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Tuesday, July 29, 2008

DSpace and Fedora to collaborate

DSpace Foundation and Fedora Commons Form Working Collaboration, press release, July 29, 2008.
Today two of the largest providers of open source software for managing and providing access to digital content, the DSpace Foundation and Fedora Commons, announced plans to combine strengths to work on joint initiatives ...

The collaboration is expected to benefit over 500 organizations from around the world who are currently using either DSpace ... or Fedora ... open source software to create repositories for a wide variety of purposes. ...

The decision to collaborate came out of meetings held this spring where members of DSpace and Fedora Commons communities discussed multiple dimensions of cooperation and collaboration between the two organizations. ...

In the spirit of advancing open source software, Fedora Commons and DSpace will look at ways to leverage and incubate ideas, community and culture to:

1. Provide the best technology and services to open source repository framework communities.

2.Evaluate and synchronize, where possible, both organizations’ technology roadmaps to enable convergence and interoperability of key architectural components.

3. Demonstrate how the DSpace and Fedora open source repository frameworks offer a unique value proposition compared to proprietary solutions.

The announcement came on the heels of an event sponsored by the Joint Information Systems Committee’s (JISC) Common Repository Interface Group (CRIG) held at the Library of Congress. The event, known as “RepoCamp,” was a forum where developers gathered to discuss innovative approaches to improving interoperability and web-orientation for digital repositories. ...