As part of its Research Data Shared Service (RDSS), Jisc has been developing a repository component as part of its core architecture . Through making an integrated research data management platform available to UK Universities, there is a growing demand from small to medium HEIs for the RDSS to provide a single repository solution that fits their needs for publications and data with workflows for Open Access and REF submissions. To achieve this, the repository must be integrated with other Jisc Open Access services such as Sherpa, Jisc Monitor and Publications router, along with those provided by external stakeholders such as ORCID, Crossref, DataCite and OpenAIRE. This presentation is a case study in evaluating Samvera for this role, and its suitability as a multi-tenanted, sustainable hybrid repository that is both attractive to researchers and universities and aligns with the broader international objectives of the community, the FAIR agenda and open science.

1. Jisc Research Data Shared Service
A Samvera case study, Open Repositories 2018, Bozeman, MT
6/5/2018

2. Why a Shared Service?
There is no single “solution”
easily available and that meets
requirements for Universities to
enable better management of
research data
research data network: http://researchdata.network
web: https://www.jisc.ac.uk/rd/projects/research-data-shared-service
github https://github.com/JiscRDSS
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3. Jisc national shared research platform
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Information sources
» Publications Router
» Publishers
» Crossref
» ORCID
» DataCite
» PubMed
» Sherpa policy tools
University systems
» (SingleSign-On,
Finance, HR..)
Information
destinations
» Google etc.
» Discovery services
» Jisc CORE
(global OA aggregation)
» Jisc Monitor
(compliance checking)
» JiscCollections
» Funders systems
» OpenAIRE + for EU
Preservation
services
Reports and
dashboards
University X repository
Open Access publications
Research datasets
University Y repository
Open Access publications
Research datasets
University Z repository
Open Access publications
Research datasets

4. The Challenge
»To meet the sector’s requirements we need
› True multi tenant
› Multi content
› Shared data model
› Interoperable
› Sustainable
› Much improved user
experience

5. Pilot Alpha MVP
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6. Samvera users in RDSS
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7. Demo
Pre-recorded short demo
showing data being uploaded
into a test Samvera repository
instance, with automatic ingest
into Preservica.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-l1ARNUwWA&t=13s

8. Stage Gate Review
RDSS Alpha to Beta
»Review by RDSS Steering
Committee on go/no-go to Beta
› Technical Review
› Financial Model – Business
Case
»Review concluded RDSS should
move to beta
Paola Kizette Cimenti -Traffic Light Tree https://www.flickr.com/photos/kizette CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

9. Stage Gate Review
RDSS Alpha to Beta
»Took into account many factors
› Cost ofAlpha to run at scale
› Market Research
› Competitor Analysis
› Indicative pricing
› Jisc Research Strategy goals
»Led to aTechnical Review of
Alpha
Marco Verch -Weight scale https://www.flickr.com CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

10. In RDSS we found
»That…
› Separate clusters were
needed
› Existing solutions require too
much customisation
»Which leads to…
› A solution that doesn’t scale
nationally
› Economically unsustainable

11. Canonical Data Model & Message API
»Problems encountered:
› Lack of compatibility between
PCDM and RDSS CDM
› File fixity in the message
payload
› Message implementation

12. Data Model
https://github.com/JiscRDSS/rdss-canonical-data-model
RDSS Data Model
pre-production phase
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13. UX tests

14. Positive outcomes
»Samvera adapter for RDSS (Hyrax 2)
»Messaging developments for RDSS architecture
› Asynchronous operations
› Agnostic messaging
› Automated validation
»IRUS analytics gem – full code refresh
(now Hyrax 2 compatible)
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15. Samvera community feedback report
https://goo.gl/g2BGkQ
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open for comment
And discussion!

16. jisc.ac.uk
Except where otherwise noted, this work
is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND
Thankyou and questions
Dom Fripp
Senior curation metadata developer
Jisc (Digital Futures)
dom.fripp@jisc.ac.uk
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Twitter: @Domicus
ORCID: 0000-0001-5352-4666