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_pagetitle_ {Greenstone Digital Library Software}
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Greenstone is a suite of software which has the ability to serve digital
library collections and build new collections. It provides a new way of
organizing information and publishing it on the Internet or on CD-ROM.
Greenstone is produced by the New Zealand Digital Library Project at the
University of Waikato, and distributed in cooperation with UNESCO and the
Humanities Library Project. It is open-source software, available from
http://nzdl.org under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
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nzdl.org |
The New Zealand Digital Library website (http://nzdl.org) contains
numerous example collections, all created with the Greenstone software, which
are publicly availabel for you to peruse. They exemplify various searching and
browsing options, and include collections in Arabic, Chinese, French, Maori,
and Spanish, as well as English. There are also some music
collections.
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platform |
Greenstone runs on Windows and Unix. The distribution includes ready-to-use
binaries for all versions of Windows, and for Linux. It also includes complete
source code for the system, which can be compiled using Microsoft C++ or gcc
Greenstone works with associated software that is freely available: the Apache
Webserver and PERL. The user interface uses a Web browser: typically Netscape
Navigator or Internet Explorer.
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Many document collections are distributed on CD-ROM using the Greenstone
software. For example, the Humanity Development Library contains 1,230
publications ranging from accounting to water sanitation. It runs on minimal
computing facilities such as those typically found in developing countries. The
information can be accessed by searching, browsing by subject, browsing by
titles, browsing by organization, browsing a list of how-tos, and by randomly
viewing the book covers.
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customisation |
Greenstone is specifically designed to be highly extensible and
customisable. New document and metadata formats are accommodated by writing
"plugins" (in Perl). Analogously, new metadata browsing structures can be
implemented by writing "classifiers." The user interface look-and-feel can be
altered using "macros" written in a simple macro language. A Corba protocol
allows agents (e.g. in Java) to use all the facilities associated with document
collections. Finally, the source code, in C++ and Perl, is available and
accessible for modification.
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documentation |
There are three documents that explain the Greenstone system:
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mailing list |
There is a mailing list intended primarily for discussions about the Greenstone
digital library software. Active users of Greenstone should consider joining
the mailing list and contributing to the discussions. The mailing list is
hosted by the Pathfinder Library System in beautiful Grand Junction, Colorado
(John Campbell, john@colosys.net). To subscribe, send email to majordomo@colosys.net with the text
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bugs |
We want to ensure that this software works well for you. Please report any
bugs to greenstone@cs.waikato.ac.nz
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credits |
The Greenstone software is a collaborative effort between many people. Rodger McNab and Stefan Boddie are the principal architects and implementors. Contributions have been made by David Bainbridge, George Buchanan, Hong Chen, Elke Duncker, Carl Gutwin, Geoff Holmes, John McPherson, Craig Nevill-Manning, Gordon Paynter, Bernhard Pfahringer, Todd Reed, Bill Rogers, and Stuart Yeates. Other members of the New Zealand Digital Library project provided advice and inspiration in the design of the system: Mark Apperley, Sally Jo Cunningham, Steve Jones, Te Taka Keegan, Michel Loots, Malika Mahoui and Lloyd Smith. We would also like to acknowledge all those who have contributed to the GNU-licensed packages included in this distribution: MG, GDBM, WGET, WVWARE, PDFTOHTML. |
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