Summary #1334
Summary #1334
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i am realizing now on re-read that the summary basically says that 'out of the box' islandora 8 includes 'a community' which i think is kind of funny and i'm leaving it there |
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| and pushed into a Fedora repository. It also allows you to connect repository content with microservices, small webapps that transform files to other types for display or preservation, or to extract additional metadata. | ||
| - A suite of customized Drupal resource types and configurations, packaged as the [Islandora 8 Drupal module](https://github.com/Islandora/islandora), that streamline the process of creating digital preservation resources natively within Drupal as nodes, media, files, and taxonomy terms | ||
| - Complete integration between Drupal resources and Duraspace's [Fedora 5.x Repository](https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+Repository+Home), including RDF conversion and asset storage | ||
| - The [Crayfish](https://github.com/Islandora/crayfish) suite of microservices that provides resource mapping to Fedora and automated generation of derivative images and OCR, and which can be extended to provide even more services |
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We also generate video and audio, too. Maybe just say automated generation of derivative files instead?
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True, forgot about that; will add
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| - A suite of customized Drupal resource types and configurations, packaged as the [Islandora 8 Drupal module](https://github.com/Islandora/islandora), that streamline the process of creating digital preservation resources natively within Drupal as nodes, media, files, and taxonomy terms | ||
| - Complete integration between Drupal resources and Duraspace's [Fedora 5.x Repository](https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/FF/Fedora+Repository+Home), including RDF conversion and asset storage | ||
| - The [Crayfish](https://github.com/Islandora/crayfish) suite of microservices that provides resource mapping to Fedora and automated generation of derivative images and OCR, and which can be extended to provide even more services | ||
| - The [Alpaca](https://github.com/Islandora/Alpaca) suite of middleware services that ensure Crayfish's resource mapping and derivative generation are capable of scaling |
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Alpaca's main role is to invoke microservices in the background. I'm not sure how best to embellish that language, but that's the main point I'd try to convey.
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Yeah, that makes more sense. making this as well
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| Islandora 8 allows you to create nodes, media, files, and taxonomy terms in Drupal, which are converted to RDF | ||
| and pushed into a Fedora repository. It also allows you to connect repository content with microservices, small webapps that transform files to other types for display or preservation, or to extract additional metadata. | ||
| - A suite of customized Drupal resource types and configurations, packaged as the [Islandora 8 Drupal module](https://github.com/Islandora/islandora), that streamline the process of creating digital preservation resources natively within Drupal as nodes, media, files, and taxonomy terms |
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I don't think we should be saying "creating digital preservation resources", since that might suggest that the process of preservation is set-and-forget. I'd much rather see "creating preservable digital resources". It's hair splitting but I think it's an important distinction.
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Definitely can make that change 👍
| - A [batch import/migration framework](https://github.com/Islandora/migrate_islandora_csv) to serve as a launching point to get your preservation content into Islandora 8 | ||
| - Other important preservation and discovery pieces, such as [JSON-LD serialization](https://github.com/Islandora/jsonld) for linked data discoverability, [controlled access terms](https://github.com/Islandora/controlled_access_terms) for subjects and agents, and a [full configuration for exposing OAI-PMH](https://github.com/Islandora/islandora_defaults/tree/8.x-1.x/modules/islandora_oaipmh) to metadata harvesters | ||
| - A [dedicated, active community](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/islandora) working to push new features, collaborate on improvements, and design custom solutions | ||
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I think it would be worth including mention of the new IIIF support, and maybe Openseadragon/Mirador as viewer options?
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Looking at this I think it's a brainful to jam preservation and discovery together, so will separate out so that IIIF/Openseadragon stuff can be added
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I'm good with all this. Everyone else happy? |
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All good here! |
GitHub Issue: #1040
What does this Pull Request do?
Expands the summary page of the documentation, and, ideally, makes it a better and more accurate representation of the goals and key features of Islandora 8
What's new?
A lot of the words have been:
How should this be tested?
If you really feel like it, build and deploy as usual using
mkdocsto follow along locally. Otherwise just read the markdown and make sure it's not inaccurate or bad or any of that kind of thing