Tim, thank you for your comment. It occurred to me that it might be useful to have a page in the wiki where users can compare features in DSpace 6.3 XMLUI vs DSpace 7. That could help other repositories with their decisions to move to DSpace 7.
On Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 3:51:45 PM UTC-4 Tim Donohue wrote: > Hi all, > > I wanted to chime in here and note that we'd welcome contributions to > enhance DSpace 7's views / interface if facets on Community/Collection > pages are of high interest to you. > > At this time, the core team is concentrated still on migrating/rebuilding > old 5.x/6.x features into DSpace 7 from this listing: > https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+Release+7.0+Status#DSpaceRelease7.0Status-Whatfeaturesarecominginalater7.xrelease?7.x > > > That said, as an open source product, DSpace always accepts community > contributions. So, if someone is interested in designing/building this, or > hiring a service provider to do so on their behalf, then please send it my > way. I'd ensure it is reviewed/considered for a future release of 7.x. > Until then, I expect this will become a feature eventually if enough people > desire it...but it's not currently on our prioritized list (see above). > > Tim > ------------------------------ > *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf > of [email protected] <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, April 28, 2022 12:00 PM > *To:* DSpace Technical Support <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [dspace-tech] Re: DSpace 7.2: missing sidebar facets in browse > > Darryl, > > Thank you for testing that scope behavior. I agree about the value of > customized facets per collection. We have customized facets and search > filters for our ETD, https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/5534, and > patent, https://vtechworks.lib.vt.edu/handle/10919/72294, collections. > > Anne > On Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 12:55:00 PM UTC-4 [email protected] > wrote: > > I noticed that behavior with Iowa as well. I'm curious how they made that > work. If I add a "scope" argument to our test and dev server URLs (or to > the demo site), DSpace is not treating that as a search; the display > remains as if I was browsing and no facets appear. > > I think for us though, the biggest loss would be the inability to have > facets customized per collection. We have a custom set for our ETD > collection that makes use of the additional metadata fields available in > ETD-ms (department, program, degree level etc). I assume that since facets > now only display on search results, they must all fall within the default > set. > > - Darryl > > > > On Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 10:42:16 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > > We also want the facets to appear in collection pages. Since there is no > longer browse links, it's the only way to browse a collection. We want the > interface to be like other discovery interfaces that offer facets. We have > not tried it, but it seems like it might be possible to force the facets to > appear by making the links to collections be search queries. > > For example clicking on a collection link in dspace demo leads to a > collection page without facets, > https://demo7.dspace.org/communities/6465ceac-442e-4bc8-8e07-1f28f7b320eb. > > Clicking on a collection link in the Iowa State repository leads to > https://dr.lib.iastate.edu/collections/71537944-3990-4d99-9351-64b7a4f83125?scope=71537944-3990-4d99-9351-64b7a4f83125, > > which does have facets. I believe this is a search query. > > Thanks, Anne > On Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 12:30:51 PM UTC-4 [email protected] > wrote: > > Thanks for the pointer. I did try and search the group but it seems I > missed that tread somehow. > > Very disappointing though. Our users are really going to miss facets. > And if they only ever appear for search results, I think it renders quite a > bit of the Discovery documentation -- > https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC7x/Discovery -- incorrect, as there > is no way to actually display facets on the community/collection pages nor > tailor them to specific communities or collections. > > - Darryl > > > > On Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 9:11:26 AM UTC-6 [email protected] wrote: > > Darryl, > > This relates to the DSpace thread, > https://groups.google.com/g/dspace-tech/c/Dlyuxgd2Ci0/m/P5sN4WcCAwAJ. > > On Wednesday, April 27, 2022 at 12:29:14 PM UTC-4 [email protected] > wrote: > > > We're upgrading from 6.3 (XMLUI) to 7.x and I've noticed that none of the > sidebar facets we had before are appearing while browsing > communities/collections. Search filters appear on the left hand side, but > facets don't seem to display anywhere. > > Did I just miss some configuration somewhere? I've checked our local.cfg > and discovery.xml and everything looks in order there. I've noticed that > the DSpace 7 demo site also lacks any sidebar facets. Is this a feature > that's not available in 7.x yet (we're running 7.2.1 on our test server)? > > Thanks, > > - Darryl > > > > ---------- > *Darryl Friesen, BSc* > Programmer/Analyst > *University of Saskatchewan* > *ICT / University Library* > > -- > All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the Code of Conduct: > https://www.lyrasis.org/about/Pages/Code-of-Conduct.aspx > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "DSpace Technical Support" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-tech/7465fe07-5585-4a64-95fa-e3f106c5043en%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/dspace-tech/7465fe07-5585-4a64-95fa-e3f106c5043en%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- All messages to this mailing list should adhere to the Code of Conduct: https://www.lyrasis.org/about/Pages/Code-of-Conduct.aspx --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "DSpace Technical Support" group. 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