Roadmap

Roadmap

Version number of the DSpace-CRIS module will refers to the DSpace version against which it is build. The first open source release of DSpace-CRIS will be based on DSpace 1.8.2. Below the detailed release plan that cover all the features that will be contribute back from The HKU Scholars HUB project

2012 November

1.8.2.0-alpha

1. Management of the 1st level CRIS entities: Researcher Profiles, Projects, Organization Units

• Administrative UI for data model definition using the JDynA framework
• Detail page for any entity organized in Tab and Box themed with JQuery UI
• Faceting Search using the DSpace Discovery 3.0 configuration
• Customizable Browse indexes using a backport of the SOLR Browse DSpace 3.0 contribution

2. Basic integration of DSpace-CRIS entities with publications (DSpace Item):

• CRIS entities as authority for Item metadata
• list of referencing DSpace Items in the detail page of the CRIS entities

1.8.2.0-beta

1. bug fixing of the alpha release

2. Data Model

• ability to define new object types via UI to manage 2nd level CRIS entities: prize, equipment, laboratory shared and linked to one or more 1st or 2nd level CRIS entities

3. Usage Statistics

• CRIS entity detail page visit
• Top items view & download referencing the CRIS entity
• email and RSS alerts

4. PubMed Article level metrics

• cited-by count in the item page
• number of pubmed articles for researcher
• total citations in pubmed for researcher (only items in DSpace will be counted)

5. Integration with DSpace

• ability to hide publications in the researcher profile
• make a list of selected publications
• claim/disclaim previous published publications

2012 December

1.8.2.0

1. bug fixing of the beta release

2013 January

3.0.0-alpha

1. upgrade of the 1.8.2.0 to DSpace 3.x

1.8.2.1

1. bug fixing

2. Interoperability

• SOAP WebServices for READ-ONLY access to CRIS information
• Import/Export CRIS entities in XML

3. Network visualization and analysis

2013 February

3.0.0-beta

1. bug fixing

2. upgrade of the 1.8.2.1 to DSpace 3.x

2013 February/March

3.0.0

1. bug fixing