Re: Repository integration with Sakai

Exactly.  I present it only as another element in the picture.

Jeff Kahn
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On Apr 26, 2006, at 3:03 PM, Glenn R. Golden wrote:

> Yes but... not for ContentHosting.  The Repository OSID is used in  
> a small (but perhaps growing) number of places in Sakai as a  
> secondary interface to external repositories - not for the main  
> ContentHostingService.
>
> - Glenn
>
> Glenn R. Golden
> Software Architect, University Of Michigan
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> On Apr 26, 2006, at 2:57 PM, Jeffrey Kahn wrote:
>
> > Peter,
> >
> > Sakai offers Repository integration through the O.K.I. Repository  
> > OSID.  This gives you an additional mechanism.  In brief, you  
> > implement a set of interface methods that talk to your repository  
> > and then applications (one of which is Sakai) can search,  
> > retrieve, and upload content to your repository, subject to  
> > permissions.  Since the interface is standard (maintained by the  
> > IMS Global Learning Consortium), the calling application can use  
> > the same approach for all repositories.   The caller is also  
> > insulated from connection, protocol, and some data format specifics.
> >
> > O.K.I. Project website          www.okiproject.org
> > Sakai O.K.I. Case Study	http://okicommunity.mit.edu/filemgmt/ 
> > viewcat.php?cid=11
> >
> > Jeff Kahn
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