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 | 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, "just works" | Medium | High | |
| Browse/Search | Browse | End User | Goal 1: Fundamentals of IR | Low | High | |
| Browse/Search | Clear distinction between different types of contributor involvement | End User |
| Low | Medium? | |
| Access | Configure hidden communities that will not be visible to users without access | Administrator |
| Goal 5: Low cost, "just works" | Medium | Medium |
| Editing | Crowdsourcing metadata for archived items | End User |
| Goal 5: Low cost, "just works" | Medium | Medium? |
| Deposit | Curated thumbnails | End User |
| Low | Low | |
| Browse/Search | Discovery and retrieval of content on mobile devices | End User |
| Goal 1: Fundamentals of IR | Low | High |
| Deposit | Easy and Intuitive Deposit Interface | End User |
| Goal 1: Fundamentals of IR, | High | High |
| Browse/Search | Enhanced access to related items | End User | Goal 1: Fundamentals of IR? | Low | High? | |
| Deposit | Flexible licensing | End User |
| Goal 4: Integration with external services | Low | Medium |
| User Experience | In-browser page turner for accessing text based materials | End User | Goal 5: Low cost, "just works" | Medium | Medium | |
| Browse/Search | Intelligent rendering of URL's in item Metadata | End User | Goal 1: Fundamentals of IR?, Goal 4: Integration with external services | Low | High? | |
| Editing | Item editing by original submitters | End User |
| High | Low | |
| Browse/Search | Search for items | End User | Goal 1: Fundamentals of IR | Low | High | |
| User Experience | Streaming Video Content | End User |
| Goal 5: Low cost, "just works" | High | Medium? |
| User Experience | Visitor can play media hosted on an external streaming media server | End User |
| Goal 5: Low cost, "just works" | High | Medium? |
| User Experience | Visual collection browsing | End User |
| Medium | Low? | |
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