Julie Allinson, Jessie Hey, Chris Awre and Mahendra Mahey report on the Open Repositories 2007 conference, held in San Antonio, Texas between 23-26 January 2007. <a href="/issue51">issue51</a> April 2007 <a href="/category/article-type/event-report">event report</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/761/author-info">chris awre</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/729/author-info">jessie hey</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/876/author-info">julie allinson</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/879/author-info">mahendra mahey</a> Miguel Ferreira, Ana Alice Baptista and Jose Carlos Ramalho propose a Service-Oriented Architecture to help cultural heritage institutions to accomplish automatic digital preservation. <a href="/issue48">issue48</a> July 2006 <a href="/category/article-type/feature-article">feature article</a> <a href="/taxonomy/term/887/author-info">ana alice baptista</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/888/author-info">jose carlos ramalho</a>, <a href="/taxonomy/term/886/author-info">miguel ferreira</a>