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Using eSciDoc. T urn-key access?. Generic. relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class having no particularly distinctive quality or application - merriam-webster. Mission statement. eSciDoc is a joint project of the Max-Planck-Society (MPS) and FIZ Karlsruhe
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Using eSciDoc Turn-key access?
Generic relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class having no particularly distinctive quality or application - merriam-webster
Mission statement • eSciDoc is a joint project of the Max-Planck-Society (MPS) and FIZ Karlsruhe • 6 million € five-year grant (2004–2009) from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research • It aims to build an integrated information, communication and publishing platform for web-based scientific work, exemplarily demonstrated for multi-disciplinary applications in the MPS
Repository Middleware • The most comprehensive middleware to this date • Application independent design • Middleware using Fedora • Open source (CDDL license) • Release 1 beta 3 is out now • Adds intelligence to Digital Objects
§ Repository Organization Repository Content
More.. • Shibboleth authentication • Whole Object Versioning • Webservices using REST, SOAP and eSciDoc XML • SRU/SRW enabled search interface
DANS Data Archiving and Networked Services DANS is an institute of the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences DANS archives scientific data of the arts, humanities and social sciences DANS specializes in archiving
Diversity of Data at DANS Historical Cencus data Historical GIS data WWII survivors video interviews Dutch Archeological data Dendrochronological data Psychological data
Research and Development 5 Information scientists 9 Software developers 7 Archivists Active research on archiving and development platforms, components, standards, specifications, models, guidelines, etc…
Easy to understand? • These kind of presentations are needed. • Technical documentation is complete, but all other documentation is still lacking • Tutorial and a wide range of example objects lacking • eSciDoc days • We’ve had personal help.
Easy to Install? • Straightforward, but still no installer • Takes a computernerd at least half a day • Installing on different platforms: no problem. We ran it on: • Windows • Mac OS • Fedora Linux
Trustworthy? • MPDL is a heavy user of eSciDoc with PubMan, ViRR and Faces • Focus is currently on bugfixing for version 1, not on adding new features • 2.500 unit tests
Support? • What kind of support can you expect? • Though funding runs out mid 2009 MPDL and Fiz Karlsruhe have committed to support until 2011 • Mailinglist and bugtracker available • Community? • DANS and MPDL • In need of growth
Under construction • eSciDoc Java client in alpha state • Workflow manager untested • Fedora 3.0 content models and disseminators not implemented yet