Why DAEDALUS?

According to legend, Daedalus (Greek: "Skillfully wrought") was the architect of the Labyrinth for King Minos.  He fell out of favour with Minos when he revealed the secret of the labyrinth and was imprisoned on Crete. Daedalus made wings of wax and feathers for himself and his son, Icarus to enable them to escape. Icarus, ignoring his father's warnings flew too close to the sun, his wings melted and he plunged into the sea. Daedalus, however, did not fly too near to the sun and was able to land safely in Sicily.

An architect, able to arrive safely at his destination seemed a fitting choice for a project to build a range of open archives services and to unlock access to academic content.

The DAEDALUS project logo is taken from this woodcut of Daedalus watching Icarus fall in Ovid: Metamorphoses, illustrated by Virgil Solis (Frankfurt: 1569) and held in our Department of Special Collections. 

Ovid: Metamorphoses >>

The DAEDALUS Project at Glasgow

DAEDALUS is an acronym for:

Data-providers for Academic E-content and the Disclosure of Assets for Learning, Understanding and Scholarship.

Some other projects named Daedalus

• Daedalus Human Powered Aircraft Project (NASA)
• DAEDALUS: Validation of critical software by static analysis and abstract testing (EU 5th Framework)