Architecture

Architectural Details

Below is a general overview of the architecture employed for SobekCM. For more information about each portion of this architecture, see the links below:

• Overview
• Server Architecture
• Software Architecture
• Database

Technologies and Standards

This digital library is built on and utilizes the following technologies and libraries:

C# ASP.net ADO.net AJAX GDI+ Javascript SolrNet

Microsoft SQL 2008 Enterprise AppFabric Caching Service Google Maps API v3 Open Library GnuBooks book reader GemBox Spreadsheet library Solr/Lucene jQuery / jQuery user interface

This software could not have been developed without the following standards:

• Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS)
• Metadata Object Description Standard (MODS)
• MARC21 Format for Bibliographic Data
• Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
• Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH)
• Encoded Archival Collection (EAD)

Related Resources

• Architectural Details

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