This poster illustrates a Fedora-based metadata microservice that utilizes
Amazon Web Services (AWS) and other cloud-based products for indexing,
storing Resource Description Framework triples and files, and managing
Docker containers, demonstrated in a beta implementation of a publication
metadata discovery layer. When embarking upon the 10-month project to
develop a new administrative and discovery platform for the publication
metadata, we prioritized the use of open source software, linked open data,
widely adopted metadata standards, and interoperability with local systems.
After exploring existing Fedora-based frameworks, we found that forcing
those, such as Samvera or Islandora, imposed challenges that could be
mitigated if building a custom application that is interoperable with our
existing architecture. We capitalized upon the migration of the publication
metadata system to improve performance and reduce redundancy across other
information resources, including a digital library, a publications content
management system (CMS), and a research information system (RIS). With
objectives toward standardization, openness, and cloud native environments,
we modeled a Fedora-based metadata microservice that employs cloud-based
environments for storing and indexing metadata, running Docker, and
managing the continuous integration pipeline.