[SCC_Active_Members] [nestor] nestor - Comparison of current archiving systems

[H.M. Gladney]

Tranlation responsive to Lee's attached request.

The body of this report includes approximately 100 pages of tables that
evaluate six extant content management offerings against criteria introduced
in the approximately six pages of introduction and summary that I've
translated to English from the original German.

The criteria alluded to are candidate input to the kind of repository
analysis alluded to in my SCC e-mails of 2/2/2005 ("Towards a CHM repository
requirements statement") and of 1/21/2005 ("SCC Deliverables and choice of a
SW base for the CHM repository").

In addition I am attaching a somewhat better organized proposed plan for
repository infrastructure deliverable than was included in a 2/12/2005
communication.  For that, my current best guess at an appropriate interim
digital repository is Greenstone from New Zealand.  I have made a tiny
beginning towards evaluating its suitability by installing it on a Linux
system that I run at home.

Critical reactions to the latter attachment would be helpful.

Best wishes, Henry
 
H.M. Gladney, Ph.D.   http://home.pacbell.net/hgladney/

-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Courtney [mailto:lcourtney at mvista.com] 
Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 11:25 AM
To: Henry Gladney
Subject: RE: [nestor] nestor - Vergleich bestehender Archivierungssysteme

Henry,

> I will read the report carefully after I have opportunity to print it.  
> If doing so seems helpful and if any CHM SCC members are interested, 
> I'll then translate the 2.5 page summary.

Could you do the translation of the summary and distribute to interested
parties. Thanks!

Lee Courtney

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henry Gladney [mailto:hgladney at pacbell.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 10:21 AM
> To: Bernard PEUTO; Lee Courtney; Mary Cicalese; 
> toole at computerhistory.org
> Subject: Fwd: [nestor] nestor - Vergleich bestehender 
> Archivierungssysteme
>
>
>
> Note: forwarded message attached.  (In German; if wanted, I'll 
> translate the message after I return.)
>
> The German Nestor project has evaluated six popular digital library 
> systems--popular, that is, in the digital heritage community.  The 
> 141-page report, also in German, is accessible at:
>
> http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:de:0008-2005011701
> 6
>
> The systems evaluated are DIAS, DigiTool, DSpace, EPrints, Fedora, 
> MyCoRe.  Since I think highly of Greenstone, I wonder why it is not 
> included--nor are any commercial offerings.
>
> I also wonder what distinction people are making that makes an 
> "archival system" different from a "digital repository", or "content 
> manager", or "digital library".  After I have read the report, I might 
> address such questions to its authors.
>
> I will read the report carefully after I have opportunity to print it.  
> If doing so seems helpful and if any CHM SCC members are interested, 
> I'll then translate the 2.5 page summary.
>
> Henry
>
>

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