Mark Leggott, University of PEI/DiscoveryGarden Islandora: Stewarding research data using the Islandora framework Mark Leggott, Thornton Staples and Kathleen Van Ekris Panel: Global scientific data infrastructure Research Data Access & Preservation Summit 2013 Baltimore, MD April 4, 2013 #rdap13

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Stewarding Research
Data Using the
Islandora Framework
Mark Leggott, University of PEI/DiscoveryGarden
RDAP 2013, Baltimore MD

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Islandora 101
• Drupal+Fedora framework from UPEI
• Flexible UI on top of Fedora + other apps
• Can work with any data/metadata
• Deployed in 100+ institutions, growing
• Genesis was for research data stewardship
• Growing set of Solution Packs for data

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Conceptualizing
Research Institutes Health Centres
E-Mail, Letters,
Published Research,
Requirements
Government
Libraries & Archives Popularizing Initializing Agencies
Blogs, Twitter, Meeting Minutes,
Newspapers, Grants, Data
iTunesU, Flickr Collection,
Access Acquisitions
Museums
Collaboration Private Companies
Preservation
Creating/
Formalizing Analyzing
Articles, Curricular Forms, Data,
Media Content, Policies, Cataloguing, Universities &
Organizations Exhibits Findings, Discussion Colleges
Reporting
Reports, Theses, NGOs & Non-
Other Datasets, Visualizations Profits

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Object Space
User Private Shared Open
Space
Individual
Group
Collaborate
Publish
Re-Use
Create
Department
Museum
University
External
Preservation, Migration, Transformation

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Collaboration
• UPEI, The Smithsonian and discoverygarden
Inc have been collaborating for over 2 years
• Goal is to build a suite of generic and
specific research data Solution Packs
• Taking 2 different approaches to address
different ways researchers work

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Physical Data Model
• UPEI/DGI developing a generic data tool to
work with systems researchers use now
• Provide a range of filesystem sync tools
• Minimal service - store data in repository
• Enhance with metadata, transform services
• Project metadata CASRAI/VIVO/CERIF +

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Islandora Generic Research Data Architecture
Islandora Framework
Local File FITS + Authority DataStage
System
Sync Enrich
Generic Research Data SP Google
DropBox Extract Check
Drive
(+ Standard SPs, Viewers)
Transform Mint
DataCite
Private
Taverna
Box.net Cloud
Storage
Fedora
Repository
DescMD
Regional & TechMD
National AdminMD Backups
TDRs Assets
Islandora VRE
Islandora IR
(Virtual
(Research
Research
Articles)
Environment)

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Intellectual Data Model
• Smithsonian/DGI developing Sidora system
to respond to specific research data needs
• Custom interface, Content Models and
Forms, adding Taverna/R integration
• Camera trap images, archaeological data,
carbon sequestration data
• File browse interface for all operations

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Additional
• Domain specific Solutions Packs for 2013
• Digital Humanities
• Chemistry
• Biodiversity
• Taverna+R++ integration

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Examples