ARROW
Targets: Institutional Repositories, Open-Source,
and Web Services
Dr Andrew Treloar,
Senior Project Manager, Information Management Initiative, Information Technology Services
& ARROW
Technical Architect &
Adjunct Librarian, Monash
University Library.
Building
3A, Monash
University,
Victoria,
3800.
Email: Andrew.Treloar@its.monash.edu.au
Keywords
Institutional repository, information
infrastructure, information
management, technical architecture, web services, Fedora, ARROW.
Abstract
The Australian Research
Repositories Online to the World (ARROW) project was funded by the
Australian Commonwealth Department of
Education, Science and Training in 2004 to investigate institutional
research repository issues. This paper describes the software decisions
made by ARROW, and some of the consequences of those
decisions. It begins by providing some context for ARROW, before
detailing why the project selected the Fedora repository software as
its underlying storage layer
and VTLS as its development partner. It also discusses ways in which
other pieces of software are being used/integrated into the overall
ARROW offering. The paper then turns to future software development
activity. These revolve around ARROW-funded open-source web
services, and other possible web service opportunities. The paper
concludes by encouraging other repository
initiatives
to work together around collaborative development of services of shared
interest.
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