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Example Value:

/dspace

Informational Note:

Root directory of DSpace installation. Omit the trailing slash '/'. Note that if you change this, there are several other parameters you will probably want to change to match, e.g. assetstore.dir .

(On Windows be sure to use forward slashes for the directory path!  For example: "C:/dspace" is a valid path for Windows.)

Example Value:

dspace.hostname = dspace.mysu.edu

Informational Note:

Fully qualified hostname; do not include port number.

Example Value:

http://dspacetest.myu.edu:8080

Informational Note:

Main URL at which DSpace Web UI webapp is deployed. Include any port number, but do not include the trailing '/'.

Example Value:

dspace.url = http://dspacetest.myu.edu:8080/xmlui

Informational note

URL that determines whether JSPUI or XMLUI will be loaded by default. Include port number etc., but NOT trailing slash. Alternatively to the example, this url can have /jspui at the end if you are using jspui instead of xmlui. You can also opt to run your UI app as your servlet engine's "ROOT" webapp. In that case, ensure that you remove /xmlui or /jspui.

Example Value:

dspace.name = DSpace at My University

Informational Note:

Short and sweet site name, used throughout Web UI, e-mails and elsewhere (such as OAI protocol)

Example Value:

db.url = jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/dspace_-services

Informational Note:

The above value is the default value when configuring with PostgreSQL. When using Oracle, use this value: jbdc.oracle.thin:@//host:port/dspace

Example Value:

db.username = dspace

Informational Note:

In the installation directions, the administrator is instructed to create the user "dspace" who will own the database "dspace".

Example Value:

db.password = dspace5

Informational Note:

This is the password that was prompted during the installation process (cf. 3.2.3. Installation)

Example Value:

db.schema = vra

Informational Note:

If your database contains multiple schemas, you can avoid problems with retrieving the definitions of duplicate objects by specifying the schema name here that is used for DSpace by uncommenting the entry. This property is optional.

Example Value:

db.maxconnections = 30

Informational Note:

Maximum number of Database connections in the connection pool

Example Value:

db.maxwait = 5000

Informational Note:

Maximum time to wait before giving up if all connections in pool are busy (in milliseconds).

Example Value:

db.maxidle = -1

Informational Note:

Maximum number of idle connections in pool. (-1 = unlimited)

Example Value:

db.statementpool = true

Informational Note:

Determines if prepared statement should be cached. (Default is set to true)

Example Value:

db.poolname = dspacepool

Informational Note:

Specify a name for the connection pool. This is useful if you have multiple applications sharing Tomcat's database connection pool. If nothing is specified, it will default to 'dspacepool'

Example Value:

mail.server = smtp.my.edu

Informational Note:

The address on which your outgoing SMTP email server can be reached.

Example Value:

mail.server.username = myusername

Informational Note:

SMTP mail server authentication username, if required. This property is optional.

Example Value:

mail.server.password = mypassword

Informational Note:

SMTP mail server authentication password, if required. This property is optional/

Example Value:

mail.server.port = 25

Informational Note:

The port on which your SMTP mail server can be reached. By default, port 25 is used. Change this setting if your SMTP mailserver is running on another port. This property is optional.

Example Value:

mail.from.address = dspace-noreply@myu.edu

Informational Note:

The "From" address for email. Change the 'myu.edu' to the site's host name.

Example Value:

feedback.recipient = dspace-help@myu.edu

Informational Note:

When a user clicks on the feedback link/feature, the information will be sent to the email address of choice. This configuration is currently limited to only one recipient. Since DSpace 4.0, this is also the email address displayed on the contacts page.

Example Value:

mail.admin = dspace-help@myu.edu

Informational Note:

Email address of the general site administrator (Webmaster)

Example Value:

alert.recipient = john.doe@myu.edu

Informational Note:

Enter the recipient for server errors and alerts. This property is optional.

Example Value:

registration.notify = mike.smith@myu.edu

Informational Note:

Enter the recipient that will be notified when a new user registers on DSpace. This property is optional.

Example Value:

mail.charset = UTF-8

Informational Note:

Set the default mail character set. This may be over-ridden by providing a line inside the email template 'charset: <encoding>', otherwise this default is used.

Example Value:

mail.allowed.referrers = localhost

Informational Note:

A comma separated list of hostnames that are allowed to refer browsers to email forms. Default behavior is to accept referrals only from dspace.hostname. This property is optional.

Example Value:

Informational Note:

If you need to pass extra settings to the Java mail library. Comma separated, equals sign between the key and the value. This property is optional.

Example Value:

mail.server.disabled = false

Informational Note:

An option is added to disable the mailserver. By default, this property is set to 'false'. By setting value to 'true', DSpace will not send out emails. It will instead log the subject of the email which should have been sent. This is especially useful for development and test environments where production data is used when testing functionality. This property is optional.

mail.session.name = myDSpace

Informational Note:

Specifies the name of a javax.mail.Session object stored in JNDI under java:comp/env/mail.  The default value is "Session".

Example Value:

default.language = en_US

Informational Note:

If no other language is explicitly stated in the input-forms.xml, the default language will be attributed to the metadata values.

Example Value:

log.init.config = ${dspace.dir}/config/log4j.properties

Informational Note:

Example value:

log.dir = ${dspace.dir}/log

Informational Note:

This is where to put the logs. (This is used for initial configuration only)

Log level for all DSpace-specific code (org.dspace.* packages).  By default, DSpace only provides general INFO logs (in order to keep log sizes reasonable). As necessary, you can temporarily change this setting to any of the following (ordered for most information to least): DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL

Please be aware we do not recommend running at the DEBUG level in Production for significant periods of time, as it will cause the logs to be extremely large in size.

Log level for other third-party tools/APIs used by DSpace (non-DSpace specific code). By default, DSpace only provides general INFO logs (in order to keep log sizes reasonable). As necessary, you can temporarily change this setting to any of the following (ordered for most information to least): DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL

Please be aware we do not recommend running at the DEBUG level in Production for significant periods of time, as it will cause the logs to be extremely large in size.

Example Value:

useProxies = true

Informational Note:

If your DSpace instance is protected by a proxy server, in order for log4j  to log the correct IP address of the user rather than of the proxy, it must be configured to look for the X-Forwarded-For header.  This feature can be enabled by ensuring this setting is set to true.  This also affects IPAuthentication, and should be enabled for that to work properly if your installation uses a proxy server.

