[IRTalk] Time to crowdfund? ORCiD/DSpace 5.5 integration

Thu Sep 22 13:18:00 SAST 2016

Hi Leti,

Try the DSpace mailing lists as well. Perhaps there is a funder who listens
on the list?

Cheers

hg

On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 at 13:16 Leti Kleyn <Leti.Kleyn at up.ac.za> wrote:

> Dear IRTalkers,
>
> as you might well know by know, DSpace 5.5 and ORCiD does not seem to be a
> perfect match. Due to the (now new) authority control function on the
> author fields, ORCiD entries are listed as "new" entries creating
> duplicates on the system.
>
> Knowledgearc proposed a solution that will cost the community $2250.
>
> Follow the discussion and please give me some advise. Time to put together
> some funds and have this development done?
>
> Kindest
> L.
>
>
>
>>>
>>> On 16 Sep 2016, at 4:03 PM, "Hayden Young" <hayden at knowledgearc.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Leti
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael and I have discussed this project and I have also discussed it
>>> with one of our Java developers and we think there is a solution to this
>>> multi-author problem.
>>>
>>>
>>> The best approach will be to patch the DSpace 5.5 code and then your
>>> sysadmin can deploy the changes to your DSpace instance.
>>>
>>>
>>> We estimate 3 days or $2250 to achieve this and can begin on this next
>>> week.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hayden
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Dr Leti Kleyn*
>>> Manager: Open Scholarship & Digitisation Programmes
>>> Department of Library Services
>>> Merensky Library Room 2.24.2
>>> University of Pretoria
>>> 8 leti.kleyn at up.ac.za ) 012 420 3876
>>>
>>> <http://repository.up.ac.za/>
>>>
>>> >>> Michael Guthrie <michael at knowledgearc.com> 2016/09/16 12:12 PM >>>
>>>
>>> Hi Hilton, All
>>>
>>> And at the same time maintaining a close parallel to the main project,
>>> until such time as the main DSpace project comes up with a fix or solution.
>>>
>>> Then we can port the fix to the new 'official' solution when that does
>>> finally come around, but as we all know, DSpace roadmaps tend to be delayed
>>> indefinitely. If this is an issue for other folks, then I am sure they will
>>> welcome the patch. It would not be our intention to stray very far at all
>>> from the DSpace main project, and be able to merge back as soon as the
>>> commiter group either ratifies the solution, or come up with a new fix.
>>>
>>> Waiting on the Angular UI could literally take years. Considering there
>>> has been no activity on the project for over 3 months.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>> On Fri, Sep 16, 2016 at 10:34 AM, Hayden Young <hayden at knowledgearc.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Hilton
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Have you worked with other repos that require this fix? If we can get
>>>> it onto enough systems it is possible it would force DSpace to commit it to
>>>> the upstream git. Alternatively we just host a public git of the patched
>>>> code that people can use in their own projects.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>> Hayden
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 16/09/16 15:52, Gibson, Hilton <hgibson at sun.ac.za> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Hayden,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> What you are proposing is feasible in theory, however will the
>>>> community support your contribution.
>>>>
>>>> Community support is the only thing that ensures the long term
>>>> sustainability of an open source project.
>>>>
>>>> So if you can get community support for it, then got for it.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hilton Gibson
>>>> Stellenbosch University Library
>>>> http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X
>>>> <http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/%7Ehgibson/docs/cv/cv.html>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>> *From:* Hayden Young <hayden at knowledgearc.com>
>>>> *Sent:* 15 September 2016 07:16 PM
>>>> *To:* Gibson, Hilton <hgibson at sun.ac.za>; Leti Kleyn; Michael Guthrie
>>>> *Cc:* Hilda Kriel; Wandi Tobosi
>>>> *Subject:* Re: [IRTalk] Cloud hosting of open access services, using
>>>> open source software
>>>>
>>>> Hi Hilton
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the feedback.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I was thinking that even though the ORCID feature isn't implemented
>>>> properly it may be possible to apply a fix to at least get ORCID working
>>>> correctly in DSpace (I.e. work out the problem with the duplicate authors
>>>> and get it displaying the correct information even if a bit of a hack is
>>>> required).
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Therefore, I wanted to ask you whether it would be worth forking the
>>>> DSpace github and applying the changes to the 5.x branch? We could then
>>>> potentially push the changes back to the DSpace primary git and see if they
>>>> will release it via a 5.6 patch. The aim would be to make the ORCID fix
>>>> available to all 5.x repos.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hayden
>>>>
>>>> On 15/09/16 19:29, Gibson, Hilton <hgibson at sun.ac.za> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi All,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As mentioned the ORCID feature was badly implemented on DSpace 5.5.
>>>>
>>>> See:
>>>> http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Researcher_Identification/5.X/ORCID
>>>>
>>>> There has been talk of using the CRIS from CINCEA as the ORCID plugin
>>>> replacement.
>>>>
>>>> However all of this hinges on the successful deployment of the new web
>>>> user interface.
>>>>
>>>> See: https://github.com/DSpace-Labs/angular2-ui-prototype
>>>>
>>>> Once this is stable then it should be easy to add new functionality to
>>>> DSpace.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Cheers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> hg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hilton Gibson
>>>> Stellenbosch University Library
>>>> http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X
>>>> <http://staff.lib.sun.ac.za/%7Ehgibson/docs/cv/cv.html>
>>>> ------------------------------
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
*Hilton Gibson*
Stellenbosch University Library
*http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X
<http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X>*
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