In August 2005, the Dataset Acquisition, Accessibility and Annotations e-Research
Technologies (DART – http://dart.edu.au/) project came into existence. The DART
request for funding built on the work already done in the ARROW project in
establishing the basis for institutional research publication repositories, as well as
antecedent activity at each of the DART partners (Monash University – lead
institution, James Cook University and the University of Queensland). It did this by
extending its scope into the challenges arising from the management of large
datasets and sensor networks, as well as annotation technologies and collaborative,
composite documents. In particular, the DART project investigated the most
appropriate response to the challenges inherent in new forms and producers of raw
data, new forms of collaborative research activity, new forms of publication, and new
forms of research validation. The DART project completed its ambitious work
program of 28 separate workpackages in June 2007. The DART website provides
consolidated access to the outputs, including reports and source code. For more
details about DART, see Treloar (2006b, 2007).