1. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 Repositories: State of ELF “volunteer”: Martin Morrey Intrallect Ltd

2. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 Context Repositories span multiple frameworks, architectures & domains Repository interoperability research and development has been ongoing for many years digital library sector Not just ELF

3. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 IMS DRI

4. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 JISC Information Environment

5. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 Repository interfaces (Intrallect) VLE Library System Repository IMS MD IEEE LOM ODRL IMS DRI (WS) SRU/SRW Z39.50 OAI PMH Authoring Tool IMS CP WebDav User IDs User IDs User Info LDAP… Portal Portlets (JSR 168) WWW URL API SMTP RSS

6. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 ARROW

7. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 CORDRA

8. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004

9. Repositories Domain Map Embedded Metadata [Metadata in, e.g. content packages] Metadata Quality Expose Archive Federation Search Deliver Destroy Harvest Cross search Repositories Resource collections + Metadata Submit Access Management Rights Management Annotate / rate / review Dis/aggregate Embedding in learning environments Metadata Creation Vocabularies, thesauri, ontologies

10. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 JORUM Embedded Metadata [Metadata in, e.g. content packages] Metadata Quality Expose Archive Federation Search Deliver Destroy Harvest Cross search Repositories Resource collections + Metadata Submit Access Management Rights Management Annotate / rate / review Dis/aggregate Embedding in learning environments Metadata Creation Vocabularies, thesauri, ontologies

11. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 D+ (University of Edinburgh) Access Management (ATHENS) Deliver Search Cross search Repositories Resource collections + Metadata Federation Expose Metadata Creation

12. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 DELTA (University of Essex)

13. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 Initiatives mapped to ELF JORUM IE MSR SURF X4L COSE HLSI Norway D+ MDC DELTA Intrallect

14. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 Project Activity related to JISC ELF Sample User Agents Learning Domain Services Common Services Institutional Infrastructures (TCP/IP etc.)

15. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 Common Services Harvesting Resolver Logging Workflow Mapping Messaging Content management Rating / Annotation Chat Person Calendaring Alert AV conferencing E-mail management DRM Identifier Search Presence Authentication Packaging Terminology Federated search Role Metadata management Whiteboard Context Scheduling Metadata service registry Filing Service registry Rules Authorisation Archiving User preferences Group Member Format conversion Forum

16. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 Learning Domain Services Reporting Resource list Competency Activity author Course validation Sequencing Tracking Assessment ePortfolio Marking Quality assurance Activity management Grading Learning flow Curriculum Personal development Course management

17. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 Sample User Agents Library system Marking tool VLE / LMS Timetabling ePortfolio Portal Authoring applications Learning flow Enrollment portlet

18. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 State of ELF Technology is rapidly maturing Relatively robust Starting to see real-world implementation Demonstrable cross-searching Move to federated searching “Technology is not a problem, we are getting there”

19. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 Technical Issues Identifiers (deciding) Rights Management Metadata Automated creation Distributed metadata creation Decoupling metadata and content Relevancy in searches Performance of distributed search

20. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 ELF Warning “Federated repository implementations failed in the past because the technology was immature. The technology is now maturing, but the business and governance issues will kill us.” - Dan Rehak

21. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 ELF Needs & Problems “Seamless” integration to the real world Embedding repositories in everyday practice Managing the business process Institutional policy Understanding & enabling workflows (how to manage “stuff”) Motivation to contribute Staff development Technical policies of institutions impede interoperability e.g. Security

22. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 ELF Advice (to JISC) Lobby institutions to be more open with resources Address governance issues Identifiers, DRM infrastructure Support training and staff development “Teach teachers how to search” Look at applicable technologies from other areas (libraries, grid) “Don’t always look for technical solutions” Look at presentation of information More prototyping, mock-ups and usability work

23. JISC CETIS Conference, Oxford, November 2004 More ELF Advice Define a common language to discuss repositories i.e. What do we mean by “repository” “content” Look for commonality across representations (of frameworks) Drivers to promote practice cf motivation of open source Focus on identifying user needs