Hi Tim, Thanks for taking the time to clarify this. I'll certainly look into the Vireo system.
kind regards, Kristian On Fri, 26 Aug 2011, Tim Donohue wrote: > 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 * withdraw / reinstate - when it was withdrawn/reinstated & by whom 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 available/withdrawn/deleted/etc) in an internal metadata field, 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
