University of Rochester eXtensible Catalog Project
From Metadata-Registry
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University of Rochester eXtensible Catalog Project
Stage I: Enabling XC use of MMS software
See: Re-Implementing the MMS for one scenario
What we have now
Collection Registration Service
- Function: Register and describe Collections, DC metadata editor, OAI harvest manager, metadata cache browser
- Technology: PHP/MySQL
OAI harvester
- Function: harvest OAI data, driven by cron
- Technology: Perl
Safe Transforms Service
- Function: gather harvested data, transform & clean, insert into database
- Technology: Java/Tomcat
Metadata Repository (cache)
- Function: Shred and store Qualified DC XML (other formats stored as text blobs)
- Technology: Oracle 9i, PL/SQL
Main Decision Points
- Building repository database
- Determine what database to use
- Harvest/expose software
