DSpace System Documentation: Contents

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

For DSpace Version: 1.5 (January-2008)

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 1.4.2 to 1.5
  • 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
• General Configuration
• dspace.cfg
• Search Indexes
• Browse Configuration
• Configuring Media Filters
• Email Messages
• Metadata and Bitstream Format Registries
• Default Submission License
• Submission Configuration
  • Understanding the Submission Configuration File
  • Reordering/Removing Submission Steps
  • Assigning a custom Submission Process to a Collection
  • Customizing the Metadata-entry pages
  • Configuring the File Upload step
  • Creating new Submission Steps
• XMLUI Interface Customizations (Manakin)
  • dspace.cfg
  • Configuring Themes and Aspects
  • Multilingual Support
  • Creating a New Theme
• JSPUI Interface Customizations
• dspace.cfg
• Configuring Controlled Vocabularies
• Configuring Multilingual Support
• Customizing the JSP Pages
• Advanced DSpace Customizations
• Checksum Checker
• Custom Authentication
• Configuring Statistical Reports
• Activating Additional OAI-PMH Crosswalks
• Configuring Packager Plugins
• Configuring Crosswalk Plugins
• Creating new Media/Format Filters
• Configuration Files for Other Applications
• Browse Index Creation
• 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
    • Community and Collection Structure Importer
    • Package Importer and Exporter
    • Item Importer and Exporter
    • Transferring Items Between DSpace Instances
    • Registering (Not Importing) Bitstreams
    • METS Tools
    • Media Filters
    • Sub-Community Management
• DRI Schema Reference
  • Introduction
  • DRI in Manakin
  • Common Design Patterns
  • Schema Overview
  • Merging of DRI Documents
  • Version Changes
  • Element Reference
• Version History
  • Changes in DSpace 1.5
  • 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