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DSpace and Google Summer of Code
Student applications are accepted Mon, March 28, 12pm PDT – Fri, April 8, 12pm PDT.
Please spread awareness of this program and DSpace among your best students! Point them to:
- Google Summer of Code Documentation Site
- Google Summer of Code Application Site
- DSpace's Google Summer of Code – visit here for a list of interested mentors, information about our IRC channel, mailing lists, etc.
Ideas for Potential Google Summer of Code 2011 projects
Add your ideas here!
Please add your suggestions for GSoC 2011 projects related to DSpace! If you are interested in mentoring, please let us know! Also, be sure to visit the listing of Past GSoC Project Ideas below, to see if anything there is still relevant.
Please add your own ideas to the table below, and feel free to volunteer as a mentor for any existing idea
Summary |
Relevant DSpace component(s) |
Detailed Description |
Mentor volunteer(s) |
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Enhanced RESTful API |
dspace-api |
Building on previous years' REST projects, this project is to result in:
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JSPUI rewrite |
dspace-jspui |
Rewrite JSPUI with a focus on removing as much 'business' from the JSPs to servlets/utility classes as possible, and utilising
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Modular configuration |
dspace assembly & configuration |
DSpace's configuration is mostly (~95%) kept in a single, clumsy, generic java properties file -- dspace.cfg
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~mdiggory]_{*} _ : This should be focused in the dspace-services project, highly recommend that defaults be maintained in individual properties files manve project resources "project/src/main/resources/config/dspace- Unknown macro: {project}
-config.cfg". The only reason to need to create a physical file in dspace/config is if your deviating from the defaults. This is already a feature of DSpace ConfigurationService and work is already ongoing to start replacing ConfigurationManager internals with calls to ConfigurationService._ |
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MySQL support |
dspace assembly & configuration |
DSpace currently supports Oracle and PostgreSQL. MySQL support is an often-requested feature that should not involve too much extra work, building on existing
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~mdiggory]_{*} : Is an excellent opportunity to participate in DAO project and actually provide support for more than Mysql, but actually provide assistance in abstracting the SQL completely out of the Domain model (the original goal of the DAO prototype). |
~mdiggory]_{*}
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My Project Idea...
Put a description for your project idea, along with appropriate background information, links, etc.
Past GSoC Projects
Please visit Past Google Summer of Code Projects for a full listing of all past DSpace GSoC projects.
Past Ideas for Potential GSoC projects
We have archives of all our Past GSoC Ideas Pages still available for reference/ideas. However, you should check with the available mentors before suggesting any of these older project descriptions. In many cases these projects may no longer be applicable, or may require rethinking to bring them up to date.