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This page is part 1 of a short, self-paced tour introducing VIVO for use in an interactive workshop or online.
What is VIVO?
- A semantic-web-based research and researcher discovery tool for people plus the research they do
- Publicly-visible information, across disciplines, for external as well as internal audiences
- An open, shared platform for connecting scholars, research communities, campuses, and countries using Linked Open Data1
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Open software
VIVO is a suite of open-source software and related tools most often used for sharing information about the research activities and outputs of university and government researchers around the world.
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As of version 1.6, the VIVO ontology will significantly broaden to encompass research resources (the domain of eagle-i) and clinical expertise through the work of the CTSAconnect project.
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community
VIVO started at Cornell University in 2003 but by 2008 had begun to gain adoption at other U.S. universities, in Australia, and in China. With the award of a major National Institutes of Health grant in 2009, a consortium of 7 universities and medical schools became an official consortium that quickly expanded further through the three years of NIH support. Those adopting VIVO quickly realized the value of sharing knowledge, experience, and tools and the first VIVO conference was held in August, 2010 in New York City. Open implementation, development, ontology, and outreach calls further engaged new users, as did the 3 annual implementation fests held at Washington University and the University of Colorado.
VIVO has now partnered with DuraSpace to chart a path forward as an open, self-sustaining community with working groups, a management team, executive committee, and sponsors committee. Working groups will continue the strong community-driven efforts on ontology, implementation, core development, and engagement with a new group focusing on apps and tools complementing VIVO.
Decentralized infrastructure with local control
NIH believed firmly in funding the VIVO and eagle-i initiatives that a top-heavy, centralized infrastructure was not the way to go.
For more information
View the slides and/or video recordings of the Spring, 2013 DuraSpace Community Webinar Series Five: VIVO -- Research Discovery & Networking
- Webinar 1: Overview of VIVO | presentation slides | webinar recording
- Webinar 2: Case Studies: VIVO at Colorado, Brown, Duke, & Weill Cornell Medical College | presentation slides | webinar recording
- Webinar 3: VIVO Technical Deep Dive | presentation slides | webinar recording
- A longer take on What VIVO Is and What It's Not
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on to part 2 of the Tour: what's different about VIVO?