What is DSpace library software?

What is DSpace library software?

DSpace is the software of choice for academic, non-profit, and commercial organizations building open digital repositories. DSpace preserves and enables easy and open access to all types of digital content including text, images, moving images, mpegs and data sets.

Is Fedora a database?

Fedora uses a relational database to support some of its functions.

What is the difference between Koha and DSpace?

Koha is a full featured Integrated Library System (ILS) specially meant for automation of library services and activities. DSpace is an Open Source Software package that provides the tools for management of digital assets, and is commonly used as the basis for an institutional repository.

Is DSpace free software?

DSpace is the software of choice for academic, non-profit, and commercial organizations building open digital repositories. It is free and easy to install “out of the box” and completely customizable to fit the needs of any organization.

What is the difference between library and repository?

A repository is any place records are stored for safekeeping. The difference between visiting a repository and a library is that a library is intended for public use for research and leisure, and (usually) allows items to be checked out, with a library card. A repository may or may not allow checking out of materials.

Is Fedora the same as Red Hat?

Fedora is the main project, and it’s a communitity-based, free distro focused on quick releases of new features and functionality. Redhat is the corporate version based on the progress of that project, and it has slower releases, comes with support, and isn’t free.

What is Fedora Repository open source software?

The Fedora Repository open source software is a project supported by the DuraSpace not-for-profit organization. The software has its origins in the Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture (i.e., Fedora) which was originally designed and developed by researchers at Cornell University.

What does the Fedora logo stand for?

FEDORA is an acronym that means Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture. The logo was intended to represents a network or graph of interconnected digital objects.

What is fedfedora Commons?

Fedora Commons. It is a modular architecture built on the principle that interoperability and extensibility are best achieved by the integration of data, interfaces, and mechanisms (i.e., executable programs) as clearly defined modules.

How does LYRASIS support the Fedora Project?

In partnership with stakeholder community members, LYRASIS has put together global, strategic collaborations to sustain Fedora which is used by more than three hundred institutions. The Fedora project is directly supported with financial and in-kind contributions of development resources through the LYRASIS Membership Program.

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