Example Value

handle.canonical.prefix = http://hdl.handle.net/
handle.canonical.prefix = ${dspace.url}/handle/

Informational Note:

Canonical Handle URL prefix. By default, DSpace is configured to use http://hdl.handle.net/ as the canonical URL prefix when generating dc.identifier.uri during submission, and in the 'identifier' displayed in item record pages. If you do not subscribe to CNRI's handle service, you can change this to match the persistent URL service you use, or you can force DSpace to use your site's URL, e.g. handle.canonical.prefix = ${dspace.url}/handle/. Note that this will not alter dc.identifer.uri metadata for existing items (only for subsequent submissions).

Example Value

handle.prefix = 1234.56789

Informational Note:

The default installed by DSpace is 123456789 but you will replace this upon receiving a handle from CNRI.

Example Value:

handle.dir = ${dspace.dir}/handle-server

Informational Note:

The default files, as shown in the Example Value is where DSpace will install the files used for the Handle Server.

Example Value:

harvest.includerestricted.rss = true

Informational Note:

When set to 'true' (default), items that haven't got the READ permission for the ANONYMOUS user, will be included in RSS feeds anyway.

Example Value:

harvest.includerestricted.subscription = true

Informational Note:

When set to true (default), items that haven't got the READ permission for the ANONYMOUS user, will be included in Subscription emails anyway.

Example Value

http.proxy.host = proxy.myu.edu

Informational Note

Enter the host name without the port number.

Example Value

http.proxy.port = 2048

Informational Note

Enter the port number for the proxy server.

Example Value:

Informational Note:

Example Value:

Informational Note:

Assign "human-understandable" names to each filter

Example Value:

Informational Note:

Configure each filter's input format(s)

Example Value:

pdffilter.largepdfs = true

Informational Note:

It this value is set for "true", all PDF extractions are written to temp files as they are indexed. This is slower, but helps to ensure that PDFBox software DSpace uses does not eat up all your memory.

Example Value:

pdffilter.skiponmemoryexception = true

Informational Note:

If this value is set for "true", PDFs which still result in an "Out of Memory" error from PDFBox are skipped over. These problematic PDFs will never be indexed until memory usage can be decreased in the PDFBox software.

Example Values:

crosswalk.mods.properties.MODS = crosswalks/mods.properties
crosswalk.mods.properties.mods = crosswalks/mods.properties

Informational Note:

This defines a crosswalk named MODS whose configuration comes from the file [dspace]/config/crosswalks/mods.properties . (In the above example, the lower-case name was added for OAI-PMH)

Example Value:

crosswalk.submission.MODS.stylesheet = crosswalks/mods-submission.xsl

Informational Note:

Configuration XSLT-driven submission crosswalk for MODS

Example Value:

crosswalk.qdc.namspace.qdc.dc = http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1_

Example Value:

crosswalk.qdc.namspace.qdc.dc = http://purl.org/dc/terms/_

Example Value:

Example Value:

crosswalk.qdc.properties.QDC = crosswalks/QDC.properties

Informational Note:

Configuration of the QDC Crosswalk dissemination plugin for Qualified DC. (Add lower-case name for OAI-PMH. That is, change QDC to qdc.)}}

Example Value:

event.dispatcher.default.class = org.dspace.event.BasicDispatcher

Informational Note:

This is the default synchronous dispatcher (Same behavior as traditional DSpace).

Example Value:

event.dispatcher.default.consumers = search, browse, eperson

Informational Note:

This is the default synchronous dispatcher (Same behavior as traditional DSpace).

Example Value:

event.dispatcher.noindex.class = org.dspace.event.BasicDispatcher

Informational Note:

The noindex dispatcher will not create search or browse indexes (useful for batch item imports).

Example Value:

event.dispatcher.noindex.consumers = eperson

Informational Note:

The noindex dispatcher will not create search or browse indexes (useful for batch item imports).

Example Value:

event.consumer.search.class = org.dspace.search.SearchConsumer

Informational Note:

Consumer to maintain the search index.

Example Value:

{{event.consumer.search.filters = }}
Community | Collection | Item | Bundle+Add | Create | Modify | Modify_Metadata | Delete | Remove

Informational Note:

Consumer to maintain the search index.

Example Value:

event.consumer.browse.class = org.dspace.browse.BrowseConsumer

Informational Note:

Consumer to maintain the browse index.

Example Value:

event.consumer.browse.filters =
Community | Collection | Item | Bundle+Add | Create | Modify | Modify_Metadata | Delete | Remove

Informational Note:

Consumer to maintain the browse index.

Example Value:

event.consumer.eperson.class = org.dspace.eperson.EPersonConsumer

Informational Note:

Consumer related to EPerson changes

Example Value:

event.consumer.eperson.filters = EPerson+Create

Informational Note:

Consumer related to EPerson changes

Example Value:

event.consumer.test.class = org.dspace.event.TestConsumer

Informational Note:

Test consumer for debugging and monitoring. Commented out by default.

Example Value:

event.consumer.test.filters = All+All

Informational Note:

Test consumer for debugging and monitoring. Commented out by default.

Example Value:

testConsumer.verbose = true

Informational Note:

Set this to true to enable testConsumer messages to standard output. Commented out by default.

Example Value:

embargo.field.terms = SCHEMA.ELEMENT.QUALIFIER

Informational Note:

Embargo terms will be stored in the item metadata. This property determines in which metadata field these terms will be stored. An example could be dc.embargo.terms

Example Value:

embargo.field.lift = SCHEMA.ELEMENT.QUALIFIER

Informational Note:

The Embargo lift date will be stored in the item metadata. This property determines in which metadata field the computed embargo lift date will be stored. You may need to create a DC metadata field in your Metadata Format Registry if it does not already exist. An example could be dc.embargo.liftdate

Example Value:

embargo.terms.open = forever

Informational Note:

You can determine your own values for the embargo.field.terms property (see above). This property determines what the string value will be for indefinite embargos. The string in terms field to indicate indefinite embargo.

Example Value:

plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoSetter = org.dspace.embargo.DefaultEmbargoSetter

Informational Note:

To implement the business logic to set your embargos, you need to override the EmbargoSetter class. If you use the value DefaultEmbargoSetter, the default implementation will be used.

