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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi!</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Here is the question about DSpace integration and interoperability with other systems.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">After introduced by our colleagues from Sweden. We are now carry out a prototype study on the integration and interoperability of three different e-learning systems working together i.e. </FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(a) European Dynamic (ED) e-learning system- IMS compliant Learning Management System (open source -oriented)</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(b) Dspace - for e-repository purpose</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">(c) Cerebyte Digital Coaching system-</FONT> <FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Intel-based, and Intel-compatible systems product. Microsoft compatible product </FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">This is for a Intecilites Integrate Project- European Framework 6 project.</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">We have a number of questions here.</FONT>
<BR><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">1. How can these systems work together in the issues of</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">integration and interoperability e.g. import/export learning materials and learner data?</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">2. The information I got it here shows me<SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></FONT><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">the main difference between DSpace and ED’s e-Learning Document Manager functionality is the support for various standards that are used for content indexing. However, most of these standards are not globally adopted (like DCMI), rather are developed for specific usage for particular consortium or organization. Can both systems achieve integration?</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">3. Also, a main integration issue appears to be that Dspace uses exclusively PostgreSQL database specific features for some of its functionalities, so it requires code intervention to support other databases for instance, system (a) and (b). </FONT></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Thank you for time. I am looking forward to hear from you.</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Regards,</FONT></SPAN>
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<P><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Andy Wong</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Research Fellow</FONT></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Napier University</FONT></SPAN>
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