Introducing Pergamos: A Fedora-Based DL System Utilizing Digital Object Prototypes

This demonstration provides a “hands on” experience to the “internals” of Pergamos, the University of Athens DL System. Pergamos provides uniform high level DL services, such as collection management, web based cataloguing, browsing, batch ingestion and automatic content conversions that adapt to the underlying digital object type-specific specialities through the use of Digital Object Prototypes (DOPs). The demonstration points out the ability of DOPs to effectively model the heterogeneous and complex material of Pergamos. Special focus is given on the inexpensiveness of adding new collections and digital object types, highlighting how DOPs eliminate the need for custom implementation.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Department of Informatics and Telecommunications,  

   George Pyrounakis & Kostas Saidis

2. Libraries Computer Center, University of Athens, University Campus, Athens, 157 84, Greece

   George Pyrounakis, Mara Nikolaidou & Vassilios Karakoidas

Editors and Affiliations

1. No Affiliations,  

   Julio Gonzalo

2. Istituto di Scienza e Tecnologie dell’Informazione, Consiglio Nazionale delle Richerche, Via Moruzzi, 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy

   Costantino Thanos

3. Dpto. Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos, UNED,  

   M. Felisa Verdejo

4. Dep. de Lenguajes y Sistemas Informáticos, Universidad de Alicante, E-03071, Alicante, Spain

   Rafael C. Carrasco

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