SUNScholar/DSpace/Why Ubuntu Server

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In order to make the research outputs of Stellenbosch University available, the library decided develop an open access research repository service. The repository has to make the research available for future researchers as well. With this in mind as a selection criteria, DSpace on top of the Ubuntu server was used for the following reasoning:

  1. We cannot predict what technology will exist in the future but we can be almost certain that open systems based on open standards will have a better chance of surviving to the future.
  2. Since we are betting on open systems based on open standards, we have to eliminate any proprietary systems.
  3. DSpace is supported by a foundation and based on open standards which is very popular therefore it was chosen as the repository management system

To be completed.

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