Services related to PURE

Planning and executing PURE implementation projects together with customers is our primary service offering related to PURE. An implementation project usually includes several of the individual services dedcribed below.

The implementation process includes every step - from initial inquiries over a fully detailed proposal to contracts and the execution of the project itself, ending with approval tests and user education.

Any meta-data model can be implemented in PURE. Technical frameworks for that purpose is part of PURE's application architecture. Choosing the meta-data model for a new PURE solution determines what services will be needed: Customizing a new meta-data model requires technical implementation, whereas choosing the standard meta-data model does not.

Optional consulting is available for research institutions, which define their own meta-data model. Once a new model is defined and documented, it must be implemented in PURE. Implementation work is not optional and must carried out by Atira. PURE's technical frameworks support the implementation, but it remains a piece of application specific programming work.

PURE's standard meta-data model was developed jointly with a number of universities. PURE's model has more publication types and sub-types than CERIF, whereas CERIF has more detail on research projects, to give an example. Currently, the PURE meta-data model is the only standard. It is our hope to implement and maintain CERIF as a standard model in PURE, too.

A number of content types are required in PURE's standard meta-data model, apart from publications. These data types are Organizations, Persons and Projects. Usually, this data is maintained in other systems: Person data can be found in payroll system, in an Active Directory, or in a LDAP systems. Also data about Organizations and Projects is usually available from other systems.

For PURE to use data from other systems, the IT-department must make that data available. A format that resembles the source's own format is fine. It can be made available as a view to a database, as database tables, or as files. PURE has a plug-in architecture for integration. Once data has become available, Atira will develop a task-specific plug-in for PURE that will acquiring, convert and ingest it. The plug-in can execute based on time intervals or triggered by events. Though rarely necessary, real-time integration is also an option. To get conversion right, Atira will send a suggestion for a field mapping table (source-to-PURE) to the research institutions for approval prior to developing the plug-in.

Often, data from earlier repository systems or from external sources must be imported into PURE. Importing such data is often desirable for both administrators and researchers; complete publication listings from the PURE repository can be of importance in many situations.

Atira offers services for converting, validating, and importing such data. First, we write a detailed suggestion for how fields could be mapped from the source to the meta-data model used in PURE. Once approved or corrected, this mapping document is used for the actual conversion and import.

These services are offered by fixed prices.

PUREportal is a portal development framework that comes with PURE as a free module with each license. It is developed and maintained synchronously with PURE.

PUREportal facilitates rapid deployment of research portals for the purpose of exhibiting content from a PURE solution automatically. More information at the PUREportal page. Delivery of a PUREportal-based research web portals is usually offered at a fixed price.

Good examples of public PUREportal-based research web portals are:

- Hvidovre hospital's PUREportal solution
- Roskilde University's PUREportal solution
- Aalborg University's PUREportal solution
- Aarhus School of Business' PUREportal solution

More information is available on the PUREportal module page and on the web deployment page.

We offer to carry out maintenance of servers running PURE based on a small annual fee. Included in this service is installation of all upgrades and other maintenance of the application server, the PURE application itself, and the PURE-related 3rd party components.

We offer two standard PURE-courses aimed at super-users and web programmers. They are both held as one-day workshops. At either of these workshops, the attendants will be taken through all issues within the area of the course. There will also be practical hands-on sessions, where actual tasks from that particular research institution are solved.

Usually, is it sufficient to have a group of employees from a research institution educate on each of these courses. However, if there should be need for further or other training or education, we are happy to customize one or more workshops.