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The authorizations GUI interface presents item, bundle and bitstream policies. What is the effect of bundle READ policies in DSpace?

I tested the functionality and could not observe any effect in changing or removing the bundle READ policy:

  • Having a more restrictive bundle policy than bitstream policy does not lock down the bitstream further,
  • having a more permissive bundle policy than bitstream policy does not give more open access to the bitstream,
  • the bundle policy does not effect the bitstream access in absence of a bitstream policy,
  • all bitstreams are still listed in absence of a bundle policy.

So what is the bundle READ policy's purpose and why does it appear in the authorizations GUI interface?

MartinW
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I got the hint on DSpace's Slack and could verify in DSpace source, that in some cases, a newly added bitstream is given a policy with the same access rights than its bundle's READ policy upon upload.

In other cases, e.g. when installing a new item, the DEFAULT_BITSTREAM_READ policy of an item's collection serves this purpose.

MartinW
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