DH

• DH needs in particular
• existing open source DR: DSpace, Fez, Fedora Commons, Drupal
• Complexity vs usability
• Institutional concerns
• Software selection, procurement
  • Where to start looking for solutions, sifting information
  • Size of the community around an open source project - institutional risk.
• Software Carpentry - DH tools and resources
  • http://crowdcrafting.org

Open Online tools

• • Open Refine - http://openrefine.org/
• Free Your Metadata - http://freeyourmetadata.org/

Proprietary systems

Rosetta from Ex Libris

How can OSS projects help bridge gaps?

• Collate digital preservation policies, find the feature gaps, write some code!
• e.g. Open Providence Model, in Fedora Commons.