DRIVER Step #1 towards a Pan-European Digital Repository Infrastructure Yannis Ioannidis University of Athens, Hellas IST 2007 Networking Session: Future Knowledge Infrastructures, 21 November 2006

2 DRIVER Digital Digital Repository Repository Infrastructure Infrastructure Vision for Vision for European European Research Research } } } }

3 Imperatives 1. Comprehensive, global access to any type of scientific information 2. Minimum time and resources effort to access and use this information 3. Easy search/navigation, handling, manipulation, and re-dissemination of information 4. Maximum visibility to and communication with the research community, research impact 5. Long-term access and preservation of research results

4 DRIVER Facts 18 months (6/06-11/07) 18 months (6/06-11/07) Developing an organization and a system Developing an organization and a system Two public releases Two public releases First: 5/07 First: 5/07 Second: 11/07 Second: 11/07 Limited effort Limited effort

5 DRIVER Facts 10 partners (technology - organization & administration - content owners & users) 10 partners (technology - organization & administration - content owners & users) Univ. of Athens (Hellas) - administrative coordinator Univ. of Göttingen (Germany) - scientific coordinator CNR-ISTI (Italy) SURF (The Netherlands) Univ. of Nottingham (UK) CNRS (France) UKOLN (UK) ICM (Poland) Univ. of Gent (Belgium) Univ. of Bielefeld (Germany)

6 High-Level Objectives Develop a test-bed for integrating existing national, regional, or thematic repositories Develop a test-bed for integrating existing national, regional, or thematic repositories Create a production-quality European DR infrastructure Create a production-quality European DR infrastructure Prepare the future expansion and upgrade of the DR infrastructure across Europe Prepare the future expansion and upgrade of the DR infrastructure across Europe Identify and promote the use of a relevant set of standards Identify and promote the use of a relevant set of standards Raise awareness among user communities Raise awareness among user communities

7 Universal DRs Past-Present-Future National, Regional, and Thematic DRs Trans-National DRs (DRIVER) Pan-European and Inter-Thematic DRs

8 Challenges Create a EuropeanRepositoryInfrastructureTestbed Large number of providers and users Emphasis on content Hosting hardware and software Operational infrastructure, open for experimentations Multifaceted endeavor: technology, organization

9 Other Objectives Virtual organization of available sources based on needs of specific user communities Virtual organization of available sources based on needs of specific user communities Communities unknown a priori Communities unknown a priori Content provision – no use prescription Content provision – no use prescription World-wide accessibility World-wide accessibility Initial set of advanced services Initial set of advanced services

10 DRIVER Activities Content: Organisation and Provision Content: Organisation and Provision Infrastructure Middleware Development/ Implementation Infrastructure Middleware Development/ Implementation Focussed Studies Raising Awareness / Outreach Programme Pan-European DR Infrastructure 1 DR Testbed Service

11 Content Arts Humanities Social Sciences Sciences Life Sciences Medicine Agriculture Other... Engineering Textual Materials (Documents) (Rich) Media (sound, film, language recordings, 3D images from artifacts, computer-generated images, etc. ) Primary Data (Observational, experimental, demographic, census, patient records etc.) Maps Complex Objects, Living/Dynamic Documents Software, Simulations Images, Photographs DRIVER - Testbed

12 Content Sources Initially 51 institutional repositories Initially 51 institutional repositories 15 from the Netherlands (coordinated by DARE) 15 from the Netherlands (coordinated by DARE) 20 from the UK (coordinated by SHERPA) 20 from the UK (coordinated by SHERPA) 14 from Germany (adhere to the German DINI-standard) 14 from Germany (adhere to the German DINI-standard) 1 from France (CNRS) 1 from France (CNRS) 1 from Belgium (UGent) 1 from Belgium (UGent) More repositories to be identified and included More repositories to be identified and included Joint policies and objectives Joint policies and objectives Broad and multiple user groups Broad and multiple user groups Metadata, technical, and organisational standards Metadata, technical, and organisational standards

Content: Organisation and Provision Content: Organisation and Provision Infrastructure Middleware Development/ Implementation Infrastructure Middleware Development/ Implementation Focussed Studies Raising Awareness / Outreach Programme DR Testbed Service Pan-European DR Infrastructure 2 DRIVER – From Transnational DR Testbed Towards pan-European DR Infrastructure

