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There is already work underway that may eventually enable an option to run the DSpace application on top of a Fedora repository. To achieve this would require a series of technological developments:
A way to extract the items from DSpace's current internal store, along with all of their relationships (communities, collections, and Epeople). - Related Project(s): DuraSpace is currently developing Released in DSpace 1.7.0: DuraSpace (with help/support from MIT & IUPUI) developed this as a general, backup/restore AIP capability for DSpace.
- An implementation of the DSpace data model using the Fedora repository.
- Related Project(s): There is prior art (which would need to be updated) for this from Google Summer of Code 2008 and Google Summer of Code 2009. There is also a current GSoC 2010 project to backport DSpace 2.x Storage Services to 1.x – this work may enable the ability to use prior Fedora integrations in the DSpace 1.x platform.
- A conversion, crosswalking, or import utility for the above two items.
- Related Project(s): At this time, there is neither a schedule nor a commitment for this work.
- Designing an integration of the DSpace business logic, User authentication and authorization with Fedora.
- Related Project(s): At this time, there is neither a schedule nor a commitment for this work.
- Porting the DSpace user, administrative, and web services interface applications to run against the resulting environment.
- Related Project(s): At this time, there is neither a schedule nor a commitment for this work.
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- DSpace 2.0 prototype work – provided a basis for modularizing DSpace, allowing it to support different storage layers (like Fedora)
- GSoC 2008 - Fedora Integration Project - An initial implementation of a prototype Fedora storage layer for DSpace 1.x
- GSoC 2009 - Fedora Integration Project - An improved implementation of a prototype Fedora storage layer for DSpace 2.x
- GSoC 2010 - DSpace 2.x Storage Services to 1.x - A new effort to backport the DSpace 2.x storage layer to DSpace 1.x. This may enable one of the above Fedora Integration projects to be utilized with DSpace 1.x.
- Released in DSpace 1.7.0: AIP Backup and Restore - An effort to allow DSpace to export and import AIPs (Archival Information Packages). These AIPs could provide an easier upgrade path from one underlying data model to another.
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