September 14, 2004
NNYLN Workshop
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Planning the Work - software specifications
►Allows collaborative and distributed collection
development/management
►Platform (hardware, operating system) agnostic – server
and client
►Web-based client with easy-to-use interface
►Basic and advanced searching across collections, across
sites (federated searches,
virtual collections, stored result sets)
►Common client-side players/viewers
►Client tools for manipulation, comparison, per-user
annotation
►Flexible support for metadata standards
►Support for many object formats, and developing formats
(e.g.,
►Support for high-resolution, zoom-in features
►Supports Unicode text for display and searching
►URL access to objects
►Customizable display interface
►Based on open standards (database, metadata, etc.)
►Flexible access control list features
►Standards-based export functions to avoid “lock-in” and
promote remote indexing