Hi Kristian, (Copying back in dspace-tech list)
DSpace stores basic information about who did what on an item (and when) in the 'dc.description.provenance' metadata field. However, that information is not generated for every update to an item (e.g. metadata updates do not generate provenance at this time). Unfortunately, DSpace Provenance currently only includes larger Item 'status' changes like: * creation - who created & when * availability - when it became available to download from DSpace * withdraw / reinstate - when it was withdrawn/reinstated & by whom * approval / rejection - during an approval workflow, this tracks who approved/rejected the item & when. So, out-of-the-box, DSpace unfortunately does not track every single change on an object. If you are looking to use DSpace specifically for electronic theses & dissertations (ETDs), you might also want to look into the Vireo system (which is built on top of DSpace, but adds custom ETD workflow functionality): http://www.tdl.org/etds However, off the top of my head, I'm not sure if Vireo adds much extra provenance information or not. You'd likely want to get in touch with them if this would be of interest. - Tim On 8/26/2011 2:59 AM, Kristian Roberto Salcedo wrote: > Hi Tim, > > Thanks for the info - What I'm looking for is > information on what has been done to an item, > who did it and when :) > > Our archive will be handling un-graded master > theses and we will need the above to ensure that > they are handled correctly. > > kind regards, > Kristian > > > On Wed, 24 Aug 2011, Tim Donohue wrote: > >> Kristian, >> >> As far as I recall, that prototype was abandoned and was never fully >> completed. I don't recall exactly why (someone from MIT may), but I >> think there were some concerns about the implementation. >> >> Currently, DSpace does not have a 'history' system. It does store >> basic provenance information (when an item was created/made >> available/withdrawn/deleted/etc) in an internal metadata field, >> 'dc.description.provenance'. But, that basic provenance is just stored >> in plain text (and not RDF or any structured format). >> >> DSpace does provide other preservation tools: >> * Checksum checker/verifier >> * Backup & restore via AIPs: >> https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC/AIP+Backup+and+Restore >> * Various Curation Tasks (more coming in 1.8.0) - >> https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC/Curation+System >> >> Is there some particular feature you are looking for? Is it mostly an >> interest in provenance information, or just preservation tools in >> general? >> >> - Tim >> >> On Wednesday, August 24, 20 >> 11 4:41:36 AM, Kristian Roberto Salcedo >> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> I'm looking for info on item history functionality and found this: >>> >>> https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/HistorySystemPrototype#HistorySystemPrototype-DownloadandInstall >>> >>> >>> Does anyone know if any similar work on preserving and presenting item >>> history data has been done in more recent versions of DSpace? >>> >>> kind regards, >>> Kristian Salcedo >>> University of Oslo Library >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> >>> EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K >>> The only unified storage solution that offers unified management >>> Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. >>> Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev >>> _______________________________________________ >>> DSpace-tech mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> >> EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K >> The only unified storage solution that offers unified management >> Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. >> Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev >> _______________________________________________ >> DSpace-tech mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ EMC VNX: the world's simplest storage, starting under $10K The only unified storage solution that offers unified management Up to 160% more powerful than alternatives and 25% more efficient. Guaranteed. http://p.sf.net/sfu/emc-vnx-dev2dev _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
