LibreCat, the next-generation repository service

Inge Van Nieuwerburgh

Ghent University Belgium

Research output management

Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/spike55151/14403603/

Digital images management

Advantages: one common look and feel Disadvantage: monolithic systems

capable only of very specialized tasks.

Nordbib, June 12th 2012

Re-use through applications

User management (Authentication/Authorization)

Import/Export tools (Data cleaning tools, Import data sources)

Metadata management (Cataloging tools, indexes, lookup lists)

File management (Storage, Versioning, Fixation,..)

Redesigning systems

to enhance the flexibility of the software

to add new functionalities as plug-ins to a core framework

To create a high-level system of building blocks that can be reused when creating repository-like applications: Project Catmandu

To create a next-generation repository service based on these building blocks: Project LibreCat.

Project Plan

• Catmandu: Open Source Data Toolkit

• LibreCat: Example Programs:

• LibreCat-Search, LibreCat-Citation,LibreCat-Grim, LibreCat-Archive ...

• Suite of repository add-ons:

• Project Database, Research Groups,Authority Files

• Nicolas Steenlant - Ghent

• Nicolas Franck - Ghent

• Patrick Hochstenbach - Ghent

• Snorri Briem - Lund

• Dave Sherohman - Lund

• Jörgen Eriksson - Lund

• Maria Hedberg - Lund

• Friedrich Shummann - Bielefeld

• Najko Jahn - Bielefeld

• Vitali Peil - Bielefeld

• Petra Kohorst - Bielefeldhttp://librecat.org

Project collaborators