Peter,
Peter Tribble wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 7:04 PM, Eric Reid <Eric.Reid at sun.com> wrote:
>
>> Reference: http://www.fedora-commons.org/
>>
>> All,
>>
>> The second ARC case I'll be submitting this quarter is for the
>> Repository Content Management System known as Fedora (aka 'Fedora
>> Commons'). Not to be confused with the Linux Distro, Fedora is Open
>> Source software intended for Libraries and other long-term archival
>> and repository applications. It's Java-based, and runs on top of MySQL/
>> Postgres/Oracle and Apache HTTP Server. There's a lot of effort ongoing
>> with Sun's "Honeycomb" storage offering and Fedora, as well.
>>
>
> Just as a matter of interest, any view on EPrints or DSpace?
>
Actually, Sun is involved with these Communities as well... the initial
request was for Fedora, but I see no reason that either of these
couldn't make its way into the Repository at some point.
> It may be a reflection of the circles I've been involved in,or perhaps
> it's a UK thing, but it's usually been a straight choice between those two.
> I ended up building a DSpace repository.
>
People have pretty definitive reasons for the Repository CM solution
they choose... I'm actually presenting at OR2008 next month in
Southampton, and am looking forward to getting some on-the-ground
intelligence on this very question firsthand.
ERR
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