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CONTENTdm vs DSpace vs Fedora. Ralph LeVan OCLC Research. Data Support. Arbitrary Bitstreams? Arbitrarily Complex Objects? Versioning? Local Metadata Elements? Preservation Metadata? Batch Input? Rich Metadata Searching? Full-text Searching?. Arbitrary Bitstreams?. CONTENTdm yes
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CONTENTdm vs DSpace vs Fedora Ralph LeVan OCLC Research
Data Support • Arbitrary Bitstreams? • Arbitrarily Complex Objects? • Versioning? • Local Metadata Elements? • Preservation Metadata? • Batch Input? • Rich Metadata Searching? • Full-text Searching?
Arbitrary Bitstreams? • CONTENTdm • yes • DSpace • yes • Fedora • yes
Arbitrarily Complex Objects? • CONTENTdm • yes • DSpace • yes • Fedora • yes
Versioning? • CONTENTdm • no • DSpace • no • Fedora • yes
Local Metadata Elements? • CONTENTdm • yes • DSpace • yes, but they can’t be searched • Fedora • no
Preservation Metadata? • CONTENTdm • no • DSpace • yes • Fedora • yes
Batch Input? • CONTENTdm • yes? • DSpace • yes • Fedora • yes
Rich Metadata Searching? • CONTENTdm • yes • DSpace • yes, but only on a few fields • Fedora • yes, but only on a couple of fields
Full-text Searching? • CONTENTdm • yes, by moving the content into the metadata • DSpace • yes, through Google (in development) • Fedora • no
User Support • User Roles With Privileges? • Workflows? • Object Marshalling? • Arbitrary Bitstream Retrieval? • Arbitrary Object Retrieval? • Web Interface? • Content Easily Integrated Into Web Pages?
User Roles With Privileges? • CONTENTdm • User permissions on directories • DSpace • yes • Fedora • no
Mediated Workflows? • CONTENTdm • no, but they have a three step commit • DSpace • yes • Fedora • no
Object Marshalling? • CONTENTdm • yes • DSpace • yes • Fedora • no
Arbitrary Bitstream Retrieval? • CONTENTdm • Only file types recognized by the browser • DSpace • Only file types recognized by the browser • Fedora • Only file types recognized by the browser
Arbitrary Object Retrieval? • CONTENTdm • Only types defined by CONTENTdm (books, postcards, CDs, etc.) • DSpace • Web pages only • Fedora • yes
Web Interface? • CONTENTdm • yes • DSpace • yes • Fedora • no
Content Easily Integrated Into Web Pages? • CONTENTdm • yes • DSpace • no • Fedora • possible
Miscellaneous Infrastructure • OAI-PMH? • Z39.50/SRW? • Open Source? • Open API’s? • Cross-Repository Searching?
OAI-PMH? • CONTENTdm • yes • DSpace • yes • Fedora • yes
Z39.50/SRW? • CONTENTdm • Z39.50 can be added • DSpace • SRW can be added • Fedora • no
Open Source? • CONTENTdm • no • DSpace • yes • Fedora • yes
Open API’s? • CONTENTdm • By license • DSpace • SRW for searching • Fedora • Yes
Cross-Repository Searching? • CONTENTdm • Yes • DSpace • No • Fedora • No
Data Support ● = Yes ○ = Qualified Yes
User Support ● = Yes ○ = Qualified Yes
Miscellaneous Infrastructure ● = Yes ○ = Qualified Yes
Prioritized List Of New Features • Preservation Plan • Open Rendering Scheme • Open API’s • Workflow and User Roles • Versioning