Re: [Dspace-tech] Problem enabling feedback in DSpace

2009-06-07 Thread Stuart Lewis
Hi Reina, This redirect occurs if one of two pre-conditions fails (to help stop spammers): 1) The setting of dspace.hostname in dspace.cfg does not match the URL you are using 2) You link directly to the feedback page, rather than visiting it via another DSpace page. DSpace check

Re: [Dspace-tech] Producing mets.xml for SWORD

2009-06-07 Thread Stuart Lewis
Hi Mika, I don't know what framework / language / environment you want to use this in, but the SWORD PHP library (http://php.swordapp.org/) contains a METS packager. It works as follows: require('packager_mets_swap.php'); // Create a new package with the root and directory of the input files, an

Re: [Dspace-tech] LDAP questions

2009-06-07 Thread Stuart Lewis
Hi Jeff, 1) You don't need a special group. (I'll explain in a second...) 2) That would be one way of allowing that. LDAP authentication allows users to be authenticated. Special groups is a facility that allows users to be temporarily added to DSpace groups if they fit a given c

Re: [Dspace-tech] Displaying bitstream description

2009-06-07 Thread Stuart Lewis
Hi John, This has been included for DSpace 1.6. See http://scm.dspace.org/trac/dspace/changeset/3758 for details, and the code changes required. Thanks, Stuart Lewis Digital Services Programmer Te Tumu Herenga The University of Auckland Library Auckland Mail Centre, Private Bag 92

Re: [Dspace-tech] Displaying bitstream description

2009-06-07 Thread Keith Gilbertson
Hi John - You may be able to get at the file description by using this expression: mets:floc...@loctype='URL']/@xlink:label wherever you were using @SIZE to get the filesize. Here's an example: Try this out and let us know. You can often figure this sort of thing out by looking