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Default Submission Process

The DSpace Submission process consists of a series of "steps", where each "step" corresponds to one or more UI pages. By default, the DSpace Submission process includes the following steps, in this order:

  1. "Describe" step:  This is where the user may enter descriptive metadata about the Item. This step may consist of one or more pages of metadata entry. By default, there are two pages of metadata-entry. For information on modifying the metadata entry pages, please see Custom Metadata-entry Pages for Submission section below.
  2. "Upload" step: This is where the user may upload one or more files to associate with the Item.
  3. "Review" step: This is where the user may review all previous information entered, and correct anything as needed.
  4. "License" step: This is where the user must agree to the repository distribution license in order to complete the deposit.
  5. "Complete" step: The deposit is now completed. The Item will either become immediately available or undergo a workflow approval process (depending on the Collection policies).  For more information on the workflow approval process see: Configurable Workflow.

 

Note
titleDSpace 4.0 has removed the "Initial Questions" step by default

Prior to DSpace 4.0, the "Initial Questions" step preceded all "Describe" steps. However, it was removed by default in DSpace 4.0. 

You may still choose to re-enable the "Initial Questions" step, as needed. However, please note the warning below about the auto-assigning of Dates in the "Initial Questions" step.

Optional Steps

DSpace also ships with several optional steps which you may choose to enable if you wish.  In no particular order:

  • "Access" step: This step allows users to (optionally) modify access rights or set an embargo during the deposit of an Item. For more information on this step, and Embargo options in general, please see the Embargo documentation.
  • "CC License" step: This step allows users to (optionally) assign a Creative Commons license to a particular Item.
  • "Initial Questions" step: This step asks users a simple set of "initial questions" which help to determine which metadata fields are displayed in the "Describe" step (see above).  These initial questions include:

Understanding the Submission Configuration File

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