Curating Digital Content with Fedora
David Wilcox
DuraSpace
9450 SW Gemini Drive #79059
Beaverton, OR 97008
1-607-216-4548

dwilcox@duraspace.org
ABSTRACT
Fedora is a flexible, extensible, open source repository platform
for managing, preserving, and providing access to digitalcontent. Fedora is used in a wide variety of institutions
including libraries, museums, archives, and governmentorganizations. Fedora 4 introduces native linked datacapabilities and a modular architecture based on welldocumented APIs and ease of integration with existing
applications. Recent community initiatives have added morerobust functionality for exporting resources from Fedora instandard formats to support complete digital preservation
workflows. Both new and existing Fedora users will beinterested in learning about and experiencing Fedora featuresand functionality first-hand.
Attendees will be given pre-configured virtual machines that
include Fedora bundled with the Solr search application and a
triplestore that they can install on their laptops and continue
using after the workshop. These virtual machines will be used
to participate in hands-on exercises that will give attendees achance to experience Fedora by following step-by-step
instructions. Participants will learn how to create and manage
content in Fedora in accordance with linked data best practices
and the Portland Common Data Model Attendees will also learn
how to import resources into Fedora and export resources from
Fedora to external systems and services as part of a digital
curation workflow.

Keywords

Linked Data Platform recommendation and the Portland
Common Data Model (PCDM). This section will feature an
introduction to linked data andPCDM, with a particular focus
on the way Fedora implements linked data. Attendees will havean opportunity to create and manage content in alignment with
PCDM using the Fedora 4 virtual machine.

1.3 Data Curation Workflows
Fedora 4 is fundamentally a middleware application – it ismeant to be used in conjunction with other applications as partof a data curation workflow. This section will provide anoverview of the recently developed import/export utility anddemonstrate how content can be packaged for both ingest into
Fedora and export from Fedora to external preservation systems
and services.

2. DURATION
Half-day (3 hours)

3. AUDIENCEThis tutorial is intended to be an introduction to Fedora 4 - noprior experience with the platform is required. Repository
managers and librarians will get the most out of this tutorial,
though developers new to Fedora would likely also beinterested.

4. OUTCOMES
Tutorial attendees will:•

Learn about the latest and greatest Fedora 4 featuresand functionality•

Learn how to create and manage content in Fedora inaccordance with the Portland Common Data Model•

Understand how to import content into Fedora andexport content to external systems

Fedora, repository, linked data, open source.

1. OUTLINE
The tutorial will include three modules, each of which can bedelivered in 1 hour.

1.1 Introduction and Feature TourThis module will feature an introduction to Fedora generally,and Fedora 4 in particular, followed by an overview of the coreand extended Fedora 4 features. It will also include a primer ondata modeling in Fedora 4, which will set the audience up forthe next section.

1.2 Linked Data and PCDM
The Fedora community is deeply invested in linked data bestpractices; this is exemplified by our alignment with the W3C

5. PRESENTER
David is the Product Manager for the Fedora project atDuraSpace. He sets the vision for Fedora and serves as strategic
liaison to the steering committee, leadership group, members,service providers, and other stakeholders. David works together
with the Fedora Technical Lead to oversee key projectprocesses, and performs international outreach to institutions,
government organizations, funding agencies, and others.