Replication Task Suite

One current application of the curation system is a related set (suite) of The Replication Task Suite is a DSpace 1.8 Add-On which provides a set of curation system tasks to assist in performing replication (backup/restore/audit) of DSpace content contents to other locations. The DSpace content is packaged in containers known as AIPs (OAIS speak: 'archival information packages'). You can read much more about how AIPs are constituted here: AIP Backup and Restore, and as of DSpace 1.7, support for generating AIPs will be included. This discussion also presupposes a little knowledge of . This add-on is also built on the DSpace curation system, which is described here: CurationSystem. We will describe a concrete situation facing a repository data curator, and introduce each task as the need arises. We will also describe some of the technical configuration details to enable these tasks.

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