By function: repository

• Within a VRE interoperability with repository services might enable

• • secure ingest, storage, and retrieval of domain-specific working meta+data (Mbs to Pbs)
  • • Services for data mining, visualisation, analysis tools
  • discovery of and open access to research outputs, digitised collections
  • document version and revision control integrated with desktop
  • audit and provenance trails for data, workflows
  • Curation, preservation and re-presentation of diverse digital assets

• Bridging the Interoperabiity Divide Project

• • JISC-funded; Led by OULS with OUCS and OeRC; 2 April 2007
  • Joining up research, computational grid, and virtual learning environment repositories
  • Access management, discovery, ingest