Project · institutional intelligence

UACH Ecosystem

The VIDCA System, DSpace-CRIS repository, and their integrations bring together different parts of the university's research information.

Sistema VIDCADSpace-CRIS 7OAI-PMHOpenRouter

Customized public UACH repository home page — DSpace-CRIS 7 repository

VIDCA System query assistant — Natural-language queries

Who it is for

Researchers, academic units, and university management teams.

Current status

Institutional applications and integrations in operation.

Net-Works' role

Development of the VIDCA System, DSpace-CRIS 7 customization, OAI-PMH exchange, and assisted queries.

Project outcome

Research information is managed in the VIDCA System, exchanged through OAI-PMH, and published in DSpace-CRIS.

How it is built

Sources, architecture, and tools

Information sources

Institutional staff and project data, bibliographic records from Web of Science, Scopus, and SciELO, and ORCID and Scopus identifiers.

Architecture

A domain-structured Flask application with SQLAlchemy on the backend and Vue 3, Vite, and Inertia in the interface. The repository runs on DSpace-CRIS 7.

Data and exchange

MySQL is the main database. A separate Flask provider exposes Dublin Core metadata through OAI-PMH to feed DSpace-CRIS.

Analysis and AI

NetworkX, Sigma, Graphology, and ECharts support networks and indicators. OpenRouter is used in an assisted query feature restricted to read-only access over authorized tables.

The problem

What the project needed

This was not a single application. The work covered internal information management, the scientific repository, metadata exchange, and assisted queries for authorized users.

Our work

What we developed

VIDCA System for researchers, publications, projects, units, and networks.
DSpace-CRIS 7 with design and profiles adapted to the institution.
An OAI-PMH provider that feeds the repository from other systems.
An administrative assistant for simple natural-language queries.

How the components connect

How UACH Ecosystem is organized

This diagram summarizes each component's role and how they connect.

01Institutional systems
University sources and processes
02Sistema VIDCA
Management of researchers, publications, projects, units, and networks
03OAI-PMH
Controlled metadata exchange
04DSpace-CRIS 7
Repository, profiles, and institutional publishing
05Assisted queries
Simple questions over authorized data

The platform in use

Some of the project's components

Views of the applications that make up the project.

Public DSpace-CRIS repository home page for Universidad Austral de Chile — DSpace-CRIS 7: customized public home page for the UACh institutional repository.

VIDCA System scientific output dashboard — VIDCA System: publications, projects, staff, and recent activity.

VIDCA System natural-language query assistant interface — AI assistant: natural-language questions, visible mappings, and examples of allowed queries.

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