Contribute to the DSpace Development Fund
The newly established DSpace Development Fund supports the development of new features prioritized by DSpace Governance. For a list of planned features see the fund wiki page.
This page provides an analysis and prioritization for the Use Cases gathered via the 2014 Vision Survey and later DCAT Use Case gathering meetings.
| Category | Use Case Name | Primary Actor | Notes | Existing/Related Feature(s) | Related Technical Strategic Goal(s) | Complexity | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deposit | Batch Deposit (via UI / uploading spreadsheet) | End User / Administrator | Goal 5: Low cost, hosted solutions and deployments | Medium | High | ||
| Browse/Search | Browse | End User | Goal 5: Low cost, hosted solutions and deployments | Low | High | ||
| Browse/Search | Clear distinction between different types of contributor involvement | End User | May be a "subfunction" of Browse or a "Author Profiles" use case? |
| |||
| Access | Configure hidden communities that will not be visible to users without access | Administrator | May be a "subfunction" (of a more general access rights use case) |
| |||
| Editing | Crowdsourcing metadata for archived items | End User | Variation on End User - Item editing by original submitters |
| Medium | Medium? | |
| Deposit | Curated thumbnails | ||||||
| Browse/Search | Discovery and retrieval of content on mobile devices | ||||||
| Deposit | Easy and Intuitive Deposit Interface | ||||||
| Browse/Search | Enhanced access to related items | ||||||
| Deposit | Flexible licensing | ||||||
| User Experience | In-browser page turner for accessing text based materials | ||||||
| Browse/Search | Intelligent rendering of URL's in item Metadata | ||||||
| Editing | Item editing by original submitters | End User | Seems controversial. A more acceptable version at Crowdsourcing metadata for archived items |
| High | Low | |
| Browse/Search | Search for items | ||||||
| User Experience | Streaming Video Content | ||||||
| User Experience | Visitor can play media hosted on an external streaming media server | ||||||
| User Experience | Visual collection browsing | ||||||
Overview
Content Tools
All content on the LYRASIS Wiki is licensed under the CC BY (Attribution) license
, unless otherwise noted.