace.edu/dspace2 If you are just using Tomcat you can simple bind each instance to a new port like so: my.dspace.edu:8080 (dspace1) my.dspace.edu:8081 (dspace2) If you would like more information on how to do this please let me know and I can send you some documentation. Cody On 11/14/05, bryce benton wrote: > > I'm attempting to install multiple instances of DSpace on the same > machine. I've followed the instructions for setting up dspace, but > I've used the user dspace2, dspace3 and created databases named > similarly. > > Everything works fine in the build process, but when I visit the URL, > I see that the new DSpace instance is reading from the original DSpace > database. > > Additionally, it seems that the new DSpace instances are getting their > configuration data from the original dspace.cfg file. Doing > /dspace/bin/install-configs updates all 3 installations, whereas > /dspace2/bin/install-configs has no effect. > > Is it possible to run more than one instance of DSpace on the same > machine? If so, how do I connect the new installations to the proper > databases and configuration files? It seems there's a crucial step > that I'm missing. > > Thanks, > Bryce > > _______________________________________________ > Dspace-general mailing list > Dspace-general at mit.edu > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/dspace-general > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/dspace-general/attachments/20051117/88b763ce/attachment.htm From richard.jones at ub.uib.no Thu Nov 17 10:45:49 2005 From: richard.jones at ub.uib.no (Richard Jones) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 16:45:49 +0100 Subject: [Dspace-general] Multiple instances of DSpace? In-Reply-To: <76c045130511170721o4afbe0ddmcac3a8ed527cdb5@mail.gmail.com> References: <76c045130511170721o4afbe0ddmcac3a8ed527cdb5@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <1132242349.4860.421.camel@ubbtilv067115> Hi, (not quite sure which list this originated from, so apologies for the cross posting) > The only way I know to pull this off is to run a new instance of > Tomcat for each dspace you need. I don't think it's that difficult. You need a separate database for each instance. e.g. dspace-1 dspace-2 dspace-3 and a separate config for each instance dspace-1.cfg dspace-2.cfg dspace-3.cfg and separate install directories: /srv/dspace-1 /srv/dspace-2 /srv/dspace-3 now run the fresh_install target of ant with each of the relevant config files: ant -Dconfig=/path/to/dspace-x.cfg fresh_install this should put all the code in /srv/dspace-x and the dspace.war and dspace-oai.war in the build directory, and the data in the dspace-x database. Now just stick the war files in the [tomcat]/webapps directory as, for example, dspace-x.war and dspace-x-oai.war The thing to be careful of, if building from the same source tree is that you empty [dspace-source]/build in between each fresh_install (or update), else you might have problems with the web.xml file. Anyway, do this for your 3 instances, so you should have 3 separate dspace-x.war and dspace-x-oai.war files in your webapps directory. Restart tomcat and you should be able to get them at: http://my.dspace.edu:8080/dspace-x Since they are now effectively entirely separate applications, there shouldn't be any cross over between config or data if the original configurations for each one are correct. I tend to do this with different source trees, as I mostly run different versions in parallel, and I have never had any problems; let me know if there are any gotchas that I've missed. > If you using modjk with Apache to talk to Tomcat then you can just > assign each instance of modjk to a new port. You then can use one URL > and just map each instance like so: > my.dspace.edu/dspace1 > my.dspace.edu/dspace2 > > If you are just using Tomcat you can simple bind each instance to a > new port like so: > > my.dspace.edu:8080 (dspace1) > my.dspace.edu:8081 (dspace2) > > If you would like more information on how to do this please let me > know and I can send you some documentation. > > Cody > > On 11/14/05, bryce benton wrote: > I'm attempting to install multiple instances of DSpace on the > same > machine. I've followed the instructions for setting up dspace, > but > I've used the user dspace2, dspace3 and created databases > named > similarly. > > Everything works fine in the build process, but when I visit > the URL, > I see that the new DSpace instance is reading from the > original DSpace > database. > > Additionally, it seems that the new DSpace instances are > getting their > configuration data from the original dspace.cfg file. Doing > /dspace/bin/install-configs updates all 3 installations, > whereas > /dspace2/bin/install-configs has no effect. > > Is it possible to run more than one instance of DSpace on the > same > machine? If so, how do I connect the new installations to the > proper > databases and configuration files? It seems there's a crucial > step > that I'm missing. Cheers, -- Richard ------- Richard Jones | Overingeni?r | Senior Engineer Universitetsbiblioteket i Bergen | University of Bergen Library e: richard.jones at ub.uib.no t: +47 55 58 25 37 BORA: http://bora.uib.no/ From brycebenton at gmail.com Thu Nov 17 11:26:38 2005 From: brycebenton at gmail.com (bryce benton) Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 10:26:38 -0600 Subject: [Dspace-general] Multiple instances of DSpace? In-Reply-To: <1132242349.4860.421.camel@ubbtilv067115> References: <76c045130511170721o4afbe0ddmcac3a8ed527cdb5@mail.gmail.com> <1132242349.4860.421.camel@ubbtilv067115> Message-ID: Thanks for your responses, Richard and Cody. The main gotcha was that I neglected to explicitly declare the path to my new dspace.cfg file in the ant fresh_install command, and thus I was creating hybrid instances of DSpace with new *.war files, but with the same configuration as the original instance. I managed to hunt down the configuration in WEB-INF/web.xml and change it manually, though. For testing new/modified versions of DSpace it makes sense to run parallel instances. However, for creating new (perhaps private) repositories I think it makes more sense to work with the group permissions within DSpace and create limited-access communities and/or collections. --bryce From harnad at ecs.soton.ac.uk Sat Nov 19 18:53:11 2005 From: harnad at ecs.soton.ac.uk (Stevan Harnad) Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 23:53:11 +0000 (GMT) Subject: [Dspace-general] Comparison of EPrints, DSpace and Fedora (fwd) Message-ID: *Forwarding: apologies for cross-posting ** ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 08:27:46 +1100 From: Arthur Sale To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM at LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG Subject: Comparison of EPrints, DSpace and Fedora I am doing a comparison of functionality and adopter experiences for the two most widely used institutional archive-creating software packages for repositories: EPrints and DSpace, and also Fedora (a minor player globally but possibly important in Australia). I am seeking your help in collecting information. Information about other packages would also be welcome. (1) If you have used or compared any of this software, could you please take the time to let me know what you consider the respective advantages/disadvantages of each to be, and for what purposes? I am also interested in features that you think are equivalent or readily achieved in each. (2) The two major software packages explain their orientation as follows: EPrints puts a particular emphasis on OA content (preprints and postprints of institutional research output, plus theses), DSpace on digital curation in general. Fedora describes itself as repository storage layer software requiring custom front-ends for any purpose. If you have any specific comments on these overall orientations and whether they are appropriate, they would be very helpful too. (3) While all these packages are free and open source, I would also be interested in any cost estimates in implementing the one you chose, how many hours or dollars you spent on setup, how much maintenance you have to expend, and how reliable the software is (crashes, downtime, etc). Would you recommend it to someone else? I will post a summary of the results (and maybe an interim report) on AmSci OA Forum, and may get back to you if I reed a bit more detail. Thank you in anticipation of a prompt response and a flood of emails. Email direct to me at Arthur.Sale at utas.edu.au if you want. Arthur Sale Professor of Computing (Research) University of Tasmania http://leven.comp.utas.edu.au/AuseAccess/ From jrepplin at willamette.edu Mon Nov 21 13:56:54 2005 From: jrepplin at willamette.edu (John Repplinger) Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 10:56:54 -0800 Subject: [Dspace-general] Release form Message-ID: <43821876.4040204@willamette.edu> I've searched the DSpace list serv archive, I haven't seen too many references to release forms that allow institutions to collect & maintain documents. I think the type of form is similar to copyright or author release agreements, but maybe this isn't what these types of forms are called. My institution has some collections we want to place