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.

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  • All current functionality in XMLUI and JSPUI
  • ROBUST internal repository-wide statistics and reporting (incl management stats)
  • Configurable external user-facing stats with an option to notify submitter/department about usage
  • Easy configuration and customization by repository admin in the UI (as opposed to in the back end)
  • Integration of external identifiers (incl ORCID, institution-specific identifiers, etc.)
  • Expandable metadata schema with entities for authors/departments etc. (example: DSpace-CRIS)
  • Compatibility with international guidelines and standards
  • Built-in viewers for text, image and media materials (incl browser media streaming)
  • Straightforward batch permission management across communities, collections, items and bitstreams, bitstream types
  • Enhanced request an item functionality to allow sharing larger files by means other than email, and allow better request management


Other useful features:

  • Ability to easily move collections & communities within the repository structure in the UI
  • Ability to share/map a collection between multiple communities
  • Expanded metadata options at the collection & community levels
  • Easily configurable layout of individual collections & communities (by individual collection or community)
  • Ability to log in as a specific user for the purpose of troubleshooting
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