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We’re live!!
Yes folks, after a long gestation, name changes, and a jiggle of personnel… we are now LIVE!! http://ori.edina.ac.uk Full public documentation is coming soon – however there is some bare-bones stuff on...
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“Will Triplestore replace Relational Databases?”
It is not possible to give a definitive answer, however it is important to look at this technology which has been causing a stir in the informatics field. Basically a triplestore is a purpose-built...
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Embargoes in real metadata
One very important function the RJ Broker needs to support is that of embargoes: Publishers and other data suppliers are going to be much more willing to be involved in a dissemination programme if...
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RJ Broker: a Research Output Delivery Service
Back in August 2009, the idea for a system to deposit research output directly to Institution Repositories (IRs) was formulated (like many other great ideas) on the back of a napkin, and presented in...
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SWORD 1.3 v’s SWORD 2
What’s the difference, and how do they compare? In summary SWORD 1.3 is a one-off package deposit system: the record is wrapped up in some agreed format, and dropped into the repository. SWORD 1.3 uses...
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Embargoes in real metadata, take 2
Following on from the earlier discussion, we have ruled out the first option (where we add an attribute to METS): <div ID="sword-mets-div-2" oarj_embargo="2013-05-29"> <fptr...
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RSP Webinar on RJ Broker: Automating Delivery of Research Output to Repositories
On Wednesday 29th May 2013, Muriel Mewissen presented a Webinar on the Repository Junction Broker (RJ Broker) for the Repository Support Project (RSP). This presentation discusses: the need for a...
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Setting up redundancy in a live service
At EDINA, we strive for resilience in the services we run. We may not be competing with the massive international server-farms that the likes of Google, Facebook, Amazon, eBay, etc run… however we try...
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EPrints importers made publicly available
We are really please to say that RJ Broker now has importers available for both EPrints 3.2 and 3.3 The EPrints 3.2 code is essentially unchanged, however it is now publicly available in GitHub...
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New blog for the Jisc Publications Router
The latest phase of the projects documented in this blog has moved to a new blog. Our new blog will be used to outline the developments and benefits of the The Jisc Publications Router service. It...
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