Fedora Workshop at FIZ Karlsruhe

PRLog (Press Release) - Apr 05, 2007 -
Karlsruhe, April 2007  -  Digital libraries and institutional repositories play an important part in the E-Science environment. Fedora (flexible extensible digital object repository architecture) is one of the world’s most sophisticated and powerful architectures for such applications.

On May 7th and 8th, 2007, FIZ Karlsruhe will hold a workshop on the topic “Fedora Dissemination Architecture“. One of the many advantages of Fedora lies in its ability to associate the data in a digital object with web services to produce dynamic disseminations. However, this powerful feature is seldom used. The workshop's goal is to help participants to better understand the mechanics of disseminators and how to use them in their projects.

Invited speakers are Carl Lagoze (Cornell University, USA) and Matt Zumwalt (MediaShelf, LLC, USA). On the first day, Carl Lagoze will introduce disseminators. We have reserved time for in-depth discussion of questions and real-world examples brought up by the participants. On the second day of the workshop, Matt Zumwalt will give an interactive introduction to XForms. One of the primary barriers to adoption of Fedora is the difficulty in deploying custom frontends to the system. Matt is currently refining techniques that leverage XForms and Fedora disseminators that address this challenge.

The workshop is intended for Fedora users already familiar with this software, who would like to improve their skills. The workshop will be a ‘hands-on’ experience with a mixture of lectures and tutorials. Participants should bring their laptops with them.

Further information on the workshop is available at:
http://www.fiz-karlsruhe.de/e-science/fedora_ws2/

or at the following address:

FIZ Karlsruhe
Matthias Razum
Head ePublishing and eScience
Phone: +49-7247 808-457
Fax: +49-7247 808-133
E-Mail: Matthias.Razum@fiz-karlsruhe.de

Press Contact:
Rüdiger Mack
Phone: +49- 7247/808-513
E-Mail: Ruediger.Mack@fiz-karlsruhe.de



About FIZ Karlsruhe

FIZ Karlsruhe is an experienced service partner for information transfer and knowledge management in science and industry. Its activities focus on the development of E-Science services and the provision of a worldwide unique collection of databases through its online service STN International.
STN International - The Scientific & Technical Information Network - is jointly operated by FIZ Karlsruhe (Europe) and Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS), Columbus, Ohio (USA). The Japan Association for International Chemical Information (JAICI) is the STN service center in Tokyo.
STN offers a wide range of indispensable databases as well as excellent tools for search, analysis and post-processing of search results. Decision-makers in enterprises and institutions highly appreciate the valuable information provided by STN.

FIZ Karlsruhe has acquired experience and expertise in the development of E-Science services, e.g., with the eSciDoc project (www.escidoc-project.de). This project is realised in co-operation with other German E-Science initiatives and thus plays an important role within the German scientific infrastructure. In this context, FIZ Karlsruhe positions itself as an important provider of services in the field of E-Science.

FIZ Karlsruhe is a member of the Wissenschaftsgemeinschaft Gottfried W. Leibniz (WGL) e.V., an association of non-academic scientific research and service institutions.
For more information, please visit: www.fiz-karlsruhe.de