Example Value:

plugin.single.org.dspace.embargo.EmbargoLifter = org.dspace.embargo.DefaultEmbargoLifter

Informational Note:

To implement the business logic to lift your embargos, you need to override the EmbargoLifter class. If you use the value DefaultEmbargoLifter, the default implementation will be used.

Example Value:

plugin.single.org.dspace.checker.BitstreamDispatcher = org.dspace.checker.SimpleDispatcher

Informational Note:

The Default dispatcher is case non is specified.

Example Value:

checker.retention.default = 10y

Informational Note:

This option specifies the default time frame after which all checksum checks are removed from the database (defaults to 10 years). This means that after 10 years, all successful or unsuccessful matches are removed from the database.

Example Value:

checker.retention.CHECKSUM_MATCH = 8w

Informational Note:

This option specifies the time frame after which a successful match will be removed from your DSpace database (defaults to 8 weeks). This means that after 8 weeks, all successful matches are automatically deleted from your database (in order to keep that database table from growing too large).

Example Value:

org.dspace.app.itemexport.work.dir = ${dspace.dir}/exports

Informational Note:

The directory where the exports will be done and compressed.

Example Value:

org.dspace.app.itemexport.download.dir = ${dspace.dir}/exports/download

Informational Note

The directory where the compressed files will reside and be read by the downloader.

Example Value:

org.dspace.app.itemexport.life.span.hours = 48

Informational Note

The length of time in hours each archive should live for. When new archives are created this entry is used to delete old ones.

Example Value:

org.dspace.app.itemexport.max.size = 200

Informational Note

The maximum size in Megabytes (Mb) that the export should be. This is enforced before the compression. Each bitstream's size in each item being exported is added up, if their cumulative sizes are more than this entry the export is not kicked off.

Example Value:

eperson.subscription.onlynew = true

Informational Note:

For backwards compatibility, the subscription emails by default include any modified items. The property key is COMMENTED OUT by default.

Example Value:

metadata.hide.dc.description.provenance = true

Informational Note:

Hides the metadata in the property key above except to the administrator. Fields named here are hidden in the following places UNLESS the logged-in user is an Administrator:

1. XMLUI metadata XML view, and Item splash pages (long and short views).
2. JSPUI Item splash pages
3. OAI-PMH server.

To designate a field as hidden, add a property here in the form: metadata.hide.SCHEMA.ELEMENT.QUALIFIER = true. This default configuration hides the dc.description.provenance field, since that usually contains email addresses which ought to be kept private and is mainly of interest to administrators.

Example Value:

webui.submit.blocktheses = false

Informational Note:

Controls whether or not the UI blocks a submission which is marked as a thesis.

Example Value:

webui.submit.upload.required = true

Informational Note:

Whether or not a file is required to be uploaded during the "Upload" step in the submission process. The default is true. If set to "false", then the submitter (human being) has the option to skip the uploading of a file.

webui.submit.upload.progressbar = true

Whether to show a progress bar during file upload. Please note that to work this feature requires a JSON endpoint (json/uploadProgress) that is enabled by default. See the named plugin for the interface org.dspace.app.webui.json.JSONRequest

org.dspace.app.webui.json.UploadProgressJSON = uploadProgress

This property is actually supported only by the JSPUI.  The XMLUI doesn't yet provide a progress bar indicator for file upload.

Example Value:

webui.submission.sherparomeo-policy-enabled = true

Informational Note:

Controls whether or not the UI submission should try to use the Sherpa/RoMEO Publishers Policy Database Integration (default true)

Example Value:

sherpa.romeo.url = http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/api29.php

Informational Note:

The Sherpa/RoMEO endpoint. Shared with the authority control feauture for Journal Title autocomplete see AuthorityControlSettings

sherpa.romeo.apikey = YOUR-API-KEY

Allow to use a specific API key to raise the usage limit (500 calls/day for unregistred user).

You can register for a free api access key at http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/news/romeoapikeys.htm

Example Value:

cc.api.rooturl = http://api.creativecommons.org/rest/1.5

Informational Note:

Generally will never have to assign a different value - this is the base URL of the Creative Commons service API.

Example Value:

cc.license.uri = dc.rights.uri

Informational Note:

The field that holds the Creative Commons license URI. If you change from the default value (dc.rights.uri), you will have to reconfigure the XMLUI for proper display of license data

Example Value:

cc.license.name = dc.rights

Informational Note:

The field that holds the Creative Commons license Name. If you change from the default value (dc.rights), you will have to reconfigure the XMLUI for proper display of license data

Example Value:

cc.submit.setname = true

Informational Note:

If true, the license assignment will add the field configured with the "cc.license.name" with the name of the CC license; if false, only "cc.license.uri" field is added.

Example Value:

cc.submit.addbitstream = true

Informational Note:

If true, the license assignment will add a bitstream with the CC license RDF; if false, only metadata field(s) are added.

Example Value:

cc.license.classfilter = recombo,mark

Informational Note:

This list defines the values that will be excluded from the license (class) selection list, as defined by the web service at the URL: http://api.creativecommons.org/rest/1.5/classes

Example Value:

cc.license.jurisdiction = nz

Informational Note:

Should a jurisdiction be used? If so, which one? See http://creativecommons.org/international/ for a list of possible codes (e.g. nz = New Zealand, uk = England and Wales, jp = Japan)

Example Value:

webui.licence_bundle.show = false

Informational Note:

Sets whether to display the contents of the license bundle (often just the deposit license in the standard DSpace installation).

Example Value:

webui.browse.thumbnail.show = true

Informational Note:

Controls whether to display thumbnails on browse and search result pages. If you have customized the Browse columnlist, then you must also include a "thumbnail" column in your configuration. (This configuration property key is not used by XMLUI. To show thumbnails using XMLUI, you need to create a theme which displays them).

Example Value:

webui.browse.thumbnail.maxheight = 80

Informational Note:

This property determines the maximum height of the browse/search thumbnails in pixels (px). This only needs to be set if the thumbnails are required to be smaller than the dimensions of thumbnails generated by MediaFilter.

Example Value:

webui.browse.thumbnail.maxwidth = 80

Informational Note:

This determines the maximum width of the browse/search thumbnails in pixels (px). This only needs to be set if the thumbnails are required to be smaller than the dimensions of thumbnails generated by MediaFilter.

