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Enhancements to the DSpace Data Model with New Entities are being considered by The DSpace Steering Group and the Entities Working Group and whether to include this as part of the DSpace 7 efforts to better align the DSpace roadmap with the COAR Next Generation Repositories recommendations, This improvement would meet OpenAIRE v4 guidelines and make DSpace a more competitive option compared to proprietary solutions (like Bepress). Expanding the DSpace data model would support new object types (aka entities) such as Authors. .
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Stefano Cossu, Director of Application Services at The Art Institute of Chicago, gave the Fedora update. The Fedora Project is focused on several key initiatives while investigating ways to work together as a community more effectively and take advantage of opportunities to establish greater interoperability. As a community-supported open source project successful interoperation strategies rely on engaging committers as a fundamental part of creating a team dedicated to interoperation. The Fedora community is Increasingly focused on developing strategies to facilitate collaboration with projects, organizations and initiatives worldwide that includes designating funding for cross-technical work, and especially for collaboration external to DuraSpace and its members. Funding to address efficient cross technical work will enable flexibility in assigning people to projects/tasks.
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VIVO
VIVO is very different from repository installations in that a major part of the institution has to get behind a VIVO installation so there is very long "on ramp" to a launch. " Product Director Mike Conlon asked, "is there another OS community that has similar challenges?" It is notable that those institutions with VIVOs are all DuraSpace members in support of VIVO, and are often active community members.
Some high level aspirational DuraSpace goals include interoperability-breaking down project silos, diversity and , inclusiveness, long-range economic stability, business development, internationalization and others. In many cases we share these goals wth with our member institutions. DuraSpace's pursuit of aspirational goals on behalf of the member community will include communications transparency and clear opportunities for wide participation.
Durapace Board Member and Stanford Libraries AUL Tom Cramer summarized Summit presentations by encouraging members to think of support and participation withDuraSpace from a broader perspective. "We are at an inflection point—our conversations are very different from what they were several years ago. We have made a lot of progress. Successes snd structures are reasons to celebrate.
We are nodes in a much wider network where expertise and knowledge are sharable in a wider sphere. DuraSpace has never had a better network—whole is greater than the sum of its parts and interconnectedness is valued. He concluded by urging attendees to think about how each individual's work relates to the wider community.
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With many thanks for your support and participation.
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