DSpace—A Base for Developing Repositories in India

Authors

  • Dr. Geetanjali Rana Kanwar

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.37591/joals.v5i3.1069

Abstract

DSpace is an open source dynamic digital repository. Web- based interface makes it easy for a submitter to create an archival item by depositing files. It was designed to handle any format from simple text document to datasets and digital video. Data files also called bitstreams are organized together into related sets. Each bitstream has a technical format and other technical information. This technical information is kept with bitstreams to assist with preservation over time. An item is an archival atom consisting of group related to content and associated descriptions (metadata). An item exposed metadata is indexed for browsing and searching. Items are organized into collections logically related material. A community is the highest level of DSpace content hierarchy. They correspond to parts of the organization such as department, labs, research centres/schools. The modular architecture allows for creation of large repositories that can be extended across institutional boundaries. It is committed to reliable file preservation to offer functional preservation where files are kept accessible as technology formats, media and paradigms evolve over time for many types of files as possible. The end-user interface supports browsing and searching the archives. Once the item is located, web-native formatted files can be displayed in a web-browser while other formats can be downloaded and opened with a suitable application programme.

 

Keywords: Metadata, digital, preservation, DSpace, e-theses, Digital Library, JAVA, HTML, institutional repository

Cite this Article

Geetanjali Rana Kanwar. DSpace—A Base for Developing Repositories in India. Journal of Advancements in Library Sciences. 2018, 5(3): 85–92p

Downloads

Published

2018-11-05

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 3 (2018)

Section

Research Article

License

Declaration and Copyright Transfer Form

(to be completed by authors)

I/ We, the undersigned author(s) of the submitted manuscript, hereby declare, that the above manuscript which is submitted for publication in the STM Journals(s), is not published already in part or whole (except in the form of abstract) in any journal or magazine for private or public circulation, and, is not under consideration of publication elsewhere.

  • I/We will not withdraw the manuscript after 1 week of submission as I have read the Author Guidelines and will adhere to the guidelines.
  • I/We Author(s ) have niether given nor will give this manuscript elsewhere for publishing after submitting in STM Journal(s).
  • I/ We have read the original version of the manuscript and am/ are responsible for the thought contents embodied in it. The work dealt in the manuscript is my/ our own, and my/ our individual contribution to this work is significant enough to qualify for authorship.
  •  I/We also agree to the authorship of the article in the following order:

Author’s name                                    

 

1. ________________

2. ________________

3. ________________

4. ________________

 

We  Author(s) tick this box and would request you to consider it as our signature as we agree to the terms of this Copyright Notice, which will apply to this submission if and when it is published by this journal.