Example Value:

webui.item.thumbnail.show = true

Informational Note:

This determines whether or not to display the thumbnail against each bitstream. (This configuration property key is not used by XMLUI. To show thumbnails using XMLUI, you need to create a theme which displays them).

Example Value:

webui.browse.thumbnail.linkbehavior = item

Informational Note:

This determines where clicks on the thumbnail in browse and search screens should lead. The only values currently supported are "item" or "bitstream", which will either take the user to the item page, or directly download the bitstream.

Example Value:

thumbnail.maxwidth = 80

Informational Note:

This property sets the maximum width of generated thumbnails that are being displayed on item pages.

Example Value:

thumbnail.maxheight = 80

Informational Note:

This property sets the maximum height of generated thumbnails that are being displayed on item pages.

Example Value:

webui.preview.enabled = false

Informational Note:

Whether or not the user can "preview" the image.

Example Value:

webui.preview.maxwidth = 600

Informational Note:

This property sets the maximum width for the preview image.

Example Value:

webui.preview.maxheight = 600

Informational Note:

This property sets the maximum height for the preview image.

Example Value:

webui.preview.brand = My Institution Name

Informational Note:

This is the brand text that will appear with the image.

Example Value:

webui.preview.brand.abbrev = MyOrg

Informational Note:

An abbreviated form of the full Branded Name. This will be used when the preview image cannot fit the normal text.

Example Value:

webui.preview.brand.height = 20

Informational Note:

The height (in px) of the brand.

Example Value:

webui.preview.brand.font = SansSerif

Informational Note:

This property sets the font for your Brand text that appears with the image.

Example Value:

webui.preview.brand.fontpoint = 12

Informational Note:

This property sets the font point (size) for your Brand text that appears with the image.

Example Value:

webui.preview.dc = rights

Informational Note:

The Dublin Core field that will display along with the preview. This field is optional.

Example Value:

webui.strengths.show = false

Informational Note:

Determines if communities and collections should display item counts when listed. The default behavior if omitted, is false.

Example Value:

webui.strengths.cache = false

Informational Note:

When showing the strengths (i.e. item counts), should they be counted in real time, or fetched from the cache. Counts fetched in real time will perform an actual count of the index contents every time a page with this feature is requested, which may not scale. If you set the property key is set to cache ("true"), the counts will be cached on first load  

Example Value:

webui.browse.index.1 = dateissued:item:dateissued
webui.browse.index.2 = author:metadata:dc.contributor.*,dc.creator:text

Informational Note:

This is an example of how one "Defines the Indexes". See "Defining the Indexes" in the next sub-section.

Example Value:

webui.itemlist.sort-option.1 = title:dc.title:title

Informational Note:

This is an example of how one "Defines the Sort Options". See "Defining Sort Options" in the following sub-section.

Example Value:

browseDAO.class = org.dspace.browse.SolrBrowseDAO

Informational Note:

This property configures the Java class that is used for READ operations by the Browse System. You need to have Discovery enabled (this is the default since DSpace 4.0) to use the Solr Browse DAOs

webui.browse.index.<n>

n is the index number. The index numbers must start from 1 and increment continuously by 1 thereafter. Deviation from this will cause an error during install or a configuration update. So anytime you add a new browse index, remember to increase the number. (Commented out index numbers may be used over again).

<index-name>

The name by which the index will be identified. In order for the DSpace UI to display human-friendly description for this index, you'll need to update either your Messages.properties (JSPUI) or messages.xml (XMLUI) with new message keys referencing this <index-name>.

JSPUI Example (Messages.properties):

• browse.type.metadata.<index-name> = My New Field

XMLUI Example (messages.xml):

• <message key="xmlui.ArtifactBrowser.Navigation.browse_<index-name>">My New Fields</message>
• <message key="xmlui.ArtifactBrowser.ConfigurableBrowse.title.metadata.<index-name>">Browsing {0} by My New Field {1}</message>
• <message key="xmlui.ArtifactBrowser.ConfigurableBrowse.trail.metadata.<index-name>">Browsing {0} by My New Field</message>
• <message key="xmlui.ArtifactBrowser.ConfigurableBrowse.<index-name>.column_heading">My New Field</message>

(metadata|item)

Only two options are available: "metadata" or "item"

• "metadata" indexes allow you to index all items based on one or more metadata fields. The list of fields should be provided as part of the "metadata" configuration. Only items which have values for these fields will appear in this index (e.g. if you have a "metadata" index for "dc.subject.*", an item will not appear in that browse/search if it doesn't have a "dc.subject.*" value). The browse index will have to parts: first it lists all values of the specified metadata fields. If the user select one of these values the index lists all items in which the specified metadata field is assigned with the selected value.
  
  • Note: If you set a <sort-type> to be used, this sort type is not used on the values of the metadata fields but on the order of the items when listing all items that have a specific value of the metadata field.
• "item" indexes provide you with a browseable list of ALL items in the site, sorted by a particular metadata field. The field this index is sorted by is referenced by <sort-option-name> (which should refer to a corresponding "webui.itemlist.sort-option.<n>" setting... see Defining Sort Options below for more information)

<schema-prefix>

(Only for "metadata" indexes) The schema used for the field to be index. The default is dc (for Dublin Core).

<element>

(Only for "metadata" indexes) The schema element. In Dublin Core, for example, the author element is referred to as "Contributor". The user should consult the default Dublin Core Metadata Registry table in Appendix A.

<qualifier>

<sort-type>

(Optional, should be set for "item" indexes) This refers to the sort type / data type of the field:

• date the index type will be treated as a date object and sorted as such
• text the index type will be treated as plain text and sorted as such
• (any other value refers to a custom <sort-type> which should be defined in a corresponding webui.itemlist.sort-option.<n> setting. See Defining Sort Options below for more information.)

<sort-order>

(Optional) The default sort order. Choose asc (ascending) or desc (descending).  Ascending is the default value, but descending may be useful for date-based indexes (e.g. to display most recent submissions first)

webui.itemlist.sort-option.<n>

n is an arbitrary number you choose.

<sort-type-name>

The name by which the sort option will be identified. This is the name by which it is referred in the "webui.browse.index" settings (see Defining the Indexes).

<schema-prefix>

The schema used for the field to be sorted on in the index. The default is dc (for Dublin Core).

