Hi all, I'm doing some research on how to retain Handle resolving on existing items when merging several DSpace instances into one repository. When looking at the DSpace 1.5.X handle plugin implementation I found this comment along with corresponding code:
// This parameter allows the dspace handle server to be capable of having multiple // name authorities assigned to it. So long as the handle table the alternative prefixes // defined the dspace will answer for those handles prefixes. This is not ideal and only // works if the dspace instances assumes control over all the items in a prefix, but it // does allow the admin to merge together two previously separate dspace instances each // with their own prefixes and have the one instance handle both prefixes. In this case // all new handle would be given a unified prefix but all old handles would still be // resolvable. This definetly sounds promising, but can anyone shed any light on this feature? If it works as advertised then all I have to do is import the items in a way that the old handles are retained in the database and somehow get the Handle server configured for multiple prefixes, right? There seems to be a only one mention of it on DSpace-tech and even then relating to Oracle problems. Thanks, T -- Timo Aalto Planning Officer University of Helsinki Library Coordination Unit timo dot j dot aalto at helsinki dot fi
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