14 Functional Architecture Archive Metadata Schemas Ontologies Thesauri … … Process Engine Document Conformer OAI-PMH Aggregator Collection Virtualizer Wrapper Authentication Authorization Manager Search Browse ….. Index Storage … … Collection Repository Preservation Manager Preservation Manager … … User Administration DL Monitoring … … Policy Manager …. Group Registry User Registry User Registry User Interface OAI-PMH Publisher API Interface API Interface ….. Presentation Access Mediation Information Space Management DL Management User Space Management

15 Mediation Mediation between heterogeneous external information and information used by DRIVER services Mediation between heterogeneous external information and information used by DRIVER services Similarly for external services Similarly for external services Access Mediation Information Space Management DL Management User Space Management Document Conformer OAI-PMH Aggregator Ontology Aligner Collection Virtualizer Content Transformer Content Translator Metadata Schema Mapper Wrapper Presentation

16 Access (Personalised) Discovery and access of information objects (Personalised) Discovery and access of information objects (Personalized) Notification on information objects (Personalized) Notification on information objects

17 Content Management Management, preservation and persistence of the information objects Management, preservation and persistence of the information objects

18 Policy Management Management of the editorial policies Management of the editorial policies Management of user access rights and policies Management of user access rights and policies Activation of all necessary processes for content management Activation of all necessary processes for content management Presentation Access DL Management Mediation Information Space Management User Space Management User Administration DL MonitoringPublication Process Manager RecommenderPreservation Manager

19 User Management Management of users, groups, role policies and profiles Management of users, groups, role policies and profiles Registration User Registry Tracer User Manager User Space Management Presentation Access DL Management Mediation Information Space Management Profile Repository Profile Repository Group Registry Subscription Group Manager Policy Manager Checker Role Enforce Role Enforce Role Manager Role Manager UserProfile ConfigMgr UserProfile ConfigMgr GroupProfile ConfigMgr GroupProfile ConfigMgr Role ConfigMgr Role ConfigMgr

20 Presentation Presentation of the DL functionality to the end- users and to third-parties applications Presentation of the DL functionality to the end- users and to third-parties applications

21 Enabling Functionality Basic functions for guaranteeing functioning, orchestration and quality of service Basic functions for guaranteeing functioning, orchestration and quality of service Presentation Access DLManagement Mediation Information Space Management User Space Management Process Engine Information Service Subscription Notification Monitoring Discovery Broker AAA Authentication Authorization Accounting

22 DRIVER functionality Archive Metadata Schemas Ontologies Thesauri … … Process Engine Document Conformer OAI-PMH Aggregator Collection Virtualizer Wrapper Authentication Authorization Manager Search Browse ….. Index Storage … … Collection Repository Preservation Manager Preservation Manager … … User Administration DL Monitoring … … Policy Manager …. Group Registry User Registry User Registry User Interface OAI-PMH Publisher API Interface API Interface ….. Presentation Access Mediation Information Space Management DL Management User Space Management

23 Content: Organisation and Provision Content: Organisation and Provision Infrastructure Middleware Development/ Implementation Infrastructure Middleware Development/ Implementation Focussed Studies Raising Awareness / Outreach Programme DR Testbed Service Pan-European DR Infrastructure 3 DRIVER – From Transnational DR Testbed Towards pan-European DR Infrastructure

24 Focused Studies Repository map of Europe (installations, organizations, people) Repository map of Europe (installations, organizations, people) Business models Business models Technical standards Technical standards Policies Policies

25 Content: Organisation and Provision Content: Organisation and Provision Infrastructure Middleware Development/ Implementation Infrastructure Middleware Development/ Implementation Focussed Studies Raising Awareness / Outreach Programme DR Testbed Service Pan-European DR Infrastructure 4 DRIVER – From Transnational DR Testbed Towards pan-European DR Infrastructure

26 Focused Studies Produce materials (advocacy, support, advise, best practices, …) Produce materials (advocacy, support, advise, best practices, …) Create pool of experts Create pool of experts Attend other events and organize workshops Attend other events and organize workshops Establish `European Repository Awareness Point’ (E-RAP) as community resource Establish `European Repository Awareness Point’ (E-RAP) as community resource

27 Summary DRIVER drives Europe towards full unification of its scientific information