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Comment: Minor cleanup, added an info box on customizing config scheme

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Additionally, DSpace provides the ability to easily override default configuration settings (in dspace.cfg or modules/*.cfg) using a local.cfg file (see __ see The local.cfg Configuration Properties File) or using System Properties / Environment Varilables.

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For more information on customizing our default config-definition.xml file, see the Apache Commons Configuration documentation on the configuration definition file. Internally, DSpace simply uses the DefaultConfigurationBuilder class provided by Apache Commons Configuration to initialize our configuration scheme (and load all configuration files).

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titleCustomizing the default configuration scheme

Because the config-definition.xml file is just a Configuration Definition file for Apache Commons Configuration, you can also choose to customize the above configuration scheme based on your institution's local needs. This includes, but is not limited to, changing the name of "local.cfg", adding additional configuration files/sources, or modifying the override or auto-reload schemes.  For more information, see the Configuration Definition File Documentation from Apache Commons Configuration.

Why are there multiple copies of some config files?

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