[Dspace-tech] Moving item back into workflow
Hello Suppose we have two collections, A and B. For collection B, there's a submission workflow set up including an Edit Metadata step. Next, suppose we want to let a collection administrator move existing items from item A into collection B - this can be done using the standard Move Item functionality in DSpace 1.5.1. However, we'd like to have the item pass through the workflow defined for collection B during the move. This doesn't seem to be possible in a standard DSpace installation, so I guess we'd need to do some custom coding here. I would appreciate any comments on: - whether this is technically feasible with a *reasonable* programming effort? - which classes to start looking at? Best regards, Mathias Hjelt Hanken -- SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
[Dspace-tech] Move item requires Administrator privileges
Hello Is there any technical reason for why the new Move Item feature in Dspace 1.5.1 requires the user to belong to the omnipotent Adminstrators group? Wouldn't it suffice that the user belongs to the collection admin groups for both the source and target collections? We want content administrators to be able to move items around, but we don't really want to give them all full admin access to the entire DSpace system.. Best regards Mathias Hjelt Hanken -- SF.Net email is Sponsored by MIX09, March 18-20, 2009 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The future of the web can't happen without you. Join us at MIX09 to help pave the way to the Next Web now. Learn more and register at http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;208669438;13503038;i?http://2009.visitmix.com/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
Re: [Dspace-tech] plugins and custom classes in 1.5.x
I have a question here -- suppose that only the jspui webapp needs the class, wouldn't it then be "cleaner" to put it in the overlay folder (i.e [dspace-src]/dspace/modules/jspui/ under which you create java//), rather than putting it under the dspace-jspui directory which I suppose is what you suggested? thanks, Mathias Hjelt DHanken -Original Message- From: Diggory Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: den 2 oktober 2008 05:30 To: Jason Stirnaman Cc: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] plugins and custom classes in 1.5.x Yes, this is a safe place to put such a customization if you want it to be part of more than one of your webapplications (if it is just one webapplication that will be using it, just place it in that webapplications src/main/java directory). You will do the following: 1.) Create an "api" directory 2.) create a "api/pom.xml" that has a artifactId, groupId and version that is the same as your current dspace version. 3.) make sure it is also dependent on org.dspace:dspace-api: 4.) put you code in api/src/main/java 5.) add the api directory to the modules/pom.xml as both a module and a dependency when you now build, the api will be included into the modules list for modules being built and the dependency will make sure it shows up in you WEB-INF/lib of your compiled webapplications. Finally, if you want your project to show up in the [dspace.dir]/lib, you'll want to also add the dependency to the dspace/pom.xml Don't hesitate to ask any questions if you get hung up on any of this. Cheers, Mark On Oct 1, 2008, at 2:44 PM, Jason Stirnaman wrote: > Follow up to my question: > Is > [dspace-source]/dspace/modules/api/src/main/java/org/dspace/ > authenticate > the correct place to put a custom authentication method? > > *** > Can anyone point to good documentation about where to place plugins > and custom class files in 1.5.x? It's not clear from the 1.5.1 > manual. > Specifically, in what directory would I place a custom authentication > method like the MIT-Special-Groups in 1.4.x? > Thanks, > Jason > -- > > Jason Stirnaman > Digital Projects Librarian/School of Medicine Support A.R. Dykes > Library, University of Kansas Medical Center [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 913-588-7319 > > > -- > --- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's > challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & > win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event > anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > ___ > DSpace-tech mailing list > DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech - This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
[Dspace-tech] FW: Creating add-ons or modifications in 1.5
