The aim of this project is to assist open access deposit into, and interoperability between, existing repository services, by developing a deposit broker system.
The project is primarily interested in looking at the problems of repository deposit and interoperability currently faced by researchers who have written a multi-authored journal article from multiple institutions and grant-funding organisations. The project aims to develop the Repository Junction from its current simple form contained within the Depot into a stand-alone broker mechanism which can be easily adopted and integrated by services or projects run by other institutions or organisations. This project will test the broker model against a number of use case scenarios in ways that we expect to be sufficiently generic that it can be deployed in other repository workflows and environments.