It's true, this development does not diminish the importance of the
repository, and particularly the IR, in terms of deposit and
management interfaces and repository services.
Instead its primary import is that *potentially* it: (1) frees up the
storage layer, (2) offers a route to more flexible
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Data exchange among disparate repositories
Comment from Stevan Harnad: The demonstration (below) of the bulk
