The Audit Trail feature in DSpace 10 provides repositories with a robust mechanism for tracking, recording, and reviewing all actions on repository items. This presentation will demonstrate how the feature enhances transparency, accountability, and compliance with institutional policies. We will explore the design of the Audit Trail, its integration with DSpace workflows, and practical use cases such as tracking items creation, metadata changes, and bitstream/bundle events. We will highlight how repository administrators can leverage this feature to maintain a complete record of repository activity. The presentation will also discuss the technical implementation, including the underlying data model, APIs, and integration with the DSpace user interface also providing a quick glance at how the Audit trail can be further improved tracking additional information.
Maffei et al. (Tue,) studied this question.