DSpace RoadMap and Vision presentation given (in part) during the "DuraSpace Plenary" talks at the Open Repositories 2013 conference in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. This presentation was given on July 11, 2013. A video screencast of this talk is also available at: http://youtu.be/JtnjPk9qS_k

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DSpace RoadMap & Vision
Tim Donohue
DSpace Tech Lead
tdonohue@duraspace.org
OR13 DSpace User Group Meeting

2. Overview
• Intros
• 3.x Releases (3.1 in Jan 2013)
• 4.0 is coming (Late 2013)
• DSpace 3 to 5 Year Vision
• Next Steps

3. Meet the Committers!
• Andrea Bollini
• Ben Bosman
• Peter Dietz
• Mark Diggory
• Tim Donohue
• Sands Fish
• Keith Gilbertson
• Richard Jones
• Claudia Jürgen
• Bram Luyten (2013)
• Ivan Masár (2012)
• João Melo (2012)
• Hardy Pottinger (2011)
• Richard Rodgers
• Andrea Schweer (2011)
• Kim Shepherd
• Kostas Stamatis (2013)
• Keiji Suzuki (2013)
• Robin Taylor
• Graham Triggs
• Jeff Trimble
• Kevin Van de Velde (2011)
• Mark Wood
Key: 5+ Years, 3-5 Years

4. Meet DCAT!
• Claire Bundy
• Bharat M. Chaudhari
• James Evans
• Elena Feinstein
• Augustine Gitonga
• Yan Han
• Leonie Hayes
• Valorie Hollister
• Dibyendra Hyoju
• Iryna Kuchma
• Sue Kunda
• Amy Lana
• Bram Luyten
• Sarah Molloy
• Jim Ottaviani
• Sarah Potvin
• Sarah Shreeves
• Elin Stangeland
• Ciarán Walsh
• Maureen Walsh
http://tinyurl.com/dspace-dcat

5. 3.x New Features
• Rewritten & improved OAI-PMH
• Advanced Embargo
• Item Versioning (beta)
• Mobile interface (beta)
• Type-based submissions
• Many major improvements: Statistics,
Authentication, Discovery, etc
http://tinyurl.com/dspace-3-0http://tinyurl.com/dspace-3-0

6. • First release managed by a Release
Team!
• 3.0 Release Team:
– Sands Fish (MIT) [Team Leader]
– Ivan Masár (aka helix84)
– Hardy Pottinger (U of Missouri)
– Robin Taylor (U of Edinburgh)
3.x Releases
Want more 3.x?
Hardy Pottinger’s talk @ 4:15pm

7. Coming Soon: 4.0
• Late 2013 (Nov or Dec)
• Features are To Be Decided
– SWORDv2 enhancements?
– Search / Browse enhancements?
– REST API?
– Other features? (DOI support?)
• 4.0 Release Team
– Mark Wood, Hardy Pottinger, Andrea Bollini
http://tinyurl.com/dspace-4-0

8. DSpace Support Policy
• Security Patches
– Most recent three (3) major versions
– Currently: 3.x, 1.8.x, 1.7.x
• Bug Fixes
– Most recent major version
• Release Numbering: [major].[minor]
– 3.0 (major), 3.1 (minor), 4.0 (major)
http://tinyurl.com/dspace-support

9. 3-5 Year Vision

10. 3-5 Year Vision Mtg
• May meeting of 10 stakeholder inst.
– Came out of March DuraSpace Summit
• Goal: Common 3-5 year vision
– Vision is longer term (not for 4.0)
– Opportunity to reinvigorate, refresh use
cases & needs after 10 years
– Hope to establish community-led project
• Similar to Fedora Futures / Fedora 4
http://duraspace.org/meeting-report-3-5-year-dspace-
vision

11. DSpace will:
1.Focus on IR fundamentals, modern
use cases
2.Be lean & flexible
3.Include “core IR” functionality which
can be extended
4.Be designed to integrate well
5.Support low-cost, hosted
solutions
3-5 Year Vision (Draft)

12. 1. Focus on IR
“Institutional Repository” at heart
• Core functionality = current &
anticipated IR use cases
– Not same use cases as 10 yrs ago
• Anything Non-Core = implement via
(third-party) plugins

13. 2. Lean & Flexible
Do NOT attempt to do or be
everything
• Instead: lean, focused system
• But, support third-party plugins

14. 3. Core IR Use Cases
What is “out-of-the-box”
vs
What may be a third-party plugin
• We need to determine what these
core use cases are, together
• Retain “out-of-the-box” IR goal

15. 4. Designed to Integrate
Standalone system = thing of the past
• Provide integration points for others
to build against (APIs, etc)
• Build our own integrations with
external systems / services

16. 5. Support low-cost/hosted
Web-based Configuration & Setup
• Easy to setup / install whether on
your local server or hosted
• Most options / configs should be
customizable via a web UI

17. A Possible Vision?
DSpace as a “WordPress-like” IR?
• Easy to install (5 min) / “just works”
• Diverse third-party plugins / themes
• Manage most everything from web
UI (including plugins / themes)
• Large, active support community
http://tinyurl.com/dspace-2013-vision

18. Next Steps
• Panel Q&A / discussion at 3:45pm
• Use Cases / feedback via email / wiki
• Collaborate with Tech Team on a
Technical RoadMap / Plan
• Work towards establishing a
community project
– Governance
– Locate developers / funding
http://tinyurl.com/dspace-2013-vision

19. Want to help?
• Want to take a more active role?
– Contact Tim or Jonathan Markow
• tdonohue@duraspace.org
• jjmarkow@duraspace.org
• Provide feedback or use cases along
the way
• When time comes, donate a
developer or small amt of funding
http://tinyurl.com/dspace-2013-vision

20. In Closing
Contact Info & Slides
• Email: tdonohue@duraspace.org
• Slides: http://www.slideshare.net/tdonohue/
Image Credits
• Road: http://www.flickr.com/photos/boypiyaphon/
• First 3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/2455278328/
• Second 3: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/95522574/
• Number 4: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/2404796935/
• Bug: http://www.flickr.com/photos/azrainman/993139790/
• Binoculars Guy:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gerlos/3119891607/