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[drf:1070] DuraSpace!? [Fwd: [SOAF] NEWS RELEASE: Fedora Commons and DSpace Foundation Join Together to Create DuraSpace™]
- Date: Fri, 15 May 2009 21:43:26 +0900
栗山先生
杉田@NIIです。標記の件,コメント有難うございました。
>>皆さま
不正確な情報を流してしまい,申し訳ありませんでした。
> 新しい試みとしてはDuraCloudというクラウド・コンピューティングを使った
> Web上の共同保存スペース(?)の提供サービスを行うとか書いてありま
DuraCloudのようなWebサービスを(国の機関とかではなく)DSpaceとFedoraの
コミュニティが合体した組織がcommercial cloud providersと一緒に行う,と
いうところにすごさを感じます。
日本は,日本の文化に馴染む方法でやっていくのが良いのでしょうけれど。
> 識者のフォローをお待ちします。
よろしくお願いいたします!
Masamitsu Kuriyama さんは書きました:
杉田様
興味深いニュースをありがとうございました。
ちょっと読んでみたのですが、DSpaceとFedoraを統合して新しいソフトを
作るという話ではなく、管理組織が合併するということのようですね。
それぞれのソフトは引き続きメンテナンスされるみたいです。
新しい試みとしてはDuraCloudというクラウド・コンピューティングを使った
Web上の共同保存スペース(?)の提供サービスを行うとか書いてありま
すね。私もクラウド・コンピューティングなるものはよく理解してませんので
いい加減なことを言ってます。
識者のフォローをお待ちします。
栗山 正光
常磐大学人間科学部現代社会学科
〒310-8585 水戸市見和1-430-1
----- Original Message ----- From: "Izumi SUGITA" <izumi @ xxxxxxxxx>
To: <drf @ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 14, 2009 9:28 AM
Subject: [drf:1066] DuraSpace!? [Fwd: [SOAF] NEWS RELEASE: Fedora
Commons and DSpace Foundation Join Together to Create DuraSpace™]
DRFメーリングリストの皆さま
杉田@NIIです。いつも大変お世話になっております。
Fedora CommonsとDSpaceが共同でDuraSpaceを作ったというニュースが"SPARC
Open
Access Forum"というMLに流れていました。
新しいシステムはすぐに入れ替えたりせず,枯れてくるまで動向を見守るのがよ
いと思う
のですが,新しいシステムの目指している方向性などは把握しておきたいもので
すね。
そのうち,どなたかレポートしていただけると,有難いです。
--------------------------<ニュースから抜粋>-----------------------------
DureSpaceのメリットは:
- DSpaceとFedora両方ををサポートし、二つのプラットフォームのインタオペ
ラビリティを高めるための技術やプログラムを開発する。
また、その他のオープンソース・ソフトウェア・プロジェクト(Mulgara
semantic store, scalable RDF databaseなど)もサポートする予定。
- DureSpaceは、この二つのプラットフォームの周辺で発展してきたコミュニ
ティのオープンテクノロジーやサービスを開発したり、デジタルコンテンツへの
アクセスの提供、保存、管理をする新たなコミュニティを支援するなど、現在の
ソフトウェアプラットフォームを越えた使命を追及する。
- DuraSpaceは、二つの機関が一つになって取り組むことで、オープンテクノロ
ジーとサービスの開発に多大なスケールメリットとシナジーを生み出すことがで
き、長期にわたるサステナビリティを可能にできる。
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Subject:
[SOAF] NEWS RELEASE: Fedora Commons and DSpace Foundation Join Together
to Create DuraSpace™
From:
Carol Minton Morris <clt6 @ xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
Wed, 13 May 2009 08:10:28 -0400
To:
"SPARC Open Access Forum" <SPARC-OAForum @ xxxxxxx>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 12, 2009
Contact: Carol Minton Morris, clt6 @ xxxxxxxxxxx, (607) 255-2702
Contact: Michele Kimpton, michele @ xxxxxxxxxx
Contact: Sandy Payette, spayette @ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Fedora Commons and DSpace Foundation Join Together to Create DuraSpace™
Organization
Ithaca, NY, Boston, MA --- Fedora Commons and the DSpace Foundation, two
of the largest providers of open source software for managing and
providing access to digital content, have announced today that they will
join their organizations to pursue a common mission. Jointly, they will
provide leadership and innovation in open source technologies for global
communities who manage, preserve, and provide access to digital content.
