Flexible Extensible Digital Object Repository Architecture
n. (abbr. Fedora)an open-source software application for managing and disseminating digital resourcesZhang 2012, 172Digital objects have been ingested into Fedora in their native format. Using Fedora as a test repository has introduced to the library the basic concepts and processes of the acquisition and storage of born-digital material. Building on the experience with Fedora, the library began to define requirements for a digital repository in 2007 . . .Kim and Irwin 2021, 360However, this current access policy will change when UNLV SCA completes the development of a new digital asset management system (DAMS). The new DAMS, built upon Islandora 8 and using Fedora as a backend repository, will allow users to download born-digital media in their native formats.Gilbert et al. 2023, 623The NLM Digital Repository is primarily composed of customized open-source technologies, including Fedora repository software, which provides an underlying object-based framework for structuring, managing, preserving, and disseminating digital content.Fedora 2025Fedora is the flexible, standards-based, open-source repository software built to support long-term digital preservation.
