Table of Contents

Learning Outcomes

• Understand the purpose of a repository
• Learn what Fedora can What can Fedora do for you
• The purpose of a repository
• Understanding Understand the key capabilities of the software

Course Outline

Introduction to Fedora 4

What is a Repository?

• Secure software that stores, preserves, and provides access to digital materials
• Supports complex semantic relationships between objects both within and outside the repository
• Supports millions of objects, both large and small
• Capable of interoperating with other applications and services

Fedora 4 Guiding Principles

• Improved performance, enhanced vertical and horizontal scalability
• More flexible storage options
• Features to accommodate research data management
• Better capabilities for participating in the world of linked open data
• An improved platform for developers—one that is easier to work with and which will attract a larger core of developers.

Exposing and Connecting Content with Fedora 4

• Flexible, extensible object modelling
• Atomic objects with semantic connections using standard ontologies
• RDF-based metadata using Linked Data
• RESTful API with native RDF response format
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• Guiding principles
• History
• How Fedora exposes and connects content within and across institutions

Core Components

Durable Storage

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