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 Original author(s) MIT and HP Labs
feature overlap with content management Developer(s) DuraSpace (parent company:
systems and document management systems,
Lyrasis[1])
the DSpace repository software serves a
specific need as a digital archives system, Initial release November 2002
focused on the long-term storage, access and Stable release 7.6[2] / 23 June 2023
preservation of digital content. The optional
Repository https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace
DSpace registry lists almost three thousand
repositories all over the world.[3] Written in Java
Type Institutional repository software
History License BSD licence
Website duraspace.org/dspace/ (https://dur
The first public version of DSpace was aspace.org/dspace/)
released in November 2002, as a joint effort
between developers from MIT and HP Labs.[4]
Following the first user group meeting in March 2004, a group of interested institutions formed the DSpace
Federation,[5] 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.[6] In
July 2007 as the DSpace user community grew larger, HP and MIT jointly formed the DSpace
Foundation,[7] 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.[8] 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.[9]
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.[10]

Features
Some most important features of DSpace are as follows.[11]

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[12]
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[13]

Operating systems
DSpace software runs on Linux, Solaris, Unix, Ubuntu and Windows. It can also be installed on OS X (htt
ps://wiki.duraspace.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=55904164).[14] Linux is by far the most common
OS for DSpace.[15]

Notable DSpace repositories

The World Bank - Open Knowledge Repository[16]
Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository[17]
Digital Access to Scholarship at Harvard[18]
DSpace@MIT[19]
Spiral - Imperial College London Repository[20]
WHO Institutional Repository for Information Sharing[21]

A full list of institutional repositories using DSpace software as well as others is available via the Registry
of Open Access Repositories (ROAR)[22] and at the DuraSpace Registry.[23]

See also
Digital library
DuraCloud
Institutional repository
Fedora Commons
SWORD
DSpace Alternatives Free and Open Source Software
OPUS (software)
Islandora
Samvera
Omeka
EPrints
Invenio
Zenodo
 CKAN

References
1. Morris, Carol Minton (July 9, 2019). "LYRASIS and DuraSpace Complete Merger–Members
and Community Benefit" (https://duraspace.org/lyrasis-and-duraspace-complete-merger-me
mbers-and-community-benefit/). Duraspace.org.
2. "Release 7.6" (https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/releases/tag/dspace-7.6). 23 June 2023.
Retrieved 1 July 2023.
3. "DuraSpace Registry" (https://duraspace.org/registry/). Duraspace.org.
4. "DSpace: An Open Source Dynamic Digital Repository" (http://www.dlib.org/dlib/january03/s
mith/01smith.html), D-Lib Magazine, January 2003.
5. Final Report on the Initial Development of the DSpace Federation (http://msc.mellon.org/res
earch-reports/DSpace%20Federation.pdf) (PDF) (research report), Mellon, June 2004.
6. DSpace Committer Group (https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DspaceContributors)
(wiki), Duraspace.
7. DSpace Foundation (http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2007/070717a.html) (press
release), Hewlett‐Packard.
8. "DuraSpace", OAI implementers (http://www.openarchives.org/pipermail/oai-implementers/2
009-May/001932.html) (mailing list) (press release), Open archives, May 2009.
9. "DSpace Under the Hood: How DSpace works", Open Repositories (https://web.archive.org/
web/20151208034524/http://biecoll.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/frontdoor.php?source_opus=5124&l
a=en) (conference), DE: Uni Bielefeld, 2010, archived from the original (http://biecoll.ub.uni-
bielefeld.de/frontdoor.php?source_opus=5124&la=en) on 2015-12-08, retrieved 2012-06-12.
10. DSpace Discovery: Unifying DSpace Search and Browse with Solr (https://web.archive.org/
web/20131204063653/http://biecoll.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/frontdoor.php?source_opus=5167&l
a=en), DE: Uni Bielefeld, archived from the original (http://biecoll.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/frontdoo
r.php?source_opus=5167&la=en) on 2013-12-04, retrieved 2012-06-12.
11. "Functional Overview - DSpace 6.x Documentation - LYRASIS Wiki" (https://wiki.lyrasis.org/
display/DSDOC6x/Functional+Overview). wiki.lyrasis.org.
12. "dspace-xmlui-lang/src/main/webapp/i18n at main · DSpace/dspace-xmlui-lang" (https://gith
ub.com/DSpace/dspace-xmlui-lang). GitHub.
13. EIFL. "Enrich your DSpace repository with customized tools" (https://www.eifl.net/events/we
binar-enrich-your-dspace-repository-customized-tools). www.eifl.net. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
14. "DSpace User Registry | DuraSpace" (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). registry.duraspace.org. Retrieved 2017-03-01.
15. EIFL. "Expert tips for setting up and managing a DSpace repository" (https://eifl.net/news/ex
pert-tips-setting-and-managing-dspace-repository). eifl.net. Retrieved 2020-04-25.
16. "Open Knowledge Repository" (https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/). Open Knowledge
Repository.
17. Apollo (https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/)
18. "DASH Home" (https://dash.harvard.edu/). dash.harvard.edu.
19. "DSpace@MIT Home" (https://dspace.mit.edu/). dspace.mit.edu.
20. "Spiral: Home" (https://spiral.imperial.ac.uk/index.jsp). spiral.imperial.ac.uk. Retrieved
2018-11-27.
21. "IRIS Home" (http://apps.who.int/iris/). apps.who.int.
22. "Software matches any of "DSpace" - Registry of Open Access Repositories" (http://roar.epri
nts.org/cgi/roar_search/advanced?location_country=&software=dspace&type=&order=-recor
dcount/-date). roar.eprints.org. Retrieved 2018-11-27.
23. "DuraSpace Registry" (https://duraspace.org/registry/). Duraspace.org. 2020-05-05.
Retrieved 2020-10-22.

External links
DSpace (https://duraspace.org/dspace/) – official site

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