A bit of brainstorming: Tagging is a rather widespread desire among information systems. My first bit of advice would be: try not to write an implementation. First, look around and see if there is a generalized tagging system in Java that could be attached to DSpace with just a little code.
Second: who can tag? Does it need access to DSpace's authentication mechanism, or even authorization? Can anonymous (to DSpace) readers tag, or do you have to create an account first? How does that play with other information systems that implement tagging? (You, or someone else who has your code, might be running several different systems that all do tagging.) Third: I imagine that a number of DSpace sites would like to have such a facility, while others will not. Can it be made separable from the rest of DSpace, preferably without resorting to patching? This may be fairly easy in XMLUI, for example, by designing it as an aspect, which could result in a fairly well isolated "drop-in" implementation. -- Mark H. Wood, Lead System Programmer [email protected] Balance your desire for bells and whistles with the reality that only a little more than 2 percent of world population has broadband. -- Ledford and Tyler, _Google Analytics 2.0_
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