Hello, I'd still appreciate some comments on this from the DSpace gurus out there.. I can't be the only one left wondering about how to best utilize maven for managing different types of DSpace customizations? Best regards Mathias Hjelt ---Original Mesage--- From: Mathias Hjelt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 23. huhtikuuta 2008 9:20 To: 'dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: Creating add-ons or modifications in 1.5 Hello, Ive been trying to get a grasp of how to port our own add-ons and customizations made in 1.4.2 to the brave new maven-based world of 1.5. I read the SimpleAddonMechanism on the wiki, but that document is still sort of under construction and didnt make things much clearer. Could someone with a better understanding of the maven build process suggest the proper best practice development approaches for the following three scenarios: Scenario 1: Creating a stand-alone Java application which uses the DSpace API. For instance a maintenance application which is to be run using dsrun, i.e. having the dspace classes on the classpath. Currently Ive been developing and building such apps in Eclipse with the entire 1.4.2 project source included, then copying the resulting custom class or jar file manually to [dspace]/custom from where Ive been running them with dsrun. Scenario 2: Creating a custom class that should be compiled into the webapp. For instance a custom plugin for the authentication stack. Currently Ive developed these classes with Eclipse, then added the custom source files into the base [dspace-source] and built the webapp normally using ant. Scenario 3: Making changes to an existing DSpace class. Suppose ones local installation needs a few hacks in an existing Servlet class. To accomplish this in prior versions, Ive applied our local modifications to the existing DSpace source files in [dspace-source] and then built as normally. Any help on how to accomplish the above three scenarios using maven practices is greatly appreciated! Best regards Mathias Hjelt - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
Re: [Dspace-tech] Creating database problem
This is how I've done it: su postgres createuser -U postgres -d -A -P dspace exit su dspace createdb --password -E UNICODE dspace -mathias -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hossein Hamam Sent: 23. huhtikuuta 2008 14:42 To: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Dspace-tech] Creating database problem Dear All, Can someone explain the -A in createuser? And using which user should I issue these commands: createuser -U postgres -d -A -P dspace createdb -U dspace -E UNICODE dspace When I su as postgres user, I am able to apply the first command but when I issue the 2nd command, it gives me the below error: createdb: could not connect to database postgres: FATAL: Ident authentication failed for user "dspace" However, if I su as dspace, I am not able to issue the first command, but am able to issue the 2nd command. After some research I found that I should edit the file pg_ident.conf. But what should I edit? Did anyone face a similar problem? Thank you, - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javao ne ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
[Dspace-tech] Creating add-ons or modifications in 1.5
Hello, I've been trying to get a grasp of how to port our own add-ons and customizations made in 1.4.2 to the brave new maven-based world of 1.5. I read the SimpleAddonMechanism on the wiki, but that document is still sort of under construction and didn't make things much clearer. Could someone with a better understanding of the maven build process suggest the proper "best practice" development approaches for the following three scenarios: ** Scenario 1: Creating a stand-alone Java application which uses the DSpace API. ** For instance a maintenance application which is to be run using dsrun, i.e. having the dspace classes on the classpath. Currently I've been developing and building such apps in Eclipse with the entire 1.4.2 project source included, then copying the resulting custom class or jar file manually to [dspace]/custom from where I've been running them with dsrun. ** Scenario 2: Creating a custom class that should be compiled into the webapp. ** For instance a custom plugin for the authentication stack. Currently I've developed these classes with Eclipse, then added the custom source files into the base [dspace-source] and built the webapp normally using ant. ** Scenario 3: Making changes to an existing DSpace class ** Suppose one's local installation needs a few hacks in an existing Servlet class. To accomplish this in prior versions, I've applied our local modifications to the existing DSpace source files in [dspace-source] and then built as normally. Any help on how to accomplish the above three scenarios using maven practices is greatly appreciated! Best regards Mathias Hjelt - This SF.net email is sponsored by the 2008 JavaOne(SM) Conference Don't miss this year's exciting event. There's still time to save $100. Use priority code J8TL2D2. http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;198757673;13503038;p?http://java.sun.com/javaone___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
Re: [Dspace-tech] Direct a user's submission to a collection based onmetadata
