Chapter 3 · A Framework for Analyzing the Knowledge Commons
MIT repository platform developed through library and faculty leadership.
Printed pages 56, 64, 70 · direct · repository software and institutional repository · evidence in narrative
PC-0090 · generation 0 · Commons Projects
DSpace
MIT repository platform developed through library and faculty leadership.
repository software and institutional repositoryinstitutional repository softwareopen-source repository softwareBook evidenceChecked 2026-07-28
At a glance
- Directory scope
- Commons Projects
- Candidate tier
- Core candidate
- Role in the book
- direct, enabler
- Book portrayal
- operating at book date
- Book evidence
- Ch. 3, pp. 56, 64, 70 | Ch. 4, pp. 97, 119 | Ch. 6, pp. 153 | Ch. 10, pp. 301 | Ch. 11, pp. 322
- Current verification
- Active · checked 2026-07-28
Current evidence state
Active. The open-source repository platform and community remain active.
Current home
Operator or parent
DSpace community; organizational support and services provided by LYRASIS
Verification basis · HIGH · checked 2026-07-28
Commons anatomy
What kind of work is this?
repository software and institutional repository, institutional repository software, open-source repository software
What did it provide?
MIT repository platform developed through library and faculty leadership. MIT open-source platform for capture, discovery, distribution, and preservation. MIT platform for organizational and producer archives. FOSS repository scaffolding for open-content collaboration. Library repository service extending stewardship earlier in scholarly communication.
Governance and sustainability
DSpace community; organizational support and services provided by LYRASIS is recorded as the current operator or parent.
Preservation
The book record contains archive, library, repository, or preservation-relevant language. A current preservation endpoint remains an open field awaiting direct source evidence.
As documented in the book
This section presents source-grounded summaries with the book’s chapter and pagination. Present-day status appears in its own evidence layer.
Chapter 4 · Countering Enclosure: Reclaiming the Knowledge Commons
MIT open-source platform for capture, discovery, distribution, and preservation.
Printed pages 97, 119 · direct · repository software and institutional repository · evidence in narrative
Chapter 6 · Preserving the Knowledge Commons
MIT platform for organizational and producer archives.
Printed pages 153 · direct · institutional repository software · evidence in narrative
Chapter 10 · Free/Open-Source Software as a Framework for Establishing Commons in Science
FOSS repository scaffolding for open-content collaboration.
Printed pages 301 · enabler · open-source repository software · evidence in narrative
Chapter 11 · Scholarly Communication and Libraries Unbound: The Opportunity of the Commons
Library repository service extending stewardship earlier in scholarly communication.
Printed pages 322 · direct · institutional repository software · evidence in narrative
Sources and pointers
- Charlotte Hess and Elinor Ostrom, eds., Understanding Knowledge as a Commons: From Theory to Practice ↗Generation-0 source · Ch. 3, pp. 56, 64, 70 | Ch. 4, pp. 97, 119 | Ch. 6, pp. 153 | Ch. 10, pp. 301 | Ch. 11, pp. 322
- www.dspace.org/index.html ↗Exact book-printed pointer. Historical layer.
- www.dspace.org ↗Exact book-printed pointer. Historical layer.
- www.dspace.org ↗Current verification source · checked 2026-07-28
- www.lyrasis.org/dspace-direct ↗Current verification source · checked 2026-07-28
Related by book type
This generated list uses the shared normalized book type repository software and institutional repository. It does not yet assert a sourced project-to-project relationship.
This record currently has an open connection field.