FOLIO: How Many Grapes Went into the Wine?
An opinion on operational enclosure, ecosystem enclosure, and the reciprocal obligations needed to sustain open-source library software.
Topic
FOLIO ERM experiments
Lab notes on running FOLIO-adjacent ERM capabilities such as Licenses and Agreements in smaller, runtime-composed systems.
Foundry Module SDK: profiles for a smaller FOLIO dev loop
A walkthrough of the new Foundry Module SDK profile model: start a production-shaped module runtime, then substitute only the backend or frontend you are actively changing.
Federated Identity in Libraries Is Already Happening
A response to Amanda Ferrante's Scholarly Kitchen article, and an argument that library federation is not only about login protocols but also about trust, attestation, and shared circulation across institutions.
Why not the whole of FOLIO?
Foundry could become a lighter self-hosting substrate for FOLIO, but the immediate goal is a sovereign home for K-Int apps and ILS-neutral library extensions.
Foundry now runs a small FOLIO app suite on a laptop
Licenses, Agreements, Open Access, Serials Management, and ILL now run together in Foundry through descriptor-selected module-federation artifacts.
Foundry platform services and the docking layer
How Foundry is separating platform support APIs from FOLIO utility modules, and why acquisition units belong behind a provider-backed platform boundary.
The first Foundry roadmap: FOLIO ERM, artifacts, Kubernetes, and external ILS
The spike has produced enough evidence to publish the first roadmap: local runtime, artifacts, operational catalog, Kubernetes demo substrate, and external ILS extension.
From FOLIO Licenses and Agreements wrappers to a UI artifact supply chain
How Foundry widened a narrow ui-licenses proof into repeatable ERM wrapping evidence across Agreements, Open Access, and ILL.
Foundry from spike to shape: FOLIO Licenses, Loom, Lattice, and Envoy
What the FOLIO Licenses proof now demonstrates, how tenant work happens, and where Foundry goes next.
Foundry after the spike: from FOLIO Licenses proof to Loom lifecycle
Turning the standalone FOLIO Licenses proof into the first durable Loom lifecycle foundation.
A first look at Foundry: FOLIO Licenses without Okapi
Running FOLIO Licenses as a standalone, tenant-aware ERM application without Okapi or Eureka.