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We discussed following topics elaborately:
Managing Journals: Should DSpace
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enable Journal management, as there are many other tools available?
It could be interesting to optimize the integration between DSpace and third party tools like OJS. This raises the question however what DSpace should still be doing, as much of its functionality could be done by other platforms. Secondly, for some institutions running two or multiple systems in parallel could be to much complexity for what they are trying to do.
In general we could conclude DSpace should not try to compete with platforms like OJS. When it comes to Journals it should act merely as a preservation tool, as it is the case for all other formats as well. A focus on integrating with Journal management tools would thus be more appropriate.
it would be interesting if DSpace could manage Journals as well. DSpace being content agnostic is one of its prime features. Practical However, practical support for certain formats would only increase its usability. In addition to this, it Therefor it would be convenient to equip extend the core version of DSpace with additional plug-ins for media support, such as video or image viewers. A similar plugin could be developed to export selected items as an overlay journal.
DSpace should become a trusted repository
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There are already many scientific platforms allowing people to create profiles. It is also questionably questionable where the creation of profiles would end. Do we also want profiles for publishers or funders, for example.
On the other hand, end users would like such profiles. It bonds authors to the repository and may improve their attitude towards it. Such profiles could also act as an identifying mechanism that an author is genuinely the one you think they area user is looking for, and not a namesake.
Such profiles could also show statistics about the author, and list all publications they submitted.
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- More things should be editable in the admin UI
- DSpace needs versioning for data files
- Greater flexibility in datamodel: This issue will definitely be addressed. Instead of the current currently mandatory hierarchical approach datamodel there will be one type of collection which can be used to create one's own hierarchy. Items could then be submitted everywhere in the hierarchy.
- DSpace needs more tools and functionality for collaborative work on projects
- DSpace should continue to work out of the box
- Should DSpace focus on archives and special collections?
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