Re: [Dspace-tech] ETD embargoes and restricted rights

2009-05-04 Thread Elliot Metsger
I hope to have this patch updated for 1.5.2 in time for OR '09. The Coocoon upgrade will probably make this update more tricky than usual. -Elliot Floyd, Randall Dean wrote: Mark, Have you seen the DSpace Embargo contribution? http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/User:Emetsger:Embargo

Re: [Dspace-tech] Embargo

2009-03-19 Thread Elliot Metsger
Sean Carte wrote: Sorry if I'm being dense, but I still have the same problem: 2009-03-19 11:09:15,241 ERROR org.dspace.app.webui.servlet.SubmissionController @ Error loading step class'org.dspace.submit.step.EmbargoProcessor': java.lang.ClassNotFoundException:

Re: [Dspace-tech] Embargo

2009-03-18 Thread Elliot Metsger
Hi Sean, Sorry you're having so much trouble with the embargo module. I've updated the wiki page at http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/User:Emetsger:Embargo:Downloads_here Sean Carte wrote: This looks like the most full-featured implementation, and a patch for 1.5.1 exists. I just wish I

Re: [Dspace-tech] FW: Java heap space error when trying to update a Collection

2008-09-30 Thread Elliot Metsger
We've noticed issues with heap size as well, specifically when using the wildcard policy tool, the media filter manager, and some in-house tools that iterate over dspace objects using a single Context. When dspace objects like Item or Bitstream are instantiated, they place a reference to itself

Re: [Dspace-tech] [Dspace-general] Question one: What's working and what isn't?

2008-08-20 Thread Elliot Metsger
Mark H. Wood wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 12:11:12PM -0700, Mark Diggory wrote: In the past I recommended moving dspace-general to the SF site to assure that its is clearly identified with the DSpace foundation and community rather than MIT Libraries. A data point: I had

Re: [Dspace-tech] About DSpace and LDAP synchronization

2008-06-24 Thread Elliot Metsger
We overwrite the fields that are mastered by our ldap servers each time a user logs in. Of course, the fields may become out of date over time if the user never logs in again. You could write some code to query ldap and manually synchronize the fields if that was a concern. Rafael Henkin

Re: [Dspace-tech] vmware support

2008-06-13 Thread Elliot Metsger
We've been running DSpace on Xen, the RedHat virtualization engine, with no problems for the past year or so. Works well for us. We have one VM for DSpace, and another VM for our Postgres instance. Elliot chodge5 wrote: We have been running 1.5 on vmware with RHEL since March without

Re: [Dspace-tech] Fieldable class exceptions on indexing and on import

2008-06-13 Thread Elliot Metsger
Hi Mark, What version of DSpace did you upgrade from? I'd make sure that you are using the correct version of the Lucene library; I believe 1.4.2 ships with Lucene version 2.1.0 in the src/lib directory. I'd make sure that the correct version of the library has been deployed to your DSpace

Re: [Dspace-tech] DSpace Fedora discussion skypecast tomorrow

2008-06-10 Thread Elliot Metsger
Hi Michele, For those who may be interested but were unable to attend the Skypecast, were there any conclusions that could be distilled into a wiki page or summary email? Thanks, Elliot Michele Kimpton wrote: Hi all, Tomorrow DSpace Foundation and Fedora Commons will be meeting with a

Re: [Dspace-tech] Using apache mod_proxy to forward dspace/tomcat

2008-06-05 Thread Elliot Metsger
We use mod_proxy with no problem. Here's our setup: VirtualHost 128.220.205.53:443 ServerName jscholarship.library.jhu.edu ServerAlias jhir.library.jhu.edu ir01.mse.jhu.edu jscholarship.jhu.edu ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] SSLEngine On SSLCertificateFile conf.d/jscholarship.cert

Re: [Dspace-tech] Adding Fields to Create Profile

2008-05-25 Thread Elliot Metsger
Andrew, One way to do this is to extend the PasswordAuthentication class, and override the initEPerson( Context, HttpServletRequest, EPerson ) method. Inside that method you can collect your additional information and store it where you want. We collect extra information and store it in the

Re: [Dspace-tech] Embargo on DSpace 1.5

2008-05-07 Thread Elliot Metsger
Hi Gary, Sorry I couldn't be more help, I certainly understand deadlines. I hope to have a patch for 1.4.2 and Manakin 1.1a posted by the end of May. Best, Elliot Gary McGath wrote: Elliot Metsger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Depending on your timeline for embargo implementation, you may