ResourceSync is a standardisation effort - under the guide of NISO - around change communication and resource synchronisation on the web.

The scope of the project is as follows:

• Source (server) A has resources that change over time: they get created, modified, deleted, moved, …
• Destination (servers) X, Y, and Z leverage (some) resources of Source A.

Problem: Destinations want to keep in step with the resource changes at Source A: resource synchronization.

Task of ResourceSync effort: Design an approach for resource synchronization aligned with the Web Architecture that has a fair chance of adoption by different communities. The approach must scale better than recurrent HTTP HEAD/GET on resources.

Members of Cottage Labs are involved in the ResourceSync Technical Committee along with other JISC funded representatives and in partnership with US based Sloan funded representatives.

Blog posts about this project