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Goal 1: DSpace will focus on the fundamentals of the modern "Institutional Repository" use case.

In November 2002, DSpace was initially announced as an out-of-the-box "institutional repository software platform" (see DSpace 1.0 release announcement). While that basic goal has not changed, the common needs and use cases of an "institutional repository" have changed significantly in the last decade or so.  Therefore, this goal is oriented towards striving to retain DSpace's niche while revitalizing it to meet current and future use cases associated with the modern repository platform.

• Action 1A: Verify and validate the needs of a "modern Institutional Repositoryinstitutional repository". This is instrumental in defining formalizing the value proposition of DSpace.
  
  • This activity has already has begun part of the 2014 Vision Survey and Use Case gathering.

Goal 2: DSpace will be "lean", with agility and flexibility as primary goals

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Goal 3: DSpace will include a "core" set of functionality that can be "extended" (think plugins) or have "hooks" (integration points) to complimentary services/tools

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Goal 4: DSpace will be designed in such a way that it can be easily/quickly configured to integrate with new & future tools/services in the larger digital scholarship "ecosystem"

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Goal 5: DSpace will support low-cost, hosted solutions and deployments (by featuring an easy, "just works" setup)

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