A page to capture questions we are asked about Samvera and/or repositories in general.
General
- What is Samvera?
- What is Samvera being used for?
- What is Samvera going to cost us?
- How much work will it take us to implement Samvera?
Content management
- Why don't we just put the content on a shared drive/webpage/SharePoint, etc.?
- What does Samvera give us that DSpace/EPrints/ContentDM/Islandora, etc. doesn't?
- I've heard people talk about Hyku, Hyrax, Sufia and more. What are they? What's the difference?
- How do we measure Samvera against other (not OS) systems?
- Is there an exit strategy for me when I need to move on?
Community
- Where are you off to this time (and why)? - in relation to travelling to events/meetings
- Why are we giving things away? (with regard to community contributions of many kinds, not just code)
- How do we know it will be around in 5 or 10 years?
- What do you mean when you say you are part of a community? How does that work? (with regard to trying to explain OS and Samvera and other communities we belong to as a team)
- What are the stakeholder categories of the Community (Partner/ Adopter/ etc...)
- What is expected of a community member? in terms of time? resources?
- Difference between Open Source and a Commercial product
Communication
- How can I connect with the Samvera community and stay up to date on developments?
Technical
- Where can I try/download Samvera?
- My institution/organisation is moving more and more stuff into the cloud. Can I have Samvera in the cloud?
- Does Samvera meet good standards of accessibility/security/...?
Legal
- Who owns the IPR? (internal question)
- Who owns the license again?