Hi Robert, > * Does DSpace have service devices (like SOA or SOAP)? > Yes, for submission (see http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/LightweightNetworkInterface). > * Is it correct that DSpace does not have an internal storage > management, which would mean (e.g.) to compress documents which are not > accessed for a given period, or to move them to an other storage > location (e.g. a tape server) if the last access is much older? > You can implement any storage layer underneath DSpace using the storage API. There are implementations now for the local filesystem (the default), SRB and S3 (in prototype, I believe). I think HP has also implemented it with their HSM, but I don't know if there are other HSM systems implemented now. > * And is it possible to bundle / relate different versions of the same > document, e.g. preprint and postprint? > This is handled now via metadata. For MIT's method of doing this see http://wiki.dspace.org/static_files/f/fa/DSpace_Versioning_Feature_Summary_(July_2004).pdf
There are plans to change the DSpace data model in a future version so that it can handle versions directly within an item. This is described on the wiki (http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/ArchReviewSynthesis). A lot of this work has already started, and the plan is to complete these changes in 2008. > * Does DSpace keep track of different versions of the same document to > have a history of minor changes (compared to pre- and postprint)? > It is a digital archive rather than an authoring system, so no, minor changes to documents are noant normally kept. The idea is to store final versions of documents and keep them forever, and to link different *editions* of documents via metadata (see the last answer) so that users can safely cite a particular version and not worry about it disappearing later. MacKenzie -- MacKenzie Smith Associate Director for Technology MIT Libraries ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