<element>

The schema element. In Dublin Core, for example, the author element is referred to as "Contributor". The user should consult the default Dublin Core Metadata Registry table in Appendix A.

<qualifier>

This is the qualifier to the <element> component. The user has two choices: an asterisk "*" or a proper qualifier of the element.

<datatype>

This refers to the datatype of the field:
date the sort field will be treated as a date object
text the sort field will be treated as plain text.
title the sort field will be treated like a title, which will include a link to the item page

Example Value:

Informational Note:

Example Value:

webui.browse.index.5 = lcAuthor:metadataAuthority:dc.contributor.author:authority

Informational Note:

Example Value:

webui.browse.index.tagcloud.1 = true

Informational Note:

Possible values: true, false

Default value is false.

If no option exists for a specific index, it is assumed to be false.

displayScore

Should display the score of each tag next to it? Default: false

shouldCenter

Should display the tag as center aligned in the page or left aligned? Possible values: true | false. Default: true

totalTags

How many tags will be shown. Value -1 means all of them. Default: -1

cloudCase

The letter case of the tags.

Possible values: Case.LOWER | Case.UPPER | Case.CAPITALIZATION | Case.PRESERVE_CASE | Case.CASE_SENSITIVE

Default: Case.PRESERVE_CASE

randomColors

If the 3 css classes of the tag cloud should be independent of score (random=yes) or based on the score. Possible values: true | false . Default: true

fontFrom

The font size (in em) for the tag with the lowest score. Possible values: any decimal. Default: 1.1

fontTo

The font size (in em) for the tag with the lowest score. Possible values: any decimal. Default: 3.2

cuttingLevel

The score that tags with lower than that will not appear in the rag cloud. Possible values: any integer from 1 to infinity. Default: 0

ordering

The ordering of the tags (based either on the name or the score of the tag)

Possible values: Tag.NameComparatorAsc | Tag.NameComparatorDesc | Tag.ScoreComparatorAsc | Tag.ScoreComparatorDesc

Default: Tag.GreekNameComparatorAsc

Example Value:

webui.browse.author-field = dc.contributor.*

Informational Note:

This defines which field is the author/editor, etc. listing.

Example Value:

webui.browse.author-limit = < n >

Example Value:

webui.browse.link.1 = author:dc.contributor.*

Informational Note:

This is used to configure which fields should link to other browse listings. This should be associated with the name of one of the browse indexes (webui.browse.index.n) with a metadata field listed in webui.itemlist.columns above. If this condition is not fulfilled, cross-linking will not work. Note also that crosslinking only works for metadata fields not tagged as title in webui.itemlist.columns.

webui.browse.link. n

{{n is an arbitrary number you choose

<index name>

This need to match your entry for the index name from webui.browse.index property key.

<display column metadata>

Use the DC element (and qualifier)

Example Value:

recent.submission.sort-option = dateaccessioned

Informational Note:

Define the sort name (from webui.browse.sort-options) to use for displaying recent submissions. (Only used by JSPUI)

Example Value:

recent.submissions.count = 5

Informational Note:

Defines how many recent submissions should be displayed at any one time. (Only used by JSPUI)

Example Value:

Informational Note:

It is possible include contextual information in the submission license using substitution variables. The text substitution is driven by a plugin implementation.

Example Value:

webui.feed.enable = true

Informational Note:

By default, RSS feeds are set to true (on) . Change key to "false" to disable.

Example Value:

webui.feed.items = 4

Informational Note:

Defines the number of DSpace items per feed (the most recent submissions)

Example Value:

webui.feed.cache.size = 100

Informational Note:

Defines the maximum number of feeds in memory cache. Value of "0" will disable caching.

Example Value:

webui.feed.cache.age = 48

Informational Note:

Defines the number of hours to keep cached feeds before checking currency. The value of "0" will force a check with each request.

Example Value:

webui.feed.formats = rss_1.0,rss_2.0,atom_1.0

Informational Note:

Defines which syndication formats to offer. You can use more than one; use a comma-separated list. The following list are the available values: rss_0.90, rss_0.91, rss_0.92, rss_0.93, rss_0.94, rss_1.0, rss_2.0, atom_1.0.

Example Value:

webui.feed.localresolve = false

Informational Note:

By default, (set to false), URLs returned by the feed will point at the global handle resolver (e.g. http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/1). If set to true the local server URLs are used (e.g. http://myserver.myorg/handle/123456789/1).

Example Value:

webui.feed.item.title = dc.title

Informational Note:

This property customizes each single-value field displayed in the feed information for each item. Each of the fields takes a single metadata field. The form of the key is <scheme prefix>.<element>.<qualifier> In place of the qualifier, one may leave it blank to exclude any qualifiers or use the wildcard "*" to include all qualifiers for a particular element.

Example Value:

webui.feed.item.date = dc.date.issued

Informational Note:

This property customizes each single-value field displayed in the feed information for each item. Each of the fields takes a single metadata field. The form of the key is <scheme prefix>.<element>.<qualifier> In place of the qualifier, one may leave it blank to exclude any qualifiers or use the wildcard "*" to include all qualifiers for a particular element.

Example Value:

Informational Note:

One can customize the metadata fields to show in the feed for each item's description. Elements are displayed in the order they are specified in dspace.cfg.Like other property keys, the format of this property key is: webui.feed.item.description = <scheme prefix>.<element>.<qualifier>. In place of the qualifier, one may leave it blank to exclude any qualifiers or use the wildcard "*" to include all qualifiers for a particular element.

Example Value:

webui.feed.item.author = dc.contributor.author

Informational Note:

The name of field to use for authors (Atom only); repeatable.

Example Value:

webui.feed.logo.url = ${dspace.url}/themes/mysite/images/mysite-logo.png

Informational Note:

Customize the image icon included with the site-wide feeds. This must be an absolute URL.

Example Value:

webui.feed.item.dc.creator = dc.contributor.author

Informational Note:

This optional property adds structured DC elements as XML elements to the feed description. They are not the same thing as, for example, webui.feed.item.description. Useful when a program or stylesheet will be transforming a feed and wants separate author, description, date, etc.

Example Value:

webui.feed.item.dc.date = dc.date.issued

Informational Note:

This optional property adds structured DC elements as XML elements to the feed description. They are not the same thing as, for example, webui.feed.item.description. Useful when a program or stylesheet will be transforming a feed and wants separate author, description, date, etc.

