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Research options for storing permission files in DSpace #775

Closed alawvt closed 2 years ago

alawvt commented 2 years ago

As needed, we have permission files to host copyrighted content. Please research options to store permission files in DSpace. Ideally the files would not be indexed nor seen by the public.

The easiest way to NOT display permission files is to load them to a bundle other than ORIGINAL. We could create a new bundle, e.g. PERMISSION or use an existing bundle, LICENSE or METADATA. (SWORD, CC-LICENSE, MOVIE_POSTER seem even further from the mark.) Files in these bundles are excluded from the file lists in Simple or Full Item views. Also, a text file is not created from files in these bundles, so they are not indexed. However, when a bitstream is added to any bundle, it is given an Anonymous READ policy by default. We might want to consider changing this to Administrator READ.

In contrast, if a bitstream is added to the ORIGINAL bundle, the file is added to the file lists in Simple or Full Item views. A text file is generated and the item is indexed. Even if the bitstream has a READ policy of Administrator, all users are able to search for terms in the index for this bitstream.

alawvt commented 2 years ago

We will use the LICENCE bundle to store permission files.