DSpace

{{Infobox software

| title =

| name = DSpace

| logo = DSpace-logo.png

| author = MIT and HP Labs

| developer = The DSpace Program (parent organization: Lyrasis{{Cite web|url=https://lyrasisnow.org/press-release-lyrasis-and-duraspace-complete-merger/|title=LYRASIS and DuraSpace Complete Merger–Members and Community Benefit|first=Carol Minton|last=Morris|date=July 9, 2019|website=Lyrasisnow.org}})

| released = November 2002

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|P348}}

| latest release date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}}

| programming language = Java

| genre = Institutional repository software

| license = BSD licence

| website = {{URL|https://dspace.org}}

| repo = https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace

}}

DSpace is an open source repository software package typically used for creating open access repositories for scholarly and/or published digital content. While DSpace shares some feature overlap with content management systems and document management systems, the DSpace repository software serves a specific need as a digital archives system, focused on the long-term storage, access and preservation of digital content. The optional DSpace registry lists more than three thousand repositories all over the world.{{Cite web |title=DSpace Registry |url=https://dspace.org/registry/ |website=DSpace.org}}

History

The first public version of DSpace was released in November 2002, as a joint effort between developers from MIT and HP Labs.{{Citation | url = http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january03/smith/01smith.html | title = DSpace: An Open Source Dynamic Digital Repository | newspaper = D-Lib Magazine |date=January 2003}}. Following the first user group meeting in March 2004, a group of interested institutions formed the DSpace Federation,{{Citation |title=Final Report on the Initial Development of the DSpace Federation |date=June 2004 |type=research report |url=http://msc.mellon.org/research-reports/DSpace%20Federation.pdf |url-status=dead |publisher=Mellon}}. which determined the governance of future software development by adopting the Apache Foundation's community development model as well as establishing the DSpace Committer Group.{{Citation | url = https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DspaceContributors | title = DSpace Committer Group | publisher = Duraspace | format = wiki}}. In July 2007 as the DSpace user community grew larger, HP and MIT jointly formed the DSpace Foundation,{{Citation |last=Donoghue |first=Andrew |title=CNET - Your Guide To A Better Future |date=July 18, 2007 |type=news article |url=https://www.cnet.com/tech/tech-industry/hp-mit-bolster-dspace-open-source-archives/ |publisher=CNET}}. a not-for-profit organization that provided leadership and support. In May 2009 collaboration on related projects and growing synergies between the DSpace Foundation and the Fedora Commons organization led to the joining of the two organizations to pursue their common mission in a not-for-profit called DuraSpace.{{Citation | url = http://www.openarchives.org/pipermail/oai-implementers/2009-May/001932.html | title = OAI implementers | contribution = DuraSpace | type = press release | publisher = Open archives |date=May 2009 | format = mailing list}}. DuraSpace and LYRASIS merged in July 2019. Currently the DSpace software and user community receives leadership and guidance from LYRASIS.

Technology

DSpace is constructed with Java web applications, many programs, and an associated metadata store. The web applications provide interfaces for administration, deposit, ingest, search, and access. The asset store is maintained on a file system or similar storage system. The metadata, including access and configuration information, is stored in a relational database and supports the use of PostgreSQL and Oracle database.{{Citation | place = DE | publisher = Uni Bielefeld | url = http://biecoll.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/frontdoor.php?source_opus=5124&la=en | contribution = DSpace Under the Hood: How DSpace works | title = Open Repositories | year = 2010 | type = conference | access-date = 2012-06-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208034524/http://biecoll.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/frontdoor.php?source_opus=5124&la=en | archive-date = 2015-12-08 | url-status = dead }}. DSpace holdings are made available primarily via a web interface. More recent versions of DSpace also support faceted search and browse functionality using Apache Solr.{{Citation |title=DSpace Discovery: Unifying DSpace Search and Browse with Solr |url=https://biecoll.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/index.php/or/article/view/71 |access-date=2012-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131204063653/http://biecoll.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/frontdoor.php?source_opus=5167&la=en |archive-date=2013-12-04 |url-status=dead |place=DE |publisher=Uni Bielefeld}}.

Features

Some most important features of DSpace are as follows.{{Cite web|url=https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC8x/Functional+Overview|title=Functional Overview - DSpace 8.x Documentation - LYRASIS Wiki|website=wiki.lyrasis.org}}

Free open source software
Completely customizable to fit user needs
Manage and preserve all format of digital content (PDF, Word, JPEG, MPEG, TIFF files)
Apache SOLR based search for metadata and full text contents
UTF-8 Support
Interface available in 22 languages{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-xmlui-lang|title=dspace-xmlui-lang/src/main/webapp/i18n at main · DSpace/dspace-xmlui-lang|website=GitHub}}
Granular group based access control, allowing setting permissions down to the level of individual files
Optimized for Google Scholar indexing
Integration with BASE, CORE, OpenAIRE, Unpaywall and WorldCat{{cite web|accessdate=2020-04-25|title=Enrich your DSpace repository with customized tools |author= EIFL|url=https://www.eifl.net/events/webinar-enrich-your-dspace-repository-customized-tools|website=www.eifl.net}}

Operating systems

DSpace software runs on Linux, Solaris, Unix, Ubuntu and Windows. It can also be installed on [https://wiki.duraspace.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=55904164 OS X].{{Cite web|url=http://registry.duraspace.org/registry/dspace?f%5B0%5D=field_country:united%20states&f%5B1%5D=field_institution_type:academic&order=field_country&sort=desc|title=DSpace User Registry {{!}} DuraSpace|website=registry.duraspace.org|access-date=2017-03-01|archive-date=2016-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306024707/http://registry.duraspace.org/registry/dspace?f%5B0%5D=field_country:united%20states&f%5B1%5D=field_institution_type:academic&order=field_country&sort=desc|url-status=dead}}

Linux is by far the most common OS for DSpace.{{cite web|accessdate=2020-04-25|title=Expert tips for setting up and managing a DSpace repository | author=EIFL|url=https://eifl.net/news/expert-tips-setting-and-managing-dspace-repository|website=eifl.net}}

Notable DSpace repositories

The World Bank - Open Knowledge Repository{{Cite web|url=https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/|title=Open Knowledge Repository|website=Open Knowledge Repository}}
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository[https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/ Apollo]
Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard{{Cite web|url=https://dash.harvard.edu/|title=DASH Home|website=dash.harvard.edu}}
DSpace@MIT{{Cite web|url=https://dspace.mit.edu/|title=DSpace@MIT Home|website=dspace.mit.edu}}
Spiral - Imperial College London Repository{{Cite web |title=Spiral: Home |url=https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/home |access-date=2018-11-27 |website=spiral.imperial.ac.uk}}
WHO Institutional Repository for Information Sharing{{Cite web|url=http://apps.who.int/iris/|title=IRIS Home|website=apps.who.int}}

A full list of institutional repositories using DSpace software as well as others is available via the Registry of Open Access Repositories (ROAR){{Cite web|url=http://roar.eprints.org/cgi/roar_search/advanced?location_country=&software=dspace&type=&order=-recordcount/-date|title=Software matches any of "DSpace" - Registry of Open Access Repositories|website=roar.eprints.org|access-date=2018-11-27}} and at the DSpace Registry.{{cite web |date=2024-10-05 |title=DSpace Registry |url=https://dspace.org/registry/ |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=DSpace.org}}