Example Value:

webui.feed.item.dc.description = dc.description.abstract

Informational Note:

This optional property adds structured DC elements as XML elements to the feed description. They are not the same thing as, for example, webui.feed.item.description. Useful when a program or stylesheet will be transforming a feed and wants separate author, description, date, etc.

Example Value:

webui.feed.podcast.collections = 1811/45183,1811/47223

Informational Note:

This optional property enables Podcast Support on the RSS feed for the specified collection handles. The podcast is iTunes compatible and will expose the bitstreams in the items for viewing and download by the podcast reader. Multiple values are separated by commas. For more on using/enabling Media RSS Feeds to share content via iTunesU, see: Enable Media RSS Feeds

Example Value:

webui.feed.podcast.communities = 1811/47223

Informational Note:

This optional property enables Podcast Support on the RSS feed for the specified community handles. The podcast is iTunes compatible and will expose the bitstreams in the items for viewing and download by the podcast reader. Multiple values are separated by commas. For more on using/enabling Media RSS Feeds to share content via iTunesU, see: Enable Media RSS Feeds

Example Value:

webui.feed.podcast.mimetypes = audio/x-mpeg,application/pdf

Informational Note:

This optional property for Podcast Support, allows you to choose which MIME types of bitstreams are to be enclosed in the podcast feed. Multiple values are separated by commas. For more on using/enabling Media RSS Feeds to share content via iTunesU, see: Enable Media RSS Feeds

Example Value:

webui.feed.podcast.sourceuri = dc.source.uri

Informational Note:

This optional property for the Podcast Support will allow you to use a value for a metadata field as a replacement for actual bitstreams to be enclosed in the RSS feed. A use case for specifying the external sourceuri would be if you have a non-DSpace media streaming server that has a copy of your media file that you would prefer to have the media streamed from. For more on using/enabling Media RSS Feeds to share content via iTunesU, see: Enable Media RSS Feeds

Example Value:

websvc.opensearch.enable = false

Informational Note:

Whether or not OpenSearch is enabled. By default, the feature is disabled. Change the property key to "true" to enable.

Example Value:

websvc.opensearch.uicontext = simple-search

Informational Note:

Context for HTML request URLs. Change only for non-standard servlet mapping.
IMPORTANT: If you are using XMLUI and have Discovery enabled, this property's value should be changed to discover.

Example Value:

websvc.opensearch.svccontext = open-search/

Informational Note:

Context for RSS/Atom request URLs. Change only for non-standard servlet mapping.
IMPORTANT: If you are using XMLUI and have Discovery enabled, this property's value should be changed to open-search/discover.

Example Value:

websvc.opensearch.autolink = true

Informational Note:

Present autodiscovery link in every page head.

Example Value:

websvc.opensearch.validity = 48

Informational Note:

Number of hours to retain results before recalculating. This applies to the Manakin interface only.

Example Value:

websvc.opensearch.shortname = DSpace

Informational Note:

A short name used in browsers for search service. It should be sixteen (16) or fewer characters.

Example Value:

websvc.opensearch.longname = ${dspace.name}

Informational Note:

A longer name up to 48 characters.

Example Value:

websvc.opensearch.description = ${dspace.name} DSpace repository

Informational Note:

Brief service description

Example Value:

_websvc.opensearch.faviconurl = http://www.dspace.org/images/favicon.ico_

Informational Note:

Location of favicon for service, if any. They must by 16 x 16 pixels. You can provide your own local favicon instead of the default.

Example Value:

websvc.opensearch.samplequery = photosynthesis

Informational Note:

Sample query. This should return results. You can replace the sample query with search terms that should actually yield results in your repository.

Example Value:

websc.opensearch.tags = IR DSpace

Informational Note:

Tags used to describe search service.

Example Value:

websvc.opensearch.formats = html,atom,rss

Informational Note:

Result formats offered. Use one or more comma-separated from the list: html, atom, rss. Please note that html is required for auto discovery in browsers to function, and must be the first in the list if present.

Example value:

webui.content_disposition_threshold = 8388608

Informational Note:

The default value is set to 8MB. This property key applies to the JSPUI interface.

Example Value:

xmlui.content_disposition_threshold = 8388608

Informational Note:

The default value is set to 8MB. This property key applies to the XMLUI (Manakin) interface.

Example Value:

webui.html.max-depth-guess = 3

Informational Note:

When serving up composite HTML items in the JSP UI, how deep can the request be for us to serve up a file with the same name? For example, if one receives a request for "foo/bar/index.html" and one has a bitstream called just "index.html", DSpace will serve up the former bitstream (foo/bar/index.html) for the request if webui.html.max-depth-guess is 2 or greater. If webui.html.max-depth-guess is 1 or less, then DSpace would not serve that bitstream, as the depth of the file is greater. If webui.html.max-depth-guess is zero, the request filename and path must always exactly match the bitstream name. The default is set to 3.

Example Value:

xmlui.html.max-depth-guess = 3

Informational Note:

When serving up composite HTML items in the XMLUI, how deep can the request be for us to serve up a file with the same name? For example, if one receives a request for "foo/bar/index.html" and one has a bitstream called just "index.html", DSpace will serve up the former bitstream (foo/bar/index.html) for the request if webui.html.max-depth-guess is 2 or greater. If xmlui.html.max-depth-guess is 1 or less, then DSpace would not serve that bitstream, as the depth of the file is greater. If _webui.html.max-depth-guess _is zero, the request filename and path must always exactly match the bitstream name. The default is set to 3.

Example Value:

sitemap.dir = ${dspace.dir}/sitemaps

Informational Note:

The directory where the generate sitemaps are stored.

Example Value:

sitemap.engineurls = http://www.google.com/webmasters/sitemaps/ping?sitemap=

Informational Note:

Comma-separated list of search engine URLs to "ping" when a new Sitemap has been created. Include everything except the Sitemap UL itself (which will be URL-encoded and appended to form the actual URL "pinged").Add the following to the above parameter if you have an application ID with Yahoo: http://search.yahooapis.com/SiteExplorererService/V1/updateNotification?appid=REPLACE_ME?url=_ . (Replace the component _REPLACE_ME with your application ID). There is no known "ping" URL for MSN/Live search.

