The RepoMMan project: Automating workflow and metadata for an institutional repository
OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives
ISSN: 1065-075X
Article publication date: 5 June 2007
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to report on the work of the JISC‐funded RepoMMan project, which is developing a tool that will allow users to interact with a Fedora‐based institutional repository. The tool facilitates user interaction with the repository whilst developing content, using a browser interface, and will bring partial automation to the process of assigning metadata to objects, as they are made accessible to a wider audience.
Design/methodology/approach
The development of the RepoMMan tool is user‐needs‐driven and the project team has conducted face‐to‐face interviews and an online survey with potential research users. The findings from these parallel approaches have provided an insight into the needs of this group. Similar work will be undertaken with potential users in the teaching and learning community, and in administration. The RepoMMan tool utilises BPEL to orchestrate a range of web services.
Findings
Potential user needs are many and varied. The RepoMMan tool will be the basis for flexible user interaction with a repository during the development of materials; the web‐service approach also allows for the development of a range of ways to access repository objects appropriate to the needs of the content.
Originality/value
The results in this paper highlighted the potential value of a repository for general day‐to‐day purposes: the RepoMMan workflow tool is being designed to adapt to these purposes as required.
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Citation
Green, R., Dolphin, I., Awre, C. and Sherratt, R. (2007), "The RepoMMan project: Automating workflow and metadata for an institutional repository", OCLC Systems & Services: International digital library perspectives, Vol. 23 No. 2, pp. 210-215. https://doi.org/10.1108/10650750710748513
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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