Fedora
Introduction
Fedora is the flexible, modular, open source repository platform with native linked data support.
Datasheet
Status: 14.06.2022
| Homepage | https://duraspace.org/fedora/ |
| Description | https://duraspace.org/fedora/about/ |
| Code | https://github.com/fcrepo/fcrepo/ |
| Communities | --- |
| Version | 6.2.0 (released on 03.06.2022) |
Features
Status: 17.05.2021
| Supported Schema(s) | ... | |
| Supported Format(s) | any | RDF and Linked Data / Recommendations from different communities. |
| Interface(s) | REST / RDF | |
| Open Source | yes | |
| License | Apache 2.0 | |
| Versioning | yes | Memento protocol |
| AAI | yes | support for ACLs, ServletContainerAuthenticatingRealm and WebACAuthorizingRealm. |
| External Storage | yes | empty binary as placeholder |
| Referencable | yes | support for external PID Minter |
Description
- Register Schema:
- Support for arbitrary schemas of a specific format (e.g. JSON Schema, XSD)
- The schema should at least be referencable by a unique identifier.
- Update Schema:
- Possibility to
- work on different versions of a schema
- adapt schemas over time
- Possibility to
- Validate Schema:
- Check schema for correct syntax
- Ingest Metadata:
- Store metadata (document) in repository
- Ideally with previous validation
- Store metadata (document) in repository
- Update Metadata:
- Possibility to update already ingested metadata (documents).
- Validate Metadata:
- Possibility to validate documents on the basis of registered schemas.
- Search by Administrative MD:
- Search documents by their metadata (e.g. ingest date, ingester, ...)
- Search by Content:
- Search documents by their content
- Persistent Identifier:
- Support for Persistent Identifiers (e.g. DOI, Handle)
Additional Features
Status: 19.05.2021
- no limits regarding file types
- no limits for file size
Functionality
Status: 19.05.2021
| Function | Supported | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| Register Schema | - | |
| Update Schema | - | |
| Validate Schema | - | |
| Ingest Metadata | + | |
| Update Metadata | + | history |
| Validate Metadata | - | |
| Search by ... | ||
| ... Administrative MD | + | |
| ... Content | + | via transform service (has to be configured manually) |
| Persistent Identifier | + |
Remarks
- Extendable architecture
- Support for Linked Data
- Preservation ready
- Update to new version (beta status 05/2021) (coming soon)