DLF
Spring 2006
MIT's CWSpace
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What was the Problem…?
Content Providers wanted…
•Networked Access:
Programmatically access the DSpace object model, but not running on the DSpace server
Basic (Lightweight Network Interface (LNI))
[ Access, Deposit, Limited Mods. ]
• Submit
• Retrieve Item w. Metadata
• Build own U/I
• Collection Mgt, Map Items
Advanced (possible future LNI
dev.)
[ Replace, Withdraw, Delete ]
• Specialist metadata
• Automated metadata
• Quality control checks
• Format migration …
DSpace
Content Provider