TERENA Networking Conference 2005 6 – 9 June 2005, Poznan, Poland Poster Presentation
dLibra – Distributed Digital Library Framework
Cezary Mazurek, Marcin Werla {mazurek, mwerla}@man.poznan.pl Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center
ul. Noskowskiego 10 61-704 Poznan, POLAND
Abstract.
The dLibra Digital Library Framework (http://dlibra.psnc.pl/) is a digital library software platform developed by Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center as a part of the PIONIER programme (http://www.pionier.gov.pl/). The dLibra project was started in 1999 and the developed platform is currently the most popular digital library framework in Poland. It has been deployed in the Digital Library of the Wielkopolska Region (http://www.wbc.poznan.pl/, since 2002) and in the Wroclaw University of Technology Digital library (http://dlib.bg.pwr.wroc.pl/, since 2004). Two more digital libraries will be started in the nearest future and four others are in test phases.
The dLibra platform consists of six specialized servers, creating together a complex digital library system. Using dLibra client applications, the user can store digital objects of any type -text (PDF, DjVu, HTML, etc.), images, audio or video. All stored objects can be precisely described with an adjustable set of metadata attributes. Sophisticated mechanisms supporting creation of the metadata have been implemented, including dictionaries of attribute values with thesaurus functionality. dLibra supports many well known standards like MARC, RDF and DublinCore, which are used for metadata exchange. The content stored in a dLibra–based digital library is available through WWW pages, generated by the dLibra framework. These web pages allow to easily browse and search all digital collections of a given digital library. Access to all stored data is controlled by one of the dLibra servers.
The dLibra poster shows details of the functionality and distributed architecture of the dLibra Digital Library Framework.
