Hello DSpace Developers, As of today, a *third* proposal has been added to the (previously shared) DSpace Entities Overview / Discussion document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1exm_xLToxUMszOvX5itSMFTn5eiGCdggL0Mf522GjHU/edit#heading=h.bhq44wdzzis0 This third proposal has been made (to the DSpace Steering Group) by Atmire, and is linked to from that Google Doc. It proposes a way to refactor the DSpace Item object to support new Entities (by typing an Item, and adding relationships between Items), and to align DSpace with the Portland Common Data Model (PCDM). The DSpace Steering Group will be discussing our (now three) options in more detail on Weds (March 21). The decision timeline is still unclear. But, I want to ensure we continue to hear from *you* in this decision process. As this third proposal has just come in, and others have not had a chance to discuss it, I've quickly written up some pros/cons (that I see). However, I'd ask that you keep me honest here, and help me enhance them by adding in your own commentary. Additionally, this third proposal *will be presented* and discussed in a future DSpace Entities Working Group meeting. More details on when/where will be coming soon. Thanks all. As always, please feel free to let me know if you have questions, comments, etc. Tim On Thu, Mar 1, 2018 at 4:13 PM Tim Donohue <tdono...@duraspace.org> wrote: > Hello DSpace Developers, > > Per some discussion in yesterday's DevMtg [1], and based on ongoing > discussions in the DSpace Entities Working Group [2], I would like to ask > for your feedback on (likely) major enhancement to DSpace's data model in > the near future. > > Simply put, in order to better align DSpace with current needs of > institutions (especially to better support identifiers and > author/researcher profiles), we (in the DSpace Entities Working Group) have > been analyzing ways to enhance the DSpace data model to support additional > "entities" , namely Authors (but also potentially Organizations and > Projects). > > This is a significant change, as it would be the first new data type added > to DSpace since it began. *So, before we go much further with this > effort, I'd really like to hear from *you*, the developers using / building > / customizing / maintaining DSpace.* > > In order to attempt to give everyone an overview of the discussion, and an > (hopefully) unbiased analysis of our main options, I've drafted up a public > Google Doc. If you don't like using Google Docs, you are also welcome to > add thoughts into this email thread. > > DSpace Entities Overview / Discussion: > https://docs.google.com/document/d/1exm_xLToxUMszOvX5itSMFTn5eiGCdggL0Mf522GjHU/edit# > > > *Anyone* can add comments/suggestions to this document (even anonymously). > I've also added a "Recommendations?" section near the bottom where I ask > that you consider adding your own personal suggestions / recommendations > (as a comment). > > At this time, this document is written by me (though based heavily on many > other resources / documents linked to in the text). I attempted to give an > unbiased lay of the land. But, if you feel anything is misrepresented / > incorrect / missing, please do add a comment and I'll immediately correct > it with your recommended changes. > > Thanks! I appreciate any time you can devote to reviewing this discussion > and providing your feedback. Please do let me know if you have questions > > Tim > > > [1] http://irclogs.duraspace.org/index.php?date=2018-02-28 > [2] > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+Entities+Working+Group > -- > Tim Donohue > Technical Lead for DSpace & DSpaceDirect > DuraSpace.org | DSpace.org | DSpaceDirect.org > -- Tim Donohue Technical Lead for DSpace & DSpaceDirect DuraSpace.org | DSpace.org | DSpaceDirect.org -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to dspace-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to dspace-devel@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/dspace-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
