Andrea expressed some possible concerns about using RestRepository for the implementation – usually that's used for new endpoints, and this is more like a subpath / sub-endpoint.
Andrea will look at it further though, and report back his concerns & suggestions in the PR itself
Waiting on minor updates to the PR, per Terry's feedback.
Almost ready to merge.
Discussion
Accessibility: Terry asks if anyone has experience with improving accessibility in DSpace. Specifically, wanting to ensure all thumbnails have useful alt text
Tim notes this ticket is looking for feedback regarding what our accessibility guidelines should be, so that we can code to them and validate them (possibly via Travis)
Terry leading an upcoming discussion in DCAT (on Oct 9) about Accessibility
Tim notes we should think about creating an Accessibility Working Group (if there are enough interested folks) in order to draft/define our accessibility guidelines, perhaps note the current gaps DSpace has, and provide feedback to DSpace 7 on areas to improve.
Tim will try to attend DCAT meeting
Andrea notes that for DSpace-CRIS they built screens that allow you to edit/update Bitstream metadata easier. This metadata could be used for alt text on Bitstreams
This will also be supported in DSpace 7 – new submission forms allow you to also capture metadata on Bitstreams too – not just Items
Will share their code/concepts with Terry.
Mark notes the hardest thing about adding new metadata fields to bitstreams (in DSpace 6 and below) is making this work in the UI level. Terry says he agrees. They have initially looked at putting this metadata on Items just cause it's easier to manage.