+1 on ability to assign arbitrary external IDs to bitstreams. +1 on ability to assign 'hierarchical' external IDs to bitstreams (for graceful fallback if files are deleted etc).
-1 on assigning Handles to bitstreams in 'out of the box' config. On 19/07/07, James Rutherford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > As part of my work on the identification mechanisms employed by DSpace > (both internal and externally managed identifiers) I've decided that > it's better to assign external identifiers to files than to not (which > is the current policy). Whether or not external identifiers are used > (and if so, which ones) will be configurable, but what I would like to > know is whether anyone has a problem with assigning external identifiers > to files at all. > > If possible, could we keep this to a +/- 1 system (+1 to assign them to > files, -1 to not). I definitely don't want to turn this into a > discussion about identification systems more generally otherwise we'll > be here until next year. Also, if you vote -1 a short explanation about > why would be useful. > > cheers, > > Jim > > -- > James Rutherford | Hewlett-Packard Limited registered Office: > Research Engineer | Cain Road, > HP Labs | Bracknell, > Bristol, UK | Berks > +44 117 312 7066 | RG12 1HN. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Registered No: 690597 England > > The contents of this message and any attachments to it are confidential and > may be legally privileged. If you have received this message in error, you > should delete it from your system immediately and advise the sender. To any > recipient of this message within HP, unless otherwise stated you should > consider this message and attachments as "HP CONFIDENTIAL". > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
