Confusion in defining Roles

[Chris Clawson]

I wish to create a new e-person account in a DSpace 6 web server, who will have the ability to edit or submit new metadata for existing items in collections I have given him access to. All of these edits I wish to keep pending, subject to approval of myself or another main Administrator.

Is this possible? Simple? How?

I know all of this can be pending approval for new items, but what about pending changes to existing ones?

[emilio lorenzo]

Hi, Chris

possible? May be

Simple  NO.. Editing archived items (i.e. existing items) can be done exclusively by administrator roles (to comply with preservation an security aspects) And metadata (or file) changes to  archived items do not depend of workflow or similar features.

Your specification could be quite difficult to implement.

Best

Emilio

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[Chris Clawson]

Well,

I appreciate the timing of the reply, but am not thrilled at the answer. Okay - Make version 7 great and soon! Thanks.

In this case, I guess I will create a web submission form, which will include the item URI and suggested edits. I will then take approved, submitted forms and create a batch metadata import and make the changes (myself) as administrator.

I get the impression that DSpace is best partnered with a traditional website, which presents the curated galleries and mission activities. Linking the DSpace server with a companion Wordpress website will be able to facilitate this kind of feature, in some acceptable way. I look forward to a production release of DSpace 7 and wouldn't want a distraction over this issue.