Karo, Unfortunately, what you are wanting to do sounds like it would require a much "smarter" submission process, or alternatively, quite a bit of Java code work to implement.
Out-of-the-box the Configurable Submission only has access to the normal DSpace submission steps, normally in this order: (Select Collection) Initial Questions Describe Upload License Verify (Complete) The steps which are NOT in parentheses are able to be rearranged, reordered, or even removed. Unfortunately, at this time you cannot rearrange or remove the "Select Collection" or "Complete" steps. But, I'm hoping that we can figure out a way around that limitation in future versions of the Configurable Submission. Beyond that, you can also create brand new steps, assuming you are willing to create a Step Class for that new step (this *does* require Java knowledge!). You can also share custom steps between institutions easily, since steps are "standalone" and can be added easily into the process. So, I'm hoping that eventually many folks will develop new custom steps which will be shared (and eventually make it into future versions of DSpace). Unfortunately, at this time the Configurable Submission is not "smart" and doesn't allow for 'branching' based on answers given in previous steps. So, currently, there's no real *easy* way to say: "If the user selected 'Are you submitting just The Metadata', then forward them to a single 'Describe' step. Otherwise, forward them to the normal submission process." I think that there's potential for some simple 'branching' in the future, esp. in more complex custom steps. But, at this point in time, the configurable submission doesn't support it out-of-the-box. Does this help to clear things up? Or does it bring up more questions? Let me know if there's anything else that's unclear, - Tim Karo Salminen wrote: > Hello, > > I'm very delighted with the possibility to customise submission > procedure with DSpace 1.5 alpha. I wanted to ask help in implementing a > bit more complicated procedure with XMLUI, as I am not familiar with > DSpace source or development. > > The idea is first to get the metadata from the submitters, saving the > submission unfinished, and submitters could complete their submissions > later by uploading files and completing the standard procedure. So, if > submitter would answer yes to initial question "are submitting just the > metadata?" he/she would be presented the Describe step, but only with > "Save" button which would then force to save the current submission as > unfinished. Later, if the submitter resumed to the submission from > his/her submissions page, the later steps would come into effect, and > he/she could upload the files and complete the submission in a > "standard" way. > > I've gone through the "Customizing and Configuring Submission User > Interface" manual, but haven't examined thoroughly step classes' source, > and really hope that it wouldn't be necessary to proceed. > > Thank you for any information or hints! -- ======================================== Tim Donohue Research Programmer, Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (IDEALS) 135 Grainger Engineering Library University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://www.ideals.uiuc.edu phone: (217) 333-4648 fax: (217) 244-7764 ======================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