Hi Gary I don't know if it's possible to do exactly what you want to do, but maybe you can set up a workaround similar to what we are doing. In our DSpace repository, all doctoral theses are submitted to one single collection. In the submission form, the submitting user picks the correct department / subject from a dropdown menu. This value ends up in a metadata tag. A scheduled script then automatically maps items from this common collection to the individual collections of the various departments based on the metadata value. So the end result is that all theses are owned by one common collection, but also appear under the various department's collections as mapped items. I suspect the script we use could be modified to actually change the owning collection rather simply adding mapped collections, but I don't know what implications that might have on the submission process etc. best regards Mathias Hjelt http://dhanken.shh.fi/ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Browne Sent: 25. maaliskuuta 2008 0:40 To: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Dspace-tech] Direct a user's submission to a collection based onmetadata Hi all Is it possible to have a submitter enter metadata indicating a university dept and then have the item submitted to a specific collection based on this metadata, rather than the user having to choose a particular collection beforehand? Thanks Gary Gary Browne Development Programmer Library IT Services University of Sydney ph: 9351-5946 - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
Re: [Dspace-tech] Moving DSpace & handle server to new server
Whether we'll carry over the hostname to the new server or not depends on what's most feasible, considering all dependencies. Still trying to figure out what dependencies were facing. Can you or anyone confirm that a mere IP address change (i.e. hostname remains the same but IP changes) does not affect handle configs, while a change in hostname needs the Handle server to be reconfigured and a new sitebundle needs to be sent to CNRI? thanks, -mathias -Original Message- From: Mark Diggory [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 13. maaliskuuta 2008 19:57 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Mathias Hjelt; dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] Moving DSpace & handle server to new server It really depends on if your changing the hostname/domain as well. Are you going to carry the hostname along to the new server as a virtualhost? -Mark On Mar 13, 2008, at 2:30 AM, Robin Taylor wrote: > Unfortunately I believe that moving to a new hostname/IP does > require you to > notify CNRI. Although when we did it they were very helpful and > made the > change exactly when requested. There are also some references in at > least > one of the files in the handle-server directory to the IP addess > (config.dct). I suspect I just edited this manually. > > One other wee thing, do you need to move the source files ? They > are not > used by the running web application so you could just stick them > somewhere > else for reference eg CVS or SVN. > > Cheers, Robin. > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Mathias > Hjelt > Sent: 13 March 2008 08:55 > To: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [Dspace-tech] Moving DSpace & handle server to new server > > We're planning to move our DSpace production environment to a new > server. > (This may or may not involve upgrading from 1.4.2 to 1.5 at the > same time, > but that's a different story altogether.) > > As far as I can see, the easiest way to migrate DSpace from one > server to > another is simply copying the dspace source and install directories > from the > old server to matching locations on the new server, and populate > Postgres on > the new server with the contents of a pg_dump from the old server. > Right? > > Now, my main concern is the Handle server, mainly because setting > it up was > a bit hairy (docs didn't really align well with the real-world > process) and my personal installation notes are quite vague (stupid > of me -- > everything else is documented down to the last bit.) > > So, will the Handle server migrate just as easily as the rest of > DSpace? > What if the host name and/or IP address of the instance changes -- > will I > need to reconfigure the Handle server somehow, and/or send > configuration > updates to CNRI? (After two years of DSpace administration, I must > admit I > still have no clue about how the Handle server communicates with > DSpace and > CNRI... missing the big picture > *and* the hairy details.) > > Any suggestions are welcome! > > best regards > > Mathias Hjelt > DHANKEN > > > -- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. > Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ > ___ > DSpace-tech mailing list > DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech > > > > -- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft > Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. > http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ > ___ > DSpace-tech mailing list > DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
