Bonolo: A General Digital Library System for File-Based Collections

Phiri, Lighton; Williams, Kyle; Robinson, Miles D.; Hammar, S.; Suleman, Hussein

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-34752-8_6

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“…The architectural design of the prototype simple repository is based on a set of design principles presented in previous work [18], and makes use of a typical native operating system filesystem as the core storage infrastructure, with the goal of supporting preservation and enabling ease of use and management. The main components that make up the repository sub-layer, with all the components residing on the filesystem, arranged and organised as regular files and/or directories, are shown in Figure 1.…”

Section: Repository Architecturementioning

confidence: 99%

“…However there may be adverse e ects, such as reduced performance because of insu cient pre-processing and indexing. This paper therefore reports on an investigation into the simplicity and performance constraints of simpler DLS architectures, specifically for a file-based storage architecture [18]. The core questions asked include: do simple architectures result in tools and services that are flexible and easy to use; is the performance acceptable in some circumstances; what are the bounds for acceptable use of file-based architectures; and what are the major issues that cause performance degradation, if any.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Flexible design for simple digital library tools and services

Phiri

Suleman

2013

Proceedings of the South African Institute for Computer Scientists and Information Technologists Conference

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The design of Digital Library Systems (DLSes) has evolved over time, both in sophistication and complexity, to complement the complex nature and sheer size of digital content being curated. However, there is also a growing demand from content curators, with relatively small-size collections, for simpler and more manageable tools and services for managing content. The reasons for this particular need are driven by the assumption that simplicity and manageability might ultimately translate to lower costs of maintenance of such systems. This paper builds on previous work in order to assess the flexible nature of the proposed design approach -the explicit adoption of a minimalistic approach to the overall design of DLSes. A twoaxis evaluation strategy was used to assess this proposed solution: a developer-oriented survey assessed the flexibility and simplicity; and a series of performance benchmarks were conducted to assess the scalability. In general, the study outlined some possible implications of simplifying DLS design; specifically the results from the developeroriented user study indicate that simplicity in the design of the DLS repository sub-layer does not severely impact the interaction between the service sub-layer and the repository sub-layer. Furthermore, the scalability experiments indicate that desirable performance results for small-and medium-sized collections are attainable.

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Section: Repository Architecturementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%