The joined organization, named “DuraSpace,” will sustain and grow its
flagship repository platforms - Fedora and DSpace. DuraSpace will also
expand its portfolio by offering new technologies and services that
respond to the dynamic environment of the Web and to new requirements
from existing and future users. DuraSpace will focus on supporting
existing communities and will also engage a larger and more diverse
group of stakeholders in support of its not-for-profit mission. The
organization will be led by an executive team consisting of Sandy
Payette (Chief Executive Officer), Michele Kimpton (Chief Business
Officer), and Brad McLean (Chief Technology Officer) and will operate
out of offices in Ithaca, NY and Cambridge, MA.
“This is a great development,” said Clifford Lynch, Executive Director
of the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI). “It will focus
resources and talent in a way that should really accelerate progress in
areas critical to the research, education, and cultural memory
communities. The new emphasis on distributed reliable storage
infrastructure services and their integration with repositories is
particularly timely. ”
Together Fedora and DSpace make up the largest market share of open
repositories worldwide, serving over 700 institutions. These include
organizations committed to the use of open source software solutions for
the dissemination and preservation of academic, scientific, and cultural
digital content.
“The joining of DSpace and Fedora Commons is a watershed event for
libraries, specifically, and higher education, more generally,” said
James Hilton, CIO of the University of Virginia. “Separately, these two
organizations operated with similar missions and a shared commitment to
developing and supporting open technologies. By bringing together the
technical, financial, and community-based resources of the two
organizations, their communities gain a robust organization focused on
solving the many challenges involved in storing, curating, and
preserving digital data and scholarship,” he said.
New Products
DuraSpace will continue to support its existing software platforms,
DSpace and Fedora, as well as expand its offerings to support the needs
of global information communities. The first new technology to emerge
will be a Web-based service named “DuraCloud.” DuraCloud is a hosted
service that takes advantage of the cost efficiencies of cloud storage
and cloud computing, while adding value to help ensure longevity and
re-use of digital content. The DuraSpace organization is developing
partnerships with commercial cloud providers who offer both storage and
computing capabilities.
The DuraCloud service will be run by the DuraSpace organization. Its
target audiences are organizations responsible for digital preservation
and groups creating shared spaces for access and re-use of digital
content. DuraCloud will be accessible directly as a Web service and
also via plug-ins to digital repositories including Fedora and DSpace.
The software developed to support the DuraCloud service will be made
available as open source. An early release of DuraCloud will be
available for selected pilot partners in Fall 2009.
Key Benefits of the DuraSpace Organization
DuraSpace will support both DSpace and Fedora by working closely with
both communities and, when possible, develop synergistic technologies,
services, and programs that increase interoperability of the two
platforms. DuraSpace will also support other open source software
projects including the Mulgara semantic store, a scalable RDF database.
DuraSpace will pursue a mission that extends beyond these existing
software platforms. This broader mission will include developing open
technologies and services for the communities that have developed around
these two platforms. The organization will also reach out to new
communities who manage, preserve, and provide access to digital content.
DuraSpace will amplify the value of each individual organization,
enabling it to sustain a larger community. With both organizations
working in unison, there can be significant economies of scale,
synergies in developing open technologies and services, and a strong
position for long-term sustainability.
Learn More about DuraSpace
DuraSpace will be represented at the Fourth Annual International
Conference on Open Repositories (http://openrepositories.org/). Please
check the schedule and visit the Fedora Commons and DSpace information
tables at the conference to learn more.
More information is available at the DuraSpace website
(http://duraspace.org/), including Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
About Fedora Commons
Fedora Commons (http://fedora-commons.org/) was established in 2007 as a
not-for-profit organization and the home of the Fedora repository
software and related open source projects. Fedora is a robust,
integrated, repository system that enables storage, access and
management for virtually any kind of digital content. The Flexible
Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture (Fedora) was
originally designed by Sandy Payette and colleagues at Cornell
University and was established as an open source project in 2001 by
Cornell and the University of Virginia. Fedora has a large
international user community and is installed worldwide at universities,
libraries, research institutions, cultural organizations, and
corporations. For more information contact Thornton Staples, Director
of Community Outreach and Alliances at tstaples @ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, or
Chris Wilper, Technical Lead at cwilper @ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx. Also see:
http://fedora-commons.org/confluence/x/KINB
About DSpace Foundation
The DSpace Foundation (http://dspace.org/) was formed in 2007 to support
the growing global community of institutions using DSpace open source
software to manage scholarly works in a digital repository. DSpace was
jointly developed in 2002 by Hewlett-Packard and the MIT Libraries.
Today, there are over more than 500 organizations worldwide using the
software to manage, preserve, and share their scholarly output. To
learn more about DSpace and its community of users visit www.dspace.org
or contact Valorie Hollister, Community Outreach Manager at val @ xxxxxxxxxx.
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