Online (e.g. Senior theses, or a collection of images from a faculty member). To do so, we need a release statement from each author/creator that will allow the library to retain the right to manage these collections. I've looked Online and have some samples agreements, but I'm looking for more. Does your institution have or know of some similar agreements? I'm new to this list serv, as well as to DSpace, and would appreciate any guidance! Thanks! Feel free to contact me off list. John -- John Repplinger Science Librarian Mark O. Hatfield Library Willamette University jrepplin at willamette.edu 503-370-6525 From kenzie at MIT.EDU Mon Nov 21 17:25:30 2005 From: kenzie at MIT.EDU (MacKenzie Smith) Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 17:25:30 -0500 Subject: [Dspace-general] Release form In-Reply-To: <43821876.4040204@willamette.edu> Message-ID: <5.2.1.1.2.20051121165329.02568770@hesiod> Hi John, At 10:56 AM 11/21/2005 -0800, John Repplinger wrote: >I've searched the DSpace list serv archive, I haven't seen too many >references to release forms that allow institutions to collect & maintain >documents. I think the type of form is similar to copyright or author >release agreements, but maybe this isn't what these types of forms are called. The DSpace software comes with what is referred to as a "deposit license" which is clicked through as a step in the submission process. The generic license is available in the CVS tree http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/dspace/dspace/config/default.license?rev=1.3&view=log and you're supposed to customize it when you install the software. The MIT example can be viewed at http://libraries.mit.edu/dspace-mit/mit/policies/license.html The assumption (which MIT's lawyers approved... dunno about yours) is that the author/depositor or their proxy has the right to give you (the DSpace archive owner) the right to manage the item, and that the click through license is binding. Some institutions have taken the approach of an MOU with each community at the time they join the archive (for example, CDL does that for eScholarship), but we felt that would be a bit too much of a barrier to joining for your average faculty member... Hope this helps you, MacKenzie Smith Associate Director for Technology MIT Libraries Building E25-131d 77 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge, MA 02139 (617)253-8184 kenzie at mit.edu From scott.yeadon at anu.edu.au Mon Nov 21 20:27:04 2005 From: scott.yeadon at anu.edu.au (Scott Yeadon) Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 12:27:04 +1100 Subject: [Dspace-general] REGISTRATION NOW OPEN - DSpace User Group Meeting, Sydney 2006 (reminder) Message-ID: <438273E8.20201@anu.edu.au> A reminder that registration for the Sydney 2006 DSpace User Group Meeting - Building Communities with DSpace is now open. If you are attending or presenting please ensure you register. You can register by visiting http://apsr.anu.edu.au/Open_Repositories_2006/DSpace06.htm and clicking on the "Registration" link on the left-hand side of the page. The early-bird registration period has now been extended to 30 November to allow for those still awaiting confirmation of travel funding. The cost of the meeting is AUD$270 for registrations up to and including 30 November and AUD$290 after 30 November. A discounted price of AUD$200 is available for students and residents of developing countries. A DSpace dinner to be held at the Waterfront Restaurant, Sydney Harbour on 31 January is included. If you have any queries regarding registration please e-mail contact at apsr.edu.au Looking forward to seeing you there, The DSpace User Group Programme Committee From harnad at ecs.soton.ac.uk Wed Nov 23 16:24:31 2005 From: harnad at ecs.soton.ac.uk (Stevan Harnad) Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:24:31 EST Subject: [Dspace-general] Comparison of EPrints, DSpace and Fedora (fwd) Message-ID: <200511232125.jANLPbTN027032@quickgr.its.yale.edu> *Forwarding: apologies for cross-posting ** ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 08:27:46 +1100 From: Arthur Sale To: AMERICAN-SCIENTIST-OPEN-ACCESS-FORUM at LISTSERVER.SIGMAXI.ORG Subject: Comparison of EPrints, DSpace and Fedora I am doing a comparison of functionality and adopter experiences for the two most widely used institutional archive-creating software packages for repositories: EPrints and DSpace, and also Fedora (a minor player globally but possibly important in Australia). I am seeking your help in collecting information. Information about other packages would also be welcome. (1) If you have used or compared