tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848943843202027955.post7244947286387893377..comments2007-11-01T20:26:31.753+10:00Comments on AANRO Repository Evaluation: Collections considered ...Peter Seftonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12434589779730690418noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848943843202027955.post-23521358172318090222007-10-18T16:13:00.000+10:002007-10-18T16:13:00.000+10:00Some comments about your dot points for reasons "a...Some comments about your dot points for reasons "against hard collections"<BR/><BR/>- 1) the use of collection is never tied to any particular repository (at least not in our way). As far as Fedora is concerned, the collection information is just metadata for that object. If a different GUI wants to make use of that metadata for tree-view display or access control etc... then that's great. If it wants to ignore it, then that is also ok. It doesn't tie you into any particular repository system. I would imagine a Fedora object created in Muradora with a RELS-EXT datastream can still be used by something like Fez. If Fez needs that information to be transformed to its "collection" metadata information, then that should be ok too since the metadata schema is freely available. The tie-in problem only occurs if the metadata is proprietary. <BR/><BR/>2) Again this depends on your requirements. If your system needs better access control (and I don't just mean public access), then not having hard collections means managing access control would be a nightmare. If you don't need such extensive access control, then you really don't need the hard collection and can get away with using smart-folders (which Muradora has).<BR/><BR/>4) In my opinion, the main reason why you would use hard collection is to have extensive access control mechanisms for your system, ie. the ability to say certain people or groups/roles being able to do certain things to collections, objects and datastreams. Without hard collections, managing these access control requirements would be very difficult. So if you don't need extensive access control, then you can just live away with "smart folders".Chi Nguyenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08846736030805198247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848943843202027955.post-20659032560223052692007-10-18T16:08:00.000+10:002007-10-18T16:08:00.000+10:00Hi Peter,Collections are now optional in the lates...Hi Peter,<BR/><BR/>Collections are now optional in the latest Fez SVN trunk commit.<BR/><BR/>http://dev-repo.library.uq.edu.au/websvn/listing.php?repname=fez&path=%2F&rev=1098&sc=1<BR/><BR/>An example of one AANRO objects I tested this with is here: https://vmdev-repo.library.uq.edu.au/view.php?pid=UQ:46192<BR/><BR/>I'll wait until Saturday to update the fez demo site with this functionality.<BR/><BR/>Matt's blog entry is worthy of some thought and I tend to agree with his idea.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/><BR/>Christiaan Kortekaas<BR/>Lead Fez DeveloperChristiaan Kortekaashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07994278698366889137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848943843202027955.post-91734054391256172292007-10-18T10:48:00.000+10:002007-10-18T10:48:00.000+10:00I've replied on my blogI've replied on <A HREF="http://blogs.library.uq.edu.au/ms/2007/10/18/collections-considered/" REL="nofollow">my blog</A>matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493879854369393089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6848943843202027955.post-64543880833588248832007-10-18T10:47:00.000+10:002007-10-18T10:47:00.000+10:00This comment has been removed by the author.matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493879854369393089noreply@blogger.com