Re: [Dspace-tech] Forcing HTTP for everything except login
Jayan, I can't see how HTTPS would affect OAI-PMH as long as your Tomcat is configured with both HTTP and HTTPS connectors. You'll get problems only if you disable the plain HTTP connector altogether (OAI-PMH needs to run over plain HTTP as far as I know) -mathias From: Jayan Chirayath Kurian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 11. maaliskuuta 2008 12:49 To: Mathias Hjelt; dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [Dspace-tech] Forcing HTTP for everything except login Hello, I too had experienced the same redirection issue. Have not started using HTTPS since I am not sure whether this will have an impact on using OAI-PMH. Please comment. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Mathias Hjelt Sent: Tue 3/11/2008 6:43 PM To: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Dspace-tech] Forcing HTTP for everything except login Hello Using DSpace 1.4.2 and Tomcat5, I enabled HTTPS for the password-related pages/servlets by following the instructions at http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/ServletSecurity. This works fairly well, i.e. the user is automatically redirected to HTTPS while logging in, and after successful authentication he somehow gets redirected back to plain HTTP. However, in some situations the user gets "stuck" on the https site (which causes an unnecessary burden on the server). E.g. if an authenticated user clicks on Edit Profile (/profile) servlet, he's redirected to HTTPS and never gets back to HTTP. Does anyone have a neat and easy solution to this? Or an explanation of how the redirecting-back-to-http-after-logging-in is implemented? (I know that this issue could be avoided by doing the entire SSL thing in Apache running a mod_jk connector as a front-end for Tomcat, but I'd like to keep the setup nice and clean -- which means leaving Apache out of the game.) Best regards Mathias Hjelt - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
[Dspace-tech] Moving DSpace & handle server to new server
We're planning to move our DSpace production environment to a new server. (This may or may not involve upgrading from 1.4.2 to 1.5 at the same time, but that's a different story altogether.) As far as I can see, the easiest way to migrate DSpace from one server to another is simply copying the dspace source and install directories from the old server to matching locations on the new server, and populate Postgres on the new server with the contents of a pg_dump from the old server. Right? Now, my main concern is the Handle server, mainly because setting it up was a bit hairy (docs didn't really align well with the real-world process) and my personal installation notes are quite vague (stupid of me -- everything else is documented down to the last bit.) So, will the Handle server migrate just as easily as the rest of DSpace? What if the host name and/or IP address of the instance changes -- will I need to reconfigure the Handle server somehow, and/or send configuration updates to CNRI? (After two years of DSpace administration, I must admit I still have no clue about how the Handle server communicates with DSpace and CNRI... missing the big picture *and* the hairy details.) Any suggestions are welcome! best regards Mathias Hjelt DHANKEN - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
[Dspace-tech] Forcing HTTP for everything except login
Hello Using DSpace 1.4.2 and Tomcat5, I enabled HTTPS for the password-related pages/servlets by following the instructions at http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/ServletSecurity. This works fairly well, i.e. the user is automatically redirected to HTTPS while logging in, and after successful authentication he somehow gets redirected back to plain HTTP. However, in some situations the user gets "stuck" on the https site (which causes an unnecessary burden on the server). E.g. if an authenticated user clicks on Edit Profile (/profile) servlet, he's redirected to HTTPS and never gets back to HTTP. Does anyone have a neat and easy solution to this? Or an explanation of how the redirecting-back-to-http-after-logging-in is implemented? (I know that this issue could be avoided by doing the entire SSL thing in Apache running a mod_jk connector as a front-end for Tomcat, but I'd like to keep the setup nice and clean -- which means leaving Apache out of the game.) Best regards Mathias Hjelt - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
Re: [Dspace-tech] Accidently drop table in postgres
