ScrollKeeper is a document

cataloging In library and information science, cataloging ( US) or cataloguing ( UK) is the process of creating metadata representing information resources, such as books, sound recordings, moving images, etc. Cataloging provides information such as auth ...

system. It manages documentation

metadata Metadata is "data that provides information about other data", but not the content of the data, such as the text of a message or the image itself. There are many distinct types of metadata, including: * Descriptive metadata – the descriptive ...

, as specified by the

Open Source Metadata Framework 220px, Logo image of DCMI, which formulates Dublin Core The Dublin Core, also known as the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES), is a set of fifteen "core" elements (properties) for describing resources. This fifteen-element Dublin Core has ...

(OMF). ScrollKeeper was used by the

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desktop help browser, Yelp, but has since been replaced by

Rarian Rarian is a document cataloging system (formerly known as Spoon). It manages documentation metadata, as specified by the Open Source Metadata Framework (OMF). Rarian is used by the GNOME desktop help browser, Yelp. It has replaced ScrollKeeper, ...

.http://rarian.freedesktop.org/ It was also used by the

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help browser and ScrollServer documentation server.

References

External links

ScrollKeeper

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Open Source Metadata Framework
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