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  • apply a virus scan to item bitstreams (this will be our example below)
  • profile a collection based on format types - good for identifying format migrations
  • ensure a given set of metadata fields are present in every item, or even that they have particular values
  • call a network service to enhance/replace/normalize an items's metadata or content
  • ensure all item bitstreams are readable and their checksums agree with the ingest values

Activation

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For CS to run a task, the code must of course be included with other deployed code (to {{\[dspace\]/lib}}, WAR, etc) but it must also be declared and given a name.


This is done via a configuration property in

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 {{\[dspace\]/config/modules/curate.cfg}}

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as follows:

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plugin.named.org.dspace.curate.CurationTask = \
org.dspace.curate.ProfileFormats = format-profile \
org.dspace.curate.RequiredMetadata = req-metadata \
org.dspace.curate.ClamScan = vscan

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As with other command-line tools, these invocations could be placed in a cron table and run on a fixed schedule, or run on demand by an administrator.

In the admin UI

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In the XMLUI,  there is a 'Curate' tab (appearing within the 'Edit  Community/Collection/Item') that exposes a drop-down list of configured tasks, with a button to 'perform' the task, or queue it for later operation (see section below).  You may filter out some of the defined tasks (not appropriate for UI use), by means of a configuration property. This property also permits you to assign to the task a 'prettier' name than the PluginManager task name. The property resides in {{\[dspace\]/config/modules/curate.cfg}}:

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ui.tasknames = \
     profileformats = Profile Bitstream Formats, \
     requiredmetadata = Check for Required Metadata

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