[Dspace-tech] Pdf problems

2007-09-20 Thread Mika Stenberg
Hi, We are experiencing increasing difficulties in opening pdf- files via Dspace / Manakin. This is beginning to look like a serious problem which affects the overall usability of the software. The problem exists both in Manakin UI and Dspace UI. If someone has any suggestions how to make

Re: [Dspace-tech] Pdf problems

2007-09-20 Thread James Rutherford
What exactly is the problem? The pdf opens in my browser just fine in Opera 9 Firefox 2 on linux. cheers, Jim On Thu, Sep 20, 2007 at 12:57:43PM +0300, Mika Stenberg wrote: Hi, We are experiencing increasing difficulties in opening pdf- files via Dspace / Manakin. This is beginning to

[Dspace-tech] Does DSpace support links in metadata values?

2007-09-20 Thread Hlias Stavrakis
Hi, i want to create some links from parts of the metadata text. Does anyone know if DSpace support this functionality or is a simple way to implement it? Thanks.- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all

Re: [Dspace-tech] Does DSpace support links in metadata values?

2007-09-20 Thread Hlias Stavrakis
Thanks, it will be very usefull to give me some instructions how to use it. Is the LinkOut solution now part of DSpace distribution? - Original Message - From: Dupriez Christophe To: Hlias Stavrakis Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 3:44 PM Subject: RE : [Dspace-tech] Does

Re: [Dspace-tech] Pdf problems

2007-09-20 Thread Rune Pettersen
The way pdf is opened depends on adobe-reader and the browser, not on the server. The setting can be adjusted per browser I believe. Reinstall the reader if in doubt. Den 20.09.2007 14:13, James Rutherford skrev: What exactly is the problem? The pdf opens in my browser just fine in Opera

Re: [Dspace-tech] Extra characters spontaneously littering pages

2007-09-20 Thread Shane Beers
We were unable to diagnose the exact issue that caused the problem, but a server reboot fixed the issue. Ah, technology. Thanks to those that tried to help. Shane Beers Digital Repository Services Librarian George Mason University [EMAIL PROTECTED] 703-993-3742 On Sep 19, 2007, at 10:35 AM,

[Dspace-tech] Introducing myself...

2007-09-20 Thread Daniele Ninfo
Hello, I'm a student of computer science engineering from Roma Tre university in Rome, my name is Daniele Ninfo. I will work on Dspace for my thesis, Andrea Bollini from CILEA will be my mentor. My objective is the introduction of Hibernate and Spring Framework, as Andrea wrote in one of his

Re: [Dspace-tech] Extra characters spontaneously littering pages

2007-09-20 Thread Mark Diggory
Glad it resolved itself, I was scratching my head trying to come up with an explanation that would be helpful. Cheers, Mark Diggory On Sep 20, 2007, at 12:51 PM, Shane Beers wrote: We were unable to diagnose the exact issue that caused the problem, but a server reboot fixed the issue. Ah,

Re: [Dspace-tech] Introducing myself...

2007-09-20 Thread Mark Diggory
Welcome, Do not hesitate to ask questions. We love to go on and on about DSpace and will not find them a bore. As for your work and interacting with the DSpace community, I'd recommend dropping in on the DSpace IRC channel and introducing yourself there as well.

[Dspace-tech] DSpace SRB Storage using Oracle

2007-09-20 Thread Ricardo Borillo
Hi all, I'm new to DSpace and i'm evaluating configuration options for best platform availability. I have read SRB documentation and i reach some interesting point: The Storage Resource Broker (SRB) is a client/server middleware that provides clients with a set of uniform interfaces to

[Dspace-tech] OutOfMemory errors during large PDF indexing

2007-09-20 Thread Tim Donohue
All, I'm curious if anyone out there has run into strange OutOfMemory errors while full-text indexing larger (10MB) PDF files in DSpace. It usually appears as either: Exception in thread main java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: Java heap space OR Exception in thread main java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:

[Dspace-tech] ETD-MS management

2007-09-20 Thread Dorothea Salo
For those of us using DSpace 1.4+ to store electronic theses and dissertations: If you're using ETD-MS metadata, how are you managing your DSpace metadata registry? Are you placing the non-Dublin-Core ETD-MS metadata (e.g. degree information) inside the Dublin Core schema or in a separate one? If

Re: [Dspace-tech] Pdf problems

2007-09-20 Thread Conal Tuohy
Mika, you didn't say what the problem was exactly, so it's hard to comment. One problem I know of is that large PDF files may not display in Acrobat Reader when used as a plugin to a browser. In this case, you get a message from Acrobat saying that the file is damaged and couldn't be opened.

Re: [Dspace-tech] Pdf problems

2007-09-20 Thread Girija S
Dear Rune Pettersen, We have that problem with some pdf files and in some computers. Sometimes the file opens in IE explorer but not in firefox or mozilla in the same computer! One way to solve this is to set the browser preferences to open the file with the acrobat reader and not the

Re: [Dspace-tech] Pdf problems

2007-09-20 Thread Mark Diggory
We have introduced a setting in the dspace.cfg that will be available in dspace 1.5 and also 1.4.x branch (so it might be available if we do decide to do a 1.4.3 release). It is only in the JSPUI at the moment and allows for the control of the disposition header on Bitstreams being