I assume you’re asking this because you don’t have a backup of the database, so I won’t suggest using that to restore.. :) First of all, make sure you DON’T run postgres’ vacuum on the database, second, make a copy of the pgdata folder just in case. I believe that deleted database items are not physically erased from postgres’ internal data storage (typically the pgdata folder) until you do a vacuum. Some eight years ago I accidentally deleted a large amount of data from a postgres database but was able to recover it somehow, but I just can’t remember how. Try a google search.. I believe you can’t recreate the database contents from the assetstore, as the assetstore only contains bitstreams and not metadata. good luck, Mathias Hjelt From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ROHAZNA BINTI WAHAB Sent: 28. helmikuuta 2008 10:33 To: dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [Dspace-tech] Accidently drop table in postgres Hi .. Can someone help me?.. I accidently drop / deleted dspace databased .. I need an advised on: 1. Is there any way to recover the data? 2. I still have physical files in assetstore folder. How to use that file back? i'm using dspace version 1.4.2. Tq in advanced Regards, Rohazna Wahab Pegawai Teknologi Maklumat Pusat Teknologi Maklumat & Komunikasi Universiti Malaysia Perlis Tel : 049798280 Fax : 049798227 -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner <http://www.unimap.edu.my/> , and is believed to be clean. - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
Re: [Dspace-tech] DC metadata dilemma
We faced the same problem (for journal articles with multiple authors with different affiliations), but did not find any good solution to it. One crude solution I was thinking about was to add numbered metadata fields, one for each author, e.g: dc.contributor.author1 = Smith, John dc.contributor.author2 = Doe, Joe dc.contributor.affiliation1 = Smithsonian dc.contributor.affiliation2 = Doe's University That could work decently within dspace, but it would be quite a headache to have this kind of metadata exported over OAI in a sensible way.. So, essentially, we ignored the requirement to record this information for now.. Please let me know if you invent some brilliant solution to this :) regards, Mathias Hjelt HANKEN -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mika Stenberg Sent: den 6 februari 2008 10:32 To: 'dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: [Dspace-tech] DC metadata dilemma Articles Im hoping to store in DSpace, may contain multiple authors from different faculties / institutions. We're hoping to maintain the author-faculty connection within the metadata. In other words; one reading the metadata the should be able to tell which author comes from which institution. What would be the smartest way to implement this? Has anyone encountered / implemented such schema? Thanks, Mika - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
[Dspace-tech] QDC crosswalk config
Hello, I recently started looking into enabling qualified dublin core (qdc) for the OAI interface. It seems as if DSpace 1.4.2 already includes all the functionality needed, but what bothers me is that the header in config/crosswalks/QDC.properties states that the file contains *preliminary* mapping .. Why preliminary? Is there a definite, de facto recommended mapping scheme available somewhere, which would include all (or most) metadata fields used by a standard DSpace installation? If not, I'd hope that those of you who do use the QDC crosswalk would share your mappings here on the list, or mail them to me personally. best regards Mathias Hjelt HANKEN - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
Re: [Dspace-tech] Illegal argument exception
>> In the last few days I've been getting errors like this:
>>
>> -- URL Was: http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/dspace/handle/2027.42/31692
>>[..]
>> Exception:
>> java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: 2 Dec 2007 03:08:59 GMT at
>>
org.apache.catalina.connector.HttpRequestBase.getDateHeader(HttpRequestB
>> ase.java:860)
>
> My guess (and it is only a guess!) is that the date format being sent
by
> the crawler is incorrect, so Tomcat burps and spits it out.
We've also seen these since a few days back. HandleServlet.java does
this when the exception strikes:
long modSince = request.getDateHeader("If-Modified-Since");
So what happens is that the crawler is using an invalid
if-modified-since parameter in the http request.
Now, our Tomcat doesn't seem to be creating any access logs (shouldn't
it?) so I can't check the source IP of this request.
One odd thing is that the "URL Was:" section in the error mail I get is
missing the port number. I.e it shows
http://hostname/dspace/handle/xxx/yyy rather than
http://hostname:port/dspace/handle/xxx/yyy which is the only way our
DSpace can be acccessed since it's not listening to port 80. Probably
just a small bug in request.getRequestURL().toString() used by
storeOriginalURL but that's not very comforting..
