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DPubS: An Open Source Electronic Publishing System. Sarah E. Thomas Cornell University Library CNI December 2005. DPubS Digital Publishing System. Funded through a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, DPubS is an electronic publishing application that enables….
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DPubS:An Open Source Electronic Publishing System Sarah E. Thomas Cornell University Library CNI December 2005
DPubSDigital Publishing System Funded through a grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, DPubS is an electronic publishing application that enables…. publishers to organize, manage, present, and deliver both open access and subscription controlled scholarly communications; and users to discover, navigate, and access scholarly content.
DPubS Partners Cornell University Library
Transformation of Scholarly Communication • Online dissemination • Open Access • Disciplinary Repositories • Institutional Repositories • New forms of scholarship • Economic pressures
Functionality Developed for Euclid • Full-text format neutral • Full-text indexing • Flexible access control options for publishers • Open Access • Society members • E-Commerce (pay-per-view) • OAI 2.0 compliance • Usage statistics for subscribers/publishers • Subscription • Reference linking • DOI registration • Referral Service
Evolution of DPubS Software • Origins in Cornell Computer Science department, mid-90s • NCSTRL—Networked Computer Science Technical Report Library (1995-98) • Project Euclid development, 2000-2003 • DPubS development project, 2004-2006
DPubS development • Generalize and enhance the Euclid software and release as Open Source • Funding period: 2004-2006 • Development agenda: • Generalize the system • Improve administrative interfaces • Add editorial management tools • Facilitate interoperability with institutional repositories, such as Fedora and DSpace
Interoperate with institutional repository systems • Identified IRs: DSpace, Fedora • DPubS becomes an application layer on top of IR • DPubS Repository Service functions as an API to Institutional Repository
Generalization of system • Redesigned User Interface Service • Move UI customization out of core code • UI now is now xml/xslt driven • Employ a more abstract, and configurable, definition of… • Object types (document structures) • Metadata types • Allow for “collections”: • Grouping mechanism; may contain publications or other collections
Technical requirements • Perl, mod_perl, apache, other common OS tools • Hardware: Sun and Intel boxes • OS: Sun Solaris (9, 10), Linux
Editorial management services • Support manuscript management and peer review activities • Manuscript submission • Reviewing • Document tracking • Organization of publications • Publishing content (“making public”)
DPubs Features • Focused distribution & controlled access • Subscription control • Support for multiple pricing models • Reference linking capabilities • Forward and backward linking • DOI registration at Cross Ref • Distinctive presentation styles and branding • Support for enhanced resource discovery
DPubS in the Months Ahead • Work with development partners (Dec. ’05-Apr. ’06) • Launch code as Open Source (Apr- Dec ’06) • Recruit DPubS users (Nov. ’05-Dec. ’06) • Hold DPubS Users Meeting (June-Sept. ’06)
DPubS Development Partners • Australian National University • Universität Bielefeld • University of Kansas • University of Utah
DPubS Corporate Sponsor • Sun Microsystems • Sun’s Education Commons Open Source Community
DPubS • http://dpubs.org • dwr4@cornell.edu • Center for Innovative Publishing • http://cip.cornell.edu