Hi Alston,
Those criteria are mostly orthogonal to the software used. I would say
that DSpace won't get in the way of these goals (unlike some
commercial hosted solutions). I would argue that it's well architected
to facilitate preservation goals. The technical aspects of
accomplishing them
Hi J,
DSpace can nest collections, these are called "communities". These can
go as many levels deep as needed. So for instance we have content
organized by institution, then department, etc. The same item can be
in multiple collections.
An item itself is flat. My understanding is that items can