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Stewarding Research Data Using the

Islandora FrameworkMark Leggott, University of PEI/DiscoveryGarden

RDAP 2013, Baltimore MD

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Islandora 101

• Drupal+Fedora framework from UPEI

• Flexible UI on top of Fedora + other apps

• Can work with any data/metadata

• Deployed in 100+ institutions, growing

• Genesis was for research data stewardship

• Growing set of Solution Packs for data

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Conceptualizing

Initializing

Creating/Analyzing

Reporting

Formalizing

Popularizing

Research Institutes

Libraries & Archives

Museums

Media Organizations

Health Centres

Government Agencies

Private Companies

Universities & Colleges

NGOs & Non-ProfitsOther

Access Collaboration Preservation

E-Mail, Letters, Published Research,

Requirements

Meeting Minutes, Grants, Data Collection,

Acquisitions

Forms, Data, Cataloguing,

Findings, Discussion

Reports, Theses, Datasets, Visualizations

Articles, Curricular Content, Policies,

Exhibits

Blogs, Twitter, Newspapers, iTunesU, Flickr

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Object Space

User Space

Individual

Group

Department

Museum

University

External

Private Shared Open

Collabora

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Publish

Re-U

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Cre

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Preservation, Migration, Transformation

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Collaboration

• UPEI, The Smithsonian and discoverygarden Inc have been collaborating for over 2 years

• Goal is to build a suite of generic and specific research data Solution Packs

• Taking 2 different approaches to address different ways researchers work

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Physical Data Model

• UPEI/DGI developing a generic data tool to work with systems researchers use now

• Provide a range of filesystem sync tools

• Minimal service - store data in repository

• Enhance with metadata, transform services

• Project metadata CASRAI/VIVO/CERIF +

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Fedora Repository

DescMDTechMD

AdminMDAssets

Local File System

DropBox

Box.net

DataStage

Google Drive

Private Cloud

Storage

Generic Research Data SP

(+ Standard SPs, Viewers)

Sync

Extract

Transform

Enrich

Check

MintTaverna DataCite

FITS + Authority

Islandora Generic Research Data Architecture

Islandora Framework

Islandora VRE (Virtual

Research Environment)

Islandora IR (Research Articles)

BackupsRegional &

National TDRs

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Intellectual Data Model

• Smithsonian/DGI developing Sidora system to respond to specific research data needs

• Custom interface, Content Models and Forms, adding Taverna/R integration

• Camera trap images, archaeological data, carbon sequestration data

• File browse interface for all operations

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Fedora Repository

DescMDTechMD

AdminMDAssets

Image SP + FGDC,

DwC

Numeric Data SP +

FGDC, DDI

Panama Dig Data +

LIDO

Research Articles

Sidora Application

Taverna R

FITS + Authority

The Smithsonian Data Architecture

Islandora Framework

Sidora

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Additional

• Domain specific Solutions Packs for 2013

• Digital Humanities

• Chemistry

• Biodiversity

• Taverna+R++ integration

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Examples