DRMC

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Next DRMC Meeting

Issues, Problems, & Progress

Date Searching
    Issue: Date Search is "By Date Issued".  DRMC members request the search be off of the date created field
        Problem - Inconsistent metadata across collections
        
        Progress -
        Problem - Standard entry of circa dates, date ranges, before year 0, need researched
                Progress -
 
Batch Import Modification    
    Want to apply zoomify to collections that were ingested prior to zoomify solution
        Problem - error occuring, system wants to replace handle. 
        More info here http://jira.dspace.org/jira/browse/DS-110
 
Batch Metadata Editing
    Administrators want to have the ability to globally change metadata records
        Problem - cannot be done remotely
        High priority for DSpace 1.6: http://wiki.dspace.org/index.php/Batch_Metadata_Editing_Feature
 
Bulk Ingestion
    Administrators want to upload materials remotely
        Problem - Security issues
        It is important for the DRMC to test remote administration with Amazon's EC2.
 
Repeating Fields
    Administrators want drop boxes or the ability to repeat fields in single item load.
        Problem - Fields like OhioLINK institution have to be keyed or cut and pasted for every item in collection.  Even though they are the same for every item in the collection.
 
Creative Commons
    Display issue, relative links don't keep proper language display settings
    Difficult to add CC after item is ingested, does not display