any of this software, could you please take the time to let me know what you consider the respective advantages/ disadvantages of each to be, and for what purposes? I am also interested in features that you think are equivalent or readily achieved in each. (2) The two major software packages explain their orientation as follows: EPrints puts a particular emphasis on OA content (preprints and postprints of institutional research output, plus theses), DSpace on digital curation in general. Fedora describes itself as repository storage layer software requiring custom front-ends for any purpose. If you have any specific comments on these overall orientations and whether they are appropriate, they would be very helpful too. (3) While all these packages are free and open source, I would also be interested in any cost estimates in implementing the one you chose, how many hours or dollars you spent on setup, how much maintenance you have to expend, and how reliable the software is (crashes, downtime, etc). Would you recommend it to someone else? I will post a summary of the results (and maybe an interim report) on AmSci OA Forum, and may get back to you if I reed a bit more detail. Thank you in anticipation of a prompt response and a flood of emails. Email direct to me at Arthur.Sale at utas.edu.au if you want. Arthur Sale Professor of Computing (Research) University of Tasmania http://leven.comp.utas.edu.au/AuseAccess/ From Fides.Lawton at uts.edu.au Wed Nov 30 01:29:15 2005 From: Fides.Lawton at uts.edu.au (Fides Datu Lawton) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:29:15 +1100 Subject: [Dspace-general] Scholarships available to attend Open Repositories 2006 Message-ID: Colleagues, The notice below may be of interest. Please feel free to pass it on to individuals and groups who may be interested. Please note the December 7 deadline for applications for scholarship. We hope to see many of you in Sydney for the DSpace Users Group Meeting and the other events under the Open Repositories Forum which are being held from Jan. 31 until Feb. 3. Sydney is quite beautiful at that time of year. For our colleagues from the northern hemisphere, this is an opportunity to come and enjoy the wonderful Sydney summer while catching up on the exciting work by colleagues from all over the world! Regards Fides ----------------------------------------------------------------- Fides Datu Lawton University Librarian (Acting) University Library University of Technology, Sydney P.O. Box 123 Broadway NSW 2007 AUSTRALIA Tel. +61 2 9514 3332 Fax +61 2 9514 3331 Email: fides.lawton at uts.edu.au www.uts.edu.au UTS CRICOS Provider Code 00099F ---------------------------- Subject: Scholarships available to attend Open Repositories 2006 The Australian Partnership for Sustainable Repositories is pleased to announce that Hewlett-Packard has generously offered to sponsor two participants from developing nations to attend the DSpace Users Group and related events held as part of Open Repositories 2006 in Sydney from the 31st January 2006. The generous scholarships will apply to airfares, accommodation, and conference fees. The purpose of the Hewlett-Packard Scholarships scheme is to make the DSpace User Group accessible to worthy candidates who might not otherwise have been able to attend and present their projects. Applications should be sent to dspace2006 at apsr.edu.au by the 7th of December 2005. Successful applicants will be informed by the 9th of December. Further details are available from the Open Repositories 2006 website at http://apsr.anu.edu.au/Open_Repositories_2006/hewlettpackardscholarships .htm . I would be grateful if you could forward this message to groups or individuals who may be interested. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mit.edu/pipermail/dspace-general/attachments/20051130/446c5a7c/attachment.htm From brycebenton at gmail.com Wed Nov 30 12:21:59 2005 From: brycebenton at gmail.com (bryce benton) Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:21:59 -0600 Subject: [Dspace-general] Decentralized authorization? Message-ID: How does the latest version or the current development version of DSpace deal with decentralized authorizations? We found a discussion* on this topic, but it is not clear how these matters were resolved. If anyone has some pointers or other insights, we'd appreciate it very much. --Bryce Benton University of North Texas School of Library and Information Sciences References: * http://wiki.dspace.org/AuthorisationSystem * http://www.student.kuleuven.ac.be/~m9917697/dspace/decentralizedAdministration/decentralizedAdministration.html