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This is the initial beta release of ICA-AtoM software in the form of a [[demo CD]] distributed to delegates at the ICA 2008 congress in Kuala Lumpur (July 21st to 27th, 2008)
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This is the initial beta release of ICA-AtoM software in the form of a demo CD distributed to delegates at the ICA 2008 congress in Kuala Lumpur (July 21st to 27th, 2008)
  
  
 
== Features ==
 
== Features ==
  
* Create, edit, and delete functions for [[authority record]]s, [[archival institution]] records, hierarchical [[archival description]]s, and [[term]]s
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* Create, edit, and delete functions for authority records, archival institution records, hierarchical archival descriptions, and [[term]]s
 
* Compliance with the following standards,
 
* Compliance with the following standards,
 
** General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G)) - 2nd edition, 1999
 
** General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G)) - 2nd edition, 1999
 
** International Standard Archival Authority Record (Corporate bodies, Persons, Families) (ISAAR(CPF)) - 2nd edition, 2003
 
** International Standard Archival Authority Record (Corporate bodies, Persons, Families) (ISAAR(CPF)) - 2nd edition, 2003
 
** International Standard For Describing Institutions with Archival Holdings (ISDIAH) - 1st edition, March 2008
 
** International Standard For Describing Institutions with Archival Holdings (ISDIAH) - 1st edition, March 2008
* [[Search box]] supporting basic and advanced searches for [[archival description]]s using the [http://framework.zend.com/ Zend] framework's implementation of the the [http://lucene.apache.org/ Lucene] search engine
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* Search box supporting basic and advanced searches for archival descriptions using the [http://framework.zend.com/ Zend] framework's implementation of the the [http://lucene.apache.org/ Lucene] search engine
* [[Browse box]] allowing users to browse [[archival description]]s by [[subject]], [[name]], [[place]], [[media type]], [[archival description]], and [[archival institution]]
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* Browse box allowing users to browse archival descriptions by subject, name, place, media type, archival description, and archival institution
* Ability to upload and view digital files. ICA-AtoM automatically creates two derivatives of the [[master digital object]] for viewing purposes: a [[thumbnail]] version and a [[reference display copy]]
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* Ability to upload and view digital files. ICA-AtoM automatically creates two derivatives of the master digital object for viewing purposes: a thumbnail version and a reference display copy
* Ability to assign [[archival unit]]s to [[physical storage]] locations, and to click on a [[physical storage]] location to view a list of all [[archival unit]]s stored at that location
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* Ability to assign archival units to physical storage locations, and to click on a physical storage location to view a list of all [[archival unit]]s stored at that location
* [[User interface]] translated into French, Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish ([[supported language]]s)
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* User interface translated into French, Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish (supported languages)
* Ability to translate database content into [[supported language]]s
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* Ability to translate database content into supported languages
* Ability to remove and restore [[supported language]]s
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* Ability to remove and restore supported languages
 
* Demonstration EAD export file
 
* Demonstration EAD export file
  

Revision as of 15:51, 13 June 2014

Main Page > Releases > Releases/Release announcements > Release 1.0-beta

This is the initial beta release of ICA-AtoM software in the form of a demo CD distributed to delegates at the ICA 2008 congress in Kuala Lumpur (July 21st to 27th, 2008)

Features

  • Create, edit, and delete functions for authority records, archival institution records, hierarchical archival descriptions, and terms
  • Compliance with the following standards,
    • General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G)) - 2nd edition, 1999
    • International Standard Archival Authority Record (Corporate bodies, Persons, Families) (ISAAR(CPF)) - 2nd edition, 2003
    • International Standard For Describing Institutions with Archival Holdings (ISDIAH) - 1st edition, March 2008
  • Search box supporting basic and advanced searches for archival descriptions using the Zend framework's implementation of the the Lucene search engine
  • Browse box allowing users to browse archival descriptions by subject, name, place, media type, archival description, and archival institution
  • Ability to upload and view digital files. ICA-AtoM automatically creates two derivatives of the master digital object for viewing purposes: a thumbnail version and a reference display copy
  • Ability to assign archival units to physical storage locations, and to click on a physical storage location to view a list of all archival units stored at that location
  • User interface translated into French, Dutch, Portuguese and Spanish (supported languages)
  • Ability to translate database content into supported languages
  • Ability to remove and restore supported languages
  • Demonstration EAD export file

ICA-AtoM comprises

  • HTML pages served to a web browser from a web server. Apache is used in development but ICA-AtoM is also compatible with IIS
  • A database on a database server. MySQL is used in development but ICA-AtoM uses a database abstraction layer and is therefore also compatible with Postgres, SQLite, SQLServer, Oracle, etc.
  • PHP 5 software code that manages requests and responses between the web clients, the application logic and the application content stored in the database
  • The symfony web framework that organizes the component parts using object orientation and best practice web design patterns
  • The Qubit Open Information Management Toolkit, developed by the ICA-AtoM project and customized to make the ICA-AtoM application