MyCoRe (

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repository software framework for building disciplinary or

institutional repositories An institutional repository is an archive for collecting, preserving, and disseminating digital copies of the intellectual output of an institution, particularly a research institution. Academics also utilize their IRs for archiving published work ...

, digital archives,

digital libraries A digital library, also called an online library, an internet library, a digital repository, or a digital collection is an online database of digital objects that can include text, still images, audio, video, digital documents, or other digital me ...

, and

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. The software is developed at various German university libraries and computer centers. Although most MyCoRe web applications are located in

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, there are English-language applications, such as "The International Treasury of Islamic Manuscripts" at the

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(UK).

History

The first public version of MyCoRe was released in October 2001. Since then the software was developed by the MyCoRe team. The software became known as "Institutional Repository Software" as declared on the site of the

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. In

there are more than 20 Universities and institutions that provide over 70 repositories based on MyCoRe.

Technology

The MyCoRe framework was written in

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and

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. It is available as free software under

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(GPL).

Features

Some important features of MyCoRe are as follows. *

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* Customizable user interface * Configurable metadata model: The

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is the default metadata format within the MyCoRe sample application "MIR". Any other metadata format can be configured. * Classifications can be edited or imported, as standard (e.g. DDC), in flat or hierarchical structure. * Roles and rights are configurable * There is an internal file system integrated in the MyCoRe framework. * MyCoRe uses

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to ensure data integrity. * All types of digital content, file formats and mime types can be assembled, managed, preserved and presented. * An image viewer is integrated for presenting high-resolution digitized images in

Web browser A web browser is application software for accessing websites. When a user requests a web page from a particular website, the browser retrieves its files from a web server and then displays the page on the user's screen. Browsers are used on ...

. * MyCoRe supports common interoperability standards and interfaces such as the OAI-PMH 2.0 protocol or

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. * MyCoRe provides an integrated

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(WCMS) for editing static website content. * Local or external authentication mechanisms can be used. * A detailed rights and role concept allows to manage the access to data and metadata. * MyCoRe provides a ready to install sample repository called MIR, which a system administrator can install on a single Linux, Mac OSX or Windows box to get started.The MyCoRe official website:

Operating Systems

MyCoRe software runs on Linux, Solaris, Unix, or Windows.

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