[Irtalk] DSpace-CRIS, Alpha version announced

[Elsabe Olivier]

>>> On 2012/11/26 at 11:22 AM, David Palmer <dtpalmer at HKU.HK> wrote:

***apologies for cross-posting*** CILEA and the University of Hong Kong
(HKU) are pleased to announce the immediate availability for download of
the first alpha release of the DSpace CRIS module.
https://github.com/CILEA/dspace-cris Publications are an important
output of the research cycle. They allow communication between scholars,
and measurement and decision support of research amongst research
administrators. However there are many other equally important entities
in research that need description and tracking, such as projects,
grants, patents, organization units, researcher profiles (people), etc.
Integrating and contextualizing all of these entities along with
publications, adds greater value to each individual piece, in terms of
visibility, discovery, and understanding of the total research picture.
One name used for such integrations is Current Research Information
System (CRIS).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_Research_Information_System This
DSpace addon enables the ingestion, storage, display and management of
metadata & fulltext on these other research entities. This module
produces a smooth integration between native DSpace items (publications)
and other CRIS entities. All entities (native DSpace items or new CRIS
Entities) can be linked with each other using autocomplete/lookup
functions in the submission edit phase and the inter-navigation in
visualizations. This is the first public release. Richer versions with
more features and functionality will appear soon. These are described in
the DSpace CRIS Roadmap page:
https://github.com/CILEA/dspace-cris/wiki/Roadmap Most of these features
are now in The HKU Scholars Hub. http://hub.hku.hk The current version
works on a customized version of DSpace 1.8.2 JSPUI and can be installed
by following the instructions provided here:
https://github.com/CILEA/dspace-cris/wiki/Installation We expect to
release a complete upgrade of the DSpace CRIS module to DSpace 3 in the
coming months. Some of this code base will make its way into general
DSpace releases, such as “Solr Discovery for JSPUI” in DSpace 3. However
we envision that most of this work will be an optional addon, which
DSpace developers can choose to implement, or not. In the spirit of open
source, we hope that this DSpace CRIS module will receive wide adoption
in the DSpace community. We hope that many will find useful and then
build further upon this start. To enable this desired multilateral
collaboration, we ask that you send any inquires directly to the dspace
mailing lists (mainly dspace-tech at lists.sourceforge.net). Up to now,
this has been a collaboration between CILEA and HKU. The HKU side is
supported by funding from the HKU Office of Knowledge Exchange and the
University Libraries. A note on mailing list etiquette:
https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/Mailing+List+Etiquette Our
open regards to all, CILEA & HKU 
 
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