helix84, Unfortunately, at this point, out-of-the-box DSpace doesn't support handles of the form "12345/xyz6789" (at least not in the user interfaces).
Currently, by default, DSpace assumes the handle suffix is always a number. Each newly assigned handle just increments that suffix by 1. So, DSpace assigns handles in the following order: 12345/1 12345/2 12345/3 etc.. This auto-incrementing number ensures the next assigned handle is always unique, and won't accidentally create a conflict in the system. However, that being said, in DSpace 1.7.0, the underlying API now adds the ability to *assign* your own specified handles to newly created objects (Communities, Collections & Items). See these 1.7.0 API methods.. Collection.create(context,handle) Community.create(parent,context,handle) InstallItem.installItem(context,submission,handle) At this point in time, these methods are *not* used by the DSpace UIs (XMLUI, JSPUI etc), since DSpace doesn't yet have another method to determine unique handles. So, this is to say, the underlying API in 1.7.0 would allow you to generate your own handles. But, you would need to do some customizations to the UI to ensure it was somehow determining the next unique handles to assign. Off the top of my head, I'm not sure how complex these customizations would be. But, should you go this route, I'm sure others would be interested in the work (and it could also lead towards a new feature in a future version of DSpace). - Tim On 1/12/2011 3:28 AM, helix84 wrote: > Hello, > > we're using a DSpace instance and have a registered handle prefix. Now > we'd like to set up a second DSpace instance instance but avoid having > to pay yearly fees for another subprefix (12345.1). I consider having > handles in form http://hdl.handle.net/12345/xyz6789, where the static > xyz part would determine our second instance and I don't see a problem > on the handle side, but my question is: does DSpace support this? Is > DSpace able to generate such handles? Will I be able to correctly > resolve them? With one handle server for each DSpace instance or a > common one? > > Thanks in advance for an explanation. > > Regards, > ~~helix84 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks > Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand > malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you > can protect your company and customers by using code signing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Protect Your Site and Customers from Malware Attacks Learn about various malware tactics and how to avoid them. Understand malware threats, the impact they can have on your business, and how you can protect your company and customers by using code signing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/oracle-sfdevnl _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
