Lyn Amery wrote: > > I’m new to DSpace, setting up an archives repository. I’m reasonably > technical, > > but not overly experienced in web development or the technologies > utilised therein. > > I’ll need to adapt DSpace to suit my agency’s needs. As a first step, > I’m trying > > to decide whether to go with the JSP or XML (Manakin) interface. I’ve > yet to > > find any discussions on what the advantages are of one to the other. As a > > newbie, would one be simpler to modify? Are there things which one > does or > > doesn’t do particularly well? > > Thanks for any suggestions! > > Cheers, > > Lyn > > /Lyn Amery/ > > /Web Analyst/Programmer/ > > /State Records Office/ > > /(08) 9427 3493/// > > /[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. > It is the best place to buy or sell services for > just about anything Open Source. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech > Go with the XML if you require template customization for your agency. The XML ui takes advantage of XSL translations to simplify customized themes although there is a trade-off as some things that work in the JSP ui don't work out-of-the-box in the XML ui. For example, you will need to obtain a patch to get reporting working in the XML ui.
Hope this helps. Cheers Hayden ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the new SourceForge.net Marketplace. It is the best place to buy or sell services for just about anything Open Source. http://p.sf.net/sfu/Xq1LFB _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
