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Ponni
Ponni

Reputation: 43

Is it possible to add more metadata to a bitstream in DSpace, like author, publisher etc..?

Is it possible to add more metadata to a bit streams in DSpace, like author, publisher etc..?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 683

Answers (3)

filatko
filatko

Reputation: 41

Since DSpace 5 any DSpaceObject can have any metadata attached to it; at least in the sense that you don't have to add additional table columns (all will be stored in metadatavalue table).

So, technically, yes you can add metadata to bitstreams; but the shipped UI's don't expose the functionality, you'd have to add that yourself (or wait for DSpace 7).

Upvotes: 2

MartinW
MartinW

Reputation: 5041

If we are really talking about bitstreams and not items the answer is:

DSpace 6 and prior: No. The only metadata you can set for a bitstream in this versions of DSpace is Filename, Description and information on the file format.

DSpace 7: DSpace 7 allows you to define arbitrary metadata fields on a bitstream level, just like you can do on item level. In DSpace 7 you define those fields in submission-forms.xml.

Upvotes: 2

Mark Wood
Mark Wood

Reputation: 354

A user who has administrative privileges for an Item (usually inherited from its Collection during submission) should be able to browse to the Item and use the "Edit this item" link in the Context menu (on the right side of the page in the XMLUI Mirage theme).

If you need to edit many Items, you may wish to consider the batch metadata editing facility. See the DSpace documentation for details.

Upvotes: 1

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