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Web-based interface
1 makes it easy for a
submitter to create an
archival item by depositing
files. DSpace was designed
to handle any format from
simple text documents to
datasets and digital video.
Data files, also called
2 bitstreams, are
organized together into
related sets. Each bitstream
has a technical format and
other technical information.
This technical information is
kept with the bitstreams to
An item is an "archival
3 atom" consisting of
grouped, related content and
associated descriptions
(metadata). An item's exposed
metadata is indexed for
browsing and searching. Items
are organized into collections
of logically-related material.
A community is the
4 highest level of the
DSpace content hierarchy.
They correspond to parts
of the organization such
as departments, labs,
research centers or
schools.
DSpace's modular DSpace is committed to The end-user interface
5 architecture 6 going beyond reliable file 7 supports browsing and
allows for creation of preservation to offer functional searching the archives. Once an
large, multi-disciplinary preservation where files are item is located, Web-native
repositories that kept accessible as technology formatted files can be displayed in
ultimately can be formats, media, and paradigms a Web browser while other formats
expanded across evolve over time for as many can be downloaded and opened
institutional boundaries.
types of files as possible. with a suitable application program.

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