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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hi Bruce,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">As with most accords I think the purpose is first and foremost about a statement of intent rather than a roadmap towards actual implementation.
Digressing even further from your question I think we lack a form of formal and regional collaboration in Southern Africa for administering repositories which is already available elsewhere in the world (OpenAIRE and LA Referencia as examples). The NRF is
doing good work in this regard though as are other more informal initiatives. With a strategy like this there is not much point in (only) having the NRF as signatory to the accord and for the rest a silent Southern African community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Hopefully more in response to your question, I think collaborative strategies like these could in future help inform the integration
between data providers and network services. For example a compute cloud built on OpenStack (e.g. NECTAR, African Cloud) that is connected to a data management and preservation system storing raw data, which in turn again interlinks with APIs in a digital
repository (to build a virtual portal of research in a specific discipline). Some of these services can be created using existing standards (OAI-PMH , ORCiD, DataCite) whereas others might need additional levels of functionality.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">How researchers like yourself could immediately contribute – outside of belonging to a specialist working group focused on these initiatives
– remains unclear though. I think having standardised documentation how to access and integrate heterogeneous systems might be a good starting point to give effect to an accord like this.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Nothing practical but just a thought.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> IRTalk [mailto:irtalk-bounces@lists.lib.sun.ac.za]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Bruce Becker<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 09 May 2017 08:41 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Lazarus Matizirofa<br>
<b>Cc:</b> irtalk@lists.lib.sun.ac.za<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [IRTalk] Aligning Repository Networks: International Accord Released: COAR2017, 8-10 May 2017, Venice, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This looks like a very sensible position to take :)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Could you or someone else on the list please elaborate on some of the specifics ? One can't but agree with the strategy, but I find it quite difficult to understand where to hook into it effectively, as an infrastructure engineer and a
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<p class="MsoNormal">I am one of those people who are "developing value-added services on top of repositories" and have tried very hard to do technology transfer, for example. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">If one wanted to contribute to this strategy, the question I have is : how ? <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Clearly this is not something that can be easily answered definitively in a single reply so I would welcome some discussion on the matter, from all on the list.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks ! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 9 May 2017 at 08:03, Lazarus Matizirofa <<a href="mailto:lazarus.matizirofa@nrf.ac.za" target="_blank">lazarus.matizirofa@nrf.ac.za</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">International Accord</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Collectively we aspire to strengthen and enhance the distributed, community-based open access infrastructure around the world.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Moreover, we acknowledge that strong relationships between regional and national repository networks are important, and that there are significant benefits of working together:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">The development of value added services on top of global repositories requires the widespread, international adoption of common, open APIs and metadata standards.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Concentrating efforts at the regional and national level will ensure responsiveness to local needs and contexts, and prevents overlaps and cost redundancies.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Sharing metadata across regions ensures comprehensive, global data coverage.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">To further our collective vision, we agree to collaborate in the following areas:</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Regular communications: Facilitated by COAR, we will communicate regularly to exchange information, network with each other, and identify areas for potential collaboration.
At least one in-person meeting will be organized annually to enable technical and strategic discussions.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Common APIs, standards, and protocols: Developing global services will involve the widespread interoperability and integration across data providers, and between
data providers and network services. We will work together to define standards, APIs and<br>
protocols that will support a wide range of network services.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Technology transfer and co-development of technologies: Similar services and technologies are being envisioned and deployed by many networks. Instead of each region<br>
working in silos, we will look for opportunities to transfer technologies and co-develop<br>
software, where appropriate.</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Signatories</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#444444">Australia Australasian Open Access Strategy Group<br>
Canada Canadian Association of Research Libraries<br>
China Confederation of Chinese Academic Institutional Repository and National Science Library, CAS<br>
Europe OpenAIRE<br>
Japan Japan Consortium for Open Access Repository<br>
Latin America LA Referencia*<br>
South Africa National Research Foundation<br>
United States Association of Research Libraries† and Center for Open Science</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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