Hot Topics: The DuraSpace Community Webinar Series, “Introducing DSpace 7: Next Generation UI” Curated by Claire Knowles, Library Digital Development Manager, The University of Edinburgh. DSpace for Data: issues, solutions and challenges March 7, 2017 presented by: Claire Knowles & Pauline Ward - The University of Edinburgh & Ryan Scherle - Dryad Digital Repository

1. Hot Topics: DuraSpace Community Webinar Series
Hot Topics: The DuraSpace
Community Webinar Series
Series Fifteen:
DSpace for Data
Curated by Claire Knowles,
Library Digital Development Manager,
The University of Edinburgh.

2. Hot Topics: DuraSpace Community Webinar Series
Webinar 2:
DSpace for Data:
issues, solutions and challenges
Presented by:
Claire Knowles, The University of Edinburgh
Ryan Scherle, Dryad Digital Repository
Pauline Ward, The University of Edinburgh

3. Today’s Speakers
Ryan Scherle
Dryad Digital Repository
datadryad.org
Pauline Ward
Edinburgh DataShare,
University of Edinburgh
datashare.is.ed.ac.uk

4. Ryan Scherle
Dryad Digital Repository

5. What is Dryad?
A data repository, working
closely with scientific journals.
•data tightly connected to articles
•broad disciplinary scope
•broad interpretation of “data”
•nonprofit, with Data Publication Charges

6. Sample content in Dryad

7. Why does Dryad use DSpace?
For the robust metadata model?
For the extremely clean architecture?
Just one reason… workflow

9. Issues to consider
File sizes
File types
Structured objects
Versioning
Timing of data release
Additional metadata
Sensitive data

10. File sizes
Allow submission of
large files
Provide curators ways
to inspect large files
Be aware of time
required for automated processes

11. File types
DSpace doesn’t care, but the users do.
Steer submitters to preferred types.
Give curators tools to read varied types.
Develop methods to look for common
issues in a variety of types.

12. Structured objects
Changing the data model affects all parts
of DSpace
•Submission
•Identifiers
•Curation
•Item display
•Search results
•APIs

13. Articles are relatively static, but data is
often reused, revised, and expanded!
Determine what constitutes a version,
and how to cite it.
Versioning
https://flic.kr/p/a6Hpr9

14. Timing of data release
Are data independent of the publication
or synced with it?
Develop embargo policies for both
metadata and bitstreams.
https://flic.kr/p/ebZd3d

15. Additional metadata
Data in a repository may require
additional metadata for:
•Discovery
•Maintaining item structure
•Support of workflow
•Usage tracking

16. Sensitive data
Copyrights
Endangered species
Human subjects
https://flic.kr/p/83Rkit
https://flic.kr/p/3bpAkc

17. Technical challenges in DSpace
The most important technical issues to
address when adding data to DSpace
are:
•Data model
•Submission/curation workflow
•Processes for large files
•Embargo and access control

18. Pauline Ward
The University of Edinburgh
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/~
pauline.ward@ed.ac.uk/The+DSpa
ce+Curator%27s+Handbook
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/~
pauline.ward@ed.ac.uk/The+DSpa
ce+Curator%27s+Handbook

19. What is Edinburgh
DataShare?
●Institutional research data repository
●DSpace 5.2, with the XMLUI Mirage interface
●First deposit was accessioned in 2008
●Now contains 1,912 data items
●Very broad disciplinary spread

20. Metadata
●We use Dublin Core
●We mint DataCite DOIs

21. Big Files
Our researchers wanted to deposit files over 1 GB, which
was difficult to do via the web submission form.
So our developer ported the HTML5 upload facility from
JSPUI to XMLUI.
Now, users can upload up to 20 GB via their browser.
EDINA’s code is available:
https://github.com/edina/DSpace/tree/xml-html5-upload

22. Request-a-copy
Issues:
●Spam
●When the depositor leaves the
institution

23. File-level embargo
Issues:
●Policy clash
●Item embargo date ambiguous

24. Tombstoning
When withdrawn item
●ds.withdrawn.tombstone

25. File Format Registry
●343 file formats
●Scope for improvement

26. The Missing Curator’s
Handbook
Looking for help:
●https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/~pa
uline.ward@ed.ac.uk/The+DSpace+Cur
ator%27s+Handbook

27. How to contribute
Claim a ticket and/or join a meeting
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace
+7+UI+Working+Group
Join us on Slack / ask questions
https://goo.gl/forms/s70dh26zY2cSqn2K3
DSpace 7 Outreach Group
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace
+7+UI+Outreach+Group

28. Hot Topics: DuraSpace Community Webinar Series
Hot Topics: The DuraSpace
Community Webinar Series
Join us for our 3rd webinar:
How to contribute to DSpace –
be a part of the team!
March 15, 2017 at 11:00a.m. ET