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The overlap between DSpace and the realm of CRIS systems comes from the fact that publications, usually stored in DSpace, are important objects in a CRIS system. The overall concept of a CRIS system is broader and encompasses rich objects for staff, projects, grants etc. Nevertheless, several institutions have successfully implemented DSpace as a CRIS component: DSpace-CRIS extends the data model of DSpace to manage entities and attributes, with their reciprocal links, that represent research information and populate the research domain according to the CERIF standard.

• DSpace-CRIS extension
• Hong Kong University (using the dspace-cris module built by CINECA and Hong Kong)
  • More information: DSpace-CRIS@HKU: Achieving visibility with a CERIF compliant open source system
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In the open source realm DSpace is often compared with:

• VIVO (a software and an ontology for representing scholarship)
• JResearch in conjunction with Joomla

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