irra dspace april 2006 claire knowles university of edinburgh
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IRRA DSpace April 2006
Claire KnowlesUniversity of Edinburgh
DSpace
• Digital archiving software used for institutional repositories
• Freely available and open source
• Customisable and extendable
• Accepts different file formats
• Widely adopted• www.dspace.org
IRRA DSpace Design
• Separate application to DSpace– Different metadata sets– Metadata only records
required for RAE– Full text items which were
are not applicable to DSpace
– Greater flexibility– Existing tools
IRRA DSpace Functionality
• Entry of research outputs against staff members
• Selection of up to 4 outputs per staff member
• Add/Edit of outputs metadata and files
• Reports detailing status of the repository
• Import and export of data
IRRA DSpace Technology• Java web application• Relational database• Tomcat Application Server• XML Imports/Exports• Authenticated login • HTML and Excel Reports• CSS Design• Web Services• Local Configuration
Architecture Diagram
Interface to RAE Software
• Final submission will be made to the RAE central system
• XML schema • Test system available
August 2006• Debate over the
submission of full-text• Further development
Interface to other RAE data• Reduce duplication of data• Input feeds
– Staff details– Departmental hierarchy– Units of Assessment– Users
• XML and CSV file import, manual and through web services
• Admin pages for adding and editing
Import of Publication Data
• Existing data collected for mock RAE
• Templates for import• Import more than 4
publications• File Imports of staff and
related publications• Reduce duplication
Import from DSpace IR
• SRW to search DSpace for the Staff Member
• Store metadata in the RAE Repository
• Including handles to link to the full text
• Additional metadata is required
• Only retrieve items once• Customisable
Import of Files from DSpace IR
• Add full text files into the RAE Repository
• Only retrieve files to be submitted to the RAE
• Using the METS Export– Patch onto 1.3.2– Integrated into 1.4
Export to DSpace IR
• Add items to DSpace• RAE opportunity to add
items into DSpace IR• Not all items are
applicable for ERA• Add into the workflow• Web services
– Add item– Retrieve handles
DSpace Web Services
Add Item
RAE
DSpace
Metadata XMLFile ListFilesRAE_IDCollectionUsernameTimestamp
RAE_IDDSPACE_IDUsernameTimestamporRAE_ID Error MessageUsernameTimestamp
DSpace Web Services
Retrieve Handle
RAE
DSpace
RAE_IDDSPACE_IDUsernameTimestamp
RAE_IDDSPACE_IDHandleUsernameTimestamporRAE_IDDSPACE_IDError MessageUsernameTimestamp
Publications Screens
Add Publication
Reports
Admin Screens
Using DSpace IRRA
• Contact [email protected]
[email protected]• DSpace users meeting• http://irra.eprints.org
Questions and Feedback
Claire KnowlesInformation Systems DeveloperEdinburgh University [email protected]