Hi helix84, My only real point here is that if we wanted to make OAI-2.0 as much "likethe current OAI as possible (in order to make the replacement as simplistic as possible), we may wish to make it database-based by default.
The reason is that many institutions (to this day) don't copy all the DSpace built webapps over to their Tomcat. So, currently if folks want to install XMLUI, SWORD & OAI, they can just grab the 'xmlui', 'sword' and 'oai' webapps and drop them into Tomcat. If we change the 'oai' webapp so that it now also requires they also install the 'solr' webapp, then that would need to become part of the upgrade instructions. Any institution who is currently *not* using Solr but is using OAI-PMH, would either have to change the default configuration of OAI-2.0 or they'd have to make sure to drop the 'solr' webapp into Tomcat (otherwise they'd get immediate errors in their OAI-PMH interface). So, I was really just thinking out-loud as to how we'd want the OAI-2.0 module to be configured by default. If we wanted to make it as similar as possible to the current OAI module, we may want to release it as database-backed. But, if we'd rather switch things up & start using Solr more heavily by default, we'd release it as Solr-backed. All of this is really a moot point until we actually decide whether or not we want to replace current OAI with OAI-2.0 or do something else. - Tim On 7/19/2012 11:51 AM, helix84 wrote: > Tim, maybe we're having a slight impedance mismatch here. You're > saying DSpace doesn't require Solr. I agree. On the other hand, DSpace > is currently built with Solr by default unless you disable it. I just > don't see the problem in this particular thing. > > Of course, to use XOAI with Solr, you have to configure the import > cronjob, which is an additional step. So I understand the concern is > really in this. Actually it's the same with Discovery - you also have > to set up a cron job to fill its Solr index - and I guess that's why > it isn't default just yet (and that it's relatively new). I'm just > trying to identify the real problem. > > Regards, > ~~helix84 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Dspace-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-devel
