On the subject of IEEE LOM and SCORM.
Jorum has metadata crosswalks for (most of) IEEE LOM that maps to DC (or QDC).
These are used in the submission of IMS Content Packages and SCORM packages for
which modified submission steps have been created.
The current Jorum does have the ability to preview IMS/SCORM packages and this
will be greatly improved when we have finished the upgrade to 1.8.X and
included a new preview mechanism.
No SCORM runtime support is available in Jorum, though if the package supplies
a dummy API for SCORM most packages will play/preview but no "results" will be
stored.
Please get in touch if you want to more about the modifications that were made
to the 1.5.2 codebase for Jorum to support the ingest/preview/dissemination of
IMS/SCORM packages.
Regards,
Ben
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From: helix84 [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: 31 August 2012 11:34
To: Maja
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] Choosing DSpace
On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 10:37 AM, Maja <[email protected]> wrote:
> We are all meeting this for the first time so I would really
> appreciate your help with this questions (for the latest version):
Hi Maja,
I'll try to answer at least those question which I know the answer to.
> Are LOM IEEE and SCORM supported?
This is the one I don't know. There is no native support I know of, the
question is what it requires to support them.
> Which fields can be searched in advanced search
Any metadata field can be defined as indexed and therefor can be searched.
> does iz support Boolean
> logic, truncation and word stemming?
XMLUI Discovery, which is an optional (but recommended) component (JSPUI
Discovery is planned to be in DSpace 3.0 before the end of the
year) is built on top of the Solr enterprise search platform, which supports
all of what you're asking. Stemming may require some customization, but this is
all documented in Solr docs. Standard Solr query syntax is described here:
http://wiki.apache.org/solr/SolrQuerySyntax
but you can also use another, more user-friendly query parser.
> Can searching field be customize?
As I wrote above, yes, you can define new fileds and index them.
> Can subject classes be configured by us?
Yes, you can define a vocabulary for a metadata field.
> Are user registration and limited access by user type supported?
Yes, you can have user groups. What is your preferred authentication method?
Bear in mind that currently, all metadata is public, you cannot restrict read
access to metadata. Of course you can restrict editing metadata and read/write
access to bitstreams (files attached to items).
> Is it possible to define multiple collections, with different access
> posibilities?
Yes. Again, everyone is able to see the hierarchy (you cannot restrict that),
but you can delegate write access to people for individual collections or
communities (and underlying hierarchies). One caveat is that if you define a
default policy for a collection, items inherit it only during submission, i.e.
if you have some items submitted and change the default item policy, it won't
be automatically reflected on the existing items, only on the new submissions.
But there is a "Wildcard policy tool" that allows you to modify policies on
existing items in batch.
> Can end-user deposit materials?
Yes, if you allow them to.
> Is tagging, comments, reviews and sharing possible?
None of these are a standard part of DSpace, but you can develop it as part of
a theme.
> Can researchers have their own profile and communicate with one another?
Not in standard DSpace, but there have been several such projects in
development. One that started as a DSpace addon is IR+
<http://code.google.com/p/irplus/> but developed into a separate software
specialized for this task and can be used in conjunction with DSpace. Another
new development that will be available as an addon sometime in 2013 for the
JSPUI interface is described here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg08890.html
> Is alerting service supported?
Yes, you can subscribe to get alerts for a community/collection.
> Can registered user make his own bibliography?
Unfortunately, not yet. But it's an interesting feature, you may want to file a
feature request in Jira.
> Can man get a report of top downloads, number of uploads per research
> and similar statistics be?
Yes, there are two built-in statistics modules, the newer one built on Solr.
Additionally there are several more statistics modules available as addons (the
one from @mire is commercial):
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/StatisticsAddOn
http://atmire.com/website/?q=modules/cua
> Can a bulk of records be imported and in which format?
Yes, there are many ways you can add contents in batch:
* CSV - https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC18/Batch+Metadata+Editing
*
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC18/Importing+and+Exporting+Content+via+Packages
*
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC18/Importing+and+Exporting+Items+via+Simple+Archive+Format
*
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC18/Importing+Community+and+Collection+Hierarchy
> What kind of help/training is provided by implementation of software
> and its customization?
Most importantly, the official documentation is quite extensive:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC18/DSpace+1.8+Documentation
Then, the wiki:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Home
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSpaceKB/DSpace+KnowledgeBase
And even third-party documentation, e.g.:
http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/IR
http://cadair.aber.ac.uk/dspace/handle/2160/615
Then there are the mailing lists:
http://www.dspace.org/Mailing-Lists/
And last, but not least, you can ask several commercial service providers for
help with DSpace implementation, hosting, customization, development and
training:
http://www.dspace.org/service-providers/
And don't forget to look at the dspace.org site. Really, do look there!
> In what time approximately can it be implemented?
It doesn't really make sense to give you a general answer, because it really
depends on many factors: your use case, your expected workflow, integration
with additional systems, target repository size, size of your project team,
experience with DSpace, experience working with metadata (don't underestimate
this one), customization requirements.
With a small team (4-6) people, we managed to implement, integrate and
customize two repositories. Each project was quite different and each one took
about 9 months to launch. Even after launch, each one gets some new
developments, so launching it may be a project, but running it is a process.
My advice: start small and take time to build it up after lauch.
> Hope this won't be to time consuming for you and that you will find a
> few minutes to answer.
No problem, you've come to the right place to ask.
Regards,
~~helix84
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