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DSpace and Google Summer of Code

Student applications are accepted Mon, March 28, 12pm PDT – Fri, April 8, 12pm PDT.

Please spread awareness of this program and DSpace among your best students! Point them to:

Google Summer of Code Documentation Site
Google Summer of Code Application Site
DSpace's Google Summer of Code – visit here for a list of interested mentors, information about our IRC channel, mailing lists, etc.

Ideas for Potential Google Summer of Code 2011 projects

Add your ideas here!

Please add your suggestions for GSoC 2011 projects related to DSpace! If you are interested in mentoring, please let us know! Also, be sure to visit the listing of Past GSoC Project Ideas below, to see if anything there is still relevant.

Please add your own ideas to the table below, and feel free to volunteer as a mentor for any existing idea

Summary	Relevant DSpace component(s)	Detailed Description	Mentor volunteer(s)
Enhanced RESTful API	dspace-api dspace-services rest	Building on previous years' REST projects, this project is to result in: (non-basic!) authN and authZ functionality write / admin methods minimum of JSON and XML output formats communication and collaboration with community, on: testing, benchmarking, hacking demo apps promotion and awareness documentation	Kim Shepherd
JSPUI rewrite	dspace-jspui	Rewrite JSPUI with a focus on removing as much 'business' from the JSPs to servlets/utility classes as possible, and utilising JSTL (etc.) in JSPs. Rewrite default theme/CSS to give the new JSPUI a "new look and feel" as well as cleaner JSPs, servlets and filters. Must try to maintain UI parity with XMLUI where possible. This project will result in JSPs that do nothing but display content Smarter, cleaner servlets and filters Cleaner URL mapping New, clean, intuitive default theme for default JSPUI installs *(note: this idea might get vetoed -- it may be decided that the JSPUI, as it stands, is not worth keeping current)*	Kim Shepherd
Modular configuration	dspace assembly & configuration dspace-api	DSpace's configuration is mostly (~95%) kept in a single, clumsy, generic java properties file -- dspace.cfg This makes merging/updating to new versions a tedious and error-prone process, and makes it hard to release async modules for DSpace without messy changes to configuration. Recent new features and modules have independently split off from dspace.cfg by creating their own configurations, but this process is ad-hoc, and no standard or modular framework for developers yet exists. This project will result in Configuration files for each maven project, at a minimum eg. dspace/config/jspui.cfg dspace/config/sword.cfg dspace/config/discovery.cfg Use of spring / dspace-services where possible to avoid hardcoded "wiring" in ConfigurationManager Comprehensive documentation for developers, administrators and users	Kim Shepherd
MySQL support	dspace assembly & configuration dspace-api	DSpace currently supports Oracle and PostgreSQL. MySQL support is an often-requested feature that should not involve too much extra work, building on existing postgres compatibility. A recent stable version (eg. 5.5+) will be used as the testing platform. This project will result in MySQL-compliant DatabaseManager code, prepared statements, etc. MySQL-specific update / install scripts, or existing postgres scripts guaranteed to be MySQL-compliant. Unit tests specific to MySQL to help ensure compliance, and highlight future problems as they arise	Kim Shepherd
Pluggable bitstream storage	dspace-api dspace-services	DSpace's storage services are not fully modular, though work has been done towards this in the past, and there are a number of alternative storage schemes that are easily integrated once storage is made fully pluggable. (eg. Amazon S3). If possible, dspace-services is to be utilized over the legacy PluginManager This project will result in Pluggable storage implemented using dspace-services At least one working demonstration of alternative bitstream storage	Kim Shepherd
Usage statistics reports	dspace-xmlui dspace-jspui? dspace-stats? dspace-solr?	The new solr statistics engine in DSpace needs to generate more reports, replace the legacy "site-wide" statistics report that is still in use, and make use of Google Charts API (or similar) to make graphs easier to read, compare between items, etc. This project will result in * Legacy site-wide statistics (generated w/ log analyzers) replaced with reports generated from new statistics engine * More usage event types being captured (?) * Reports presenting aggregations of counts across site/communities/collections/items/etc	Kim Shepherd \|
RTMP A/V streaming integration	dspace-api dspace-xmlui dspace-jspui?	Integrate DSpace authentication, authorization and bitstream dissemination with an open source RTMP streaming server such as RED5. Custom flash player is also desirable. This project will result in * Ability for DSpace to serve most A/V content via RTMP * Ability to deny playback for non-public bitstreams to unauthorized users * Custom flash player for use with XMLUI and JSPUI(?) * Integration with UsageEvents system to fire events on pause, resume, connect, etc.	Kim Shepherd \|

My Project Idea...

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Past GSoC Projects

Please visit Past Google Summer of Code Projects for a full listing of all past DSpace GSoC projects.

Past Ideas for Potential GSoC projects

We have archives of all our Past GSoC Ideas Pages still available for reference/ideas. However, you should check with the available mentors before suggesting any of these older project descriptions. In many cases these projects may no longer be applicable, or may require rethinking to bring them up to date.

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