From 45f65e01a79b07c35c70614e6c7411a8eeafa792 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: qadan Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2019 17:31:41 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] wishing it was summer, alas it's merely summery --- docs/index.md | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index b1c7088bb..152822a4d 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -1,7 +1,15 @@ -Islandora is an open-source repository framework, that combines a Drupal front-end -with a Fedora repository. It is a solution for institutions who want an extremely flexible and configurable preservation repository without creating a lot of custom code. +[Islandora](https://islandora.ca) is an open-source framework that provides the necessary tools turn a [Drupal 8](https://www.drupal.org) website into a fully-functional preservation repository without the need for additional code, while remanining flexible enough to be extended and customized. -Islandora 8 integrates [Drupal](https://www.drupal.org/) (currently, Drupal 8) and Duraspace's [Fedora Repository](https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+Repository+Home) project (currently, Fedora 5). +Out of the box, this includes: -Islandora 8 allows you to create nodes, media, files, and taxonomy terms in Drupal, which are converted to RDF -and pushed into a Fedora repository. It also allows you to connect repository content with microservices, small webapps that transform files to other types for display or preservation, or to extract additional metadata. +- A suite of customized Drupal resource types and configurations, packaged as the [Islandora 8 Drupal module](https://github.com/Islandora/islandora), that streamline the process of creating digital preservation resources natively within Drupal as nodes, media, files, and taxonomy terms +- Complete integration between Drupal resources and Duraspace's [Fedora 5.x Repository](https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+Repository+Home), including RDF conversion and asset storage +- The [Crayfish](https://github.com/Islandora/crayfish) suite of microservices that provides resource mapping to Fedora and automated generation of derivative images and OCR, and which can be extended to provide even more services +- The [Alpaca](https://github.com/Islandora/Alpaca) suite of middleware services that ensure Crayfish's resource mapping and derivative generation are capable of scaling +- A [batch import/migration framework](https://github.com/Islandora/migrate_islandora_csv) to serve as a launching point to get your preservation content into Islandora 8 +- Other important preservation and discovery pieces, such as [JSON-LD serialization](https://github.com/Islandora/jsonld) for linked data discoverability, [controlled access terms](https://github.com/Islandora/controlled_access_terms) for subjects and agents, and a [full configuration for exposing OAI-PMH](https://github.com/Islandora/islandora_defaults/tree/8.x-1.x/modules/islandora_oaipmh) to metadata harvesters +- A [dedicated, active community](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/islandora) working to push new features, collaborate on improvements, and design custom solutions + +As native Drupal content, Islandora resources can also be integrated with existing Drupal tools like the [Solr Search API](https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api_solr), [Matomo Analytics](https://www.drupal.org/project/matomo), [RDF schema building](https://www.drupal.org/project/rdfui), and much more. + +Islandora 8 comes with a comprehensive [default site configuration](https://github.com/Islandora/islandora_defaults) for Drupal to get you started, and even an [Ansible playbook](https://github.com/Islandora-Devops/islandora-playbook) that will quickly get you up and running so you can try it out. From 51b391af423804f93c5a494c5fb0cfcb8001cff0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: qadan Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:12:48 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] summary 1.1.1 --- docs/index.md | 15 ++++++++------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index 152822a4d..14612f69a 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -1,14 +1,15 @@ -[Islandora](https://islandora.ca) is an open-source framework that provides the necessary tools turn a [Drupal 8](https://www.drupal.org) website into a fully-functional preservation repository without the need for additional code, while remanining flexible enough to be extended and customized. +[Islandora](https://islandora.ca) is an open-source framework that provides the necessary tools turn a [Drupal 8](https://www.drupal.org) website into a fully-functional preservation repository for digital assets without the need for additional code, while remanining flexible enough to be extended and customized. Out of the box, this includes: -- A suite of customized Drupal resource types and configurations, packaged as the [Islandora 8 Drupal module](https://github.com/Islandora/islandora), that streamline the process of creating digital preservation resources natively within Drupal as nodes, media, files, and taxonomy terms +- A suite of customized Drupal resource types and configurations, packaged as the [Islandora 8 Drupal module](https://github.com/Islandora/islandora), that