DSpace System Documentation: Contents

Authors: Robert Tansley, Mick Bass, Margret Branschofsky, Grace Carpenter, Greg McClellan, David Stuve, and others

For DSpace Version: 1.4.1 (8-December-2006)

Documentation for other versions of DSpace are included with the source code.

• Introduction
• Functional Overview
  • Data Model
  • Plugin Manager
  • Metadata
  • Packager Plugins
  • Crosswalk Plugins
  • E-people and Groups
  • Authentication
  • Authorization
  • Ingest Process and Workflow
  • Supervision and Collaboration
  • Handles
  • Bitstream 'Persistent' Identifiers
  • Storage Resource Broker (SRB) Support
  • Search and Browse
  • HTML Support
  • OAI Support
  • OpenURL Support
  • Creative Commons Support
  • Subscriptions
  • History
  • Import and Export
  • Registration
  • Statistical Reports
  • Checksum Checker
• Installation
  • Prerequisite Software
  • Quick Installation Steps
  • Advanced Installation
  • Windows Installation
  • Known Bugs
  • Common Problems
• Updating a DSpace Installation
  • Updating From 1.4 to 1.4.1
  • Updating From 1.3.x to 1.4.x
  • Updating From 1.3.1 to 1.3.2
  • Updating From 1.2.x to 1.3.x
  • Updating From 1.2.1 to 1.2.2
  • Updating From 1.2 to 1.2.1
  • Updating From 1.1 (or 1.1.1) to 1.2
  • Updating From 1.1 to 1.1.1
  • Updating From 1.0.1 to 1.1
• Configuration and Customization
  • The dspace.cfg Configuration Properties File
  • Wording of E-mail Messages
  • The Metadata and Bitstream Format Registries
  • The Default Submission License
  • Activating Additional OAI-PMH Crosswalks
  • Configuration Files for Other Applications
  • Customizing the Web User Interface
  • Customizing the Simple Item Display Metadata
  • Custom Authentication Code
  • Configuring LDAP Authentication
  • Configuring Lucene Search Indexes
  • Configuring System Statistical Reports
  • MediaFilters
  • Displaying Image Item Preview
  • Displaying Image Thumbnails
  • Displaying Community and Collection Item Counts
  • Lucene Analyzer
  • On-line Help About File Formats
  • View Item Licence
  • Configuring RSS Syndication
  • Configuring Item Recommendations
  • Configuring Controlled Vocabularies
  • Configuring the checksum checker
  • Configuring Packager Plugins
  • Configuring Crosswalk Plugins
• Customizing Submission Metadata Entry
• Directories and Files
  • Source Directory Layout
  • Installed Directory Layout
  • Contents of Web Application
  • Log Files
• Architecture
  • Overview
  • Storage Layer
    • RDBMS
    • Bitstream Store
  • Business Logic Layer
    • Core Classes
    • Content Management API
    • Plugin Manager
    • Workflow System
    • Administration Toolkit
    • E-person/Group Manager
    • Authorization
    • Handle Manager/Handle Plugin
    • Search
    • Browse API
    • History Recorder
  • Application Layer
    • Web User Interface
    • OAI-PMH Data Provider
    • Package Importer and Exporter
    • Item Importer and Exporter
    • Transferring Items Between DSpace Instances
    • Registering (Not Importing) Bitstreams
    • METS Tools
    • Media Filters
    • Sub-Community Management
• Version History
  • Changes in DSpace 1.4.1
  • Changes in DSpace 1.4
  • Changes in DSpace 1.3.2
  • Changes in DSpace 1.3.1
  • Changes in DSpace 1.3
  • Changes in DSpace 1.2.2
  • Changes in DSpace 1.2.1
  • Changes in DSpace 1.2
  • Changes in DSpace 1.1.1
  • Changes in DSpace 1.1
• Appendices
  • Default Dublin Core Metadata Registry
  • Default Bitstream Format Registry