DRS 2 Project

In the fall of 2008, LTS began work on the first major upgrade of the DRS - "DRS 2". This is a multi-year project to enhance all DRS applications, services and documentation. In order to keep these enhancements at a manageable level of work and still keep pace with the ongoing priorities of the Library, the enhancements are being conducted a phased way. Each phase has a theme and is scoped to cover a fixed set of enhancements. In addition, each phase includes new or enhanced support for a file format or genre.

The first phase, DRS 2.1 ( "Object Security and Integrity"), began in October 2008 and was completed in August 2010. For more information, please see DRS 2.1 Enhancements and DRS 2.1 Release Notes.

The second phase, DRS 2.2 ( "Management and Monitoring") began in Winter 2009 and is expected to be completed in the Fall of 2012. The key enhancement is a rewrite of the DRS Web Admin to improve search and editing capabilities for DRS content managers. In addition, DRS 2.2 will improve support for audio in the DRS, and will define rights and access metadata requirements. For more information, please see DRS 2.2 Enhancements

If you have any questions or comments about DRS enhancements please contact Andrea at LTS: andrea_goethals@harvard.edu.

For more information about DRS 2 concepts please see the Digital Preservation and Access Repository page.