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Introduction

Introduction

The Prior to DSpace 5, the browse and discovery item listings were are currently the only place where specific items were listed for selected authors. The This author profile feature proposal delivers more context and recognition for authors, associated with items in DSpace. 

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|FT|M|T|1389620440889|          |bram1416080600424|elorenzo@arvo.es|Use Case and high level benefits. Can someone with limited technical background understand what this is about?|
|FT|M|T|1389620638059|          |bram1416080602570|elorenzo@arvo.es|Step by step how to use. Can someone with limited technical background use the feature?|
|F|M|T|1389620491621|          |bramupuelles|Technical implementation details. Did you provide enough details for other developers to add or extend on your work?|
|F|M|T|1389620524789|          |bram|Configuration. Did you describe which aspects of your contribution can be configured and where configuration happens?|
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|F|M|F|1389620841679|          |bram|Installation details. If your functionality will not be enabled by default in DSpace, provide details on how the functionality can be installed or enabled.|

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Use case and high level benefits

Describe which need the contribution is fulfilling and why it was originally created. Screenshots are always nice and will make people enthusiastic about your contribution.

Installation

Increasing recognition attributed to authors

By providing an author profile, authors can be better recognized for their contributions to the repository. 

Administrator centric management of author profiles

This feature does not require or demand the actual author to manage and compile his or her own profile. In this way, faculty are not burdened with the creation of this profile. 

Associating name variations in publication metadata with the same person

Researcher's names may change throughout their careers. Furthermore, author names are not always referenced correctly in publication metadata.

This feature allows different occurrences of an author's name to be associated with the same author profile. In this way, the author can still be listed on the item as he or she was originally listed in the publisher's metadata, while still clearing up the name confusion towards repository visitors who prefer to see the entire list of an author's publications.

Author profiles can be established in a private space before making them public

The author profile only becomes publicly available when the administrator decides to flag it as public.

Installation

The goal is to have author profiles enabled by default after DSpace is installed or upgradedAuthor profiles are enabled by default when you install DSpace 5. No specific installation procedures or actions need to be taken in order to activate the feature.

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Creating an author profile

When logged in as administrator the "Create new author profile" link becomes available in the sidebar. This link directs the administrator to the 'Create new author profile' page, displayed below. The semantics of each field are explained on the page. The fields 'Last name', 'First name', 'Author values used for finding records' and 'Email address' are required. The other fields are optional by default (this can always be changed in the configuration).

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DSpace core model changes

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