York Digital Library – Integration for the Next Generation
This project (YODL-ING) will implement and develop a number of technologies to enhance and embed repositories into the information infrastructure of the University of York.
We already have an EPrints repository (WRRO), shared with Leeds and Sheffield Universities and a multimedia Digital Library (YODL). YODL-ING will particularly develop the functionality of our YODL service, based on Fedora Commons, and will significantly impact on how this system integrates with a number of other repositories and systems at York and beyond.
Working with project partners, YODL-ING will build two significant services. One will utilise the SWORD protocol to expedite deposit into a number of repositories from a single deposit interface. The other will offer a simple, yet scalable solution to access control, enabling the expression of policies in machine-readable format and utilising Shibboleth to control access to users at York and at any other Higher Education institution. Crucial to this is that we maintain the ability to offer a hybrid repository, where access controlled content is managed alongside open access resources.
The project will also explore tools, semantic approaches and web services to enhance metadata generation and resource submission, and will look at new ways to access content. Two final work elements will examine accessibility to ensure the widest possible support for users and a study of digital preservation will facilitate preservation strategy planning for the long-term.
Overall, the project aims to offer re-usable solutions and recommendations for the wider HE, JISC and Fedora communities.
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