CONTENTdm vs DSpace vs Fedora
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