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Feeding Sakai The relationship between Sakai and repositories. Chris Awre Jerry Persons. Sakai and repositories. Sakai long-term future Introduction to Sakai presentation, Sakai Conference, 30th May. Repositories are here now!.
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Feeding SakaiThe relationship betweenSakai and repositories Chris Awre Jerry Persons
Sakai and repositories • Sakai long-term future • Introduction to Sakai • presentation, Sakai • Conference, 30th May Repositories are here now!
Enabling key university business processes in an online environment Recognition of multiple roles Identity management Adopting service-oriented approach Portal as key presentation point Supporting university use of information technology The Digital University
‘Repositories’ of digital content Theses Images Datasets Exam papers Video Archives E-prints Learning materials Sound E-books
Portal Staff and student views Personalisation or ‘Groupisation’ Sakai E-Learning E-Research Web applications Desktop applications Presentation/application paths
Interface layer Hull Fedora instance From CNI presentation, Spring 2005 A Technology analysis of repositories and services -- a Mellon project at Johns Hopkins University
Level of interaction Lightweight or complex approach Positioning of content Where does the content need to be? Positioning of functionality Where is the functionality being delivered? Security Who can access what? Interface layer factors
Influenced by the level of interaction required or enabled User as author, reader or manager Lightweight good for readers, e.g., search Complex good for authors, e.g., deposit Mixed approach good for managers Is interaction uni- or bi-directional? Lightweight or complex interface
Does content need to move through the interface layer? Where can metadata act as an intermediary? Use of identifiers as minimal link Moving content raises versioning & DRM issues But can also open up possibilities Positioning content
The functionality/content boundary In the presentation/application layer e.g., Discovery-2-Delivery In the repositories layer e.g., Content lifecycle In between Third-party intermediary shared infrastructure Positioning functionality
Interface layer Different levels of interface layer will be required
Chris Awre c.awre@hull.ac.uk Thank you
Who uses a repository with Sakai? What is the current relationship/link? Who uses repositories for other purposes? Does anything prevent it being used with Sakai? How do you access content from within Sakai? Questions