Fedora 4 for Research Data

Given at eResearch Australasia, October 22, 2015.

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1. Fedora 4 for Research Data David Wilcox, DuraSpace @d_wilcox
2. Flexible Extensible Durable Object Repository Architecture Open source digital repository software Community driven design and implementation
3. Fedora Facts Managed by DuraSpace (not-for-profit) Funded by The Community Developed by The Community Supported by 2 full-time staff members (not developers)
5. Fedora 4 Project Goals Improved performance Flexible storage options Research data management Linked open data support Improved platform for developers
6. Research Data
7. Functional Requirements for Data Repositories Support for: Diverse file formats Many metadata standards Large files Many files Access controls Versioning Scalability/performance ...
8. Storage
9. Any File, Any Size Fedora 4 can store any type of file Large files (1TB+) are no problem Fedora can project over an external file system No need to ingest large datasets Pluggable support for other back-end systems
10. Structure
11. Flexible Data Modeling Data can be modeled using semantic relationships Flexible, linked data approach Metadata can be modeled using RDF triples Any schemas can be used XML metadata is still supported
12. Security
13. Modular Access Controls and Versioning Requirements may be simple or complex Pluggable authorization provides flexibility Any resource can be versioned Created and restored via REST-API call
14. Scale
15. Scalable and Performant Fedora 4 can be deployed in a cluster Provides redundancy and better performance Modular approach reduces bottlenecks Support for external search, triplestore, etc.
16. Training Training
17. Future Workshops Both single day and multi-day training available Developer-focused training in 2016 Full-day workshop (here!) on Friday Still time to register!
18. Useful Links Fedora 4 Wiki • https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF Fedora 4 Virtual Machine • https://github.com/fcrepo4-exts/fcrepo4-vagrant Contact • dwilcox@duraspace.org
19. Attributions Image 1: “IBM Electronic Data Processing Machine” by NASA on the Commons, Fickr. https://www.flickr. com/photos/nasacommons/9467782802 Image 2: “Distribution centre” by Nick Saltmarsh, Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nsalt/2829985075 Image 3: “A lattice of anti-footballs” by tom heyes, Flickr. https://www.flickr. com/photos/the_yes_man/8415341607 Image 4: “Security By Thy Name” by Alan Levine, Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/21860953461 Image 5: “scale” by Anjan Chatterjee, Flickr. https://www.flickr.com/photos/anjan58/4688619057 Image 7: “WW2 training camp - 1941” by Aussie~mobs, Flickr. https://www.flickr. com/photos/hwmobs/10572156654