[Dspace-general] DSpace withdraw vs. delete/expunge

[Naomi Eichenlaub]

Hello,
 
We created our first community / collection / item in DSpace and then
noticed that our Handles were not generating properly (a space was being
inserted after the institution number). We have since corrected this
problem and now need to recreate our community / collection / item. 
 
We have read the following caveat in the DSpace documentation:
"DSpace does have a function to fully delete an item ('expunge'), used
in a similar way to the withdraw tool, but it is strongly recommended
you do not use it."
http://docs.ndltd.org:8080/dspace/help/collection-admin.html
 
Is it safe for us to Delete/Expunge this one item (and associated
collection and community)? 
 
Also wondering if we can delete at the the Community or Collection level
or do we need to withdraw or delete/expunge the one item first?
 
Thanks very much for any advice,
 
Naomi
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Naomi Eichenlaub, MLIS

Librarian and Archivist

Royal Roads University Library
2005 Sooke Road, Victoria, BC V9B 5Y2
250.391.2600 x 4241

naomi.eichenlaub at royalroads.ca 

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