Thanks to Emilio and helix for their answers. I'll consider to solve this using HTML5 File API. If I get some useful solutions, I'll share them of course...
Regards, Pascal > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > helix84 > Sent: Monday, April 29, 2013 12:44 PM > To: Becker, Pascal-Nicolas > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Dspace-tech] Using ftp to upload files into DSpace > > Hi Pascal, > > the problem you're trying to cope with is that HTTP doesn't have a native way > of resuming uploads (at least not that browsers actually implement). This is > the only advantage of FTP over HTTP, other than that, FTP has only > disadvantages - the need for an active port, unfamiliarity to most modern > users. I'd argue that you don't want to use a different protocol, only a > frontend that allows you to resume, show progress and upload multiple files > in a series. This can be done using HTTP as the protocol - look at e.g. Gmail > attachment or Youtube video uploads. Yes, this requires an extra > programmatic support on both server and client side. There are quite a lot of > existing solutions out there (here's a random example, although it doesn't > have all the features: > http://www.solmetra.com/en/disp.php/en_products/flash_uploader/uploa > der_intro). > But if you are going to solve this problem, why not solve it in an ideal way > that will also benefit other DSpace users (assuming you'll share your work). > > If this is, for whatever reason, not the way you want to go, I can list the > different ways how you can get bitstreams to DSpace (but all of them will > require some customization of your DSpace). > > As a sidenote, here's a different solution actively being worked on: > http://blogs.exeter.ac.uk/openexeterrdm/blog/2012/10/19/big-data- > submission-tool-at-the-idcc/ > This should be covered by the OR13 presentation "Moving BIG DATA into > DSpace" by Lee Taylor from University of Exeter. > > > Regards, > ~~helix84 > > Compulsory reading: DSpace Mailing List Etiquette > https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introducing AppDynamics Lite, a free troubleshooting tool for Java/.NET Get 100% visibility into your production application - at no cost. Code-level diagnostics for performance bottlenecks with <2% overhead Download for free and get started troubleshooting in minutes. http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_d2d_ap1 _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech List Etiquette: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette
