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

Thu Sep 22 13:19:05 SAST 2016

Hi Leti,

In addition there is: https://www.givengain.com

Cheers

hg

On Thu, 22 Sep 2016 at 13:23 Hilton Gibson <hilton.gibson at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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>*
>
-- 
*Hilton Gibson*
Stellenbosch University Library
*http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X
<http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2992-208X>*
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