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Title: IRRA DSpace April 2006


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IRRA DSpace April 2006
  • Claire Knowles
  • University of Edinburgh

2
DSpace
  • Digital archiving software used for institutional
    repositories
  • Freely available and open source
  • Customisable and extendable
  • Accepts different file formats
  • Widely adopted
  • www.dspace.org

3
IRRA DSpace Design
  • Separate application to DSpace
  • Different metadata sets
  • Metadata only records required for RAE
  • Full text items which were are not applicable to
    DSpace
  • Greater flexibility
  • Existing tools

4
IRRA DSpace Functionality
  • Entry of research outputs against staff members
  • Selection of up to 4 outputs per staff member
  • Add/Edit of outputs metadata and files
  • Reports detailing status of the repository
  • Import and export of data

5
IRRA DSpace Technology
  • Java web application
  • Relational database
  • Tomcat Application Server
  • XML Imports/Exports
  • Authenticated login
  • HTML and Excel Reports
  • CSS Design
  • Web Services
  • Local Configuration

6
Architecture Diagram
7
Interface to RAE Software
  • Final submission will be made to the RAE central
    system
  • XML schema
  • Test system available August 2006
  • Debate over the submission of full-text
  • Further development

8
Interface to other RAE data
  • Reduce duplication of data
  • Input feeds
  • Staff details
  • Departmental hierarchy
  • Units of Assessment
  • Users
  • XML and CSV file import, manual and through web
    services
  • Admin pages for adding and editing

9
Import of Publication Data
  • Existing data collected for mock RAE
  • Templates for import
  • Import more than 4 publications
  • File Imports of staff and related publications
  • Reduce duplication

10
Import from DSpace IR
  • SRW to search DSpace for the Staff Member
  • Store metadata in the RAE Repository
  • Including handles to link to the full text
  • Additional metadata is required
  • Only retrieve items once
  • Customisable

11
Import of Files from DSpace IR
  • Add full text files into the RAE Repository
  • Only retrieve files to be submitted to the RAE
  • Using the METS Export
  • Patch onto 1.3.2
  • Integrated into 1.4

12
Export to DSpace IR
  • Add items to DSpace
  • RAE opportunity to add items into DSpace IR
  • Not all items are applicable for ERA
  • Add into the workflow
  • Web services
  • Add item
  • Retrieve handles

13
DSpace Web Services
  • Add Item

14
DSpace Web Services
  • Retrieve Handle

15
Publications Screens
16
Add Publication
17
Reports
18
Admin Screens
19
Using DSpace IRRA
  • Contact claire.knowles_at_ed.ac.uk
  • john.maccoll_at_ed.ac.uk
  • DSpace users meeting
  • http//irra.eprints.org

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Questions and Feedback
  • Claire Knowles
  • Information Systems Developer
  • Edinburgh University Library
  • claire.knowles_at_ed.ac.uk
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