terrywbrady/dspace2 repository overview

⁠DSpace

DSpace Documentation⁠ | DSpace Releases⁠ | DSpace Wiki⁠ | Support⁠

DSpace open source software is a turnkey repository application used by more than 2,000 organizations and institutions worldwide to provide durable access to digital resources. For more information, visit http://www.dspace.org/⁠

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:warning: Work on DSpace 7 has begun on our master branch. This means that there is temporarily NO user interface on this master branch. DSpace 7 will feature a new, unified Angular⁠ user interface, along with an enhanced, rebuilt REST API. The latest status of this work can be found on the DSpace 7 UI Working Group⁠ page. Additionally, the codebases can be found in the following places:

• DSpace 7 REST API work is occurring on the master branch⁠ of this repository.
  • The REST Contract is being documented at https://github.com/DSpace/Rest7Contract⁠
• DSpace 7 Angular UI work is occurring at https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-angular⁠

If you would like to get involved in our DSpace 7 development effort, we welcome new contributors. Just join one of our meetings or get in touch via Slack. See the DSpace 7 UI Working Group⁠ wiki page for more info.

If you are looking for the ongoing maintenance work for DSpace 6 (or prior releases), you can find that work on the corresponding maintenance branch (e.g. dspace-6_x⁠) in this repository.

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⁠Downloads

The latest release of DSpace can be downloaded from the DSpace website⁠ or from GitHub⁠.

Past releases are all available via GitHub at https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/releases⁠

⁠Documentation / Installation

Documentation for each release may be viewed online or downloaded via our Documentation Wiki⁠.

The latest DSpace Installation instructions are available at: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC6x/Installing+DSpace⁠

Please be aware that, as a Java web application, DSpace requires a database (PostgreSQL or Oracle) and a servlet container (usually Tomcat) in order to function. More information about these and all other prerequisites can be found in the Installation instructions above.

⁠Dockerfile Usage

See the DSpace Docker Tutorial⁠.

⁠Contributing

DSpace is a community built and supported project. We do not have a centralized development or support team, but have a dedicated group of volunteers who help us improve the software, documentation, resources, etc.

We welcome contributions of any type. Here's a few basic guides that provide suggestions for contributing to DSpace:

• How to Contribute to DSpace⁠: How to contribute in general (via code, documentation, bug reports, expertise, etc)
• Code Contribution Guidelines⁠: How to give back code or contribute features, bug fixes, etc.
• DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT)⁠: If you are not a developer, we also have an interest group specifically for repository managers. The DCAT group meets virtually, once a month, and sends open invitations to join their meetings via the DCAT mailing list⁠.

We also encourage GitHub Pull Requests (PRs) at any time. Please see our Development with Git⁠ guide for more info.

In addition, a listing of all known contributors to DSpace software can be found online at: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpaceContributors⁠

⁠Getting Help

DSpace provides public mailing lists where you can post questions or raise topics for discussion. We welcome everyone to participate in these lists:

• [email protected]⁠ : General discussion about DSpace platform, announcements, sharing of best practices
• [email protected]⁠ : Technical support mailing list. See also our guide for How to troubleshoot an error⁠.
• [email protected]⁠ : Developers / Development mailing list

Great Q&A is also available under the DSpace tag on Stackoverflow⁠

Additional support options are listed at https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Support⁠

DSpace also has an active service provider network. If you'd rather hire a service provider to install, upgrade, customize or host DSpace, then we recommend getting in touch with one of our Registered Service Providers⁠.

⁠Issue Tracker

The DSpace Issue Tracker can be found at: https://jira.duraspace.org/projects/DS/summary⁠

⁠License

DSpace source code is freely available under a standard BSD 3-Clause license⁠. The full license is available at http://www.dspace.org/license/⁠