Never mind, I see you can:
- POST /bitstreams/{bitstream id}/policy - Add policy to item. You must
post a ResourcePolicy
On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Jose Blanco <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks Tim, this is very helpful. I can't tell from the doc if the REST
> API allows you to change access rights for bitstreams. Does it?
>
> Thank you!
> Jose
>
> On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 12:18 PM, Tim Donohue <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jose,
>>
>> SWORD v1.3 is only able to send content to a repository, and does not
>> have any update capabilities
>>
>> However, SWORD v2 (which DSpace also supports) does have update
>> capabilities. You might want to investigate instead using the DSpace
>> SWORDv2 interface for these purposes. However, SWORDv2 won't be able to
>> update access rights, as it's a generic protocol that isn't DSpace specific
>>
>> More on SWORDv2 at:
>> http://swordapp.org/sword-v2/
>>
>> Specifically see:
>> * Specification: http://swordapp.org/sword-v2/sword-v2-specifications/
>> * Presentations: http://swordapp.org/sword-v2/sword-v2-presentations/
>> * Implementations / Tools:
>> http://swordapp.org/sword-v2/sword-v2-implementations/
>>
>> If you are planning on doing a lot of remote item manipulation, you also
>> may wish to look at what is offered by the DSpace REST API. As of DSpace 5,
>> it's now a read/write API...it doesn't allow editing of *all* settings in
>> DSpace quite yet, but it does allow for basic editing/changes to Items,
>> Collections, Communities.
>> https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC5x/REST+API
>>
>> Good luck. If you have more specific questions, feel free to ask them on
>> this list, and hopefully we can help.
>>
>> - Tim
>>
>>
>> On 12/4/2015 10:25 AM, Jose Blanco wrote:
>>
>> I have DSpace 4.2 running SWORD v1.3 and I have a few questions:
>>
>> Can Sword be used to update an item's metadata and bitstreams? For
>> example, add bitstreams to an already existing item, or update the
>> description of an existing bitstream. And for the item metadata, we may
>> want to delete, add, or update a metadata field for an existing item.
>>
>> I also don't know if you can indicate or change access limitations when
>> using sword - say this bitstream is limited to this group. And can sword
>> update access - say this bitstream that was restricted to this group is now
>> restricted to this other group.
>>
>> If these things are possible, is there documentation on it?
>>
>> Thank you!
>> Jose
>>
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