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What is ARCHER?

ARCHER is funded by the Australian Department of Education, Science and Training (DEST) via an SII Grant.

This Australian higher education initiative has developed 'production-ready' software tools, operating in a secure environment, to assist researchers to:

  • collect, capture and retain large data sets from a range of different sources including scientific instruments
  • populate these eResearch data repositories with associated metadata
  • permit data set annotation and discussion in a collaborative environment, and
  • support next-generation methods for research publication, dissemination and access.

Open source

The ARCHER eResearch software products will be released as open source GPL3 licensed in 2008, and available for download from this website.

Project Partners

The ARCHER project partners are Monash University (lead institution) in Melbourne, The University of Queensland in Brisbane and James Cook University in Townsville.
Monash University James Cook University University of Queensland Department of Education, Science and Training Backing Australia's Ability - The Australian Government's Commitment to Innovation