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Looking for input on Improving Metadata Support in DSpace 1.8
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During the DSpace Developers meeting at Open Repositories there was a general consensus that there lies a big challenge and opportunity in improving the metadata support in upcoming DSpace releases. Because there are many different tasks, both from an organizational/policy point of view, as well as developer coding work, we ask your input to make it clear where the priorities lie and what the focus should be.
There is also a strong need for involvement of people who actually want to take on this work, so please indicate whether you are interested to commit some time, either as a repository manager (who are subject matter expert in this case) or as a developer.
Which challenges could and should be tackled ?
Please indicate for each of these whether you recognize this as a priority or not. Realize that we won't be getting anywhere if you declare everything as a priority or nothing at all. So even if all of these topics are very important to you, please try to identify the ones that would make your life or the lives of your users and management a lot easier.==
1. Updating the Qualified Dublin Core registry in DSpace to the latest standards of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
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Problem: The registry in DSpace hasn't been changed for the last 8 years. Standardization on this matter would really help compatibility with other systems and benefit from the learnings that took place in the DCMI community.
Related links: https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-805 https://jira.duraspace.org/browse/DS-433
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Problem: Each DSpace object (Item, collection, community, ...) is being treated differently with regards to metadata. Since the system to attribute metadata to items is robust and benefits from great flexibility, there would be a benefit to apply this approach to all DSpace objects.
Related links: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Metadata+For+All|display/DSPACE/Metadata+For+All|\ (-----------> Sarah, Val, Elin, Is there a better link for this ?)
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