streamline the process of creating preservable digital resources natively within Drupal as nodes, media, files, and taxonomy terms - Complete integration between Drupal resources and Duraspace's [Fedora 5.x Repository](https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+Repository+Home), including RDF conversion and asset storage -- The [Crayfish](https://github.com/Islandora/crayfish) suite of microservices that provides resource mapping to Fedora and automated generation of derivative images and OCR, and which can be extended to provide even more services -- The [Alpaca](https://github.com/Islandora/Alpaca) suite of middleware services that ensure Crayfish's resource mapping and derivative generation are capable of scaling -- A [batch import/migration framework](https://github.com/Islandora/migrate_islandora_csv) to serve as a launching point to get your preservation content into Islandora 8 -- Other important preservation and discovery pieces, such as [JSON-LD serialization](https://github.com/Islandora/jsonld) for linked data discoverability, [controlled access terms](https://github.com/Islandora/controlled_access_terms) for subjects and agents, and a [full configuration for exposing OAI-PMH](https://github.com/Islandora/islandora_defaults/tree/8.x-1.x/modules/islandora_oaipmh) to metadata harvesters -- A [dedicated, active community](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/islandora) working to push new features, collaborate on improvements, and design custom solutions +- The [Crayfish](https://github.com/Islandora/crayfish) suite of microservices that provides resource mapping to Fedora and automated generation of derivative files, and which can be extended to provide even more services +- The [Alpaca](https://github.com/Islandora/Alpaca) suite of middleware that asynchronously manages and queues microservices in the background - like the ones bundled with Crayfish - providing scalability +- A [batch import/migration framework](https://github.com/Islandora/migrate_islandora_csv) to serve as a launching point to get your existing data into Islandora 8 +- Preservation tools like [controlled access terms](https://github.com/Islandora/controlled_access_terms) for subjects and agents and a [full configuration for exposing OAI-PMH](https://github.com/Islandora/islandora_defaults/tree/8.x-1.x/modules/islandora_oaipmh) to metadata harvesters +- Discoverability tools like [JSON-LD serialization](https://github.com/Islandora/jsonld) for linked data, [IIIF support](https://github.com/Islandora/islandora/tree/8.x-1.x/modules/islandora_iiif), and an [Openseadragon viewer](https://github.com/Islandora/openseadragon) for image display +- A [dedicated, active community](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/islandora) working to push new features, collaborate on improvements, design custom solutions, and [create extended functionality](https://github.com/Islandora-Labs/islandora_awesome#the-islandora-8-list) As native Drupal content, Islandora resources can also be integrated with existing Drupal tools like the [Solr Search API](https://www.drupal.org/project/search_api_solr), [Matomo Analytics](https://www.drupal.org/project/matomo), [RDF schema building](https://www.drupal.org/project/rdfui), and much more. From 5a0582c60e1f068773dc78031b34988785403518 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: qadan Date: Thu, 14 Nov 2019 16:20:26 -0400 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] crayfish could use some clarity --- docs/index.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/index.md b/docs/index.md index 14612f69a..a23f93395 100644 --- a/docs/index.md +++ b/docs/index.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Out of the box, this includes: - A suite of customized Drupal resource types and configurations, packaged as the [Islandora 8 Drupal module](https://github.com/Islandora/islandora), that streamline the process of creating preservable digital resources natively within Drupal as nodes, media, files, and taxonomy terms - Complete integration between Drupal resources and Duraspace's [Fedora 5.x Repository](https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+Repository+Home), including RDF conversion and asset storage -- The [Crayfish](https://github.com/Islandora/crayfish) suite of microservices that provides resource mapping to Fedora and automated generation of derivative files, and which can be extended to provide even more services +- The [Crayfish](https://github.com/Islandora/crayfish) suite of microservices that Islandora uses to provide automated resource mapping to Fedora and automated generation of derivative files, and which can be extended to provide even more services - The [Alpaca](https://github.com/Islandora/Alpaca) suite of middleware that asynchronously manages and queues microservices in the background - like the ones bundled with Crayfish - providing scalability - A [batch import/migration framework](https://github.com/Islandora/migrate_islandora_csv) to serve as a launching point to get your existing data into Islandora 8 - Preservation tools like [controlled access terms](https://github.com/Islandora/controlled_access_terms) for subjects and agents and a [full configuration for exposing OAI-PMH](https://github.com/Islandora/islandora_defaults/tree/8.x-1.x/modules/islandora_oaipmh) to metadata harvesters