best regards
Mathias Hjelt
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[Dspace-tech] DSpace LDAP jungle
Hi all, I'm trying to get a grasp of how LDAP is working in DSpace 1.4.2, with or without patches. DSpace docs and some earlier posts suggest that LDAP authentication in 1.4.x is enabled by setting: ldap.enable = true plugin.sequence.org.dspace.eperson.AuthenticationMethod = \ org.dspace.eperson.LDAPAuthentication However, sporadic posts and some stuff on SourceForge suggests that ldap.enable is "unnecessary". There's also stuff on SourceForge suggesting that stackable authentication is "broken". And there's a mail by Christophe Dupriez (18 Nov 2007) suggesting that the LDAPAuthentication class is an "untested embryon", while other posts suggest that LDAPServlet is obsolete (even though it seems to be the class doing the hard work!) All this is rather contradictory, as it seems that both the "unnecessary" ldap.enable AND the "untested embryon" LDAPAuthentication are needed in order to have LDAP enabled and working in an unpatched, off-the-shelf DSpace 1.4.2. In fact, this combination of "unnecessary" and "untested" LDAP stuff works fine. It gives me exactly the end user experience that I want: a logon screen prompting for username OR email, and accepts either. The only thing it doesn't give me is support for hierarchical LDAP, which I badly need (users reside in several different OU's.) Now, there is this patch #1597831 on SourceForge which eliminates the "unnecessary" ldap.enable, "fixes" the apparently broken stackable authentication, and introduces support for hierarchical LDAP (yay!). It seems to work (except for when browsing deeper in Active Directory), but there are some odd things about it. First off, when clicking on My Dspace, I get a page where I have to choose authentication method. Cumbersome. What's more, REGARDLESS of which method I choose (and get redirected to ldap-login or password-login respectively), I can use either an LDAP username or a dspace account to log in! Why prompt the user for which method to use, if both "methods" accept both types of credentials? Also, if invalid credentials (neither valid LDAP nor valid dspace eperson) are supplied at ldap-login, the "try again" page is served by password-login. Very, very confusing for the end user and for the admin/developer.. So, what I'm wondering is: if I need to change the LDAP code somewhat in order to get LDAP working against multi-OU Active Directory, should I hack the original DSpace 1.4.2 code (which is confusing with its LDAPServlet vs LDAPAuthentication split), or should I carry on working with the 1597831 patch (which is confusing in terms of user experience)? Or should I sit tight and wait for 1.5 and hope that this jungle has been sorted out by someone else? best regards, Mathias Hjelt - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
[Dspace-tech] Best practices for scripted metadata modifications
We have a few metadata maintenance related tasks (e.g. scan through the metadata of items changed since last run and make sure the metadata complies to certain rules) that we want to automate with scheduled tasks. As I see it we have the following options: - shell / perl scripts that use psql and finish by running index-all - standalone java applications that use jdbc to modify database contents - java applications based on the DSpace API I guess using the API would be the "safest" way to access the metadata, but I'm wondering if it's overkill for operations that could easily be carried out with a small number of relatively simple SQL statements in a script. On the other hand, bypassing the API and tweaking database contents manually carries the risk of screwing stuff up unintentionally, unless one's 100% sure about the scripts.. Any thoughts about this? Some sample code for how to use the API would also come in handy, if someone happens to have something they want to share. Best regards Mathias Hjelt - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse012070mrt/direct/01/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
Re: [Dspace-tech] Any definitive guide to setting up handle server?(Dan Scott)
Thank you all for your Handle server setup tips. I think I got it all
set up now (just waiting for the firewall to be configured properly). I
created a new site bundle file and sent it to the Handle admin staff.
However: I'm still uncertain about whether the preferred way would've
been to opt for no encryption at all ("Would you like to encrypt your
private key?(y/n): n"), or to go for encryption BUT with an empty
passphrase. Any insights on this?
The problems didn't end there, however. When the Handle server started,
it bound itself only to IPv6 ports, not to "regular" IPv4 so in effect
it was still not reachable. The Handle staff quickly posted me a
solution to this, which was to modify start-handle-server and add
-Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true to the command line. That could also be
in the docs, even though IPv6 isn't very commonplace..
