The following features are disabled by default in TDL-hosted DSpace repositories but may be enabled by request.
  • Ability to assign Creative Commons licenses to Items during deposit.
  • Ability to attach embargoes to new item submissions that would automatically expire after a specified date
  • Replication Task Suite (available only to TDL Digital Preservation Service members): This set of tools packages items in Archival Information Packages and integrates with DuraCloud to enable long-term digital preservation of repository contents. See DSpace to DuraCloud in TDL DSpaces Digital Preservation of DSpace Content for more.
  • Public visibility of some Usage statistics (Information about downloads and views can be displayed per item/collection/community.)
  • Item Level Versioning. This feature lets you version Items within DSpace. This feature is still very new to DSpace.

Other permissible customizations

  • Changes to  Default item view may include updates to labels, and additions or removals of metadata fields that appear in this view
  • Changes to Discover search facets or Browse menu items available in sidebar menu (e.g. addition of metadata fields as browsing facets) (See Default Browse and Discover menus)
  • Updates, additions, or removal of metadata fields in submission workflow.