Example Value:

Informational Note:

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Example Value:

Example Value:

lcname.url = http://alcme.oclc.org/srw/search/lcnaf_

Informational Note:

Location (URL) of the Library of Congress Name Service

Informational Note:

Please refers to the Sherpa/RoMEO Publishers Policy Database Integration section for details about such properties. See Configuring the Sherpa/RoMEO Publishers Policy Database Integration

Example Value:

authority.minconfidence = ambiguous

Informational Note:

This sets the default lowest confidence level at which a metadata value is included in an authority-controlled browse (and search) index. It is a symbolic keyword, one of the following values (listed in descending order): accepted, uncertain, ambiguous, notfound, failed, rejected, novalue, unset. See org.dspace.content.authority.Choices source for descriptions.

Example Value:

xmlui.lookup.select.size = 12

Informational Note:

This property sets the number of selectable choices in the Choices lookup popup

Example Value:

default.locale = en

Informational Note:

The default language for the application is set with this property key. This is a locale according to i18n and might consist of country, country_language or country_language_variant. If no default locale is defined, then the server default locale will be used. The format of a local specifier is described here: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/util/Locale.html

Example Value:

webui.supported.locales = en, de

or perhaps

webui.supported.locales = en, en_ca, de

Informational Note:

All the locales that are supported by this instance of DSpace. Comma separated list.

Example Value:

upload.temp.dir = ${dspace.dir}/upload

Informational Note:

This property sets where DSpace temporarily stores uploaded files.

Example Value:

upload.max = 536870912

Informational Note:

Maximum size of uploaded files in bytes. A negative setting will result in no limit being set. The default is set for 512Mb.

Example Value:

Informational Note:

This is used to customize the DC metadata fields that display in the item display (the brief display) when pulling up a record. The format is: <schema>.<element>.<_optional_qualifier> . In place of the qualifier, one can use the wildcard "*" to include all fields of the same element, or, leave it blank for unqualified elements. Additionally, two additional options are available for behavior/rendering: (date) and (link). See the following examples:

dc.title = Dublin Core element "title" (unqualified)
dc.title.alternative = DC element "title", qualifier "alternative"
dc.title.* = All fields with Dublin Core element 'title' (any or no qualifier)
dc.identifier.uri(link) = DC identifier.uri, rendered as a link
dc.date.issued(date) = DC date.issued, rendered as a date
The Messages.properties file controls how the fields defined above will display to the user. If the field is missing from the Messages.properties file, it will not be displayed. Look in Messages.properties under the metadata.dc.<field>. Example:
metadata.dc.contributor.other = Authors
metadata.dc.contributor.author = Authors
metadata.dc.title.* = Title
Please note: The order in which you place the values to the property key control the order in which they will display to the user on the outside world. (See the Example Value above).

Example Value:

Informational Note:

When using "resolver" in webui.itemdisplay to render identifiers as resolvable links, the base URL is taken from <code>webui.resolver.<n>.baseurl<code> where <code>webui.resolver.<n>.baseurl<code> matches the urn specified in the metadata value. The value is appended to the "baseurl" as is, so the baseurl needs to end with the forward slash almost in any case. If no urn is specified in the value it will be displayed as simple text. For the doi and hdl urn defaults values are provided, respectively http://dc.doi.org and http://hdl.handle.net are used. If a metadata value with style "doi", "handle" or "resolver" matches a URL already, it is simply rendered as a link with no other manipulation.

Example Value:

Informational Note:

Specify which strategy to use for select the style for an item.

Example Value:

webui.itemdisplay.thesis.collections = 123456789/24, 123456789/35

Informational Note:

Specify which collections use which views by Handle.

Example Value:

Informational Note:

Specify which metadata to use as name of the style

Example Value:

Informational Note:

Customize the DC fields to use in the item listing page. Elements will be displayed left to right in the order they are specified here. The form is <schema prefix>.<element>[.<qualifier> | .*][(date)], ...
Although not a requirement, it would make sense to include among the listed fields at least the date and title fields as specified by the webui.browse.index configuration options in the next section mentioned. (cf.)
If you have enabled thumbnails (webui.browse.thumbnail.show), you must also include a 'thumbnail' entry in your columns‚ this is where the thumbnail will be displayed.

Example Value:

webui.itemlist.width = *, 130, 60%, 40%

Informational Note:

You can customize the width of each column with the following line--you can have numbers (pixels) or percentages. For the 'thumbnail' column, a setting of '*' will use the max width specified for browse thumbnails (cf. webui.browse.thumbnail.maxwidth, thumbnail.maxwidth)

Example Value:

Informational Note:

You can override the DC fields used on the listing page for a given browse index and/or sort option. As a sort option or index may be defined on a field that isn't normally included in the list, this allows you to display the fields that have been indexed/sorted on. There are a number of forms the configuration can take, and the order in which they are listed below is the priority in which they will be used (so a combination of an index name and sort name will take precedence over just the browse name).In the last case, a sort option name will always take precedence over a browse index name. Note also, that for any additional columns you list, you will need to ensure there is an itemlist.<field name> entry in the messages file.

Example Value:

webui.itemlist.dateaccessioned.columns = thumbnail, dc.date.accessioned(date), dc.title, dc.contributor.*

Informational Note:

This would display the date of the accession in place of the issue date whenever the dateaccessioned browsed index or sort option is selected. Just like webui.itemlist.columns, you will need to include a 'thumbnail' entry to display the thumbnails in the item list.

Example Value:

webui.itemlist.dateaccessioned.widths = *, 130, 60%, 40%

Informational Note:

As in the aforementioned property key, you can customize the width of the columns for each configured column list, substituting ".widths" for ".columns" in the property name. See the setting for webui.itemlist.widths for more information.

Example Value:

webui.itemlist.tablewidth = 100%

Informational Note:

You can also set the overall size of the item list table with the following setting. It can lead to faster table rendering when used with the column widths above, but not generally recommended.

Example Value:

webui.session.invalidate = true

Informational Note:

Enable or disable session invalidation upon login or logout. This feature is enabled by default to help prevent session hijacking but may cause problems for shibboleth, etc. If omitted, the default value is "true". [Only used for JSPUI authentication].

If you would like to use Google Analytics to track general website statistics then use the following parameter to provide your Analytics key.

Example Value:

itemmap.author.index = author

Informational Note:

If you change the name of your author browse field, you will also need to update this property key.

