Re: [Dspace-devel] We need to think a bit more about how we use the 'statistics' Solr core

2015-03-12 Thread Peter Dietz
ES is equally guilty of being a statistics data source, by storing original/raw. So, statistics is something that complicates DSpace's role in preserving assets, since stats are a value-add, and not a core repository function. But, since repo managers enjoy statistics, we can't not offer

Re: [Dspace-devel] We need to think a bit more about how we use the 'statistics' Solr core

2015-03-12 Thread Andrea Schweer
Hi Peter, all, On 13/03/15 07:35, Peter Dietz wrote: ES is equally guilty of being a statistics data source, by storing original/raw. So, statistics is something that complicates DSpace's role in preserving assets, since stats are a value-add, and not a core repository function. But, since

Re: [Dspace-devel] We need to think a bit more about how we use the 'statistics' Solr core

2015-03-12 Thread Hilton Gibson
On 12 March 2015 at 20:35, Peter Dietz pe...@longsight.com wrote: But, since repo managers enjoy statistics, we can't not offer statistics. I would however like to offload the role of stats to a third party, such as Google Analytics though. ​Or Piwik, see: http://piwik.org​ *Hilton Gibson*

Re: [Dspace-devel] We need to think a bit more about how we use the 'statistics' Solr core

2015-03-12 Thread Brian Freels-Stendel
I've always been leery of statistics like those DSpace keeps. They're more akin to a library patron picking a book off a shelf and setting it on a table, rather than actually using it for anything. (I know, getting rid of them would bring masses of pitchfork-toting authors to all our doors.)