Hi ilango, Some answers inline..
On 5/12/2011 9:57 PM, ilango g wrote: > > I am new to dspace. I am also new to CMS in general. > I do have an application in mind that I am planning to develop as an > open source project. > After some research I decided that I would try a CMS in this project. > > What I would like to do is: > > I would like to create a website to automate manual tasks for > photography competitions. > Photos are submitted in this competition. Then review; evaluation; > grading etc are done manually. For eg: > > 1. Students register for the scholarship in google form. > 2. I create and send a PPT format for students to submit their pics. > 3. They send back a PDF containing 5 photos. > 4. I upload it in my site > 5. I send the link to the jurors and an excel scoring sheet > 6. They evaluate and then fill the excel scoring sheet and send > it back to me. > 7. I collate all the info and announce the winner. > > I am looking for an automated process that can be done in the > website itself. I think it can be done in CMS. For eg.: > > 1. Students register in the website and get a login/password DSpace can be set up so that you can self-register > 2. They can only upload 5 pics (each not more than 2mega pixels) DSpace does let you upload files, but doesn't limit itself to just pictures > 3. I send jurors their login/pword info and the link to find the > entries. DSpace does have a "review process" which can be setup to review contents that are submitted. > 4. The jury grade it online itself. DSpace does not have any sort of "grading" or rating system by default. It's more concentrated on making digital content available via the web. > 5. The website collates all the info and tells me the winner.... As DSpace has no grading/rating system, it also does not collate "winners" or anything like that. > 6. I just announce the winner. > > > I would like to know if dspace can help me accomplish (automate) > these tasks. How will dspace help me accomplish these tasks. Based > on my study of dspace so far, I am not quite sure how I can handle > the data involved in the application. > Since I am new to dspace, it would be great if the experts here can > give me ideas or suggestions about how to implement this using > dspace, if it can be done. Ilango, DSpace will perform some of this. But, DSpace is really more built to allow people to submit digital files to be shared online. It doesn't really have a rating/judging system. DSpace itself is not really a "CMS", it's more of a Document Management system or an Institutional Repository system. Much more information about what DSpace can do is available in the online documentation at: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC/DSpace+Documentation I'd encourage you to read that documentation for more information about what DSpace can do. If you have further questions after reading those docs, feel free to send them to this mailing list. - Tim ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
