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Web Sites
The DSpace.org information Web site
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- Home – Most of the latest and greatest information can be found directly off the homepage. Check out the "DSpace Community" section for general information, the "Running DSpace" section for how to get started, and the "Developers" section for latest Developer news and a current roadmap.
- ContributionGuidelines Code Contribution Guidelines – An evolving guide to developing code and documentation for contributing back to the DSpace community
- HowToContribute How to Contribute to DSpace – Find out how to contribute to and participate in DSpace
- LessonsLearned – Learn from other DSpace teams and share lessons you learned about building a DSpace service.
DSpace Demo Site
The DSpace Demo Site is a live installation of the latest version of DSpace software. It is setup such that the maximum number of DSpace features is enabled, so that you can get a better sense of all the various things that DSpace can do. This demo site also allows anyone to login as any "role" in DSpace: System Administrator, Community/Collection Administration, Submitter or basic user (Demo logins are provided in the introductory text of the XMLUI and JSPUI on the demo site). Finally, all user and system interfaces are provided (e.g. XMLUI, JSPUI, SWORD, LNI, OAI-PMH) - a full list of them is on the splashpage of the demo site.
Occasionally, the data in the demo site may be removed or refreshed. This demo site is not meant to provide permanent storage of content and is not indexed by Google or other search engines.
If you run into issues or have questions, feel free to contact us on one of the Mailing Lists or in the IRC chatroom.
DSpace Source Code / Downloads
- The current release of DSpace may be downloaded from our DSpace SourceForge GitHub project
- You may also checkout/fork the source code via Subversion (SVN) Git from our source DSpace GitHub code repository. This code repository is also browseable via the webGitHub.
- Stable versions of DSpace can be found under Tags in SVN
- Maintenance branches for major releases can be found under Branches
- The UnstableUnreleased, latest code is on Trunk in SVN Master (WARNING: may be unstable at times)
- NOTE: if you're going to be developing with DSpace, we recommend you access the DSpace code using Subversion (see ContributionGuidelines) GitHub. For much more information, please see Development with Git and our Code Contribution Guidelines.
DSpace Issue Tracking, Feature Requests, and Patches
The DSpace Jira system Ticketing System tracks bugs, feature requests and patches for past, current and future versions of DSpace. It also permits voting on those issues you are interested in, and registering to receive updates - if you create yourself an account.
There are currently two main sections in DSpace Jira:
- DSpace 1.x section - This is for reporting of any bugs, feature requests or patches within any of the DSpace 1.x versions.
- DSpace 2.x section - This section is being used by the DSpace+2.0 development team to track issues or feature requests that have come up in their work.
DSpace Community Sandbox
We maintain a community sandbox at Google Code at http://code.google.com/p/dspace-sandbox/
Instructions on usage
Follow the instructions there for getting a google code account and requesting membership to the project.
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Documentation and Guides
DSpace System Documentation
Standard System Documentation
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Finally, the latest DSpace System Documentation is browsable from Subversion.
Other formats and translations
- Printable PDF of DSpace System Docs
- DSpace 1.4.1 beta 1 DSpaceSysDoc141beta1.pdf contributed by Claudia Jürgen UBDO
- DSpace 1.3.2: DSpaceSysDoc1.3.2.pdf contributed by Gabriela Montoya of UCSD
- DSpace 1.2.1: DSpaceSysDoc1.2.1-2.pdf contributed by Gabriela Montoya of UCSD
- Japanese
- DSpace 1.5
DSpace System Documentation in Japanese contributed by the National Diet Library in Japan (translation by Mr. Akito Fujita) - DSpace 1.3.2 DSpace System Documentation in Japanese contributed by NII in Japan
- DSpace 1.1.1 DSpace System Documentation in Japanese contributed by NII in Japan
- DSpace 1.5
- Spanish
- DSpace 1.5 Instaling DSpace 1.5 in Centos 5 contributed by Juan Carlos Mardones Koning in Chile
Guides
Installing DSpace
Start with the DSpace System Documentation.
Platform and distribution-specific tips and guides can be found on the DSpace Installation page.
Customizing DSpace
- Build Cookbook has examples of adding your local changes to a DSpace 1.5 binary distribution.
