Technical update given by Carlos Silva at the KAPTUR Steering Group meeting, 8th January 2013.

1. Technical Report
KAPTUR
Carlos Silva
8th January 2013 - London
KAPTUR STEERING GROUP:8TH JANUARY:LONDON
VADS : GSA: GOLDSMITHS : UAL : UCA : JISC

2. Objectives
• Environmental Assessment Report
- Data gathered from interviews with researchers
• Technical Analysis Report
- Technical requirements
- Technical systems
- Selection of software
• Costing Model
- Institutionally hosted vs. cloud hosted
• Pilot Demonstration Service
- Figshare
- Datastage
- Eprints
- CKAN
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3. Environmental Assessment Report
• Formed the basis of the technical side of the project
• The report outlined:
- Issues with how researchers handle research data
- Creation of visual arts research data
- Use/reuse of research data not only from them but from other
researchers
- Preservation issues
• The conclusions were:
- Researchers agree research data is important for them, students,
other researchers and the general public
- Researchers want to share data, but with caveats for sensitive
information
- VA researchers document their research process, however this is
following a situated rather than normative archival practice
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4. Technical Analysis Report
• Research Question:
- Which technical system is most suitable for managing visual arts
research data?
• User Requirements Document
• Analysis and assessment of 17 different systems
• The conclusions were:
- Three systems were very close in terms of grading by partner
institutions
- It was recommended piloting of two systems side by side
- Risks to be considered
- Plans to mitigate existing risks if the likelihood increases
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5. Costing Model
• Previous Steering Group Meeting
• Institutional Vs Cloud Hosting
• IT Cost Template
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6. Costing Model (cont)
• Considerations
- Identify a clear integration strategy for moving applications to the cloud
- Identify resources needed to monitor the points of integration
- Security plan in place to protect sensitive information
- Understand risks associated with cloud computing
- Understand integration (issues of how to integrate data and
applications does not simply “go away” with cloud computing)
- Costs including maintenance of all of the above
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7. Pilot System – Figshare
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8. Pilot System – Figshare (cont)
How is your uploaded data licensed?
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9. Pilot System – DataStage
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10. Pilot System – EPrints
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11. Pilot System – CKAN – Orbital
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12. Pilot System – CKAN – Orbital (cont)
http://orbital.blogs.lincoln.ac.uk/
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13. Technical Report
KAPTUR
Carlos Silva
8th January 2013 - London
KAPTUR STEERING GROUP:8TH JANUARY:LONDON
VADS : GSA: GOLDSMITHS : UAL : UCA : JISC