Actually, in the time it took my post to appear on the list, I think I may be in the process of finding the answer. The WebDAV PROPFIND method can apparently be used to search a hierarchy of information. I misunderstood what this method does. I thought it only worked against one item, but I see that it can search an entire collection, too. Right? :)
And on a side note, I think someone might want to turn off or ignore the "Depth: Infinity" on the PROPFIND method. I see that Apache's mod_dav module has it disabled by default since it can be used for a DOS attack. Or at least make it an option. Ok, y'all can ignore me now. I have more learning to do. :) --Joel Joel Richard IT Specialist, Web Services Department Smithsonian Institution Libraries | http://www.sil.si.edu/ (202) 633-1706 | (202) 786-2861 (f) | [email protected] ________________________________ From: Joel Richard <[email protected]> Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 11:41:36 -0500 To: <[email protected]> Subject: [Dspace-general] DSpace LNI/DAV and Searching Good morning, I have been investigating the LNI and WebDAV features of DSpace with the goal of bulk importing info into DSpace. So far, it looks like it will serve my needs. Looking around, I see that we can view and update the information for an item, but I was wondering how extensive this LNI interface is. Can we search the repository through SOAP or WebDAV? (Does it even make sense to do so?) I'm thinking of possible future needs where we might want to have DSpace act as a raw repository and have a customized webpage present the data to the user. For example, if I wanted my webpage to show titles of and links to the most recently uploaded content, could I use SOAP/WebDAV to find those items? (I may also be treading on the XMLUI/Manakin set of features, but from what I can see so far, the learning curve is steep for someone who is not well versed in Java.) Thanks! --Joel Joel Richard IT Specialist, Web Services Department Smithsonian Institution Libraries | http://www.sil.si.edu/ (202) 633-1706 | (202) 786-2861 (f) | [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Dspace-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-general ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Dspace-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-general
