Abstract:
DSpace facilitates Qualified Dublin Core. There have been attempts to extend DSpace ability to host other metadata schemes e.g. electronic theses and dissertations like Tapir. However, the user community has often expressed the requirement for other metadata formats like VRA core, IMS LOM etc. Support for many metadata formats will greatly enhance the use of DSpace and the type of resources that could be preserved using DSpace. Since version (1.2.2), DSpace comes with much needed input forms with which one can define ones own submission forms. This feature provides additional ability of adding any metadata format to DSpace, in addition to existing Qualified Dublin Core. This papers attempts to provide guidelines for modifying DSpace files to accommodate additional metadata formats like IMS-LOM.
