Customizing the DSpace Manakin XML User Interface

By:

Bram Luyten & @mire colleagues

Description:

The DSpace XML user interface is based on Apache’s Cocoon framework, a framework built around the concepts of separation of concerns and component based development. During the bootcamp, @mire developers will provide a primer on customizing the DSpace interface, with concrete examples to allow hands-on coding. The envisioned outcome of this bootcamp is that participants get a good sense on “what goes where”: while customizations can be implemented in different ways, @mire’s developers will go deeper into the pro’s and cons of implementing on different layers.

Audience:

Systems librarians, developers, DSpace enthusiasts

Expertise:

notions of Java, XML, XSLT, CSS.

Programming experience:

Any previous experience with Java and DSpace will be very helpful.

Required:

A local installation of DSpace on the laptop that the participant will bring. This requires an apache Tomcat and PostgreSQL database.