JAIRO Cloud (Publishing Platform)

JAIRO Cloud is a platform for researchers to publish and share research data and articles. Jointly operated by the National Institute of Informatics (NII) and the Japan Consortium for Open Access Repositories (JPCOAR), it provides a cloud-based environment for institutional repositories. The service is powered by WEKO3, an open-source repository software developed by NII.

Research outputs published through JAIRO Cloud (Publishing Platform) are made publicly available not only as web pages but also through various automated, machine-readable methods. These include providing metadata via standard institutional repository protocols such as OAI-PMH and ResourceSync, supporting search engines with sitemaps, integrating with Google Scholar using meta tags, integrating with Google Dataset using schema.org and distributing content via social media platforms. By actively adopting these standard technologies for metadata and content dissemination, JAIRO Cloud continues to enhance the visibility of research outputs.
In addition, through integration with GakuNin RDM, researchers can publish their outputs to their institution's repository with ease.

JAIRO Cloud (Publishing Platform) provides a function to automatically release research outputs on a specified date (embargo function). For example, researchers can choose to limit access to their institution when registering research outputs, and then make them publicly available after a set period, such as one year. It is also possible to restrict access to specific IP address ranges. We are exploring full integration of JAIRO Cloud with GakuNin and GakuNin mAP, enabling support for publication methods that address the needs of researchers and institutions wishing to publish their research outputs.

JAIRO Cloud (Publishing Platform) manages and publishes research outputs from academic institutions as individual items. The metadata describing each item is referred to as an item type, and can be freely customized by participating institutions. By mapping customized item types to specific XML schemas (such as Dublin Core, the JPCOAR Schema, or the DDI Codebook), metadata can be exported in the corresponding XML schema. This allows institutions to manage items using customized metadata formats while still publishing research outputs in a manner aligned with common metadata dissemination practices.

JAIRO Cloud (Publishing Platform) actively promotes integration with other systems to enhance the use of research outputs. For example, the SWORD v3 protocol, which enables item operations via APIs, is used for registering research outputs from GakuNin RDM, for metadata linkage with the OA Assist function, and for integration with some on-campus systems. JAIRO Cloud also provides an API for searching for repository items, allowing items registered in the repository to be freely searched via APIs. Through such system integrations, we aim to increase the added value of research outputs accumulated in repositories and to expand their potential for reuse.