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# [drf:1066] DuraSpace!?　[Fwd: [SOAF] NEWS RELEASE: Fedora Commons and DSpace Foundation Join Together to Create DuraSpace™]

- Date: Thu, 14 May 2009 09:28:46 +0900

    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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    国立情報学研究所 学術基盤推進部 学術コンテンツ課 図書館連携チーム
    （IR/SPARC担当）杉田いづみ

      〒101-8430　東京都千代田区一ツ橋2－1－2
       Tel: 03-4212-2350，Fax: 03-4212-2375
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> - Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 08:10:28 -0400
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> 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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