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Digitalisér.dk. – more than a repository. Adam Arndt Danish National IT and Telecom Agency adar@itst.dk +45 7231 9172. A long, long time ago…. 2001: Official decision to base Public Sector interoperability in Denmark on XML 2002: XML repository (”InfoStructureBase”) launched
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Digitalisér.dk – more than a repository Adam Arndt Danish National IT and Telecom Agency adar@itst.dk +45 7231 9172
A long, long time ago… • 2001: Official decision to base Public Sector interoperability in Denmark on XML • 2002: XML repository (”InfoStructureBase”) launched • 2003-2006: Incremental improvements of repository • 2007: Specification of replacement started • 2009: Digitaliser.dk developed and launched as an agile project
The requirements • Replace current repositories for XML, OSS and other interoperability assets • Support digitisation community • Promote digitisation, interoperability and standardisation
The project • Tight time schedule • ½ year from formal initiation to operation • Business needs not entirely clear initially • Technology very fluent
The solution • First attempt with XML database (Fedora) • required too much tweaking • Custom built site (OSS) • http://digitaliser.dk/group/19830/resources/type/150019 • API to enable others to develop external tools • NITA has built a couple of ”apps” • Based around groups • Many types of assets • Forum functionality central • Catalogues added to aid searching
State of play • Current stats for the site (as of 13-04-2011): • Users: 4313 • Groups: 401 • Forum: 2070 posts • Assets: 18211 • 15791 XML schemas • 229 Technical specification recommendations • 754 PSI data sets • 131 software releases
Lessons learned • Do use agile development for flexibility • Don’t hardwire asset types • Do implement a full API • Don’t forget the tools that developers use • Do spend a lot of effort on retrieval of assets • Don’t think that Google style search is enough • Do support relations between • Don’t X • Do use the cloud for scalability • Don’t think you know the solution from the outset
More information • Play around at: • http://www.digitaliser.dk/ • About the project (in Danish): • http://www.itst.dk/it-arkitektur-og-standarder/tveroffentligt-samarbejde-oio/digitaliser.dk/