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- Solicit feedback from the community on the value of KnowledgeBase - DONE AT OR11 6/2011
- Establish a framework for all forms of KnowledgeBase content - DRAFT COMPLETE
- Develop an outline / table of contents of proposed topics to include - DRAFT COMPLETE
- Develop sample content for a variety of delivery vehicles (text guide, screencast, etc.) - DRAFT COMPLETE
- Develop guidelines for content contributors - encourage bit sized contribution - DRAFT COMPLETE
- Design content in such a way that contributions can be made in small sections (not necessary to contribute all delivery methods pieces on a given topic, contributions can be made as time/expertise is available -- i.e., if contributors can only provide a text-based guide on a topic that can be done without needing to contribute a screencast or slides)
- Solicit and integrate feedback from the community about the framework - LATE NOV/EARLY DEC
- Launch KnowledgeBase and solicit content contributions Develop a contributor process- MID DEC
What delivery tools are proposed?
- Create a separate set of DuraSpace wiki pages using the "Documentation Theme" , but with unique branding/headers so it is easily distinguishable from the rest of the wiki and the official documentation
- Use YouTube for streaming video / webinar recordings
- Use Slideshare for storing Powerpoint slides
- Copies Keep copies of all files permanently archived/stored in a repository
Example Topics
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Draft Topic Outlines
Fedora
- What is Fedora - Why use Fedora? - not mktg piece, help audience understand what Fedora does
- What Fedora does really well and not so well
- Why would you chose Fedora vs. DSpace (same content as in DSpace version)
- Fedora Concepts (START HERE)
- What is a Fedora Object
- What is a Fedora Repository
- Content Modeling
- Overview (surface level, for collection managers)
- In depth, RDF, etc. version (for developers/integrators) (START HERE)
- Installation and Setup (START HERE)
- Core Interfaces and Integrations:
- REST API Overview
- Semantic Web and Linked Data Overview
- Storage - Overview and Plugins Available
- Search - Blacklight, GSearch, RIsearch
- Messaging - Written by UVA?
- Fedora Administration
- Security
- Authentication (Login) Overview
- Authorization (Policy Enforcement) Overview
- Logs
- Backups and Restores
- Using local storage
- Using DuraCloud
- Replication via Journaling
- Security
- Applications Built on Fedora
- Hydra (Libra, Hydrangea, etc)
- Islandora
- DSpace (Future)
DSpace
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- What is DSpace - why use DSpace? - not mktg piece, help audience understand what DSpace does
- what DSpace does really well and not so well
- why would you chose DSpace vs. Fedora (same content as in Fedora version)
- Topics regarding Installation/Setup:
- Installing DSpace for the First Time - What you need to plan for, how to do it.
- various Install Tips wiki pages:
- Hints/Tips Installation page which provides examples of installing DSpace on various OSes
- Official Installation Docs
- various Install Tips wiki pages:
- Overview of DSpace Interface Options (XMLUI, JSPUI, OAI, SWORD, LNI) - What to choose and how to make a decision
- Overview of DSpace directories & where data is stored in DSpace (high-level architecture overview).
- Basic Configuration options – intro to the 'config' directory
- Feature Overview
- Intro to Upgrading DSpace
- Installing DSpace for the First Time - What you need to plan for, how to do it.
- Topics about getting started with UI Basics:
- Overview of Communities & Collections - Create your first Community, Create your first Collection
- Getting started with Adding Users / Groups
- Getting started with DSpace Access Controls / Rights
- Submit your first Item
- Browsing & Searching DSpace
- Editing your DSpace Profile, email notifications, etc.
- DSpace Administration:
- Managing Content:
- Administration options for Communities / Collections / Items (may need to be several webinars)
- Changing Rights/Permissions on a Community / Collection / Item
- Withdrawing / Deleting / Editing Items
- "Mapping" / Linking Items to multiple Collections/Communities
- Editing or Deleting Communities or Collections
- Batch Metadata Editing
- Metadata Authority Control
- Adding a Custom Metadata Schema or Custom Metadata Fields
- Enabling RSS Feeds
- Improving your Indexing by Google / Google Scholar / Other Search Engines
- Changing the UI or enabling optional features:
- Intro to Handle Server?
- Basics of customizing your Item Submission Process (change metadata fields, steps, etc)
- Change "Browse By" options (add a new Metadata field to browse by)
- Managing DSpace Access Statistics
- Changing Header/Footer
- Basic Intro to XMLUI Themes
- Making DSpace XMLUI Your Own (2009 presentation by Tim)
- Learning to Use Manakin (2007 presentation by Scott Phillips)
- Various XMLUI How-Tos at: XMLUI How To Guides. Ones most appropriate for an "intro to XMLUI" include:
- Adding "Discovery" (faceted browsing/searching)
- Enabling Embargoing of content in Submission process
- Enabling Creative Commons Licensing options in Submission process
- Enabling OAI-PMH / SWORD / LNI (may need separate webinars)
- Advanced Administration Tasks
- Exporting/Importing bulk content
- Backing up your DSpace instance
- Scaling your DSpace instance / hints on improving performance
- Migrating / Moving from one server to another
- Moving / Copying one Community/Collection to another DSpace (via AIPs)
- Curation Tasks
- Configuring Media Filters (for file indexing and thumbnails)
- Hooking DSpace up to your local Institution Authentication (LDAP, Shibboleth, etc)
- Using the Checksum Checker (why/how)
- Harvesting Content from an external source via OAI-PMH or OAI-ORE
- Using DSpace with DuraCloud?
- Managing Content:
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