This list was roughly prioritized in the meeting on May 23, 2019 (just before OR2019). The prioritization below may change, but it gives a high level overview of what still needs to be done. NOTE: Keep in mind, just because an item is listed here does NOT guarantee it will be completed for DSpace 7. Some of these tasks may need to be delayed for a future release.
(Lieven, Ben, Tim, Fernando, Jose, Mark, Oliver, Paulo) Submission integration (creating Entities & relations using the Item submission process) - Mockups already created by Paulo previously. -In implementation
(Lieven, Ben, Tim, Jose, Oliver, Paulo) Which metadata fields should be used for each Entity type. (DS-4223). - In implementation
(Lieven, Ben, Tim, Mark) Additional data for relations (essentially "metadata" or labels on relations) - Related to many other features / use cases. - In implementation
(Oliver, Paulo) Author name variants - In implementation
(Jose) Configuration of batch import (via CSV) for Entities - Already a CSV import available, but can only link entities in CSV to existing entities (in the system). Need to decide how to represent relations in CSV. - In implementation
(Mark) Permissions on Relations (who has permissions to add/modify/delete relations) - Currently, if you have Edit permissions on the Entity, then you can edit/delete any relationships to/from that Entity. (NEEDS DISCUSSION)
(Fernando) Deleting objects with Relations (How or should deletion propagate between closely related objects, e.g. delete entire Journal) - Currently, deleting a relation just decouples the two Entities. E.g. If you delete a Person entity, that Person may no longer be listed on any Publications it is linked to (may want to copy info over after deletion). - Discussed onAug 6
Relates to GDPR
(Alexander) AIP Backup & Restore (of Entities)*
Dynamic display of Relations - determine automatically how a list of entities displayed on an Item page (list vs search). Currently hardcoded based on entity type (in item page template). Want to make it configurable/dynamic. (NEEDS DISCUSSION)
SWORD integration (submission of Entities via SWORD) - Uses same format as AIP. Once AIP is implemented, SWORD should be easy.
OpenAIRE v4 implementation using Entities* - Brought up in Steering. Possibly just an OAI-PMH configuration which maps Entity metadata fields to OpenAIRE v4
ORCID integration with Entities (for Person Entities). (Related to #15)
Best Practices around Entities in Collections. We've suggested in the Preview Release to structure Collections based on Entity Type (Person Collection, Projects Collection, etc). We should better document and formalize these best practices. Can we hide these Collections which only serve to store Entity Type.
The ability of pick the proper affiliation of a Person for a specific context. DSpace should address this use case to allow the user to describe something like in this document http://repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt/bitstream/1822/46268/1/1-s2.0-S1877050917302788.pdf regarding the authors and affiliations. You have different persons, each can belong to an institution at the time of that publication. The affiliation shouldn't be changed afterwards. And the user should be able to pick the proper one if an Author has more than one. (PER discussion on July 16, this is lower priority and may be more likely to be implemented in DSpace 8)
(REQUIRED) Deeper dive discussion into how Entities will work with Authority Control, and how ORCID integration will work (as ORCID integrates with Authority Control). Some useful resources: Discussed in meetings on Aug 27 and Sept 17 - In implementation
Paulo and Tim have questions/concerns about current `/externalsources` endpoint. It seems nearly identical to existing `/authorities` endpoint (main difference is sources are external instead of internal).
Tim doesn't like the POSTs on that endpoint. They seem misplaced as Paulo noted in these two comments:
Tim notes he's having difficulty following all the reasons why this still needs to be a separate endpoint. Ben asks Tim to provide an alternative idea & Tim agrees
Next Steps: Ben & Tim will work offline on a possible solution to move this forward. Will bring the proposal back to this team for final approval next week.
Need more volunteers to help with estimations beyond the Atmire team. Ideally want two developers per task, as it provides balance to the discussion. All, think about volunteering to help with this process...let Tim know.
Next steps: Our Working Group needs to revisit our "Task List" in our weekly agenda to (1) narrow down which tasks to estimate for 7.0 (vs any to consider out of scope for now), (2) better define/clarify/scope each individual task (and perhaps create subtasks as needed) so that they can be estimated by a developer. We'll start this process next week.