[Dspace-general] DSpace and MDID

[MacKenzie Smith]

Hi Ramona,

I don't think the MDID integration ever moved forward, but we're on to a 
new track for this now.

There's a new cataloging system called DAArch from the Art Institute of 
Chicago and Kristine Fallon Associates 
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/daarch/) that is integrated with DSpace 
as the repository/archive for digital images. The two systems are both 
Java applications so they play well together. DAArch supports the CDWA 
schema now, but would also work for VRA3 (or so I'm told) and has the 
possibility of authority control (AAT, etc.) too. So if you got a 
developer who could help get this set up for you, definitely take a 
look. I think the consulting company that worked with the AIC is setting 
up a demo system for it now, so maybe in a few weeks you can see it 
without having to install it yourself.

MacKenzie
>
> I saw a posting in the Dspace archives that you asked about 
> co-mingling Dspace and MDID. Did you ever have any luck with this? My 
> university is interested in this too, but I would prefer not to 
> reinvent the wheel if other universities have successfully completed a 
> similar process.
>
>  
>
> Thank you for any forthcoming information.
>
>  
>
> Ramona Holmes
>
> Coordinator, Information Organization & Prep
>
> U of Texas @ Arlington Libraries
>
> 702 Planetarium Pl
>
> POB 19497
>
> Arlington, TX 76019
>
> 817.272.7435
>
> holmes at uta.edu <mailto:holmes at uta.edu>
>


-- 
MacKenzie Smith
Associate Director for Technology
MIT Libraries