About DSpace

What is DSpace?

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There are also basic packagers which allow exporting using the METS standard. For more information on these, see the "Package Importer and Exporter" section of the DSpace Documentation's System Administration chapter (see above link).

References:

• DSpace 13.6.0 x System Administration chapter

Can I import content into DSpace in batch mode?

Yes. Currently DSpace supports importing content in batch using a variety of options:

1. DSpace Item ImporterImporter - Can import content in batch if it matches the "DSpace Simple Archive Format", which is the format generated by the DSpace Item Exporter
   
   • See the "Item Importing and Exporting Items via Simple Archive Format Item Importer and Exporter " section of the DSpace Documentation's System Administration chapter for more details.
   • Also see DSpace Batch Importer Overview (blog post by Dorothea Salo).
2. Batch Editing ToolTool - allows you to import new metadata-only items (not contentbitstreams) (DSpace 1.6.0 and above).
   
   • See the "Batch Metadata Editing" section  section of the DSpace Documentation's System Administration chapter for more details.
3. Community and Collection Structure Importer- Allows you to import an entire Community/Collection hierarchy given an XML file.
   
   • See the "Importing Community and Collection Structure Importer" section Hierarchy section of the DSpace Documentation's System Administration chapter for more details.
4. DSpace PackagersPackagers - Packagers exist which support importing METS documents provided they are in the DSpace METS SIP (Submission Information Package) format.
   
   • See the "Package Importer and Exporter" section Importing and Exporting Content via Packages section of the DSpace Documentation's System Administration chapter for more details.
   • A prominent package format in DSpace is AIP which can hold and restore any part of the content including a community/collection, items, rights and epersons. See AIP Backup and Restore.
5. DSpace SWORD Interface  SWORD Interface- DSpace comes with its own SWORD Server (the 'sword' webapp), which allows any SWORD client to submit documents electronically to DSpace.
   
   • The SWORDv2 Server, SWORDv1 Server, SWORDv1 Client provide details on the DSpace implementation.
   • See the SWORD website for more details on the protocol and available SWORD clients.

References:

• DSpace 13.6.0 x System Administration chapter

Will DSpace interoperate with other systems running at my organization?

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• Checksum Checker- This tool can be scheduled to perform a full fixity (checksum) check of all (or some) content files stored in your DSpace instance.
  • For more information on the Checksum Checker, see the "Checksum Checker" section of the DSpace Documentation's System Administration chapter

References:

• DSpace 13.6.0 x System Administration chapter

Technical

Where can I find DSpace technical documentation?

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