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| METS-based AIPs | BagIt-based AIPs |
Supported Backup/Restore Types |
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Can Backup & Restore all DSpace Content easily | Yes | Yes |
Can Backup & Restore a Single Community/Collection/Item easily | Yes | Yes |
Backups can be used to move one or more Community/Collection/Items to another DSpace system easily. | Yes (Using the Replication Task Suite or using the command line AIP Backup and Restore tools) | Yes (though the Replication Task Suite add-on must be installed on both systems) |
| Can Backup & Restore Item Versions (added in DSpace 3.x) | No (Item Versioning not yet compatible with AIP format. Only the most recent version of an Item is described in the AIP.) | No (Item Versioning not yet compatible with AIP format. Only the most recent version of an Item is described in the AIP.) |
Supported DSpace Object Types |
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| Supports backup/restore of all Communities/Collections/Items (including metadata, files, logos, etc.) | Yes | Yes |
| Supports backup/restore of all People/Groups/Permissions | Yes | No (Not yet supported) |
| Supports backup/restore of all Collection-specific Item Templates | Yes | No (Not yet supported) |
| Supports backup/restore of all Collection Harvesting settings (only for Collections which pull in all Items via OAI-PMH or OAI-ORE) | No (The harvest settings are not preserved, but previously harvested items are preserved in their own AIPs) | No (The harvest settings are not preserved, but previously harvested items are preserved in their own AIPs) |
| Supports backup/restore of all Withdrawn (but not deleted) Items | Yes | Yes |
| Supports backup/restore of Item Mappings between Collections | Yes | Yes |
| Supports backup/restore of all in-process, uncompleted Submissions (or those currently in an approval workflow) | No (AIPs are only generated for objects which are completed and considered "in archive") | No (AIPs are only generated for objects which are completed and considered "in archive") |
| Supports backup/restore of Items using custom Metadata Schemas & Fields | Yes | Yes |
| Supports backup/restore of all local DSpace Configurations and Customizations | No (You are expected to backup your DSpace configurations and customizations separately. AIPs only backup content held within DSpace.) | No (You are expected to backup your DSpace configurations and customizations separately. AIPs only backup content held within DSpace.) |
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