UKOLN is supported by: Future-proofing the Technology – Addressing the Challenge Dr Liz Lyon, UKOLN, University of Bath, UK Collaboration for Sustainability Conference Bath, October a centre of expertise in digital information management

Collaboration for Sustainability Conference Overview 1.Exploring the Global Knowledge Space 2.Interoperability, infrastructure & standards 3.Digital preservation & digital curation 4.Supporting the community 5.Closing remarks

1. Exploring the Global Knowledge Space

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2. Interoperability, infrastructure & standards

Collaboration for Sustainability Conference The Life Cycle Approach Creation Management Collection development Access Repackaging

Collaboration for Sustainability Conference Towards a common infrastructure? e-Learning Framework –Technical Framework to support E-Learning JISC Information Environment –Technical architecture based on open standards (Web Services, OAI-PMH, Z39.50, RSS…..) Virtual Research Environment –Framework options e.g. CHEF, Chandler, SAKAI, ?? Common Information Environment –A cross-sectoral vision –Demonstrators –Ariadne article

Collaboration for Sustainability Conference The E-Learning Framework (ELF)

Collaboration for Sustainability Conference JISC Information Environment architecture

Collaboration for Sustainability Conference Common Information Environment

Collaboration for Sustainability Conference Standards, standards, standards Z39.50 SRW OAI RSS DC METS MPEG7 MPEG DIDL UDDI WSDL SOAP …. JPEG GIF UK LOM Core WSRP URI DOI OWL HTTP VRML SMIL XHTML RDF …..

Collaboration for Sustainability Conference Why advocate a standards culture? Open standards Maximise access –Platforms and delivery channels –Widest range of users Avoid proprietary lock-in –Vendor independent Integrate with other initiatives –eLearning e.g. Curriculum Online Economic benefits –Delivering value-for-money –Return-on-investment Ensure long-term availability of digital assets –Digital preservation and curation

Collaboration for Sustainability Conference A few words about metadata Resources –Digital –Physical –Item-level –Collection-level Services –Human-mediated –m2m –Common –Domain-specific Functions –Discovery –Management –Preservation & curation Metadata schema –e.g. Dublin Core, UK LOM Core, METS Application profiles Schema registries –Publication –Mapping

3. Digital preservation & digital curation

Collaboration for Sustainability Conference Why advocate a digital preservation / curation policy? Long-term access to digital assets Preservation approaches –Emulation, migration –LOCKSS –Universal Virtual Computer OAIS reference model Preservation metadata Provenance Persistent identifiers

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Collaboration for Sustainability Conference Digital Curation Centre Providing a range of services Help-desk Curation manual Professional training materials Research & development agendas Outreach & Community Support

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4. Supporting the community

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Collaboration for Sustainability Conference Technical Standards & Guidelines Document origins and influence –JISC Information Environment architecture –e-Government Interoperability Framework (e-GIF) Life-cycle approach –Creation, management, collection development, access, repackaging Vocabulary –must, should, may Revisions –New standards –New guidelines on implementation –Latest version February

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Collaboration for Sustainability Conference Reporting & Compliance Working in partnership with BECTa Compliance monitoring service Quarterly reporting process –Validation against published standards e.g. accessibility, (X)HTML conformance –Difficult to assess all aspects –Valid reasons e.g. immature standards, lack of tools, cost of implementation –Document with migration strategy Project sign-off –Pragmatic advice & recommendations Estimated >85% compliance

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5. Closing remarks

Collaboration for Sustainability Conference Observations Evolving technical landscape Big issues –Semantic interoperability –Persistent identifiers Awareness of new developments –e.g. NISO VIEWS Initiative Embedding standards (and skills) Integrating within the workflow Interoperability and innovation: a delicate balance

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