[Dspace-general] Community admin.s; statistics

[Sarah L. Shreeves]

Yes, I definitely agree that we need to define what this means.

Sarah

Mark H. Wood wrote:
> - Statistics and Reports - I know that there are a couple of stats
>> packages out there (and we're using one currently) but none seem to be 
>> very satisfactory - or haven't been upgraded to work with Manakin.
>>     
>
> I think that as we move forward on that problem, we need to work out
> the various meanings of "statistics".  Different consumers
> (organizational admin.s, system admin.s, community/collection admin.s,
> contributors, users) want to know different classes of things or want
> them presented in different ways.  For example, are you looking for
> overall reports, or per-object statistics distributed throughout the
> user interface(s)?  There's a lot of thought-work yet to be done, and
> different sites will want to use different approaches.
>
> [shameless plug] That's why, on the edges of this challenge, I've been
> working to get code like patch 2025998* to a state fit for inclusion,
> to make it easier for lots of people to plug into common object
> instrumentation points and try out their ideas concerning the best way
> to store, aggregate and present statistics.
>
> Anyway I think that the failure of "statistics" to gain traction is in
> part due to collective confusion over what it should mean to "do
> statistics in DSpace".  Once we understand the consumer communities
> and their separate needs, I think consensus will be more likely.
>
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> * http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2025998&group_id=19984&atid=319984
>
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