Example Value:

webui.mydspace.showgroupmembership = false

Informational Note:

To display group membership set to "true". If omitted, the default behavior is false.

Example Value:

sfx.server.url = http://sfx.myu.edu:8888/sfx?

sfx.server.url = http://worldcatlibraries.org/registry/gateway?

Informational Note:

SFX query is appended to this URL. If this property is commented out or omitted, SFX support is switched off.

Example Value:

webui.suggest.enable = true

Informational Note:

Show a link to the item recommendation page from item display page.

Example Value:

webui.suggest.loggedinusers.only = true

Informational Note:

Enable only if the user is logged in. If this key commented out, the default value is false.

Example Value:

webui.controlledvocabulary.enable = true

Informational Note:

Enable or disable the controlled vocabulary add-on. WARNING: This feature is not compatible with WAI (it requires JavaScript to function).

Example Value:

webui.session.invalidate = true

Informational Note:

Enable or disable session invalidation upon login or logout. This feature is enabled by default to help prevent session hijacking but may cause problems for shibboleth, etc. If omitted, the default value is 'true'.

Example Value:

xmlui.force.ssl = true

Informational Note:

Force all authenticated connections to use SSL, only non-authenticated connections are allowed over plain http. If set to true, then you need to ensure that the "dspace.hostname" parameter is set correctly.

Example Value:

xmlui.user.registration = true

Informational Note:

Determine if new users should be allowed to register. This parameter is useful in conjunction with Shibboleth where you want to disallow registration because Shibboleth will automatically register the user. Default value is true.

Example Value:

xmlui.user.editmetadata = true

Informational Note:

Determines if users should be able to edit their own metadata. This parameter is useful in conjunction with Shibboleth where you want to disable the user's ability to edit their metadata because it came from Shibboleth. Default value is true.

Check if the user has a consistent ip address from the start of the login process to the end of the login process. Disabling this check is not recommended unless absolutely necessary as the ip check can be helpful for preventing session hijacking. Possible reasons to set this to false: many-to-many wireless networks that prevent consistent ip addresses or complex proxying of requests.
The default value is true.

Example Value:

xmlui.user.loginredirect = /profile

Informational Note:

After a user has logged into the system, which url should they be directed? Leave this parameter blank or undefined to direct users to the homepage, or /profile for the user's profile, or another reasonable choice is /submissions to see if the user has any tasks awaiting their attention. The default is the repository home page.

Example Value:

xmlui.theme.allowoverrides = false

Informational Note:

Allow the user to override which theme is used to display a particular page. When submitting a request add the HTTP parameter "themepath" which corresponds to a particular theme, that specified theme will be used instead of the any other configured theme. Note that this is a potential security hole allowing execution of unintended code on the server, this option is only for development and debugging it should be turned off for any production repository. The default value unless otherwise specified is "false".

Enabling this property will concatenate CSS, JS and JSON files where possible. CSS files can be concatenated if multiple CSS files with the same media attribute are used in the same page. Links to the CSS files are automatically referring to the concatenated resulting CSS file. The theme sitemap should be updated to use the ConcatenationReader for all js, css and json files before enabling this property.

Enabling this property will minify CSS, JS and JSON files where possible. The theme sitemap should be updated to use the ConcatenationReader for all js, css and json files before enabling this property.

When set to "file" the item listings in your repository will include the generated thumbnails of uploaded files. Alternatively, you can set this parameter to metadata to put more emphasis on the metadata and effectively hide the thumbnails.
The default value is "metadata". 

Example Value:

xmlui.bundle.upload = ORIGINAL, METADATA, THUMBNAIL, LICENSE, CC_LICENSE

Informational Note:

Determine which bundles administrators and collection administrators may upload into an existing item through the administrative interface. If the user does not have the appropriate privileges (add and write) on the bundle then that bundle will not be shown to the user as an option.

Example Value:

xmlui.community-list.render.full = true

Informational Note:

On the community-list page should all the metadata about a community/collection be available to the theme. This parameter defaults to true, but if you are experiencing performance problems on the community-list page you should experiment with turning this option off.

Example Value:

xmlui.community-list.cache = 12 hours

Informational Note:

Normally, the XMLUI will fully verify any cache pages before using a cache copy. This means that when the community-list page is viewed the database is queried for each community/collection to see if their metadata has been modified. This can be expensive for repositories with a large community tree. To help solve this problem you can set the cache to be assumed valued for a specific set of time. The downside of this is that new or editing communities/collections may not show up the website for a period of time.

Example Value:

xmlui.bitstream.mods = true

Informational Note:

Optionally, you may configure XMLUI to take advantage of metadata stored as a bitstream. The MODS metadata file must be inside the "METADATA" bundle and named MODS.xml. If this option is set to 'true' and the bitstream is present then it is made available to the theme for display.

Example Value:

xmlui.bitstream.mets = true

Informational Note:

Optionally, you may configure Manakin to take advantage of metadata stored as a bitstream. The METS metadata file must be inside the "METADATA" bundle and named METS.xml. If this option is set to "true" and the bitstream is present then it is made available to the theme for display.

Example Value:

xmlui.google.analytics.key = UA-XXXXXX-X

Informational Note:

If you would like to use Google Analytics to track general website statistics then use the following parameter to provide your analytics key. First sign up for an account at http://analytics.google.com, then create an entry for your repositories website. Google Analytics will give you a snippet of javascript code to place on your site, inside that snip it is your Google Analytics key usually found in the line: _uacct = "UA-XXXXXXX-X" Take this key (just the UA-XXXXXX-X part) and place it here in this parameter.

Example Value:

xmlui.controlpanel.activity.max = 250

Informational Note:

Assign how many page views will be recorded and displayed in the control panel's activity viewer. The activity tab allows an administrator to debug problems in a running DSpace by understanding who and how their dspace is currently being used. The default value is 250.

Example Value:

xmlui.controlpanel.activity.ipheader = X-Forward-For

Informational Note:

Determine where the control panel's activity viewer receives an events IP address from. If your DSpace is in a load balanced environment or otherwise behind a context-switch then you will need to set the parameter to the HTTP parameter that records the original IP address.

Determine the access rights necessary to export DSpace metadata from search results in a CSV format (compatible with Batch Metadata Editing tool).  By default, only Administrators can export metadata from search results. Other options include:

• admin = Administrative users only
• user = Any logged in user
• anonymous = Anyone in the world

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