MyCoRe explained
MyCoRe (portmanteau of My Content Repository) is an open source repository software framework for building disciplinary or institutional repositories, digital archives, digital libraries, and scientific journals.[1] [2] [3] [4] The software is developed at various German university libraries and computer centers. Although most MyCoRe web applications are located in Germany, there are English-language applications, such as "The International Treasury of Islamic Manuscripts" at the University of Cambridge (UK).[5]
History
The first public version of MyCoRe was released in October 2001.[6] Since then the software was developed by the MyCoRe team.[7] The software became known as "Institutional Repository Software" as declared on the site of the Budapest Open Access Initiative.[8] In Germany there are more than 20 Universities and institutions that provide over 70 repositories based on MyCoRe.[9]
Technology
The MyCoRe framework was written in Java and XML. It is available as free software under GNU General Public License (GPL).
Features
Some important features of MyCoRe are as follows.
- Free and open-source software
- Customizable user interface
- Configurable metadata model: The Metadata Object Description Schema is the default metadata format within the MyCoRe sample application "MIR". Any other metadata format can be configured.
- Classifications can be edited or imported, as standard (e.g. DDC), in flat or hierarchical structure.
- Roles and rights are configurable
- There is an internal file system integrated in the MyCoRe framework.
- MyCoRe uses Checksum to ensure data integrity.
- All types of digital content, file formats and mime types can be assembled, managed, preserved and presented.
- An image viewer is integrated for presenting high-resolution digitized images in Web browser.
- MyCoRe supports common interoperability standards and interfaces such as the OAI-PMH 2.0 protocol or SWORD.
- MyCoRe provides an integrated Web content management system (WCMS) for editing static website content.
- Local or external authentication mechanisms can be used.
- A detailed rights and role concept allows to manage the access to data and metadata.
- MyCoRe provides a ready to install sample repository called MIR, which a system administrator can install on a single Linux, Mac OSX or Windows box to get started.[10]
Operating Systems
MyCoRe software runs on Linux, Solaris, Unix, or Windows.
See also
External links
- MyCoRe sample application:
Notes and References
- Barve. Sunita. Dahibhate. N.B.. September 2012. Open Source Software for Library Services. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology. 32. 5. 404. 10.14429/djlit.32.5.2649.
- Book: Singh . Ajay Pratap. Shukla . Pooja . Ashraf. Tariq . Gulati . Puja Anand . November 2012 . Design, Development, and Management of Resources for Digital Library Services . Advances in Library and Information Science . http://www.igi-global.com/book/design-development-management-resources-digital/68191 . IGI Global . 187 . Strategies and Issues of Institutional Repositories: An Indian Scenario . 9781466625013.
- Barve. Sunita. 24 April 2012. An evaluation of open source software for building digital libraries. Shodhganga : a reservoir of Indian theses @ INFLIBNET. 10603/3731.
- Munshi. Usha Mujoo. March 2009. Building Subject Gateway in a Shifting Digital World. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology. 29. 2. 10. 10.14429/djlit.29.236.
- Web site: The International Treasury of Islamic Manuscripts. 2016-02-08.
- See www.mycore.de in the Internet Archive: Web site: way back machine . 2016-02-08 . unfit . https://web.archive.org/web/20011027225313/http://www.mycore.de/documentation.html . 2001-10-27.
- Web site: The MyCoRe team. 2021-03-23.
- Open Society Institute . August 2004 . A Guide to Institutional Repository Software . Budapest Open Access Initiative . 13f . 3rd . 2016-07-19 .
- List of Web site: web applications based on MyCoRe. 2020-01-27.
- The MyCoRe official website: Web site: www.mycore.org. 2020-01-27.
