Our Problem, a heterogeneous mix of repository systems

• EPrints - Apache/Perl/MySQL + EPrints Markup
  • CaltechAUTHORS,
  • CaltechTHESIS
• Invenio - Apache/Python/MySQL
  • CaltechDATA
  • Hosted by tind.io
• Islandora - Apache/PHP (Drupal)/MySQL + tomcat and Fedora Repository
  • Various image repositories for https://archives.caltech.edu
• ArchivesSpace - Java/jRuby/MySQL
  • Collection management for https://archives.caltech.edu

Lots of languages to support. No single system fulfills our needs.

    We decided to develop at the edges in common
	rather than inside separate systems in separate languages

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