Features and Tests for DSPACE 9¶
Journal Tests¶
Import Journal, Volume, and Issue with Relationships¶
Journal Entities are currently used for several collections in OakTrust. We need to test import:
Import Title with no relationships.
Import Volume adding relationships to Title.
Import Issue adding relationships to Volume.
Import Article adding relationships to Issue.
According to Nick at TDL, sorting of Articles should be better than in 7.
Test sort order of articles in an issue.
Feature Tests¶
Feature tests are influnenced by the feature and tests document we created earlier this summer.
Integration & Metadata Enrichment¶
OpenAIRE Data Correction¶
OpenAIRE Data Correction <https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSDOC8x/OpenAIRE+Integration>`_: this feature provides a basic integration with the OpenAIRE Content Provider Dashboard via the Notification Broker. It allows repositories who have subscribed to the OpenAIRE Notification Broker to import JSON data from OpenAIRE in order to enhance or correct the metadata of Items in the repository. (Made possible thanks to the OpenAIRE Call Innovation funded project “Enrich local data via the OpenAIRE Graph” awarded to 4Science.)
Tests
Test subscription to the OpenAIRE Notification Broker.
Import JSON data and confirm metadata corrections appear in the repository.
Validate that corrections don’t overwrite local edits unexpectedly.
OpenAIRE Publication Claim¶
OpenAIRE Publication Claim: OpenAIRE Publication Claim: this feature provides a closer integration between DSpace and the OpenAIRE Publication REST API. It allows DSpace to import possible publications from OpenAIRE for users having a Researcher Profile in DSpace. (Made possible thanks to the OpenAIRE Call Innovation funded project “Enrich local data via the OpenAIRE Graph” awarded to 4Science.
Tests
Log in with a Researcher Profile.
Trigger publication import from OpenAIRE.
Verify correct association of publications to user profile.
OpenAlex Integration (DSpace 9)¶
OpenAlex integration: DSpace now supports importing content (via MyDSpace) from OpenAlex.org. The DSpace Publication Claim feature also now supports importing Publications related to a Researcher Profiles, provided that the profile has an OpenAlex ID. (Donated by 4Science and University of Cambridge with additional funding from the Vietsch Foundation)
Tests
Import content into MyDSpace from OpenAlex.
Verify integration of OpenAlex IDs with Researcher Profiles.
DOI Import (Crossref or DataCite)¶
Import via DOI searches multiple sources at once (CrossRef, DataCite) (Donated by University of Bamberg)
Tests
Perform DOI-based import.
Confirm metadata from both sources is retrieved and merged correctly.
External Source Lookup (Relationships tab)¶
Lookup via external sources from the Edit Item page (Relationship tab): When editing an Entity, on the “Relationships” tab you can now click the “+Add” button to lookup and import related entities from supported external sources. (Donated by Atmire)
Tests
Use “+Add” to find and import related entities.
Confirm correct linking and metadata import.
Submission and Item Management¶
Duplicate Detection in Submission/Workflow¶
Basic Duplicate Detection in submission and workflow: this feature introduces basic duplicate detection into DSpace submission and workflow, using Solr’s ability to search by levenshtein distance (Developed by The Library Code with support of TU Berlin, FHNW and ZHAW.)
Tests
Submit an Item with metadata close to an existing one.
Verify duplicate warning appears.
Primary Bitstream Management¶
Improved “Primary Bitstream” management: Submitters can now define if a bitstream is a “primary” bitstream directly on the submission page after a file has been uploaded. On the Item page, the primary bitstream now has a badge. (Developed by 4Science, funded by the University of California - California Digital Library)
Tests
Upload multiple files during submission.
Mark one as primary and check for badge on Item page.
Withdraw/Reinstate Request¶
Request Withdrawal or Reinstatement: Optionally, all logged-in users are able to request that a specific Item be withdrawn or reinstated using the new DSpace Quality Assurance tool (Donated by 4Science, partially funded by University of California - California Digital Liberary)
Tests
Logged-in user requests withdrawal.
Admin reviews/approves request.
Same test for reinstatement.
Embargo Badge Display (DSPACE 9)¶
Embargo release dates for embargoed files are now displayed on the Item page. The user interface includes a new “showAccessStatuses” configuration for bitstreams on the Item page. When enabled, all embargoed files will display a badge (on the Item page) which contains the date the embargo expires. (Donated by Université Laval)
Tests
Add embargoed file.
Check that Item page displays embargo expiry badge.
User Accounts & Authentication¶
ORCID Login Flow (DSpace 9)¶
ORCID Login flow is improved. Users logging in via ORCID can now merge their ORCID login with an existing DSpace login. Users can also login via ORCID without sharing their email from their ORCID account to DSpace. (Donated by 4Science and Lyrasis with additional funding from ORCID’s Global Participation Fund)
Tests
Login with ORCID and merge with existing account.
Test login without sharing email.