Best regards
Mathias Hjelt
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Sent: 7. syyskuuta 2007 22:14
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Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] Any definitive guide to setting up handle
server?(Dan Scott)
Hi
Have a look at http://www.linuxtraining.org.uk/blogger.html
For my experiences getting the handle server working.
Good luck
Clive
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Re: [Dspace-tech] about itemImport tool
I have to disagree with Christian because an item's item_id in the
database is NOT the same as an item's Handle. An item's Handle (in
Dspace terminology) is something like 123456789/123, while the item_id
is a single number (e.g 75) which does not have to be the same as the
postfix part of the Handle (i.e. an item in your repository may have
item_id 75 in the database while it's Handle is 123456789/123.)
The ItemImport tool automatically determines whether you've passed it a
Handle or an id:
// is the ID a handle?
if (collections[i].indexOf('/') != -1)
{
// string has a / so it must be a handle - try and
resolve
[]
}
// not a handle, try and treat it as an integer
collection
// database ID
In other words, if the passed argument contains a slash character, it's
treated as a handle, otherwise as a database ID.
Best regards
Mathias Hjelt
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Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] about itemImport tool
Hello,
Am 09.09.2007 um 09:46 schrieb wang jiahui:
> I read that the there is an option named *-c* in ItemImport tool.
> The source file says that it means *destination collection(s)
> Handle or database ID*.
> But I am confused that if we input a number, how does it know that
> this is a handle
> or a database ID (collection ID)?
I guess it is just the same. When a handle gets
created, simply put, this is the row number in
the database. It is just a different perspective.
If you look at the URL, you will call this number
the handle, if you are the backend guy, you look
at the db and say it is the collection ID.
Bye, Christian
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[Dspace-tech] Any definitive guide to setting up handle server?
Does anyone have an up-to-date and complete step-by-step guide on how to set up the Handle server with DSpace 1.4.2? If such a guide exists, would't it be a good idea to include it in the DSpace documentation or put it on the Wiki? I'm currently in the process of trying to get this set up and I'm mildly annoyed by the lacking documentation in [dspace-source]/docs/install.html. The first problem I ran into was that "make-handle-config" gives me "Warning: data not encrypted" -> a quick Google on that led me to http://www.thesesalive.ac.uk/archive/ERAInstallation-1.9.html#_Toc824950 72 which suggested running "dsrun net.handle.server.SimpleSetup" instead, which is also mentioned in DSpace's install.html. However, any documentation I've seen so far fails to mention that you should NOT put a passphrase on your keys -> I did it, and now the handle server won't start. A quick Google on "Invalid passphrase" -> found a thread suggesting that "yes it's in the documentation if you read the make-handle-config script".. Helpful indeed, in retrospect. Furthermore, docs/install.html isn't very clear on how to proceed once the above obstacles are out of the way. More Googling -> found http://sunsite.utk.edu/diglib/dspace/#handle which makes the important point that one should ignore the official Handle documentation altogether (e.g that about "homing" your prefix etc). It also gives some useful step-by-step instructions which, in my opinion, could be integrated into docs/install.html. (Install.html implies you should start the Handle server prior to even applying for a prefix, and fails to explain how to put the obtained prefix into the Handle server's config..) So, now that I'm waiting for a reply from CNRI on how to proceed with the passphrase issue (I did not find any solution for removing the passphrase OR for making the handle server startup prompt for it), I'm still not certain that I've got everything else right. Hence my question, does anyone have a complete and up-to-date guide on how to do this properly, without taking the trial-and-error path? Best regards Mathias Hjelt - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
Re: [Dspace-tech] Submission forms
With the Configurable Submission system it's possible to define what happens at which stage, so I assume you could do what you are asking for. However, I recall that I ran into some weird problems by skipping the initial questions. (Could have been related to the fact that if you have a dc.publisher in your Item Template, you MUST check the "Has been published before" on the first page, and if there's no first page, you can't do that.. Also, it's not possible to have dc.title.alternative show on your input form unless you have ticked "Has more than one title" in the first stage, so again if you hide the first stage, there's no way to have more than one title.. sigh) regards, -mathias -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mika Stenberg Sent: den 24 augusti 2007 12:23 To: 'dspace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net' Subject: [Dspace-tech] Submission forms Is there a way to get rid of the "initial questions" page on submissions? I would also like to include the "upload file" dialog on the first page, is this currently possible? Thanks, Mika - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
