OLIVER and iSpheresOLIVER and iSpheres

OLIVER featuresOLIVER features

Automatic image resizingAutomatic image resizing Full text indexingFull text indexing Customised metadataCustomised metadata Configurable authentication Configurable authentication Simple user interfaceSimple user interface Quality control managed by indexing expertsQuality control managed by indexing experts

APSR and SORRTAPSR and SORRT

SORRT is a subproject of APSRSORRT is a subproject of APSR APSR = Australian Partnership for APSR = Australian Partnership for

Sustainable RepositoriesSustainable Repositories SORRT = Sustainable Object Repositories SORRT = Sustainable Object Repositories

for Research and Teachingfor Research and Teaching The main partners in SORRT are the The main partners in SORRT are the

Library, Med Faculty, the SSIU, and Library, Med Faculty, the SSIU, and PARADISECPARADISEC

iSpheresiSpheres

Emerged from Med Faculty’s and SSIU’s Emerged from Med Faculty’s and SSIU’s image repositories (OLIVER, ImageBank, image repositories (OLIVER, ImageBank, ArchImage)ArchImage)

Development began in 2004, code released Development began in 2004, code released on sourceforge.net July 2005 (under Apache on sourceforge.net July 2005 (under Apache licence)licence)

FeaturesFeatures Configurable metadataConfigurable metadata DistributedDistributed Data source Connectors, to allow plugging Data source Connectors, to allow plugging

in to existing repositoriesin to existing repositories Object file types and transformations are Object file types and transformations are

pluginsplugins SOAP interface for building specialised SOAP interface for building specialised

front-end interfaces, linking into existing front-end interfaces, linking into existing tools (WebCT, etc) or protocol translators tools (WebCT, etc) or protocol translators

iSpheres is middlewareiSpheres is middleware

Planned (or hoped-for) front endsPlanned (or hoped-for) front ends iSpheresImage (general purpose image iSpheresImage (general purpose image

repository) repository) WebCTWebCT Resource BuilderResource Builder Med Faculty CMSMed Faculty CMS PARADISECPARADISEC OAI harverster clientOAI harverster client Desktop iSpheresDesktop iSpheres