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Date: 27 June 2013 23:42<br>Subject: [DuraSpace Wiki] DSpace > DSpace 2013 Vision Document<br>To: <a href="mailto:hilton.gibson@gmail.com">hilton.gibson@gmail.com</a><br><br><br>
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<td valign="top" style="font-size:13px"> <h2 style="font-size:16px;line-height:20px;min-height:20px;margin:0;padding:0"> <a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/DSPACE/DSpace+2013+Vision+Document" style="color:#326ca6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank"> <img src="cid:page-icon" alt="" style="border:0;padding:0 2px 0 0;text-align:left"> <strong style="font-size:16px;line-height:20px;vertical-align:top">DSpace 2013 Vision Document</strong> </a> </h2>
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<td style="background-color:#fff;border:1px solid #dddddd;padding:10px;font-size:13px"> <p style="font-size:13px">In case it is not evident, this Vision Document describes a longer-term vision for the DSpace platform. It does NOT have any relationship to the <a href="https://wiki.duraspace.org/#" style="color:#326ca6;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">DSpace 4.0 Release</a> scheduled for end of 2013. DSpace 4.0 will just involve improvements to the existing DSpace platform. This Vision Document describes a (potentially) new, modernized DSpace platform, which could only be implemented should we be able to locate necessary resources from our community or elsewhere.</p>
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<h2> <span style="background-color:#d6f0ff">DSpace 3-5 Year Vision </span><span style="font-size:100%;background-color:#ddfade">Statement</span> </h2>
<p style="font-size:13px">The following statements describe, at a high level, what goals the DSpace open source product should strive to meet:</p>
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<li style="font-size:13px">DSpace will focus on the fundamentals of the modern "Institutional Repository" use case. We are <span style="font-size:100%;background-color:#ffe7e7;text-decoration:line-through">(re-)building </span><span style="font-size:100%;background-color:#ddfade">striving to meet </span>the IR <span style="font-size:100%;background-color:#ffe7e7;text-decoration:line-through">for </span><span style="font-size:100%;background-color:#ddfade">needs of </span>the next 5-10 years.</li>
<li style="font-size:13px">DSpace will be re-architected to be "lean", with agility and flexibility as primary goals.</li>
<li style="font-size:13px">DSpace will include a "core" set of functionality that can be "extended" (think Wordpress-like plugins) or have "hooks" (integration points) to complimentary services/tools</li>
<li style="font-size:13px">DSpace will be designed in such a way that it can be easily/quickly configured to integrate with new & future tools/services in the larger digital scholarship "ecosystem"</li>
<li style="font-size:13px">DSpace will support low-cost, hosted solutions and deployments (by featuring an easy, "just works" setup)</li>
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