DSpace
Introduction
The software of choice for academic, non-profit & commercial organizations building open digital repositories
Datasheet
Status: 14.06.2022
| Homepage | https://duraspace.org/dspace/ |
| Description | https://duraspace.org/dspace/about/ |
| Code | https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace |
| Communities | --- |
| Version | 7.2.1 (released on 01.04.2022) |
Features
Status: 21.05.2021
| Supported Schema(s) | DC | extendible: e.g.: MARC, MODS could be easily integrated |
| Supported Format(s) | all file types | but file type for schemas: XML |
| Interface(s) | Web UI | REST API (planned for DSpace 7) |
| Open Source | yes | |
| License | BSD License | |
| Versioning | ??? | no information found |
| AAI | yes | "stack" of authentication methods / support for users/groups |
| External Storage | yes | Amazon S3 or via referencing |
| Referencable | yes | supports handle & bitstream 'persistent' identifiers |
Description
- Register Schema:
- Support for arbitrary schemas of a specific format (e.g. JSON Schema, XSD)
- The schema should at least be referencable by a unique identifier.
- Update Schema:
- Possibility to
- work on different versions of a schema
- adapt schemas over time
- Possibility to
- Validate Schema:
- Check schema for correct syntax
- Ingest Metadata:
- Store metadata (document) in repository
- Ideally with previous validation
- Store metadata (document) in repository
- Update Metadata:
- Possibility to update already ingested metadata (documents).
- Validate Metadata:
- Possibility to validate documents on the basis of registered schemas.
- Search by Administrative MD:
- Search documents by their metadata (e.g. ingest date, ingester, ...)
- Search by Content:
- Search documents by their content
- Persistent Identifier:
- Support for Persistent Identifiers (e.g. DOI, Handle)
Additional Features
Status: 21.05.2021
- Supports preservation / curation
- Used by many sites
Functionality
Status: 21.05.2021
| Function | Supported | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Register Schema | - | buld in XML schemas (DC, ...) |
| Update Schema | - | |
| Validate Schema | - | |
| Ingest Metadata | + | |
| Update Metadata | + | |
| Validate Metadata | - | |
| Search by ... | ||
| ... Administrative MD | + | technical, rights, preservation, structural, and behavioral metadata |
| ... Content | - | |
| Persistent Identifier | + |
Remarks
- Not only a metadata repository.
- It allows to store (XML) metadata next to your digital objects.
- Ingest via 'DSpace Simple Archiv Format' contains
- DC metadata (xml)
- metadata (xml) linked to a registered schema (DSpace Metadata Schema Registry) via prefix
- content