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DSpace Technical Days

RSP's very popular surgery day for users of DSpace repositories.

This one-day event is aimed specifically at repository administrators, technical support staff and developers engaged in the day-to-day operation and development of repositories.

The day consisted of two strands (and participants free to move between each).

Possible Programme

Registration  
A basic tutorial in the morning: [Handout]
Introduction to DSpace System  
Metadata & Schema Management  
Submission system configuration (submission.xml, input-forms.xml)  
Understanding the workflow system  
Search & browsing system configuration  
Introduction to development  
CRON & utility scripts (batch import, etc.)  
Lunch  
An advanced tutorial in the afternoon: [Handout]
Advanced installation (LDAP, Multilingualism/Internationalisation, Security[DSpace over HTTPS])  
Handles/Persistent identification  
Storage abstraction in DSpace  
Lucene Search  
DSpace & Manakin  
Configurable Browse/Submission  
Addon/Event Mechanism/Maven  
The day will wrap up with a preview of DSpace 1.5. [Handout]

Contact

For further information on this event, please contact Chris Yates (email: csy@aber.ac.uk).

Alternatively, email support@rsp.ac.uk or phone 0845 257 6860.