[Building Sakai] Resources Access via Database

[Jez Cope]

We have plans to develop a basic interface between Sakai and a digital 
repository (such as DSpace/Fedora) via the SWORD2 protocol which, 
depending on how it's implemented, may allow exactly this type of shared 
resource usage. I'll add this as a possible use case — happy to discuss 
further on- or off-list.

There's already been some work done to allow static "mounting" of Fedora 
content within Resources by Cambridge and later Hull (in the UK). See 
blog post linked below for some info and links. Hull's Chris Awre may be 
the most up-to-date on this (he presented the work at EuroSakai 2011).

All the best,
Jez

Refs:
DSpace - http://www.dspace.org/
Fedora - http://fedora-commons.org/
SWORD - http://swordapp.org/
Iridium project blog post - 
http://iridiummrd.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/research-data-management-at-euro-sakai-2011/

Jeff Davidson wrote:
> In follow up to this need, we were wondering
> if it's possible to build a repository of files within
> a project site under Resources and then access it
> from multiple course sites and/or project sites
> within Sakai
>
-- 
Jez Cope <http://people.bath.ac.uk/jc619>, ICT Project Manager
Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies
<http://www.bath.ac.uk/csct>
University of Bath
Tel: +44(0)1225 385827
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