IntroductionTwo of the largest providers of open source software for managing and providing access to digital content, the DSpace Foundation and Fedora Commons will combine strengths to work on joint initiatives that will more closely align their organizations' goals and better serve both open source repository communities. This space will feature information, goals, and ongoing activities of this collaboration. Read the "DSpace Foundation and Fedora Commons Form Working Collaboration" 7_29_08 press release here. OverviewThis space contains communications of interest on the DSpace and Fedora Commons collaborations. This includes information about how we plan to collaborate and how you can participate. Our communities have a common mission and there are numerous ways we can join forces. You can also participate by contributing to the developer's discussions in both communities. Relevant ProjectsCollaboration TopicsWe are currently aiming to publish documents about current collaborations. To see what's targeted for some of these efforts, please see: Children Display |
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In 2008, the DuraSpace organization made the recommendation that the DSpace and Fedora user communities work together to integrate the DSpace and Fedora technologies, allowing the DSpace software to run "on top of" the Fedora platform. Essentially, this would mean that the DSpace application would have an option to install it with "Fedora Inside". DSpace with "Fedora Inside" would be a version of the DSpace application which would store its contents (files and/or metadata) in Fedora. The goal of this effort would be for DSpace to retain the out-of-the-box experience, while also enabling the features that Fedora provides (e.g. versioning, relationships between objects, flexible architecture). You can read more about this recommendation in the FAQ that accompanied the proposal: DSpace-Fedora Integration FAQ InvitationWe look forward to the community collaboration on the DSpace/Fedora integration effort in these and other areas. Please contact Brad McLean (bmclean@duraspace.org) or Valorie Hollister (vhollister@duraspace.org) if you and/or your institution are interested in being a part of the work groups on any or all of the above areas, or if you have related work. This list is meant to organize details concerning individual and organizational activities not under the umbrella of this space. |