1. Research data spring Open Source Database-as-a-Service (with Data Publishing!) 27/2/2015 We’ve got a service It’s called the Online Research Database Service (ORDS) We think you’d benefit from such a service We want to help you get one

2. Team » University of Oxford and OSS Watch » Plus interest so far from: › Bristol › Leicester › LSE › Manchester › St. Andrews › And (hopefully) many more! 27/2/2015: Open Source Database-as-a-Service with Data Publishing

3. Scope and Gap 27/2/2015: Open Source Database-as-a-Service with Data Publishing

4. Impact and Benefits » Designed for non-technical researchers wanting to just dial- up a database » All online – no user installation » Built for collaboration » Easy to expose data to public as and when desired » Can save datasets and reference them from publications » Facilitates metadata capture » One-click deposit (forthcoming) » Encourages good practice in research data management 27/2/2015: Open Source Database-as-a-Service with Data Publishing

5. Sustainability » Software can grow bigger, better, faster if implemented at other institutions as well › pooling resources and working together to identify and fix issues and improve functionality » Hoping to become an Apereo incubator project » Issues list currently on Google Code 27/2/2015: Open Source Database-as-a-Service with Data Publishing

6. Outputs, milestones and indicators of success » It already works! It has users! There is user documentation and course material! » 1. We’ve open-sourced the software » 2. Other institutions have set up an instance of their own to play with » 3. Researchers at other institutions are using it in anger » 4. A software development community has formed, with contributions coming from many sources 27/2/2015: Open Source Database-as-a-Service with Data Publishing

7. Funding » Give us the money, and we’ll give it back to you 27/2/2015: Open Source Database-as-a-Service with Data Publishing