- DSpace how-to guide: tips and tricks for managing common DSpace chores (DSpace version 1.4.2 and Manakin 1.1) by Tim Donohue, Scott Phillips and Dorothea Salo - This short booklet is intended to introduce the common, non-obvious customization-related tasks for newcomers to DSpace administration. It has been written against the version 1.4.x of DSpace (1.4.2 specifically) and Manakin 1.x (1.1 specifically) . It's meant to be usable across all platforms (Linux, Windows, Mac). This booklet was a handout from the "Making DSpace Your Own" tutorial from JCDL 2007 taught by Tim Donohue and Scott Phillips. The full presentations and materials from this tutorial are also available from the DSpace Presentations page. Spanish translation by the University of León
- DSpace 1.4.1 Customization (by Claudia Jürgen) available at Eldorado, the institutional repository of the University of Dortmund. This is the English translation of a customization presentation held at the DSpace Workshop in Kassel (Germany) March 07. The presentation gives an overview to basic customization and configuration techniques and possibilities of DSpace 1.4.1. Thanx to Chris Yates of The University of Wales, Aberystwyth for proofreading it.
- DSpace how-to guide: tips and tricks for managing common DSpace chores (DSpace version 1.3.2) by Dorothea Salo and Tim Donohue, _also available at http://hdl.handle.net/1920/1045_ - This short booklet is intended to introduce the common, non-obvious customization-related tasks for newcomers to DSpace administration. It has been written against the current stable version 1.3.2 of DSpace. It's meant to be usable across all platforms (Linux, Windows, Mac). For even more information, the slides from their "Making DSpace Your Own" Tutorial at JCDL 2006 are available on the DSpace Presentations page. Spanish translation by the University of León
Developing with DSpace
- An overall reference for developing code with DSpace (and creating patches) is available on the Guide for Developing with DSpace page.
- DSpace Developers Documentation (by Richard Jones) - A general guide to some common objects and methods of doing things with the DSpace source code. It is not a complete guide, and it covers parts of both 1.3.2 and 1.4 (CVS version around March 2006); check your javadocs for definitive method calls.
Documentation for New DSpace Administrators
Instructions for New Admin This is a simple guide to print off for people who will start uploading documents to your instance of DSpace, by Shawna Sadler.
Related Readings
- Lessons learned building an Institutional Repository with DSpace
- Support for versioning of items in DSpace: DSpace_Versioning_Feature_Summary_(July_2004).pdf_ contributed by MacKenzie Smith of MIT
Mailing Lists
English Lists
There are several public DSpace mailing lists you can join, depending on what your particular interest is.
dspace-general
General discussion about the DSpace platform, and setting up and running a DSpace service. It is open to all DSpace users to ask questions, share news, and spark discussion about DSpace with people managing other DSpace sites.
dspace-tech
Technical discussion about the DSpace platform. If you have a technical query, or are having problems getting DSpace up and running, this is the place to go (refer to the Troubleshoot+an+error page for additional help and suggestions). If you are technically savvy, and would like to contribute by helping out those in need, please join!
dspace-devel
People working on the DSpace code hang out here.
dspace-changelog
This is for "hardcore" developers only. This listserv reports the latest SVN commits, allowing developers to keep in touch with the latest DSpace code changes.
Non-English Lists
While we hope that the community works together by using the above lists, some mailing lists enabling non-English speakers to participate are emerging. We strongly encourage people on those lists who speak English to liaise between them.
- Japanese (日本語) - The National Institute of Informatics runs an email list for institutional repositories, including DSpace. Contact co5 (at) nii.ac.jp for further information.
- Spanish - DSpace Spanish User Group, Gude
IRC channel
There are two dedicated DSpace IRC (internet relay chat) channels (i.e. "rooms") on the irc.freenode.net server:
- #dspace - all DSpace discussions and live Q & A
- #duraspace - for DSpace Committer/Developer meetings, and wider DuraSpace community discussions
If you do not have access to an IRC client, or are new to IRC, the following web interface is very easy way to get started:
- http://webchat.freenode.net/
- Enter in a nickname (of your choice, e.g. firstName_lastName)
- Enter in one of the IRC channels above (e.g. "#dspace" or "#duraspace")
- Leave the "Auth to Services" setting unchecked.
For a list of IRC client software, see:
Many current Instant Messaging (IM) clients also support IRC. Here's a list of widely used software you can install that will allow you to connect to IRC:
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User Group Meetings
The DSpace user community has at least one major user group meeting a year held in conjunction with the Open Repository Conference. For information about past or upcoming OR DSpace User Group meetings, including links to any available recordings and/or presentation slides click here. There are also other country specific, regional or European meetings periodically. For information about user group meetings near you, check with your country's/region's DSpace Ambassador.
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