[Dspace-general] JSR-170

[Robert Tansley]

Hi César,

Currently JSR-170, which is a standard Java API, isn't implemented
anywhere in DSpace.  We've looked at JSR-170 from two perspectives.
One is where DSpace itself acts as a JSR-170 repository, and other
apps can use the JSR-170 interface to store and retrieve things in
DSpace.  Since JSR-170 is a Java API and not (yet) a network API (or
"Web Service") we haven't implemented that; the closest is probably
the 'lightweight network interface' (http://web.mit.edu/lcs/www/lni/)
which should be appearing in DSpace 1.5.  If you want another app to
interface to DSpace, this is probably the best way forward right now.

The other way we've been looking at JSR-170 is for internal use in
DSpace, i.e. DSpace itself would use a storage layer with a JSR-170 to
store things.  That possibility is still on the table, though there
are no immediate plans for that right now; there are some issues to do
with the DSpace data model that need resolving first.

Hope this helps,

Rob

On 11/01/07, César Ariza (gmw) <cesarariza at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Did anyone use the JSR-170 funtionality in the Dspace? Where can I
> found  information about it?
>
> How to do it?  Which level of JSR-170 the Dspace supports?
>
> Cheers,
>
> César Ariza
>
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