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Index of add-ons

DSpace users are continually adding new functionality to the DSpace platform to suit their organization's needs. Some organizations/developers are willing to share their work with the larger DSpace community. The grid below identifies extensions, Add-ons and other resources that provide additional functionality to the software that may be of interest to users.

If you have an extension/Add-ons that you believe would be of interest to the DSpace community, please contact Valorie Hollister at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . If you are currently working on a project the will result in an Add-ons, please list it on the DSpace Extensions and Add-ons Work wiki.

 

Index

DSpace Add-ons

Add-ons Available for Purchase

Resources
Commenting Reporting Suite Google Analytics Tracking Code
Dublin Core Meta Toolkit Metadata Quality Google Indexing of DSpace Instances
Embargo Audiovisual Streaming Language Packages
Joomla! Collections, Archives and Repositories Image Zone Manakin Themes
Lightweight Network Interface
Document Streaming OAI Harvester Plug-In for Dspace
Controlled Vocabulary/Ontology
   
Pluggable Storage/S3
Recommendation
Request Copy
Semantic Search for DSpace
Statistics
Web of Communications
Lightweight JHOVE format validator and virus check
Tombstoning
 
DSpace Add-ons
Add-on Name Description Version Compatability Revelant URLs Contributor
Commenting The Commenting add-on consists in a set of classes, servlets and custom tags that bring informal communication capabilities to the DSpace environment. The informal communication is assured by a threaded forum that can be attached to any DSpace resource: web-page, community, collection, submitted item or e-person. The add-on allows comments to be inserted by anonymous users as well as by authenticated ones. Functionality for reviewing comments is also provided with the add-on. 1.1.1, 1.2 Link This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Dublin Core Meta Toolkit The Dublin Core Meta Toolkit transforms data collected via different methods into Dublin Core compatible meta data. The Toolkit is ideal for converting formats from Microsoft Access, MySQL and comma delimited value (CSV). 1.5.1 Link This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it from Wijiti
Embargo Allow for embargoed item metadata to be indexed and viewed, but representations of the item cannot be retrieved. 1.5.1 Link This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it from Johns Hopkins University
Joomla! Collections, Archives and Repositories Open up your digital asset repositories to the public through the Joomla! content management system. Display and browse digital assets, retrieve related items and search communities and collections and build exhibitions and galleries using your digital assets without having to install and manage complex software. 1.5.1 Link This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it from Wijiti
Lightweight Network Interface A simple but comprehensive network interface that was developed as part of the CWSpace project. It was designed to be complete enough for most programmatic uses of the DSpace API, particularly submitting and extracting archived materials as packages or byte streams. 1.5.2 Link Larry Stone from MIT
Controlled Vocabulary/Ontology Allows the user to choose from a predefined taxonomy of keywords to describe items of information that are being submitted to the repository. That same taxonomy is used to find and access items held in the repository. 1.1.1 and 1.2 Link This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Pluggable Storage/S3 Jira:DS 79 & Sourceforge: 256156 1.5.1

Link, Jira Code, SF Code

Recommendation Recomendation Add-on provides recommendations of items related to the document currently being visualized. To install this add-on you will also need to install the Commenting Add-on. 1.1.1 and 1.2 Link This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Request Copy The purpose of this feature is to increase both the content deposited in an IR and its immediate usability by providing a way to accommodate the (frequently unfounded) worries of authors and their institutions about copyright infringement during any publisher embargo periods on public self-archiving, by creating a semi-automated mechanism whereby would-be users can request and authors can email an individual copy of a full-text deposited with access set as A. packaged for 1.4.x, but runs on 1.5.1 as well Link This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Semantic Search for DSpace Semantic Search allows intelligent search of DSpace content, using Semantic Web technologies and performs knowledge discovery on DSpace metadata using sound and complete reasoners such as FaCT++. 1.4.2

Code

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Statistics An add-on to the DSpace platform that allows gathering, processing and presenting usage, content and administrative statistics. While the development was done to meet the specific needs of Reposit¢riUM at the University of Minho, the system is completely adjustable to other environments as its components can easily be configured, changed or extended, to respond to different information needs. 1.4.x, hook in 1.5.2, not yet compatable with Manakin

Link

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Web of Communications Web of communications add-on draws an interconnected network of all the items and users in the repository, highlighting their interactions at the informal level of communication (e.g. comments, downloads, deposits, etc.). 1.1.1 and 1.2

Link

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Lightweight JHOVE format validator and virus check This patch uses JHOVE to provide rough-and-ready format checking by identifying that the file/bitstream extension matches formats verifiable by JHOVE. (Currently DSpace accepts a deposit's file extension as gospel, so a user could tack a ?.txt' extension onto a GIF and DSpace would assign the incorrect format to the file based on that incorrect extension.) It also checks the file for the presence of viruses. 1.4.x, 1.5.x Link University of Michigan
Tombstoning When an item is withdrawn, the user selects from 3 reasons for placing the item in tombstone: 1. Removed from view by legal order; 2. Removed from view by the [authority doing removal]; 3. Removed from view at request of the author. 1.4.x, 1.5.x Link University of Michigan
 
Add-ons Available for Purchase
Add-on Name Description Version Compatability Revelant URLs Vendor
Reporting Suite @mire's Reporting Suite consists of two different modules, 1) Listings and Reports and, 2) Repository Content and Usage Analysis. They are designed to assist libraries, research coordination and researchers to optimize various reporting related tasks. Both modules can be licensed independently. 1.4.x, 1.5.x Link @mire
Metadata Quality @mire's Metadata Quality Module is an add-on for DSpace 1.4 and 1.5, serving as a toolkit to safeguard the quality of metadata in larger DSpace repositories. As a result of batch imports or a multitude of individual item submissions, the quality of the metadata in the repository can become an issue. Arising problems include faulty notations of author names and unconventional abbreviations, due to errors during entry or character set conversions. Another possible severe issue is the presence of duplicate information, especially when the repository's data is being used for statistics and evaluation. 1.4.x, 1.5.x Link @mire
Audiovisual Streaming @mire's "Audiovisual Streaming Module" enables in-browser playback of audio and video. 1.4.x, 1.5.x Link @mire
Image Zoom @mire's "Image Zoom Module" enables zooming and panning for (large) images. 1.4.x, 1.5.x Link @mire
Document Streaming @mire's "Document Streaming Module" enables in-browser viewing of Document files for a wide variety of document formats. 1.4.x, 1.5.x Link @mire
 
Resources
Tool Name Description Relevant URLs
Google Analytics Tracking Code Add Google Analytics tracking code snippets to your DSpace instance so you can track usage. Tutorial, Other link
Google Indexing of DSpace Instances Documentation on how to set up a DSpace instance to be indexed effectively by search engines (Google and others) to help maximize the impact of content and encourage further deposits. Wiki, Other link
Language Packages The language translation packs (messages files) are contributed by the community are available on Sourceforge. Summary
Manakin Themes Share Manakin (XMLUI) code snippets* recipes* and themes. Wiki