Open Source for Digital Curation
Author: Andrew McHugh
DCC and Humanities Advanced Technology and Information Institute (HATII), University of Glasgow
The Open Source software philosophy has at its very core the principles of freedom, transparency, longevity and reusability. From a digital curation perspective these are all desirable characteristics for our information infrastructures. Therefore, the role that Open Source software can play must be fully explored, and where appropriate, it must be exploited.
Typical scenarios will include the creation of new repositories and tools using an Open Source development and distribution methodology and the promotion and use of existing Open Source products ahead of their proprietary equivalents.
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Key Points
- Overview of the Open Source development model
- Overview of the Open Source distribution model
- Licensing issues
- Preservation through transparency
- Example applications
- Home
- Digital Curation
- About Us
- News
- Events
- Resources
- Briefing Papers
- Introduction to Curation
- Annotation
- Appraisal and Selection
- Curating emails
- Curating e-science data
- Curating geospatial data
- Data accreditation
- Data Citation and Linking
- Data protection
- Database archiving
- Digital repositories
- Freedom of Information
- Genre classification
- Interoperability
- Persistent Identifiers
- Trust through self audit
- Using OAIS for curation
- Web 2.0
- What is digital curation?
- Legal Watch Papers
- Standards Watch Papers
- Technology Watch Papers
- Making the Case for RDM
- Introduction to Curation
- How-to Guides
- Curation Reference Manual
- Peer review
- Editorial board
- Completed chapters
- Appraisal and Selection
- Archival Metadata
- Archiving Web Resources
- Curating Emails
- File Formats
- Investment in an Intangible Asset
- Learning Object Metadata
- Metadata
- Ontologies
- Open Source for Digital Curation
- Preservation Metadata
- Preservation Strategies
- Principles for Enabling Access to Engineering Design Information Through Life
- Chapters in production
- Curation Lifecycle Model
- Policy and legal
- Data Management Plans
- Case studies
- Tools and applications
- Standards
- Publications
- External resources
- Roles
- Curation journals
- Informatics research
- Briefing Papers
- Training
- Projects
- Community
- Contact Us
In this section
- Briefing Papers
- How-to Guides
- Curation Reference Manual
- Peer review
- Editorial board
- Completed chapters
- Appraisal and Selection
- Archival Metadata
- Archiving Web Resources
- Curating Emails
- File Formats
- Investment in an Intangible Asset
- Learning Object Metadata
- Metadata
- Ontologies
- Open Source for Digital Curation
- Preservation Metadata
- Preservation Strategies
- Principles for Enabling Access to Engineering Design Information Through Life
- Chapters in production
- Curation Lifecycle Model
- Policy and legal
- Data Management Plans
- Case studies
- Tools and applications
- Standards
- Publications
- External resources
- Roles
- Curation journals
- Informatics research
SCARP Synthesis Study
SCARP Synthesis Study
Shedding light upon the diversity of scientific research is this DCC-commissioned report, based on SCARP and other case studies. Attitudes and approaches to data deposit, sharing, reuse, curation and preservation are investigated across a range of research fields and disciplines.