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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  This image shows details of the architectural design chosen, as well as some of the technologies employed, and supported, at each level.

More Information

Want to drill down into some of these topics in more detail? Here are some related, child pages:

• Overview
• Server Architecture
• Software Architecture
• Database Design
• Builder / Bulk Loader