1. Organisation and Repository Identification (ORI)
& Repository Junction Broker (RJ Broker)
Automating Deposition to Multiple Repositories
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2. Outline
 Overview
 ORI
 RJ Broker
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3. Overview
ORI: Organisation and Repository Identification
 Aggregation of online resources
 provides information about organisations and repositories
 Not authoritative identification source
RJ Broker: Repository Junction Broker
 Automates the deposition of research output to multiple repositories
 Uses ORI identifies institutions and their related repositories
 Support Open Access (OA)
ORI & RJ Broker
 Build on previous projects:
 Open Access Repository Junction
 OpenDepot.org
 Services to be made available through UK RepositoryNet+
 ORI in September 2012
 RJ Broker in March 2013
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4. ORI - Organisations and Repositories
Identification
 Independent middleware tool
 Harvest identification data
UK Repo Info
 Store the information
 Allow query of the information UK Organisation
Info
ORI
International
Organisation
Info
APIs
Store
International
Repo Info
Geo Info
Network Info
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5. ORI – Functionality
Webometrics orgs
ORI
UKAM
F WhoIs
APIs ROAR
(http, json, xml, linked
data) Postgres 9
OpenDOAR
UCAS
Unlock
Manual
Curation
Webometrics repos
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6. ORI – Data Inputs
 Aggregation of (authoritative) sources
 23,000 organisations & 3,000 repositories
 No universal Org ID or Repo ID
 Names Projects ORCID, VIAF, ISNI,…
 Data accuracy, complexity, normalisation: sources
(find, validate, merge, de-duplicate, coverage, missing
data), updates,…
 Automation, manual curation
 Worldwide scope: languages, internationalisation,…
 Improve value through aggregation
 Improve quality through data curation
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7. ORI – Data Outputs
 Information about organisation and repository
(name, location, IP, type, URLs,…)
 Suitable APIs
 Ease
 Performance
 Potential users:
 EDINA, HE, funders, publishers, mobile deposit clients,…
 YOU? Let me know of any use case!
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8. Focus
Repository Junction Broker (RJ Broker) aims to support Open
Access:
 To increase the number of deposits to UK repositories
 To minimise effort by depositors and IRs managers
Funders
Subject
Author/PI repo
Author 2 /
Representative
Institutional
Repo
Publishers IR
Publisher IR
System IR
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9. RJ Broker
 Independent middleware tool
 Accept deposit of research articles
 Identify target repositories from metadata
 Handle deposition to registered repositories
 Provide tracking ID
UK Repo
Author/P
I
International
RJ Broker Repo
Publishers
Institutional
Repo
Funders
ORI Subject repo
Librarian/Data manager
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10. RJ Broker – Functionality
URI
Registered
Repo
Data Supplier
CERIF? RIOXX? Registered
NLM DTD
Repo
RJ Broker EPrints SWORD
SWORD
.xml .pdf, OpenDepot.org
.jpg,
.doc,
.zip
.xls xml
Registered Repo
ORI
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11. RJ Broker – Facts & Challenges
 Accepting Deposits:
 Many Stakeholders:
 Authors / PIs / Librarians / Repository Managers (UKPMC)
 Funding bodies (RCUK, Wellcome Trust)
 Publishers (NPG, Elsevier, eLife)
 Data format & type
 Compressed archive (.zip)
• Metadata: XML
• Content : Anything (research output publication now & data in future)
 Standards (version, compliance)
 OA and what it means for each stakeholder
 Green v gold, embargo period, metadata v data
 Legal agreements: standard v bespoke
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12. RJ Broker – Facts & Challenges
 Processing:
 Scalability & performance (speed & storage)
 OA & other access level
 Post deposition storage
 Deposition:
 Registration of repositories and uptake
 APIs, Credentials
 OA & legal agreements
 Return tracking ID for each deposit
 status of deposit, reporting, monitoring embargo period
 Encourage interaction existing infrastructure
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13. RJ Broker – Key Factor
 Automated process
Reporting
UK Repo
Author/P
I International
RJ Broker
Processing Deposits Delivering
Repo
Collecting Deposits
Publishers
Deposits
Institutional
Repo
Funders
ORI Subject repo
Librarian/Data manager
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14. RJ Broker – Key Factor
 Human interaction
Reporting
UK Repo
Author/P
I International
Collecting RJ Broker
Processing Deposits Delivering
Repo
Publishers
Deposits Deposits
Institutional
Repo
Funders
ORI Subject repo
Librarian/Data manager
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15. Thanks!
 Muriel Mewissen – Project Manager
 Ian Stuart – Software Engineer
 Christine Rees – Head of Biblio & Multimedia Group
 Peter Burnhill – Director of EDINA
 Any questions?
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