Editing StorageController (section)

== Influences ==

The main key influences for this work come from the current Open Storage and Interoperability movement which became very clear at the [Open Repositories Conference 2008|http://or08.ecs.soton.ac.uk]. Both movements are being well backed by both [Sun|http://www.sun.com] and [Microsoft|http://www.microsoft.com] who are looking at Hardware and Software solutions respectively. Many projects are also doing a lot of promotion in this area not just for their own gain but also for that of the community include:

* The Sun Honeycomb Project - Are promoting the use of an Open Storage layer for repository softwares (Eprints, Fedora and DSpace)
* [The Common Repository Interoperability Group|http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/repositories/digirep/index/CRIG] (CRIG) - Promote interopability through common APIs/Schemas and Open Storage.
* [Preserv | http://preserv.eprints.org] - Promoting and Developing Preservation tools/techniques for digital data in intitutional repositories. Both Interoperability and Open Storage lend themselves well towards digital preservation.