BID
Bridging the Interoperability Divide (BID)
BID is a JISC funded project involving Oxford University Library Services, Oxford eResearch Centre and Oxford University Computing Service.
Oxford University Research Archive (the successor to the Oxford Eprints repository set up as a part of the SHERPA project) allows relationships between disparate repository objects to be expressed and stored as part of the Fedora object model. At the same time, while the underlying Fedora architecture is very flexible, there are types of digital object for which it is not the optimal storage or delivery mechanism and which therefore naturally reside in other repository systems (ASK and OxGRID in this case). A unified discovery and navigation mechanism for such resources should therefore be decoupled from the actual storage and delivery systems.
Aims and objectives
The Bridging the Interoperability Divide (BID) project will use the principles underpinning the JISC e-framework to build interoperability between 3 repository systems: SRB, Fedora and ASK. The implementation will help join e-science, academic publishing and learning/ teaching practice communities by creating a joined-up set of repository services. The project will focus on demonstrating interoperability across the federation for the following services: harvesting (OAI), federated search (SRW), authentication (WebAuth), metadata management (MODS/ METS), identifiers, and discovery (OpenURL). The project also aims to create a client for authenticated bulk upload (ingest service) into an institutional repository.
Project Members
- PI: Neil Jefferies, OULS, neil.jefferies@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
- PI: Michael Fraser, OUCS, mike.fraser@oucs.ox.ac.uk
- ORA PM: Sally Rumsey, OULS, sally.rumsey@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
- ASK PM: Howard Noble, OUCS, howard.noble@oucs.ox.ac.uk
- OeRC PM: David Wallom, OeRC, david.wallom@oerc.ox.ac.uk
- ORA Developer: Ben O'Steen, OULS, ben.osteen@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
- ASK/Sakai Developer: Colin Tatham, OUCS, colin.tatham@oucs.ox.ac.uk
- Grid Developer: Pin Hu, OeRC, pin.hu@oerc.ox.ac.uk
BID activities have featured at the following events:
Digitalna Kniznica, 1-3rd October 2007, Jasna, Slovakia
JISC SUMS Workshop, 31st October, Aston, UK
SUN-PASIG, 14-16th November 2007, Paris, France
Fedora UK Users Group, 22nd November 2007, Birkbeck, UK
Numerous CRIG events where a lot of what we are doing is coming out
Open Repositories 2008, 1st-4th April 2008, Southampton UK - ORA Harvester code formed the basis of the winning CRIG Repository Challenge entry