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titleDRAFT DSpace Governance Model 2014

This is a rough draft DSpace Governance model as of 2014. It is currently under discussion by the DSpace Steering Group. A final draft will be presented for community-wide feedback at OR14 conference in Helsinki.

For an overview of how the groups defined below will collaborate, also see the companion Product Planning Process rough draft.

Table of Contents

Governance Diagram

Governance Roles

DSpace Steering Group

The DSpace Steering Group provides leadership and sets strategic direction for DSpace software. They oversee project operations and recommend annual budget allocations.

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  • Steering Group is nominated and elected by the DSpace Leadership Group
  • Participants have a set term limit (2 years)
  • Any DSpace Member or Registered Service Provider may be elected to the Steering Group
  • Ex-officio participants:
    • Chair of DSpace Product Planning Group (i.e. DSpace Product Manager, once hired)
    • Chair of DSpace Technology Advisory Group (i.e. DSpace Technical Lead)
    • Chair of DSpace Community Advisory Team

DSpace Leadership Group

The DSpace Leadership Group approves the overall priorities and strategic direction of the project.

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  • The Leadership Group is a subset of the overall DSpace Members, selected based on their level of contribution to DSpace.

    • Any institutional member that contributes at least $10K annually to DSpace is guaranteed one seat on the Leadership Group

    • Any institutional member that contributes at least 0.5 FTE in-kind developers to DSpace is guaranteed one seat on the Leadership Group

    • 4 participants are elected from all institutions that contribute at least $5K annually to DSpace.

    • 2 participants are elected from all institutions that contribute at least $2.5K annually to DSpace

    • 1 participant is elected from all institutions that contribute at a discounted Bronze level ($250 discounted membership for economies in transition and developing economies, as decided by the United Nation's World Economic Situation and Prospects report)

    • Nominations for elections are made by DuraSpace

DSpace Project Members

Primary Responsibilities:

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  • Any institution which has chosen to become a Member of DuraSpace and has targeted at least a portion of their membership dues towards DSpace.

DSpace Committers

DSpace Committers have primary control over the code and is also the primary support team for DSpace. They are a meritocracy (members are added from the community based on merit). 

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  • Chair: DSpace Technical Lead
  • The Committers group is a meritocracy. Members are added from the pool of volunteer contributors based on merit. Anyone may be nominated for Committership. Only existing Committers may vote to add a nominated person to the Committers group. For more information see Committer Nominations.

Standing Working Groups

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For additional information on how each of these Standing Working Groups will collaborate, please see the proposed Product Planning Process.

DSpace Product Planning Group

The DSpace Product Planning Group develops and maintains the DSpace Product Plan in conjunction with the DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT) and the Technology Advisory Group.

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  • Chair: DSpace Product Manager (once hired)
    • Interim Chair: DSpace Tech Lead?
  • Ex-officio:
    • Chair of DSpace Technology Advisory Group (DSpace Tech Lead)
    • Chair of DSpace Community Advisory Team
  • Participants are selected from and by the DSpace Community Advisory Team and DSpace Technology Advisory Group
  • Ideally, participants should be from various backgrounds in order to ensure diverse representation (larger vs small institutions, from various countries around the world).

DSpace Community Advisory Team (DCAT)

The DSpace Community Advisory Team represents the interests of repository managers and administrators across the globe, and indirectly, DSpace end users. DCAT plays a user advisory role with Committers, Steering Group and Technology Advisory Group.  They  help to gather and maintain a list of product use cases from the user community, which help to inform the Product Plan.

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DSpace Technology Advisory Group

The DSpace Technology Advisory Group advises all groups on DSpace technology and architectural decisions. They help to research and/or prototype various implementation options, and recommend the "best of class" for implementation.

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