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DSpace is an open source software platform that enables organisations to:

• capture and describe digital material using a submission workflow module, or a variety of programmatic ingest options

• distribute an organisation's digital assets over the web through a search and retrieval system

• preserve digital assets over the long term

This system documentation includes a functional overview of the system, which is a good introduction to the capabilities of the system, and should be readable by non-technical folk. Everyone should read this section first because it introduces some terminology used throughout the rest of the documentation.