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• WorkspaceItem and WorkflowItem are very odd objects, and might be better off considered statuses of an Item. We may wish to discuss the higher level goals of Submission & Workflow to see whether these could be represented as stages/statuses of the Item object.
  • WorkspaceItem is not an actual Item, but captures the current status of an in progress submission. It is linked to an Item object that is currently being created by the in progress submission.
  • WorkflowItem is an old Interface that has been replaced by XMLWorkflowItem (for Configurable Workflow). An XMLWorkflowItem is also not an actual Item, but links to an Item that is currently in the workflow approval process. The workflow steps/process is associated with the Collection the Item is being submitted into, and is available from XMLWorkflowFactory.getWorkflow()

The possible deployment options and potential areas to refactor are captured here: DSpace Docker and Cloud Deployment Goals#DeploymentOptions