t urn-key access?
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Using eSciDoc. T urn-key access?. Generic. relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class having no particularly distinctive quality or application - merriam-webster. Mission statement. eSciDoc is a joint project of the Max-Planck-Society (MPS) and FIZ Karlsruhe - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Using eSciDoc Turn-key access?
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
Generic
a. relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class
b. having no particularly distinctive quality or application
- merriam-webster
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
• eSciDoc is a joint project of the Max-Planck-Society (MPS) and FIZ Karlsruhe
• 6 million € five-year grant (2004–2009) from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research
• It aims to build an integrated information, communication and publishing platform for web-based scientific work, exemplarily demonstrated for multi-disciplinary applications in the MPS
Mission statement
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
Repository Middleware• The most comprehensive middleware to
this date• Application independent design • Middleware using Fedora• Open source (CDDL license)• Release 1 beta 3 is out now• Adds intelligence to Digital Objects
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
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Repository Content
Repository Organization
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
More..
• Shibboleth authentication• Whole Object Versioning• Webservices using REST, SOAP and
eSciDoc XML• SRU/SRW enabled search interface
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
DANS
Data Archiving and
Networked Services• DANS is an institute of the Royal Dutch
Academy of Arts and Sciences
• DANS archives scientific data of the arts, humanities and social sciences
• DANS specializes in archiving
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
Diversity of Data at DANS
• Historical Cencus data• Historical GIS data• WWII survivors video interviews• Dutch Archeological data• Dendrochronological data• Psychological data
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
Research and Development
• 5 Information scientists• 9 Software developers• 7 Archivists• Active research on archiving and
development platforms, components, standards, specifications, models, guidelines, etc…
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
Easy Screenshot Home
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
Easy to understand?• These kind of presentations are needed.
• Technical documentation is complete, but all other documentation is still lacking
• Tutorial and a wide range of example objects lacking
• eSciDoc days
• We’ve had personal help.
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
Easy to Install?• Straightforward, but still no installer
• Takes a computernerd at least half a day
• Installing on different platforms: no problem. We ran it on:– Windows– Mac OS– Fedora Linux
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
Trustworthy?
• MPDL is a heavy user of eSciDoc with PubMan, ViRR and Faces
• Focus is currently on bugfixing for version 1, not on adding new features
• 2.500 unit tests
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
Support?• What kind of support can you expect?
– Though funding runs out mid 2009 MPDL and Fiz Karlsruhe have committed to support until 2011
– Mailinglist and bugtracker available
• Community?
– DANS and MPDL
– In need of growth
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
• eSciDoc Java client in alpha state• Workflow manager untested• Fedora 3.0 content models and
disseminators not implemented yet
Under construction
Lodewijk Bogaards
Software Architect and project leader Easy On Fedora
9/18/2008 @ DORSDL2
UpcomingeSciDoc: Version 1