Hi, Jim, Thank you for your reply. Please keep us posted. At this point of time, I am looking into the possibilities of utilizing OAI-PMH harvesting and SRW/SRU, and see how many efforts they would take. Again, I appreciate your help, Xin
----- Original Message ----- From: "James Rutherford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Xin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2007 12:18 PM Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] distribute system question > Hi Xin, > > Xin wrote: >> We have a dspace installed in our library and are planning to >> integrate our dspace with university wide installation, which means we >> will have two dspace installations, (one at university, the other one >> at library), We want to share our repositories, including the search >> results with the university DSpace, so that people would be able to >> browse/search our collections through university installation. Has >> anyone done that before? what kind of options do we have? Any >> suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > At HP Labs, we're currently working on an experimental extension to > DSpace (so-called "peer-based federation") that would enable this kind > of functionality. It's not ready for "production" use yet, but it's > getting close. If you like, I can keep you informed on progress, or even > make patches available for you to experiment with. At some point in the > near future (after OR 2007) I hope to make a page on the DSpace wiki > describing the project, and gathering community feedback before > releasing it for general use. > > As far as I know, the only other option that doesn't require significant > effort would be to merge the two repositories, but I doubt this is a > viable solution for you. > > Jim. > > -- > James Rutherford > Research Engineer > HP Labs, Bristol, UK > +44 117 312 7066 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
