5.15.17 powering linked data and hosted solutions with fedora webinar

Powering Linked Data and Hosted Solutions with Fedora

David Wilcox, DuraSpace@d_wilcox

Managed by DuraSpace (not-for-profit)

Funded by the community

Collaboratively developed by the community

Supported by 2 full-time staff members

Fedora Facts

What is linked data?

A method of publishing structured data so it can be linked together and made more useful, particularly to machines.

What are the benefits of linked (open) data?

Breaking down silos

Making data more discoverable

Making data more reusable

Unique identifiers promote authority and disambiguation

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Fedora...

Stores, preserves, and provides access to digital objects

Supports flexible and complex data models for objects

Serves as linked data infrastructure

Supports millions of objects, both large and small

Interoperates with other applications and services

Why use Fedora?

Fedora is flexible: it can handle both simple and complex use cases

Content in Fedora is durable: Fedora supports long-term preservation

Fedora powers successful digital repository and DAM applications

Fedora is standards-based

Fedora is backed by a thriving community

Fedora Frameworks

Fedora is middleware

You can build a custom framework, or join a broader community:

Fedora Workshops

Hosted throughout the year at conferences and events

Next workshop at OR2017 in Brisbane

3 day Fedora Camps are also available

Next camp in Austin, TX in the Fall

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Useful Links

Fedora 4 Wiki

● https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF

Communication channels

● https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Mailing+Lists+etc

Contact

● dwilcox@duraspace.org

HykuThe Hydra-in-a-BoxRepository

Hannah FrostStanford LibrariesMay 15, 2017

Why did we put Hydra in a Box?

Need

Network

Reducing Friction

New Technology

Institutions want an easier way to adopt it

Work Accomplished

Product Design Phase(June 2015 - June 2016)

Two Development Work Cycles(March 2016 - present)

• A (new) way to manage digital content

• Best of Hydra in an easy-to-install, easy-to-configure, feature-rich solution

• Reduce barriers to effective asset management & preservation

• For collections and content types of many kinds

• Next-generation web technologies

• Vibrant and ever-growing open source community

Data of all kinds

For scholars now and future

At home in Hyku

● Portland Common Data Model (PCDM) ○ RDF classes for Works and Filesets structures○ Metadata Application Profile (DPLA)

● Fedora 4 and Linked Data Platform (LDP)○ Core to the exchange between repo and app○ Allows for future sidecar triplestores

Hyku and Linked Data

● Linked Open Entities○ URIs for external authorities and vocabularies

● Linked Data Publishing○ Leverages schema.org for semantic web○ Leverage IIIF to make content available in

new ways

Hyku and Linked Data

Hyku Release, Roadmap, Plans

• Product Beta Test: May 15 - June 23

• Continued user interface design

• Prioritized features include:– Bulk metadata review and edit interface

– More content types: dataset, thesis/dissertation,

oral history, books, maps

– Integrated Google Analytics

– Authentication by Shibboleth

Introducing HykuDirect

• Potential new DuraSpace hosted service

• Pilot service project May-October

• Production service late 2017

Stay informed

Thank you

Visit hydrainabox.org

Follow @HydraInABox and @HykuRepo

Watch youtube.com/hybox-playlist

Receive hybox-info@googlegroups.com

Reach hyku-contact@googlegroups.com

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Fedora Repository @ ICPSR

Tom Murphy, Harsha Ummerpillai

About ICPSR

An international consortium of more than 750 academic institutions and research organizations, ICPSR provides leadership and training in data access, curation, and methods of analysis for the social science research community.

ICPSR maintains a data archive of more than 250,000 files of research in the social and behavioral sciences. It hosts 21 specialized collections of data in education, aging, criminal justice, substance abuse, terrorism, and other fields.

https://www.icpsr.umich.edu

Our Collections

Archonnex

Comprehensive Digital Assets Management Platform.

Open Archival Information Systems (OAIS model) compliant.

Multi-tenancy.

Secure.

Service Oriented and Modular.

Scalable; Ability to handle large datasets and peak activity spikes.

Open Source technologies with good community engagement;

Flexible UI components as JS plugins.

Enable standards based metadata harvesting and data exports.

Fedora Rest Console

Fedora Admin Console

OpenICPSR - free & open

Pros and Cons

Easy to use Rest API

Good community support

Flexibility of schema less storage

Lack of SQL like query support *

Lack of bulk insert/delete operation support *

Versioning *

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