ASK-OSS, DRAMA and RAMS: eResearch support from MELCOE

Abstract

MELCOE at Macquarie University is well known for its work on the MAMS and Australian Access Federation (AAF) projects; but it also provides eResearch support in a number of other areas. (1) ASK-OSS is the Australian Service for Knowledge of Open Source Software - it provides a national advisory service on open source issues for the Australian higher education and research sector. (2) DRAMA is implementing a flexible authentication and authorisation framework for repositories (using Fedora as a case study), including linkages with the AAF to form a trust fabric for data sharing. (3) RAMS is a new generation of workflow system for team-based research collaboration, including a visual drag-and-drop authoring environment for workflow creation. This presentation will provide an overview of each of these MELCOE activities. Show more