Hi Krishna, > Can we able to have versions for the items inserted. I have looked > into DC metadata elements but i couldn't find any element of type > version. > > We are using DSpace only to store the data that we insert from our own > web interface. Can we able to add new version for the item inserted. > > i dont know whether i described it properly or not.. i hope you understand. > Version support in DSpace is evolving.
Currently the strategy involves multiple items with links between them, which you can display however you like in the UI See the document on versioning at http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/DspaceResources#Related_Readings In the future, DSpace will support versioning in more ways, including internal to items. There's a discussion of the issues at http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/VersioningProposal and recommendations for future support here http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/ArchReviewSynthesis Basically (and assuming you mean versions in the sense of editions in time, rather than different file formats for the same edition) it all depends on whether you consider items to be part of the permanent scholarly record or not... if they are, then all versions should be kept and available, but the UI should guide users to the latest and greatest, if that's really what they're looking for. MacKenzie -- MacKenzie Smith MIT Libraries ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
