Re: [Dspace-tech] why vanilla?

2007-12-14 Thread Mark Diggory
I think there is a big difference between projects and  
installations.  So thats way to vague a category to be of use to  
people needing info on DSpace installation procedures.


I think that there should be a clearly defined location on entry to  
the site that contains tutorials and presentations on dspace  
installation/customization that go on in DSUG meetings, including  
those that are located at other sites. But something like this  
already exists


http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Adspace.org+tutorial


On Dec 14, 2007, at 9:16 AM, Mark H. Wood wrote:


I agree that it's important to be able to show prospective users some
examples of this is as easy as it gets.  However it might be useful
to show some of the range of possibilities, so that people can get a
realistic idea of which kinds customizations are easy, which are
costly but readily doable given sufficient resources, and which are
downright difficult.

Also, is there a central directory page of popular (finished) patches
that add visible functionality?  That would be another way to help
people evaluate DSpace w.r.t. their requirements, by (among other
things) showing how much work is involved in different kinds of
alterations.

I don't visit the wiki often enough, but my impression has been that
work-in-progress and completed projects are jumbled together, probably
because when projects are completed they just stay on the page and
stop getting updates.  Regularly moving released mod.s to a released
projects page would help to make it clear what you can just plug in
now and what you may be able to help develop, which is an important
distinction depending on your needs and resources.

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Re: [Dspace-tech] why vanilla?

2007-12-14 Thread Larry Stone
 I don't visit the wiki often enough, but my impression has been that
 work-in-progress and completed projects are jumbled together, probably
 because when projects are completed they just stay on the page and
 stop getting updates.  Regularly moving released mod.s to a released
 projects page would help to make it clear what you can just plug in
 now and what you may be able to help develop, which is an important
 distinction depending on your needs and resources.

This is a good application of Categories in the wiki -- brand
project pages with either Project-In Progress or Project-Released, e.g.
Then the summary pages would be automatically generated.
See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Category to learn all
about categories.

The use of categories looks somewhat haphazard right now; we really
need a meta-page explaining how the tags are supposed to be used and
offering guidelines to creating such things as project pages.

See: http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/Special:Categories

-- Larry


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Re: [Dspace-tech] why vanilla?

2007-12-13 Thread Dorothea Salo
 I get many requests from organizations evaluating DSpace wanting to
 know the level of effort to install right out of the box, without
 making any customizations.

Ah, I see. That makes sense.

 Given your experience,
 passion and know how it would be great if you could work with us in a
 positive fashion.

I may not be quite the right person, as when I was a DSpace newbie I
was running on a somewhat nontraditional setup (Mac OS X Server).
However, I'm happy to offer what I can. (On the other hand, it may
turn out useful to know that a librarian without sysadmin training can
learn to do this, so...) I can also pass on specific questions to the
person who does the real work on [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Dorothea

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