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I've used it quite a bit. It isn't an opac replacement though. It is designed for publishing tei and ead documents, and it does a very good job at that, but I don't see how it could adapt easily for marc. It's very good, though... we've integrated it into blacklight for presentation of the tei in our fedora repos. Bess On 13-May-08, at 5:09 PM, Jonathan Rochkind wrote: > Anyone have any experience with this product, anything else to share? > > Would it possibly be suitable for use as an OPAC replacement, do you > think? > > Jonathan > > Lisa Schiff wrote: >> **This announcement is being sent to many lists; apologies in advance >> for duplication.** >> >> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE >> >> >> >> Contact: Lisa Schiff >> >> California Digital Library >> >> University of California, Office of the President >> >> 415 20th St., 4th Floor >> >> Oakland, CA 94612 >> >> (510) 587-6132 >> >> [log in to unmask] <blocked::mailto:[log in to unmask]> >> >> http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/xtf/ >> >> >> >> California Digital Library Announces New Release of the eXtensible >> Text >> Framework (XTF) >> >> >> >> Oakland, CA, May 12, 2008 - The California Digital Library (CDL) is >> pleased to announce a new release of its search and display >> technology, >> the eXtensible Text Framework (XTF) >> <blocked::http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/xtf/> version 2.1 >> (http://www.cdlib.org/inside/projects/xtf/ >> >> ). XTF is an open source, highly flexible software application that >> supports the search, browse and display of heterogeneous digital >> content. XTF offers efficient and practical methods for creating >> customized end-user interfaces for distinct digital content >> collections. >> >> >> >> >> Highlights from the 2.1 release include: >> >> * Extensive interface improvements, including new search forms, >> built-in faceted browsing, and a new look and feel. >> * Increased support for document and information exchange >> formats. >> >> >> * XHTML and OAI-PMH output >> * NLM article format indexing and output >> * Microsoft Word indexing >> >> * Streamlined XSLT stylesheets for simpler deployment and >> adaptation. >> * Updated documentation that has been moved to the XTF project >> wiki <blocked::http://xtf.wiki.sourceforge.net/> , allowing XTF >> implementers to share solutions with entire user community. >> * "Freeform" Boolean query language, offered as an experimental >> feature. >> * Backward compatibility with existing XTF implementations. >> >> >> >> A complete list of changes >> <blocked::http://xtf.wiki.sourceforge.net/changeLog_2.1> is >> available >> on the XTF Project page on SourceForge >> <blocked::http://sourceforge.net/projects/xtf/> , where the >> distribution >> (including documentation) can also be downloaded. >> >> >> >> Since the first deployment of XTF in 2005, the development strategy >> has >> been to build and maintain an indexing and display technology that is >> not only customizable, but also draws upon tested components >> already in >> use by the digital library and search communities - in particular the >> Lucene text search engine, Java, XML, and XSLT. By coordinating >> these >> pieces in a single platform that can be used to create multiple >> unique >> applications, CDL has succeeded in dramatically reducing the >> investment >> in infrastructure, staff training and development for new digital >> content projects. >> >> >> >> XTF offers a suite of customizable features that support diverse >> intellectual access to content. Interfaces can be designed to >> support >> the distinct tools and presentations that are useful and meaningful >> to >> specific audiences. In addition, XTF offers the following core >> features: >> >> * Easy to deploy: Drops directly in to a Java application >> server >> such as Tomcat or Resin; has been tested on Solaris, Mac, Linux, and >> Windows operating systems. >> * Easy to configure: Can create indexes on any XML element or >> attribute; entire presentation layer is customizable via XSLT. >> * Robust: Optimized to perform well on large documents (e.g., a >> single text that exceeds 10MB of encoded text); scales to perform >> well >> on collections of millions of documents; provides full Unicode >> support. >> * Extensible: >> >> * Works well with a variety of authentication systems >> (e.g., IP address lists, LDAP, Shibboleth). >> * Provides an interface for external data lookups to >> support thesaurus-based term expansion, recommender systems, etc. >> * Can power other digital library services (e.g., XTF >> contains an OAI-PMH data provider that allows others to harvest >> metadata, and an SRU interface that exposes searches to federated >> search >> engines). >> * Can be deployed as separate, modular pieces of a >> third-party system (e.g., the module that displays snippets of >> matching >> text). >> >> * Powerful for the end user: >> >> * Spell checking of queries >> * Faceted displays for browsing >> * Dynamically updated browse lists >> * Session-based bookbags >> >> These basic features can be tuned and modified. For instance, the >> same >> bookbag feature that allows users to store links to entire books, can >> also store links to citable elements of an object, such as a note or >> other reference. >> >> >> >> A sampling of XTF-based applications both within and outside of the >> CDL >> include: >> >> >> >> * Mark Twain Project Online >> <blocked::http://www.marktwainproject.org/> >> (http://www.marktwainproject.org), developed by the Mark Twain Papers >> Project, the CDL and the University of California Press. >> * Calisphere <blocked::http://www.calisphere.org/> >> (http://www.calisphere.org/), a curated collection of primary sources >> keyed to the curriculum standards of California's K-12 community, >> developed by the CDL. >> * The Encyclopedia of Chicago >> <blocked::http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/> >> (http://www.encyclopedia.chicagohistory.org/), developed by the >> Chicago >> History Museum, The Newberry Library, and Northwestern University >> * The Chymistry of Isaac Newton >> <blocked::http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/> >> (http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/ >> <blocked::http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/newton/> ) and The >> Swinburne >> Project >> <blocked::http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/swinburne/www/swinburne/> >> (http://webapp1.dlib.indiana.edu/swinburne/www/swinburne/), Indiana >> University >> * Finding Aides at the New York Public Library >> <blocked::http://labs.nypl.org/2007/10/30/extensible-text-framework-xtf/ >> >>> (http://labs.nypl.org/2007/10/30/extensible-text-framework-xtf/) >>> >> * EECS Technical Reports >> <blocked::http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.cr >> ossQuery.CrossQuery?rmode=btr> >> (http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:8088/xtf/servlet/org.cdlib.xtf.crossQuery >> . >> CrossQuery?rmode=btr), UC Berkeley >> >> >> >> >> >> ### >> >> >> ----------------------------------------------- >> Lisa Schiff, Ph.D. >> Technical Lead, Publishing >> California Digital Library >> 300 Lakeside Drive #745 >> Kaiser Center >> Oakland, CA 94612 >> 510-987-0881 (t) >> 510-987-0243 (f) >> www.cdlib.org <http://www.cdlib.org/> >> [log in to unmask] >> >> >> > > -- > Jonathan Rochkind > Digital Services Software Engineer > The Sheridan Libraries > Johns Hopkins University > 410.516.8886 > rochkind (at) jhu.edu