Dryad is being developed by the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center and the University of North Carolina Metadata Research Center, in coordination with a large group of Journals and Societies in evolutionary biology and ecology. The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center is a joint effort of Duke University, the University of North Carolina, and North Carolina State University.
For more detailed information, including upcoming features, details of the metadata format, and other development plans, see the Dryad Development Wiki.
Leadership:
MRC metadata research:
Cataloging:
Dryad is built upon the DSpace repository software developed by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Hewlett-Packard, with moderate customizations.