# Difference vanilla DSpace v7 and CLARIN-DSpace v7

**URL:** <https://forum.clarin.eu/t/difference-vanilla-dspace-v7-and-clarin-dspace-v7/1227>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [6 February 2026 10:54 UTC](https://forum.clarin.eu/t/difference-vanilla-dspace-v7-and-clarin-dspace-v7/1227 "2026-02-06T10:54:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![dieter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@dieter](https://forum.clarin.eu/u/dieter)\
**Post date:** [6 February 2026 10:54 UTC](https://forum.clarin.eu/t/difference-vanilla-dspace-v7-and-clarin-dspace-v7/1227/1 "2026-02-06T10:54:54Z")

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Thanks to Simon for asking and Pavel for answering:

> - In Vanilla DSpace you would have no licensing module. Whether it is useful to have an option of setting up a custom license ad require it’s online signing and other apects… I don’t know. If you have all data in the repository now and in future under CC licenses, it is not useful.
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> - There is a ready-made metadata schema for language-data or tools + export into CMDI. Of course if you find it bad fit for you and you will bemaking a different schema + submission workflow, that is no bonus either.
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> - a submission workflow that generates the PID at the begining, so you can include it in a paper submission while still finishing the data, and you can pass the unfinished submission to a colleague to continue working on it.
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> You could go on like this, there are quite a few other differences.
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> The bottom line is that I would definitely think about these differences before installing, because you might be right, maybe it is not worth it for you. Only you (as a centre) can decide it, ideally after finding out what the differences actually are.
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> For a bit outdated, but mostly still correct overview of the main features, you can look here. My presentation slides have more details than the paper itself:
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> [https://invenio.nusl.cz/record/407834?ln=en](https://invenio.nusl.cz/record/407834?ln=en)  
> [https://invenio.nusl.cz/record/407834/files/Stranak\_prezentace\_EN.pdf?version=3](https://invenio.nusl.cz/record/407834/files/Stranak_prezentace_EN.pdf?version=3)

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