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See how others are using the Fedora Repository to provide access to a wide variety of information types.

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Islandora is an open source project underway at the Robertson Library at the University of Prince Edward Island. Islandora combines the Drupal and Fedora software applications to create a robust digital asset management system that can be used for any requirement where collaboration and digital data stewardship, for the short and long term, are critical.

RODA, in conjunction with the Portugese National Archives, main goal is to allow long-term preservation and authenticity of digital objects of national importance.

WGBH Boston uses Fedora for it's moving image archives project. WGBH is developing a custom PHP front end, using the Zend Framework, that communicates with the Fedora repository using MediaShelf's REST interface.

PLoS ONE is a communication tool for peer-reviewed science and medicine. PLoS ONE is built upon the innovative technologies of Topaz, Fedora, and Mulgara, providing an open publishing platform that combines an online scientific journal with community features such as annotations, discussions, ratings and tags.

Rutgers University Libraries have developed a workflow management system to create and ingest objects and metadata as well as user tools to create a Fedora-based cyber-infrastructure that is flexible, user-oriented, useful and meaningful to a wide range of users with a design focus on preservation.

The eSciDoc project is intended to ensure permanent access to the research results and research materials of the Max-Planck Society and seamless integration within eSciDoc as well as integration into an emerging, global, electronic knowledge space. Fedora's object storage layer is a central and critical component of the eSciDoc framework.