[Dspace-general] Customized Navigation - National Library of Finland

[Pasi Kurvinen]

Hi,

I think separating aspects is a good idea, especially if they communicate
through interfaces that don't change much between DSpace versions. In that
way, one could plug in different behaviors from different projects, and not
get headaches from version updates.

I will try to make time for writing a more detailed explanation in wiki. I
will send a message to dspace-tech when it's done.

Cheers,

Pasi



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Diggory [mailto:mdiggory at MIT.EDU]
> Sent: 13. marraskuuta 2007 14:55
> To: Pasi Kurvinen
> Cc: dspace-general at MIT.EDU
> Subject: Re: [Dspace-general] Customized Navigation - National Library of
> Finland
> 
> Pasi,
> 
> I think the community would be very interested in how you've modiied the
> ArtifactBrowser.  I personally think that the ArtifactBrowser should
> eventually be broken up into a few separate aspects (CommunityViewer,
> CollectonViewer, ItemViewer, SearchViewer, BrowseViewer, ... ) rather than
> one monolithic one. This way any alternative solutions in those areas can
> evolve.
> 
> Would you be interested in contributing a page on http://wiki.dspace.org
> reflecting the changes you've made?  I think this would also make an
> interesting discussion on the developers list, which your also welcome to
> participate in.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark
> 
> 
> On Nov 12, 2007, at 7:52 AM, Pasi Kurvinen wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 	Hello,
> 
> 	Some background: Our DSpace-project in The National Library of
> Finland is
> 	based on a consortium model. We are using DSpace to manage and store
> our own
> 	documents, and we have customer organizations that use the same
> installation
> 	as their institutional repositories. They typically manage their own
> branch,
> 	beginning from a high-level community. Some organizations also
> maintain
> 	their own individual themes.
> 
> 	Our customers often want to have their community separated from the
> rest of
> 	the site, to have a kind of web site of their own. On the other
> hand, they
> 	see that it is good for users to have access to rest of documents in
> site,
> 	too. We have modified our navigation in attempt to find a balance
> between
> 	these two poles. Some of our users have also complained that the
> original
> 	navigation was a bit difficult. To comply, we also tried to simplify
> things
> 	a bit.
> 
> 	I have uploaded a few images that display the main changes we have
> made. The
> 	first image displays the front page (detailed explanations included
> in the
> 	image):
> 	http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/127c06fe8c.gif
> 
> 	The second image shows browsing titles in a collection level:
> 	http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/d021d3d071.gif
> 
> 	Of course, you are also welcome to visit our web site.
> 	https://oa.doria.fi/?locale=len
> 	takes you directly to the English version.
> 
> 	If anybody is interested, we are happy to give more information. The
> changes
> 	mainly concern Manakin's Navigation-class under ArtifactBrowser, and
> the
> 	structural.xsl-file.
> 
> 	Cheers,
> 
> 	Pasi Kurvinen
> 
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Mark R. Diggory - DSpace Systems Manager
> MIT Libraries, Systems and Technology Services
> Massachusetts Institute of Technology
> 
>