Newly created Collections on my 7.6.1 instance not assigned a Permanent URI

[Nason Bimbe]

Hello,
I have noticed that when I create a Collection, Permanent URI with a Handle is not created for the collection. I am not seeing any errors in the log files and checking in the database, the handle is empty for the Collection, yet I am able to add items to the Collection.

Has anyone seen or experienced such behaviour or have an idea what is going here and how to resolve the problem?

Thanks,
Nason

[Nason Bimbe]

Any help on this please?

I am trying to use a custom form for new collections via
<name-map collection-handle="123456789/7" submission-name="myForm" />
and without the Handle, it is a challenge. We are not using Entities.

Nason

[DSpace Community]

Hi Nason,

This sort of behavior isn't reproducible on our demo site (demo.dspace.org) or sandbox site (sandbox.dspace.org), so I think we'd need more information.  All Communities & Collections should be assigned Handles automatically, and the Handle will be displayed on the Community/Collection homepage where it says "Permanent URI for this community/collection". You can see an example on our demo site: https://demo.dspace.org/collections/82e086f1-a26b-4d39-b7ca-78abc507f539

If this is *not* working for you, then my best guess is there must be an error occurring whenever you create a new Community/Collection which is somehow blocking the handle creation.  I'd recommend trying to create a new Community or Collection while following our Troubleshooting Guide and trying to look for an error message.  https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/Troubleshoot+an+error#Troubleshootanerror-DSpace7.x(orabove)

Good luck,

Tim

[Bill Tantzen]

Nason,

Does this apply to your configuration?

https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/9709

Regards,

~~Bill

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[Nason Bimbe]

Hi Bill,

Yes , I am using VersionedHandleIdentifierProviderWithCanonicalHandles in identifier-service.xml so this should explain what I am seeing.

Is there a fix I can use?

Thanks,

Nason 

[DSpace Community]

Hi Nason,

The fix for 7.6.x is in this PR https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/10241

The fix for 8.x is in this separate PR: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/pull/10240

Thanks Bill for pointing out the fix already was available in PRs.  I was able to find time to test these PRs today and found they worked for me.  So, they've been merged, and the fix will be made available in 7.6.4, 8.2 and 9.0.   9.0 is due in late May, and 7.6.4 and 8.2 should hopefully be released shortly after that (June or July).

Tim

[Nason Bimbe]

Thank Bill and Tim - this is very helpful.

Regards,

Nason

[Nason Bimbe]

Hi Bill and Tim,
While waiting to get the fix installed, we have Collections that have already been created with Handles and contain items. Do you know a process I can use to add Handles to these Collections?

Thanks,
Nason

[Jorge Gustavo Spertino]

Hello everyone,
Hello Nason,

Two questions:
If you export the metadata for the problematic collection A:
Does the second column (B) of the CSV exist under the name "Collection" and is it empty in all its rows? Or does the "Collection" column not exist?

Second question, and I apologize if you had mentioned it:
Do all the collections you've created NOT have a handle? I assume you're always experiencing the problem with the collections. Because if you can create new collections without this problem, from my point of view, you have the solution within reach by moving the items from a problematic collection to a non-problematic one.

Best regards,
Jorge

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[Nason Bimbe]

Hi Jorge,

Thank you for the suggestions. I think we will have to move the items to 'non problematic collections' once created after we have either added the fix or upgrade to 7.6.4 when it is released.

Regards,

Nason