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In the commercial realm DSpace is often compared with:

• VITAL
• Digital Commons 

Features that make DSpace strong in this area:

• Dublin Core metadata support
• Customizable workflows, submission forms that can be defined on a per collection basis
• OAI-PMH
• Embargo, licensing and other access control features
• Very good Google Scholar indexing results

External articles about DSpace in this area:

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Digital Collection Management

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In the open source realm DSpace is often compared with:

• Greenstone
• Omeka

In the commercial realm DSpace is often compared with:

Current Research Information System (CRIS)

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In the open source realm DSpace is often compared with:

• VIVO

In the commercial realm DSpace is often compared with:

• Symplectic Elements
• PURE
• Converis

Data Repository

In recent years, DSpace is increasingly being used to store research data.

Examples of DSpace as a data repository:

• Dryad
• Edinburgh DataShare

Features that make DSpace strong in this area:

• Persistent URLs and unique identifiers
• Item and bitstream versioning

Learning Object Repository (LOR)

Examples of DSpace as a Learning Object Repository:

• JORUM
• Open Educational Resources at the African Virtual University
• Maryland's K12 Learning Objects Repository

External articles about DSpace in this area:

• Seminar "Learning Object Repositories with DSpace"
• Buliding an Open Social Learning Community Around a DSpace Repository on Statistics 

Features that make DSpace strong in this area:

• Ingestion and Exporting in different packaging formats (AIP, but potentially IMS, SCORM, ...)

Digital Preservation System

Digital preservation systems intend to safeguard assets for the long term.

Commercial Digital Preservation systems

• Tessella

Features that make DSpace strong in this area:

• Checksum checker
• Bitstream format validator 
• Distributed asset storage
• AIP import & export + link with Duracloud

Web Content Management System (WCMS)

Wait? DSpace is not a CMS, right? Because of its user interfaces and pages for collections, communities, in combination with good search and browse functionality, DSpace has been preferred in some usecases compared to more traditional CMS systems. Another reason to include web content management systems here is because some users contemplate building repository functionality and specific metadata support into their WCMS platforms. 

Open Source content management systems

• Drupal
• Wordpress
• Joomla

Commercial web content management systems

• MS Sharepoint

Features that make DSpace strong in this area:

• Search features and faceted browsing
• Neatly formatted item pages