SUNScholar/Versioning

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Please note: This feature was released with DSpace version 3.2 and therefore not fully tried and tested.

You apply this feature at your own risk.

Step 1 - Enable versioning with the XMLUI

Edit the following file:

nano /home/dspace/source/dspace/config/xmlui.xconf

And enable versioning for the XMLUI. See example below.

        <!-- =====================
             Item Level Versioning 
            =====================
        -->
        <!-- To enable Item Level Versioning features, uncomment this aspect.
             This is currently disabled by default because of two known issues:
             DS-1382 and DS-1349. Please, review them to see whether they apply
             to you before enabling versioning.
        -->
             <aspect name="Versioning Aspect" path="resource://aspects/Versioning/" />

Step 2 - Setup permissions

Edit the following file:

nano /home/dspace/source/dspace/config/modules/versioning.cfg

And enable permissions. See example below.

# Control if the history overview of an item should only be shown to administrators
# If enabled only the administrators for the item will be able to view the versioning history
# If disabled anyone with READ permissions on the item will be able to view the versioning history
item.history.view.admin=false

Step 3 - Rebuild DSpace

• http://wiki.lib.sun.ac.za/index.php/SUNScholar/Rebuild_DSpace

Customisation

Edit the following files to customise versioning.

nano /home/dspace/source/dspace/config/spring/api/versioning-service.xml

References

• https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC4x/Item+Level+Versioning
• https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSDOC3x/Item+Level+Versioning