<s>
Fedora	O
(	O
or	O
Flexible	B-Application
Extensible	I-Application
Digital	I-Application
Object	I-Application
Repository	I-Application
Architecture	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
digital	O
asset	O
management	O
(	O
DAM	O
)	O
content	B-Protocol
repository	I-Protocol
architecture	O
upon	O
which	O
institutional	O
repositories	O
,	O
digital	O
archives	O
,	O
and	O
digital	O
library	O
systems	O
might	O
be	O
built	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
software	O
has	O
its	O
origins	O
in	O
the	O
Flexible	B-Application
Extensible	I-Application
Digital	I-Application
Object	I-Application
Repository	I-Application
Architecture	I-Application
(	O
i.e.	O
,	O
Fedora	O
)	O
which	O
was	O
originally	O
designed	O
and	O
developed	O
by	O
researchers	O
at	O
Cornell	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fedora	O
began	O
as	O
a	O
DARPA	O
and	O
National	O
Science	O
Foundation	O
funded	O
research	O
project	O
at	O
Cornell	O
University	O
's	O
Digital	O
Library	O
Research	O
Group	O
in	O
1997	O
,	O
where	O
the	O
first	O
reference	O
implementation	O
was	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Device
using	O
a	O
CORBA-based	O
distributed	O
object	O
approach	O
.	O
</s>
