Hi Caroline, There is nothing to worry about in regards to Harvesters. Harvesters have to obey the same access restriction rules as a normal DSpace user.
So, when an item is embargoed in DSpace, its bitstreams cannot be accessed by harvesters nor normal web users. That is the main purpose of the embargo feature, to make the bitstream inaccessible to anyone or anything (the only exception being Administrative Users) until a particular date has passed. - Tim -- Tim Donohue Technical Lead for DSpace Project DuraSpace.org On 6/10/2011 5:49 AM, Caroline Karregård wrote: > A researcher at our university is worried about the embargo function and > whether or not it is possible for harvesters to get hold of the files > even though they are locked away and should be safe until the embargo is > lifted. Has anybody had a problem with this, ie harvesters harvesting > embargoed bitstreams, is it possible at all? And if it is, is there some > way we can protect our files, some settings maybe? > > I have read the conversation in the archive regarding hiding metadata as > well as bitstreams, but in this case it is only the bitstream we want to > hide. I read that “the embargo system is designed to protect > bitstreams”, so can I reassure my researcher that his file is > well-protected? > > Thanks! > > Kind regards, > > Caroline Karregård > > ************************************* > > Caroline Karregård, Librarian > > Karolinska Institutet Universitetsbiblioteket / University Library > > 8:100 Alfred Nobels allé 8, SE-141 83 Huddinge > > +46 8 524 84 052 – [email protected] – kib.ki.se > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content > authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image > Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > DSpace-tech mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EditLive Enterprise is the world's most technically advanced content authoring tool. Experience the power of Track Changes, Inline Image Editing and ensure content is compliant with Accessibility Checking. http://p.sf.net/sfu/ephox-dev2dev _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