[Dspace-tech] Editing detailed metadata of an item during workflow
Hi, Due to limitations of what you can do simply by modifying input-forms.xml, we'll need to have someone make slight modifications to the metadata of each submitted item after the regular submission process is completed. Such modifications include editing the language code of certain metadata fields etc. Now, once an item has been accepted and made publicly available these edits can easily be done via the Edit Item page (http://.../dspace/tools/edit-item). However, to my surprise it does not seem possible to edit meta data at this detailed level while the submitted item is still in the workflow pipeline! Even if there's an "edit metadata" workflow step defined for the collection, this only allows the editing user to change metadata through the means of the regular input form, NOT in the required low-level fashion of the Edit Item page. Is there any easy workaround to this, allowing an editor to touch up the metadata before accepting an item for public access? best regards Mathias Hjelt Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
[Dspace-tech] Affiliation per author
Hello, Does anyone have an elegant solution for allowing submitting users to specify the affiliation of each author of, say, a journal article? I'm sure this must be a rather common requirement for DSpace implementations, yet I have not found a straight-forward way of implementing this. One solution I'm thinking about is putting the authors and their affiliations in numbered metadata fields instead of repeating the dc.contributor.author field. E.g something like this: dc.contributor.author1 = Author, Albert dc.contributor.author2 = Researcher, Roger dc.contributor.affiliation1 = Universal University dc.contributor.affiliation2 = Specific School Then I'd put in non-repeated fields for these in the input form, and have them all indexed as Author. I guess this would be functional but not very elegant. Especially since it grows very hairy if one wants to allow for a larger number of authors per item, say five.. Any other suggestions? Thanks in advance, Mathias Hjelt Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration - This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
[Dspace-tech] Default publisher in item template causes warning at submission stage
Is there any workaround to this problem: if a default dc.publisher has been defined in a the item template of a collection, DSpace throws this warning at the submitting user unless he checks "has been published before" checkbox at the first submission stage: Submit: Caution The changes you've made to the first "Describe Your Item" page will affect your submission: You've indicated that your submission has not been published or publicly distributed before, but you've already entered an issue date, publisher and/or citation. If you proceed, this information will be removed, and DSpace will assign an issue date. Are you sure you want to proceed with the changes? --- Any way turn off this overly smart check? Best regards, Mathias Hjelt HANKEN - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
[Dspace-tech] Language flags not used from item template
I have discovered something that I believe is a bug, or then there's something I simply don't get: language flags assigned to metadata fields in an item template seem to be ignored completely. How to reproduce (tested this with dspace 1.4.2): 1) Create an item template for a collection 2) In the template, assign a default value to Title for example, and set the language for this field to something else than your default language 3) Start submitting to the new collection: the default Title from the template shows up, all is well so far.. 4) Review the metadata of the submitted entry. Your default Title is still there, but the language flag is now set to whatever you have defined in dspace.cfg/default.language! If default.language is not set, the Title field will not have any language definition at all. So to me it appears that the default.language parameter overrides the item template languages, even when default.language is undefined. Any thoughts on this? Bug or feature? Any workaround? best regards Mathias Hjelt HANKEN - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
[Dspace-tech] Input forms - how to support multiple languages for one field
I have a question regarding customization of the submission input forms. Our requirement is that the submitting user should be able to enter the title of a document in two languages of his own choice, say English and German. How do I accomplish this? Is it possible to add a Language dropdown next to specific fields in the submission form? Or is there some other simple solution to this? (I'm familiar with input-forms.xml but I haven't found a way to add a language qualifier to arbitrary fields..) Thanks in advance, Mathias Hjelt Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration - This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ ___ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