Notifications and Interoperability
ORCID Sync & Revoke (8.1 fixes)¶
ORCID integration fixes that were funded by the ORCID Global Participation Fund and built by 4Science. These include ORCID synchronization fixes, revoking of ORCID tokens, and display of ORCID icons next to authors.
Tests
Sync publications with ORCID.
Revoke ORCID token and check behavior.
Notifications & Interoperability¶
COAR Notify Protocol¶
COAR Notify Protocol: DSpace now supports the COAR Notify Protocol for sending & receiving Linked Data Notifications (LDN) messages from external systems. DSpace is able to register external LDN services to send or receive messages from. This allows users to request review/endorsement from an external service (supporting COAR Notify) during the Item submission process. It also allows these external services to send event notifications into DSpace’s Quality Assurance tool. (Donated by COAR and 4Science)
Tests
Register external LDN service.
Send review request during submission.
Receive inbound notification into QA tool.
Request a Copy (DSpace 9)¶
Request a Copy now supports sending a secure download link for larger files. Files under a (configurable) size threshold are still attached in requests. But, larger files now send a secure (auto-expiring) link to allow the requester to download the file. ALTCHA captcha protection is also now supported for Request a Copy. (Built by The Library Code, funded by Technische Universität Berlin)
Tests
Request file under size threshold → confirm attachment.
Request larger file → confirm secure download link.
Validate ALTCHA captcha protection.
Administration & Reporting¶
Processes Page Organization¶
“Processes” page has been reorganized: To simplify process management through the Administrator UI, the “Processes Overview” page has been restructured to group processes into separate sections for “running”, “scheduled”, “completed” and “failed”. These sections update automatically. (Donated by Atmire)
Tests
Run/schedule/complete/fail processes.
Verify automatic grouping and refresh.
Administrator Reports (beta)¶
Administrator Reports (beta): The beta release of the Administrator Reports provides the ability to run the reports and display the results in the User Interface (similar to the “DSpace REST Quality Control Reports” from version 6.x). (Donated by Université Laval)
Tests
Run reports from Admin UI.
Confirm correct data display.
Health Page SEO Report (DSpace 9)¶
Health page now includes an “SEO” validation check. A basic check of your DSpace site’s Search Engine Optimization is now available on your Health page (/health) in the Admin sidebar. This SEO report checks that your sitemap is visible, your robots.txt is visible and that you have SSR (Server Side Rendering) enabled. (Donated by Atmire)
Tests
Visit
/health.Check sitemap, robots.txt, SSR status validation.
Performance & Stability (8.1)¶
SSR Behavior¶
Angular Server Side Rendering (SSR) has been updated to attempt to reduce the CPU/memory necessary for managing bot traffic
SSR is now only performed for paths in the sitemap by default. (Donated by Vitor Silverio and Alan Orth)
SSR is no longer performed for the search and browse components. This ensures that embedded searches/browses on Community, Collection, or Item (Entity) pages are not triggered by search engine crawlers or bots. (Donated by 4Science)
Optionally, sites may configure SSR to occur via a separate, private/localhost REST API URL. This may provide performance benefits as it allows SSR processing to bypass DNS lookup. (Donated by 4Science)
Tests
Confirm SSR runs only for sitemap paths.
Verify no SSR on search/browse components.
Large Dataset Handling¶
Ensure components are not sending requests for large sets of data (Donated by 4Science)
Tests
Browse/search large sets.
Ensure no unnecessary requests or slowdowns.
Group Caching¶
Improve performance of Group caching to better support sites with many Groups. (Donated by Alfeu U. Tavares)
Tests
Load workflows with many groups.
Measure load time improvement.
Reindex OAI-PMH¶
Reduced memory usage OAI-PMH full reindex (Donated by Toni Prieto)
Tests
Run full reindex and check memory usage.
Accessibility & Usability¶
Screen Reader Support¶
An invisible ARIA “live region” now exists which can communicate notifications and page changes to screen readers (Donated by Atmire)
All disabled buttons in DSpace are now accessible to users using a screen reader. (Donated by Atmire)
Controlled Vocabulary tree-view has improved support for keyboard navigation and screen readers (Donated by Neki-it)
Accessibility fixes/improvements were made to improve keyboard navigation, screen reader access, small screen display, etc.
Tests
Verify ARIA live region announcements.
Check disabled buttons and controlled vocab tree navigation.
Accessibility Settings (DSpace 9)¶
Accessibility settings customizable by users: notification timeouts, ARIA live region durations
Accessibility Settings can be customized by users. Basic accessibility settings like Notification (popup) timeouts and ARIA Live Region timeouts can now be customized by each user of your site via the “Accessibility Settings” link in the footer. This allows users more control over how long confirmation and error messages are displayed. (Donated by Atmire)
Accessibility fixes/improvements were made to improve keyboard navigation, screen reader access, small screen display, etc.
Tests
Adjust notification/ARIA timeouts in user preferences.
Verify changes persist across sessions.