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--- research:webapptesting:custom_dspace [2009/06/18 16:51] – admin
+++ webapptesting:custom_dspace [2012/01/04 19:19] – [Desired Functionality] admin
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+====== Customizing DSpace ======
+**Goal:** an online digital publications library.
+===== Current Solution =====
+Customized version of [[http://www.dspace.org|DSpace]]
+**Our Customized Functionality:**
+  * easier to use browse and search publications
+  * project field
+  * simplified addition of new publications
+**Problems with Current Version:**
+  * Others can't update their uploaded publications, just the admins can do that (permissions problems?  Can't seem to solve in current version of DSpace)
+  * Older code requires older versions of web application servers
+===== Process of Upgrading Solution =====
+  * Install latest [[http://dspace.org|DSpace]] code
+     * Requires web app server and Postgresql DB
+     * May require user to have root privileges on machine
+  * Customize DSpace to allow us to upload and view documents easily
+     * May want to look over DSpace code and see what kind of new customizing functionality they have.  It may be easier than it was before
+  * Migrating
+    * Need to migrate our DB/state (1.2.2) to the current version's state
+===== Additional Functionality/Bug Fixes =====
+  * "Viewing accepted publications" seems to have a one-off error in the publications links
+  * ERROR: In viewing submissions, it doesn't seem like ''pubs-handle'' is working.  If you use the same document number with ''handle'' instead of ''pubs-handle'', it works.
+  * Usability: Need to have "more than one file" at beginning of submission dialog?  Can that wait until later?
+    * Hard to add additional files later
+  * "Quick links" to publications, generating results pages
+===== Problems to Address =====
+  * Best way to customize DSpace
+    * Don't want to do this every couple of years!
+  * Migrating our database/publications (our version: 1.2.2) to latest version (1.6)
+  * Testing
+  * After migration: regression testing
+===== Desired Functionality =====
+  * Hook into ACM Digital library's [[http://www.acm.org/publications/acm-author-izer-service|Authorizer service]]