Mapping/linking of same bitstream to multiple items in diffrent collections

[Salony Permanand]

Hello All,

I am using DSPACE 7.6 version

I want to know that is it possible to link same bitstream to different item so that I don't need to upload same file again and again and multiple items will be able to use/view/ download same file whenever needed.

Any help will be highly appreciated.

Thanks and Regards

[DSpace Technical Support]

Hi,

Currently, this is not possible to do via the User Interface or REST API.   So, it would require custom code on both the backend and frontend to support linking a Bitstream to multiple Items.  This is not an easy task unfortunately.  You'd likely need to add a new REST endpoint to link bitstreams into multiple bundles, similar to these: https://github.com/DSpace/RestContract/blob/main/bitstreams.md#bundle   Then you'd have to create a new interface/page which could call that endpoint.  I cannot provide any more specific advice than that, as it's not simple.

Tim