Trident Project Managing an Extensible Digital Repository David Kennedy
Digital Duke Scaling Up Trident Project What’s new
Digital Duke Boy covered by dirt smoking cigarette with one hand, holding can of tobacco in other. Digital Scriptorium – DynaWeb Early 2000s – mainstream digital collections Tripod
Scaling Up Organization – DPC, DCAG, DCIT – Digital Collections Coordinator View showing interior of Chapel. Large window in the rear of Choir WC0421
Apache Solr Search server / index engine with XML API Apache Cocoon App framework / XSLT engine XML Document base METS, TEI
Tripod Cross searching of collections Faceted browsing, term clouds, 3D Wall Image, Video, Audio, Text Content – advertisements, ration coupons, photographs, maps, sports footage, sheet music, letters, diaries, etc. Integration with other platforms – Flickr, YouTube, iTunes
2008 Tripod til now Migrated 90,000 items Added 13 new collections and 12,000 items 35 collections total, 28 cross searchable Digitization rate = 5 min per image (scan + QC) 1.5 TB Vica contre le service secret anglais
Looking ahead Mass digitization! On demand 156 TB/year Real time publication More multimedia Laborers Working
Needs Robust and extensible repository Software to aid process
Trident “Metadata tool that scales…” Hire 2 programmers TJ Dave Will
Modest goals Create a metadata tool that can be reused with any schema Develop modular architecture with parts that could be swapped out Open source whatever we do Lower cost of ownership of Fedora
Architecture
Web Services API
Repository
Metadata Application Profiles Metadata editing page built on the fly Built using metadata application profile Includes metadata validation Includes instruction on how to edit metadata MetadataFormDefinition + Metadata = MetadataForm
MetadataFormDefinition
ValidationRules
Metadata
MetadataForm
Edit Form
Editor
Trident Project Prototype = Broadsides Collection Migrate existing collections Package software Digitization/QC workflow tool Discovery layer redesign…
Demo (demo by Sean Aery)
Wrap up Does it scale beyond Duke’s walls?
Questions David Kennedy Sean Aery