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Use of open source software – rough notes

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Jonathan Harker

An agenda

  • DH needs in particular
  • existing open source DR: DSpace, Fez, Fedora Commons, Drupal
  • Complexity vs usability
  • Institutional concerns
  • Software selection, procurement
    • Where to start looking for solutions, sifting information
    • Size of the community around an open source project – institutional risk.
    • crowdcrafting.org

Open source repository projects

  • DSpace and Fedora Commons – duraspace.org/
    • DSpace is the “turn-key” web repository system – www.dspace.org/
    • Fedora Commons is a pure repository framework
  • Fez – PHP web front-end developed by University of Queensland on Fedora Commons
  • Islandora – islandora.ca/ – Fedora Commons modules for Drupal 6 and 7
  • Project Hydra – Fedora Commons code for Ruby On Rails – projecthydra.org/

Open Online tools

  • Open Refine – openrefine.org/
  • Free Your Metadata – freeyourmetadata.org/
  • Mash-ups of NZ open-access data: www.mixandmash.org.nz/
  • Digital NZ – www.digitalnz.org.nz/

Software Carpentry – learning programming

  • software-carpentry.org/
  • programminghistorian.org/
  • www.opentechschool.org/

Proprietary systems

Rosetta from Ex Libris, at National Library.

How can OSS projects help bridge gaps?

  • Collate digital preservation policies, find the feature gaps, write some code!
  • e.g. Open Providence Model, in Fedora Commons.
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About Jonathan Harker

I live in Pukerua Bay, grow chillies, roast coffee and own a precocious spotty Bengal cat. I also play trombone in Orchestra Wellington from time to time. I joined Catalyst IT in 2006 and among many things we are fundamentally passionate about open source, open formats and digital sustainability. At Catalyst I am mainly a Moodle and Django developer and I am also a contributor to the University of Queensland's open source Fez digital repository system which is based on Fedora Commons.
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