SUNScholar/Open System
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Introduction
In order to indefinitely preserve the digital research record of the University, common sense demands that an open and interoperable system be used and that the system be hosted by the University itself. We have no way of predicting what technology will be used in the far future, therefore the safest bet for preserving today's digital record is to use an open system based on open standards and open source software.
The internet itself is a perfect example of an open technological system that has survived more than forty years (let's hope is stays open), principally because it was designed and constructed using open standards and software. Using the internet as an example, SUNScholar has been built and is being preserved using the same principles that were applied for the internet.
Further Reading
- Why we used an Ubuntu server.
- The self-hosting value proposition.
- Very long term repository preservation.
- Building very long term operational and technical support capacity.
- List of available digital repository software.
References
Below are links to Wikipedia articles detailing some of the principles and standards used.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interoperability
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-source_software
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Archival_Information_System
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Archives_Initiative
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_standard
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_specifications
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open-system_environment_reference_model
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_standard
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_lock-in
- https://openstandard.mozilla.org
