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 ====== iRODS ======
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-The basis of the RDMS is [[https://irods.org/|iRODS]]. iRODS is designed as an archiving system for large amounts of data. With the metadata that is attached to the data, multiple extra options are made possible like data retrieval, automation and storage management.
+The RDMS web portal was autonomously developed at the UG, but it is based on [[https://irods.org/|iRODS]], the integrated Rule-Oriented Data Management System.
-iRODS is maintained in a consortium and it is open source. Members of the consortium are among others Bayer, Welcome Sanger Institute, FuJi film.
+As the name suggests, iRODS is a data management system with additional rule functionality for automated tasks. It was designed as an archiving system for large amounts of data, and its open-source nature allows for high adaptability for custom applications. Compared to other systems, iRODS offers a powerful functionality to directly enrich existing data with metadata, and it also offers extensive possibilities to search/query for (meta)data, which can be helpful for data retrieval, automation, and storage management.
-In the Netherlands there are multiple universities that are members of the consortium. They offer services based on iRODS to store and archive research data. In Utrecht [[https://www.uu.nl/en/research/yoda|Yoda]] was developed. Yoda is now in use in Utrecht University and at the Wageningen University. Also [[https://www.surf.nl/en/irods-hosting-enables-carefree-data-management|Surf]] hosts iRODS as a service to other universities.
+iRODS is maintained by a consortium and is open-source software. [[https://irods.org/about/|Members of the consortium]] are research institutions, big international companies, and other (private) members. The UG is a consortium member and, as such, can influence the future development of iRODS and co-finance its maintenance and development.
+In the Netherlands, there are multiple universities that are using iRODS as the basis of their data management solutions and which are also (partly) members of the iRODS consortium. Examples are [[https://www.uu.nl/en/research/yoda|Yoda]], which was developed and is used at the University of Utrecht, or the [[https://data.ru.nl/?0|Radboud Data Repository]] at Nijmegen. Moreover, there is an instance of [[https://www.surf.nl/en/services/storage-data-management/rdm-storage-scale-out|iRODS hosted by SURF]] as a service to other research institutes.
-To make this platform accessible for users from Windows or Mac we have build a web interface to the iRODS system that allows users interact with the system via a graphical user interface in a browser; the RDMS WebApp.
+At the UG, we chose iRODS as the basis for our data management system because it offers high flexibility/customizability, guarantees high transparency of the underlying code due to its open source nature, and has been proven successful for this kind of service at other institutions worldwide.
+If you’d like to learn more about iRODS, please consult the official documentation on the iRODS website.
+For RDMS-specific questions—such as whether a particular feature is already available or could be developed—feel free to contact us at [[rdms-support@rug.nl|rdms-support@rug.nl]].